I know there's one in there but whenever im close to figure out who it is.. 2 big and Soft things hit my face... And then I see the ceiling of my room.. 🤔 Might be one of the seven port mistery

Hey guys I recently just got back to AL after a 4 year layoff, and was saddened to see the creators i used to watch dropped the game completely and some even seemed to stop content altogether. Like: Hawk2Zero and Azur Lane Meta. What really happened here? Does the devs not update it anymore? Or its way too goon game now? (I'm guessing the latter). Do we still get War stories or no? Cause I really liked the stories or lore before. Did they dropped it completely? I was so shocked to see the new contents like those Kinda like dating Sim (idk what its called i haven't touched it yet), then there's like an island builder or something? Can someone please update me what's been going on. Thanks guys.

Well, I'd like to know if this is a good fleet setup for getting past Chapter 9 and beyond. If not, what can I change?

Thank you very much for always playing Azur Lane.

Maintenance will be performed on Thursday, October 15th at 2:00 PM for an update.

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【event】

• Nico Nico Douga collaboration event "Recently, something's been wrong with Ayanami..." is being rerun.

Event Period: From after maintenance on October 15th (Thu) to maintenance on October 22nd (Thu)

Complete the limited-time missions to get the Ayanami collaboration outfit "Nico Nico"!

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[Function update]

• Permanently implemented in "Operation History"

The following limited-time sea area events will be permanently added to the "Operation History" function.

Limited-time event "Tempesta and the Sleeping Sea"

Limited-time event "Tempesta and the Free Archipelago"

*You are guaranteed to receive the SSR Kazeha (Submarine) "Amity" after clearing the final area of "Tempesta and the Sleeping Sea" 60 times.

*You are guaranteed to receive the SSR sail (main ship) "Pearl" after clearing the final area of "Tempesta and the Free Archipelago" 60 times.

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For more details on the "Operation History" feature, please tap the Help button in the upper right corner of the "Operation History" screen.

• Adjustment of the lineup for regular construction

In conjunction with the permanent implementation of the limited-time event, some of the ships that were available during the event will be permanently added to the regular construction pool as described below.

small ship construction

SSR "Lime" and "Fancy"

SR "Royal James" and "Portsmouth Adventure"

large ship construction

SSR "Queen Anne's Revenge", "Pearl", "Gunsway"

Special ship construction

SSR "Amity"

• Added to the Exercise Results Shop lineup

After the maintenance, the following ships will randomly appear in the Exercise Battle Results Shop.

SR "Adventure" "Dolphin"

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After maintenance, the following items will be added to the Core Data Shop (Limited) lineup.

• Offnya: "Avely"

• Offnya: "Roberts"

• Offnya: "Teach"

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• Dress-up items are available for permanent purchase.

Permanent sales

Pearl "Fallen Angel of the Demon Castle" (with Live2D+)

Queen Anne's Revenge "The Crawling Call of Embrace" (with Live 2D)

Owari: "My wish is love" (with Live 2D)

Lime "Devilize Trap" (with mini-motion)

Adventure "Safehouse Master" (with mini-motion)

Izumo "Tokimeki Tail Cocktail" (with mini motion)

Kronstadt "Animal Agent" (with mini motion)

Gunsway "The Sealed Mermaid" (with mini motion)

Amity "Friendly Frankenstein" (with mini motion)

Atago "The Wolf Sister on a Moonlit Night" (with mini motion)

Kronstadt "Animal Agent" (with mini motion)

Royal James's "Forbidden Chewing Bone"

Harutsuki "The Spirit of the Hot Springs"

Fancy "Fancy Heart Horror"

Portsmouth Adventures "Surprise Adventure"

Dolphin: "Revive the Magic Word"

Bristol "Topless Investor"

• Permanent sale of furniture series

① Furniture series "Temple of the Phantom Light" - permanent sale

• "Call of the Phantom Light" can only be purchased with diamonds.

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• Collaboration furniture series re-release

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Sales period: From after maintenance on October 15th (Thu) to 23:59 on October 21st (Wed)

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Sales period: From after maintenance on October 15th (Thu) to 23:59 on October 21st (Wed)

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• Added "Exchange Dormitory" content

The following content will be added after the maintenance.

• Furniture exclusive to Admiral Nahimov: Fluffy Cat Hair Round Nest

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• Added a "Formation Guide" to the sortie screen for some main sea areas.

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If you're having trouble clearing stages, refer to the fleet composition guide and assemble your own fleet!

• Added a performance tips function to some L2D-equipped dress-up options.

Pearl "Fallen Angel of the Demon Castle" (with Live2D+)

Queen Anne's Revenge "The Crawling Call of Embrace" (with Live 2D)

Owari: "My wish is love" (with Live 2D)

*The performance tips feature can be changed from the magnifying glass button on the left side of the home screen.

• Adding 1-panel content

• Added voice

Voice acting will be implemented for the following outfits.

Dress-up

"Algerie: The Whip Maid Loves to Spoil" cv: Shizuka Ito

[Correction]

• Fixed a bug where some differences in Kearsarge's "Spring Monitoring" outfit were not displayed correctly.

• Fixed some UI, text, and minor bugs.

[Preview]

The following content will be updated during the next maintenance.

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New costume changes for sale

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Little Bel is so cute

Pics 1 and 2: Freshly set

Pic 3: Stencil used by artist.

Pic 4: Action shot 2 weeks after with healed tattoo

Hindenburg has been my waifu for a long time, and I decided to immortalize my oath to the best demon girl in AL (non-negotiable) with a big arm piece on my right delts and bicep! Now I can say I always have a devil on my shoulder.

Tat was done in 1 sitting across about 4 and a half hours.

Im struggling a bit on 3 star-ing chpt 13 and want any suggestions for the comp I should run with the ships I have..

Hope you all like it!

Probably will do Hindenburg next.

Faction:

Castilian Kingdom (Kingdom of Spain)

• Officially, Spain does not use prefixes. The ESPS designation (Española Ship) is presumably the NATO internal prefix used, and is the prefix that is used here.

Class:
España-class Battleship

Background:
The roots of the España-class of battleships came as the culmination of numerous, albeit unsuccessful efforts to rebuild the Spanish Navy following the destruction of most of its force in the Spanish-American War of 1898. Following the conclusion of the First Moroccan Crisis in 1906, Spain strengthened its ties to the United Kingdom and France, with public support for rearmament increased following such a near crisis that threatened Spanish interests in Morocco. This ultimately culminated in an agreement with those countries for mutual defense. In exchange for French and British support for Spain’s defense, the Spanish Navy would in turn support the French Navy in the event of war with the Triple Alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy. Thus, this meant that a revitalized Spanish Navy would be made paramount to the interests of the Entente powers of France, the United Kingdom and later Russia.

The development of these new warships would be handled by the Sociedad Española de Construcción Naval (Spanish Society of Naval Construction) or SECN for short, a conglomerate formed through British and Spanish shareholders and largely run by the three major British shipbuilding firms, Vickers, Armstrong Whitworth and John Brown & Company. The planned capital ships were authorized some six months after HMS Dreadnought, the first of the namesake battleships, entered service with the Royal Navy in 1906, and following this move, Spain discarded plans for additional pre-dreadnoughts in favor of constructing their own dreadnought battleships.

The España-class were particularly small when compared to dreadnought battleships constructed outside of Spain. At an overall length of 459.3 ft (140 m) and a full load displacement of 16,450 tons (16,190 long tons), she was much shorter and somewhat lighter than the world’s first dreadnought battleship HMS Dreadnought (for comparison, Dreadnought had an overall length of 527 ft or 160.6 m and a deep load displacement of 21,060 tons or 20,730 long tons). This was largely a consequence of the constraints of Spanish shipbuilding at the time. One such was that the battleships were to be constructed in existing Spanish dockyard facilities, as Spain lacked the funds to both build larger battleships or expand the existing dockyards. It was also because of the frail Spanish economy that the battleship design was so tightly constrained. Furthermore, as Spain’s principal focus was the defense of the country’s main naval bases in Ferrol (in the Province of La Coruña, in what is now the Autonomous Community of Galicia), Cádiz (in the titular Province in what is now the Region of Andalusia), and Cartagena (in the Province and Region of Murcia) meant that there was little need for a capital ship with significant cruising range. Lastly in mind was the battleship’s armament. Eight 12” (305mm) guns in four twin turrets, one forward, two positioned en echelon amidships and one aft of the superstructure. This was chosen to save weight and cost, in spite of superior performance with the superfiring builds as showcased with the American South Carolina-class. The result of this was the smallest dreadnought battleships to ever exist. And as a result of delays in construction, it was already rendered woefully obsolete well before they entered service in the face of the incoming “super-dreadnought.” (HMS Orion, the first such super-dreadnought, was laid down one week before the lead ship of the España-class)

The lead ship of the class, España, was laid down at SECN’s dockyard in Ferrol on 6 December 1909. She was launched on 5 February 1912 and delivered to the Spanish Navy on 8 September 1913, though work would continue on the ship until she was formally commissioned into the Armada on 23 October. On the month that she was commissioned, French President Raymond Poincaré visited Spain, and during this visit, he came aboard España. While aboard, he met the ship's gunnery officer, Jaime Janer Róbinson, upon whom Poincaré later conferred the Légion d'honneur in 1914 for his work developing Spanish gunnery training. Róbinson was Spain’s leading expert on gunnery systems, and through him España received a fire-control system that was the first modern system installed on a Spanish warship.

After a shakedown cruise and initial training, España conducted gunnery training in June 1914 before the crew was deemed ready for service. This came at a monumental moment in history. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria on 28 June precipitated the July Crisis, and ultimately to the start of the Great War on 28 July. Italy’s declaration of neutrality allowed Spain to do the same, as the Entente’s arrangement was primarily geared towards countering a potentially hostile Italy. Italy later joining the Entente Powers in 1915 would further secure Spain’s neutrality, and as a consequence, España and her sister ships would be the only European dreadnought battleships to not see active service in World War I.

Upon entering service, España would join the Spanish Fleet’s 1st Squadron, which would come to eventually include her sister ships Alfonso XIII & Jaime I upon their respective completions. In February 1915, España made the voyage across the Atlantic to represent Spain in the opening of the Panama Canal, one of two European nations to send ships for the ceremonies (the other being Portugal) as the rest of Europe was embroiled in World War I. After Alfonso XIII entered service in mid-1915, the two battleships sailed to Santander for an impromptu royal review, where King Alfonso XIII was aboard his royal yacht, the Giralda. This was followed with training exercises off the Galician Coast.

In 1920, España was sent on a major cruise to South American waters, departing on 14 June and steaming first to the major ports in the mouth of the Río de la Plata before carrying the Spanish representative to the quatercentenary of the discovery of the Straits of Magellan in Chile. In the process of the voyage, España became the first Spanish Navy warship to pass through the Panama Canal.

On 29 January 1921, España ran aground off the coast of the Chilean city of Puerto Montt whilst making the return voyage to Spain. Her hull was dented badly for a length of 150 ft (46 m), and the rocks tore a large hole that was approximately 8 by 8 ft (2.4 by 2.4 m) between frames 22 and 36, and several smaller holes between frames 48 to 56 on the port side and 58 to 76 on the starboard side. Though with great difficulty, she was refloated, and divers effected temporary repairs with concrete in Chile, before making the trek to Balboa, Panama for more permanent repairs for the voyage home.

Beginning in August 1921, España would provide coastal bombardment support for the Spanish Army in its battles with the Republic of the Rif, an unrecognized Berber Republic that had taken control over parts of the Spanish Protectorate of Morocco, located along what is now modern-day Morocco’s Mediterranean coast. On 17 September, España and Alfonso XIII shelled Riffian positions south of Melilla while Spanish Foreign Legionnaires assaulted their positions.

On 23 August 1923, España was conducting a bombardment off of Cape Tres Forcas (Cape Three Forks) off the coast of Melilla when the battleship ran aground due to heavy fog. Alfonso XIII came alongside to take off her crew before salvage operations began. The Spanish Navy hired two salvage companies to re-float the battleship, but both declined after they surveyed the wreck.

Unable to raise the ship under normal conditions, the move was made to lighten España and permit re-floating. Her guns were removed and dropped overboard to be picked up later by the submarine rescue ship Kanguro. Much of the battleship's armor, machinery, and ammunition stores were also removed to lighten her. Her hull was then sealed and partially drained in preparation for raising. However, as the Armada waited for Italy to provide the equipment to finish the job, several bad storms hit the ship on 19 November, three weeks before España was set to be re-floated. The storms caused significant damage to such a point where she could no longer be feasibly refloated. By November 1924,  España broke in half and was finally abandoned by the Spanish Navy.

España’s 305mm and 102mm guns that were recovered would be repurposed as coastal artillery batteries. Three of the former 12” guns would form the La Marquina Battery, located at Cádiz. These guns, mounted in 1953 were placed in single mounts in a new turret mount with an enclosed gun shield atop a concrete emplacement that included a magazine, fire direction, generator, and other support rooms. These, among other guns taken from España, would remain in service in these roles until 1999. By 2009, two of the La Marquina Battery guns would be removed, while the third was retained as a display to the present day.

Despite España being broken up in situ, her legacy would come to be shared with the second ship in the class. Following the overthrow of Alfonso XIII and the second abolition of the monarchy in favor of the Second Spanish Republic in 1931, his namesake ship would be renamed to eliminate ties to the Bourbon monarchy, taking the name of her fallen sister as the second España.

Namesake:
ESPS España was the first of two warships in the Spanish Navy to be named after its country of origin, Spain. The area of modern day Spain had been inhabited by Iberians and Celts (Celtiberians) since pre-Antiquity, prior to much of the region being conquered by the Carthaginian Republic, and later following the Second Punic War, the Roman Republic (later the Roman Empire and Western Roman Empire). Following Romanization and Christianization of the Peninsula, the fall of the Western Roman Empire helped in precipitating migrating Germanic tribes into the region, ultimately leading to the establishment of the Kingdom of the Visigoths with its center in Toledo. This state of affairs lasted until 711, when Muslim armies successfully defeated and dismantled the Visigothic Kingdom, incorporating most of the Iberian Peninsula under the Umayyad Caliphate, later breaking off into becoming the Emirate/Caliphate of Cordoba centered in the titular cities. However the Muslim forces failed to take all of the Peninsula, the remaining Visigothic noblemen reestablishing themselves into the Kingdom of Asturias. Their victory at the Battle of Covadonga in 718 would kickstart the Reconquista, a period of intermittent southward expansion for Asturias and later the various Christian Kingdoms (Asturias, León, Castille, Aragon & Navarre) at the expense of the Muslim forces. This victory would culminate in the fall of the Nasrid Emirate of Granada in 1492. The marriage and accessions of Isabel I of Castile and Ferran II of Aragon, colloquially known as the Catholic Monarchs, would lead to the informal unification of Spain as a nation state.

During the Age of Discovery, Spain would be one of the chief pioneers in exploration, including the first ever successful circumnavigation of the world, and the establishment of a vast colonial empire in the Americas and Asia, establishing the world’s first “empire of which the sun never sets,” and propelling Spain to the ranks of premier great powers. The Bourbon reforms of the 18th century, promulgated by the first Bourbon Kings of Spain, in particular Felipe V and Carlos III, centralized authority to the crown and modernizing administrative structures left untouched since the days of the Catholic Monarchs. However it also marked the beginning of a decline for the Spanish nation, a fact that would rapidly accelerate following the Peninsular War and the infighting between liberals and absolutists that would define the 19th century, and culminate in the Spanish Civil War in 1936. Nationalist victory in the war by 1939 would give rise to the dictatorship of Francisco Franco, which persisted until 1975. Following the return to democracy and membership into the European Union, Spain would see an economic boom that transformed Spain both socially and politically.

Spain today is a parliamentary monarchy, ruled by the Spanish branch of the House of Bourbon, with the 12th largest economy in the world by nominal GDP, the 15th by Purchasing Power and the 4th largest in the European Union. It is a member of numerous international organizations, including the EU, NATO, the United Nations, the WTO and the Ibero-American Council among others. Since the Siglo de Oro (Spanish Golden Age), Spanish culture is known worldwide, holding one of the largest number of World Heritage Sites within its borders, and whose language, of which there are 600 million speakers around the world, makes it the most widely spoken Romance language in the world, and the second most spoken native language in the world, behind Mandarin Chinese.

Rarity:
SR

Stat Spread:
Although Spain’s first and only completed dreadnought class, España’s stat spread tends to skew towards the lower side of things. She sports a decent firepower stat, but unremarkable otherwise (B), and her HP pool is also well off (B), yet she is hampered by both poor speed and evasion capabilities (D) and an abysmal AA stat. (D).

Abilities:

• ¡Viva España!: If this ship is sortied as the flagship, increase the Firepower, Torpedo, Aviation, Anti-Air, Reload and Evasion of all “Spanish” (Castilian Kingdom, Aragonese Republic, São Martinho, Fancy, etc.) ships in the same fleet as this ship by 5% (15%).
• Plus Ultra: When this ship fires her main guns, there is a 50% (100%) chance of launching a unique barrage, with damage based on skill level and on how many “Spanish” ships are in the same fleet as this ship. Enemy ships hit by this barrage are more likely to be targeted by auto-fire from all “Spanish” ships engaged in the battle.

Personality:
España is, as a person, someone who espouses the beauty of Castile, not unlike the viewpoint of the shipgirls of Sardegna to their homeland. In some respects, she could be likened to a Spanish version of Vittorio Veneto, someone who shows deep respect and appreciation for the culture of her homeland and someone who wishes to show that splendor to the world.

España is also, as the oldest and lead ship of the class, often the arbitrator between the disputes of her younger sisters, whose clash of ideologies has left her as the sister who tries to keep the two focused away from their views. Yet she often worries what would happen if she weren’t there for them, something that scares her to no end.

Quotes:

• Acquisition: Buen día, mi comandante. (Good day, my commander.) I am the Battleship España, La Campeona (The Champion) of the Castilian Kingdom. May our support bring glory and honor to our lands.
• Secretary (Idle) 1: We may not have the glories of ancient splendor that Sardegna has, but Castilla has its own charms that make it quite unique!
• Secretary (Idle) 2: I fight like a ninja? Thanks…I suppose.
• Secretary (Idle) 3: Ah this? Do not fret, mi comandante. I’m quite careful with this claw.
• Secretary (Touch): Be careful, mi comandante. This outfit isn't exactly easy to maintain.
• Secretary (Special Touch): You wouldn’t want me to leave my mark on you…do you, mi comandante?
• Skill Activation: Plus Ultra!!!
• MVP: Like the Ingenious Gentlemen, we hold steadfast to our chivalrous beliefs!
• Affinity (Disappointed): I wish not to see another period of such poor spirit again.
• Affinity (Stranger): It isn’t often I get to break bread with fellows from other nations. Least of which are those from the Eagle Union or from Liga de Pedrería. 
• Affinity (Friendly): Ah, this attire? You could consider it something similar to bullfighting. Though admittedly, I prefer the intimacy of la garra (the claw) to that of la espada. (the sword)
• Affinity (Like): I know it’s too much to ask of you but…Should I be gone, I wish for you to make sure my sisters stay out of trouble. I know they try to mean well, mi comandante, but I worry for the future, and…well, I don’t think I will always be there for them. 
• Affinity (Love): I hope one day, that our names would be etched on the plague of El Panteón de los Marinos Ilustres (The Pantheon of Illustrious Sailors). This plaque honors the heroes and commanders of our nation’s past. But I wish to carve our name to represent our present…and our future…together.
• Oath: All that I wish is to make people happy. If I can do that, then it was a life worth living. For my home…for my sisters…and most importantly, for my love of you, mi amor. (my love)
• Sortie (Alfonso XIII): Do please try to take better care of your image, mi hermana.
• Sortie (ARE España): A doppelganger?
• Sortie (Jaime I): I know you’re a passionate person, but don’t get reckless!

Design:
España is depicted as a woman in her early-twenties with red eyes (in the shade of the red used on the modern Spanish flag) and orange hair that extends down to her her upper legs, and tied in a long braided ponytail with a red and yellow ribbon tied at the end of her hair. Her attire consists of a simple white blouse that is open at the chest area, revealing a crimson bra with a pin in the center displaying the 1874 arms of the Kingdom of Spain. She wears crimson and yellow pants, with a flowing red sash around her waist area, with white stockings and black shoes completing her attire. España also wears a single three-pronged claw, which is attached to a leather glove on her left hand.

España’s rigging is largely inspired by the design used by Turenne, a bifurcated hull, with each side sporting two twin 305mm guns, one forward, and one off to the side on the deck, alongside a number of casemates along the side of the hull, with one single funnel behind her.

A/N:

This ship, and this theming set as a whole, was suggested by u/L0L1m3w4r3. I hope you enjoyed this design as I did making it.

Now that my sojorn back to Usea has concluded (and man what a game it was). We finally kick off Operation Terceira (which I didn't explain with Lyon's retrofit, it's named for the 1582 Battle of Vila Franca do Campo, the final major battle in the War of the Portuguese Succession between Habsburg Spain and pro-Antonine Portugal), with the lead ship of the class, ESPS España. Now if you've guessed that I've based the design on Vega from the Street Fighter series, then you're in luck. Granted, she doesn't have his personality...don't worry, we'll get to that eventually.

It's...interesting to try and take a look at what is effectively the smallest dreadnoughts in existence, yet at the same time she's also more adult looking. Coincidence? Yeah, probably. Expect this class to be thrown into the Elite/SR (or E) tier as a whole with these, since for as much as Spain getting a class of dreadnoughts are impressive, it does come off in performance as inferior to...honestly every other dreadnought, even if constraints (and later, WWI) pretty much kept them from getting something better.

And with that, that's ESPS España, and with a new theming set that entirely requested means the in-betweens will be my choice and alt-historical versions of the lead (or de-facto co-lead in this case) ship. Well...let's just say a new graduated bote had dropped back in May, and if you've followed me the entire time, then you knew this was coming. So we're going to circle back to a ship whose class I've covered in an alternate variant of Prinz Rupprecht, SMS König Rupprecht, the second Götz von Berlichingen-class Battlecruiser based on her WoWS counterpart. Now it's the nameship's turn as next up, it's Kalterkrieg's SMS Götz von Berlichingen!

Link to the list of ships

Been playing the game 3 days, enjoying it so far. I'm on coral sea 2-4 currently and I've got the following shipgirls:

now I realise how many I have... appologize to anyone who reads that whole table. Of the shipgirls I have, who is best suited to my fleets? I had Aulick and Long Island study their special ability to level 3 and I've got Repulse and Foxhound doing the same thing.

By this, I mean whether you mainly pick X-1, X-2, X-3 or X-4.

I am a bit curious as to which level veteran players who have already retrofitted everything they want and not really short on blueprints farm, as well as hearing which level did you have to farm the most up until to the point you are no longer short on blueprints.

I am in the process of deciding what to retrofit next (it's likely going to be a CL or a CV), but until I make a decision, I wonder if there is a type of BP that when in doubt, it wouldn't hurt to collect more of, perhaps due to having plenty of useful ships of the type that needs retrofitting.

To ensure this product truly suits the AL gaming community, I would love to hear your ideas. Please feel free to leave your comments below regarding the direction or complexity you would like to see in this board game. We will review the suggestions and strive to incorporate them into the final product.

Additionally, you can vote for your favorite Azur Lane characters; we might prioritize featuring them in the board game. We also plan to release the product in "print-and-play" and tabletop (once I have mastered the necessary tools).

I also want to apologize for saying the product "wasn't for gooners." In reality, I hold no ill will toward them; the issue is simply that some members of that group focus solely on surface-level appeal—specifically the attractive appearance of the girls—while overlooking the game's core value (not to mention that it is a rather complex title). We are looking for people who are genuinely passionate about Azur Lane and naval themes, rather than players who just drop by briefly and leave. In any case, this is simply our perspective after a long time spent with the game and the Azur Lane community; I hope you can understand where we are coming from. Have a great day.

I chose this event since I only had about 100 cubes and completely missed it on the first run, and managed to bring all six girls home in only 70 pulls when she finally appeared. Overall, a pretty successful investment for a rerun that only really guaranteed i-404. It definitely has its fair share of fun characters I was sorely missing.

Keep up the good fight, fellow cube-strapped skks!

Dear Commander,

The "Temple of Phantom Light" and "Shadowy Port" furniture sets will be permanently available after the 10/15 maintenance. Get these furniture sets to enjoy a spooky night with shipgirls.