Indeed! Of course, I'm the kind of person that needs a little more explanation than that, I admit. I -can- watch it but it goes against my grain to turn my brain off, I suppose. I'm spoiled that way. =)

>I think there's an element of that, but it seems to be partly
>practicality (it's hard to operate a Striker Unit with trousers on,
>though Adolfine Galland manages it) and partly cultural (in a couple
>of instances, non-military witches and retired combat witches are
>shown in similar states of {un}dress). It's never explained in any
>detail, but from context it seems like it's just a witch thing.
> Nobody remarks upon it on the infrequent occasions when the witches
>are out and about among civilians (for instance, in the episode where
>Lucchini, Yoshika, and Shirley go shopping in Rome).

Hm. Well, making it a cultural norm makes it a good deal more palatable to me, I think. Kind of interesting introspection on my part. Huh.

>Speaking of the Fusō forces, some witches do wear (very short)
>skirts; Imperial Fusō Army witches like
>Tomoko Anabuki, of whom Yoshika owns a costume doll, wear a sort of
>abbreviated miko outfit similar to that sported by the
>Kongō class in KanColle, with a
>hakama-themed miniskirt.

I -adore- that outfit. Wonder if the miko in Fuso wear that all the time.

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