[Go Ahead and Laugh] Mejiro Palmer

SSR Guts

Analysis

Tier C. A tidy front-runner Guts card that does its one job well, but better SSRs take the slot on almost every team.

Guts is the slot nobody fights over. Most builds run one Guts piece, sometimes none, and the stat caps out early on real runs. Palmer survives because the field she’s competing against is tiny.

Her kit is genuinely clean for front runners. Friendship Bonus tops at 35% with Mood Effect at 40%, the unique hands you Training Effectiveness +5 and Initial Guts +20 at Lv30, and Specialty Priority reaches 65 so she keeps landing in Guts training. The skill spread leans hard into leading: Vanguard Spirit as the gold, Keeping the Lead, Front Runner Straightaways, Pace Strategy. Run a Mihono Bourbon or Daiwa Scarlet and that hint coverage saves you a real chunk of skill points.

Then the structural problems hit. No Speed or Stamina bonus at all, just one point of Power at Lv35, so her raw stat push is thin. Every front-runner hint turns into dead weight the moment your uma runs any other strategy, which covers most of your roster. Initial Friendship Gauge only reaches 25, and the good stuff sits behind heavy limit breaks.

Strong Friendship and Mood scaling, deep front-runner hint list
Almost no stat contribution, off-meta type, payoff chained to one running style

Pull her if you main front runners and want the hints baked in. Anyone else should hang onto their carats.

Card details

Field	Value
Character	Mejiro Palmer
Rarity	SSR
Type	Guts
Obtain	Gacha
Global release	Jul 10, 2025
Hint skills	Nakayama Racecourse ○, Hanshin Racecourse ○, Early Lead, Fast-Paced, Flustered Pace Chasers, Moxie, Sympathy
Event skills	Front Runner Straightaways ○, Pace Strategy, Front Runner Savvy ○, Keeping the Lead, Vanguard Spirit, Lone Wolf, Wet Conditions ○

Support effects

Effect	What it does	Values
Friendship Bonus	Increases the effectiveness of Friendship Training	Lv1: 10%, Lv30: 25%, Lv50: 35%
Mood Effect	Amplifies the effect of mood when training together	Lv10: 10%, Lv25: 30%, Lv45: 40%
Power Bonus	Increases Power gain when training together	Lv35: 1
Initial Friendship Gauge	Increases initial Friendship Gauge when beginning a Career playthrough	Lv10: 10, Lv25: 20, Lv45: 25
Race Bonus	Increases stat gain from races	Lv10: 1%, Lv25: 5%
Fan Bonus	Increases fan gain from races	Lv10: 1%, Lv25: 10%, Lv45: 15%
Hint Levels	Increases the level of hints gained through events	Lv45: 2, Lv50: 3
Hint Frequency	Increases the frequency at which hint events occur	Lv45: 30%, Lv50: 40%
Specialty Priority	Increases the frequency at which the character participates in their preferred training type	Lv1: 5, Lv30: 50, Lv50: 65

Unique effect

Unlocks at Lv 30. Training Effectiveness: +5, Initial Guts: +20

Training events

Run Away to First Base

Option 1: Stamina +15, Guts +10, Energy -5, Bond +5, Skill Front Runner Straightaways ○ (hint Lv1)
Option 2: Guts +10, Wit +15, Energy -5, Bond +5, Skill Pace Strategy (hint Lv1)

Runaway Romance

Option 1: Guts +5, Wit +5, Energy +10, Bond +5
Option 2: Energy +10, Bond +5, Skill Front Runner Savvy ○ (hint Lv1)

Optimistic Escapism: Never Give Up!

Option 1: random — Stamina +20, Guts +20, Energy -10, Bond +5, Skill Vanguard Spirit (hint Lv3) / Stamina +5, Guts +5, Energy -10, Mood +5, Skill Keeping the Lead (hint Lv3)
Option 2: Energy +10, Skill Lone Wolf

Run Away to First Base

Option 1: Stamina +15, Guts +10, Energy -5, Bond +5, Skill Front Runner Straightaways ○ (hint Lv1)
Option 2: Guts +10, Wit +15, Energy -5, Bond +5, Skill Pace Strategy (hint Lv1)

Runaway Romance

Option 1: Guts +5, Wit +5, Energy +10, Bond +5
Option 2: Energy +10, Bond +5, Skill Front Runner Savvy ○ (hint Lv1)

Optimistic Escapism: Never Give Up!

Option 1: random — Stamina +5, Guts +5, Energy -10, Bond +5, Skill Keeping the Lead (hint Lv3) / Stamina +20, Guts +20, Energy -10, Bond +5, Skill Vanguard Spirit (hint Lv3)
Option 2: Energy +10, Skill Lone Wolf (hint Lv1)