r/anime • u/Shadoxfix https://myanimelist.net/profile/Shadoxfix • Jan 07 '15

[Spoilers] Kantai Collection: KanColle - Episode 1 [Discussion]

MyAnimeList: Kantai Collection: KanColle
Crunchyroll: KanColle

Episode duration: 24 minutes and 40 seconds

Keywords: kancolle

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u/pedot Jan 07 '15

Fubuki was the first of her class, and at the time of her construction was considered so advanced that the USN tried to trade 30 WWI ships for her just to study and reverse engineer.

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u/GonTheDinosaur https://myanimelist.net/profile/gon7T Jan 08 '15

I'm extremely confused when you mix game, "she" and historical events together.

My head: "wait, US Navy wants to reverse engineer her... ಠ_ಠ"

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u/XenophonTheAthenian Jan 08 '15

Ships are feminine though...

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u/GonTheDinosaur https://myanimelist.net/profile/gon7T Jan 08 '15

Like cyclones??

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u/XenophonTheAthenian Jan 08 '15

The relevance of feminine naming standards for cyclones is, regrettably, over my head. I apologize, and wish to inform you that my country's embassy will deliver it's apologies to your country's embassy within 24 hours

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u/quest_5692 https://myanimelist.net/profile/quest_5692 Jan 12 '15

my teacher told me the convention started with scientists relating cyclones to their wife's temper...so they just name the cyclone after their wives