Japan unveils new carrier-like warship, largest since WWII

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Me, I give 'em bonus points for naming her Kaga.

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toad wrote:Who knows what lurks under that deck. Perhaps an air defense UAV or vertical launch boxes of ant-air missiles. Maybe a casino to separate the Chinese from their money.
Schoolgirls with anti-ship missile backpacks?
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Cobar wrote:
toad wrote:Who knows what lurks under that deck. Perhaps an air defense UAV or vertical launch boxes of ant-air missiles. Maybe a casino to separate the Chinese from their money.
Schoolgirls with anti-ship missile backpacks?
Schoolgirls on deck with roulette wheels :shock:
Do the Chinese also have a panty fetish :?: Perhaps sailors with boobs on their backs would work better.
Nothing meaner than middle school girls, it might be against the rules of war to use them. :twisted:
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Cobar wrote:
toad wrote:Who knows what lurks under that deck. Perhaps an air defense UAV or vertical launch boxes of ant-air missiles. Maybe a casino to separate the Chinese from their money.
Schoolgirls with anti-ship missile backpacks?
No, the schoolgirls are the ships.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kantai_Collection

Ship girls go fight sea monsters, their clothing gets torn when they take damage. Kinda disturbing because the destroyers are children.
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Cobar wrote:
toad wrote:Who knows what lurks under that deck. Perhaps an air defense UAV or vertical launch boxes of ant-air missiles. Maybe a casino to separate the Chinese from their money.
Schoolgirls with anti-ship missile backpacks?
Schoolgirls on deck with roulette wheels :shock:
Do the Chinese also have a panty fetish :?: Perhaps sailors with boobs on their backs would work better.
Nothing meaner than middle school girls, it might be against the rules of war to use them. :twisted:
In all seriousness, the Chinese generally have similar "tastes" as the Japanese in this matter.

As another barely-related anecdote, the guys making an unofficial Kantai Collection spin-off about US "ship girls" already said that none of their characters will be younger than in their 20s, including destroyers, and they don't care how much that might hurt their sales in Japan and China. So, take that as you will.
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Yup, disturbing.

I just knew of the overall concept and saw all the GIFs. Japan is weird.
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Cobar wrote:Yup, disturbing.

I just knew of the overall concept and saw all the GIFs. Japan is weird.
Sometimes its just funny
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Over on Netflix I found an Anime called, " Arpeggio in Blue Steel." It has war ships with female "avatars" The bigger the ship the more mature the avatars. I don't know if it is derived from the game or not.
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toad wrote:Over on Netflix I found an Anime called, " Arpeggio in Blue Steel." It has war ships with female "avatars" The bigger the ship the more mature the avatars. I don't know if it is derived from the game or not.
There was a bit of a crossover between the two in the game, but they're unrelated.
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