Very few in-setting have any clues as to the source of uma reincarnation; namely Neo Universe (aware of alternate realities), Stay Gold (aware their past life to an extent), and possibly Manhattan Cafe (can see spirits). Beyond those 2 maybe 3, those aware of horses are practically non-existant.
Ah, i thought it was more understood.
Shiro father in chapter 1 talks about how Umas has some memories of past lives, so at least in this fic it's different (they don't necessarily need to understand that the memories come from their lives as horses and only from one past life as Uma).
While the emails being accidentally forwarded by her trainer makes sense, it would be a far funnier explanation if her networking with the security team resulted in them making absolutely certain she knew (as an undercover security guard).
Oh, there's a thought. Maybe Being X got so annoyed with Tanya that it incarnated her as a war animal or something and then the Three Goddesses cold clocked him.
No, warhorses are very much still in living memory. Horse cavalry was still used to great effect in WW2, mainly on the vast steppes of the Eastern Front and China, as a cavalry unit can move faster than a foot infantry unit the same size while taking up far less resources than an equivalent armored or motorized unit. Hell, as recently as Afghanistan there's been the occasional use—turns out it's far easier to get a horse up a mountain than a truck, so they're very useful for transportation, and there was even the occasional cavalry charge.
Everyone else sprints at the end... Shiro just runs off at the start, and keeps running, and keeps running, and keeps running, and while the others have been pacing themselves they're half a lap down on her and she just keeps running while they need to catch her
Rebirth is a core principle of Buddism, which is practiced by nearly half of the Japanese, but that's an entire leap of logic short of Uma specifically being reincarnations of animals from the next reality over. The Uma I mentioned are the ones who have or could make that leap.
…But that absolutely did happen? Izbushensky (this occasion actually has a picture of the cavalry mid-charge), Schoenfeld, Morong, etc. Khalkhin Gol alone started as a cavalry battle between Mongolian and Manchurian cavalry that gradually escalated into a larger engagement between their Soviet and Japanese masters, and saw numerous engagements on horseback even beyond the initial spark.
Give her a bow and send her to an archery competition (that's actually one of the training options or something in the game iirc).
I think the biggest difference between Tanya and any modern "War-Uma" breeds is the fact that she has military training, either from her War-Horse incarnation or from her second life as a war mage.
That's basically why she keeps getting some of the more responsible older umas checking on her, only to find her being fairly well-adjusted, even if she's doing something rather insane by their standards.
Unfortunate that this skill isn't terribly useful most of the time.
To some degree, though not exactly the same, as Mihono Bourbon has difficulty expressing herself, while for Shirogane, it's that when she does try to express herself, it makes her look a bit psycho to other people.
Game wise she'd probably be 20% Guts, 10% Wits. She has a lot of base stamina, but a lot of her endurance is from Guts. If she was in game, Shirogane would be an easy trainer to train, but a very risky support card.
There actually is a bit of this going on, since Shirogane did not race on the JRA in real life, her classmates sometimes forget about her if she isn't the focus of attention, especially on campus.
Her first ult is probably running from a train.
Shirogane goes to shoe store to look for glue to fix her old running shoes. The owner is appalled that a Tracen student doesn't have a good pair of running shoes, so gives her a pair.
That's why Fuji backpedaled, since it became obvious that Shirogane was really not going too overboard.
Though she still thought Shirogane was a bit crazy for doing that kind of exercise for something like two hours. It will seem a bit weird to her to hear Rudolf and Air Groove mention Shirogane not being particularly motivated to race, since Fuji has only seen Shirogane training so far, and hasn't observed how she doesn't see races as a huge deal.
Shirogane would probably be quite good as a death metal vocalist, or other genres that involve yelling.
Correct, should be fixed now, thanks.
Strictly speaking, Shirogane did pass the entrance exam on her own merits, but the recommendation from Toujou-san did help get her foot in the door, as otherwise she'd be completely outside the usual talent scouting pipeline.
The Gold family must learn to fear the Pale Horse.
Yeah, she got the email forwarded to her by Toujou-san. It's just a case where she is in the unusual position of a first year already with a dedicated trainer, which gives her a slight advantage here.
To be fair, the other umas have past life experience too, but that's mostly running related, and not nearly as extensive as Shirogane's memories.
If Shirogane was born in Poland, or another country where cavalry was a bigger part of the cultural memory, they'd pick her out as being of a warhorse kind of uma much more quickly. Japan, however, does not have that strong of a cultural touchstone about cavalry, so it was mostly overlooked, not helped by her parents both being human, so some of her unusual mannerisms wasn't picked out as being unusual.
Stay Gold is wondering why she gets the sense Shirogane isn't supposed to be there.
The other funny explanation is that her email uses Suzuki Shirogane, so some admin thought she was a trainer and not a uma because of the human name, then put her on the trainer email list.
I would not be surprised if Shirogane gets pressured into wearing an outfit like this at some point.
grah tak, grah tak tak brraak?
Ok I like the second explanation better. Shirogane human'd too hard and the staff got confused lol
Now hear me out...
\o/ I was sort of correct! Will still be neat to see if this ever comes up in story.
Does this mean that Being X was planning on making Tanya going through another world war for round 3?
Well, Tanya could have been Warhammer 40k'd and Servitor-ized. It'd definitely explain why the life between was fuzzy, spending centuries lobotomized before eventually dying would probably prevent any real retention of memories.
Lone Wolf is a sleeper pick since it always procs in non pvp races and even in Champ Meets and Team Trials I get to proc it since nobody buys it out of fear someone else bought it.
You might want to go look up Samurai tbh. They were primarily mounted archers, then lancers with Naginata, and then pulled out the family blade only if they were out of other options or in honor duels or something.
It's probably against the rules to terrify the other horses.
It might be fun if something similar happens, either in a chapter or in an omake: there's an opening for something (an extracurricular activity, part-time job, volunteer project, supplementary class, etc.) intended for humans, but the admins get confused by Shirogane's name, mistake her for a human, and send her an email about the opportunity. Technically there's nothing preventing an uma for taking the opening, it's just that it's something they're not usually suited for or interested in. Only Shiro applies and does surprisingly well given her unique experiences. Any ideas on possible scenarios?
