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It's Mashiro's time to shine. Are you excited?
REMOVE HAMSTERS
>>141236590
Reminder that it's Mashiro who took the Harekaze into serious perils.
>>141236590
She's too unlucky to shine.
I know who's behind all this hamster brainwash.
>>141236896
You think she's unlucky. Look at private Moka. That poor bastard is the very incarnation of bad luck.
pick your cliche ending
a. Mike beats mind control with power of friendship
b. Rin sacrifices herself to save everybody
c. a & b
>>141237040
>Rin sacrifices herself to save everybody
Not Mike going down with the ship.
>>141237040
Hopefully C, A will probably happen.
Which Hai would you Furi ?
>>141237392
Bridge.
>>141237392
Really difficult to tell who is best girl. I'm leaning towards Mei, but she gets so little screentime that it's hard to tell. Mii and Shiro are also up there, will need to see a couple more episodes to make up my mind.
I really lost all respect for Captain Mike.
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>>141237392
Marikouji
>>141237093
She abandons her ship at every opportunity.
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Great pair
>>141237392
Mike. Unlike some people, i'm faithful to my Captain.
>>141237836
We'll see how long she's faithful to you.
She should have confined Mike to the brig the second she went full retard. As it stands, she put both Mike and the ENTIRE SHIP in peril.
>>141237931
Eh, she's just continuing the fine tradition of the captain having to do everything herself. It's the ones that act rationally and let other people go on away mission that are the scums of the Earth.
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>>141237836
this
>>141236590
Kuro will make Mike give Shiro the captaincy, and Shiro will then fuck up either in battle or in dealing with the crew's morale, ending in everything going back to normal and Shiro realizing that she's a better level-headed XO than a captain.
>>141237887
She's not you anon who betrayed someone only because a few mistakes.
>>141236590
Hell yeah and she already shined in this episode.
>>141238012
Seems like the rat removal device isn't ready for use.
It's the only way this show can redeem itself.
Unless the h*msters end up being a many layered Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy reference.
>>141238174
What if hamster are the same race as Kyubey? Look at their eyes.
>>141238052
Why the fuck is Mike being yet another Kirk? And is Moka his Spock?
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>>141238065
Why are you assuming Shiro will fail?
>>141238332
Mankind is doomed
>>141237392
None of them.
Let them stay pure.
>>141238174
An on-screen kiss would do it too.
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>>141238370
Because she's unlucky
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>>141238402
OTPOTS
>>141236649
no
>>141238370
Because that's how these stories go.
>>141238370
Luck actually has quite an element to play in warfare. I feel that Shiro may actually get wounded in battle to the point that she goes straight to the infirmary.
>>141238300
>And is Moka his Spock?
Moka who? It's obvious Shiro is Mike's Spock.
After Mike and Mashiro get court marshalled, Mei should be captain.
>>141236649
I, for one, welcome our new hamster overlords
>>141238442
Shiro's skill and intellect are more than a match for her luck.
>>141238402
I love how they've gotten so close after Mei kept her company in lockup.
>>141238402
How is that cat hoodie acceptable uniform?
>>141238615
>become sailor
>>141238300
>And is Moka his Spock?
Yes. You know where the termn "slash fic" comes from, right?
>>141238621
You know how many times we have vets say that people who deserve to live way more than they do ended up being the ones that didn't make it home? Mashiro would make a good career staff officer, if she doesn't die that is.
>>141237392
Brown
>>141238657
Based on what has happened I no longer think the Blue Mermaids are a respectable organization.
This just adds to that.
>>141238657
The same reason that cat ears are acceptable comm equipment.
>>141238704
>deserve to live way more than they do
Survivor's guilt, Anon.
>>141238300
>Implying Kirk is the only captain to always go on away missions
It's standard procedure for any great captains to do everything herself. Otherwise, you're just a side-character.
>>141238773
Jean-Luc, plz
>>141238773
>Janeway
>Picard
>Sisko
>Yurika
>great captain
I don't think so, Tim.
>>141238688
Moka has a good head on her shoulders but doesn't let rationality get in the way. She's also really nice and sweet. The closest to Spock in this series is Shiro.
This thread needs more rice.
Then who's McCoy in the Haifuri power trio?
>>141238843
Nigga, one of those captains punched Q in the face. That alone propels him to great captain status.
>>141236876
>implying it's not the captain who abandoned all her crews
>>141238966
Mike ordered that Shiro take the Harekaze out of Musashi's range, complying with the order from Yokosuka to not engage in combat.
>>141238943
Rice cooker the first casulty of war.
>>141239229
And a great loss that was.
>>141239330
>>141239229
>makes curry rice anyways
>>141239736
Well a rice cooker isn't the only way to cook rice.
Did we get something?
>>141237392
I want captain Mike to command my dick!
>>141239229
>>141239846
It was just some minor damage, they were using just fine for the curry here.
>>141238402
They better make out.
>>141237040
>rin dies
Jesus christ that would be sad, she's as cute as a fucking button, take that backthat certainly would make things more interesting though, I'll admit
>>141237040
>>141237127
Why would you want to kill off rin?
>>141238733
>What Can Brown Do For You?™
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Holy shit
>>141240507
>survives the fall without injury
>intercepts a shot from the enemy ship with one of her own
Shima must be superhuman.
>>141240507
She's a senshado loader in her free time.
>>141240507
The moment the show jumped the shark.
>>141240664
>Implying there was any sharks left to jump when the premise is literally Girls Und Battleship
Thunderbirds are go!
>>141240002
2nd row, 2nd & 3rd column?
>>141240931
I was prepare for superhuman shit when it was revealed they were the reject crew.
I was not prepared forthe demon hamster cop out
>>141237392
>Hime and Sakura right next to another
The way it should be.
>>141236590
She finally did something. That's good.
>>141236590
>Mashiro's time to shine
but she is the worst number 1 ever!
This scene was a bit weird, there's no way she could actually see Moka in the window from this distance, so either she imagined it or it was an illusion by the hamsters.
>>141241456
Literally who?
>>141237392
The brown qt.
>>141241609
Literally best girls you pleb.
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When you think about it, would biological EMP jammers be useful IRL? In the sea? Why didn't they use fish? Anyway,
>muh moka
I hope she gets NTR'd by hamsters.
>>141241609
something something tied together by fate
>>141241695
But Mei and Mii are best girls.
Why is nobody talking about this now? No thread on the day it airs?
Did the hamsters kill it?
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>>141238402
It melts my heart seeing torps and arty being ok together, not fighting about who's superior.
>>141241778
Was thinking this, or maybe I just missed the maxed out thread when the ep aired.
>>141241778
there were two 500+ post threads earlier today.
>>141241271Inorite
>People shitting on Captain Mike.
Disgusting filth, you fucking trashchang.
Mike, like any normal girl, keeps a picture of her best friend beside her bed and in her pocket watch.
>>141241455
Please. How is this reveal any different from your standard WMD in action/sci-fi/thriller movies? If you can ignore the implausibility of most of those WMD for the sake of enjoying the rest of the movie, why can't you do the same here?
>>141242000
It's just /a/ being /a/. Give Mike some flashback and a scene showing how badass she can be, then /a/ loves her again.
How bullshit is this on a scale of 1-10?
So Tama is confirmed robot, right? I mean, no human could make shots like that, and the only way she could have gotten out of the sea like she did last episode was with her go-go-gadget water jet.
>>141242238
>Tama puns
Not even once.
>>141242101
It's her Feito-chan. Of course she keeps pictures of her everywhere. I bet they would sleep together if they got to be on the same ship.
>>141242321
You just need to know that she is a beast in bed.
>>141242101
I wonder if she got any other friends or if she cares about her family (biological or not) that much.
>>141242000
>defending a captain that abandons her crew
Fuck off
>>141242232
Why a flashback? We all know she'll get her badass redemption arc right after Shiro messes up somehow, in which immediately afterward, she kicks down the door to the Musashi's bridge and princess carry Moka back to the Harukaze.
>>141242497
>Not defending someone that's willing to go through hell to save her waifu
No, you fuck off
>>141242497
It's not like she left during a battle. In fact, her order was to keep the ship safe while only putting herself in danger, since it's a personal issue.
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poor Shiro
>>141242680
Was it rape?
>>141242591
>go through hell
All she did was get on a jetski and crash into a rock.
>>141242644
How is that any excuse?
>>141242760
Because she made the heroic choice, rather than either putting her crew into danger for her own cause or abandoning her friend to die.
>>141242680
>>141242742
I know she was going to jump in the water in her underwear but i like to imagine she was going to strip completely naked
>>141242760
She was in no shape to make good decisions at the moment so she left someone capable in charge. When Shiro isn't bitching about her luck she's actually competent.
>>141242760
Nigga, let's see you change into the weapon's range of a battleship with nothing more than a jetski, and possibly board the ship and fight off the crew to save your waifu.
>>141242742
it would have been if Shiro hadn't intervened
>>141242827
>>141242879
Going off on a solo mission in the first place is unjustifiable. She's a fucking captain with a responsibility for her ship and crew.
Not to mention she achieved jack shit besides putting herself in danger, and will probably need to be saved by her crew now anyway.
>>141242952
>She's a fucking captain
She's a little girl.
>>141242952
Is her jetski inoperable or can she just swim back to it?
>>141242952
Abandoning a close friend relying on her to save her life or sanity is also unjustifiable. She made the choice of a hero, and we both know that it's going to turn out to have been the correct one over sensibly retreating and leaving the whole alien mind control thing to the adults who clearly know what they're doing and will definitely solve it without her help.
I think the biggest takeaway here is that letting high school girls with little to no actual nautical expirience take full control of armed battleships with no supervision is a bad idea.
>>141243078
Well letting teenage girls take control of armed tanks wasn't any better.
But now I must go! My waifu needs me!
Reminder that Isoroku is the true hero and will save the day
>>141244668
That cat is actually a pregnant female. It will birth the kittens and they will use them to counter the mind control.
GOTTA SAVE MOCHA
>>141244668
> be an admiral
> win a lot of battles
> die in plane shot down
> shameful death for sea warrior
> reincarnate
> remember all your previous life
> reincarnate again and again
> now you are the cat
> ship`s cat
> all crewmans is cute young girls
> every night you wait for middle watch
> wait for watch girl to get drowsy
> check the course
> fix navigational errors
> place bookmarks in instructions
> when all stuff is done you return to your place
> can`t sleep
> look at sea
> only gray skies over Guadalcanal are reflecting in your eyes
Huh, is there another thread up or what?
>>141244956
Yeah >>141238613
This one is older and has more posts so it should be the main one.
>>141245170
yeah sure UNTIL IT FUCKING DIES
>>141242432
>tama
>shells
>her nickname
>tama hits the tama with her tama
Fuck I didn't catch that at all.
>>141242489
Are we even sure that Mike has any family?
The Musashi aims pretty well even though it's supposedly mind-controlled.
This is VividRed all over again.
The fact that MC-chan was willing to abandon her own ship to go chasing the Musashi and the fact that she would stop running from a potentially dangerous situation to check if a child -potentially- had a scraped knee made me lose all faith in her.
>>141242238
It's pretty much as impossible as it gets. Sure, the laws of physics don't disallow it, but it's pretty much the typewriters and monkeys thing again. Hell, Mythbusters showed how freaking hard it is to hit a grenade being tossed at you with a gun and you can actually see that coming and calculate the rough trajectory. I'd say the show jumped the shark but that happened long ago. I'm just here for the cute girls anyway.
>>141245552
Shiro wouldn't do those things. She would make the right decision. Shiro for captain.
>>141245439
Vividred had more butts. I want more butts. Mike is basically Akane though.
>>141245638
Does Mike eat hergirlswith mayonnaise?
>>141245552
Because clearly, following orders and leaving the Musashi and the whole evil alien plot in the hands of the proper navy would definitely work out.
>>141245596
It's no more impossible than hitting a baseball with a bat.
>>141245746
That's an argument from hindsight.
From their perspective this is an absolutely inappropriate, nuts thing to do.
>>141245552
The only person to actually show competence has been the kraut, I vote her for captain.
>>141245552
>doubting Captain Mike
if they actually got away, they won't get repair & upgrade
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>>141246155
Overwhelming smugness.
>Mike: She is my friend.
>Mashiro: so was i.
>>141246155
>>141246252
Doc is great.
>>141246259
Please, anon, you can't compare. Moka's her best friends, probably her most important person besides her (biological) family.
>>141243044
>to the adults who clearly know what they're doing and will definitely solve it
99% chance that the Harekaze's medical officer cracks the case of the mind control hamsters and figures out how to stop them, while the adults are still completely lost. Because this is that kind of show.
>>141238065
>gets orders to observe the situation and report back
>captain decides to abandon ship and try to singlehandedly make her way over to a hostile enemy vessel, then crashes in the water
>shiro is placed between a rock and a hard place between saving one at the risk of many, as the back-up squad to those other guys is also infested with rats and firing
gg Captain Mike, we're gonna need an episode or two to redeem yourself of this bullshit
>>141246341
Yeah just like Bucky.
>>141246259
>You don't deserve that! My mom gave you that hat!
Chiyochang!
>>141246535
i wonder if they come off
>>141242238
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXMdPZvuZ74
Do people still remember this?
>>141246558
Only in the dreams of a stupid friend.
>>141246759
I wish they didn't open the silo door and the missile exploded there.
And no red telephone so not as much impact.
>>141246535
I want to rub my dick on her flat chest
>>141245804
That's the case for most acts of heroism. What is your point?
>>141246943
>>That's the case for most acts of heroism. What is your point?
My point is that just because it's going to end well because of plot armor doesn't mean that you should expect rational people with limited time horizons - that don't know how the story is going to end - to be accepting/tolerant/enthusiastic about people doing otherwise illogical things.
So far the only remotely endearing character is the German. They should just make her the MC, every other character is an uninspired single trait repeated multiple times an episode or a total retard.
>>141247003
She really needs more screentime.
>>141247041
>uninspired single trait repeated multiple times an episode
>"the German"
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I'm just happy that we got another shot of Lt. Jugs, and her proportions weren't some kind of art mistake
>>141246872
>never seen Zipang
>>141247065
I agree, shes one of the best girls.
>>141247003
I want to dick her shithole while she is doing that pose.
>>141247041
The old man you mean. Winner brown sugar talking like an old man is her real appeal.
>>141247099
At least she has a character beyond repeating one gag or catchphrase thrice an episode.
>>141247178
From the previous ep
>On the other hand, enormous tits
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>>141247220
I was so hoping we were done with Mashiro's I'm so unlucky spam. A big fuck you to whoever came up with this "characterization". The GuP cast was more likeable and that had twice as many girls.
>>141247270
To this day, she is fighting for you.
>>141247003
LEFT RIGHT LEFT RIGHT
JAB JAB JAB
>>141247005
It's not plot armor, it's how narrative works about heroes function.
But hey, so long as you admit you're criticizing her for doing the only thing that will not doom the world.
>>141247305
>But hey, so long as you admit you're criticizing her for doing the only thing that will not doom the world.
Like I said, that's a critique from hindsight. You know how it's going to end and what needs to be done to stop it, that's our privilege as an audience.
If you were actually in that situation would you be like yeah, sure captain go take a ship and go out there alone through the hail of bullets so you can try to hug their captain and work things out.
>>141247282
>Akeno checking her out through the wet shirt
Tsuite nai.
>>141246872
>>141247185
Mirai has AEGIS combat system
Harekaze doesn't have AEGIS combat system
Mirai has Evolved Sea Sparrow
Harekaze doesn't have Evolved Sea Sparrow
Mirai didn't use the 5" guns to hard kill 1400kg shells
Harekaze used 10cm guns to hard kill 1400kg shells
Huge disparity between the Mirai and the Harekaze, anon.
Why was there a line of rocks in the middle of the ocean? I thought the sea level rose, so was that the top of some mountain?
>>141247419
Those aren't line of rocks.
They are floating debris.
>>141247419
The sea level doesn't rise, Japan is just sinking.
>>141247363
And again, what is your point? Sometimes, the only thing that will work is the seemingly-illogical path, especially in stories. She did her best to make sure her crew wouldn't be in danger, then took all of the responsibility for her personal situation with Moka onto herself; her crew are right to be concerned, but neither you nor I are members of her crew. It seems that by your analysis she's damned if she does, damned if she doesn't.
>>141247442
Wow it is, which is even worse.
>some scraps float along directly in Mike's path and in exactly the amount needed to crash the boat and not be noticeable from a distance
Watch as this was intentionally done by the rats.
>>141247414
To be fair, it was a big stretch even for Mirai to hit the shells.
Also, 1400 Kg shells? Would that be TNT potential of the explosives? Or do the shells weight 1.4 tonne?
Shouldn't a hit by the Musashi's main guns basically tear an Akizuki-class in half?
>>141247601
Weight. Type 91 AP weighed 1,460kg.
>Some unrealstic bullshit happens in anime
>In an anime with mind controlling hamster
>/k/ goes buttmad
Worst board
>>141247601
>>141247722
To scale.
>>141247586
>She did her best to make sure her crew wouldn't be in danger
No, since that would require her staying on the ship.
>then took all of the responsibility for her personal situation with Moka onto herself
Which is not what she should be doing, as she is the captain of the ship she shouldn't forsake the matters of the ship to chase after her own personal matters. She has a responsibility and by leaving the ship in dark times she's shirking her duties.
My point, again, is basically that the end doesn't justify the means. Yes she is doing the right thing in HINDSIGHT (which is afforded to us as the audience/spectators of the story), but it is not the right thing to be doing in the situation.
Let me make an example if you're having a hard time understanding what I'm saying.
Let's say that baby Hitler is vulnerable in his crib, and his nurse-chan can save millions of lives in the future by suffocating him to death (again, this is in hindsight). However would this be the right thing to do given the context of the situation? Ofc not. It's not okay to choke innocent babies. Unless for some reason that nurse knew the horrible things that baby would do when he grew up, you can't justify her suffocating that baby in its crib.
Does this make sense yet?
So yes Moka is doing the right thing (in hindsight) by trying to do the crazy, illogical things that she is doing, without even knowing if it's the right thing to do.
But no Moka is not doing the right thing from a contextual standpoint. This is a reflection of her personality.
A huge flaw for a captain is someone that will put their own personal feelings ahead of the well being of the ship that they're charged with.
>Saving Private Moka
I just want Maron to be happy
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>>141240664
No, it was either when she jumped back from the water on he ship, or the moment she had red eyes.
>>141247844
The girl she likes is a whore, there's no good end waiting for her.
>>141247589
>not be noticeable from a distance
But of course, Mike was paying attention to the Harekaze behind her and right after that she fixed her eyes to Moka on the Musashi.
>>141247812
>Moka
You mean Mike. I'm not sure if Moka is doing anything to be judged as right or wrong.
>>141247883
And there was no way she could see Moka from that distance, it's clearly the rats fucking with her mind.
>>141247924
Moka should have thrown out the keys for the live ammunition.
>>141247924
I'm talking about the protagonist, not Moka.
>>141247786
The Tiger looks so quaint and dainty next to the 46cm turret.
>>141247814
>Inb4 Musashi's crews aren't being mind controlled and Moka is the one behind everything.
She wasn't calling out to Mike for help, she was just trying to tell her to get the fuck out of the firing zone.
![[HorribleSubs] Haifuri - 05 [720p]_20160507-22465628.jpg](https://i.imgur.com/L4tFiYx.jpg "[HorribleSubs] Haifuri - 05 [720p]_20160507-22465628.jpg")
No Mike, Childfriends don't win.
>>141248036
Actually, in yuri they tend to more often than not.
>>141240569
>>141240507
So, Noel?
>>141248036
Mike didn't get the memo.
>>141248099
Shima hasn't murdered scores of people tho
>>141248178
That we know of.
>>141247812
I don't get it. What's the worse could happen to Harukaze if they just do Mike's order?
>>141248211
Mike dies and everyone is sad.
>>141247812
>No, since that would require her staying on the ship.
Why? What would she be able to do to keep the retreating Harekaze safer, exactly, especially given that she's clearly too emotionally affected to command right now?
>Which is not what she should be doing, as she is the captain of the ship she shouldn't forsake the matters of the ship to chase after her own personal matters.
And as a human being, she shouldn't forsake her close friend who's relying on her to save her life. She's betting that she can save both even if objectively , because that's what heroic characters do.
If a character beating the objective odds and saving the day despite their unorthodox actions make you lose faith in them, I really don't think anime is for you. Or any fiction beyond soul-crushingly cynical dytopian stories, really.
>Let's say that baby Hitler is vulnerable in his crib
This is a terrible analogy. Killing random babies is not blind optimistic heroism, it's just killing random babies. It is what it is: a captain ignoring the clinical rationality of standard doctrine and trying to save the day without sacrificing what matters to her. Nobody knows what the right course of action is at the time, and the doctrine doesn't always get it right. That's not about hindsight, it's about disagreements on what the best thing to do is. Plenty of real-life war heroes are those who did the "wrong" thing, but it ended up paying off. Are those people also bad?
>A huge flaw for a captain is someone that will put their own personal feelings ahead of the well being of the ship that they're charged with.
Again, she didn't. The ship would be in no danger if Mashiro hadn't decided to go after her.
>>141248255
*even if objectively it's a long shot
>>141248036
It's funny how Mike is so hung up on Moka even though they haven't met each other for 3 whole years.
![[HorribleSubs] Haifuri - 05 [720p]_20160507-22302938.jpg](https://i.imgur.com/raMVY2K.jpg "[HorribleSubs] Haifuri - 05 [720p]_20160507-22302938.jpg")
Mike tends to make rapey faces.
>>141248318
It's not rape if they've been mind controlled by super powered alien rats.
>>141236590
Shiro is okay in my book now.
The only shit girl left is kuro(aka trash) talk all the shit and never did a thing.
>>141248255
Going to save Moka was literal suicide. How was she going to get up on the ship? Does she even have a gun to fend off the mind-controlled crew? As a human being, she should at least some sort of plan.
>>141248178
Yet.
But, we could also see if that genius doctor did something, too...
>>141246872
>no shrapnel impacting the ship
>no over-pressure effect breaking every window on the ship
You all can't tell me that it was "lol, it exploded far enough away from the ship! No damage, see?" because a 1,400 kg, 18.1 inch shell will totally fuck up everything for a good square kilometer radius (if not more).
Also,
>"Fuck you all, Imma save muh friend I haven't talked to in a long time!"
She would have been shot for desertion and dereliction of duty if this was a real warship.
>but it's not a real warshi-
I know that, I'm just saying.
God, the eternal /k/ in me is really twitching hard.
>>141248357
>As a human being
You can hardly talk sense out of a high school girl,anon.
>>141248303
It's understandable. If you don't see the person you love the most for a long time, you start to miss them a lot.
Has the world forgot that Mi-chan is Mike's war prisoner?
>>141248303
Three years of pussy thirst, that's more than Kirishit's two years of glop.
>No one ever wars life jackets, not even moe sci-fi character design life jackets
I mean I know animators are lazy but come on.
>>141248357
She clearly needs her ship to do it, but she can't order them into danger for her own sake, hence her telling them to leave and then trying to deal with everything herself.
>>141248377
No. Mike technically didn't violate her order. She would be in trouble and be held answerable to a board of inquiry, but Mike did not order the Harekaze into engaging the Musashi, although she would have been interpreting her order of investigating and report way too liberally by trying to reach the Musashi.
Shiro on the other hand is something else.
![[HorribleSubs] Haifuri - 05 [720p]_20160507-22341600.jpg](https://i.imgur.com/vtxDnj8.jpg "[HorribleSubs] Haifuri - 05 [720p]_20160507-22341600.jpg")
Mike sure doesn't waste time when it's bout hitting on her crew members.
>>141248433
I, too, feed my war prisoners homemade cake and give them gifts of strange looking daruma to remember me by.
Why didn't the instructor have red eyes when giving the order to fire on the students in the first episodes?
What does the rodent manufacturer have to gain in all this?
Did Mike ACTUALLY see her friend, or was she just hallucinating and finally snapping upstairs?
>>141248484
Do real sailors always wear life jackets when on duty?
>>141248629
The rodent that possessed Shima was a prototype. Notice how she was inaccurate while the crew on Musashi are accurate.
>>141248629
To not make it obvious that she was mind controlled
Who knows, they could have simply lost the gerbils, or they could be using the students as test
She did see Moka, don't doubt the power of love.
>>141248489
Is not abandoning a ship in combat conditions considered desertion, even if it's for a "good" cause?
I would have expected her to give orders to close the distance and execute an offensive boarding action, with her leading the charge to rescue/detain the Musashi crew while helping to protect the other ships from further damage.
...but I watched the entirety of Hornblower series recently, so I still have that whole "BRITANNIA RULE THE WAVES"-thing going on.
![[HorribleSubs] Haifuri - 02 [720p].mkv_snapshot_18.41_[2016.05.01_22.20.47].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/E1SxCDF.jpg "[HorribleSubs] Haifuri - 02 [720p].mkv_snapshot_18.41_[2016.05.01_22.20.47].jpg")
>>141248501
In a perfect world there would be a BD bonus commentary track that consists solely of playgirl Mike's lewd thoughts as she goes about her business.
>Dayam that girl looks good in a wet uniform, hope she's on my ship.
>Moka-chan's on the Musashi? Fuck! And she looks so damn fine in that uniform, too.
>Riding on top with Shiro between my legs. Today in the bridge, tomorrow on my bed!
>Hoo boy, a German wench. I wonder how much she likes war crimes.
>Sleepy Shiro-chan's so cute. I'm going to do so many dirty things to her with that dolphin.
>>141248759
I'd actually appreciate a recap to further explain the setting like GuP's
>>141247003
How can other girls even compete
>>141238657
She's wearing the uniform underneath. You can have a jacket on top of the uniform.
>First three shots are an enclosed turbine engine, a Phalanx M61 and MK41 VLS
Haha holy shit fuck this trainwreck, no aircraft my fucking ass
Even better
>Musashi hits Akizuki amidships, no doubt killing cremembers in S1 through S4
>Instuctors don't immediately pitch to escape Musashi's kill zone
>Instructors don't immediately recognize the threat and kill Musashi with Type 90s
>Apparently they're so fucking incompetent it's literally becomes AFTERNOON and they still haven't killed it or fled
>Harukaze gunners are mystic beings that can engage supersonic shells with their own unguided shells
If this isn't cancer I don't know what is
>>141248255
>Why? What would she be able to do to keep the retreating Harekaze safer, exactly, especially given that she's clearly too emotionally affected to command right now?
Morale, not undermining the command structure, setting a example of how to fulfill one's duty in the face of adversity, etc. etc.
>And as a human being, she shouldn't forsake her close friend who's relying on her to save her life. She's betting that she can save both even if objectively , because that's what heroic characters do.
Sure, but the ship should come first. She even said it herself, that all her comrades on the sea are like her family, so it's ironic that she would abandon them to go and try to 'save' moka. And by 'save' I mean suicidally charge through a figurative oceanic minefield littered with bullets and explosions.
>If a character beating the objective odds and saving the day despite their unorthodox actions make you lose faith in them, I really don't think anime is for you. Or any fiction beyond soul-crushingly cynical dytopian stories, really.
I have no problem with this. It's fine to be unorthodox. It is NOT fine to abandon your family in times of need and to shirk your duties just because you want to go see your friend. This isn't unorthodox, this is just scummy.
>This is a terrible analogy.
I was illustrating how just because dramatic irony exists, it doesn't necessarily make it right for the characters to act according to that irony. Yes killing the baby would save millions in hindsight, the audience knows that, however doing so is wrong and immoral for obvious reasons. Yes going to try to meet Moka is probably the right thing to do in hindsight since it will progress the plot and lead to developments and since the MC has plot armor, however abandoning the ship when she doesn't even know the things that we know, just illustrates her shaky character and resolve. She's unfit to be a captain and she should resign permanently.
![[HorribleSubs] Haifuri - 05 [720p].mkv_snapshot_04.02_[2016.05.08_07.01.49].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/jrtIYE6.jpg "[HorribleSubs] Haifuri - 05 [720p].mkv_snapshot_04.02_[2016.05.08_07.01.49].jpg")
>Other girls have fun
>Maron keep working hard
>>141247814
How long has it been since she first asked for help anyway?
>stuck in a ship full of brainwashed angry trigger-happy lesbians when you're the only one who mysteriously didn't get affected by rats
Speaking about that, do captain hats have special anti-brainwash technology?
![[HorribleSubs] Haifuri - 05 [720p].mkv_snapshot_16.19_[2016.05.08_07.42.30].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/jdPs6Lg.jpg "[HorribleSubs] Haifuri - 05 [720p].mkv_snapshot_16.19_[2016.05.08_07.42.30].jpg")
>>141249142
They are keeping her flat, shapeless, no-sex body hidden deep in the ship.
>>141249104
Anon just pretend that a hamster was controlling the director's mind. The show will get a lot more enjoyable that way.
>>141249142
What did she even do?
>>141249186
She probably had a cat with her.
![[HorribleSubs] Haifuri - 05 [720p].mkv_snapshot_14.21_[2016.05.08_07.37.06].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/1iLVaOQ.jpg "[HorribleSubs] Haifuri - 05 [720p].mkv_snapshot_14.21_[2016.05.08_07.37.06].jpg")
>>141249186
>angry trigger-happy lesbians
The Harekaze is the lesbians containment ship.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubmVIGGbwic
![[HorribleSubs] Haifuri - 05 [720p].mkv - 0001.jpg](https://i.imgur.com/aLGIuAa.jpg "[HorribleSubs] Haifuri - 05 [720p].mkv - 0001.jpg")
Swimsuits.
>>141249142
Maron will die with the ship if anyone goes wrong. That's the fate of the engineers.
So, when will we get to see some carrier action?
>>141249339
and confess her love with her dying breath.
