Before I go home tomorrow I wanted to go get one more photo where things were originally supposed to happen. Honestly, being here right now, it kinda brings a lot of weird emotions because, when you think about it, had everything went to plan, the moments and memories I had this weekend wouldn’t have existed, like meeting and connecting with the people I did from all across the globe and experiencing a sense of community with those people, especially with the Japanese trainers, who even with the language barrier, did their best to connect with everyone in their own way as we all felt the same about the concert being canceled and that was something special you don’t normally see or feel, hell I’ll argue had the concert originally gone through I don’t think I would have had as much interaction with the JP trainers nor do I think as much interaction in general between JP/EN trainers would have happened, but I’m glad to see a lot them tell their stories of how accommodating and friendly people were to them through their trips amidst it all. And even online you could see the passion for Uma break the language barrier multiple times for the highlights of the weekend as people made the best of it all. Hopefully that passion shows that one day Umamusume will be able to make it out here to America in some way, with a big hope from myself that the original cast that was planned to come here would be able to make it out (even if that’s a long shot) And finally to everyone I met and everyone I already knew around, thanks for making it a fun and memorable weekend. -RVE