Board Thread:Anime/@comment-25730832-20150317162604/@comment-26094932-20150323193323

@ Evilfrank: Yes there might be a twist in the episode whole.

But after reading some naval battle history (yes, Operation MI), I came to the conclusion that the defeat of IJN was in part because they couldn't send all the ships they were going to send. I remember some fleet that consisted of a few ships in the list of the TTK but Akagi seemingly don't want them to participate (yes one of them were Murasame.... I wanna see her in action!!).

And now I remember that people says: "Hey, those two behind Yamato are Shoukaku and Zuikaku" and "They're gonig to show 5th carrier's power" but according to history those carriers didn't participate in the battle. Sure Zuikaku was the one that was only a step away to battle but, japanese didn't want that because it was said that the pilots must participate always with their ship (yes Shoukaku's pilots were intended to). And I can bet that the writers are using the real events in Midway. And that goes to Taihou too.

Maybe, just maybe, Akagi had realized that the ships participating would sink. That's what would explained why she wanted less ships to participate. Maybe she was trying to make at least a few survivors. Sacrificing her self. And again again, I think maybe she is in the 5th stage of the Kübler-Ross Model : Acceptance. Yes, acceptance to her destiny.

And yes, I see no records of Kitakami sinking or even participating, so I think she is fine. And again yes, I guess they'll have to be able to sink the Wo-class Flaghip Kai, I mean this is an obvious reference to the USS Yorktown, which, sunk while protecting the island.

To make it shorter: I think this has to be a defeat to the KanMusume, like in Midway, so maybe this is the end of the Anime, because obviously is the end of the IJN's power (1st carrier and 2nd carrier division [Akagi and Kaga, Hiryuu and Souryuu respectively]) so there is that.

To finish, let me say it: is just A Theory! An Anime/History Theory!!