Now Viewing: kunashiri_(kantai_collection)Tag type: Character 国後 Kunashiri is the personification of the second and nameship of the four Shimushu-class Coastal Defense Ships as depicted in the browser video_game Kantai_Collection. Named after Kunashir Island [1] (Kunashiri in Japanese), the southernmost of the Kuril Islands between Hokkaido and Kamchatka and one of four in territorial dispute by Japan and Russia. As a coastal defense ship, her class is even smaller than destroyers, and as such, she is portrayed as an "elementary school student" character, even younger than the generally "middle school" appearances of the destroyers. Kunashiri has a distinctly tsundere personality, with official lines that betray she is extremely conscious of how she is seen by other shipgirls like Kamikaze_(Kantai_Collection), if not outright defensive. Her official lines portray relationships with both her sister ships Shimushu_(Kantai_Collection) and Hachijyou, as well as Nenohi_(Kantai_Collection) and Kamikaze due to the real-life ship's history. Kunashiri has messy, two-tone_hair pink_hair with brown tips on the two_side_up tails, and bangs that can come down to between the eyes (hair_between_eyes|). She has orange_eyes in the tsurime style. Like her elder sister-ship, her outfit consists of a variant of a green serafuku with a red neck ribbon, a long fur-trimmed sleeves jacket, a pleated green_skirt, white pantyhose, and black mary_janes. Her rigging (machinery) involves hip-mounted hull-like platforms, with single-cannon turrets on her sides with adjacent anti-air guns, and a mast and smokestack to her back. On her ankles, she has depth charge launchers. The historical IJN Kunashiri was commissioned on October 3rd, 1940, and served the entire length of the Pacific war. When newly constructed, Kunashiri served as a diplomatic escort for the envoy to Russia, meaning she had a chrysanthemum seal and full Commander as captain. When the Nenohi came into the same port, the Nenohi radioed to ask why their ship, normally higher-ranking, was not saluted, they found they (captained by a Lt. Commander) were actually outranked by the seemingly lower-ranked ship, and the Nenohi's captain swiftly went to apologize. (Kunashiri has a line about the importance of greetings because of this.) Designed as an escort vessel without the speed or weaponry to fight on the front lines, Kunashiri spent a majority of her time in the vicinity of Hokkaido and the Kuril islands escorting transport convoys. Notable incidents were that she participated in the evacuation of Kiska Island, as well as an incident on July 28th, 1944 where she reported being damaged mysteriously. (She was actually hit by the USS Tambor.) After the war concluded, she was used as a repatriation vessel, but on the 4th of June, 1946, she ran aground. Efforts to save her wound up sinking the Kamikaze, as well. (The Kantai Collection Kunashiri has several lines relating to Kamikaze because of this event.) [1] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunashir_Island See also: Wikipedia article on the historical IJN Kunashiri: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_escort_Kunashiri pixiv tags: 国後, 国後(艦隊これ), 国後(艦隊これくしょん) danbooru.donmai.us/wiki_pages/86166 Other Wiki Information Last updated: 06/02/17 9:30 PM by surveyork This entry is not locked and you can edit it as you see fit. |
     
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