Special Week

Ruler of Japan

Special Week

★★★

/Medium / Long/Pace Chaser / Late Surger

Atier

Introduction

Special Week is a 3-star Medium / Long character in Uma Musume: Pretty Derby. Special Week's running style is Pace Chaser / Late Surger. Dormitory: Ritto Dormitory.

On our Uma Musume: Pretty Derby tier list Special Week is A tier, 22nd of the 66 characters ranked, from where 8 current tier lists put Special Week.

Other Medium / Long characters in Uma Musume: Pretty Derby: Air Shakur, Biwa Hayahide, Cheval Grand, Chrono Genesis, Dream Journey, Eishin Flash and 34 more.

Is Special Week good?

Special Week's original outfit (Special Dreamer) is a good legacy parent, since her Unique adds velocity while she accelerates and stays strong when inherited, and she's a decent Medium Pace Chaser for Team Trials with good Potential skills such as Gourmand. Her Commander outfit (Ruler of Japan) is built around the Nakayama racecourse: her Unique is an easy inherit there, but only three Long races use Nakayama (Arima Kinen, Stayers Stakes, Nikkei Sho), so she's niche elsewhere.

Strengths

  • Strong legacy Unique
  • Decent Medium Pace Chaser
  • Commander version is great at Nakayama

Weaknesses

  • Commander version's full effect is tied to one racecourse
  • Niche outside Nakayama Long races

Profile

Special Week carries the title "Ruler of Japan". Special Week is a female Umamusume. Her birthday is 1995-05-02, and she stands 158 tall. Special Week is voiced by Azumi Waki in Japanese.

Background

I gotta make my moms proud! I'll become the top Umamusume in all of Japan!

Special Week (スペシャルウィーク, Supesharu Wīku) is a character in the Umamusume franchise, serving as an co-protagonist for the first season of Umamusume: Pretty Derby as well as the franchise's mascot.

Despite her humble roots as a country girl, she dreams of becoming Japan's number one Umamusume and defining that for herself.

Special Week is a character in Umamusume: Pretty Derby.

She is the main protagonist of Season 1 of the Umamusume Anime, and the mascot for the franchise as a whole.

She is also the main protagonist of Act 1 Chapter 6 and Chapter 7 in the game.

Appearance

Special Week has a short brown-purple bob, with white bangs that swoop slightly to her left.

She has white braids tied around to the back of her hair, and short, stubby brown ears, with a purple bow on her right ear.

Her round and cheery eyes are light purple.

Her race outfit is very idol-like in appearance.

She sports short-sleeved white cropped jacket with pink sleeves, and a pink collar.

Underneath her coat is a white collar fastened with a dark purple ribbon, and a dark purple top underneath, fastened by two golden clover-shaped medals.

She wears a white skirt with a prominent purple zig-zag pattern on the base, and a pink petticoat underneath.

The tail-hole on the skirt has a large purple ribbon above it.

She wears white thigh-high socks with pink lines at the top, with dark purple ribbons on either side.

Both of her shoes are ankle boots with pink collars on the top.

Her left shoe is dark purple, and her right is white.

She wears two pink cuffs around her wrists.

Special Week is the main character of season 1.

She was a simple country girl that lived in Hokkaido with her adoptive mother.

But then moved to Tokyo alone and matriculated to Tracen Academy.

Although her clumsiness is an obstacle to her confidence, she received an instant liking from the audiences after winning two races in a row.

Under Trainer's guidance and training, she is taking steps closer to her goal to become Japan's best umamusume.

However due to Silence Suzuka's fracture injury, her performance in races drastically dropped as she focuses too much on Suzuka's recovery.

Soon she realizes her fall and immediately sprung back into serious training.

She later won the Japan Cup against Broye (Montjeu without the licence) which allows her to claim the title as the best umamusume in Japan.

Stories

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Tagline

Rar'n to go! A pure-hearted girl focused on her dream.

Self-introduction

My name's Special Week! My dream is to be the top Umamusume in all of Japan! I gotta work hard to make my moms proud!

Strengths and weaknesses

Good at: Detailed food reports

Bad at: Using her train pass

Ears and tail

Ears: Perks up and teleports to the kitchen when she hears the sounds of cooking

Tail: Moves along with her emotions, making her a terrible poker player

Family

She gets her eye color from her birth mother

Shoes and weight

Shoe size: Left: 23.5cm Right: 23.0cm

Weight: Slight decrease (pre-race nerves)

Secrets

Did you know? She can tell different brands of milk apart from taste alone.

Did you know? She's great at giving piggyback rides. Whoever she carries quickly falls asleep.

The real racehorse

The racehorse Special Week raced 1997 to 1999: 17 races, 10 wins (record 10-4-2-1), with ¥1,092,620,000 in prize money.

Stats

  • Speed102
  • Stamina108
  • Power120
  • Guts110
  • Wit110

At 5 stars, Special Dreamer. Each bar is measured against the highest value in the Uma Musume: Pretty Derby roster.

Skills

14
  • Aptitude

    Aptitude

    Track: Turf A, Dirt G Distance: Sprint F, Mile C, Medium A, Long A Running style: Front Runner G, Pace Chaser A, Late Surger A, End Closer C

  • Stat growth

    Growth

    Training gains: Stamina +20%, Wit +10%

  • Shooting Star

    Unique skill (Special Dreamer)

    Ride the momentum to surge ahead and very slightly increase acceleration after passing another runner toward the front late-race.

  • Wayakawa ♪ Marine Dive

    Unique skill (Hopp'n♪Happy Heart)

    Recover endurance by relaxing after activating 2 skills when positioned midpack mid-race.

  • Dignified Dreamlike Brocade

    Unique skill (Ruler of Japan)

    If the user activates another skill on the final corner late-race, take the crowd's cheers to heart and moderately increase velocity. If racing at Nakayama Racecourse, greatly increase velocity instead.

  • Last Leg

    Innate skill

    Slightly increase velocity in the last spurt. Skill points: 170

  • Nutritional Supplements

    Innate skill

    Slightly recover endurance mid-race. (Pace Chaser) Skill points: 180

  • Stand Your Ground

    Innate skill

    Slightly increase velocity and very minimally increase acceleration when pressured on the final corner or later. (Medium) Skill points: 160

  • Bad Track Condition ○

    Awakening skill

    Moderately increase performance on good, soft, and heavy ground. Skill points: 90

  • Big Eater

    Awakening skill

    Recover endurance mid-race. (Pace Chaser) Skill points: 180

  • Outside Pass, Ready!

    Awakening skill

    Slightly increase velocity when passing another runner on the outside on the final corner. (Late Surger) Skill points: 180

  • Heart and Soul

    Awakening skill

    Increase velocity in the last spurt. Skill points: 170

  • Hungry Commander

    Evolved from Big Eater

    Recover endurance and slightly increase velocity mid-race. (Pace Chaser)

  • Dream-fulfilling Sprint

    Evolved from Heart and Soul

    Greatly increase velocity during the last spurt.

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