Talk:General Discussion/@comment-105.235.133.85-20141214181933/@comment-25730832-20141214210802

Why AoFuru seems to be a thing(?) other than same fleet. It should be describable through one event:

Battle of Cape Esperance (BCE)
To put it simple not Aoba, but Admiral Goto that was onbroad ****ed up and thought the enemy's ship (during night time) was actually an allied fleet (can't remember which fleet) and thought he's under friendly fire. He decided to flash light signal back to tell them that "This is Aoba (and 'please hit me')". It took him multiple shellings to his face before he knows that they're not allies.

The admiral on Furutaka's ship (don't remember his name) then decided to pretty much engage the enemy and act as a decoy-ish. After Furutaka's action, Fubuki got focused and then Murakumo who came to rescue Furutaka's crew afterward also got torpedoe'd and scuttled by Shirayuki(?).

Aoba's victim actually numbered quite a bit...at least from the BCE's incident alone there's (notably) Fubuki & Furutaka (& possibly Murakumo) i who were kinda sunk because of Aoba. Kako also kinda got sunk by Aoba but it's not that close to Furutaka's case.

Leaving Fubuki and Murakumo issues aside, Aoba probably felt guilty about Furutaka's fate the most (see Survivor's guilt). IMO, AoFuru's relationship isn't shipping (pun intended) but shows repentance more than anything else (but it's the internet and rule 34 exist so...). I think this picture represents them better:



[And now, I have both of them in my fleet ready to face that Mikawa fleet quest]