Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26389292-20160104141516/@comment-261125-20160109052845

My first exposure to KanColle was sometime in early-mid 2014, when I saw a pic of Kongou somewhere and mistook her for Haruhi. After seeing the name "Kantai Collection" appear on danbooru, KnowYourMeme, and....other less than SFW places, I got curious enough to look for it on TV Tropes. I was fairly interested in the idea, but disappointed to see that there was no English version and that even accessing the Japanese version was a pain in the butt. Gave up on KanColle before I even started on it.

Somehow I stumbled across this very wiki in early 2015 and learned that with a few tricks and a basic guide to what all the MoonRunes meant, accessing KanColle was actually quite simple.

I studied up on all the girls, watched a few episodes of the anime, and finally slipped in with the March 14th lottery. Then I fell in love with a shy light cruiser, made a kickass pirate friend, and killed my first Abyssal Boss in the Spring 2015 Event.

Two months until my one-year anniversary and it looks like I'm here to stay.