>Well, that would explain why some of the higher-ranking Abyssal ships
>look like evil versions of known ship girls (Re-class, for instance,
>is Insane Monster Girl Ikazuchi, leading to at least two adorable
>costume swap pics that I know of).
>
>Actually, it just occurred to me that with her hoodie and her glowing
>eyes, Re-class looks like what Ikazuchi would look like if she caught
>the Green Flu in Left 4 Dead and became a Hunter. :)

Except Ikazuchi could only wish she could hit with the power of a single Re-class. The best analogy I've heard for them is it's like fighting the Abyssal version of an 1990s-era Iowa-class battleship.

>Eventually, we all have to find a way to deal with the
>appearance of Naka.
>
>:)

Naka is one of those characters that can either be immensely annoying or endearing, depending upon how she's written. In the case of the comic I mentioned, she actually takes up the whole idol business because of a girl she befriended when she first showed up without any memory or an idea of what she was.

>Sure, although by that same token, all game mechanics are just
>game mechanics. The Respec Trial in City of Heroes was just a
>game mechanic to make screwing around with your power selections a
>non-trivial undertaking, and so forth. It's all in how you roleplay
>it. :)

True, that's really what the (provisional) marriage business is, an item that allows players to roleplay however they like. That it has benefits is just a bonus.

>(Besides, based on what I've learned about the way KanColle's
>mechanics work, the real token of love is the heart-shaped padlock. :)

Yeah, another game mechanic item, this time giving players something they'd been begging for, namely a way to prevent them from scrapping a beloved ship because they were half-awake and the daily quest "Scrap Two Ships" popped up.

>Oh, Kongō. Never change.

The same admiral actually plays a trick on her and Tenyrū in a previous strip, using their rivalry over his affections by declaring that girls who "do their best" are his number one girls. And, well, you have to see it for yourself.

>Arrrr.
>
>--G.
>Change the white parts to red, and she's the
>Bentenmaru's Fogtech Mental Model.

Fogtech, a division of Stark Industries. You too can find out just how much of an ass your ship thinks you are for taking her into that asteroid field.