Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-104.51.53.50-20150415225527/@comment-26183083-20150424053017

Frankly, asking this question is a bit like asking "Why the heck are China and Korea completely unrepresented in Girls und Panzer? I mean, even frigging Bulgaria got a schoolship!"

On the one hand, in a way the question is understandable on a visceral level. On the other hand, there is no particular reason for there to BE a Chinese or Korean schoolship. They just happen to not have one in Japan or it isn't big enough to run Senshado. Case closed. The story doesn't get internally inconsistent or anything like that without them.

From a external view, it is also extremely tricky to write it up in an uncontroversial way.

And all this applies to KanColle as well.

If anything, perhaps anyone that wants American shipgirls should make a strong case of why the world needs them or will be measurably improved by having them beyond "More shipgirls = Better". And if you are just going to go with "It'll dispel right-wing notions", please note that this is in effect blackmail of sorts by linking unrelated concepts to the game to try and get what you want.