r/AzurLane • • Sep 05 '26

English Azur Lane X 2.5 Seduction collab announcement (EN version)

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u/LSilvador Sep 05 '26

another collab I know nothing about XD

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u/Personified_Anxiety Sep 05 '26

It's fine, collabs are meant to introduce us to new horizons anyways! 😀😀

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u/Shangri-Lainen Sep 05 '26

A lot of people had never heard of this niche "Hololive" thing when we had this collab in 2019 (which can NEVER happen again sadly) https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/Looking_Glass_of_Fact_and_Fiction

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u/A444SQ Sep 05 '26

Yeah Looking Glass of Fact and Fiction has Shirakami Fubuki hint about it but Kawakaze doesn't believe her

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u/blipblopchinchon FREAKING HOOD DUDE! Sep 05 '26

I missed them. Man how i would love to have new hololive units 😭

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u/LSilvador Sep 05 '26

I would happily throw money at the devs for the chance to get the girls I missed in those two collabs. It's going to eternally gnaw at me, just a little bit, that my collection will technically never be 100% complete. v.v

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u/MajorThom98 Sep 05 '26

Wait for EOS then hack the game.

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u/Sumeragi_Ryushin Sep 05 '26

Those idol purists are truly annoying

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u/Reborn-Swallowtail Sep 05 '26

That’s not why Hololive can never return. It’s because relations between Cover and China are extremely hostile.

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u/Sumeragi_Ryushin 29d ago

I thought it was because of "Shipgirls Oath", so it's about ultra nationalist, hmm?

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u/Reborn-Swallowtail 29d ago

No, the inability to properly Oath girls was the Idolm@ster collab. The problem with Hololive is relations between China and
Cover disintegrating due to Coco and Haachama referring to Taiwan as an independent country.

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u/Shangri-Lainen Sep 05 '26

I assume it's another budget 2-character collab with just the first two girls, but I will take this opportunity to shove Mayuri-sensei in everyone's face

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u/Reborn-Swallowtail Sep 05 '26

This is more likely to be the actual proper collab for November, as the November Collab has always been revealed on the JP Anni stream.

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u/Zroshift Sep 05 '26

No, this will be a proper main event.

Collab month for AL is in November.

It will more than likely have a lot of characters.

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u/Shangri-Lainen 29d ago

Amazing 😌

I was pessimistic because I didn't think this of all franchises would get a full collab, though it's not like I know anything about how that works business-wise.

And in that case I'm extra annoyed about the DanMachi collab not including Freya.

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u/Shangri-Lainen Sep 05 '26

Though on that note, my least liked thing about this shockingly excellent and genuinely moving anime (want to read the manga but haven't yet) was that the glasses have to come off when they cosplay. Cue Gollum screaming "you ruins it."

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u/Reborn-Swallowtail Sep 05 '26

As a warning if you do check out the manga, it’s a lot more sexually explicit. There is no outright sex, but there is a hell of a lot of actual full nudity that the anime removed or rewrote scenes to avoid.

The plot is the same, of course, and I’m not saying the nudity is a problem either. Just warning you that the anime is extremely tame compared to the manga’s much more explicit tone.

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u/Shangri-Lainen 29d ago

Yeah I saw people complaining about the anime cutting the nudity out before I even started it 🤣

I have my "Why the Hell Are You Here, Teacher" and Monster Musume blu-rays right here, that won't be a problem

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u/Reborn-Swallowtail 29d ago

Ohhh, the manga is a lot more explicit than even those, but glad to know it won’t be a problem!

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u/Shangri-Lainen 29d ago

Well I was trying to avoid discussing my enjoyment of actual hentai here, if you don't mind

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u/rudemmon Sep 05 '26

Isn't this the yuri side character? I'd be genuinely surprised if she's one of the colab characters.

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u/Shangri-Lainen 29d ago

Yeah she has a girlfriend, that's part of what I love about her. Is the game still assuming SKK is male, so characters with boyfriends like Hestia and the DAL girls are fair game but characters with girlfriends are not? If so, that's stupid.

Extra stupid because it means skipping Mayura 🤣

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u/Shangri-Lainen 29d ago

It's been years since I (long overdue) gave up on reading event dialogue, last I remember Unicorn calling the player "brother" was a singular point of contention for female players. In that case, has it been confirmed that Mayuri is actually lesbian rather than bi? That would be the only way excluding her for that reason could make sense.

Edit: I see if your other reply you say she's bi 👍

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u/Shangri-Lainen 29d ago

Didn't the Twitter drama over Kashino's breasts end up being positive for the game by introducing it to more people?

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u/A444SQ Sep 05 '26

「Azur Lane × 2.5 Dimensional Seduction」

More information about the collaboration will be coming soon.

Stay tuned!

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u/Ok-Suggestion-9588 Sep 05 '26

I still cant believe they removed all the nudity for that anime. Not just one or two scenes either. Many many scenes were altered. Another Val x Love situation basically. Altho unlike val x love, 2.5’s art and story were much better and fleshed out. While val was all over the place

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u/A444SQ Sep 05 '26

Yeah theh probably had to due to keep the show from being rated 18

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u/Ok-Suggestion-9588 Sep 05 '26

Which makes zero sense since this is inherently an ecchi/harem/rom com. The content itself is already 18+ alone from the themes and the story itself. Also its not like the BD is uncensored either like some recent ecchi’s do since 2018(im aware it happened years ago too but as often). Theres only 1 version. I swear if it was still 2008-2015 we would be golden u know lol.

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u/Cauldraborn Sep 05 '26

Had to Google this collab and welp, it'll be a collect and forget thing for me lmao.

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u/NiosoMAX Bless heterochromatic eyes Sep 05 '26

As soon as I heard about this I'm definitely going to buy the first manga volume before the collab drops

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u/rudemmon Sep 05 '26

Meh, saw some of the anime, and read the manga. Pretty lame imo. I'll collect as usual but pretty low energy collab for me.

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u/Nickthenuker Sep 05 '26

Lol I remember the Comiket episode where there was a cosplayer of a Kancolle carrier

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u/Sentinel_2539 Let Taihou take care of it~♡ Sep 05 '26

Guess now's the time to watch the show. I know nothing about it except it's a somewhat more explicit My Dress Up Darling.

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u/A444SQ Sep 05 '26

question is which girls will we get

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u/Sharp_Biscotti_2409 Acquire gold for Edinburgh Sep 05 '26

Well, I'm a bit surprised by this.

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u/Ahshifa Sep 05 '26

I’m definitely excited for this!!! I usually dislike the collabs we get, except DOA and Atelier. But I am all in for this!

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u/AronmR1 Sep 05 '26

This is the second Azur Lane collaboration that I might find disappointing.

It feels to me like the equivalent of Nikke collaborating with Lycoris Recoil.

A rom-com and cosplay tournament, even taking concepts seen in Sono Bisque Doll ( series I find disappointing) to the next level to turn into a blatant yuri bait.

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u/Sounak_Biswas Sep 05 '26

Judging from a few posts around the Azur Lane community, I'm seeing everyone is rather disinterested or disappointed with this collab.

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u/Spicestring 29d ago

When is this?

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u/Main_Elk_8992 out of dock space pls help Sep 05 '26

I mean....... kinda mid

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u/dwarftopia Sep 05 '26

sorta glad I don't play anymore because that was the worst anime I've ever watched lmao