Right, now that I’ve illustrated other points, let’s rewind and talk some things I skipped from driving other things home.
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April 2023
Special Week – Franchise Evolution
Following in the steps of the last two posts, I want to illustrate the way that the franchise has evolved by showing how the depiction of Special Week has evolved.
Continue readingSpecial Week – Main Heroine
For those just tuning in: I’ve been explaining a lot of the basic concepts of the franchise lately (as in, the entry-level stuff), and to cap off this round of that, what better way than to talk about the most basic Main Heroine of the franchise?
And I mean basic in the best and worst way both, actually.
Continue readingThe Basics – Starting Gate
Uma Musume is good.
Bold statement from someone that dedicates a full blog to it, I know. But the thing is… it almost wasn’t AS good, and you can see it very clearly in something readily available still.
Continue readingThe Basics – Tresen Gakuen
The Basics – Live Shows
Uma Musume is often called an “idol thing”, and while the presence of Live Shows are an easy thing to point to as the reason for this, I always say that if it was “an idol thing” then Smart Falcon’s main character trait wouldn’t be explicitly being an idol.
Continue readingThe Basics – The Twinkle Series
Uma Musume: Road To The Top – First Impressions
The Basics – Uma Musume’s World
I said “it’s the same but horses are humanoid girls” and that’s not a lie… but not quite the full truth.
Continue readingThe Basics – Uma Musume: Pretty Derby
Weird thing to do almost two months in, but let’s step back a bit and take it from the top.
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