And thus the plotlines converge, and poor Idomiral has more beansprouts to look forward to.

//tilts head

Ooh, they're black.

who is that ass?

How tall is Idomiral?
Fubuki is tiny.

qwertyuipp said:

who is that ass?

I think that's potato ass.

airb350 said:

How tall is Idomiral?
Fubuki is tiny.

You do have to remember that Fubuki is still a destroyer. Destroyers may vary in body type, but they're still typically pretty short.

I told you sir that there are two BB's that are going to blast each other...

True Kancolle manga.

Explosions and destruction make Pinchy so happy.

Hairdo instantly ruined

AdventZero said:

//tilts head

Ooh, they're black.

Looks like Kurobuki doesn't follow the fundoshi regulation...

Kryptik said:

And thus the plotlines converge, and poor Idomiral has more beansprouts to look forward to.

And by beansprouts you mean "repair bills paid by the Japanese taxpayers and groveling apologies to High Command?"

Well looks like the party's in full swing

HIS FATHER IS THE SECRETARY??!

So Fubuki came to tell him about him being promoted and the Iowa-Yamato fight will result in instant demotion? Such is life in Idobase.

Graf has been married with Idomiral for four years now and she still doesn't know who are her husband's parents!?

Also even with that new (future) rank of Captain, Pinchy is still one rank above him.

Am I the only one that finds Poi's reaction to Pinchy incredibly cute?

airb350 said:

How tall is Idomiral?
Fubuki is tiny.

He's about a head taller than Graf. Buki may not be WNBA material, but I think Idomiral actually is on the tall side.

Nagato: DON'T YOU GET IT?! IF ADMIRAL COMMITS POLYGAMY, IT'LL BE ALL-OUT WAR BETWEEN THE SHIPGIRLS!!

(Admiral rejects Kurobukki.)

Nagato and everyone else: CRISIS AVERTED!

(Admiral's office explodes)

Shao Kahn: Admiral's Office loses. BRUTALITY.

Ooyodo: The party is a complete disaster!!

Admiral: Yamato and Iowa, what is even the hell....?

Oh boy, here we go

So as far as I understand naval officer ranks (which I really don't), Idomiral is potentially getting promoted one rank up while Pinchy got demoted (only) one rank down? So the geezer is still Idomiral's superior, with the gap in ranks decreasing from 3 to 1? Then how has Kurobukki been allowed to yank him around and keep him in line? I'm so confused...

ElMariachi said:

Graf has been married with Idomiral for four years now and she still doesn't know who are her husband's parents!?

Well the last few pages clarified (sort of retconned?) it as an engagement, an unofficial/ provisional one at that (as Kurobukki pointed out that the engagement ring supplied in-game is a 700-yen item that doesn't really hold much meaning and in truth acts as a powerup, so Idomiral claimed he'd get Graf a "brand new extra-special one" to make it official). Also they proposed in Summer 2016, before Warspite's arrival, so that's 5 years.

And goddamn, this arc dropped so many bombs Mutsu's probably exploding off-panel. I guess mentioning the Secretary 4 months ago was foreshadowing?

Kuso_Teitoku said:

And by beansprouts you mean "repair bills paid by the Japanese taxpayers and groveling apologies to High Command?"

The beansprouts are the result of that. Remember the aftermath of the last time Rear Admiral Asshole was around? His salary got suspended in lieu of repairs and punishment for the behavior of his shipgirls, and he could only afford beansprouts and rice to eat.

“20 more years of kantaicollec”

This is a sad meta comment tbh. I hope even after kantai continues to decline the community can still make cool stories.

Imaginator said:

“20 more years of kantaicollec”

This is a sad meta comment tbh. I hope even after kantai continues to decline the community can still make cool stories.

Just like Touhou.

Scotty_rex said:

Oh boy, here we go

So as far as I understand naval officer ranks (which I really don't), Idomiral is potentially getting promoted one rank up while Pinchy got demoted (only) one rank down? So the geezer is still Idomiral's superior, with the gap in ranks decreasing from 3 to 1? Then how has Kurobukki been allowed to yank him around and keep him in line? I'm so confused...

You're right, the Shipgirl branch uses the old IJN rank, in the previous arc Pinchy was a Vice-Admiral (Kaigun-chūjō) and Idomiral a Commander (Kaigun-chūsa) which set them 3 ranks apart. Now with Pinchy's demotion to Rear-Admiral (Kaigun-shōshō) and Idomiral's upcoming promotion to Captain (Kaigun-daisa) they'll be only 1 rank apart, with Pincchy still above Idomiral. You can check the wikipedia page on IJN ranks and use their collar tabs as a point of reference to help you .
But all of this is on paper, because Pinchy was guilty of treason and his new rank is just to keep appearances, since he's now used as a double agent to spy on the Abyssals. In reality he doesn't have any power anymore, that's why Kurobuki can manhandle him: officially she's his Secretary Ship, but as Bismark noted in a previous page, she's actually her handler keeping an eye on him.

Interestingly, in Idomiral's dream flashback of the beginning of the war seen in post #4325732, Pinchy had a JMSDF rank insignia (of Captain), which means that either the Shipgirl branch of the Japanese Navy switched back to IJN ranks, or that the entire JMSDF made the switch.

Scotty_rex said:

Well the last few pages clarified (sort of retconned?) it as an engagement, an unofficial/ provisional one at that (as Kurobukki pointed out that the engagement ring supplied in-game is a 700-yen item that doesn't really hold much meaning and in truth acts as a powerup, so Idomiral claimed he'd get Graf a "brand new extra-special one" to make it official). Also they proposed in Summer 2016, before Warspite's arrival, so that's 5 years.

Still, they have been in couple for the past 5 years, and all this time Graf never wondered who were her lover's parents?

ElMariachi said:

Still, they have been in couple for the past 5 years, and all this time Graf never wondered who were her lover's parents?

If Idomiral's father truly is the Secretary (I don't know the rank equivalent, is it higher than Pinchy's previous Vice Admiral rank?) then I can understand Idomiral not wanting to talk about/ dodging the subject.

Scotty_rex said:

If Idomiral's father truly is the Secretary (I don't know the rank equivalent, is it higher than Pinchy's previous Vice Admiral rank?) then I can understand Idomiral not wanting to talk about/ dodging the subject.

I think it's Secretary as in "Secretary of Defense", aka one of the most important ministers of the government of Japan. Although in Japan it's not a Secretary, but a Minister of Defense, it depends if the "Secretary" isn't an error in translation, maybe it's the Private Secretary of the Minister of Defense, but in any case, that person is way above Pinchy and Idomiral's rank.

Secretary (長官) as in government secretary (of something); assuming he isn't the chief cabinet secretary, it probably means they made a position for dealing with shipgirl affairs that Idomiral's dad currently holds.

The JSDF is under the Minister (大臣) of Defence, not the Secretary of, while the IJN were similarly under the Minister of the Navy - although there was a Naval General Affairs Secretary, so that's also a possibility if we're assuming that they also resurrected the IJN admin structure along with the ranks - meaning that his dad could be the top administrator in the navy, basically.