High School Fleet (ハイスクール・フリート)

Sixteen ships from the Toumai High School faculty fleet are out of commission?

Has the Musashi truly mutinied?

We can't tell from this report.

The Musashi's damage is insignificant.

The Harekaze did their best to break away from their attacks, but in the end, target was lost.

The instructor's ship was state of the art. So, how?

It appears all electronics and guided missiles have malfunctioned.

What about the crew members?

Their three levels of safety mechanisms proved very useful.

Zero dead and a few members with light injuries.

The Musashi's fuel and ammunition?

At departure, they were fully loaded,

so they have an estimated 80% or more left for both fuel and ammo.

Why were they given so much initially?

It's difficult to replenish Yamato-class ammunition on the sea, so...

Principal!

We lost contact with the Hiei and the Choukai!

What?!

Other than the Musashi, which ships are location unknown?

Hiei, Choukai, Maya, Isuzu, Natori, Amatsukaze, Isokaze, Tokitsukaze,

as well as Germany's training exercise participant,

Admiral Graf Spee.

That many? Which ships are still in operation?

Mamiya, Akashi, and Kazahaya, which are supplying other ships.

And the escort ships Akikaze, Hamakaze, and Maikaze.

Reconnaissance ships are Nagara, Harekaze, Urakaze, Hagikaze, and Tanikaze. That's all.

Yamashiro, Kaga, Akagi, Ibuki, and Ikoma are all docked.

No matter how fast we move, we can't deploy them for at least six months.

It is possible to accelerate that schedule for destroyers, but at best would be three months.

Can we send any ships to confront the Musashi?

Other than the Harekaze, the other ships are searching for the lost ships,

so it would be a matter of days.

MUSASHI

Moka...

Enough already!

In what world does a captain neglect her ship

and rushes out whenever there's danger?

Aren't comrades at sea all family?

Aren't the crew members of this ship your family?

Maybe I'm not qualified to be captain after all.

Recovery success.

Are you okay?

Thank you.

You'll catch a cold if you stay soaked like that. Why don't you go take a bath?

Okay.

I knew our captain would make it back safely.

Aye.

The Musashi was awesomzona!

Ms. Katsuta, what is our current position?

- I don't knowzona. - What?

- Zona? - Zona.

I was trying my best to escape, so there was no time to discern for locations.

Damage report and area situation check.

I can't see anything ahead of us.

Nothing from port side.

Nothing from starboard side either.

Radar is coming up blank.

Communications are down.

I can't hear anything on sonar either.

Don't all tell me at once!

It seems all of our electronic equipment is wiped out.

Is it broken?

I'm getting a lot of noise, cause unknown.

I can see the stars.

Astronavigation, quickly!

Roger!

Currently Bathing: Engine Department Don't forget anything; Throw away trash; Water/hot water left on is forbidden!!

I have our current position.

Northern latitude of 35°15′29″

eastern longitude of 136°4′35″!

Our current position is... what?

Where are we?

Um... We're...

Reports are given quickly and accurately!

We're in the middle of Lake Biwa!

I see! Lake Biwa, huh?

Yeah. There's access to it now.

No wonder the waves have been so quiet.

Of course we're not in a lake!

Sorry! We'll check once more!

I'm soaked in sweat.

Let's get to the bath and freshen up.

Huh? Captain, it's the engineers' bath time.

What kind of example are you setting when the top doesn't wait its turn?

Y-yeah.

What's this? What's the trouble here?!

Captain! Oh my-my! You're soaking wet!

An emergency means the line goes out the window!

Now get in there!

Don't just stand there staring, you get in here too!

Musashi's attack crippled Toumai High's instructor ship?

Is it a student rebellion after all?

If it is, and the Musashi reaches an urban area, would they be able to stop it?

According to the Harekaze's report, guided missiles didn't work.

Maybe a shower of torpedoes or bombardment would work?

The Musashi has the best and brightest students.

You think you can hit them with unguided torpedoes fired from out of range?

This is difficult. But then...

We can only confront them with equivalent military strength.

For 18 inches, you need 18 inches, eh?

But Kure's Yamato and Maizuru's Shinano are docked.

What about Sasebo's Kii?

No good. They're on a long voyage on the other side of the world.

Well, with 14 or 16 inch cannons, we're just no match.

The main cannon went from 5 inches to 3.9 inches, right?

Five inches had its good parts too.

But this is nice. I want one for my own ship, too.

Warmed up by 60,000 horsepower, this Harekaze bathtub is the ship's pride and joy!

- It's tough taking care of it. - And it often throws tantrums.

In the end, we lower the output so there's no advantage in having a high pressure can.

And the bridge is always telling us to go at full speed.

So Captain, what's happening up-top?

Up-top?

We stokers have no idea what's going on outside.

This is our only chance to catch up.

Um, the Toumai High School instructor ship battled with the Musashi...

The Musashi? From our school?!

Toumai High? The one with the submarine?

If it's an instructor ship, it's gotta be state of the art.

Our teacher shot at us, too...

Up-top sounds like a pain.

We stokers can't go anywhere.

Was it the same situation?

We wanna go somewhere on the skipper, too.

I don't know. That's why I wanted to stop them...

It's nice when a place runs without the top person being there.

For being the captain, she left us again.

You can't stop something like that with just one skipper.

If our chief engineer left, we'd be in trouble.

I wish we could go to a cool, refreshing place some time.

Isn't there another person who's more qualified to be a captain?

so sweat won't collect under my breasts.

Kuro!

Since way back, people always said, "A portable shrine should be light and stupid!"

Yep, yep.

Bow side, frame number 135.

20 cm x 50 cm breach near waterline.

Slight leak of fuel oil confirmed.

Wow, that's some major damage.

That felt great.

That was a great bath.

You're worried about the Musashi, huh?

Yeah.

Is the captain of the Musashi your friend?

Since we were kids.

I wonder what's happening with the Musashi.

How can they get helped?

Before worrying about other people, you should take care of your own ship!

Maybe like my captain, the Musashi's captain is trying to protect the ship all by herself.

My captain, Thea, always makes snap judgments and acts with determination.

She's a wonderful captain.

If the captain becomes nervous, all of the crew follow suit.

That's why my captain always keeps that anxiety bottled up inside,

and carries it on her back. That's what she told me.

I'm not an outstanding captain like that.

But you saved me, didn't you?

I'm grateful to you, for the fact that I can be here like this.

That's right. I used to be run-run, but now I want to do my best.

Um, Captain, could I have a minute?

What is it?

I haven't been able to receive communication,

but I picked up a faint radio signal coming from within the ship.

- Isn't it a cell phone? - I don't think it is.

We need to confirm it, right?

- Lead the way. - Yes, ma'am.

Shiro—

Deputy-captain, you have the bridge.

Y-Yes, ma'am.

So you can tell with that?

I don't think you can pick up a radio signal with that.

This way!

SICK BAY

Here?

Oh my, a ghost.

That's Ms. Minami...

Little one. Cute.

That was great, Isoroku. You caught a rat!

Huh? The color is different...

Don't touch it.

That's not a rat.

Communications are back online!

Radar is back! Now I can see everything.

I can hear everything around us well.