#WORLD OF WARSHIPS KANCOLLE MODS SERIES#

It was OK for the most part with the ending вЂњtwistвЂќ providing a bit of a hook, but not without issues. Unlike some, overall I didnвЂ™t think this was a strong start. While there are some obvious similarities to other shows, to me this feels more like Girls und Schlachtschiffe than anything else.

#WORLD OF WARSHIPS KANCOLLE MODS SERIES#

Given Suzuki TakaakiвЂ™s (military advisor to Girls und Panzer (GuP) and Strike Witches, both of which I liked a lot) involvement in the series combined with my interest in WWII (military things in general, but particularly WWII), this was a show I definitely planned to check out. As is the norm for Random Curiosities these days, coverage decisions for this seasonвЂ™s shows will be made at a later date, but on my part Hai-Furi has my interest piqued, and I think it will be worth watching to see what it intends to do with itself. This future where people travel around town on jet-skis yet have to learn to man not at all futuristic ships, all while civilisation as we know it is dying-thatвЂ™s where most of my curiosities lie. Sure, the cozy high-school setting suddenly being plunged into combat and mutiny was a pleasing turn, but it could still turn into an over-complicated trial-by-fire in the end, and even if it doesnвЂ™t thereвЂ™s still the question of why theyвЂ™re doing any of this in the first place. The cheery mood of a world sinking into the sea evokes fond memories of the gentle post-apocalypse of Sora no Woto and I daresay this setting was more interesting for me than any other aspect of Hai-Furi. For example, I think the bridge crew will be the main focus, or at least I hope so, because thereвЂ™s no way IвЂ™m going to remember all the other yahoos any time soon.Д«ut perhaps there is one more apropos comparison to be made: Sora no Woto, a favourite of mine and something that the setting of Hai-Furi reminds me of in ways.

I can see the similarities already, what with the large cast being separated into discrete groups like like the tank teams of GuP. For the military buffs, Hai-Furi is certainly the more technical show making it steer more to the way of Girls und Panzer, which may not be too much of a surprise considering Hai-Furi is the brainchild of Suzuki Takaaki, GuPвЂs military advisor, and the two series share Yoshida Reiko as scriptwriter. The naval combat, at least, felt much more like naval combat than it did in KanColle, perhaps for no other reason than that it actually involved ships instead of cosplayers standing on water. Military vessels as young girls was always rather silly and bringing it one level closer to earth as just young girls operating military vessels isвЂ¦ well, still silly, but I think it makes for a better aesthetic here, either by design or execution. ItвЂ™s not completely inapt, I suppose I can imagine somebody watching KanColle and thinking, we can do warship school better than this, and so they did. The cute girls + warships formula will no doubt attract comparisons to Kantai Collection, which is unfortunate because I considered that anime to be, in a word, bad. But then the ditzy lead ( Natsukawa Shiina) puts on her inappropriately cool hat (without the snazzy uniform, to my disappointment), with which Hai-Furi seems to pull itself together and eventually lead to EXPLOSIONS-though not without some quizzical cluelessness about exactly why it was being serious all of a sudden. In fact, one got the impression that Hai-Furi itself wasnвЂ™t too sure what it was as it cut slightly stiltedly from rose-tinted flashback to awkward slapstick to various yuri-shipping to high school slice-of-life. Now, that wasnвЂ™t actually entirely apparent from the beginning though, what with its notably fluffy start. On my part, though, I actually went into Hai-Furi looking for an ARIA substitute until the Amanchu anime next season, and somehow I donвЂ™t think I pegged it right. And I suppose Hai-Furi could well be simply animeвЂ™s next attempt to cash in on the warship craze-and even as I typed that sentence I realised how silly it sounded. Somehow, it seems that warships are all the rage in Japan right now.

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