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    On a Pale Horse (Umamusume/Youjo Senki)

    Demon King/Maou? White Death?
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    On a Pale Horse (Umamusume/Youjo Senki)

    When I checked, the answer is "Not really". In theory a racehorse can keep racing until they die (of old age), but for obvious reasons no one does that.
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    On a Pale Horse (Umamusume/Youjo Senki)

    On the flipside, if she ever thinks she's about to fail her objective... At the very least, it'll definitely be quite the race.
  4. Stracio

    On a Pale Horse (Umamusume/Youjo Senki)

    Ah yes, the Oka Sho, Japanese Derby/Oaks, Kikuka Sho Mixed Triple Crown. The true test of an Uma's capability for Mile, Medium, and Long races.
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    On a Pale Horse (Umamusume/Youjo Senki)

    Wait. This is brilliant! Right now Shirogane isn't able to break her limits because she thinks there's no need to risk an injury for a podium finish. To put it another way, she's kinda treating a podium finish to be a given. Once she falls below 3rd place, her competitive side might just...
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    On a Pale Horse (Umamusume/Youjo Senki)

    There's performing at your best (100%), and there's exceeding your limits (110%). Shirogane is always at 100% while her rivals fluctuate between 80‐110%.
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    On a Pale Horse (Umamusume/Youjo Senki)

    The thing about Shirogane is that she would lose against the rest of the Golden Gen most of the time...IF they perform at their best. The thing about Shiro is that she's always performing at her best, so if, say Grass, had an off-day then Shirogane will win. And Grass is one of the more stable...
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    On a Pale Horse (Umamusume/Youjo Senki)

    Would do her self-esteem some good once she realizes she's able to tank Shirogane's intimidation as a Front Runner. She would also be the first to suffer once Shiro makes a Zone breakthrough. Too bad Twin Turbo already retired two years before Shirogane made her debut. Well, there's always the...
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    On a Pale Horse (Umamusume/Youjo Senki)

    The thought did come up when you mentioned that Bold Emperor was an End Closer, which now that I think about it is funny because most of the playable Golden Gen are Pace/Late except for poor Sky who's a Front/Pace. She's gonna have tank most of Shirogane's intimidation for her entire career as...
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    On a Pale Horse (Umamusume/Youjo Senki)

    Unfortunately, this reflects the result of the IRL Bold Emperor actually placing that badly in AHFS. The second worst placing in his entire career in fact(10th). Considering her IRL counterpart's performance, I believe she'll have her chance to properly contest Shirogane in later races. Tbf she...
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    On a Pale Horse (Umamusume/Youjo Senki)

    Tbf Shirogane is slowly getting faster. If her monstrous stamina can keep up with the increased drain her faster speed has, she might just revitalize interest in long races. Correction, while Tenno Sho Autumn is available for Classic year racers, the Tenno Sho Spring is only available to Senior...
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    On a Pale Horse (Umamusume/Youjo Senki)

    inb4 when Shirogane's Twinkle career is wrapping up, she ends up getting elected as the Student Council President so she ends up staying in Tracen longer. Rudolf: "Of course you get monetary compensation for your time on top of the brand sponsorship you'd get as the face of Tracen. You'll have...
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    On a Pale Horse (Umamusume/Youjo Senki)

    To make it clear to everyone, horse racing gambling is legal in IRL Japan. There's a reason why Gold Ship is known for the infamous 12 Billion Yen incident. It's just that in the world of Umamusume, gambling in umaracing is illegal. Though considering Umamusume racing consists of both racing...
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    On a Pale Horse (Umamusume/Youjo Senki)

    All this talk about whether Shirogane would want to be a mother or not is ignoring a crucial aspect of her characterization—have you considered the fact that she would feel obligated to continue the family line as the only living Umamusume in her family? Edit: That and being the only child of...
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    On a Pale Horse (Umamusume/Youjo Senki)

    For the Crown/Tiara races, it's impossible as Steady started earlier and is already a Senior racer with at least one graded race win by this point. To clarify, the Japanese Classic Crown/Tiara races can only be ran by athletes in their Classic year (in irl this would be a horse's 3-year old...
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