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To be fair, I haven't looked much into "official material" for this.

The various interpretations of KanColle's world setting reminds me of Black Rock Shooter: Each media format (OVA, anime series, manga, game) was a different continuity, often using common characters and themes.

To me, realism tends to be darker by default. I admire the author of this work to go down that path. Despite the lightheartedness that is often shown in other works, there is a war being fought, and only these girls can fight back (when I first heard about KanColle, my first thought was "Strike Witches, but with warships?")