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Saitou Shinji was fired after being revealed as a scumbag rapist. And this after being involved in a major scandal last year for cheating on his wife, a scandal that he just barely recovered from.

Yeah... all the Umamusume posts featuring him with Jungle Pocket or Shima are now Harsher in Hindsight. Same goes for his appearance in the Umamusume: Beginning of a New Era animated film.

(Okay, alleged rapist. He pretty much admitted to the allegations though. But think his defense is now running with the idea that it was consented or something. At least that's what his wife insinuates. Ironically his wife that he cheated on is now running damage control for him on social media. Either way, still a scumbag.)

NNescio said:

Yeah... all the Umamusume posts featuring him with Jungle Pocket or Shima are now Harsher in Hindsight. Same goes for his appearance in the Umamusume: Beginning of a New Era animated film.

I'm honestly low key concerned that Beginning of a New Era would be given the Phantom Blood treatment and become lost media thanks to the scandal... Especially the theatrical cut which I'm sure would get edited out.
Complete with an entry in LMW a few years from now, as well as detailed video essays about how BoNE became lost media by the likes of blameitonjorge, ShaiiValley, Sakura Stardust, or THEつぶろ in Japan to boot.

Jnglmpera said:

I'm honestly low key concerned that Beginning of a New Era would be given the Phantom Blood treatment and become lost media thanks to the scandal... Especially the theatrical cut which I'm sure would get edited out.
Complete with an entry in LMW a few years from now, as well as detailed video essays about how BoNE became lost media by the likes of blameitonjorge, ShaiiValley, Sakura Stardust, or THEつぶろ in Japan to boot.

Can you explain thr Phantom Blood treatment plz? First time hearing that.

XoftheTITANS said:

Can you explain thr Phantom Blood treatment plz? First time hearing that.

I edited the wiki page earlier to touch on its availability, but to further elaborate: there's a 2007 movie adaptation of Phantom Blood which was far less well received than the David Production version from a few years later. As if that wasn't bad enough, the OVA version of the Stardust Crusaders landed in a controversy of its own involving the Quran that led to the OVA being pulled from circulation, dragging that movie down in to Lost Media status as it never was given a home media release.

Jnglmpera said:

I edited the wiki page earlier to touch on its availability, but to further elaborate: there's a 2007 movie adaptation of Phantom Blood which was far less well received than the David Production version from a few years later. As if that wasn't bad enough, the OVA version of the Stardust Crusaders landed in a controversy of its own involving the Quran that led to the OVA being pulled from circulation, dragging that movie down in to Lost Media status as it never was given a home media release.

I knew about the OVA but there was a movie?!?! Now i got to find it.

XoftheTITANS said:

I knew about the OVA but there was a movie?!?! Now i got to find it.

Good luck since the Phantom Blood movie is one of the the most coveted lost media out there that Shueisha likely locked up in their vaults till the end of time. Only bits of it surfaced but not the full movie.

The return of Honorary Narita Tachyon.

NNescio said:

The return of Honorary Narita Tachyon.

why was that a thing again? the Breeder Farm?

xSauriaNx said:

why was that a thing again? the Breeder Farm?

Nah, it's because of the promo art for the in-game March 2022 Satsuki Sho Legend Race event (twitter #1499218035919314944).

xSauriaNx said:

why was that a thing again? the Breeder Farm?

IIRC I don't think either of the Naritas stood stud at Shadai SS (where Tachyon, Cafe, and Top Road stood)

Jnglmpera said:

IIRC I don't think either of the Naritas stood stud at Shadai SS (where Tachyon, Cafe, and Top Road stood)

apparently it was the Legend Race from 22... so I'm clearly out of the loop :DogeKek:

xSauriaNx said:

apparently it was the Legend Race from 22... so I'm clearly out of the loop :DogeKek:

Few months off from me starting the game so I'm in the same loop as you ;)

Girls are being violent.

UFFR said:

Girls are being violent.

Please wait warmly

In both appearance and personality, you'd really think that Merry and Renko would switch positions to Yuu and Chii respectively.

Feel like Vodka and Pearl might feel sympathy with two of these girls

The beta absol looks very better that actual design

fortunachan said:

The beta absol looks very better that actual design

I don't know. I prefer the final version than the beta one.

This Absol feels like one you would find on an alien planet or in another dimension.

Stepmoms: Air Groove and Ramonu.

Cannibalism...!

It's just... So peak

The category is places.

Nearly

GreyOmega said:

The category is places.

Nauru

N

Negus, obviously.
https://youtu.be/of6a394_Owg

Allexedge said:

Negus, obviously.
https://youtu.be/of6a394_Owg

Wonder if Star Trek's Grand Nagus title was based on that.

Maya wakannai yo...

What trainers see when running Transcend's training scenario.

NNescio said:

What trainers see when running Transcend's training scenario.

Confirmed

No wonder they call her/him "The Red Demon"

Now this is a normal and precious Navia fanart

For context to non Umamusume/horse fans:
IRL mostly horse that close to Doto in game already dead except urara

John_Hopfield said:

For context to non Umamusume/horse fans:
IRL mostly horse that close to Doto in game already dead except urara

Thank goodness they don't realistically depict this real-world aspect amongst the horse girls in the anime... ;_;

BrokenEagle98 said:

Thank goodness they don't realistically depict this real-world aspect amongst the horse girls in the anime... ;_;

Yeah, I'm glad the worst we get is them getting injured and such, as long as it's not anything life-threatening.

Unbreakable said:

Yeah, I'm glad the worst we get is them getting injured and such, as long as it's not anything life-threatening.

it doesn't mean it doesn't hit like a truck when we get to that point though... e.g. Sprinter Stakes with K.S.Miracle

aside from that... May Doto-san live long.

John_Hopfield said:

For context to non Umamusume/horse fans:
IRL mostly horse that close to Doto in game already dead except urara

I think the saddest part here is that the right half didn't even make it past the 2000s, let alone the Reiwa era or 2021 when Umamusume the game released.

So Saitou Shinji is (Omatase)Shima(shita) dad in place of Pocke in this artist's umaverse?

...Or maybe he's her trainer.

NNescio said:

So Saitou Shinji is (Omatase)Shima(shita) dad in place of Pocke in this artist's umaverse?

...Or maybe he's her trainer.

I'd go with dad... He exists in the Umamusume universe as a TV show host (which is a reference to the Saturday keiba show he hosts IRL on TV Tokyo)

Jnglmpera said:

I'd go with dad... He exists in the Umamusume universe as a TV show host (which is a reference to the Saturday keiba show he hosts IRL on TV Tokyo)

clearly a doting dad in-universe. He really loves his horse a lot.

Added to HtH because of recent revelations of Saitou Shinji's (the guy in the back) actions. Daddy's being a(n alleged) rapist is bad enough here, but people on the Internet are also now worried over her IRL counterpart (whom Saitou Shinji absolutely dotes over) because him getting convicted would disqualify him from being a racehorse owner so Omatase-chan would have to be sold or "disposed of".

Yes, it's every bit as ominous as it sounds.

NNescio said:

Added to HtH because of recent revelations of Saitou Shinji's (the guy in the back) actions. Daddy's being a(n alleged) rapist is bad enough here, but people on the Internet are also now worried over her IRL counterpart (whom Saitou Shinji absolutely dotes over) because him getting convicted would disqualify him from being a racehorse owner so Omatase-chan would have to be sold or "disposed of".

Yes, it's every bit as ominous as it sounds.

Apparently the co-owner of the horse took her in, so thankfully she isn't going to go the way of Samson Big or Ferdinand.

Jnglmpera said:

Apparently the co-owner of the horse took her in, so thankfully she isn't going to go the way of Samson Big or Ferdinand.

Phew. That's a huge relief.

Iä! Iä! Tsuyoshi fhtagn! Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Tsuyoshi Tr'acen wgah'nagl fhtagn!

NNescio said:

Iä! Iä! Tsuyoshi fhtagn! Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Tsuyoshi Tr'acen wgah'nagl fhtagn!

100% Tsurumuscle descends!

A Type 9 HATM is not a real ATGM, it's probably made up for the image. Removed the tag, anti-tank missile should be enough.

Looking it up, while this specific weapon is likely fictional, the Hypervelocity Anti-Tank Missile was a real anti-tank missile development program developing and serving as a test platform for the US Army's Compact Kinetic Energy Missile program. Raytheon had a test launch in 2002, and the test vehicle was 6 inch in diameter and 50 inches long, which apparently made it promising to be compatible with existing TOW tube launch systems.

GreyOmega said:

Looking it up, while this specific weapon is likely fictional, the Hypervelocity Anti-Tank Missile was a real anti-tank missile development program developing and serving as a test platform for the US Army's Compact Kinetic Energy Missile program. Raytheon had a test launch in 2002, and the test vehicle was 6 inch in diameter and 50 inches long, which apparently made it promising to be compatible with existing TOW tube launch systems.

If you're talking about the LOSAT I'm aware of it, but the naming scheme in the commentary is more suggestive of the ATGM series in service with the Japanese army (87式対戦車誘導弾 Type 87 Chū-MAT, 79式対舟艇対戦車誘導弾 Type 79 Jyu-MAT, 64式対戦車誘導弾 Type 64 MAT).

Jemnite said:

If you're talking about the LOSAT I'm aware of it, [...]

Don't think that is the same thing, as this uses the term HATM and was a development program from 1996 to 2002 by Raytheon, Alliant Tech Systems, and NAMMO to develop a lightweight, compact, potentially low-cost missile that could reach speeds in excess of Mach 6.5 to defeat line-of-sight targets.