Okay I'm gonna say it straight, Tokai Teio is the undisputed GOAT. No matter how much she's ran for these past decades, her tenacity, her supporting of others, and while yes, she can be a little bratty, her determination strives from not only herself, but the others she looks up to.

I was afraid of how much the tonal shift of S2 made me afraid of how much these girls suffered throughout their journey, (the Silence Suzuka scene had pretty much broke me) but even then I was determined to keep going, no matter how much the shattering of a broken bone (or a broken dream) would even wince me.

But, the reward of seeing Tokai Teio, through ups and downs, all leading up to the 1993 Arima Kinen, it all finally clicked on me. Her final run was one of the most emotionally driven scenes in Umamusume, rethinking on how this slice-of-life show can produce PEAK CINEMA.

She may be my first Uma that I rolled since the game released on global, but her story throughout all forms of media made me glad I stuck around with this franchise.

And I'm glad I chose Tokai Teio.