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[i][[Kantai Collection]][/i] character [[personification|personifying]] the fifth [i][[Hatsuharu (kancolle)|]][/i]-class destroyer [i]Ariake[/i] ("dawn"). She is the first new Hatsuharu-class girl implemented in the game in seven years; all four previous Hatsuharus have been part of the game since the beginning. She is also the first of her class not fleshed out by either artist who illustrated the others; instead, hers is [[Kujou Ichiso]], illustrator of Destroyer Division 27 colleauges [[Shiratsuyu (kancolle)|]] and [[Shigure (kancolle)|]]. The choice actually reflects the real-life [i]Ariake[/i]'s attributes. h4. Appearance Ariake has [[long_hair|long]] [[black hair]] that [[gradient_hair|gradates]] into [[purple_hair|purple]] and [[orange_hair|orange]] and is tied into a [[low ponytail]] with [[bangs]], [[hair_over_one_eye|some of which partially covering her left eye]], as well as [[purple eyes]]. She wears a [[black headwear|black]] [[beret]], a [[long_sleeves|long-sleeved]] [[white_shirt|white]] [[collared shirt]] under a [[black jacket|black]] [[blazer]] with a [[red necktie]], a [[grey skirt|grey]] [[pleated skirt]], and [[black gloves|black]] [[fingerless gloves]]. Under her clothes, she wears a [[sarashi]] which covers [[medium_breasts|an already somewhat well-endowed chest]]. Her [[machinery]] is composed of a handheld [[adapted turret]], a [[smokestack]] at her back, and [[torpedo launcher]]s on her sides. Ariake comes off as somewhat spunky, cool, and at times tomboyish, but does get very embarrassed as she is gradually stripped of her clothing. She is also unmindful whether she is actually classified as a Hatsuharu or, as some historians regarded the historical destroyer, the nameship of a separate class, under which Shiratsuyu, Shigure, and [[Murasame (kancolle)|]] are included. This is due to the extensive design changes and modifications to the historical destroyer to remedy the flaws the previous "top-heavy" Hatsuharus had. h4. History The historical [i]Ariake[/i] was the fifth of the [i]Hatsuharu[/i]-class but the first in an "improved design" that was meant to remedy the chronic stability issues of the first four [i]Hatsuharu[/i]s. Aside from lowered superstructures and a revised weapons suite, she and her sister ship [i]Yuugure[/i] were the first destroyers fitted with the 12.7 cm twin Type C mounts as used by the succeeding [[Shiratsuyu (Kancolle)|]], [[Asashio (Kancolle)|]], and [[Kagerou (Kancolle)|]] classes. In addition, they both received two rudders, one aft of each propeller, in an attempt to reduce severe heeling at turns, only to have them removed after their trials in 1935. Assigned to DesDiv 27, they escorted the Second Carrier Division ([[Hiryuu (Kancolle)|]] and [[Souryuu (Kancolle)|]]) in raids on Rabaul and Darwin. They repeated the same task for the Fifth CarDiv ([[Shoukaku (Kancolle)|]] and [[Zuikaku (Kancolle)|]]) in the battle of the Coral Sea. She was sunk on July 28, 1943 by engaging B-25 Mitchell bombers while assisting [[Mikazuki (Kancolle)|]]. This was after completing a troop transport at Tuluvu, New Britain (now part of Papua New Guinea), during which the two destroyers ran aground on a reef off Cape Gloucester. h4. Trivia Searching for Ariake turns up a "red herring" tag, [i]Ariake no Jouou[/i] (有明の女王, "Queen of Ariake"), an epithet referring to [[Kashima (kancolle)|]]. "Ariake" in this case refers to the "Ariake district in Tokyo":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariake,_Tokyo where [[Tokyo Big Sight]] is located and Kashima was the main character of many Kancolle doujin published for [[Comiket]] [[Comiket 89|89]], her first since her implementation during the Autumn 2015 event. h4. [i]Hatsuharu[/i]-class destroyers * Original [i]Hatsuharu[/i]-class ** [[Hatsuharu (Kancolle)]] ** [[Nenohi (Kancolle)]] ** [[Wakaba (Kancolle)]] ** [[Hatsushimo (Kancolle)]] * [i]Ariake[/i] subclass ** [b]Ariake[/b] h4. See also: * [[Ariake (Azur Lane)]] * "Wikipedia: IJN [i]Ariake[/i]":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Ariake_(1934)] Updated by bot Sun, Sep 18 '22, 02:55 |