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@Eboreg on post #2351490 (shimakaze, wo-class aircraft carrier, fairy, and kamikaze (kantai collection) drawn by y.ssanoha)

2016-05-30T07:06:24-04:00

DaiFraga said:

on an unrelated note, I was kinda expecting Iowa to be the one bringing this up instead of sealmakaze

I know it doesn't look it but Iowa has been around longer than any other ship in the game. A good portion of that time has been spent in Japan so she does know a thing or two about the culture.

@sammyG on post #2351490 (shimakaze, wo-class aircraft carrier, fairy, and kamikaze (kantai collection) drawn by y.ssanoha)

2016-05-22T00:07:02-04:00

Adolf95 said:

I think it won't be long for someone to draw her fully strapped with explosives and went to blow up some abyssals.You know,like those jihadists nowadays.

I can agree with you on future fan art of Kamikaze being strapped with suicide bombs and acting like a jihadist, but as for the timeframe don't be too sure as she was added to Kantai Collection recently and most artists will focus on non-guro artworks of her first.

@KZN02 on post #2351490 (shimakaze, wo-class aircraft carrier, fairy, and kamikaze (kantai collection) drawn by y.ssanoha)

2016-05-08T20:44:07-04:00

When I first saw the aircraft carrier archers, I thought the plane-tipped arrows implied Kamikaze.

@wolffenrirhelix on post #2351490 (shimakaze, wo-class aircraft carrier, fairy, and kamikaze (kantai collection) drawn by y.ssanoha)

2016-05-07T05:52:12-04:00

DaiFraga said:

Perhaps it was chosen because of said historical significance?

I mean, those typhoons destroyed the Mongol invasion fleet and prevented an invasion that Japan would have (most likely) lost. So they probably gave the special attack units that name in the vain hope that it would stop a very possible Allied invasion of the home islands. Just speculation on my part.

or maybe because said tactic involves planes idunno

Also makes sense, really.

Hmmm... So many probable causes...

@DaiFraga on post #2351490 (shimakaze, wo-class aircraft carrier, fairy, and kamikaze (kantai collection) drawn by y.ssanoha)

2016-05-06T14:38:14-04:00

wolffenrirhelix said:

The origin of "Kamikaze", the term, comes from its literal meaning, "God's Wind"/"Divine Wind/Breath", termed from the two failed Mongol invasions, and the two immense typhoons that drove them off. Not entirely sure why they applied it to the Suicide attack runs though.

Perhaps it was chosen because of said historical significance?

I mean, those typhoons destroyed the Mongol invasion fleet and prevented an invasion that Japan would have (most likely) lost. So they probably gave the special attack units that name in the vain hope that it would stop a very possible Allied invasion of the home islands. Just speculation on my part.

or maybe because said tactic involves planes idunno

on an unrelated note, I was kinda expecting Iowa to be the one bringing this up instead of sealmakaze

@unicode on post #2351490 (shimakaze, wo-class aircraft carrier, fairy, and kamikaze (kantai collection) drawn by y.ssanoha)

2016-05-06T05:21:14-04:00

Late war, going on a kamikaze mission is only slightly more dangerous than a conventional mission, and much more effective. From a purely result perspective doing the suicide attacks make more sense than not to. So few pilots survived going on a conventional bombing run against the American fleet that everything was essentially a suicide attack.

The same could probably be said of terrorists, it's not like any of them want to die, but in order to perform their attack on innocent civilians they are going to die anyways, in which case it makes sense to blow themselves up if that would inflict the most casualties.

@wolffenrirhelix on post #2351490 (shimakaze, wo-class aircraft carrier, fairy, and kamikaze (kantai collection) drawn by y.ssanoha)

2016-05-05T16:08:15-04:00

Blindga said:

I would think "Divine Wind" as to smite a foe, as if attacking with an unearthly force. Or as an adjective, describing something that smites foes. I imagine that they probably considered it a powerful name and saw it fit.

Would be the most likely reasoning behind it. Mysticism + Mental image + Airplane = Powerful explosion, like an angry God blowing an enemy ship/s away.

@Blindga on post #2351490 (shimakaze, wo-class aircraft carrier, fairy, and kamikaze (kantai collection) drawn by y.ssanoha)

2016-05-05T15:17:19-04:00

wolffenrirhelix said:

... Not entirely sure why they applied it to the Suicide attack runs though.

I would think "Divine Wind" as to smite a foe, as if attacking with an unearthly force. Or as an adjective, describing something that smites foes. I imagine that they probably considered it a powerful name and saw it fit.

@wolffenrirhelix on post #2351490 (shimakaze, wo-class aircraft carrier, fairy, and kamikaze (kantai collection) drawn by y.ssanoha)

2016-05-05T14:29:12-04:00

The origin of "Kamikaze", the term, comes from its literal meaning, "God's Wind"/"Divine Wind/Breath", termed from the two failed Mongol invasions, and the two immense typhoons that drove them off. Not entirely sure why they applied it to the Suicide attack runs though.

@Adolf95 on post #2351490 (shimakaze, wo-class aircraft carrier, fairy, and kamikaze (kantai collection) drawn by y.ssanoha)

2016-05-05T13:33:43-04:00

I think it won't be long for someone to draw her fully strapped with explosives and went to blow up some abyssals.You know,like those jihadists nowadays.

@Myschi on post #2351490 (shimakaze, wo-class aircraft carrier, fairy, and kamikaze (kantai collection) drawn by y.ssanoha)

2016-05-05T12:07:12-04:00

Before I knew that Kamikaze was an IJN Destroyer, the word "kamikaze" was "Suicide attack" for me.

@Joker.Hat on post #2351490 (shimakaze, wo-class aircraft carrier, fairy, and kamikaze (kantai collection) drawn by y.ssanoha)

2016-05-05T10:41:41-04:00

JsTuCkEy said:

What? Where?

you don't see them but they are there man, trust me.

@JsTuCkEy on post #2351490 (shimakaze, wo-class aircraft carrier, fairy, and kamikaze (kantai collection) drawn by y.ssanoha)

2016-05-05T10:37:22-04:00

Strela said:

At least better than that one guy who insisted Kamikaze means Terrorist

What? Where?

@NNescio on post #2351490 (shimakaze, wo-class aircraft carrier, fairy, and kamikaze (kantai collection) drawn by y.ssanoha)

2016-05-05T08:15:59-04:00

Strela said:

At least better than that one guy who insisted Kamikaze means Terrorist

神風＝自爆テロ？

@T34/38 on post #2351490 (shimakaze, wo-class aircraft carrier, fairy, and kamikaze (kantai collection) drawn by y.ssanoha)

2016-05-05T07:34:48-04:00

Strela said:

At least better than that one guy who insisted Kamikaze means Terrorist

Agreed.

@Strela on post #2351490 (shimakaze, wo-class aircraft carrier, fairy, and kamikaze (kantai collection) drawn by y.ssanoha)

2016-05-05T07:33:10-04:00

At least better than that one guy who insisted Kamikaze means Terrorist

@ithekro on post #2351490 (shimakaze, wo-class aircraft carrier, fairy, and kamikaze (kantai collection) drawn by y.ssanoha)

2016-05-05T07:25:58-04:00

Shimakaze is like a lot of people. They wouldn't know anything else since she is from later in the war.

@Joker.Hat on post #2351490 (shimakaze, wo-class aircraft carrier, fairy, and kamikaze (kantai collection) drawn by y.ssanoha)

2016-05-05T07:18:10-04:00

about time saw it coming anyone?

@Stzech on post #2351490 (shimakaze, wo-class aircraft carrier, fairy, and kamikaze (kantai collection) drawn by y.ssanoha)

2016-05-05T07:16:47-04:00

Pre-trans : Kamikaze namesake with Kamikaze plane?