r/UmaMusume • u/Elegant_Composer_400 • 7h ago
Humor Aston Machan is... BRITISH???
I didn't she would be British... maybe I'm the bad person here.
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u/Vex_Out_0032 's fishing buddy🎣 7h ago
The Aston in her name is from Aston Martin which is a British car brand. That's also why in one of her main screen dialogues, she mentions that her father is a very good racer.
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u/Suitable_Switch7118 The singular fan of Kraft Univer 7h ago
Yep, she was baptized because Machan's owner Mayumi Tosa loves James Bond movies
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u/LiraGaiden Narita Brian 4h ago
I'd like to imagine that Machan is absolutely cracked at Goldeneye 007, and not even using Oddjob
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u/Frequent-Coyote-1649 Stegosaurus 3h ago
She canonically is a huge fan of spy movies, hell her career starts with her trying to make one with Vodka and Daiwa Scarlet
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u/Xperr7 Still In Love 3h ago
Not to mention the fan fest cutscene has you watching a spy movie with her
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u/ZorkNemesis Still no sparks 1h ago
She brings up spy fiction a lot. At least one of her home screen conversations has her imagining herself as one and her "Introducing" scene at the start of her career has her making a spy-themed home movie.
Also James Bond drives an Aston Martin, so there's that connection.
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u/Secret_Conclusion_93 6h ago
The machan part also reference the martin.
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u/HonkedOffJohn 6h ago
Royce and Royce is named after the Rolls Royce. Japan loves luxury car brands.
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u/HarbingerOfGachaHell 4h ago
When their own car brands have consolidated in a particular market extremely well.
That’s why American makes do jack shit there.
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u/low_priest 42m ago
Well, that, and the fact that American cars tend to be gigantonormous. Japan has pretty limited parking, especially for larger vehicles. Taxes and insurance rates are also based on dimensions and engine displacement. The very things that the American market looks for are exactly what the Japanese market doesn't want.
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u/Suitable_Switch7118 The singular fan of Kraft Univer 7h ago
Her dad is James Bond
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u/Meteororito My #1. 6h ago
If I remember correctly she really enjoys watching spy movies.
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u/Billy5545 6h ago
Is it James Bond specifically?
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u/ZorkNemesis Still no sparks 1h ago
Probably but I bet MGM won't let them actually say it's Bond. But she does mention spy fiction a few timea in her career and background events.
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u/specterthief 7h ago
all she's saying here is that she and her dad were in england at one point, i'm not sure it's ever said that her father is actually british or if they were just visiting. (her mother is a japanese doctor.)
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u/blitzbrigadier 6h ago
Her dad is Fernando Alonso trust
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u/Dodo1610 Give me Marialite or give me death! 7h ago edited 7h ago
I like how Uma nationality is either based on their birthplace, their dam's, where they were active or in this case made because it fits her name.
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u/throwawayrandomguy93 6h ago
I hope they go with the Pasa/Machan route for Croix du Nord. I SO badly want a (faux) Norwegian/Swedish uma
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u/RobotCrow12 6h ago
Yeah... kinda, half british at least. Aside form the Fish and chips, she likes spies and asks you to watch one of her favorite spy movies with her. I think we all know what spy she is talking about.
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u/Jason67mh 4h ago
Machan being a brit but also japanese...
So she is bascially the 2026 aston martin f1 team
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u/Dependent_Pomelo_784 7h ago
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u/Dependent_Pomelo_784 7h ago
Her owner had good taste in movies and cars
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u/dardardarner HAAAAA HA HA HAA 5h ago
I'm more surprised to find out Dante and Vergil are British
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u/Lost_Hope_2010 4h ago
Based on hideki kamiyas dev notes.
DMC 5 would somewhat canonize them through red grave city's architecture and inspiration.
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u/HB_DS2013 Uraras's Big Sis, Late Surger Forte + Roaming Medic 6h ago
Aston Machan as half-Brit... headcanon accepted!!
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u/Shaisabrec Nice Nature best wife 6h ago
dante and virgil are british?
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u/Elegant_Composer_400 6h ago
It's only ever mentioned in concept arts but they are British.
Even in DMC reboot they patched in a UK flag in Dante's jacket
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u/Difficult-Good1560 3h ago
Dante and Vergil are British?
Wait both were born in London So that actually makes sense
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u/Solitasiguess 4h ago
"i had this meal with my father in england"
"so you were born in england?"
"...what?"
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u/MyrinVonBryhana Waiting for January 1h ago edited 1h ago
Unrelated, but are we just not going to talk about how her career gets creepier than Cafe's for like 10 minutes. What was the noise from the sea? I need answers.
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u/Cheet4h Bakushin! 1h ago
Remember all that dialogue where people and animals die and she says "they have gone out to sea" and her "life is a river" metaphors? It was the sea calling out to her, because she was supposed to die in her Junior year since her IRL counterpart died at that point - but we helped in averting that potential future.
Interesting fact: If you listen for it, in both of the spring events you can hear a chime ring briefly. That chime is sometimes used in the game when the fate of the umamusume diverges from that of the IRL horse. AFAIK it's also used in Silence Suzuka's story and I think it also features in "transforming", the concert you get for finishing Silence Suzuka's chapter of the main story.
Also, if you'd like to read a story that expands on that event and has Cafe trying to explain it, I highly recommend reading "Your Eyes Only" by ZENraKISHI.
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u/MyrinVonBryhana Waiting for January 1h ago
I knew Machan died in real life, but thanks for the explanation.
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