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The golden age of racing was supposed to be over.
The champions who once shook the world had grown older. Their victories became stories, their rivalries became legends, and their names were passed down to a new generation expected to become even greater than the one before them.
But being born beneath a legend does not guarantee a happy life.
Set during the 2010s, Umamusume: Generation Next follows the life of Y/N L/N, a young boy growing up in a world where the expectations placed upon him were decided long before he could choose his own future.
To the public, he was part of the next generation.
A child surrounded by famous racers, powerful families, rising prodigies, and the lingering influence of Trainer Y/N Hayakawa. Wherever he went, people looked at his name, his blood, and the people connected to him before they ever looked at who he truly was.
But Y/N never wanted to become someone else's replacement.
He wanted a life of his own.
From his childhood friendships and earliest dreams to the painful responsibilities forced upon him, Y/N's story is one of growing up beside girls who were born to run. Some would become champions. Some would be crushed beneath expectations. Some would love him. Some would hurt him. And some would disappear from his life before he could tell them everything he wished he had said.
As the racing world enters a new era, Y/N finds himself standing between the legends of the past and the uncertain future waiting ahead.
He will witness victories that change history.
He will suffer losses no child should be forced to understand.
He will become a brother, a friend, a rival, and eventually someone others depend on, even when he can barely hold himself together.
Because this is not only the story of the next generation of Umamusume.
This is the story of the boy who grew up alongside them.
The story of Y/N L/N.
And the long, painful road that shaped him into the person he would one day become.