* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation:
** The author uses the interpretation that Shiho [[spoiler:disowns Miho not only because her style of tankery is incompatible with the Nishizumi way, but also so that Miho can be free to do things her own way]]. That, in turn, can inspire a fair amount of interpretations for her decision. Is it a [[IDidWhatIHadToDo difficult but necessary choice for the sake of her beliefs]], in which Shiho also [[CruelToBeKind had Miho's interests in mind]]? Or is Shiho simply rationalizing a cruel decision made for the sake of expediency? There's also the question of whether it was planned in advance[[note]]In Chapter 3, Sakai calls her out on planning to disown Miho, while in Chapter 8, Shiho claims that while she'd considered the possibility, Miho not removing Mako was the final straw[[/note]], and whether Shiho would really have to [[spoiler:disown Miho to be able to continue opposing including boys in tankery]] (as well as whether Shiho's purpose is even one that she should be pursuing, much less [[spoiler:disowning her daughter]] over).
** Although Miho never expresses such a desire in canon, the author has Maho suggest that she [[WellDoneSonGuy wanted Shiho to be proud of her]], which is why she stuck with tankery until the incident that forced her to save the drowning crew.
** The author believes that weaker schools like Anzio have more of an advantage against Oarai, due to having to use more cunning tactics, and stronger ones will fall more easily against Miho. This is shown by how Oarai has much more difficulty against Anzio than Saunders in this fic, even though the opposite was true in canon.
** Akio. Is he one of the few brave enough to call Shiho out for her treatment of Miho, or is he a well-intentioned but ignorant hothead who butts into a situation he doesn't understand?
** While Anglerfish team's neglecting to invite Miho to come with them after the matches with Saunders and Dalian (although Miho was recovering from her injury the latter occasion) can come off as an OutOfCharacterMoment, it's possible to interpret this as them subtly trying to play matchmaker between Miho and Akio.
* AluminumChristmasTrees: The author states that combat dogfighting, as an expensive sport, [[http://www.skycombatace.com/ exists]].
* BadassDecay: Saunders. In canon, even after Miho manages to trick Alisa by using her radio interception against her, Saunders is competent enough that Oarai still almost loses, and Oarai would have lost if not for the flag tank rule, since they were too outnumbered and outgunned to win a war of attrition. In this fic, Oarai defeats Saunders in an annihilation match, [[CurbStompBattle losing only three tanks, while defeating all 20 of Saunders' tanks]]. Since Oarai's outnumbered two to one in both cases (5 vs 10 in canon, 10 vs 20 in this fic), the numbers aren't a factor.
* CatharsisFactor: Akio delivering a great TheReasonYouSuckSpeech towards Shiho [[spoiler: after she visits Miho in the hospital just to disown her]] is a complete satisfaction.
* FandomSpecificPlot: This is not the first fic to do the "boys in tankery" plot, but it's one of the better-known ones. To a lesser extent, the boys flying fighter planes is another fandom specific plot, although it has yet to be implemented into the fic itself.
* HilariousInHindsight:
** On February 2018, visual novel maker Harmorise released their debut work, ''[[http://harmorise.jp/tsubasa/ Hitotsu yane no, Tsubasa shita de / Under One Wing, We Dream Together]]'', in which the focus was a mock combat dogfighting sport under the name ''Fairy Fight''.
** The crew of the Panzer III/IV, which consists of Akio and his friends, is called Shark Team, which happens to be the name of the new team in ''[[Anime/GirlsUndPanzerDasFinale Das Finale]]''.
* MoralEventHorizon: Shiho [[spoiler:visiting Miho in the hospital only so that she can disown her]] is this for many viewers.
* NightmareFuel: Akio's father's plane crashing, and exploding in a large fireball is depicted somewhat vividly. And Akio saw this all when he was ''five years old''.
* ScheduleSlip: The fic hasn't been updated since October 29, 2014, and none of the author's other fics have been updated since March 15, 2015.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter:
** Most of the newcomers should have been able to get at least as much characterization as the existing secondary teams, but only Akio and Tsubasa get much time or CharacterDevelopment. Among Shark Team, [[SatelliteCharacter Senmonka's mostly defined as Akio's friend]], Gunjin and Keiibin are ThoseTwoGuys and Heishi is largely one-note comic relief. The model club also has few characteristics besides their obsession with historical accuracy.
** Dalian as a whole. They're a newcomer to tankery under the tutelage of one of Shiho's students, Katsuko Hideyoshi, but it's clear that they- or at least Akane and Wancai- don't see eye to eye with Hideyoshi, to put it mildly. Unfortunately, they have hardly any CharacterDevelopment before or after Oarai defeats them. The same goes for Hideyoshi herself, who had the potential to be a look at the kind of people who study at the Nishizumi school, but ends up being a clone of Shiho.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The catalyst for Miho [[spoiler:being disowned]] is her refusal to punish Mako for [[spoiler:almost running her over]]. While doing so is very much in character for Miho (although she justifies it with the unusually pragmatic reason that she doesn't have anyone to replace Mako), the problem here is that Miho isn't quite as close to Mako as the rest of Anglerfish Team in canon, and in this fic, they've hardly ever interacted before or since the incident. As such, it ends up being a bit harder to see them as close enough that Miho would believe in Mako and Mako would work to make up for her mistake, and the lasting repercussions for the two's friendship aren't really explored.
* ValuesDissonance: An in-universe case; Akio, being American, is also much more forthcoming with his opinion than the Japanese character, as seen in his TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to [[spoiler:Shiho when she disowns Miho]].