i don't remember if anyone asked before, even if they didn't, it's fine!
i used to be a massive uma hater actually 😂 like a straight up anti. i saw the first concept movie cygames put up (the one where ogurin and rudolf kiss) and i was like wtf is this? ofc back then uma had a very different vibe... i was really stubborn about it though. i was like, this game will never come out! and such. i probably should let bygones be bygones and not repeat the stuff i said 🤣
even back then, when the game came out, my friend was playing right? and he showed me curren~ i never forgot her. ofc i was still stubbornly trying to be a hater, going "this is the only design that interests me" (you're an idiot. shut up)
but the important thing is curren left an impression on me. i kept really liking her.
as the years passed my position softened a bit but i wasn't interested at all. i ended up liking mcqueen too along the line. i liked looking at shakafai and makuiku fanart, i think gorumaku too, but these days i'm not too into gorumaku? maybe 🤔 i still like shakafai and makuiku though so 2/3
around this year? let's say late late last year. so, around this time. i had at least two friends who were trying to get me into it, so i was brigaded from both sides, right before third anni i gave in. curren was also in twincolle so i rerolled to get her. i didn't think i would play for long, but it really grabbed me after a bit. i had a lot of fun reading the homescreen interactions for days, refreshing the screen constantly, but i was scared of doing any training for a week 😅 once i ran out of homescreen convos(!) i got to it. then i discovered bday convos can be watched back and watched jordan's. nakajoda took over my brain like a parasite...
getting into keiba was slow but sure 😅
i think umamusume probably saved my life. i was going through a lot. i'm a very private person so i won't elucidate on it but it really helped my brain get a little better!! i'm glad!! 😭