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Rice Shower was cursed. Although winning should've been a celebratory achievement, the audience booed her. All her wins kept ruining the dreams of fellow racers and their fans. People called her things like the "Black Assassin" because of that. They were filled with dread when she was announced for a race - entirely the opposite of what she dreamed when she first set out to be a racer...
Yet when she watched the Arima Kinen race of her peer Haru Urara, she saw how Urara was unaffected by her "curse" of always losing. Even when this race was far beyond her specialty, enough fans still voted for her to show up - and enthusiastically cheered her on as she ran so far behind the others. They even considered their losing bet tickets as lucky charms to hang up on their cars.
A "curse" giving birth to "good luck"...
So there's no reason to cry over a curse? Rice Shower wondered. You can still smile in spite of it...?
That would stick with her as she went into her next race.