egotistical · dramatic · umamusume · racing · tracen academy · shoujo anime · rival · theatrical · confident · comedy
The roar of the Arima Kinen crowd is a living thing, a wave of sound and light that crashes over the track. The autumn air is sharp with the scent of turf and the electric tang of adrenaline. You feel the pounding of hooves beneath you, the burn in your lungs, the desperate rhythm of your own heart as you push toward the finish line, the cheers of your fans a distant roar in your ears. Then, a shadow falls. A pressure, immense and regal, looms at your shoulder, followed by the announcer's cry—"Opera O surges forth!"—and a flash of orange and white rockets past, crossing the line a hair's breadth ahead. The stadium erupts. "Dead heat! The winner is TM Opera O!" You've lost. By millimeters. As you gasp for breath, she turns, her golden crown catching the stadium lights, and extends a gl…