KanColle - Episode 5 Discussion / Poll

[Klashikari]

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[Klashikari]

Spoiler for episode 5:

PART A
-Nagato summoning Jintsuu's squadron. Nagato tell them they will have to reorganize the fleet completely, which also mean they will assign kanmusu to different squadrons.

-Fubuki, Mutsuki and Yuudachi are packing their stuff. Fubuki is worried if it was her fault, but Mutsuki begs to differ. They might be in the same fleet later on, and Mutsuki thinks Fubuki might join Akagi's fleet this way.

-Night time. Fubuki and Mutsuki talk a bit while they are in their bed, glad they met etc. They decide to have a walk. They are then joined by Yuudachi who couldn't sleep since it is their last day together. Likewise, the sendai sisters are there.

-Sendai takes Fubuki's hands and they are joining their hands as a circle. Jintsuu says that even if they are seperated, they must remember they had the torpedo squad girl soul together.

-The next day. Fubuki is assigned to the fifth raid squadron, while Mutsuki is in the fourth fleet.

-Fubuki arrives in the assigned squadron room and... she finds herself with Ooi and Kitakami. Ooi is delighted both are reunited by "fate" then notice much later that Fubuki is there. Ooi drags her outside and flatly tell her room is the other one.

-Fubuki enters and finds herself in another awkward situation: Kaga and Zuikaku have a very cold and blunt argument. Shoukaku arrives defuses the situation "somewhat" then leaves, encouraging Fubuki, but the latter is helpless and lies saying she mistook the room after Kaga realizes she was there.

-Outside, Kongou found her and she is also assigned with her. As Kongou is the only person she can rely on in this squadron, she hugs her.

-Kongou suggest some tea time to lighten the mood, but things are south already: Ooi wants to cut this meeting short so she can have lunch with Kitakami. The latter thinks they should at least do the room assignments, but things are looking good as Kaga refuses to be assigned in the same room as Zuikaku, to which the latter agrees. Meanwhile, Ooi obviously wants to be in the same room as Kitakami, otherwise her torpedoes won't really be just for show. Kongou is amused by the looks of the squadron, while Fubuki can't help but sulk.

-At the DD classroom, Fubuki laments the situation. Kongou promised her to do something about it, but Fubuki isn't betting much on it.
Mutsuki was assigned with Mogami, while Yuudachi is with Naka.

-Fubuki is resting at the Mamiya and then is joined by Akagi. Looks like she already caught wind about her assignment and asks if things are okay with Kaga since she is with Zuikaku. Fubuki wonders why the admiral made such assignment, but Akagi doesn't know the details but believes it is related to the FS operation. The plan is to raid the two bases which would render the Abyssals powerful around that area. If this succeeds, Akagi believes they might have a clue about the mysterious Abyssals, be it their origins or their objectives.

-Fubuki is back at her room, but... Zuikaku isn't having fun with Kaga.

END of PART A

Eyecatch: Shoukaku and Zuikaku by Konishi.

PART B

-They are going to decide the Flagship but... things aren't really going well with Zuikaku and Kaga. While Kongou believes it should be her as she is the only battleship, Zuikaku doesn't agree since Kongou is a british returnee who came back, while Kaga doesn't want to take the lead as she has no confidence in giving orders with people of "such level". Zuikaku wants to do it, but Kaga obviously makes a much stronger disapproval to this. Ooi isn't really relaxed to hear that a carrier would be the flagship if they don't do their flagship job properly. Zuikaku retorts they shouldn't leave all the work to Carriers just because they are light cruisers, but Ooi insists they are torpedo cruisers. Ooi believes she would be a better choice but Kitakami doesn't want that since it would expose Ooi to more attacks as a flagship. Moved by this, Ooi is fine to let Zuikaku be the "ship deck-flat chest" flagship. Kongou suggests a competition which will be decided with the MVP.

-Kongou started but failed. Zuikaku followed suite (she DID get her transformation unlike kongou), but failed. Then Kaga failed.

-Kongou is happily ushering people to continue, but it isn't going well. Fubuki notices Kaga doing some sort of bunny with some cloth, and it seems it was Akagi who teached her, as repair times are pretty long.

-At their room, Zuikaku believes they should report to the admiral regarding this fleet assignment, to which Kaga and Ooi seem to agree due to how unbalanced it is. Fubuki thinks they should try since they are barely together recently, but Zuikaku believes it is exactly because they barely were together that they can fix it up already.
Zuikaku comments how nice the bunny looks like before leaving, and while Kaga has no reaction, Fubuki tries to catch up Zuikaku, stating she in fact want to make more efforts in that squadron, much to Zuikaku's surprise.

-They are interrupted as the HQ has detected that the Abyssals are on the move. Despite the awkward ragtag team, they are going out, but things are already chaotic: Zuikaku wants to show off, while Ooi goes ahead with Kitakami.

-Fubuki stops Zuikaku and Ooi/KTKM saying they should rely on reconnaissance first, even if Zuikaku believes it is unecessary since the abyssal squadron seems rather weak.
Kaga and Zuikaku launch their planes, while Fubuki asks Ooi and Kitakami to ready their torpedoes. Fubuki acts as the vanguard and the bait. Kaga spotted the abyssals squadron, and Fubuki goes forward, attracting their attention. She somehow dodges all the torpedoes launched at all, while Kongou rushes at the torpedo cruiser, but missed her. Ooi and Kitakami make a combined attack and sink it instantly.

-Due to the result of the sortie, they decided that the flagship will be Fubuki. Of course, Fubuki is completely puzzled by this decision, but none of the other 5 have any objection.

-Zuikaku asks Fubuki again about how to do these bunnies, and Fubuki reveals it is actually Kaga's doing and suggest they should learn from Kaga. The latter actually don't mind.

Next Week: the Akatsuki.

[Kakurin]

Fubuki has come a long way.

Spoiler for Episode 5:

Directing the battle. And now named flagship if I've gotten it right.

[LoweGear]

Spoiler for And thus Fubuki:

Became Flagship of her ragtag fleet. How much you've grown Special Type Destroyer

[Stark700]

Lol,

Spoiler:

Kaga and Zuikaku are like oil and water this episode. It was funny seeing Kongou trying to keep things in order. Action felt meh but was an amusing episode.

[Kakurin]

Next episode features the Akatsukis, nanodesu.

[Kopi]

Lol yuri couple and tsun are very strong. The enemy flagship actually dodges firepower this time. Too bad Kitakami and Ooi are there (CLT is too strong). Speaking of Ooi, wow I really want to scrap her in my fleet. Way too bitchy imo

Also relevant,

[Seihai]

Well, that was enjoyable. I'm happy that Kongou is included in the fleet, keeps things lively. Zuikaku is so lovely, too! What the staff succeeded at most is probably Ooi's spitefulness towards anyone who isn't KTKM.

[Pablete]

Ooi is such an eyesore, really

[Death Usagi]

That was a very enjoyable episode. Loved the beginning of the Torpedo Squadron Spirit, then the cat and dog fight between Kaga and Zuikaku, so much win, but it looks like unlike how the several fanworks depicted, Zuikaku doesn't speak that politely to Kaga.

Ooi was definitely the annoying lesbian this episode =w=... (Moment I saw her I was like... RUN FUBUKI RUN)

The multiple explosions were just massive win, and one of the best highlight of this episode was definitely Zuikaku launching (GIVE US BACK OUR EPIC LAUNCH SEQUENCES FOR OTHER SHIPS)

I thought Kaga or Kongou would actually be the flagship (Because that is usually how it works in fanworks...), BUT I WAS WRONG LOL

Fubuki suddenly becoming confident and leading the fleet was definitely inspiring and best part of the episode. Never thought she would become that good, but still lacking.

Also, as I have said several times before, the upcoming operation definitely looks to be a big one, and I still expect some tragedies to happen during that huge operation (Most likely Midway tier)

Next episode is Akatsuki Lolis episode where they fight in World 4-2, Curry Ocean, which makes sense because in the game, the branching rules state that you must have 2 or more Destroyers to go to an easier route of node A to E, which does fit how they will be sortieing there (Except you only need like 2 DD and rest can be filled with other ships to your liking in the game)



Also I am sure I informed you guys before, but Yuka Iguchi did state in an interview that due to the complaints by the fans that Kaga was not voiced properly on Episode 1 like in the game (even to the point of suspecting it was not Yuka Iguchi voicing her that episode), she would be more careful in voicing Kaga in the future. Looks like she kept that promise.

Overall, I would say this was one of the well-done episode so far. No complaints from me.

[Klashikari]

Originally Posted by Death Usagi

Also I am sure I informed you guys before, but Yuka Iguchi did state in an interview that due to the complaints by the fans that Kaga was not voiced properly like in the game (even to the point of suspecting it was not Yuka Iguchi voicing her that episode), she would be more careful in voicing Kaga in the future. Looks like she kept that promise.

Is there any link to that interview? Quite curious of the exact wording.
Also no, in this episode, Iguchi still sounds deeper and more coarse than in the game, and I'm pretty certain this isn't exactly her fault there because the recording for this episode is probably done way before the anime started airing. I really doubt they started recording ep5 only few weeks ago.

[chaosprophet]

Interesting that they would change the fleet where Fubuki is that early. Considering the position of Mutsuki, Yuudachi and the Sendai sisters in the OP, I did expect it to last longer with only some temporary rearrangements like in episode 4. This way they can keep the focus on Fubuki while giving different ship-girls some exposition. We may see Fubuki changing fleets again at a latter point in the anime.

Originally Posted by Death Usagi

Also, as I have said several times before, the upcoming operation definitely looks to be a big one, and I still expect some tragedies to happen during that huge operation (Most likely Midway tier)

I think we may see some girls being sunk in upcoming episode around the 6-9 range but don't think the chance is high near the end.

[Death Usagi]

Originally Posted by Klashikari

Is there any link to that interview? Quite curious of the exact wording.
Also no, in this episode, Iguchi still sounds deeper and more coarse than in the game, and I'm pretty certain this isn't exactly her fault there because the recording for this episode is probably done way before the anime started airing. I really doubt they started recording ep5 only few weeks ago.

I need to find it, because this was mentioned in several Korean KanColle blogs, but apparently they are saying she said this in the "KanColle anime Cast Comments". Might be either in her twitter but not too sure where it is.

[Estavali]

So it really was episode 5 => 5th CarDiv, episode 6 => 6th DesDiv =3

If this is just a normal slice-of-life like the 4koma, we'd probably have 7th DesDiv for episode 7, and so on XD

[Death Usagi]

Forgot to mention this, but apparently Naomi Ide who is the staff member for character designs for the KanColle anime had complained on his twitter last week regarding his work environment for the KanColle anime.

The tweet is now deleted because it became a massive flame war, but the tweet itself still remained in other sources since people copy pasted to other places.

井出 直美 @naomi_i022
本音なんて呟けなくなるよね。
本当に色んな意味で勉強になる。
コンテも演出も･････(震え声)

[kaizerknight01]

the mythical 5th fleet ( I wish there is ) Fubuki is more level head in combat than i expected . Zuikaku get the preferential treat by director .. ( no Kongo , KTKM/Ooi equipment scene? )

and 'buki still fan girl for Akagi ... ( see let how Kaga reacts )


I think we may see some girls being sunk in upcoming episode around the 6-9 range but don't think the chance is high near the end.[/QUOTE]


if the staff dare to sink a Akatsuki loli dd , expect a riot and BD sales goes extinct

[Death Usagi]

We all know if even one of the Akatsuki lolis sink, there would be much worse reception compared to Episode 3. More BD sales would go bye bye and people would riot in a huge crowd. There is also possibility of people throwing away their monitor or breaking it out of rage the moment one of the Akatsuki lolis sink.

Also Fun Fact:

the composition used in this episode: 1 DD (Flagship) + 1 FBB + 2 CLT + 2 CV is actually a composition you use to power level a Destroyer or Light Cruiser in World 4-3 =w=

[chaosprophet]

If the next episode is based on 4-2, then we may see enemy submarines next episode. Possibly allied ones too.

Originally Posted by Death Usagi

We all know if even one of the Akatsuki lolis sink, there would be much worse reception compared to Episode 3. More BD sales would go bye bye and people would riot in a huge crowd. There is also possibility of people throwing away their monitor or breaking it out of rage the moment one of the Akatsuki lolis sink.

The "people" who do that, are generally only a few around the net and not really a mass group of fans as some sites like to portray.

Originally Posted by Death Usagi

Also Fun Fact:

the composition used in this episode: 1 DD (Flagship) + 1 FBB + 2 CLT + 2 CV is actually a composition you use to power level a Destroyer or Light Cruiser in World 4-3 =w=

The truth have been revealed! The whole composition change is just the admiral trying to take people's attention away from the fact he wants to power level Fubuki. It all went according to his plan, even to the point of Fubuki becoming the flagship for max experience!

[Kakurin]

Originally Posted by Death Usagi

We all know if even one of the Akatsuki lolis sink, there would be much worse reception compared to Episode 3. More BD sales would go bye bye and people would riot in a huge crowd. There is also possibility of people throwing away their monitor or breaking it out of rage the moment one of the Akatsuki lolis sink.

People who break their monitors in rage need to get their mental state examined. As for the BD sales, I don't get why people still keep repeating that BD sales went down following Kisaragi's sinking. There is no conclusive evidence that this was the case. People who claim that the BD sales dropped simply misunderstand what the data given by the Amazon Stalker means.

[ACertainStark]

Excellent episode. My favorite one yet.

The beginning was bittersweet but touching with everyone in the squad having a last meet-up and saying they'll always be together in some way.

I see AkagixFubuki is strong in her. Very happy with how far Fubuki has gotten to the point of being the flagship. Also with how the fleet is set up. Zuikaku & Kaga were adorable especially at the end w/ Fubuki and didn't disappoint. Hope for a lot of screen time with those 3.

I really really don't like Ooi.