Board Thread:Anime/@comment-25730832-20150324161612/@comment-24477438-20150402042623

Tokugata Kuchikukan wrote: Did I miss anything in-between episode 11 and episode 12 or did I fall inside a wormhole? I feel like there were too many confusing things here...

Who is this "force of history"? Is it a new ship that needs to be sunk, or are they all making this up as they go? Why did it take them this long to realize this? Why did the enemy change into someone else? What does BWS have to do with this unholy transmutation? Where did Taihou come from? Why did we go from "slightly faithful to game mechanics" the first part and then "screw the rules, I have a Kai Ni" towards the end? What exactly was the Admiral doing and how did he even survive the Naval Base attack? Why did they have to send more ship girls in there that did absolutely nothing to affect the endgame anyway? Why does Mutsuki think this is the perfect time to pick flowers?

I am genuinely confused and if someone has some answers, I'd be delighted. The answer is kinda simple. The anime itself wasn't planned as the real anime, but only as a commercial for the game. The 12 ep was obviously aimed to hook potential players into the game. Let's look closer (I'll go backwards):

- At the very end Fubuki is shown close-up saying "Welcome back, commander!" to the screen. I think it doesn't need a comment.

- After that weird battle Akagi is shown close-up saying about some history changing (I never thought they fought abyssals back in 194X) to the screen. It must bring the feeling they're doing something incredibly important here. Bait for power gamers and achievers.

- Girls were very inspired by the message that admiral was alive. After battle ends they rushed back with "Hurry! Admiral is waiting!". Bait for harem lovers.

- Not completely sure about this one, but the Hime transforming into Hime is likely the "THIS ISN'T EVEN MY FINAL FORM" trait, and things about sinking everyone for some unknown reason could be a suggestion to some hidden plot or advanced mechanics (yes, we know it's actually none of this). Possibly a bait for ones who seek awesomness or deep plot".

- Also, the end of previous ep was super tense just to ensure everybody will come back and see this 25 mins of commercial. Bait for everyone.

And so, with the main goals set, the rest is filled with some random thoughtless stuff just to keep it in one piece. Obviously the ones familiar with the game find the ep ridiculously awful. However "fuck you players, the anime is not for you" attitude can give us another 12 eps of suffering in the meantime.