KanColle - Episode 7 Discussion / Poll

[Klashikari]

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[Klashikari]

Spoiler for Episode 7:

PART A
-Ooyodo receives intel from the radio. Operation FS is on the move.

-Fubuki's fleet is on sortie. Things look "fine" to some extent (even though Zuikaku and Kaga are still arguing). Zuikaku is still trying to show off, not realizing there is a torpedo about to hit her. Kaga quickly rushes at her and took the hit instead.

-Back at the base, Kaga is severely damaged. Fubuki apologizes for not being able to prevent that incident, but Kaga assures her it wasn't her fault. Zuikaku is frustrated that Kaga is acting cool despite it was her very own fault that lead to Kaga's state. That said, Kaga argues that Zuikaku was probably going to sink and considered that she would be able to sustain the torpedo damage. Even if she isn't fond of the Fifth Carrier Dvision, losing Zuikaku would be a severe loss which would affect the admiral as well.

-Kongou tries to lighten the mood, but unfortunately, there isn't much resources available for that kind of emergency repair. Even now, Akagi is still in the bath being repaired, so there is no bucket available for Kaga. Shoukaku asks Nagato if she can take Kaga's place so they can proceed with the operation.

-Fubuki is quite anxious about her ability as the flagship. She is summoned to the Admiral room. Fubuki is obviously very tense, but Nagato doesn't blame her at all.

-Yuubari's squadron as well as Tenryuu and Tatsuta's are making a sortie.

-Kaga is under repair. Akagi believes they will be fine since they were protected by Kaga, although Kaga still pretends she didn't protect zuikaku.

Eyecatch: Kaga, by Shibafu

PART B
-Fubuki's squadron is close to their target. Fubuki asks Shoukaku and Zuikaku to launch their reconnaissance planes even though there is still time before the start of the operation.

-They receive a report from another fleet. Shouhou, another carrier, has been severely damaged nearby.
Zuikaku wants to launch more planes, but there is no rush as they believe they should wait for their reconnaissance.
After receiving the reconnaissance intel, Shoukaku and Zuikaku launch their attack planes. As the Wo class is trying to launch her plane, Shoukaku's plane managed to drop a bomb on it, disabling it.

-Fubuki will move forward with Kongou, Ooi and Kitakami, while Shoukaku and Zuikaku are to stay behind as they still have a job to do. The squall is nearby, and as Zuikaki complain she would have liked to show her prowess to Kaga, they are suddenly attacked by enemy planes. An enemy fleet with a Flagship wo come from the other side of the island and attack both carriers.
Shoukaku is severely damaged. Zuikaku is unable to launch her planes. Shoukaku asks Zuikaku to leave her, but obviously Zuikaku refuses. As she is unable to defend herself and her sister, she picks Shoukaku up and tries to get away

-Zuikaku is at her wit's end but remembers of Kaga's words, looking for a small glimpse of hope amdist despair. She decides to go straight to the squall, forcing the enemy fleet to circumvent it

-Fubuki and the rest obliterated the enemies around but realize that if the Abyssals already figured about their plan, that means they probably knew the carriers would be left around.

-As Zuikaku almost passing through the squall completely, but the enemy fleet managed to outpace them and is waiting for them. Zuikaku is preparing her planes for launch the very moment they are outside of the squall. Unfortunately, even though she managed to launch them, the enemy quickly obliterated her planes the moment they took off.

-As they were about to shot down, Fubuki barges in and disrupt the enemy line, while Zuikaku planes manage to land a hit on the enemy fleet. Kongou, Ooi and Kitakami soon join the fray and destroyed most of the enemy fleet. As a torpedo was about to destroy the flagship wo class, the remaining ri class covered the latter. Severely damaged and alone, the wo class runs away on the spot.

Next week: Yamato, FINALLY.

[Stark700]

I feel somewhat trolled lol.

Spoiler:

All the death flags but they survived

Kaga and Akagi in the baths though....

[Kakurin]

This instance they chose to somewhat follow the script again.

Spoiler for Episode 7:

Operation MO. Shōkaku ends up heavily damaged but doesn't sink. Shōhō also, not sure though whether she sunk. Just like at Coral Sea.

Next time: Hotel-chan Yamato

Originally Posted by Stark700

I feel somewhat trolled lol.

Spoiler:

All the death flags but they survived

Kaga and Akagi in the baths though....

Spoiler for Reply:

Pays off when you know a bit about history, haha. When they mentioned MO and Shōkaku getting in I expected a taiha Shōkaku, but no sinking.

[Kopi]

Wo's getting that BRS eye means payback is going to be a biatch. Finally Yamato lol.

[SaintessHeart]

Zuikaga is on a roll on Pixiv soon. Looks like they are going to be the favourite couple surpassing AKKG and Kitaooi.

And Kaga gets another girl. Like a boss.

[panzerfan]

Well, if it's Coral Sea with this ep, then that's to come is Midway...

[Kakurin]

Originally Posted by panzerfan

Well, if it's Coral Sea with this ep, then that's to come is Midway...

Still not convinced by that inevitability. It should be noteworthy, that the directors chose to codename this operation FS. FS was the operation that got pushed back (and then cancelled) due to Yamamoto's insistence on Midway. I don't think as of now it's a stretch to say that the directors might go alternate by FS replacing Midway.

[Seihai]

Great episode. Some of the action scenes had me on the edge. I particularly liked Wo's gestures, they show that the Abyssals aren't just wild monsters but instead very intelligent entities that can follow elaborate strategies like they did here to encircle Shoukaku and Zuikaku.

As expected they shed more light on the relationship between Zuikaku x Kaga. As a Zuikaku fan myself I can only appreciate this. I also cracked up when they started showing the girls in CG then switched to Zuikaku and she wasn't in CG... bias much?

Only gist I have is when Shoukaku was carried by Zuikaku and the camera focused a bit too much on their close up faces. That seemed odd literally switching between faces.

[Marina2]

Originally Posted by Kakurin-san

Still not convinced by that inevitability. It should be noteworthy, that the directors chose to codename this operation FS. FS was the operation that got pushed back (and then cancelled) due to Yamamoto's insistence on Midway. I don't think as of now it's a stretch to say that the directors might go alternate by FS replacing Midway.

They can make always make Midway ep. and cancel FS operation later due to what "happened" in Midway ep. . just like real life.

[D-Joe]

Spoiler for Episode 7:

This must me Yorkdown since she didn't sink

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Originally Posted by Stark700

I feel somewhat trolled lol.

Spoiler:

All the death flags but they survived

Kaga and Akagi in the baths though....

Spoiler for Well:

Actually it's hard to say Shouhou sunk or not

[Kakurin]

Originally Posted by Marina2

They can make always make Midway ep. and cancel FS operation later due to what "happened" in Midway ep. . just like real life.

You are missing the significant difference between historical FS and Kancolle FS. Kancolle FS is the umbrella under which they are doing everything right now. So FS is already in motion.

Originally Posted by D-Joe

Spoiler for Episode 7:

This must me Yorkdown since she didn't sink

There is no "must be". Just pointing to this:

Originally Posted by Klashikari

-What are the abyssals, exactly?
The abyssals are the mysterious enemies that are threatening the seas in Kancolle franchise.
In most source materials, their origins and objectives are completely unknown, even to gamers. There are a lot of theories about them, one of them is that they are the "kanmusu form of the Allies' ships". This theory is due to their cannons caliber being in imperial units, but recently, a lot of ships are obviously "corrupted" forms of Kanmusu, denying the assumption that they are Allies ships. Also, even early in the game, there is a certain enemy, Torpedo Cruiser Chi-class, that outright denies that theory, as only the IJN was operating torpedo cruiser.

Thus far, the consensus is that Abyssals are the manifestation of ships from the Pacific War (be it IJN or Allies ships). To be more accurate, the embodiements of the grudge and sorrow of the said ships and crew after sinking during the war.

[Klashikari]

Also, considering how numerous Wo-class are, it is -very- unlikely they are any specific carrier.

[SaintessHeart]

If they wanted some clarification they should go Strike Witches style and included American ships.

Would like to see Yamato being jealous of Iowa's "fuel tanks" (since Japanese animators like to draw Western characters to be ridiculously well-endowed). And she would certainly excite alot of Teitoku being the first ship of her class, probably being the MILF or OSILF of the PacFleet.

[D-Joe]

Originally Posted by Kakurin-san

You are missing the significant difference between historical FS and Kancolle FS. Kancolle FS is the umbrella under which they are doing everything right now. So FS is already in motion.


There is no "must be". Just pointing to this:

It's not in game, but in anime they keep implying that, the pointing is always right for the game, but for the anime, hard to say.
Of course, i always treat game and anime are different Kancolle world.

[Kakurin]

Originally Posted by D-Joe

It's not in game, but in anime they keep implying that, the pointing is always right for the game, but for the anime, hard to say.
Of course, i always treat game and anime are different Kancolle world.

They don't "keep implying" that. There was Kisaragi sinking at W Island and MO, yes. So what, the game also has Midway, Coral Sea, Guadalcanal, Aleutians. See, there is no difference in implication between game and anime.

[Sheba]

They said NOTHING, implied NOTHING about the Allies. The Abyssals just came to be one day w/o explanation. And I highly they'll look into their origin and objectives in the anime anytime soon, just how the game have NOT included the Allies YET. They still have many IJN destroyers, subs to include, ships that could have been such as Shinano. Let's not get started on the Kriegmarine and the Italian Navy.

[D-Joe]

Originally Posted by Kakurin-san

They don't "keep implying" that. There was Kisaragi sinking at W Island and MO, yes. So what, the game also has Midway, Coral Sea, Guadalcanal, Aleutians. See, there is no difference in implication between game and anime.

No.
I will never ever treat anime and game as same after what anime staff did.
In game, i don't care what abyss actually are, but in anime, things are different.

[Kakurin]

Originally Posted by D-Joe

No.
I will never ever treat anime and game as same after what anime staff did.
In game, i don't care what abyss actually are, but in anime, things are different.

Then name them, the things that are different, the things the staff did.

[D-Joe]

Originally Posted by Kakurin-san

Then name them, the things that are different, the things the staff did.

Many people never sunk a ship during battle in game, did you?