Cygames just axed the first US stop of Umamusume Pretty Derby's world tour two days before showtime because the voice actresses couldn't get their visas approved after six months of begging lawyers and promoters. The Peacock Theater concerts on October 22-23 are dead, tickets are being refunded, and fans who flew in or dropped serious yen on travel are left holding the bag. This is the same visa hell that already screwed a Wuthering Waves performer in LA and keeps turning international game events into expensive paperweights.

Japanese and English official accounts posted the cancellation notice confirming they'd exhausted every option and still got zero movement on the paperwork. Fans are melting down online, with some straight-up saying the horse girl concert loss is their political awakening point while others mock the selective outrage. Chinese and Japanese reports highlight the despair from attendees who already spent hundreds of thousands of yen or were physically in California with nowhere to go.

Six months of prep, zero approvals, and a sudden dump right before curtain call. Whales and casual Trainers alike get the same middle finger from the system while the game keeps printing money elsewhere. Classic.