Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24905458-20151012125250/@comment-26091666-20160102154431

- Wall of texts ahead...

Ok, here is the low down..

I was never really a naval fan to begin with. All these moeification of ships with their personality grew on me because well inherently don't we all like anime characters?

My first few days of KC gaming, the only ship that I wanted was when I read of her and how I generally liked big ships. Her story was the most appealing to me:
 * Being one of the few survivors of World War II and having operated in a few operations she was definitely no.
 * Only to be nuked in Operation Crossroads along with and  amongst several other Allied ships.
 * The first card within KC library.
 * She was my first crafted battleship when I yearned for any old battleship to get through world 1 and world 2. I was nuts at the time for having such high desires and she came to me without much hesitatation unlike the other battleships.

Her looks were also quite nice:
 * She boasted long hair
 * Those eyes, I can never get over them.
 * Her "three sizes" seemed well-proportioned. Ok call me lewd but I tend to look heavy into these details.
 * As well her looks in real form is just as nice.

Naturally over time I grew to be more and more fond of her and that her idle lines seems to resonate well with my stances at the time. Being busy doing many things.

Of course I was also starting out at the time and other girls looked interesting but they all seemed to have some sort of a "drawback":
 * , cute also like styles but k2 when?
 * , love that ponytail but that thick eyebrows? -_-
 * , also ponytail but she's "common" and doesn't seem to have other appealing qualities.
 * , looks nice, four slots but she keeps complaining about how slow she is, poor her for her engine.. She's probably "born" with a heart problem.
 * , looks somewhat nice, but she's frail and that squeaky voice.
 * nice but "common" and hardly any interesting stats.
 * love her "manly" attitude, has decent looks but she had no appealing stats. Mind you this was before she was eligible to have Kai 2.
 * and, I really love their damaged artwork but that is only that.
 * that handband, but she's also somewhat common and as well average stats.
 * cute but a tsundere. I also didn't have her at the time -_-
 * cute but a narcisst. -_-
 * her doujinshi depicted her as looking really cute. Too bad she was elusive and with somewhat average stats.
 * love her headband with those dual smoke tower. Too bad I don't have her.
 * Her k2 art is formidable, but something just doesn't seem to be fitting about her..
 * cute but a tsundere. -_-
 * elusive, expensive to operate and well..

Though some of you may have realised that I have changed from loving into loving, what has changed?

There was a time when I was absent from Kancolle both in the game as well as from online communities. At that time I was unable to get decent internet access and well I had to sit back and think of a few things. When I came back it was already in the middle of Winter 2015 Event. I realised at that point in time I missed out Fall 2014 Event and that my last event prior to being abset was Summer 2014 Event. Little did I know there was a hidden gem within Fall 2014 Event and that was. Naturally, and others were included but it cannot be helped that I was absent.

After Winter 2015 Event was over, I was able to sort of chill out and maybe do some more reading. It wasn't until people kept talking about that made me wonder what she was like. So I sought the information and voila, came a girl that looks extremely impressive. Initially I was snubbing because she's "just a destroyer" and that destroyers are hardly any different than foot soldiers in terms of land based warfar and that battleships are usually the "generals" who sits back and offers to attack from a distance.

Though gradually the looks of kept rubbing into me, from ever since I read of her it was becoming hard to resist no matter what I try. As some say, loves chasing little destroyers and instead of me loving someone who chases these "little destroyers" or better known as lolis I became  herself - chasing the lolis.

The more I hear of how was the only destroyer that can do AACI and with very high AA stats, etc. I realised she wasn't there just for looks, she had the stats to also match. Again, just a mere foot soldier. Whilst her looks were constantly growing on me as I tried to shrug it off. It wasn't until that later on with the help of an Anti-Air Queen it would have potentially made life easier. The KC developers also pretty much made those who missed out either and/or  sit out for virtually an entire year, till Fall 2015 Event.

Naturally I love battleships and to this day I wished that they still ruled the seas even though it is no longer tangible at any costs. The story of naval warfare pretty much spelt the demise of battleships to their early deaths after World War II. However, one other thing that later dawned on me and that was the rise of Aircraft Carriers. In modern warfare, you have all these huge Aircraft Carriers but along with it Destroyers that generally offers support as multifunctional ships. In modern era, only small boats rules the waves, especially with front line combat. Large ships are expensive to build/maintain as well as to operate but also are generally hard to maneouver in combat.

Eventually all these attributes started stacking up, 's looks was something that I tried so desperately to shrug off finally took a hold of me, as well that her real form is also just as cute.

It wasn't until Summer 2015 Event that things took a different twist for a moment. I was once set on but she hasn't appeared for nearly a whole year. My desires for her started waning. After having completed E-7 of that event and getting the reward ship, Teruzuki's looks started appealing to me, even though I try hard to resist because, well I love her sister more. Luckily however Fall 2015 Event was when along with  and others made a reappearance. At that point in time my interest with somewhat became a "low" until I got her and that was when things started bouncing right back up again.

Notably with :
 * She's just a foot soldier in naval warfare.
 * Although she specialises in Anti-Air capability, her stats in other areas weren't so bad.
 * In general, as a destroyer - their lifespan are usually shorter than larger ships because of the fact that they're there to escort large vessels - hence they're expendables, sadly.
 * She was built at a time when situations were dire historically. Even with her sortie, her crews suffered shortage of food and so in various doujinshi one can see why she's often hungry, poor and could not afford expensive luxurious food.

Her looks hits me in more areas than one:
 * A pony tail to boot.
 * The hachimaki is positioned to almost be like two separate pieces of head ornaments (AAFD here is the exception). Almost like as if she is wearing a headband/Alice band as well as a custom made hair bow.
 * Her three sizes again are very matching, as well in her "younger" form her hourglass designed seems to be somewhat more pronounced.

With everything that you could want for in a girl with the looks and stats to boot, what more do you have to resist? That was what I thought. She was also basically a loli to boot, because well.. there is always this article on Men With Younger Wives Live Longer But Women Should Marry Men The Same Age, Study

At the end of the day, yes I fell hard for a loli and I didn't regret on my choices considering that it was awkward to shift from a fan of larger vessels to a smaller but sadly an expendable ship became my preference.

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TL;DR (basically).. - Wanted - Had interests in other girls. - Went missing for months. - Came back not knowing there was a hot chick that was available. - Sat out for virtually the entire year to think about my stances. - Stances changed and now I am a lolicon (lol) - fell for. She's now married. - Almost fell for but no, that didn't happen.