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| This is great. I liked the 2nd episode. Let's hope for 2-cour ha ha. But I'm wondering ... are they only learning about the horse races and stuff in school? Or do they also teach normal stuff normal people (that are not horse girls) learn? (And we only don't see it on screen.) :D |
| Oh, I get it now, they use all the name from real horse racing name... no wonder it's all so weird, I bet all my money for Special Week LOL |
| I'm really starting to like this show a lot now. The second episode was better than the first and I'm liking the characters too, including the awesome pervert trainer. =) Although the episode did have its sad moment about how Special Week lost her mother after giving birth to her, so it's nice to hear Special Week wanting to become the best horse girl in Japan in dedication to her late mother and her foster mother. Speaking of the latter, the training sequences shown in the flashback was really hilarious. =3 And, of course, it was great to see Special Week win her debut race too. The eye-patch girl was really playing rough and dirty with Spe-Chan, so it was satisfying to see Spe-chan outpace and outsmart her towards her maiden victory. Great episode once again! Arcaedes said: I would make a bad pun and say this show could be a bit of a dark horse, but I'd never do something like that ^_^ I said that in the first episode discussion and I have no regrets at all................for now at least. =P |
I like how they parodied this trope here. |
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| I-I like this show. Oh god, what has become of me. |
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| Didn't think much of 2 episodes back to back, esp with Mahou Shoujo Ore then now this series...but horse girls and good artwork? I'm in with P.A.Works kind of art. Even though this series will be the PVs for the upcoming Cygames mobile game of the same name, the series itself is the focal point of knowledge. Am liking the country bumpkin Special Week that's learning to flap her wings in the horseracing world, with her win in her debut match that solidifies her position more with Team Spica. |
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Meta_Yoshi said: I'm really starting to like this show a lot now. The second episode was better than the first and I'm liking the characters too, including the awesome pervert trainer. =) Although the episode did have its sad moment about how Special Week lost her mother after giving birth to her, so it's nice to hear Special Week wanting to become the best horse girl in Japan in dedication to her late mother and her foster mother. Speaking of the latter, the training sequences shown in the flashback was really hilarious. =3 And, of course, it was great to see Special Week win her debut race too. The eye-patch girl was really playing rough and dirty with Spe-Chan, so it was satisfying to see Spe-chan outpace and outsmart her towards her maiden victory. Great episode once again! Arcaedes said: I would make a bad pun and say this show could be a bit of a dark horse, but I'd never do something like that ^_^ I said that in the first episode discussion and I have no regrets at all................for now at least. =P Horse pun high five? because that's actually a thing.. true story ^^ |
Xenocrisi said: I'm quite sure this is going to have 24 episodes It's 13 episodes. http://moetron.news/post/172484425380/the-tv-anime-to-uma-musume-pretty-derby-is |
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| Still a bit meh, but I'll stick with it for now. I wish there was a bit more focus on other girls to keep me watching, so far only Suzuka and the protagonist have my interest. Plus, the idol segment is less than 2 minutes of the entire episode and almost feels like an afterthought. It was like this in the first episode too. |
Stark700 said: Xenocrisi said: I'm quite sure this is going to have 24 episodes It's 13 episodes. http://moetron.news/post/172484425380/the-tv-anime-to-uma-musume-pretty-derby-is oh, this is sad. Usually P.A. Works's anime have 24 episodes |
| The comedy is still nice and I like the main duo (the trainer is pretty cool too), not sure if I'm hooked enough to the premise tho, but I will continue watching. |
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| Well,I wasn't going to watch this series,but hell,is it good! The first episode was fun,and the second just made it better. Esp the bit where she's running to school with the carrot in her mouth,that was hilarious. Admittedly,I was expecting even a small amount of Monster Musume,but what I got was HUGE amounts of cuteness,fun and nice op/ed. Gonna stick with this for the duration methinks. I'm putting all my money on Special Week-hell,I'll write her into my will too :) |
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| Me crying over my lost money when some random unknown noob horse with low betting odds wins the race |
| Anyone know the launch date for the game? JP version I don't expect this to get a NA release, but i can hope because its Cygames |
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PolarCyrus97 said: Anyone know the launch date for the game? JP version I don't expect this to get a NA release, but i can hope because its Cygames Theres a game coming? Damn,hope it gets a west release. |
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| Too convinient for Suzuka to become roommates with our horse-girl and transfer to the same team as her on the same day just before her being accepted. Nevertheless, I enjoyed the hell out of these 2 episodes, I want more, can't wait |
| I know, the idol scene is very very unnecessary |
Zee530 said: Pleasantly surprised at the amount of depth here, will watch. Yeah its definitely a surprise hit for me this season ^3^ And especially considering the anime I was most looking forward to turned out to be a 3min episode anime >.< when it really needed longer episodes ...ugh I'm just so bummed out about it. |
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| Well that was an easy debut win for Special Week! did the ED spoiled of their Overall Ranking? 5/5. |
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OrangeJP said: Fantastic episode. I was laughing way too much during this scene  Yes, this scene made me laugh quite a bit! It definitely was something different, but it makes sense since horses eat carrots. Overall, the second episode was awesome as well. I can't wait for the third episode! |
| Best sports anime since Keijo. But yeah, the idol stuff isn't integrated very well. |
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| Now, Spe-chan is even Suzuka's roommate. Damn is she lucky. The student council president must have high hopes for her, calling he in on her first day of classes and all. The rest of the Spice team members, who haven't debuted, want their debut race, now. Special Week did excellent in her debut race, with Suzuka's help and encouragement. The odd childhood training and twister must've helped. Right when she won, I was wondering how the concert would go because I remembered that they didn't prepare for it at all; that must've been really embarrassing for Spe-chan, but she was so cute standing there. |
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| This episode is as good as the first, but I love this episode more. Gaaah. So proud of Spe-chan. And I'm just a simple girl, I love Suzuka-chan. <3 I bet Special Week's second mother was a very famous horse back then. I'm betting my sakana on this. Haha. I'm so in love with this show. I'm so in love with the girls. :) 5/5. <3 |
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| this was much better than the previous one. even though the moeshit is giving me a headache, the emotional segment were actually pretty good |
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| I'd rather watch an anime based around girls who are horses, then girls who are battleships lol. Not saying Kantai Collection is bad though. I just enjoy Horses more haha. Trainer-san is the best though. Has me laughing non-stop. |
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| That dodge before finish line tho, damn I almost yelling too loud at that moment. But why I feels that her winning is too fast ? I thought she will fail at the debut race, so she will try again to be the best later. I have bad feeling about the further episode, because I hate if they put fail and depression moment after many success. |
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TsuzukuHunter said: Gotta remember a couple things: 1) she already lost the team trial race - if she had lost again, then it start to take the series to an negative turn, as many other horse girls would start to dismiss her - she'll probably lose later, but this was important; and 2) I think this series is more of a fun / good times story based on the game, so they don't really a negative impression of itThat dodge before finish line tho, damn I almost yelling too loud at that moment. But why I feels that her winning is too fast ? I thought she will fail at the debut race, so she will try again to be the best later. I have bad feeling about the further episode, because I hate if they put fail and depression moment after many success. One question I have, though @Stark700 - seeing that it started with a 40 minute premier (episodes 1 & 2), will they skip a week for episode 3? |
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| I was expecting gaucho music. |
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| I’m almost scared for the second episode, considering that Special Week’s trainer apparently skipped over all the key skills needed to be a racing horse girl.... -_- |
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| I think one of the reasons I like this show is because like yo finally it's another anime with girls doing sports that isn't just tits flopping everywhere. Like dang, let the fanservice do itself instead-- and it does in this show. That's class; that's good taste. But also, the sport is taken relatively seriously. The performance thing can go, but I'll let it pass. That's not to say there aren't anime with girls doing sports-- even ones without the boob jigglin' fan service, but they really are kinda scarce with the exception of some ecchi or comedy series. I guess I'm so surprised because I wasn't expecting this show to take its sports element even this seriously. What a time to be alive! I do wish it was more of a team sport (even though Special Week is on a team), but since these girls do run together despite having singular goals, I think it helps give a similar feeling. I really like that. Even if I end up not liking it in the end, I do appreciate the addition of another female sports anime that actually does the sport. Because sports anime (though usually team sports) often comes with some ideas, values, and such that I almost only ever see between male characters, but it's actually really nice to see it between females too. It's just rare. I'm content with this show. Really. |
| Loving it this quite a bit going on for a horse girls gacha game adaption i'm pretty much gonna treat it as a sports track anime too many girls hard to pick after seeing the full character chart but the scene with her mom training had me dying i hope she shows up later though Special Week seems to be getting quite the special treatment no pun intended first week with a debut and her other teammates still haven't gotten theirs |
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| Plain main characters without any mane, actual horserunning or any horserelated things. Just plain slice of life antromorphism which isn't by far exciting me as much as Centaur no Nayami... Also winning the debut and obligatory idol performance? This show really needs to work on what it actually wants to be instead of just doing everything because they can. I actually miss fanservice in here, though it is good for them that they went "full" sports wiithout boing. Too bad I needed that boing in here to actually keep me watching. Dropped after this episode. |
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| The second episode turned this from potential entertainment to solid entertainment. I'm surprisingly interested in the horse racing aspect. I wonder how the story aspect is going to unfold, I don't usually watch sports anime. |
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| Wow their school motto... Such boring font mounted on the wall, it's like they decided to just get someone to print a huge copy of a 2 liner in Times New Roman or something. Glad to see they explained her mom, was making me... curious. Feels nice to actually see someone not start from the bottom and do good at their first official attempt, even if the theme is silly. Often times in sports anime, they failed miserably to set the standards. Lols at the idol part. |
I thought the bit where Special Week was sitting in bed sadly hammering horseshoes onto her tennis shoes was hilarious. |
| Another solid episode. Vodka and Scarlett are best horses. Special Week has a surprisingly sad back story, I feel like her adoptive mother was her actual mother's trainer. I also have a feeling her birth mother was some legendary race horse, but we'll see. Queen Berry was cute tomboy, I loved seeing her in a frilly idol dress. Speaking of, Special Week was looking cute too despite embarrassing herself on stage. One thing I forgot to mention about episode one, and this episode for that matter, is that it's stupid that Suzuka is conveniently both on her team and her roommate. I also hope they focus on the other girls too, kind of like how Keijo also focused on the other girls. |
| ROFL That training with her 2nd mom, super funny. And the ending... forgot to train, LOL |
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| Even this episode despite the narration is quite telegraphed, manages to entertain more than good and be very funny. Carine from the graphic point of view the opening and the ending. This part of the narrative was really funny, that great mom has Spe-chan. Idem! Reinterpret a classic scene of romantic series. XD |
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| Already better than the debut episode. I like Silence Suzuka quite a bit she reminds me of a much nicer version of Koizumi-san but without the ramen obsession. Looking forward to the friendship and possible rivalry between her and Special Week. |
| Yay for Special Week, she won on her debut. She didn't practice the entrance and the winning concert at all lol |
| This episode was boring as fuck. 1/5 |
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| Really lovely second episode with a great pacing and finish I must say! While I am not a too huge fan of the Idol part of this series, it still was pretty funny with the slice of life/school part and the racing derby! Looking forwards to see what's next. |
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| Great job Special Week !!!!! she is so cute ! the story with her mother was pretty sad |
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| Sad backstory, but she won the race :D |
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| Lol. Spe-chan really got her special week, after winning her very first debut race, in a week. Thanks for that training lesson, and motivation, tough second mama. Thanks for that support and cheering, Suzuka-chan. Thanks for the trust, weird trainer-san. And rest in peace the real Spe-chan mama, your daughter really a special one. But, don't forget to learn some dance move next time, you horse girl! Its seeing Tokai's debut of appearance. She was just a cutie pie, maybe the second horse girl that succeeded to attract my attention, idk why, beside the special one, ofc. Well, so far its just went too smooth. I hope Spe-chan got a nice lesson and a decent challenge in the future. So, lets see then.... |
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