Board Thread:Anime/@comment-25730832-20150211061326/@comment-139.194.123.202-20150215055502

I was like "why Yuubari?" Could better have Akashi since she is more specialized in equipement tuning but what we have instead is Yuubari in mechanic suit Yuubari and Kuroshio are implied by their lines to be the development-oriented girls in the fleet. Akashi does field upgrades of already-developed equipment.

Yuubari is also the fleet's designated tester of new equipment. This was one major function of real-life Experimental Cruiser Yuubari. It's also why Yuubari talks about getting data all the time.