"Tai...cho?" as in "Cap-tain?" Oh crap.

No, no no no no no no no no, no, not like this

HAH I KNEW IT
So she was part of his old unit after all.

Think she's the inazuma look-alike from the photo?

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO PLS NO! PLS JUST PLS NOT LIKE THIS

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I wouldn't be surprised if those higher-ups really did use Reiji's old unit as material for shipgirl development. With the humanoid Abyssals being "failed projects" that went feral.

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUK! I HOPE NOT I HOPE NOT I HOPE NOT! . . . . FUUUUUUUUUUUUK! THAT FUK UP! REALLY!? SO FUKKING REALLY!?!? IS IT "HER" IF I'M GUESSING FROM THE OLD UNIT!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

AdventZero said:

I wouldn't be surprised if those higher-ups really did use Reiji's old unit as material for shipgirl development. With the humanoid Abyssals being "failed projects" that went feral.

This page (though untranslated) does mention that some of the earliest shipgirl constructions used human bodies, but not anymore. The reason Hibiki's cosplaying as Ed is because it sounds a lot like human transmutation.

How the hell did he stop!?

Putting her out of her misery might be a final act of kindness from her Captain.

So the tail is the control unit

Well now, seems fate conspired to screw you over, Reiji.

This Re is not Hayase Ruriko anymore.

Whelp, this is going to end badly... and by badly, that momment of hesitation is going to earn Reiji a hole through his chest courtesy of his old squadmate.

Oh boy here we go

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FUCK

Naturally, right as the finishing blow is coming down for MAXIMUM DRAMA!

Garrus said:

Whelp, this is going to end badly... and by badly, that momment of hesitation is going to earn Reiji a hole through his chest courtesy of his old squadmate.

Of course!

Garrus said:

Whelp, this is going to end badly... and by badly, that momment of hesitation is going to earn Reiji a hole through his chest courtesy of his old squadmate.

Question being will the whole be from the squadmate herself or her tail?

The former, for maximum drama. They already killed the tail by destroying its core. I also predict she will also invoke the Apologetic Attacker trope.

AdventZero said:

I wouldn't be surprised if those higher-ups really did use Reiji's old unit as material for shipgirl development. With the humanoid Abyssals being "failed projects" that went feral.

from what happened in the last page, when the tail was killed, she woke up. Seems in this setting Abyssal ships are apparently parasitized by their gear.

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AdventZero said:

I wouldn't be surprised if those higher-ups really did use Reiji's old unit as material for shipgirl development. With the humanoid Abyssals being "failed projects" that went feral.

cd_young said:

from what happened in the last page, when the tail was killed, she woke up. Seems in this setting Abyssal ships are apparently parasitized by their gear.

If that's the case, then the presence of those Army guys (the ones who got offed by the other admiral) suddenly becomes even more sinister.

Shit is about to go down

WhiteCrow said:

This page (though untranslated) does mention that some of the earliest shipgirl constructions used human bodies, but not anymore. The reason Hibiki's cosplaying as Ed is because it sounds a lot like human transmutation.

That horrible moment when the one piece of untranslated OVA happened to contain the entire biggest piece of foreshadowing and information that would give sense to everything that happened here.

If it's not too much to ask for, somebody please translate the Chekhov's exposition that's happening in that page.