Arpeggio of Blue Steel

Iona: so, what will you do for me this time?
Myoukou: how about the three of us will offer you thanatonium?
Iona: what?
Myoukou: thanatonium is the only material which can not be replicated with nano material. it has good usage as engine energy source. gather it in a warhead and you can use it for corrosive torpedoes. doesn't it sound like a good trade?
Iona: that's true.....
Myoukou: per ship we have 5g thanatonium, so in summary we can provide you with 15g of it
Iona: that's a lot
Myoukou: if you fill it into corrosive torpedoes, it should be enough for approx. 300 torpedoes
Iona: muuuu, it can't be helped. this is also a material I want to have plenty of. it's substitute isn't effective. you can't solve a problem without making some sacrifice
Myoukou: well then, we have a deal
Iona: aa

I didn't realize the amount of Thanatonium being used in the series (even with it being made up) was so minuscule, yet so potent... o_O;
 
I didn't realize the amount of Thanatonium being used in the series (even with it being made up) was so minuscule, yet so potent... o_O;
Well the amounts seem pretty reasonable compared to something like antimater. A single corrosive torpedo contains 50mg of Thanatonium. If that was antimater instead, it would create a 2.148 kT explosion.
 
Just thought of something, don't you find it funny and strange that Ise literally confiscated Lexington's ship?? Lol, what the heck, would that make Lexington Ship-less? Can she even get it back?
 
Just thought of something, don't you find it funny and strange that Ise literally confiscated Lexington's ship?? Lol, what the heck, would that make Lexington Ship-less? Can she even get it back?
It's impounded right now. They'll probably give it back, New Jersey Jersey not be happy if that hull was damaged
 
so now 6/6, up to date :D

Haguro: Iwo Jima.... alliance.... you say?
Hyuuga: yup, you two went to Iwo Jima, didn't you?
Haguro: we went. well how to say, we flew. I and one-chan
Hyuuga: perhaps, this is a commandment from the heavens, a commandment from Iona-neesama......
Haguro: right now, you spoke of the heavens and that person as they were the same.....
Hyuuga: yes! Iona-neesama! she is the supreme mental model! this lady has the most experience points,
has the most magnificent thoughts! there isn't any more interesting research object than her! aaa, Iona-neesama, I want to be at your side and write down every word of yours, record every actions of yours! directly to the place which functions as my brain! directly as firing a nerve piercing hook into it and engrave it in it!
Haguro: I think you shouldn't piece it......
Hyuuga: And I, Hyuuga, have that data, I want to know every corner, no every corner twice! like that point and like that framework, gufu, gufu, gufufu....... ❤
Haguro: fleet flag ship, I never...... saw you eyes beaming with such a passionate gaze
Hyuuga: a, aa, I shoudn't, such disrespect. recently, when I start to vision Iona-neesama, my restrains are gone. maybe withdrawal symptoms
Haguro: 401 has it difficult. but, speaking of the mental model with the highest amount of experience points, what about the high flag ship?
Hyuuga: ah, I have a feeling that that person is different from mental models, especially Kotono-sama
Haguro: e?
Hyuuga: ma, we talked enough about that. what did I want to talk before?
Haguro: .... the story about me and onee-chan going to Iwo Jima
Hyuuga: ah, yes, true true, that's what I thought, I wonder if that wasn't done by Iona-neesama on purpose
Haguro: please don't speak while all that strange sweat is dripping
Hyuuga: I can try to speak while suppressing my withdrawal symptoms. please understand my condition
Haguro: ok
Hyuuga: I wonder if perhaps Iona-neesama wanted to show you the place which became my starting point and those humans left and stuck there
Haguro: ....... and why would she want to do that?
Hyuuga: certainly she was hoping for you to grow. "well, how do you solve the situation with those humans stuck there?"......
Haguro: I get the feeling you want to force something troublesome......
Hyuuga: and you two splendingly accomplished it, you solved everything! and as nee-same had chosen, you two grew *I think I should read that novel*
Haguro: we.. grown? analysing my part in that series of events, the only funny part was when I was shoot out flying with a booster.
Hyuuga: please think about it, Haguro. from the point of view of Iona-neesama who has no access to supplies,
even a booster is a precious thing
Haguro: well.... that seems to be true
Hyuuga: she even used that, so she could send you sisters to it...... aa, how mercyful she is! how abyssal deep her thought is!
Haguro: ..... didn't she used such a precious thing, because she wanted to get rid of us annoying sisters? .... it is nothing special for o-neechan
Hyuuga: Iona-neesama! this Hyuuga of yours now understands! the meaning you handed over this sisters to my command, who have experienced my Iwo Jima.
Haguro: wha?
Hyuuga: isn't it? Iona-neesama let me also expierenced a lot on Iwo Jima.
Haguro: ha?
Hyuuga: I, Hyuuga, was also raised by Iona-neesama on that island
Haguro: so it is like that
Hyuuga: in short, Iona-neesama is a mother with merciful strictness! and the earth of that island is the eternal father!
Haguro: no..... if you say those two things just now, wouldn't more like 401 is a no-care father and the earth the caring mother.....
Hyuuga: certainly, it wasn't wrong to entrust this two to me as the disciple elder sister!
Haguro: she isn't listening to me at all
Hyuuga: this means that you and Ashigara are my disciple younger sister. I'm not going to waste this
Haguro: to not going to waste this, makes you happy, fleet flag ship, it couldn't be, this fellow connection is the Iwo Jima alliance?
Hyuuga: yup! bingo!
Haguro: bingo.....
Hyuuga: we were raised o Iwo Jima, we are persons who left our nest Iwo Jima!
Haguro: for the time being, now that we have founded this alliance, what shall we do?
Hyuuga: well then.... I begin with the command to re-maintenance of Iwo Jima
Haguro: ..... eh?
Hyuuga: I'll make it into our secret base!
Ashigara: secret base!
Haguro: uwa! .... one-chan
Ashigara: I listened from the midway
Haguro: from the midway.....
Ashigara: a secret base is good! it has a great sound!
Haguro: wait, how would we search for Nachi-nee then
Hyuuga: for that I, Hyuuga, will take responsibility for. should we search with the whole strength of the fleet. yup that is fine.
Haguro: in my opinion, you have the intention to not hindrance 401 by using the search for Nachi-nee as pretext
Hyuuga: ♪
Ashigara: isn't that fine, that much......
Haguro: one-chan (/Д`)
Ashigara: even if you say that, from our point of view she is only a single ship, and help is coming anyway
Haguro: that secret base..... you only want to build it?
Ashigara: ♪
Haguro: Nachi-nee..... (/Д`)

Ashigara: and that's why we went to Iwo Jima
Haguro: how many times you take me into exile, at least give me time to respond. we are......
Akashi: me too....
Haguro: I'm truely sorry
Ashigara: when it comes to building a secret base, a constuction ship is indispensable!
Akashi: indispensable... became building a secret base such a normal thing in the world?
Ashigara: no, I don't know
Akashi: .....
Haguro: for the irresponsibility of my sister I'm truely sorry
Akashi: well, because Hyuuga came and told me, I'll be taking care of it. so what should I do first?
Ashigara: first, we should select a leader
Akashi: Ashigara would be fine
Haguro: she backed off......
Ashigara: e? really? really?! now I'm in trouble~❤
Haguro: Despite that now making back off, she didn't realized....
Ashigara: Haguro, how about you?
Haguro: I'm fine with nee-chan
Akashi: well then, we have decided
Ashigara: ooo, now that I'm the by everyone nominated leader, my tension is up
Akashi: do your best. manager *lit. person resposible for the blame, important later*
Ashigara: ooo! I'll do my best!
Haguro: the meaning of manager, she didn't realized....
Akashi: well then, anew. with what should we start?
Ashigara: we start by doing something with the robots build and left behind by Hyuuga
Akashi: aa, those. I was them on an image.
Ashigara: according to Hyuuga's explanation, to the extend of a single unit or the movement as a swarm, the robots a controlled by a central control robot. we enter Hyuuga's key code into the central control robo and we should be able to use them
Akashi: central control robot?
Ashigara: yes, you can say, a master robo
Haguro: well, we should search for that master robo
Ashigara: aa, but Hyuuga prepared a tool to save time on searching it. this!
Akashi: what? that long thick rod?
Haguro: a long and white piece of cloth
Ashigara: please construct it according to this written instructions, please do so, construction ship Akashi-san
Akashi: that isn't something you would be needing me to do!?
Haguro: first, with all one's might stretch out the white piece of cloth. with a string at the top and bottom bind it together with the rod.
Akashi: ah that is.....
Ashigara: oooo. a big flag!
Haguro: a white flag.....
Ashigara: eh? you two, what is wrong?
Akashi: Ashigara, could it be, that you do not know the meaning of the white flag?
Ashigara: e? meaning?
Haguro: she doesn't know..... it is one of the words which isn't in onee-chans dictonary to begin with
Akashi: aa, it doesn't seem to be the case. Ashigara
Ashigara: what the! don't treat me like a fool you two. tell me!
Haguro: capitulation.
Ashigara: wha?
Akashi: capitulation. when you want to surrender and tell it your opponent, you raise it, the white flag
Ashigara: wait and let me search. kousan.... 公算/probability...... 高三/third year of high school..... 降参/surrender....., eeee!? *the three words sound the same in Japanese*
Haguro: the fleet flag ship is saying, that we should surrender at the beginning, onee-chan
Ashigara: what the!? despite not even have fought yet?
Akashi: wouldn't it get ugly if we end up fighting?
Ashigara: no, but...... wait a litte. capitulation means defeat, doesn't it?
Akashi: well, that's true
Ashigara: NO! defeat without fighting, never!
Akashi: even if you say that, wasn't it decided by your boss Hyuuga?
Ashigara: but, the present leader is me!
Haguro: well, if the leader says so, I will follow
Ashigara: Haguro! that's my little sister!
Haguro: but in the case that we don't follow the instruction and still lose, would it be the responsibility of the leader?
Ashigara:......
Haguro: opposing the plan of the fleet flag ship, if we start a battle with those strange robos and then would lose, how would onee-chan take responsibility
Ashigara: ..... well, we don't lose
Haguro: you did see the number of robots when we came here previously? if they would just run at us with that number, would it look like as were swallowed up by a tsunami?
Ashigara: .... if we lose, what would happen......
Akashi: well, we probably won't die, but isn't instead the punishment by Hyuuga after that the scary part? you understant, what punishment that person is going to hand out?
Ashigara: ......
Haguro: Akashi and I will do so and we did offer you our opinions, one-chan will accept all of the punishment?
Akashi: the manager is the manager because he takes the blame *see comment above*
Ashigara: yoshi, I got it! capitulation it is! capitulation!
Akashi: she, she is capitulating towards Hyuuga!
Haguro: because this isn't the first time, from now on thank you for your consideration
Akashi: ...... I understand
Ashigara: well, capitulation!
Akashi: that, ou! how should we meet up with them?
Haguro: it's ok to ignore them

Ashigara: oi, you there, will you bring us to the master robo?
Robo: trespasser detected *bikobiko*
Ashigara: you can treat us as trespassers, so take us in already
Robo: trespasser detected *bikobiko*
Ashigara: hey, we came waving the white flag. you understand? the meaning of the white flag. capitulation it is! capitulation!
Robo: trespasser detected *bikobiko*
Ashigara: you, can you cut it down already? how long are you goint to make us wait?
Robo: trespasser detected *bikobiko*
Ashigara:.....
Robo: trespasser detected *bikobiko*
Ashigara: daa!!
Akashi: a....
Haguro: a....
Akashi: a~a, somehow it broke......
Ashigara: but! this guy, isn't he going to say anything else than that? despite totally surrendering in person!
Haguro: and that's why it probably didn't broke all of a sudden. I understand but.....
Akashi: hey, could you look there for a moment?
Haguro: n? a.....
Ashigara: are around 10 of them heading right here right now?
Haguro: yes
Ashigara: as expected, it was the right answer! those are comming to welcome us!
Akashi: somehow the vigor, with which they are heading towards us, feels different...
Ashigara: ooi! hey you! here here~

****

Person A: Nachi, do you have a moment?
Nachi: ara, hello everybody. How are you doing?
Person B: today we want to talk with you in earnest
Nachi: a talk... it is?
Person B: yes, but it will be a serious talk
Nachi: ok
Person A: the truth is Nachi-chan...... would you like to marry someone on this island
Nachi: wha?
Person C: it may be sudden and surprising, but it isn't unreasonable. we have the wish that you run a household with one of the young people here
Nachi: e? e?
Person B: Nachi of course knows too that on this island there aren't many young women. with this island being cut off from the main land, the population can only decrease.
Person A: to that Nachi, if you would run a household with someone from this island, for us, nothing would make us more happy.
Person C: it doesn't matter who Nachi's chosen partner will be. whoever it is, we won't complain
Perosn A: I ask you Nachi. when it comes to a good-looking and hard working wonman like you, there a lot who wish to be with you, nobody who would refuse you
Person B: So that's it. please could you think about this issue a bit?
Nachi : e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

****

Akashi: a~a, in the end, they all broke again
Ashigara: but, those guys, they kept saying only the same thing over and over? despite totally surrendering in person!
Haguro: somehow I have a bad hunch.....
Akashi: without doubt, somehow a code in entered into this white flag, when a robo sees it, somehow some kind of action starts to occure, that's what I think
Haguro: me too
Akashi: thanks, I wonder if this white flage is something which we have to show the mother
Haguro: were in trouble.... although, like it feels now, after and after robos will probably come. what should we do?
Ashigara: breaking all the heads of these old bunch sounds good!
Akashi: no! don't say stuff like that. to begin with, didn't we talked about how we are outnumbered and their numbers are innumerable?
Ashigara: gunununu.....
Haguro: what should we do?
Akashi: let see.... well, I didn't want to use my hands, but
Ashigara: by any chance, you have something up your sleeves, squad member Akashi
Haguro: squad member
Akashi: is that my nick name? well what ever. first, we bring those broken robos make. will you lend me your strength?
Ashigara: then, can I use this flag as a bag instead?
Haguro: how is she quick-thinking so suddenly.......
Akashi: so that you can gather as much as possible. if it is possible around 3 of them
Haguro: ok, but what are you goint to do?
Akashi: if I can't do it, everyone will feel disappointed, so right now, I'm not goint to tell

****

Nachi: I'm in touble.... what should I do? If I marry someone on this island, then my secret, that I'm different from a normal human, will come out. on the other hand, since the Fog is blockading the sea, leaving this island is currently also not an option. now, if I don't somehow win some time...... if it is like this, I'll become a house wife. preferably, if it would have been good, if I was from the fog.....
 
Rumors say that there will be a new spin off (chapter)? called the "mental Model Research" by ArkP is going to be released in January 16th. what do you think? It sounds like it's going to be a full digest of every MM.
 
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@DrGilga

Well I got an image to fill in for Mutsu now



And her introduction was very dynamic
By snagging I-401 in a graviton lockon beam

Looks like Vampire is the only one who will be able to save the White Whale. Unless There is the signal to trigger Repulse showing up at MAXIMUM MEIDO MOVEMENT!

Also Kirishima practices her infiltration skills only to find Chief Engineer Iori's in good shape but pretty much a prisoner in her own room. And it's really got the battleship pissed off
 
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I wonder if the katana and the bow are Really necessary for these MMs to..hmm.display?....just...why?! What does you girls have anything to do with Acient Japan anyway?! AP made them a bit too excessive to look "Japanese?"
 
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It looks like somebody is trying to capture the aesthetics of a warrior in order to develop a proper attitude and such.

Very elegant look, though.
 
I wonder if the katana and the bow are Really necessary for these MMs to..hmm.display?....just...why?! What does you girls have anything to do with Acient Japan anyway?! AP made them a bit too excessive to look "Japanese?"
Consider that Mutsu's sister has the dual seductive courtesan and elegant court lady look, which echoes the Nagato Province's own history in politics (there are treaties, 1894 if I'm reading this right, between Japan and Great Britain / USA that specifically mention the Province), this is honestly not all that surprising.

Mutsu was named after the Mutsu Province, which was first formed in 709, gained prominence in 1185 (becoming one of the bigger provinces in Japan, with Hokkaido being larger) and was invaded by Minamoto no Yoritomo in 1189 who eventually conquered it. During the Sengoku period, the province was divided between the Date, Nanbu, Souma, Iwaki, and Uesugi Clans. Eventually, under the Meiji Government after the Boshin War, the original Mutsu Province was divided into five separate Provinces, Iwaki, Iwashiro, Rikuzen, Rikuchuu, and Mutsu.

Basically, the province has seen a lot of activity from the samurai and their clans, especially some of the more famous ones such Uesugi Kenshin and Date Masamune.
 
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Actually, Nagato is supposed to be courtesan/school girl. The miko-like outfit is a Taisho-era school uniform.
Cheers! Now that you mentioned that bit, it means that that school-girl Nagato is more than likely a reference to the Choushuu Five, who were based from the Yamaguchi Prefecture, of which the Nagato Province is a part of.
 
Nagato in her dancer kimono/meji-era uniform is fine and sensible at least to be moving around in.
Mutsu feels like she just one day stumbled into a Japanese teashop, saw a samurai/shogunate-display and die-hard stole its clothes and wears. Those multi layed ceremonial clothing in real life is no where near comfortable to be worn, and arm-guards? Maybe she's wearing a vest underneath all that too lol.

Coastal pirates take heed! I have a giant two-hand-samurai-blade and a blessed bow that I won't hisitate to use, (and these giant guns that shoots space-laser),hmmmm maybe..I would be scared shetless by that.
 
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Nagato in her dancer kimono/meji-era uniform is fine and sensible at least to be moving around in.
Mutsu feels like she just one day stumbled into a Japanese teashop, saw a samurai/shogunate-display and die-hard stole its clothes and wears. Those multi layed ceremonial clothing in real life is no where near comfortable to be worn, and arm-guards? Maybe she's wearing a vest underneath all that too lol.

Coastal pirates take heed! I have a giant two-hand-samurai-blade and a blessed bow that I won't hisitate to use, (and these giant guns that shoots space-laser),hmmmm maybe..I would be scared shetless by that.

Who says she isn't cheating with the outfits after all they could be incredibly light and dynamically warp and bend for comfort.

The wonders if your outfit being made of nanomaterial. And no wedgie ever!

I also wonder if Haguro and Ashigara were part of Nagato's fleet as we see after they made their mini mental models were wearing rather traditional outfits as seen with the sisters
 
Nagato in her dancer kimono/meji-era uniform is fine and sensible at least to be moving around in.
Mutsu feels like she just one day stumbled into a Japanese teashop, saw a samurai/shogunate-display and die-hard stole its clothes and wears. Those multi layed ceremonial clothing in real life is no where near comfortable to be worn, and arm-guards? Maybe she's wearing a vest underneath all that too lol.

Coastal pirates take heed! I have a giant two-hand-samurai-blade and a blessed bow that I won't hisitate to use, (and these giant guns that shoots space-laser),hmmmm maybe..I would be scared shetless by that.
And I counter with the following: Mental Models.

When we're talking about clothing, we've seen the following so far, ballgowns, school uniforms, a highly modified miko outfit, a courtesan kimono (draping and all), a massive overcoat, casual wear, a space suit, and a teddie bear.

We are so far beyond practical battle wear that it's gotten a little silly, truth be told, to consider practicality, and more than that, chances are, with how bullshit Mental Models on their own are, Mutsu could solo (...I'm aware that there are two Mental Models, but they are considered the same being) a human army with their ceremonial-looking weapons. After all, Haruna wrecked those soldiers attacking the Osakabe Mansion while dressed in her massive overcoat, and even had it play a practical role by protecting Makie as she moved...and this was after she had lost her hull and a lot of her nanomaterial.

Next you mentioned that they are ceremonial, but as far as I've been able to figure out from a quick search, the exact outfit doesn't seem to exist. There are influences from some other garbs, including the Bukan sokutai sugata and the Joue, but the thing that throws it all off is that the whole thing is much less ostentatious than the former and more more martial than the latter.
 
great the chapter Mutsu appears, and I have trouble getting my copy.... well have to wait a couple of weeks for the fog theater translation. But based on the spoiler pics I can say the translation passed a joke :(
Our little teddy bear Kiri-shima is named after the battle ship 霧島, which translates to fog island btw.
But when Iori first saw Kirishima, she called her KiriKUma, i.e., fog bear....

Also I'm getting paranoid
  • I once asked on another board, why Haruna and Kongou don't refere to Kongou as sister, the next fog theater answered that
  • I make some stupid jokes about Repulse being a pure maido, the next chapter Vampire referse to repulse as maido for the first time
  • I make some stupid jokes about Mutsu not being introduced, the next chapter she gets her introduction
  • in another fandom, I had it enough with some mentally ill hater, the next chapter of that manga there is a comment about ignoring haters on the net
Maybe I'm just very (un)lucky?

Ah fuck it, Mutsu banzai! Mutsu banzai! Mutsu banzai!


p.s.:
She looks like a shrine priest.

here a link in case of picture issues:
http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/shinto.shtml
 

This is the formal court wear of the military official (which is the meaning of "bukan"). It was worn only by military officials of the fourth court rank and below. Men of the first through third rank wore the bunkan sokutai even if they held military appointments.
First, the kanmuri has a ken'ei (a wrapped tail) and oikake (lacquered horsehair "blinders" that sit on the cords of the kanmuri). The shoes are lacquered leather kanokutsu (a riding boot). Since this is a military outfit, a sword (hosotachi) is worn off the hirao, while a bow (yumi) is held in the hands. A quiver--either a hira yanagui (square quiver) or tsubo yanagui (a round quiver). (This many layers below)
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This is what I found after a quick search.
I guess the clothing actually reflect rank, so then it makes more sense for Mutsu to wear it. Then again, is Mutsu trying to project her authority as the main powerhouse of the fleet?
 
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Next you mentioned that they are ceremonial, but as far as I've been able to figure out from a quick search, the exact outfit doesn't seem to exist. There are influences from some other garbs, including the Bukan sokutai sugata and the Joue, but the thing that throws it all off is that the whole thing is much less ostentatious than the former and more more martial than the latter.
I mentioned that.
 
I once asked on another board, why Haruna and Kongou don't refer to Kongou as sister, the next fog theater answered that
Maybe because Konguou runs her fleet more like a Hierarchy than as a family, though Haruna and Kirishima started off seemingly much closer than siblings, as there is a lot of trust and synchronicity between the two.
I make some stupid jokes about Repulse being a pure maido, the next chapter Vampire referse to repulse as maido for the first time
If Hood is the head of the bootleggers in Europe, then all British ships should begin their work in a bar.
 
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Maybe because Konguou runs her fleet more like a Hierarchy than as a family, though Haruna and Kirishima started off seemingly much closer than siblings, as there is a lot of trust and synchronicity between the two.
From fog theater 72, a couple of years back:
402: how is it? Oh you two of the Kongou-class sisters
Kirishima: well, how to say?....with this we wfeel like we true became sister (ship)s
Haruna: Yes, I really think so
Kirishima: to start with, how to say, our building docks were different. And when it comes to the historical ships, for me and Haruna the ship construction was completed around the same time
Haruna: And Kongou herself comes from England
Kirishima: As a result we felt like sisters with different mothers, but with this finally
One day I have to go over all my old translations and fix them....
 
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