On a Pale Horse (Umamusume/Youjo Senki)

Sky3Fall · 2026-01-18T02:38:26+0000

"Downhills can make me faster" is exactly the kind of stuff that sounds obvious but probably isn't if you're used to having to focus on keeping control and maintaining a constant speed. It's nice to see Shiro becoming a better racer!

Also if she managed to tutor Haru into winning that would be amazing. It's unlikely Haru was recruited by a trainer, so having Shiro be a sort of proxy trainer with King Halo being the proxy mom would be amazing. Haru having a full unofficial family and racing staff at Tracen made up of all her classmates is something that sounds really cool.

FluffyVoid · 2026-01-18T02:50:04+0000

Secret race interaction between Urara and Shirogane: while other races get debuffs when Shiro activates her abilities Urara gets major buffs including personal boss music.

View: https://youtu.be/eNTMKWysvPc?si=6RXHbNYnEHwzJPOB

Wild Transient · 2026-01-18T02:52:09+0000

Shiro meets Haru Urara! It would be really funny if she somehow became the reason Haru finally manages to get a few first place wins.

MikaShogo · 2026-01-18T02:58:27+0000

Ngl I feel like if you place other umas into that training mask exercise, it might become torture for them, probably wondering how the heck is Shirogane even managing to do that. Also yay for Haru Urara surprise! Love her introduction, especially her little antics with Shirogane. (Now if Shirogane was actually in the game, would players frame her as an older sister to Urara, or something else in fanart)

FluffyVoid · 2026-01-18T03:08:56+0000

MikaShogo said:
(Now if Shirogane was actually in the game, would players frame her as an older sister to Urara, or something else in fanart)

A self appointed yakuza bodyguard to Urara's innocent yakuza princess? That or Shirogane is Majima to Urara's kiryu and the former pops out of nowhere to suddenly do training with Urara.

ShadowAngelBeta · 2026-01-18T03:17:52+0000

FluffyVoid said:
A self appointed yakuza bodyguard to Urara's innocent yakuza princess? That or Shirogane is Majima to Urara's kiryu and the former pops out of nowhere to suddenly do training with Urara.

I think Urara is the one popping out of nowhere.

But, uhh... now I'm thinking of Urara with uncle Majima. Which is funny, because that's the quest over on akun: A Dark Horse.

Sakahu_sas · 2026-01-18T04:20:56+0000

WrandmWaffles said:
She would have to find a different slope to practice on

As unlikely as that would be I'll still wish you good luck on that Shirogane-chan, because you just got adopted by Urara and there's nothing you can do to change it

HoxShorelight · 2026-01-18T05:06:38+0000

WrandmWaffles said:
That is because, barring the first time, you have no issues with the starting gate," her trainer held up one finger, then raising more as she continued, "you have an excellent academic record, so those requirements were a non-issue, and most importantly, in my opinion, you have a clear sense of your physical capabilities, as well as the mental wherewithal to make adjustments according to those capabilities.

So she is steady , cool under pressure , smart too , highly discipline
Know her own limit

WrandmWaffles said:
Although, to some degree you might have too good of a grasp on your abilities, so you are more hesitant to push beyond them."

There is the downside, not a rule breaker or limit pusher

Shirogane is a total war horse/ calvary horse isn't she , she can sprint fine but marching ling distance is more her speed not to mention high stamina
For her to truly let loose you need to put her into some life and death situation
For her to play support for her teammate it might be bad in the long run , Shirogane might join Spica just to let loose like Suzuka about to do
The part with Haru Urara is so cute

manatherindrell · 2026-01-18T05:25:02+0000

Hah, not even Tanya can deny the goodness of head pats.

Lyrista · 2026-01-18T05:43:15+0000

Shirogane finds herself looking after Haru Urara more often out of concern the spacey Uma is going to hurt herself with that short attention span of hers.

WrandmWaffles · 2026-01-18T06:13:43+0000

ShadowAngelBeta said:
I'm picturing her all but adopting Urara just because no one else is aware of or wants to handle an Uma with mental difficulties and Shiro just gets frustrated in that very Tanya way and so decides to do something about it.

Perhaps ironically, Shirogane might have some decent ideas for training Haru Urara, since she's come up with somewhat adhoc training for herself because it's cheaper. And she prefers training more similar to what the actual run would be, as opposed to focusing on gym training.

All Squares Make A Circle said:
"would" to "wouldn't"

Thank you, should be fixed.

DeathFrown said:
Very surprised to see Haru show up, though mainly because she came alone! D-did she ditch her afterschool training?! Welp.

Urara got distracted, but at least this time she got something useful out of it.

RandomNew said:
This is so funny and wholesome lol

manatherindrell said:
Hah, not even Tanya can deny the goodness of head pats.

Even after multiple lives parental affection is still rather novel to Shirogane.

RandomNew said:
Shirogane starting to realize her trainer here have good intention in her heart. She's intending for her to win her race.
She doesn't care which her trainee to win, only both of them do their best.

Part of it is that Hana knows that Grass Wonder won't really appreciate it if Shirogane is explicitly and intentionally making it easier for it to win. And while Hana thinks that it would likely be effective for them to run in the same race, since Shirogane would challenge the front runners into tiring themselves out more, which would make it easier for Grass Wonder to close later in the rest, she isn't going to tell Shirogane to deliberately let Grass win, since she knows that won't be good for Shirogane's growth. Plus, she does think Shirogane can become a winner in her own right, especially as a runaway front runner, since while Shirogane's top speed is inferior to most of her competitors, if she keeps that pace for the whole race, it actually results in fairly competitive times.

TheOverlordOfKittens said:
...wait a moment. That last scene seems...familiar somehow.

Hold up, that's just a support card event!

Eureka! I got an idea! This could be useful for Shirogane Orzel's training!

A lot of the scenes I write where Shirogane talks to other umas really do just feel like support card events, lol. That said, Shirogane's support card would probably be a brutal one, giving a lot of stat gains and useful skills but having a lot of energy draining or mood tanking events.

Urara's SSR support card and Shirogane's support cards would combine for extreme Guts training.

Acerer said:
Ha! She has an Urara Guts Support Card. She got inspired and got Straight Descent did she?

A hint for Highlander and Downhill Speedster. Shirogane would probably have a higher ranked version of a downhill skill.

Sky3Fall said:
"Downhills can make me faster" is exactly the kind of stuff that sounds obvious but probably isn't if you're used to having to focus on keeping control and maintaining a constant speed. It's nice to see Shiro becoming a better racer!

It's partly that she doesn't have to worry so much about crashing when going downhill on a racecourse. Obviously if there is a runner in front of her it'd be a problem, but if she was out front she could kind of throw herself downhill, and Shirogane is much more adept maneuvering with her feet off the ground than her competitors.

MikaShogo said:
Ngl I feel like if you place other umas into that training mask exercise, it might become torture for them, probably wondering how the heck is Shirogane even managing to do that.

They need more Guts training.

Sakahu_sas said:
As unlikely as that would be I'll still wish you good luck on that Shirogane-chan, because you just got adopted by Urara and there's nothing you can do to change it

She meant that she needs to find a hill where she can practice just accelerating downhill as opposed to having to stop short to avoid the river. Whether Urara finds her there is another story.

HoxShorelight said:
For her to truly let loose you need to put her into some life and death situation

Or at least bang her up a little bit. Which means that she's a runner that gets more aggressive the more you try to jostle her.

D.O.A-2100 · 2026-01-18T07:03:20+0000

You know, the whole falling down hill things, combined with her maneuverability in the air, will really hammer home the orzeł part of her racer name.

NoFunposter · 2026-01-18T07:10:59+0000

>INB4 Haru can't spell prestigious but pronounces Orzeł correctly on the first try.

Mentos · 2026-01-18T07:57:25+0000

>Training mask inhibiting her breathing
Next, she'll have to climb this 24 meter high, oil covered smooth stone pillar with only the Ripple!
I don't know how it'll help her run!

Guardian Box · 2026-01-18T08:01:17+0000

Mentos said:
>Training mask inhibiting her breathing
Next, she'll have to climb this 24 meter high, oil covered smooth stone pillar with only the Ripple!
I don't know how it'll help her run!

Next thing you are going to say is that her training is needlessly excessive.

kuopiofi · 2026-01-18T08:02:09+0000

From the looks of it, Shirogane hasn't done that parting the air before her she did in chapter two again/during her training. Is there some reason for that?

Eurocorp · 2026-01-18T09:00:23+0000

At this rate Rice may actually be seen as much more preferable type of Heel. Just because of the fact that she personally is much less intimidating in general.

JKD_666 · 2026-01-18T09:25:30+0000

Well, if all else fails, Tanya could become some sort of a downhill specialist in illegal races with steep corners, where max speed and acceleration is an easier barrier to overcome. She'd just have to attack on the third hairpin turns and pull some kansei driftos. The racing circuit is called Initial D T, btw.

MaHaL · 2026-01-18T09:33:32+0000

WrandmWaffles said:
Or at least bang her up a little bit. Which means that she's a runner that gets more aggressive the more you try to jostle her.

Japan Cup run foreshadowing...

Some of them try to push Orzeł around like Tamamo or Oguri and instead flip the switch.

Jubjub3000 · 2026-01-18T09:41:35+0000

Thank you for the chapter! Loved it! I hope shiro gets a high position at her debut, shes definitely training for it! Though has she tried underwater resistance training or going to a low oxygen environment to increase her red blood cells? Maybe some weighted clothes and straps that make it harder to move?

CynPersonified · 2026-01-18T11:28:23+0000

My Daughter Haru is thriving, free, Moisturized!

Granet · 2026-01-18T16:04:54+0000

WrandmWaffles said:
Or at least bang her up a little bit. Which means that she's a runner that gets more aggressive the more you try to jostle her

Doesn't that mean shiro would have been more dangerous in overseas/western races if she was born there. Since, at least according to Cinderella Grey, they're more aggressive in their runs and push for positions.

Jubjub3000 · 2026-01-18T16:11:39+0000

Granet said:
Doesn't that mean shiro would have been more dangerous in overseas/western races if she was born there. Since, at least according to Cinderella Grey, they're more aggressive in their runs and push for positions.

Makes me wonder if she would try running in full plate armour for that mass boost and to threaten to punch/tackle people

Jetsmillion · 2026-01-18T16:38:32+0000

I wonder if Haru will drag her friend Rice along the next time she goes looking to plan Hill ninja with Shirogane?

Even if she doesn't, the more "games" Haru learns from her new ninja friend, the better chances the cutest uma has of finally winning a race.

As for Grass, here is hoping that Shirogane can get here to agree to work together so that that they have the best odds of competing for first and second on the same race.

Oh, out of curiosity, is there a title for a una that places 2nd on all Tripple Crown races?

ReadingBetweenLines · 2026-01-18T16:48:46+0000

Thanks for the Chapter!

Well, who is this cute airhead? She certainly has chemistry with Shiro.

I wonder, does Shiro miss the feeling of flying? I know her speed isn't good enough, but how would she recreate that feeling?

Bbob · 2026-01-18T17:06:13+0000

I know next to nothing about this universe however this is so well written that I'm genuinely enjoying it.
Honestly I'm waiting on baited breath for the first actual race where she's wearing the Polish cavalry uniform, and gets aggravated enough that her memories of being a Prussian officer come to the forefront and begins roaring in German, freaking everyone out. May the Murder Pony never die.

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