(L) Arpeggio of Blue Steel (Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio)

[Arael]

Originally Posted by synx

You know the authors haven't mentioned the vibration warhead in ~30 chapters. I wonder if they forgot about it already.

It seems to me that the characters in Japanese stories often forget to do their fetch quest when they're given one. Look at Zero No Tsukaima. Given a simple fetch quest by a water elemental in exchange for the Water Elemental's tears, promptly forget to go fetch the item. Jerks.

[DLRevan]

To be fair, they're trying to breach the blockade to do just that, and they've been taking steps to fulfill that particular goal.

Though it's true, the Vibration warhead has been so under-featured, I'd forgotten which ship was carrying it.

[Tim yy]

Spoiler for a bit of prediction spoiler:

To me, Gunzo & Hyuuga are collecting nanomaterials to reconstruct and weaponize the "Matsushima". Their time is limited and source of usable nanomaterials is very scarce. I'm guessing they are making another attack submarine at best.

Don't know why, I have a strong feeling they are going to use the vibration warhead on Kongo when the time comes, and collect data on the warhead using her as a live subject.

[synx]

Originally Posted by Tim yy

Spoiler for a bit of prediction spoiler:

To me, Gunzo & Hyuuga are collecting nanomaterials to reconstruct and weaponize the "Matsushima". Their time is limited and source of usable nanomaterials is very scarce. I'm guessing they are making another attack submarine at best.

Don't know why, I have a strong feeling they are going to use the vibration warhead on Kongo when the time comes, and collect data on the warhead using her as a live subject.

Or

Spoiler for speculation:

They are salvaging Hyuuga's SGC, since we have already established that 401 built hers out of her own nanomaterials.

[Tim yy]

Anyway, this will be the last issue of this year (that gets translated by me XD), I'll post my translations here for everyone to see.
Part two coming soon~~~~~

Spoiler for Chapter 51:

Chapter 51

Page 1 (top, mid, bottom)
(I-401 surfaced and pressuring Ashigara with her laser ordinance)
(Fight scene)
(Ashigara returning fire)

Page 2 (top, mid, bottom right, bottom left)
Ashigara: Nachi! I've driven her out of the water!
Ashigara: Go Sink Her Now!
Nachi: Please wait for the backup, Ashigara!
(Myōkō: Nachi, what's the situation?)
Nachi: Ashigara is in pursuit of I-401
(Myōkō: Are they under water?)

Page 3 (Top right, top left, mid, bottom right, bottom left)
Myōkō: I'm sending Haguro over to you
Myōkō: Try our best not to dispense the Flagship's escorts.
Haguro: hoki.. (モヘモ)'''
Nachi: Akatsuki, Inazuma, Ikazuchi, Hibiki, centre around me in the coil formation.
Nachi: synchronize all sensory systems with sonar, increase the precision for deep-water detection!
Nachi: save it for later Hibiki, I'm too busy communicating with Ashigara right now
Nachi: Ashigara, I'm relying to you the surveillance details

Page 4 (Top, mid right, mid left, bottom)
(Nachi: please analyze them before you proceed!)
Ashigara (yeah right)Ahahahaahah
Nachi: (sigh…) geez
Iona: Give me the ocean current display and thermocline topography
Sou: Here is the data from two years ago
Sou: Here is the topography for the seabed

Page 5 (Top, mid right, mid left, bottom)
Iona: ah, here is something interesting
Sou: an interesting…thing?
Iona: I'll save that for later, for now, let's play a game of tag in the deep canyons here
Shizuka: are we really going to do that?
Iona: yep~
Sou: securing the integrity all internal supplies
Sou: beware that all personal items might not be intact after this
Kyōhei: (S!@#!) I forgot to secure my Miku-chan's Limited Edition Bookcase!!!!

Page 6: (Top, mid right, mid left, bottom)
Iori: Iona~~ you got to help me cleaning up after this…
Iona: I will
Iona: I might have to mess around with the engine output, it's up to you now Iori
Iori: Roger~~
Iona: Even if our opponent is a brute, she still have the capabilities of a heavy cruiser.
Iona: Kyōhei, fill tube #7 and #8 with active decoy as well.
Iona: refill the after-tubes with low frequency torpedoes
Kyōhei: Roger
Iona: Shizuka, please continue to collect data on Ashigara and the waters surrounding her.
Iona: Gunzo would have uses for them
Shizuka: Roger

Page 7 (Top, mid)
Sou: Crews ready, all in position!
Sou: Waiting for orders, Captain!
Iona: Then, Let's go!

Page 8 (Top left)
Ashigara: If I pressure them from the top
(Exchanging fire from top to bottom)

Page 9 (Mid, Bottom)
(torpedoes hitting the cliff-sides)
Ashigara: Guiding torpedoes in this underwater canyon is SO DIFFICULT
Ashigara: I should've devoted more experience points into torpedo guidance if I knew I would be fighting here~~
Ashigara: the ocean current in the canyon is so complex and 401 kept fooling around!!
Ashigara: DAMN IT~ALLLLLL~~

Page 10 (Top, Mid, Bottom)
(Ashigara: Nachi, link me to your weapon systems)
(Ashigara: you fire towards the front while I'll drive 401 to you with torpedoes from the behind)
(Ashigara : Remember~ we are gonna flank her!)
Nachi: (sigh) fine..
(Nachi opens up her weapons)

Page 11 (Top right, Bottom right, Left)
Ashigara: if she had to keep moving at that high speed…she wouldn't hear it coming from the top!
(Nachi: Firing sequence complete, I'm passing you the trigger to all 48 toepe…)
Ashigara: Understood!! FIRE!!!!
Nachi: ~◎~

Page 12- 14
(All Battle sequences)

Page 15 (mid, bottom)
(Nachi: Ashigara!)
Ashigara: I know, I know, there are three 401s!
Ashigara: she's using active decoys!
Ashigara: 401! I've already decoded all your tactics after your battle with Kirimisha!
Ashigara: You must be hiding under those rubbles!!

Page 16 (Left)
Ashigara: Gotcha!!!

Page 17
(Punched in the face)

Page 18
(Nachi: Ashigara!)
(Nachi: Come in Ashigara! Are you alright?!)

Page 19 (Mid, Bottom right, Bottom left)
Ashigara: Bwahahhaah…
Nachi: Ashigara…
Ashigara: I miscalculated, she's among the active decoy on the sides…
Ashigara: she flawlessly repelled me like that…
Ashigara: I wouldn't detect her traces of graviton output, she purposely deployed a low frequency torpedo...

Page 20 (Top, mid, bottom)
Ashigara: So this the capability of her mental model… the one with overwhelming experience…
Ashigara: Damn it!! Damn it all!!!
Nachi: …Sorry Myōkō, we've lost track of the I-401


Page 21 (Top right, top left, bottom right, bottom left)
Myōkō: Affirmative, Ashigara, fallback and resupply… was it an intense fight?
Ashigara: Yah!
Myōkō: She's a slippery one…we must treat her as a strong opponent!
Nachi: yes ma'am
~~~~~
Iona: maintaining all active decoys in the current dispersed formation
Iona: begin silent cruising
Iona: how's our auxiliary vessels?
Sou: Itsukushima and Hashidate are safe

Page 22 (top, mid, bottom right, bottom left)
Shizuka: The ones above seemed to have lost track of us.
Shizuka: neither were they able to locate our auxiliary vessels.
Kyōhei: when should we recall our auxiliary vessels exactly?
Iona: only the essential components of those vessels are made out of nanomaterial, they are hybrids.
Iona: Their ability to dampen sound will not be as consistent as the vessels made fully of nanomaterial.
Iona: The same when they cruise-dive, any movement will put them at risk of being detected.
Iona: because they are sluggish, they can be easily captured or sunk.
Sou: despite how powerful they are when being used, the restrictions sure sounded crippling!

Page 23 (top, mid, bottom right, bottom left)
Iona: originally, those two vessels were made by that Mecha-fetishist to pass time.
Iona: A lot still can be improved
Iona: those two people…should arrived by now
Sou: you are worried?
Iona: very worried
Iona: to a point that my processing power was almost hindered
Sou: about which one of them?

Page 24 (top, mid, bottom)
Iona: instead of saying which one,
Iona: I’m actually more worried when those two put their heads together
Sou: troublesome indeed
Iona: I know, right?
~~~~~~~~~~(scene transition)
Hyuuga: Here we are! ~
Gunzo: en (yes)

Page 25 (top, bottom right, bottom left)
Hyuuga: this all the little which was left
Gunzo: Is there danger in the surroundings?
Hyuuga: … till Nagato’s Second Fleet patrol passes here. We have about 8 hours.
Hyuuga: Let’s hurry and reconstruct our equipment using it

Page 26 (top, mid, bottom right, bottom left)
Hyuuga: There are also two light cruisers you sunk along with me nearby
Hyuuga: Their wreckage would not be far from here
Hyuuga: Their cores might already been recovered, normally the vessel would not be sustained afterwards.
Hyuuga: most nanomaterial would be reduced to inactivity.
Gunzo: activate sensor system
Hyuuga: done
Hyuuga: I will focus on collecting nanomaterial and weapon assimilation

Page 27 (top, mid, bottom right, bottom left)
Hyuuga: would you keep a lookout for active nanomaterial and an eye on the security of the region.
Hyuuga: Please…
Gunzo: Sure, I will contact Hakugei right now.
Hyuuga:…
Hyuuga: since we are here, mind if I ask a little question?
Gunzo: go ahead
Hyuuga: why did you accept my proposal?
Hyuuga: I’m not entirely subservient to you, you know?
Hyuuga: I may very well be lying to you

Page 28 (top right, top left, mid, bottom right, bottom left)
Gunzo: You are very fond of Iona right?
Hyuuga: of course
Hyuuga: not only just fond of her~
Gunzo: I too am very fond of my own ship
Hyuuga: ….
Gunzo: Prevailing (??)
Gunzo: aren’t I the same?

Page 29 (top, mid, bottom right, mid left, bottom left)
Hyuuga: it’s the truth that infuriates me….
Gunzo: All I feel is that, thanks to Iona, you did not bore hatred against me
Gunzo: A little bit of detest is, something bearable
Hyuuga: ;{
Hyuuga: …now, Captain
Hyuuga: what are your exact feelings for Iona-sama……..
Gunzo: eh?
Hyuuga: …..

Page 30 (Top, mid right, mid left, bottom)
Hyuuga: never mind, let’s stop it here
Hyuuga: this is not the right time to ask that question
Gunzo: Hyuuga…this is the first time you actually showed so much anxiety
Hyuuga: (''')-.-(''')
Gunzo: Let us
Gunzo: work together, like it’s our first time!

(end chapter note: what could Hyuuga and Gunzo be planning?)
End of Chapter 51

Next chapter coming out on Dec. 28th. 2013! Yay~

[synx]

Are you doing C->E or J->E Tim?

[Tenzen12]

Good job as always

I am liking thes MM more and more with every chapter, I hope noone will get hurt.

[Tim yy]

Originally Posted by synx

Are you doing C->E or J->E Tim?

It's from C->E.

Good job as always

I am liking thes MM more and more with every chapter, I hope noone will get hurt.

Thanks XD, I think Ashigara still needs to be taught a lesson, she's a student after all.

[DLRevan]

Spoiler:

Is this supposed to be more a display of Iona's tactical prowess as the King of Silver's Substitute, or Ashigara's moronic personality? I enjoyed that either way.

Experience points...

Seeing the Myoko sisters agan has me recall a conversation from chapter 48.

Whats the significance of referring to Takao as their 'elder sister'? It's a little vague, but it might have also applied to Atago. Certainly not by commission dates of the originals, since the Myoko cruisers and Atago were all commissioned before Takao. If it's something trivial, it wouldn't have been emphasized or even mentioned, I think? Is it the experience?

[EadTaes]

Maybe it'S the date that they activated as fog Vessels. The way it is mention the fog ships didn't all activate at once it seems. To me it seemed like they activated 1 by 1 over a certain unknown length time.

[DLRevan]

But that's what I'm talking about when I say it can't be something trivial. Unless the time of their activation is relevant in some way, why even mention that piece of information in the story?

[Tenzen12]

To be honest, I can't see it to be more than just throw away remark. No blatant emphasis on it.

[Tim yy]

Spoiler for C51 Spoiler Discussion:

(my BS-ing) Iona is at least level 70 compared to the ships she's fighting at level 30s and 40s. I was going to translate Ashigara's lines as "should' done more training on torpedo guiding" instead of "experience points", but the in version I read was none other than "devote more experience points". I went ..oh what the heck, Ark Per. & Kan-colle are collaborating anyway, what can possibly go wrong....

Whats the significance of referring to Takao as their 'elder sister'

It's just something to give Fog MMs a little more character, it's the simplest way to show courtesy and rank among ships of the same class. (of course, for our Asians, this is the simplest way to portray closeness among blood-relatives)
Both Atago and Maya are referring Takao as the elder sister
Myoko actually referring Ashigara, Nachi, as second, and third daughters of the family.
There are twin sister-ships like Hyuuga and Isse, 400 and 402, Haruna and Kirishima are so close to a point that they can simply ignores this way of addressing one another.

[00Zy99]

Originally Posted by Tim yy

I'll upload some more resources, I'm sure there are ppl here who can read Japanese and do a translation. Most of these have already been translated into Chinese. Can someone confirm if these are in the English manga chapters as well?

Spoiler for page 1:

Spoiler for page 2:

Spoiler for page 3:

Spoiler for page 4:

I have a request from synx requesting a translation, if possible.

Is there anybody who can help with this?

Originally Posted by Tim yy

Spoiler for C51 Spoiler Discussion:

(my BS-ing) Iona is at least level 70 compared to the ships she's fighting at level 30s and 40s. I was going to translate Ashigara's lines as "should' done more training on torpedo guiding" instead of "experience points", but the in version I read was none other than "devote more experience points". I went ..oh what the heck, Ark Per. & Kan-colle are collaborating anyway, what can possibly go wrong....

I think that's just Ashigara being completely bonkers again. No need to read any deeper. Moving on from The Amazing Bobbing Cruiser...

It's just something to give Fog MMs a little more character, it's the simplest way to show courtesy and rank among ships of the same class. (of course, for our Asians, this is the simplest way to portray closeness among blood-relatives)
Both Atago and Maya are referring Takao as the elder sister
Myoko actually referring Ashigara, Nachi, as second, and third daughters of the family.
There are twin sister-ships like Hyuuga and Isse, 400 and 402, Haruna and Kirishima are so close to a point that they can simply ignores this way of addressing one another.

Hopefully, some familial bonds will boost empathy all-around.

[DLRevan]

Originally Posted by Tim yy

It's just something to give Fog MMs a little more character, it's the simplest way to show courtesy and rank among ships of the same class. (of course, for our Asians, this is the simplest way to portray closeness among blood-relatives)
Both Atago and Maya are referring Takao as the elder sister
Myoko actually referring Ashigara, Nachi, as second, and third daughters of the family.
There are twin sister-ships like Hyuuga and Isse, 400 and 402, Haruna and Kirishima are so close to a point that they can simply ignores this way of addressing one another.

I'm aware of that use of sibling honorifics. The thing I focused on though, is that Takao is the 'elder' one. Why? Even when used for someone not blood-related, it's still age-based.

Perhaps I'm reading too much into it, but if it's meant to refer to Takao's experience as a mental model, that would be significant enough to me.

[EadTaes]

Well weather or not the reference is purely honorific or meaningful i cannot say for sure. But didn't Iona say to Takao at some point during the Iwoto act "Don't underestimate one of the oldest MM. So maybe it's not fog ship date activation but MM activation, by that standard it would make Yamato and Iona the oldest int he family that we know of currently.

[Tim yy]

Originally Posted by DLRevan

I'm aware of that use of sibling honorifics. The thing I focused on though, is that Takao is the 'elder' one. Why? Even when used for someone not blood-related, it's still age-based.

Perhaps I'm reading too much into it, but if it's meant to refer to Takao's experience as a mental model, that would be significant enough to me.

There is no evidence as to Maya/Agato is referring to Takao as elder sister because she has more experience, or more elderly because her MM was formed earlier. We really have nothing to base upon expect pure speculations.

You can read the part in my previous post on how MM was designed and ships were chosen in the interview with the editors. It offers some sight as they did consult the "real" profile of the ship in history when creating the MM for the respective vessel.

I don't think there is a way to proceed further here without throwing around too many speculations.

[synx]

Moving back on the speculation, what was it Takao realized here?

Spoiler for ch30 image:

[AC-Phoenix]

Originally Posted by synx

Moving back on the speculation, what was it Takao realized here?

Spoiler for ch30 image:

Probably 'Human'
or 'The Admirality Code'

[EadTaes]

Originally Posted by AC-Phoenix

Probably 'Human'
or 'The Admirality Code'

Well I would doubt that Iona is the "Admiralty Code" as in one of the chapters we saw that she was wearing a space suit. So she should be a distinct MM. Or was it the MM sitting in a field in the mountains. But I think it's the Space Suit MM since she had that earning that they went out of their way to show us.