"She Was Too Cute, I Couldn't Let Go of Her Hand" - Sumire Uesaka & Marika Kono Look Back on the Umamusume 6th Event

――Even watching from the audience seats, the scene where you two took flight and touched hands at the center of the stage was an extremely fantastical and emotional moment.

Kono: I'd been thinking this since rehearsal, but since it was the first time the Umamusume were flying, I was worried that only the "fun" aspect of the song "transforming" would leave a lasting impression.

I was worried that it would become just entertainment, like "They flew! Amazing! So fun!" but during the actual performance, there was a powerful murmur from the audience and I was really happy, and I could tell that the Trainers had a very high level of understanding of this song.

I could feel in my ears that our passion was getting through to the Trainers.

――Now that you've sung "transforming" together again, what did you feel?

Kono: We've sung it at various events with Umamusume who are connected to Silence Suzuka, but I think the lyrics have a strong Agnes Tachyon feel to them.

Uesaka: That's right. The wish that if these two could cross their worldlines, this is the kind of scenery they would see - that feeling builds up as we sing our parts. I thought again today that these are lyrics with meaning that only the two of them can sing.

Suzuka and Tachyon have different running styles and approaches, but as solitary Umamusume, this is a song about two characters who long for some distant world meeting each other, and I think it was really emotional.

Kono: I feel like singing it together became the best memory of the 6th event.

Uesaka: I hate to say it ourselves, but we really looked good flying!

Kono: Ahaha (laughs).

Uesaka: We were two people who suited the cosmos! I'm glad it was us two!

Kono: Suzuka and Tachyon really made us feel the cosmos!

The Fall Performance DAY1 of "Umamusume: Pretty Derby 6th EVENT The New Frontier," which featured "transforming" by Uesaka and Kono and had various other highlights, is available for on-demand viewing until 11:59 PM on Sunday, November 2nd. Umamusume fans, don't miss it!

Interview, Photography, Text / kato
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