...so that grandpa back then is not his grandpa, but his owner's!? ^^;;

The turban shell on the table gives a nice touch to the office.

Seika said:

...so that grandpa back then is not his grandpa, but his owner's!? ^^;;

I think the owner is the Take-chan boy that wanted to study overseas as seen in post #1553717.

Or, another alternative: the grandpa himself, playing KanColle

Seika said:

Or, another alternative: the grandpa himself, playing KanColle

Certainly, it would be interesting to see some WWII veteran from the IJN playing this.

Darkagma said:

Certainly, it would be interesting to see some WWII veteran from the IJN playing this.

This has happened.
It's pretty 'common knowledge', but unfortunately I can't give a source as it's just one of those things that 'everybody knows'.

From what I've read though, apparently they approve.

grand_zero said:

From what I've read though, apparently they approve.

Seems kinda funny that they would, but then again it is bringing the stories of the "lesser known" vessels into the limelight.

EDIT: Seems like he doesn't take the mantra on the wall scroll to heart very well...