Woah... the implications here could be enormous... what would the abyssal know that the shipgirl doesn't...?

Elmithian said:

Woah... the implications here could be enormous... what would the abyssal know that the shipgirl doesn't...?

Grief and hatred vs. pride and love.

Abyssal Crane Hime: Their dead.. their dead.... it's lonely...

Zuikaku: I know what's it like...I regret many things when I was the last one alive before my death on Engano...

pyroninja13 said:

Grief and hatred vs. pride and love.

And the things that are important, the things to protect vs. the anger and despair

Would make for a nice "I'll face myself" titled pool, shame it isn't more of a running theme.

TheMadsAdmiral said:

Abyssal Crane Hime: Their dead.. their dead.... it's lonely...

Zuikaku: I know what's it like...I regret many things when I was the last one alive before my death on Engano...

The Abyssal Fleet represent and reflect a lot of thought and feelings don’t they.

Loss, Despair, Grief,

Regret, Guilt, Shame,

Humiliation, Fear, Pain,

Anger, Hatred, Fustration

Vengeful Desires, Unfulfilled Hopes and Wishes, Unfinished Business…

Hopefully the Kanmusu will be able to put these tormented souls to rest…

Most of the humanoid Abyssals are basically the ara-mitama (rough and violent side of a kami which usually has to be pacified for the nigimitama to appear) to the kanmusu's nigimitama (the functional, 'normal' state of a kami).

(Strictly speaking, the shinto terms also applies to all sorts of spirits, not just the spirits of kami, but in most context it refers to kami.)

Shipgirls, meanwhile, are pretty much composite kami assembled from the spirit of the ship and its crew.

Cluless said:

The Abyssal Fleet represent and reflect a lot of thought and feelings don’t they.

Loss, Despair, Grief,

Regret, Guilt, Shame,

Humiliation, Fear, Pain,

Anger, Hatred, Fustration

Vengeful Desires, Unfulfilled Hopes and Wishes, Unfinished Business…

Hopefully the Kanmusu will be able to put these tormented souls to rest…

Zuikaku was not aware that Chiyoda was still alive... as she lay crippled in the water barely alive, she witnessed Zuikaku's final moments unable to do anything to help her...