Board Thread:Anime/@comment-25730832-20150317162604/@comment-26071777-20150319021449

Well what did everyone expect, a masterpiece script sprung up from a game that inherently had no story? What the game fundamentally lacks that the fanbase wants is interaction between shipgirls, and the anime compensated for that aspect plenty. Halfway through the season I realized that they weren't going to make any profound revelations in the anime (i.g. the secret of the Shinkaisei-kan), thus depriving the anime of any real plot possibility other than historical course, but after some consideration I can't say I blame them. Letting a derivative work determine the direction and story of the orginal series is bad production ethics unless there's explicit approval or intervention from the developer's side. If the devs had that kind of story, they would have thrown it into the game from the beginning.

Moreover, it's hit all of the major "hype points": Character introduction/personality/interactions, Yuudachi Kai-ni, Kongou's eccentricity, Yamato, sinking (frankly unexpected), many battles and many pewpewpews. Nothing revolutionary by any means, but it was pleasant to watch and try to point out the different things they incorporated from the game. The part I'm still bitter about is the year-long question plaguing me, which this episode did nothing to help with: Is Airfield Princess wearing a collared bikini, a leotard, or just going commando? Judging by the spikes coming out of her lumbar vertebrae above what seems to be a clothed butt, it seems like she's wearing a leotard, but that incredibly detailed belly button is really throwing me off.