Uma Musume: Become a Legendary Trainer

Chapter 363 Ten Thousand Times Competition Video
For these horse racing ladies who have left the racing field for a long time, even if they are unable to prove themselves again due to various reasons, their yearning for running will always be hard to give up.

Some horse racing girls will continue to work in racing or running-related jobs after retiring, such as working in specialty stores or related companies.

Representatives like Maruzenski and Chiaki work at Tresen College.

For them, there is no need to think about working and earning money. They will continue to do student union work, which stems from their love for race walking and running.

And expectations for the younger generations.

Although they now have new opportunities to return to the field, their expectations and love will not change.

Therefore, in order to clear the obstacles outside the competition for the younger generations, Maruzenski and representative Chiaki talked until very late.

Narita Shirahito also attended the lectures and would occasionally raise some ideas or questions.

Now everyone in the student union knows that both she and Qicao are very suitable for leading the student union in terms of their ability and personality.

It can be said that as long as they can handle the relationship with their classmates well in their subsequent study life, there will not be any big problems in running for student union positions.

As a result, the three horse girls woke up the next day and all the way to Nagoya Tresin Academy, they looked a little tired.

As a trainer, Kitahara immediately noticed that this was a tendency to stay up late, and couldn't help but feel strange but also a little funny.

"Tendency to Stay Up Late" is a debuff in the mobile game. It will occur randomly when you rest and restore your physical strength during the development process. The negative effects are also random and will reduce a certain amount of physical strength.

One of the core elements of the development gameplay is physical strength control. Only with physical strength can you train and participate in events other than the target competition. It can be said that this Debuff is quite a headache for players.

In reality, there is no such effect as "buff", but if you go to bed too late at night, you will definitely feel sleepy and lack energy the next day.

Kitahara's training principle is that he will not force Oguruma and the others to go to bed on time on relaxing days such as weekends and holidays, and it is okay if they really want to play for a while longer.

After all, they are still young, and they just need to be serious and down-to-earth in study, training and competition. There is no need to be so rigid in the rest of the time, otherwise it will arouse adolescent rebellious psychology and cause trouble.

Of course, during study, training, and competition, you cannot do whatever you want. You must strictly follow the established schedule.

Although it is still the training period, Kitahara feels that he definitely cannot ask for anything from Maruzenski and the other three.

At most, it’s because Maruzenski is actually training at the Eternal Club right now, so he can just give a simple reminder.

So, after washing up and having breakfast in the morning, Kitahara got into Maruzenski's sports car alone again. He thought about it and spoke after careful consideration.

"Did you watch TV together last night? I saw you, Qianming, and Bairen all looked a little sleepy.

"How about you take a rest when you get to the academy, and then finish today's training."

In his opinion, the horse girls who slept together at night would feel very sleepy the next morning, probably because they watched TV series and chatted for too long.

"Ah? TV series? Well, no."

Maruzenski was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Last night we were talking about Tamamo Cross and Ogururi Hat."

“The two of them…?” Kitahara was also stunned.

"Hmm," Maruzen nodded and thought for a moment, "Well, I was going to tell you in detail after returning to the academy, but since it's mentioned, I'll briefly explain it to you first."

The result of last night's discussion was very clear.

In other words, before Representative Chiaki and Shirahito Narita came to Nagoya, they had already discussed with Umamusume Ludo and other horse girls in Tokyo many times.

Generally speaking, it is difficult to generalize the impact of such media reports on Uma Musume.

For example, on the positive side, some horse racing girls will become more passionate and motivated after learning about such reports, and thus perform better in the competition and subsequent events.

Some people will attach too much importance to the expectations brought by the reports, which will create a lot of pressure for no reason and affect their performance in the game.

Similarly, when faced with negative news, horse girls with particularly strong fighting spirit will be more proactive in training and perform better in the competition.

Some were affected by the negative reports and became hesitant, missing opportunities in the game and failing to perform well in the games that they could have won.

What Maruzen and the others were worried about was the last situation, and the direction they were discussing was also along this line of thought.

According to the results discussed by Luduo, Qianming and others, Tamamo Cross's fighting spirit is undoubtedly outstanding. No matter what kind of opponent or what kind of game they face, they can maintain a very good mental state.

Especially since she had a period of psychological problems before and was questioned from all sides, but she finally recovered and has been winning all the way to the present. She should be able to adapt to reports in this area.

Therefore, as long as Kitahara and Katsumi Komiyama can agree with this judgment, they can tell Tamamo Cross in advance about the more targeted topics that reporters and media may ask about when reporting the news.

With mental preparation, perhaps Tamamo Cross will be in a more proactive state of preparation, and responding to reporters will not be a problem.

After briefly telling Kitahara about the situation, Maruzenski simply looked over through the rearview mirror with anticipation in his eyes.

“The psychological problems that Tamamo Cross faced before were originally well solved because of the many suggestions you made, Kitahara.

“So myself, Qianming, Luduo and the others all think that your experience and suggestions are very important.

"Of course, all this matter will need the approval of the trainer, Komiya-san.

“But since we’ve already said that we’ll discuss this in detail after we get to Nagoya College, Kitahara, you can just briefly talk about your ideas now.

"You should be aware of those reports. Although Luduo has taken some measures to prevent the spread of the news, with your ability, it shouldn't be a problem for you to find out something yourself."

Maruzenski's guess was correct, Kitahara had indeed seen those reports.

Under the influence of Luduo, the reports about Tamamo Cross, Oguruma and others mainly came from international sources.

From a very early time, Kitahara paid close attention to overseas news. He not only paid attention to training techniques and game tactics, but also media opinions, so he naturally knew those situations.

What Maruzen and the others also guessed correctly was that Kitahara really only had a vague feeling about the impact this news would have on the horse racing girls' thoughts, but no clear idea.

"...So how could something like this lead to 'never adjusting'..."

After listening to Maruzenski's explanation, Kitahara felt a headache for a moment and couldn't help muttering to himself.

In the Umamusume mobile game, there is a setting called "motivation".

Different motivations have different effects on development options. For example, the highest level "Perfect Adjustment" can increase training results by 20% and basic abilities during competitions by 4%.

The lowest level is "Never Adjust". In this state, the training effect of the horse girl will be reduced by 20%. Similarly, the basic ability during the competition will also be reduced by 4%.

In a sense, many settings of mobile games are still in line with the actual situation of horse racing and race walking.

In actual training and competitions, the state of horse racing girls is not described by a simple concept like "motivation", but rather a systematic study of "horse racing girl sports psychology".

Uma Musume has similar mental states such as motivation, temper, habits, etc., just like the racehorses in the parallel world.

These are similar to human character, temperament, and personality, but not exactly the same.

For example, as a race with a social structure, humans rarely have innate "leadership qualities".

But among racehorses and racehorse girls, there are those who have such temperament and will naturally become leaders in the racehorse population.

The same is true for horse girls. For example, Ludo symbolizes that she is a typical horse girl who is born with leadership qualities.

As long as she shows up, she can mediate any dispute well, no matter what it is.

The specific manifestations of this temperament are also different.

Rudo symbolizes more of mediating disputes or handling other matters with a majestic temperament.

Oguruma and Tokugawa Shuu, who have similar temperaments, have completely different ways of expressing themselves.

Oguruma will directly stop his companions who are arguing.

Although Tezuka looks silly, she can get along well with all the horse girls. As long as she is present, there are rarely disputes with other horse girls.

A similar situation to Special Week is the Northern Black Horse that Kitahara and the others have just come into contact with.

All in all, even a type of temperament can be studied in quite a complex way, and the overall, systematic psychological structure of Uma Musume is much more complex than this one.

As a trainer, Kitahara has certainly never relaxed in learning this aspect.

He is also able to handle a lot of psychological issues, allowing Oguruma and the others to stay in good shape for training and competitions.

But as Maruzenski and others judged, he was able to achieve this based on rational considerations, relying on theoretical knowledge and experience to design corresponding daily routines, training and racing habits, not because he could fully understand the thoughts of the horse racing girls.

Therefore, facing this current situation, Kitahara really has a headache.

"Huh? Kitahara, what did you say...?"

Kitahara's voice was too low when he was mumbling to himself just now, so Maruzenski didn't hear it clearly and became subconsciously confused.

"Oh, it's nothing..."

Kitahara was stunned for a moment, then immediately became vague about Maruzen's doubts.

"I just have a headache."

He sighed and said, “According to your ideas, Xiaoyu has experience in dealing with such negative reports, and Xiaolimao’s personality is relatively natural, so the impact should not be too great.

“But Oguruma can put this matter aside for now, and as her trainer, I think it’s okay to mention this to her and she won’t have any problem with it.

"As for Xiaoyu, I'm worried that her game habits, combined with this situation, will have an adverse effect."

This is the core of Kitahara's concern.

If it was just what was reported, or if he heard these reports during a different game, he would know very well that with Tamamo Cross's competitive and motivated character, he would only perform better in the game.

Or there may be no reports at all, it is just the same game as before, and Tamamo Cross's game habits will not have any negative effects.

But what will happen when the two are combined? Even though Kitahara is quite familiar with the situation of Tamamo Cross, he has no way of guaranteeing it.

"Competition..." Maruzenski wondered, "Habit...?
"Does Xiaoyu have any special competition habits...?"

He has been following Eien for quite some time. In Maruzenski's impression, Tamamo Cross is very competitive, even combative, and his mentality is actually very good.

As for the game habits, today's Tamamo Cross can be said to be quite good at the orthodox running method, and is very flexible in switching between the leading and lagging positions.

Then, relying on the advantages accumulated from the first-difference running method, and solid cornering and position switching skills, she was able to gain enough advantages in the race.

With this advantage, when she reaches the finish line sprint, her first-class final kick will turn the advantage into enough advantage to win.

Maruzenski felt that there seemed to be nothing special about this kind of competition habits.

If I have to say something special, I can only say it is too good, so good that there is no visible shortcoming at all.

"She's very competitive, or..."

After hearing Maruzen's question, Kitahara paused and said something else, "In other words, the fighting consciousness is extremely strong."

"Battle awareness..."

"Yes, this is a unique psychological phenomenon in Uma Musume," Kitahara nodded, "Perhaps you who are in it don't notice it clearly.

“But in fact, your combat awareness is much stronger than humans.

“Sometimes, this phenomenon seems very abnormal and inconsistent, that is, although you are all kind, gentle, and simple-minded, you will burst out with the momentum of a life-and-death fight during the game.

"This is because of that unique combat awareness.

“And, this awareness of Tamamo Cross is particularly strong.

"If you've watched her competition videos carefully like I have, you should be able to notice it very clearly."

Maruzenski felt a little underestimated.

"I feel like," she smiled, "I've watched quite a few of Xiaoyu's competition videos...

“I’m not questioning your opinion, Kitahara,” she explained, “I’m just thinking that I must have watched her matches one or two hundred times.

"After watching so much, if it's the kind of consciousness you're talking about, I should be able to feel it very clearly, right?"

Kitahara was silent.

“It should be no less than 1000 times.”

Raising a finger, Kitahara said in a deep voice to Maruzenski’s surprised eyes: “I have watched every game of Xiaoyu at least 1000 times.

“Moreover, many times, I watched it frame by frame, especially the key points such as starting, scrambling for position, turning, last step and finishing.

“Perhaps, I have watched the match videos of Oguruma and her friends more times.

"But if you add up all of Xiaoyu's game videos, I think I've watched them no less than 10,000 times."

As he spoke, Kitahara couldn't help but smile when he saw Maruzenski's eyes widening. He slightly changed the subject.

"Don't you always say that I don't have any entertainment activities?

“Perhaps my entertainment activity is watching these game videos.

“Oh, and training data, and video footage.

"So Maruzen, you don't have to be surprised. Ten thousand times may sound like a lot, but on average each scene is only a few minutes, and frame by frame it's only about ten minutes.

“If I could stay up all night, I could finish it in about two weeks.

"So, I feel that my entertainment activities are quite fulfilling."

(End of this chapter)