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I saw some discourse on Japanese Twitter about Umamusume season 3, and here we go again.

My thoughts are that while S3 fumbled in several areas, it still managed to tie things together neatly by the end. The main problem is that S3 tried to be historically accurate while simultaneously contradicting itself. For example, they focused heavily on Kitasan and Diamond, even though Dia-chan shouldn't have been portrayed as Kitasan's rival and close friend. Historically speaking, she should have been more of Kitasan's kouhai.

It also sucks that they didn't focus more on the rivalry between Kitasan, Duramente, and Crown, especially Kitasan and Duramente. The Classic  arc should have centered on those two instead.

Then they could have shifted the focus to Kitasan, Crown, and Diamond during their senior year. Personally, I think the story should have ended with Kitasan winning the Haruten. There was no real need to cover every single race afterward since Kitasan was pretty dominant from that point on.

Alternatively, they could have had Kitasan retire because she felt satisfied with her career, rather than using that lame "I'm not at my peak anymore" excuse.

Overall, I also kinda like how Kitasan being flawed character and I think it's nice to see that, adding more depth to her character.