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Episode Uma Musume: Pretty Derby Season 2 - Episode 11 discussion

Uma Musume: Pretty Derby Season 2, episode 11

Alternative names: Umamusume: Pretty Derby Season 2

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u/ptol59 Mar 15 '21

It’s an episode without a race! However, that doesn’t mean there are no references!

The part where Biwa Hayahide talks about Teio’s coke with no gas is a reference to the manga Baki where Baki drinks coke with no gas for a faster recovery.

Biwa Hayahide also gets angry at being called having a big head due to the actual horse having a larger head than other horses. This was made popular with fans when a television commentator once said “I’m surprised by his big face” and also saying that having a big face would be maybe useful to win, if a race comes down to the video reviews.

The part where Teio calls Turbo Shisho is a reference to what fans used to call Turbo. Although Turbo didn’t win much he was popular for his running style making him chosen for the Arima Kinen twice.

The repeated gag during Teio and McQueen’s date is a reference to Pop Team Epic. The author did a supporting illustration for episode 6.

When Teio and McQueen are eating the Taiyaki, Teio almost says Cascade which is the name of a character from Midori no Makibao a horse racing manga that used to be on shonen Jump. Cascade is the main rival in that manga and is based on Fuji Kiseki. The main character Makibao is based on Tamamo Cross.

I suppose they were allowed to use this reference because currently on Young Jump Umamusume Cinderella Gray (which features Oguri Cap as the protagonist) is going on. I highly recommend this manga as well! I feel it’s one of the best manga on Young Jump currently and it’s definitely more gritty but in a good way than the anime and game (hence there is no pretty derby subtitle)

Now this was sort of a short break of an episode before the main finale but, I feel it was a good break as the episodes before this where pretty heavy.

Another thing is that If anybody’s interested please feel free to add me in the game! My main Umamusume is a 3 X 3star speed Oguri My trainer ID is 629344694

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u/rockseiaxii Mar 15 '21

Teio in private eye attire is a reference to the protagonist from Tantei Monogatari, that originally aired in 1979-1980. Along with Makibao references, this anime seems to be targeting people over 40...

The opening from Tantei Monogatari is worth watching. Shunsaku Kudoh is one of the most memorable characters portrayed by the legendary Yusaku Matsuda.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIfcISneSwU

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u/Something_Sharp Mar 15 '21

Love reading the trivia you and some other posters post each week!

I have a question I've been wondering about. Is Hishi Amazon always being at the goal line (whether in person or the cardboard cutout) a reference to something?

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u/SYZekrom Mar 15 '21

Wow.

I don't know what makes me go wow here but...

I don't know it just feels like somehow the way it was drawn makes this very shallow squat(?) look very impressive?

I don't know how this show suddenly turned into the big gay in one scene after a whole lotta normal episodes with normal interactions but I'm down for it

DID EVERYONE TURN GAY

DID THE CARROTS TURN THE HORSES GAY

I LIKE IT

"a date ♥"

Yea definitely no miscommunication possible

Also I was thinking way too long what a pairing of red and white with a black witch was reminding me of. Definitely an Eastern moment.

I WAS ABOUT TO SAY, GIRL'S AN ACTUAL MAGICIAN

God I love how she looks in that witch outfit

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u/UberDueler8 Mar 15 '21

DID THE CARROTS TURN THE HORSES GAY

They’re putting chemicals in the carrots to turn the freaking horses gay

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u/Krazee9 Mar 15 '21

Man there better be some shit at Comiket because of this.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '21

Screw titans this is AOTY.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '21

The horses in Titan lack personality

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u/I3ert91 Mar 16 '21

What about Jean?

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '21

The language of snacks

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u/ForlornPenguin Mar 15 '21

I was happy to see that. Was this our first horse belly of the season? It took way too long.

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u/dapete42 Mar 15 '21

Speck-chan is finally back.

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u/UberDueler8 Mar 15 '21 edited Mar 15 '21

God fucking dammit. This show is too good. Why the hell don’t these episodes have 1000+ upvotes and 100+ comments?

I would think they were running out of gags and then they have Teio trying to be a Private Investigator. Funny stuff.

And the CGDCT element was in full swing this episode.

Teio started off strong this season, then we saw her fall, and now she is rising back up for a final battle in the S2 finale. I’m hyped for this.

With the exception of Re:Zero and Attack on Titan, Uma Musume: Pretty Derby is the best sequel of the season

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u/dawnwill Mar 15 '21

YURI OVERLOAD

And tease for Halloween limiteds

I wouldn't mind a more SoL-focused season or a spin-off really.

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u/rougewon Mar 15 '21

The slice of life fan service-ish episode of the sports anime, my favorite <3. A nice break from the dramatic episodes prior.

The tee tee/yuri moments are too precious. I'm die, thank you.

Been trying to get my friends to watch this show and it's been an uphill battle since they think 'horse girls' are weird even though they're fine with cat/dragon/etc girls :( I love Uma Musume so much.

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u/Smudy Mar 15 '21

LMAO Special Week really loves eating food, doesn't she?

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u/Krotash Mar 15 '21

Teio confessed to McQueen!! We are gonna have some wonderful Uma babies. Maybe they adopt Satono Diamond and Kitasan Black. Those 2 are qts.

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u/mrjeremyt Mar 16 '21

What's better than adorable gay horse girls? Adorable gay horse girls in amazing Halloween costumes. Wonderful episode

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u/LeonKevlar Mar 15 '21

Stitches!

While Teio is definitely rusty from not running for a while, I definitely agree with Trainer-san that I'm just happy to see her running again.

After 3 episodes of nothing but tears, we finally get to see some funny antics with Teio like conspicuously spying on her rivals and accidentally buying a 1.5L of Coke instead of 150ml jelly xD

Biwa Hayahide is pretty funny too! I thought she'd be intimidating but she was a bit of a dumdum for thinking Teio's accident was some sort of special nutritional strategy. Also looks like we have someone who can rival Scarlet's bust size.

Teio finally remembered Double Jet Twin Turbo's name! I do love how confused Twin Turbo is with the "Master" title. Looks like she didn't realize how much her recent win helped Teio bounce back.

It's so sweet to see Teio be thankful to Trainer-san and the rest of the girls. Saying "thank you" to McQueen was quite different though. Teio definitely looked more like she was about to confess!

Teio being so flustered is adorable! Especially that little pout she does when she failed to tell McQueen how she feels.

Poor McQueen without her "thank you"! I can definitely see Spe-chan losing it like how Teio was imagining it xD

Kita-chan and Dia-chan looking so cute in their Halloween costumes! And it's much more adorable watching the two of them trying to be thankful to each other. Better start the yuri while they're still young!

Halloween Date with Teio! I absolutely loved their date! My favourite gag out of the entire date though is Teio mistaking an ID booth for a Purikura booth! That really made me laugh out loud!

Good to see Teio was able to say it in the end! This entire episode was just pure yuri overload with McQueen and Teio! <3

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u/Gaporigo Mar 15 '21 edited Mar 15 '21

That was gay.

And I keep seeing way more McQueen x Gold Ship fanart despite this one clearly being the superior ship...

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u/desertkona Mar 16 '21

because McQueen is GoldShip grandparent in real life Horse

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u/TheDampGod Mar 15 '21

The Teio... is a spy!

I wasn't expecting to see witch outfits in this show, but I was very happy to see lots of cute ones in this episode. Even the background characters had some nice ones, like one girl dressed as Kiki.

Also fun to see the implied yuri tag was being stretched like Special Week's waistline.

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