Listen to me.

Those guys are in trouble.

These new enemies are strong.

And they need people who can shoot torpedoes.

.... Let's go sortieing together again.

Right?

......... Oicchi.

She won't recover?

Yes.

An unrepairable device was damaged.

I must say, she was lucky that she didn't sink, but

she is no longer fit for combat.

She will eventually be scrapped in th...

I will...

I will take care of her.

Please. I won't cause trouble for anyone.

Man those guys are heartless.

Throwing you out 'cause you aren't useful to them anymore.

It's like they can change anybody out on their whim.

.... But we only have ourselves. Right?

To think there are machinery that can't be fixed.

Can't we just ask our mechanics to work a little harder?

It's not like Ooichi will get better at this rate, but

Ending it like this is too much for me...

Back when Ooichi was healthy,

she was always right beside me.

Ooichi? Why are you always by my side?

Oh? Isn't it obvious?

I can't have any bad apples near you.

I'll vaporize any that will flock towards you!

Uhh? Do bad apples flock?

... That moment was seriously creepy, but

I know that you really cared about me.

I had such a twisted personality.

Honestly, I appreciated it all.

I became scared being truly loved, and I kept dodging it... I'm sorry.

Nonetheless,

those who love should have been loved back.

I didn't return any of it at all...

That's why I have to respond back to your feelings... No matter what.

Kitakami-san, you're kai 2 too? Yay!

Let's work hard together!

I love you,

Kitakami-san!

If it would have turned out like this,

I should have been more honest to my own feelings...

Kitakami.

Ooi will be scrapped.

Give it up.

It's the Admiral's orders.

I said I'll take care of her.

Shut up.

She's not Ooi.

You understand what I am saying, correct?

I don't understand.

Buzz off, and go tell on that piece of shit.

...... You know.

That Ooi

is an unnaturally "constructed" ship. Don't you?

That's where we are "constructed".

It's as if we are prizes from a toy machine.

However, each constructed ship still has her own different personality.

The very earnest Ooichi.

The warmonger Ooichi.

The shy, shut in Ooichi.

I've seen several variations of her, but...

Despite everything, all of them hated me.

So... Until I found an Ooichi who loved me, I killed the failure Ooichis...

over...

and over...

and over...

and over...

and over...

and over...

and over...

and over again.

And finally, Ooichi was constructed.

I can't guarantee that I'll be able to construct one again.

Even if she's broken, I'll protect Ooichi forever.

We had a promise! We allowed you to construct Ooi in exchange for keeping the secret!

Before it leaks,

we have to dispose of her!

If you will continue to resist, you will...

You don't get it at all..

Ooicchi is

not like you.

She's fabulous, strong, and nice....

.... But it wasn't enough at all.

I had to jump hoops to construct this thing...

For all the suffering I went through,

she hasn't repaid me enough yet.