The Minekaze class that Yuukaze came from was considered obsolescent even by the budget-strapped IJN, and sent to only do things like minesweeping or escorts in places that weren't as important. (They first came off the line in 1919, though, which still makes them younger than Kongou...)
In spite of not being directly important in WW2, they were a major step forward in destroyer design, not only marking the point where Japan stopped its previous policy of "just copy whatever England's doing", and actually made many innovations other nations copied. All the destroyers of WW2 were based on the Minekazes.
Also, being second-rate destroyers, they were put in less danger, and more of the lower-production run Minekazes survived than the Fubukis or Kagerous or other destroyers. (Five Minekazes lived, including Yuukaze, which was given to the UK, and eventually scrapped. Compared that to 2 Fubukis, Ushio and Hibiki, and only 1 Kagerou, Yukikaze.)
In fact, Houshou was scrapped faster than Yuukaze.
That means of all the characters in this comic, the one depicted as the wrinkly old cat outlived them all!
This series makes me think about the upcoming anime adaptation of Kantai Collection. Will the series go for the more historical route and show the heart wrenching deaths of the girls during each of the campaigns until the loss of Japan, or a more comical route where it becomes more of a slice-of-life, action, history style like Hetalia.
This series makes me think about the upcoming anime adaptation of Kantai Collection. Will the series go for the more historical route and show the heart wrenching deaths of the girls during each of the campaigns until the loss of Japan, or a more comical route where it becomes more of a slice-of-life, action, history style like Hetalia.
They cannot do a historical adaption in Kancolle as long as there is no Allied ship being introduce in the game yet. Judging to the promotional artwork for the anime, probably they'll go with the slice-of-life route with a little bit of action and more PTSDs.
But if ever they would adapt real-life historical events, Yukikaze should be the protagonist for that anime.
They cannot do a historical adaption in Kancolle as long as there is no Allied ship being introduce in the game yet. Judging to the promotional artwork for the anime, probably they'll go with the slice-of-life route with a little bit of action and more PTSDs.
But if ever they would adapt real-life historical events, Yukikaze should be the protagonist for that anime.
Even if there is yet any Allied ship to be released in-game, they can just use the Abyssal fleet as the enemy in the campaigns just not naming them accordingly to which ship they do represent in real life.
But I too think it's leaning more to be a comedy/historical series like Hetalia.
If you're not Tomino or Urobuchi, I don't think the DVD buyers would be so forgiving about how terrible the main casts perform in the later half of the series or how everyone just get slaughtered by the much more powerful enemies.
Urobuchi doing Kancolle? that is something quite interesting to watch, but he'll probably couldn't do that character-death surprise since we probably all know who'll be dying for the next few episodes, a name of a battle is already a death-flag to a certain kanmusu.
For example, Leyte Gulf (Palawan Passage, Sibuyan Sea, Surigao Strait, Cape Engaño, and Samar) is where most of the remaining cast will be dead.
But he could still pull it up unless the story is completely original and will not adapt any of the real-life historical events.
If you're not Tomino or Urobuchi, I don't think the DVD buyers would be so forgiving about how terrible the main casts perform in the later half of the series or how everyone just get slaughtered by the much more powerful enemies.
Well, Fubuki dies relatively early, (and it's all Aoba's fault, as this comic series itself explains,) so I doubt they'd make Fubuki the "protagonist" if that were the case.
I suspect it will be more like Yuzu Yuri or Azumanga Daioh. Fubuki, the boring main lead, will be a combination Akarin and Yomi, the one everyone forgets about, who just happens to carry the camera around behind her as she witnesses the interesting Kanmusu doing the interesting thing,sor who just acts as straight-man to the wacky characters.
She's from the Minekaze class destroyer that's older than the Mutsuki classThey're mostly together from the beginning until the end of the warBy the way, she's involved in crashing incident with the first generation ShimakazeDuring the war, she's been Houshou's escortMenuYuukazeHelping with carrier divisions' trainingreserved seat for YuukazeHoushou's partnerMeowOh
