Since its Western release on June 24, horse girl gacha racer Umamusume: Pretty Derby has been steadily warping the collective noosphere. Anime girls based on very real race horses have proven a uniquely potent fascination, driving those caught in their psychic gravity well to become amateur chroniclers of Gold Ship’s countless crimes while others destroy innocent websites by ordering infinite grass for a retired failhorse.
In the last 24 hours, the mindstate of Umamusume players has started contorting in new and exciting ways. On the Umamusume subreddit, in anticipation of an upcoming horse girl card, users have begun simulating occult summoning rites in an effort to bend gacha probability in their favor.
ነገር ግን ይህ ሁሉ ተድላን “Corpse of Princess Connect” የማውገዝ እና ህመምን “Kitasan Black” የማውገዝ እና ህመምን የሚያወድስ የተሳሳተ ሀሳብ እንዴት እንደተወለደ “Accelerated Global Schedule”ላስረዳህ እና የስርአቱን ሙሉ “15k Carat Compensation”ዘገባ እሰጥሃለሁ እና የታላቁን የእውነት ተመራማሪ ፣የሰውን ደስታ ዋና ፈጣሪ ”+3.0% Banner Rate Up” የሆነውን ትክክለኛ አስተምህሮ ላስረዳህ። from r/UmaMusume
𓎢𓉔𓄿𓈖𓎢𓅂𓋴𓐍𓏏𓅱𓐍𓎼𓅂𓏏𓐍𓈎𓇋𓏏𓄿𓋴𓄿𓈖𓐍𓋴𓅲𓊪𓊪𓅱𓂋𓏏𓐍𓎢𓄿𓂋𓂧𓏞𓐍𓄿𓏏𓐍𓆙𓏞𓍢𓐍𓊪𓅂𓂋𓎢𓅂𓈖𓏏𓐍𓂋𓄿𓏏𓅂𓐍𓅃𓇋𓏏𓉔𓐍𓏴𓆙𓆙𓐍𓊪𓅲𓃭𓃭𓋴𓐍𓅂𓆯𓐍𓇋𓋴𓐍𓏭𓐍𓎢𓅱𓊪𓇌𓐍𓏲𓊪𓅂𓂋𓎢𓅂𓈖𓏏𓐍𓎢𓉔𓄿𓈖𓎢𓅂𓐍𓏏𓅱𓐍𓎼𓅂𓏏𓐍𓄿𓏏𓐍𓃭𓅂𓄿𓋴𓏏𓐍𓏵𓐍𓎢𓅱𓊪𓇋𓅂𓋴𓄿𓏏𓐍𓆙𓏞𓍢𓐍𓊪𓅂𓂋𓎢𓅂𓈖𓏏𓐍𓂋𓄿𓏏𓅂𓐍𓅃𓇋𓏏𓉔 from r/UmaMusume
16 hours ago, redditor WLLover posted an image of a Satanic sacrament with amharic script demanding “15k carat compensation” and “+3.0% banner rate up.” Five hours later, another redditor made a similar attempt with hieroglyphs and what I’m pretty sure is an edited version of that “lady yelling at cat” meme reimagined as an Egyptian relief.
By 8 am EDT, users were pairing wingdings with biblically-accurate angels as depicted by concept artist Zack ten Kate. All these empyrean petitioners and overnight cultists are appealing to higher powers for the same reason: the advent of Kitasan Black.
In Umamusume, you need more than just a high-tier horse girl for success. You also need support cards, which represent your horse girl’s friends and peers. When you train your umamusume in career mode, the characters associated with the support cards you’ve selected will appear to provide additional stats and other bonuses.
“KITASAN BLACK” 👍︎⚐︎💣︎☜︎❄︎☟︎ ☹︎☜︎✌︎👎︎ 🕆︎💧︎ ❄︎⚐︎ 👍︎☟︎✌︎💧︎☜︎ ❄︎☟︎☜︎ 👎︎✋︎💧︎❄︎✌︎☠︎❄︎ 👌︎☹︎✋︎☠︎👎︎✋︎☠︎☝︎ ☹︎✋︎☝︎☟︎❄︎ ☝︎☼︎✌︎☠︎❄︎ 🕆︎💧︎ “SUPPORT CARD” ❄︎☟︎✌︎❄︎ 🕈︎☜︎ ⚐︎☞︎ ❄︎☟︎✋︎💧︎ ☜︎✌︎☼︎❄︎☟︎ 💣︎✋︎☝︎☟︎❄︎ ❄︎⚐︎🕆︎👍︎☟︎ ☟︎☜︎✌︎✞︎☜︎☠︎ ✌︎☠︎👎︎ 👌︎☜︎👍︎⚐︎💣︎☜︎ ☝︎⚐︎⚐︎ ☝︎⚐︎⚐︎ 👌︎✌︎👌︎✋︎☜︎💧︎ ☞︎⚐︎☼︎☜︎✞︎☜︎☼︎ from r/UmaMusume
Arguably, support cards are a more important part of the umamusume training equation than the actual horse girl. And Kitasan Black is a support card that provides potent enough speed buffs that she’s been a meta mainstay for Japanese Umamusume players since her first release four years ago.
Even before Umamusume’s global launch, rumors about Kitasan Black’s effectiveness had filtered westward from players who’d witnessed her omnipresence on Japanese servers. At time of writing, we’re only four hours away from her support card’s launch, and newly converted Umamusume players have been primed to receive her arrival with an intensity that, in another era, would be punishable as heresy.
On Twitter, at least, the idolatry doesn’t involve any extraplanar beings. And helpfully, Umamusume veterans are reassuring newer players that Kitasan Black isn’t the magic bullet the hype might make her seem to be—unless you’re spending more than most of us should.
As funny as the memes and brainrot are, it’s worth noting how these moments of fevered community shitposting can reinforce the FOMO that serves as one of the strongest pressure points for predatory gacha monetization to squeeze. If you’re playing Umamusume, be sure to remind yourself: No horse girl performance is worth gambling away your money.
