Well...
Most of these ships were sunk.
They lost the war.
And the maps, incidentally, are mostly based on naval battles which Japan lost. There's at least one sequence based around Guadalcanal for example.
Frankly making it not grim or at least heavy on the black humor requires a high level of ignorance.
Nous restons ici.Marq FJA: The fairies are just... there. Even in the anthology no one seems to react to them in the stories used (some of them, the maintenance crew, even help Zuihou double-check whether the Wo-Class really WAS Kaga). Makes things surreal in a way, even in a series about personified ship girls.
Night: There's a whole lot of grimdark out there not making its way to Danbooru thankfully, but some of those artists who made their name doing gore Touhou doujinshi are now doing Kancolle doujin for this Winter Comiket so...
edited 16th Dec '13 4:30:36 PM by MyssaRei
Added the Kantai Youchien series to the fanfiction recommendations, because it's too cute to pass up.
Oh, and by the way, the circle is finally complete, as Shimada Fumikane (Sky Girls, Strike Witches, Girls und Panzer) is apparently the credited character designer for Taiho.
Unfortunately she will have pants, but hey, can't have everything yes?
edited 18th Dec '13 5:10:46 PM by MyssaRei
Slightly related, but boy was C85 packed with Kancolle stuff.
Though
◊ there is
◊ this thing
◊ that happened
◊ at the
◊ cosplay photo-op area
◊.
Yep.
What. The. Hell. XD
I thought homosexuals faced intensive social stigma in Japan!
Please, this is a Les Yay series. Cosplayers playing along with the theme (after all, it's Tatsuta and Tenryuu!) is expected.
edited 29th Dec '13 3:59:24 PM by MyssaRei
What I want to know is what that image that I linked to is depicting! Is that a cosplay comiket thing, or something?
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.OK, then what's it about? And is it just me, or does that "guy" to the left look like "he's" cosplaying Deadpool?
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.

Eh? But it's described as being made/published by Famitsu.
EDIT: GAAAAAAAH, why hasn't anyone translated that yet?! TT_TT
Reading the Itsuka Shizuka na Umi de manga.
... Did I just watch chibi-girls inhabiting Hyuuga's aircraft-storing deck? And they're the ones who fly her miniplanes?
edited 16th Dec '13 7:08:25 AM by MarqFJA
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.