User blog comment:Mogumogu/some question for you people who want arpeggio girls in kancolle/@comment-139.193.158.202-20131213230117

Speaking for myself, I actually started reading Ark Performance's Arpeggio manga long before Kancolle even came into existence, and like many readers fell in love with Takao right away. For me Takao will always be the Tsundere Heavy Cruiser of Arpeggio, so when I encountered our Takao, it came off as a bit of a disappointment. I also happened to encounter Arpeggio's Atago just before I started playing the game, so our Atago and the ongoing boob jokes about her come across as a bit crass to me.

As for Iona, she's just cute and we don't have her yet in the game, so having her would be nice. Shibafu's design for Iona as shown in the Ars Nova collab is just... meh. If I could vote somewhere, I'd vote to keep Arpeggio's Iona and just get rid of the Shibafu design.

That said, for the other ships, I much prefer our Kongou sisters to Arpeggio's ones, especially given Kongou and Hiei's design and personality in Arpeggio. Arpeggio Haruna's idiosyncracies are admittedly cute but ours is a goddess, so there. Our Myoko class are also much better looking and have better personalities. Both Yamato and Nagato are better-depicted in Kancolle than in Arpeggio, especially given Arpeggio Yamato's gothiloli sensibilities. Our Yukikaze is especially much much much much more interesting than Arpeggio's Rei Expy one, and of course our Zuikaku is just overall nicer to look at.

In short, as a longtime Arpeggio fan I was actually surprised that the collaboration producers managed to capture my preferences so well. I'd keep Iona and Arpeggio Takao if I could (and they're what's offered) but I don't care much for the other Arpeggio girls.