Talk:Unryuu/@comment-115.36.200.194-20140814102355/@comment-80.108.38.236-20140815164814

^ Of course archery has nothing to do with aircraft carriers. I'm only suggesting that there's a common theme of "let's represent certain carriers as archers" which is shared by no less than 4 artists, and that cannot be a pure coincidence.

Your interpretation of Taihou can be valid, but this is what Shimada Fumikane himself said:

クロスボウは新型強い、というより、「訓練期間短くてもとりあえず前に飛ばすだけはできる」「熟練者の扱う和弓のほうが投射能力高い」というイメージ（公式ではないですが）

Translation: Crossbows are newer and strong, but I had an image that "it takes shorter time to train and they can somehow shoot forward" and "a well-trained Japanese bowmen have better ranged attack ability." (Though I wouldn't say this is official)

Research before comment.

Hiyou and Junyou were indeed planned/built prior to WW2, but they "replaced" Hiryuu and Souryuu and became the new CarDiv2. Same can be said of Unryuu.

Akitsumaru is a different case altogether; she doesn't count as a CV or CVL in the game, she has a hardened deck in her default appearance and gets a scroll in her Kai. If you're saying Kurokuro just always interprets carriers as onmyouji, then tell me why Akitsu has a hardened flight deck even though she can't equip planes in her default state.