i wonder if the supernatural charisma of Haru could also affect Shirogane's fatigue and mood after the race as the rest of the umas.
Probably not, since Haru's style of encouragement is not one Shirogane would really respond to. That isn't to say she would dislike Haru, just not really be affected by her enthusiasm.
Shirogane will look Haru in the eyes and say, " I don't want to be your friend." And nobody will know what to do.
It won't be that directly antagonistic but Shiro would likely think that Haru is mentally challenged and is part of some kind of disability program...or conclude she's undercover security. It's relatively difficult to truly dislike someone who is so gormlessly friendly and happy even if they are not very good at their job. And even if Haru isn't the best racer her mistakes largely don't negatively affect other people. Shirogane would be mildly perplexed how Haru manages to stay in the academy, which could play into her conclusion that she's undercover security or a designated gate filler.
On the other hand Shirogane learning and using say, "Frenzy" would be Super Effective on everyone else.
Other debuff umas: "Get out of the way! I'm gonna crush you!"
Shirogane:
*Blinks and rereads the previous part* *facepalms* Darn it Rudolf!!!
It is mildly amusing how the title of this story is a pun.
That's a fair critique by Rudolf.And to be fair to Shirogane she at the moment doesn't really have any real reason to want to "win".
Shirogane does have a desire to win, for the money. On the other hand she indeed does not have a strong desire to reach for the top, because she knows most top runners have fairly short careers.
I imagine the moment that she does enter the Zone Shirogane gains that "hopped up on magic meth unhinged smile Tanya is known for.
Her skill immediately rushes other runners around her as they try to get away.
I forseen a bit of character development in Shiroganes future to find the reason/motivation she needs to win a G1 race against formidable rivals.
What kind of motivation is Shirogane weak to? Encouragement? Money? Early Retirement? Perceived Expectations?
I thought it would be funny if Mayano dad comes around to visit his daughter and Shiro gets along disturbingly well with him as a military man and air jock such that Mayano feels her poaition as daughter is threatened.
I mean, if she was offered a ride in a fighter jet or airplane Shirogane would definitely take it.
Shirogane is going to traumatize some poor newbie pace setter in her first official race isn't she? Having Shirogane lock in and follow directly in your wake the entire race would be rather unnerving to a less experienced Uma
This is not helped by how she likes to run exactly in her opponent's blind spot, and is on the smaller side so not every runner would recognize she was there initially.
It would be sweet if Shirogane can actually share a bit of her focus and diligence while Haru her joy of race and the desire to win like Ying and Yang it would be a perfect complement imo.
Shirogane passes on her technique of weaponizing past life trauma. Which might actually be fairly effective for Haru since she did have quite a bit of it.
Meanwhile Salaryman was known for coming in 2nd in everything he tried his hand at while searching for the area he truly excelled, a joke that followed once he reincarnated with the silver wings badge and her nickname "White Silver".
Shirogane even means silver, lol.
I think there's something even bigger holding her back, something unthinkable for an uma: Tanya cannot see racing as something precious, something that truly matters.
This, in my opinion is an even greater hurdle to her future as a racer than simply forging an ambition to win. Because at the heart of it, races aren't important to Tanya in the way they are for other uma. She'll seek victories to ensure she has a stable income and for her own pride, but the goal of being a racer doesn't actually matter to her, and that's the foundation for racing.
Yeah, racing is just another sport to Shirogane, one she happens to be rather good at, but there's no real added significance to her. Racing is something her classmates dreamed of doing and many of them really desire to win races, which is something Shirogane really doesn't have. Instead, she has an absurdly high threshold for acceptable training and rather high standard for adequate.
Because from what I understand, this is a fundamentally alien perspective for an uma to have. Uma are born to run - partially in body, but more deeply in spirit, reborn from souls that wished with all their hearts to race once again. But Tanya was born with no such dream fueling her at the core.
Shirogane
does have an urge to run as an Umamusume. She does not have an urge to
race. There is a strong instinct in her for getting from point A to point B as fast as possible, but it is not in a race.
It's not to say she'll slack, Shirogane will put her usual Tanyaness into her training but she just won't improve at the same rate as her peers do, and eventually she's going to hit a wall and she's either going to have to find the will and passion to truly run, or her career is going to crash and she'll never rise out of the ranks of mediocrity. She'll just be "average".
I think it'd be more like she gets less stats and skill points for running races, but is basically immune to negative effects and has a very stable mood. Her initial career goals would a long list of lower graded races, but you can convince her try some of the bigger name ones.
If I remember right she can still somewhat use magic, if she did, would she have won or just made it a lot closer?
She would have needed a computation orb to amplify her speed enough to win the race. With her instinctive magic it does not have as significant of an effect.
Honestly, I think it would be an Uma like Super Creek that would be more focused on making sure Shirogane got enough to eat. Oguri Cap has too much of a risk getting distracted eating her own food.
Another thing that might freak out other umas is Shirogane's willingness to eat things that taste bad or are tasteless if it will help her.
"If you consume it quickly then you don't have to worry about taste.
I see, learning how to Desire Victory without drawing on her trauma is what will give Orzeł access to the Guts rework
Or maybe she won't desire victory unless she gets sucked into past life trauma.
