Talk:Anime/Season 2/@comment-26822774-20160622095253/@comment-78.133.253.114-20161007143046

Any carrier would be a deus ex machina during the battle of Midway. If Zuihou and Junyou, still with the main fleet, showed up at the critical moment, when no Japanese planes were in the air, the battle could have gone completely differently. Choosing Taihou was an obvious fan service, but makes sense from the critical point of view.