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@Anon.220.19: Sakawa wasn't completed until around 1944 - which by then, both Agano and Noshiro had already sunk. Yahagi was also completed since 1943 and was already commissioned and part of Operation Ten-Go, which Sakawa was supposed to accompany.

Because there wasn't enough fuel to go around, she never really did any actual fighting like her other three sisters. You could say she's the most naive and innocent about the war, therefore the more unorthodox Agano-class style uniform. Her non-standard uniform might also be used to reflect that she was formally disarmed following the surrender of Japan, whereas all her sisters had sunk in combat with full combat gear.