by Four volumes of the manga “Uma Musume Cinderella Gray” (serialized in Weekly Young Jump), which is a media mix work of the smartphone game “Uma Musume Pretty Derby,” were released on August 18. The cumulative circulation from the first volume has also exceeded 1.5 million, and it is doing well.
The main character of this work, the horse girl Oguri Cap with the motif of the racehorse Oguri Cap, has a story and a powerful depiction that examines the history of horse racing in detail and has extra fun from the game version.
Trace the battle history of Oguri Cap
“Uma Musume Cinderella Gray” was drawn by Taiyo Kuzumi, written by Rifumi Sugiura, and planned by Junnosuke Ito. The main character is Oguri Cap, and the story progresses in a slightly different space and time from the game version and the anime version where Special Week (1st period), Tokai Teio (2nd period), etc. were the main characters, and the battle history of the racehorse Oguri Cap became a motif. Ing. The serialization began in the 28th issue of Young Jump 2020, and the game app distribution started on February 24, 2009, which attracted more attention.
The fact that the race replaces the actual horse racing by Uma Musume as the whole world view of “Uma Musume” is the same in “Cinderella Gray,” but the central horse racing is different from other works of the model in this work. Then, local horse racing is incorporated into the depiction, and the story begins with “Kasamatsu Tresen Gakuen,” modeled after Kasamatsu Horse Racing, where Oguri Cap was enrolled.
Just like the Oguri Cap transferred from Kasamatsu Horse Racing to Central Horse Racing in 1988, the horse daughter Oguri Cap in “Cinderella Gray” also went through the race at Casamatsu Tresen Academy and became the familiar Central Tresen Academy in the game version, etc. Uma Musume fights in a race with the motif of the transfer and Oguri Cap’s central horse racing battle history. If you’re a horse racing fan who knows the time, it’s easy to see what the race and horse girl in the film are modeled on (even if they have different names).
While tracing the history of horse racing, Ori-chara also appeared one after another.
As a comicalized version of “Uma Musume,” “Uma Musume Pretty Derby -Haru Urara Ganbaru!-” (2016), and “STARTING GATE! -Uma Musume Pretty Derby-” (2017-2019) were serialized on the manga app “Comics.” ), 4-frame manga “Umayon” (2018-2021), and “Uma Musume Pretty Derby Anthology Comic STAR” (published in 2021) as an anthology comic. “Cinderella Gray” is the oldest when the model was active. The quick drawing by Mr. Kuzumi and the scenario by Mr. Sugiura and Mr. Ito make the powerful race depiction stand out, and it also has a spoken element. Some trainers (commonly known as “Uma Musume” players) may be surprised to find characters with devilish facial expressions and behaviors that are pretty different from the images in-game apps and anime versions. Sakura Chiyono O was on the cover of Volume 4, but if you compare the character’s facial expression on the body with the illustration in the game app version, you can see the gap.
As an example of the fineness of the proof, overseas horses also run in the Japan Cup of horse racing. Still, in the Japan Cup of “Cinderella Gray” and historical facts, horse girls run in races from overseas, and many original characters only for this work appear. However, even if the names are different, real horses can be used as models. The psychological depiction of their race will be well-drawn, and many characters will be interested.
The historical Oguri Cap ran in active duty until the Arima Kinen in December 1990. Still, the story of “Cinderella Gray” traces the history of horse racing in 1988 when he transferred to central horse racing from when he was enrolled in Kasamatsu Horse Racing. How long will Uma Musume’s Oguri Cap fight history continue? It seems that both Uma Musume fans and horse racing fans will continue to keep an eye on it.
