Talk:I-8/@comment-99.238.120.96-20141027044148/@comment-25361436-20141027050805

I-8's war crimes are infamous, but I definitely do not see it being glorified. Additionally Kancolle mostly addresses the ships and the extent of their abilities as shown by their accomplishments, as opposed to focusing on the good/bad of the crew, even if it was the crew that enabled these accomplishment. Members of the Japanese navy are rarely mentioned in this game unless they are extremely famous for the feats they pulled off (Quite a few of which even got some praise from the Allies out of respect for their skill).

One thing Kancolle definitely does is avoid the mention of actual casualties, and avoids most names completely, as not to link ships to atrocities and bring down the mood.

But, If we ignore that completely, my personal feelings on the matter is that Kancolle is a celebration of engineering, and as such ships shouldn't be punished because of what people did with them. At the same time, I dislike the tales of the I-8 greatly, but I try my best to seperate the users from the tool, and try to view Hacchan as the personification of the tool. Much the same way the construction and use of the Yamato class was incredibly dirty, but at the same time the ship itself is quite grand.