>>715198829
>Watch the anime
>Felt the same as you when it looked like Trainer-san was just their mentor and felt more like yuribait with all of the shilling it did between Special Week/Suzuka
>Suddenly get to the part where Suzuka and Trainer-san are talking alone in the car
>Suzuka suddenly gives the demure bedroom "fuck me" eyes
>The anime gives them even more personal moments between them after Suzuka gets hospitalized
>There's a plot point that Trainer-san has basically been courting Suzuka for about a year and giving her tips on how to train while she was still on Team Rigil.
>After Suzuka wins her race after returning from injury, the anime again gives them another 1 on 1 emotional moment and Suzuka teases him for crying for her
After all of that, I suddenly understood the bond between a Trainer/Uma Musume and why it's imperative to fuck your Umas