Uma Musume! The World Is in a Rush, But Who Is It Here For?

Talent is a blessing from the Three Goddesses, but using it comes at a price. The price she has to pay is "choice": a moment of brilliance, or the steady security of taking the long road.

Tenkawa Kiseki chose the former, a fact she only learned at the end of her second year as an Uma Musume. Yet during the first three years of her racing career, the Classics, she had spent almost two of them fooling around.

When she finally decided to work hard and win, she found herself fixed in the gaze of the person she knew best: her roommate, Shin Kokuto. From the moment they met, Shin Kokuto had showered her with affection.

"I won't forget. At the Yasuda Kinen, I'll break your pride, just like I promised."

Driven by this love that was far too intense, Shin Kokuto began a two-year-long hunt. Meanwhile, Kiseki wavered between her mother's advice, the shadow cast by her best friend's broken leg, and her ambition to face off against a legendary champion.

When the gates opened for her third year of racing, she would face not only the person behind her who knew her best and most wanted to "possess" her, but also formidable opponents from around the world.

Talent can fade, and one's domain can shatter, but why does an Uma Musume run at all?

Perhaps Tenkawa Kiseki will only understand everything once she reaches the Japan Cup she promised to race in with Tokai Teio.

Growing up takes time.