Finally the other Light Cruisers... It seems Oyodo stands proudly, while Yuubari feels... yeah.

The expression on Yuubari's face is so hnnnnnng

Ohh the 4 slots Cruisers

Devilishly attractive Kashima.

Looks like he skipped the Sendai Sisters...

I'd like some detailed Melon, yes please.

ZeonTwoSix said:

Looks like he skipped the Sendai Sisters...

An idol can't expose her body in private!

I can't decide between Yuubari's or Kashima's expressions here.

Emerald_Acid said:

I'd like some detailed Melon, yes please.

An idol can't expose her body in private!

Oh, she will. She will.
Not in a weird-weird way though.

Yuubari is being too cute, other girls are looking really good too, can't wait for translations.

no Akashi? :(

Oteck said:

no Akashi? :(

She isn't a cruiser. Katori-class were cruisers relegated to training purposes while Akashi is a purpose built repair ship.

stoicapple said:

She isn't a cruiser. Katori-class were cruisers relegated to training purposes while Akashi is a purpose built repair ship.

Katori-class were purpose-built as training cruisers. They even had two totally different engine systems so that crews could train on both steam turbines and diesel engines on the same ship. They were even made wider and shorter so that they would be more stable to help trainees get their sea legs. (Due to economy of scale, both of these changes made them cripplingly slow, and they could only make 17 knots, and they were only built to commercial, not military standards to save costs. They were really completely unfit for the battlefield.)

In fact, the "relegation" that took place was taking them off training, and into active duty as submarine squadron command ships or hunting submarines.

NWSiaCB said:

In fact, the "relegation" that took place was taking them off training, and into active duty as submarine squadron command ships or hunting submarines.

Sorry, I shouldn't have cut corners, You're right. Relegated was certainly ostensibly wrong.

I like how the author can't put in enough words detailing Kashima so as to go over the image's bottom border.

ayy Kashima

D- don't worry, Katori, I'm still your fan! I'll even draw you a picture to help make up the differences in fanart!

Pastime said:

I like how the author can't put in enough words detailing Kashima so as to go over the image's bottom border.

"Belle comme le diable" (Beautiful like the devil) or "à faire damner tous les saints du paradis" (to make every Saints in heaven fall) as French would say. Those sayings are perfect for Kashima.

Why did only just find this now!?
Also. Daaaaaaaaaaamn Ooyodo is tall! Or the others are just short.

Ooyodo was 192 m long (!).

Steadfast said:

Why did only just find this now!?
Also. Daaaaaaaaaaamn Ooyodo is tall! Or the others are just short.

If a shipgirl's height is based on the ship's length, Yuubari was 138.9 meters, Katori and Kashima were 129.77 m and Ooyodo was 192 m. Of course, there's not actually a consistent standard in that regard, but the official art certainly makes Ooyodo look tall. Just look at how long her legs are.

Shebadotfr said:

"Belle comme le diable" (Beautiful like the devil) or "à faire damner tous les saints du paradis" (to make every Saints in heaven fall) as French would say.

Or, as Raymond Chandler put it, the kind of woman who would make a bishop kick a hole in a stained-glass window.

translation bump for this stuff come on danbo your my savior cause i can't read japanese T_T

Two week bump for the final CL (since the Sendai's got skipped).

Emerald_Acid said:

Two week bump for the final CL (since the Sendai's got skipped).

So, it appears, did Tenryuu and Tatsuta--although possibly the admiral passed over them because he(?) knew Tatsuta would kill him. :)

I'm surprised that this isn't a series that has more translators jumping over each other to translate.

... But then, I guess the language is more difficult than usual...

NWSiaCB said:

I'm surprised that this isn't a series that has more translators jumping over each other to translate.

... But then, I guess the language is more difficult than usual...

bigbigfool said:

Translation done, but obviously we really need some native speaker to match the author's relatively high writing skills.

Your comment made me remember this comment from the translated agano-class. Is it really that more difficult from the ones that instantly gets translated? :|

MikeyPhalanx said:

Your comment made me remember this comment from the translated agano-class. Is it really that more difficult from the ones that instantly gets translated? :|

I guess in that case, it's not a problem so much of difficulty understanding the Japanese as it is difficulty writing in English. (Although not knowing English grammar certainly hasn't stopped some people...)

Most English-Japanese translators are not native English speakers, nor are they Japanese. (You have to look hard to find Asian language lessons in America, and even though every Japanese student gets English lessons, they are almost as solipsistic about their own culture as we are with ours, so there are few people with the interest and capability to translate.) In my experience working with fansubbing/scanlations, I've found they're mostly from other Asian nations, with Koreans in particular being the most frequent, and a smattering of Eastern Europeans in this mix for some odd reason.

After trans:

"Even though [Ooyodo]'s a serious girl, her undergarments are undeniably sexy."

Well, that'll be because Akashi picked them. :)

Kashima's last line description

" ..her brutal... "

Maybe she's really way more sadistic than Katori...

zankde said:

Kashima's last line description

" ..her brutal... "

Maybe she's really way more sadistic than Katori...

More like, her sex appeal is so strong that it's hard to ignore it.

zankde said:

Kashima's last line description

" ..her brutal... "

Maybe she's really way more sadistic than Katori...

Narrator's talking about body parts, not personality. The next line that was partially obscured were something like, "she is equipped with a brutal sensuality that..."