Actually, that is what Shimada wrote in his notes on Yu-chan's design.
That girl's uniform is actually made with technology that doesn't exist in Japan, see?I'm in a bind...So you're saying... we can't fix it dechi?'bout what dechi?We can... but I think that it'd probably take quite a while.Yuu-chan was moderately damaged....I wonder what we can do?Let's go to the docks.This isn't very good...Well... We'll just have to substitute it with one we do have... I guess?Shipgirls' Daily Life 48Author: Yuuji
Illustrator: Kouji