/jp/ - Otaku Culture

Comptiq October 2018 Issue - KanColle Article:
http://www.mediafire.com/?esq2jncb99n3luz
Fumi 05:
http://www.mediafire.com/?efaz52ngs0u4w11
Koyoi mo Saruute Ch 0:
http://www.mediafire.com/?e66i1agac3fpagy
Tanaka interview TL:
https://pastebin.com/LHgDsEmX

>>19850722
https://pastebin.com/LHgDsEmX
Wanted to get this out ASAP so haven't had a second pair of eyes to proofread this yet.

>T: We plan on adding three new shipgirls in the Extra Operation. First is a ship we've always wanted to add, one you could call an aircraft cruiser, the Swedish light cruiser Gotland. Here she is. Isn't she fascinating? She displaces roughly the same as Japan's 5,500 ton cruisers, yet can carry this many seaplanes!* And as a ship from the birthplace of Bofors-san, Sweden, she has substantial firepower and torpedo capabilities, and look! The Hein Mat** and the catapult. She's an aircraft cruiser that's like a seaplane tender! So wonderful!
>I: I feel a really strange sorta energy washing over me! So is she pretty strong?
>T: No! It's not about strength! Look at that silhouette, the concept art. Isn't it wonderful?
>I: Ah, y-yeah. Then if that's the case, she'll carry even more when she gets her Kai or something, like Shin'you!
>T: No! Unfortunately, when she remodels she becomes an anti-aircraft cruiser!
>I: Oh my gawww***! Wait, I think I'd actually prefer that!
>T: "You'd" prefer that!? But the aircraft cruiser reference materials!
>I: Ah, shoot! So she's a drop?
>T: Yeah. But it'd be so painful to finally get a proper aircraft cruiser and then have it taken away, so we also have plans in the works for a hypothetical "if" Kai Ni remodel for her, a girl that completed service without ever engaging in a major battle.
* Could carry up to 8 Hawker Osprey seaplanes.
** A seaplane recovery system, consisting of a large landing canvas towed behind the ship. This allows ships to recover seaplanes while maintaining speed.
*** He actually says this.

[...]

>I: I see! So that leaves two more shipgirls!
>T: Admirals who break through the fourth map, the one expanding the area of operations, will encounter a new shipgirl related to one of the new Princess-class Abyssals.
>I: Hohoh! A reward, not a drop, then! Thanks! But who is it!?
>T: She's the older sister of a shipgirl that's already been implemented.

[...]

>I: There's something mysterious about that silhouette.
>T: She'll be the first battleship of the Second Sequence, so we figured we might as well take the opportunity to implement an experimental feature with her as the base.
>I: What experimental thing are you implementing?
>T: Well, in her case... I know, I'll refer to it by its development codename, the "Nelson Touch". It's a little bit of an experimental implementation. If it doesn't go well, we'll just do some more trial and error. It's a sort of hidden command that only activates under certain conditions... no, I guess it's more of a hidden special attack... I guess?
>I: Not very clear there!
>T: If it doesn't work we might just not implement it. To the Admirals looking to obtain her... it's something to look forward to a bit, I guess.