History Anime / KanColle

* SenpaiKohai: Fubuki refers to Akagi as "Akagi-senpai" and greatly looks up to her, while Akagi in turn looks out for her and helps her train and grow stronger and wiser. While they don't refer to each other as ''sempai'' or ''kouhai'', Kisaragi and Mutsuki also appear to have this kind of relationship [[spoiler: until Kisaragi is sunk in Episode 3]].

** [[spoiler:It is later revealed in the movie that Kisaragi CameBackWrong while suffering from an amnesia and PTSD.]]

** Yamato is the most powerful ship-girl to ever exist. Unfortunately, her resource consumption is so high (rivaling Akagi's), that she is not allowed to sortie except as a last resort.

* ChekhovsGun: In episode 11, Nachi mentions that the fleet bound for AL has orders that are not to be opened until later. [[spoiler:In episode 12, we learn that the orders were to divert to MI to reinforce the ship-girls already there.]]

* EarnYourHappyEnding: It takes quite a bit of effort for the fleet girls to finally win at MI in episode 12.

* LoopholeAbuse: Nagato strictly forbids Fubuki from allowing Yamato from going out to sea due to how much resources she consumes. However, nothing is said about Yamato riding on a boat that's being pulled by someone else. Hilariously, Fubuki is unable to move Yamato on her own due to the battleship's heavy weight. Fortunately, Mutsuki and Yuudachi help her. [[spoiler:When they take down some Abyssal planes that escaped from another battle, Nagato lets it slide that Fubuki once again disobeyed her, as this gave Yamato some much-needed battle experience.]]

* OffTheRails: In episode 11, after having witnessed the sinking of her historical counterpart countless times in her dreams, Akagi tries to invoke this by changing the fleet girls' order of battle, including the replacement of certain members of the ''Kagerou''-class [[spoiler:who led to the carriers being discovered by the enemy in the first place (Arashi was found and shadowed by enemy dive bombers when she steamed to rejoin the fleet after chasing off USS ''Nautilus''), and who scuttled her namesake in the aftermath (Maikaze). It initially doesn't seem to be working, as the carrier are still discovered even without Arashi's unwitting blunder, though episode 12 shows that it is possible—albeit with [[EarnYourHappyEnding a lot more effort]].]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:''Let's Meet at Sea'' ends with the Ship Girls [[FaceDeathWithDignity facing their imminent end with dignity and grace]] as they fight the Abyssals until their last breath in the final battle and Shigure wiping out the Abyssal carrier fleet with just one torpedo strike, [[TheHeroDies getting caught by the explosion in the process]]. However, while the war ended with either a PyrrhicVictory on both sides or no contest, the Ship Girls who were sunk, including Shigure herself, didn't turn into Abyssals due to their [[IRegretNothing lack of negative thoughts]] (such as regrets and grudges) and instead [[BackFromTheDead came back to life]] later (through {{Reincarnation}}) as ordinary civilians in the present day.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:''Let's Meet at Sea'' ends with the Ship Girls fighting the Abyssals until their last breath in the final battle and Shigure wiping out the Abyssal carrier fleet with just one torpedo strike, [[TheHeroDies getting caught by the explosion in the process]]. However, while the war ended with either a PyrrhicVictory on both sides or no contest, the Ship Girls who were sunk, including Shigure herself, didn't turn into Abyssals due to their lack of negative thoughts (such as regretd and grudges) and instead [[BackFromTheDead came back to life]] later (through {{Reincarnation}}) as ordinary civilians in the present day.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:''Let's Meet at Sea'' ends with the Ship Girls fighting the Abyssals until their last breath in the final battle and Shigure wiping out the Abyssal carrier fleet with just one torpedo strike, [[TheHeroDies getting caught by the explosion in the process]]. However, while the war ended with either a PyrrhicVictory on both sider or no contest, the Ship Girls who were sunk, including Shigure herself, didn't turn into Abyssals due to their lack of negative thoughts (such as regretd and grudges) and instead [[BackFromTheDead came back to life]] later (through {{Reincarnation}}) as ordinary civilians in the present day.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:''Let's Meet at Sea'' ends with the Ship Girls fighting the Abyssals until their last breath in the final battle and Shigure wiping out the Abyssal carrier fleet with just one torpedo strike, [[UncertainDoom seemingly biting the dust in the process]], but instead of turning into Abyssals, they've somehow broke the ViciousCycle and [[BackFromTheDead came back to life]] through {{Reincarnation}} (including those who retired due to CareerEndingInjury) as ordinary civilians in the present day.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:''Let's Meet at Sea'' ends with the Ship Girls fighting the Abyssals until their last breath in the final battle and Shigure wiping out the Abyssal carrier fleet with just one torpedo strike, [[UncertainDoom seemingly biting the dust in thre process]], but instead of turning into Abyssals, they've somehow broke the ViciousCycle and [[BackFromTheDead came back to life]] through {{Reincarnation}} (including those who retired due to CareerEndingInjury) as ordinary civilians in the present day.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:''Let's Meet at Sea'' ends with the Ship Girls fighting the Abyssals until their last breath in the final battle and Shigure wiping out the Abyssal carrier fleet with just one torpedo strike, [[UncertainDoom seemingly biting the dust in thre process]], but instead of turning into Abyssals, they've somehow broke the ViciousCycle and [[BackFromTheDead came back to life]] through {{Reincarnation}} (including those who retired due to CareerEndingInjury) as ordinary civilians in the present day, heavily implying that the war ended with no contest.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:''Let's Meet at Sea'' ends with the Ship Girls fighting the Abyssals until their last breath in the final battle and Shigure wiping out the Abyssal carrier fleet with just one torpedo strike, [[UncertainDoom seemingly biting the dust in thre process]], but instead of turning into Abyssals themselves, they've somehow [[{{Reincarnation}} reincarnated]] (including those who retired due to CareerEndingInjury) as ordinary civilians in the present day as shown in the end credits, heavily implying that the war ended with no contest.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:''Let's Meet at Sea'' ends with the Ship Girls fighting the Abyssals until their last breath in the final battle and [[UncertainDoom seemingly bit the dust]], but instead of turning into Abyssals themselves like in the 2016 movie, they somehow [[BackFromTheDead came back to life]] (through {{Reincarnation}}) as civilians in the modern day as shown in the end credits, heavily implying that the war ended with no contest.]]

** In episode 6, Akatsuki attempts to say the word "elegant" in English but ends up saying "elephant." In the Filipino dub, this is translated as "elegante" and "elepante", with the exact meanings intact, making this a LuckyTranslation.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:''Let's Meet at Sea'' ends with the Ship Girls fighting the Abyssals until their last breath in the final battle and [[UncertainDoom seemingly bit the dust]], but instead of turning into Abyssals themselves like in the 2016 movie, they somehow [[BackFromTheDead came back to life]] (through {{Reincarnation}}) as civilians in the modern day as shown in the end credits, heavily implying that their past selves won the war or at the very least, ended it in a draw.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:''Let's Meet at Sea'' ends with the Ship Girls fighting the Abyssals until their last breath in the final battle and [[UncertainDoom seemingly bit the dust]], but instead of turning into Abyssals themselves like in the 2016 movie, they somehow [[BackFromTheDead came back to life]] (through {{Reincarnation}}) as civilians in the modern day as shown in the end credits, heavily implying that their past selves won the war or at least ended it in a draw.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:''Let's Meet at Sea'' ends with the Ship Girls fighting the Abyssals until their last breath in the final battle and [[UncertainDoom seemingly bit the dust]], but instead of turning into Abyssals themselves like in the 2016 movie, they somehow [[BackFromTheDead came back to life]] (through {{Reincarnation}}) as civilians in the modern day as shown in the end credits, heavily implying that their past selves won the war, or at least, ended it in a draw.]]

** After Fubuki bumps into Atago's [[GagBoobs foredeck]] in episode 2, she stares at it for at least three seconds.

* FunbagAirbag: While looking for Akagi in the hot springs, Fubuki manages to bump into the [[GagBoobs well-endowed]] [[BoobsOfSteel Atago]].

* BareYourMidriff:
** Fubuki, from time to time, as seen in the trope picture above.
** Nagato and Mutsu as well.

* ChristmasCake: This was a common interpretation of Ashigara in fanworks, but here it's become AscendedFanon. She [[ChuckingChalk throws chalk]] at Kisaragi when Kisaragi mentions that Ashigara didn't manage to hook up with any men at her last mixer, and she treats the curry-making contest as SeriousBusiness because she thinks that if she wins, it'll mean that she ''must'' be marriage material and will thus finally be able to get married.
* ChuckingChalk: Ashigara does this to Kisaragi when Kisaragi mentions that the reason Ashigara's in such a foul mood is because [[ChristmasCake she didn't meet any men at her last mixer]].

--->'''Admiral''': [[spoiler:Your third remodelling: ''Shigure Kai III''.]]

** [[spoiler:Episode 7 of ''Let's Meet at Sea'' has Shigure getting an ''actual'' third remodelling instead of a Kai II variant.]]

** Let's Meet at Sea'' Episode 7: If anyone thinks that Kai II variants are the most powerful upgrades any Ship Girl would ever recieve, [[spoiler:there is an upgrade above that: the never before seen ''Kai III'' upgrade.]]

* Let's Meet at Sea'' Episode 7: If anyone thinks that Kai II variants are the most powerful upgrades any Ship Girl would ever recieve, [[spoiler:there is an upgrade above that: the never before seen ''Kai III'' upgrade.]]

*** [[spoiler:The reason why Fubuki can hear strange voices in Episode 12 and her equipment is not affected by the crimson sea? When the original Fubuki sank, her willingness to live causes her soul to split into her Ship Girl and Abyssal selves. Ship Girl Fubuki then confronted Abyssal Fubuki in a BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind and fused with her after realizing that she's the Ship Girls' "hope", becoming whole again as a result.]]

--->'''Admiral''': [[spoiler:Third remodelling: ''Shigure Kai III''.]]

** [[spoiler:Episode 7 of ''Let's Meet at Sea'' introduces a ''Kai III'' upgrade for Shigure. Up until this point, the most powerful upgrade Ship Girls would usually receive is a variant of their Kai II upgrades and Shigure has the honor of being the very first Ship Girl (on-screen and in ''any'' continuity, no less) to receive an upgrade above Kai II or its variants.]]

** [[spoiler:Episode 7 of ''Let's Meet at Sea'' introduces a ''Kai III'' upgrade for Shigure. Up until this point, the most powerful upgrade Ship Girls would usually receive is a variant of their Kai II upgrades and Shigure has the honor of being the very first Ship Girl (on-screen and in ''any'' continuity, no less) to recieve an upgrade above Kai II or its variants.]]

** [[spoiler:Episode 7 of ''Let's Meet at Sea'' introduces a ''Kai III'' upgrade for Shigure. Up until this point, the most powerful upgrade Ship Girls would usually receive is a variant of their Kai II upgrades and Shigure has the honor of being the very first Ship Girl (and in ''any'' continuity, no less) to recieve an upgrade above Kai II or its variants.]]

--->'''Admiral''': [[spoiler:Your third modification: ''Shigure Kai III''.]]

* WhamLine: The movie drops the BIGGEST bombshell of the entire ''[=KanColle=]'' mythos:
--> '''Akagi''': And actually, a certain Ship Girl has [[PastLifeMemories faint memories of fighting against us]] [[WasOnceAMan as an Abyssal]]. Isn't that right, [[spoiler:Kaga]]?

** [[spoiler:Episode 7 of ''Let's Meet at Sea'' introduces a ''Kai III'' upgrade for Shigure. Up until this point, the most powerful upgrade Ship Girls would usually recieve is a variant of their Kai II upgrades and Shigure has the honor of being the very first Ship Girl (and in ''any'' continuity, no less) to recieve an upgrade above Kai II or its variants.]]

** [[spoiler:Episode 7 of ''Let's Meet at Sea'' introduces a ''Kai III'' upgrade for Shigure. Up until this point, the most powerful upgrade Ship Girls would usually recieve is a variant of their Kai II upgrades and Shigure has the honor of being the very first Ship Girl (and in ''any'' continuity, no less) to recieve an upgrade beyond Kai II instead of a Kai II variant.]]

** [[spoiler:Episode 7 of ''Let's Meet at Sea'' introduces a ''Kai III'' upgrade for Shigure. The most powerful upgrade Ship Girls would usually recieve is a variant of their Kai II upgrades and Shigure has the honor of being the very first Ship Girl to recieve an upgrade beyond Kai II instead of a Kai II variant, since there has been no mention of a Kai III upgrade in ''any'' continuities up to this point.]]

* WhamShot: [[spoiler:Kisaragi's hairpin floating to the surface in episode 12 after the Abyssals are destroyed, implying she had been turned into an Abyssal. It is ''heavily'' implied to be the One-Eyed Wo-Class, with her repeated utterance of "Give it back" while sinking.]]