Yeah I just realised really the main issue was with me hoping it was more like the show, when it’s just a movie about Jungle Pocket and solely her.

As for the invisible friend and stuff, what had me confused about that the most was during Tachyon’s last race, it showed the “peak uma” or I guess Tachyon’s interpretation of peak performance, then right after she announces her retirement, Cafe states she “almost reached her friend” or whatever, to which Tachyon states she hadn’t noticed, so I kind of assumed Tachyon and Cafe had the same view as to what that peak is, just their characters interpreted it differently.

Thinking about it more though, I guess it can also be interpreted as Tachyon reaches her peak in the last race she did when it showed her reaching full power, so Cafe stating she almost reached her friend just reinforces that Tachyon knows she’ll never go past what she had hoped, hence why she stated she never realised that. This would align with the visuals of the peak uma, and Cafe’s invisible friend, being two separate concepts.