On a Pale Horse (Umamusume/Youjo Senki)

[Warthogs309]

Skill "battle face:" Like Curren-chan's Intimidate, but for long races.

Really amusing how Shirogane is so immune to intimidation that she literally doesn't comprehend it. There is legitimate threat, and there is harmless. Nothing in between.

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I feel "Stoic" would be a better skill name. But seeing as I haven't played umamusume I'm pretty sure that name is already taken lol.

 

[Neo3932156]

The only politics that should seriously come up in an Uma Musume story are if the power of friendship is considered doping, who is best Uma, and whether or not certain characters are Umas.

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I don't think that counts as doping, since that is considered part and parcel of being a Uma Musume and theoretically something other Uma Musume can achieve.

 

[IbnAurum]

I wonder what Shiro's reaction to the absolute unit that is Michelle My Baby would be... besides possibly mistaking her for a Heavy Draft Uma.

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I would KILL for Shiro-chan to play ball

 

[D'znn-Xy'lll MetaChthonia]

I would KILL for Shiro-chan to play ball

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Be like the Fan Art I've seen of MMB and Tama.
Rule 2 Compliance: has yet not to go to the same Thread on the NSFW Side.

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Except probably even more extreme.

 

[Jubjub3000]

How tall is shiro? Can someone edit shiro into that image?

 

[Neo3932156]

How tall is shiro? Can someone edit shiro into that image?

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According to OP, she's the same height as Stay Gold, which according to the wiki is 142cm.

 

[Jubjub3000]

According to OP, she's the same height as Stay Gold, which according to the wiki is 142cm.

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Adorable! Makes me want her to carry an injured silence suzuka past the finishing line even more!

 

[Kentcas]

Guys..? The next threadmark button disappeared... Mods!? Somebody please fix this!

Joking aside, I'm fully caught up now and I am very excited for the next update. That was such a fun read. I hope other umafics are this good.

But even then, she's actually got enough skill that she could feasibly win a race without really locking in

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I can picture her and Golshi casually walking off, not even winded after a race while everyone else is gasping for air.

 

[MrSplashy]

Rarrgghhh!! Cliffhanger, I've enjoyed reading this fanfic too much. I need more.

 

[Jubjub3000]

I wonder if shiro and gold ship will sell pure apple pie?

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Maybe they could figure out pure carrot cake?

 

[Naphtali]

Given what happened in the US with the second gambling was Legalized was the second everything got flooded with adverts from the formerly Illegal Sites that already Existed and the country pretty much instantly developed a Gambling Culture and proves just why gambling was Illegal even it being officially Illegal it's impossible to stop it. Pretty much one of those happy bubblegum world type things to claim it never happens (although people still like pointing out how NIKKE has a 13+ Rating while UmaMusume has an 18+ one).

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I'd say something about how partial nudity not really being a big deal but...

There is a not- insignificant amount of blood and dismemberment in Nikke. Heck, the most recent Event had Character death and had several popular characters get litterally torn apart on screen.

Seem to recall hearing there needs to also be an actual justifiable Reason to get fired. Job security is at maximum there. So, yeah, that guy murdering the salaryman was just a terrible person to start with not just grumpy about losing his job.

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It's actually pretty hard to get fired in most corporate jobs in Japan. Because if you get fired, it also reflects poorly on the person that *hired* you. The person doing the firing tends to take a reputational loss as a consequnce.

Depending on which version of YS you are looking at, the dude misses work frequently, and doesn't perform while he's *at* work (over an entire economic quarter, he missed something like a third of his work days if I understand the text correctly.), or He's missing a lot of work and was caught with drugs on company property.



Also, From what I've read- Japans traditional corporate culture is actually starting to break down. Apparently, their Millenials don't give a crap about company loyalty and will glady jump ship if offered a better deal- something that their boomer generation complain about a lot.
It's also pretty common for them to skip out on after-work social gatherings (which generally boils down to drinking parties.)

Certain, hyper competitive fields are still meat grinders though- Like Mangaka

 

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if the power of friendship is considered doping

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Yes.

And that's a good thing.

We deserve the best umathletes science can provide.

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