shitty admiral (phrase)

A meme in Kantai Collection. When Akebono is your secretary ship, she will occasionally call you クソ提督 (Kuso Teitoku, lit. "Shitty Admiral"). This "hostility" towards the admiral/player character stems from how she was treated in World War II.

This tag is only for the phrase itself. Do not use this tag when the Admiral is merely acting like a jerk. Use Danbooru pool #8302 ("Shitty Admiral") instead.

Like Kasumi, her sharp tongue is based upon her historical namesake being the victim of unfair treatment by the real-life admiral in charge. The captain of Akebono was unjustly scapegoated by the admiral for letting Shoukaku become damaged during the Battle of Coral Sea, even though there was little a destroyer could do about multiple waves of aircraft. She was reassigned to the rear after that, and never again had a prestigious post. Furthermore, on her next escort mission USS Albacore sank her sister-ship Sazanami. When Akebono went searching for USS Albacore, it delayed her so much the transports she was escorting were also destroyed.

In the battle of Leyte Gulf/Surigao Strait, she was assigned to protect Mogami after a collision with Nachi caused by the admiral's hasty retreat. Mogami was then sunk by air attacks which Akebono was powerless to stop. Akebono was afterward tasked with protecting Nachi from further air attacks in Manila, which resulted in Nachi being destroyed by aircraft and Akebono being severely damaged. Akebono was towed to dock by Ushio, but further air raids destroyed Akebono in Manila Bay alongside Akishimo. Ultimately, Ushio was not only a survivor of the war, but her better war record got her improved anti-air defenses to protect against air raids, while Akebono languished.