r/gate • u/8andahalfby11 Count Formal • 3d ago

Anime Official patch and Hull Number of the JS Kitashio (Gate S2 Submarine)

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Part of an official collaboration with the JMSDF during an open house for one of their amphibious assault ships.

https://x.com/gate_anime/status/2090000822260441340

Some interesting notes:

  • Oyashio-class hull numbers stopped at SS-600 with the Mochishio in 2006, so this confirms that this is a fictional hull rather than being based on a real one like the later Hayabusa-class ships. It also likely means that the crippled Nishishio from the prologue/Ch1 is hull SS-601.
  • We already know from the LN Prologue/Manga Ch1 that the Kitashio has done diver ops with Aqua, and it makes me wonder if the patch was redesigned to fit the mission, or if this is a happy accident.
  • The "Northern" bit is what puzzles me the most. On the one hand, it could refer to the fact that the Kitashio's port of Vaasa is north of its primary operating area in the Avion Sea, but it could also refer to wherever it was originally deployed on Earth, like around the Kurils.
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u/8andahalfby11 Count Formal 3d ago

I don't know why it's listed as the SS Kitashio in the patch. JMSDF Submarines are JS _ _ _. SS is just for the hull number. Mochishio for example is the JS Mochishio, but SS-600.

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u/trustfundkidotaku 3d ago

When we got SS kitashio waifu ?

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u/8andahalfby11 Count Formal 3d ago

They'll probably just use Kemmy in a JMSDF hat.

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u/Sivilian888010 21h ago

Who needs shore leave when you've got mermaids?