Maruzensky thought over Zhou Yuang's situation. She didn't care much about feuds between powerful families; she simply felt that if he announced his engagement at lightning speed after winning the race, the Mejiro Family would come out of it looking good.
But... the race was far from decided.
"That's certainly a reason you can't afford to lose. But no matter what your reason is, it doesn't mean anyone will go easy on you."
Competition between Uma Musume couldn't be stopped just because someone's happiness was at stake.
It was like she'd said: everyone who entered had a reason to win.
"After all, there can only be one winner, and one person who gets that happiness."
At Maruzensky's words, the air seemed to turn tense. Neither of them was racing, but each was the greatest support a racer had.
"...True. Not every race can end in a tie for first."
In racing, winning and losing did the talking.
Zhou Yuang remembered that, historically, this Tokyo Yushun had belonged to Maruzensky's daughter, Sakura Chiyono O. Aldan had come second, but she'd been only a neck behind—a mere 0.1 seconds.
There wasn't much separating the two in potential or ability.
Nothing was certain in racing. People never tired of saying that.
Aldan had lost in that world, but this world might be different.
Apart from the first season's idiotic decisions, the Uma Musume anime generally followed reality. The game was another matter: countless Uma Musume had different Worldlines.
There were Worldlines where Tokai Teio won an undefeated Triple Crown, where Nature and Olive Teio won the Triple Crown, and where Bourbon and McQueen weren't blindsided by Rice Shower.
Why did the Uma Musume mobile game allow so many different Worldlines?
Because people wanted to see those endless possibilities.
The second season succeeded not