I did one 10-pull on this one and got... wedding dress Maya?

Go home, Umamusume, you're drunk.

--G.
also, that one makes me feel even more like a felon than that time I found out Soukaku is not a small-statured woman but in fact a child.
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And this is after the skipped every banner since drop other than Narita Brian (who I also pulled on the first draw). It's like I bank luck, blow it on a single pull, and then have to spend months banking up more luck to try again.

>also, that one makes me feel even more like a felon
>than that time I found out Soukaku is not a small-statured woman but
>in fact a child.

As opposed to the loli-baba Piper or the "really 700 years old" Qingyi?

Oh hell, I can't talk, I play Arknights and not only are several "meta" operators exceptionally-gifted children or child soldiers, but also include serial killers, eldritch abominations, several demi-gods, and a lich.

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Don't forget Soldier 11 and Anby, who, conversely, look and act full-grown, but are really like... five? I forget if their agent stories actually said how long ago the flashback parts were, but it wasn't terribly long.

>Oh hell, I can't talk, I play Arknights and not only are
>several "meta" operators exceptionally-gifted children or child
>soldiers, but also include serial killers, eldritch abominations,
>several demi-gods, and a lich.

I am occasionally tempted to borrow a character design from that game, but I have yet to figure out how to justify changing UF's version of Surtr that drastically. :)

--G.
"Look, it's a long story, OK?"
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You can wait until Endfield comes out finally(tm) and see if her alternate Laevateinn version in the far future works out better? :laughs:

Well, it'd still be converting a male flame giant embodiment of malevolence into a humanoid female who seems (from my limited exposure to the actual game) like she's nice enough. I feel like that would take at least a little explanation. :)

Alternately (and to swing back to Uma matters), I suppose I could take a page from the event that ended this week and just replace him with Golshi. I wonder how long it would take Asgard to notice?

--G.
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Now I'm picturing the wave of consternation in Asgard when a visiting-card in that name arrives, as everyone boggles at the idea that he would show up there... and then the second wave of consternation when she shows up instead. :)

--G.
"Surtr has a daughter? Since when? How? Actually scratch that last part, I'm pretty sure I don't want to know."
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Pick one:

- Loki's Magic
- Agnes' shady new drug
- Yukari is fooling around again
- Psi Corps conspiracy

>Alternately (and to swing back to Uma matters), I suppose I could take
>a page from the event that ended this week and just replace him with
>Golshi. I wonder how long it would take Asgard to notice?

Ohtori walks into the throne room, taking a knee before the throne and bows his head while asking for Surtr's guidance, the throne turns around to reveal...Goldshi in a cape and sporting a shit-eating grin. A flash goes off and Ohtori recovers just enough of his wits to realize it was Deadpool taking a pic of his shocked face.

DEADPOOL
"This one's going on THE WALL^TM!!!"

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I think I am required by tradition and possibly federal statute to respond, "Templates like that are forbidden."

>Ohtori walks into the throne room, taking a knee before the throne and
>bows his head while asking for Surtr's guidance, the throne turns
>around to reveal...Goldshi in a cape and sporting a shit-eating grin.

"What is thy bidding, my master?"

"Get me a danish, and be quick about it!"

"... hah?"

>A flash goes off and Ohtori recovers just enough of his wits to
>realize it was Deadpool taking a pic of his shocked face.
>
>DEADPOOL
>"This one's going on THE WALL^>size="1"]TM!!!"

"That Time I Took Over Hell Accidentally"

--G.
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It's an older meme, but it checks out.

>"What is thy bidding, my master?"
>
>"Get me a danish, and be quick about it!"
>
>"... hah?"

If it actually were the Arknights Surtr, she'd be demanding a bowl of ice cream.

>"That Time I Took Over Hell Accidentally"

The newest manga in the Bacon Comics line-up, from the creators of "I Landed In A New World And They Made Me A Starship Captain."

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"IPO secure database, or cherry-cream cheese?"

Peter Eng
--
Insert humorous comment here.

Though the correction is that she's now the "descendant" of a defunct royal line. So the only thing that really changes is we address her as "ojou-sama" rather than "hime-sama."

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.....or a flower! Yes, a flower.

I only got her after skipping on everybody between her and Narita Brian. And proving my theory about blowing all my luck on pulling her, I just burned two months worth of carrot accumulation and still 80 pulls short of hitting the pity limit on Gold City. I'm not sure if I want her badly enough to go begging to Wallet-kun.

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Yeah, that'll work.

--G.
You wanna catch these hooves? In the Tesco's car park?
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Nice! I'm not sure if I got into the B-rank finals by sheer luck, or by the game rigging the dice.

Peter Eng
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Like many other games, I suck at Umamusume, but I like playing it.

The banner originally came out in Japan on July 28, 2021. :)

Looking forward to the Santa suits next March, then...

--G.
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Because of the schedule acceleration pulling it in, Christmas Oguri and Christmas Biwa are actually expected around January 10, 2026.

On the plus side, Special Week's swimsuit is super cute. And Maruzensky's is... other adjectives.

--G.
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And it looks really funny when superimposed on her "I AM RUNNING HARD" animation.

--G.
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I forgot to mention, I got Special Week's swimsuit version by accident. I meant to do a 10-pull on Meisho Doto's banner, misclicked, and robotically went through the completion without realizing I was on the wrong one until about 10 milliseconds after I'd committed to it. So, naturally, that pull had two rainbows--beach Spe-chan and a second wedding dress Maya.

So that happened...

--G.
smile, but also sigh
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This is the sort of thing that will lead fans to argue over whether it was her trainer that made the difference, or it was just Winning Ticket's drive to fight through everything that went wrong.

Peter Eng
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Insert humorous comment here.

Well, she won the Kikuka Sho with a migraine and having missed most of the summer's worth of training, and I can't claim to have had anything much to do with that...

--G.
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Meanwhile, I've managed exactly one career with the crybaby uma that didn't dead end at the Arima in her Senior Year, two of those careers actually having her win the Arima in her Classic Year.

>RNGsus giveth, and RNGsus taketh away

*sigh*

Hallowed be the Dice.

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Ah, Arima Kinen, my greatest enemy. Even umas who have no business attempting a Long race want to--in some cases have to--win the Arima friggin' Kinen. My heart sinks when I see it on the goal list.

>Hallowed be the Dice.

--G.
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Aw, no "psychotic break" faceplate.

--G.
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Now I want to find that meme from r/Umamusume showing side-by-side pics of characters in Cinderella Gray before and during races.

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At least it wasn't One Inch of Love.

--G.
yes, that is an actual NPC name in the game
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My college nickname.

/jk

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