So? Neither did Gangut or Richelieu, and they have Abyssal counterparts.
Does being scrapped after the war (Teste also suffered the same fate after she was refloated a few times) still count as a form of being sunk? If yes that's the only logical solution why they'd get an Abyssal form (whereas Iowa / Intrepid did not because they are still active and were never KIA / scrapped).
Does being scrapped after the war (Teste also suffered the same fate after she was refloated a few times) still count as a form of being sunk? If yes that's the only logical solution why they'd get an Abyssal form (whereas Iowa / Intrepid did not because they are still active and were never KIA / scrapped).
general consensus is that Abyssals are the personification of the regrets, fears, pain and rage of Shipgirls and or crews sunk in the wars their operations are based on.
Central Hime is NOT Iowa's abyssal form. She is Arizona fused with the Pearl Harbor anchorage itself and it's very clear why. For one, she's an installation since she's representing the PH anchorage, and since Arizona sunk in shallow water, she herself became part of the anchorage. Then there is the black tears that Central Hime has on her sprite. That's a reference to oil that still floats up to the surface above Arizona's wreck which are also referred to by people as black tears. Finally there's the flavor text for the event, in which the mission was to rescue an allied shipgirl that had been unable to pass the area due to a blockade at Hawaii. The guns can be explained away as he incorporating Missouri's guns from the nearby docked ship. I can't believe I still have to explain this shit 2 and a half years after the Spring 2016 event.
