Talk:Hamakaze/@comment-82.74.76.152-20150124151343/@comment-24978536-20150124154232

I'm fairly sure she'll appear at some point, and Hamakaze's line can be seen as a sign of that. After all, Hamakaze speaks as if Shinano actually already exists or as if Shinano will arrive to the fleet later. There have also been some examples before of ship girls who have been mentioned in someone's lines, and have been added to the game later - one such duo is Maikaze and Nowaki.

I'm guessing Shinano will be the reward of some large scale event, but I suspect we will see some Unryuu-class CV first.