Kancolle Play Manga: Kankan Biyori: Chapter 35

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Chapter 35
The Admiral and Greater Enemies  * Reference: http://kancolle.wikia.com/wiki/Spring_2014_Event

Page 60
Panel 1
TTK: Ahh... Hyuuga!
SFX: Boom
Hyuuga: Damn...!?
TTK: Heavily damaged by one night battle cut-in?

Panel 2
Hyuuga: Hmph... this bad... so night battle can get like this... huh.
TTK: W-withdraw!

Panel 3
TTK: ...we managed to get through the night battle on our sixth try!!
Seaplane: Spotted!
TTK: Our recon seaplane's spotted the boss fleet!

Panel 4
SFX: Rumbling
TTK: The flagship's...
a Ru-class Kai battleship!  * Should technically have a "Flagship" designation as well

Panel 5
TTK: Even the Ru-class has remodeled, huh!
And we're exhausted from that night battle...!
(Guhh...)
Ise: But... we don't have a choice!

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Page 61
Panel 1
Kirishima: ...we managed to sink her this time,
but doing that required us to go into night battle.
Presently, to sink the Ru-class Kai battleship with our fleet comp and equipment,
we have to take night battle into account.

Panel 2
Kirishima: But there's the other nodes... on top of the pre-boss night battle keeping us from advancing,
in the boss battle ships that could night battle might be heavily damaged or enemy escorts might themselves escape harm.
Blackboard: Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained   * See https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/虎穴に入らずんば虎子を得ず
Ru-class Kai Battleship HP: 130
Kirishima: Because of that,  we have to expect drawn-out battles.
Paper: Operation Proposal
TTK: And to deal with those... we use Double Line instead of Line Ahead.

Panel 3
TTK: The carriers are put in the last fleet positions, so that they attack last... and we bring less.
SFX: Simmer
Kaga: There is no other way.
Hyuuga: (Well, I guess so.)
TTK: And to increase the number of attacks in night battle, we'll bring another aviation battleship.

Panel 4
TTK: Other things we can do to increase our chances of victory...
Ice Box: Crunch, crunch
SFX: Sizzle...
Kirishima: Commander, would it be alright for me to present a proposal?
TTK: Yeah, go ahead.

Panel 5
Kirishima: Ise-san and Hyuuga-san can carry "Zuiun", right?
TTK: Ah! We can go ahead and rely on their artillery spotting!

Panel 6
Kirishima: Fortunately, enemy airpower isn't great enough to pose a threat.
Our new plane "Reppuu Kai" has strong AA.

Panel 7
Narration: And then...

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Page 62
Panel 1
Narration: After that, we sortied again and again.
The 29th Attempt

Panel 2
TTK: After steadily cutting down the enemy's combat strength...
we're finally on the brink of taking control of this area!  * His wording has to do with E-2's flavor text
SFX: Slide

Panel 3
TTK: Enemy main fleet, spotted!
SFX: Vrooom
TTK: This is a perfect chance, but...

Panel 4
TTK: Kitakami and Akagi were moderately damaged on our way here.
I guess we can't avoid a loss in combat strength.
Hyuuga: Enemy carrier aircraft, confirmed! They're coming!
SFX: Whrrr...
TTK: All it'd take is sinking the flagship just one more time to capture this area...
Akagi: Admiral.

Panel 5
TTK: Akagi!?
Akagi: My damaged flight deck...

Panel 6
Akagi: Even if I can't resupply or swap equipment in the middle of battle...
I can still launch my fighter craft during air combat...

Panel 7
Akagi: and let fly... the pride of the First CarDiv!
SFX: Bang bang bang bang
TTK: Akagi's Reppuu Kai's secured air superiority!

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Page 63
Panel 1
KTKM: Alright... I'm in, too!!
SFX: Splash

Panel 2
KTKM: With kōhyōteki equipped, who cares if I'm moderately damaged!
SFX: Bonk
TTK: Kitakami's opening torpedo salvo! It hit the enemy flagship!

Panel 3
Kirishima: The seaplane that made contact with the enemy fleet is reporting impact!
Distance... long... adjustment completed!

Panel 4
Kirishima: Commander! My proposal...
TTK: !!
Kirishima: it was worth it!

Panel 5
Kirishima: This is...
SFX: Boom!!
Kirishima: the end!!

Panel 6
TTK: Artillery spotting!! Kirishima, your double attack sank the enemy flagship!?
Sinking the flagship in the first shelling round, that's unbelievable!
Kirishima: Prepare for anything, and you will need nothing... as they say!  * Kirishima's lightly damaged docking line
TTK: Alright! We're pressing onward!

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Page 64
Panel 1
Narration: The fleet worked together to find a way out...

Panel 2
Narration: What decided the battle was

Panel 3
Narration: just the three Type 0 Recon Seaplanes Kirishima-san had us equip!
Like getting a camel through the eye of a needle, we broke through Sunda Strait with the closing torpedo salvo!  * Lit. "going through the eye of a needle" in Japanese
And then-

Panel 4
?: Sometimes I'm the Item Shop girl.
Other times, I'm the guide for Large Ship Construction.
However,
to tell the truth, I'm actually...

Panel 5
Akashi: a "repair ship"!
SFX: Tada☆
TTK: Ehhh, why didn't you say anything about it until now!?

Panel 6
Akashi: I've just officially been assigned as a shipgirl.
TTK: ...well, you're cute, so a warm welcome to you!
Fubuki: ...Commander...

Panel 7
Fubuki: Jeez...
Narration: Akashi-san's become our comrade!
Our next operation is sortieing to Port Wine...  * E-3, Port Darwin

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Page 65
Panel 1
Hyuuga: Ise... pull yourself together.
We're headed home.
Hang in there until we get back...!

Panel 2
Ise: Haha... I thought the enemies on our way here were strong, but...

Panel 3
Ise: something like that was lying in store for us out here, huh...
Hyuuga: ...

Panel 4
Fubuki: Commander... torpedo attacks won't work,
and even though the battleships landed direct attacks on her at night...
TTK: Kuh...none of our damage is getting through at all...
Can we really beat her...?

Panel 5
TTK: Are these "installations"
really part of the Abyssal fleet...?
Harbor Installation: Harbor Princess
END