Let's go, Kashima.

...Admiral-san...!

I won't let you get your hands on my precious shipgirls.

And I'll be taking the Special Police girls into this base as well.

We'll be taking our leave now.

Vice-admiral, your views towards the shipgirls may be correct in part... but they're too extreme.

As girls - as people, I give them my respect. As shipgirls, I borrow their power.

We're going back now, Kashima, Katori.

An Admiral would not be good. The Japanese implies both "bad decision" and "bad-tasting".

After you're out of the picture, I'll take my time to give the shipgirls here some breaking-in training. The word 調教 is specifically for training/breaking animals, not people.

Commander. It is not only because you treat these weapons as human beings but because you spoil them that you cannot bring them to heel.

Hmpf. Seems all we have here is just a sorry bunch of insubordinate tubs.

Stay! Stay!

Next we meet will be your court-martial, commander.

...sir...

...sir.

And it's over.

And while that may be a half-way solution, as long as these girls have hearts and souls, I sincerely believe in my own heart that this kind of relationship is the right one.

But you don't have a damn clue as to what you're blathering on about...!

I've let you say your piece, let you sit high on your horse.

Court-martial it might be, but the only charge being brought is over your ineptitude at weapons operations and management.

It would be futile for soldiers to do so as well, no?

And then from that precedent, we will move one step closer to imposing a unified treatment of shipgirls as weapons.

then the military authorities must have considered that by doing so, the human rights of shipgirls that have been in a grey area will be forevermore set in stone after the fact, correct?

The battle against the Abyssal Fleet rages on.

What... what did you...

You said that it was... military regulations that were violated...

If we were to grant them official recognisance as 'people', it would become impossible to send them off to fight monsters on the fields of battle.

Just think about it. These girls - these children - looking so very young...

If you're taking these girls to court-martial over misconduct unbefitting of "military personnel"...

Shipgirls can, and must, be treated as nothing more than weapons, and weapons alone. For the sake of humanity.

Truly a joyous occasion.

Can we really wage war whilst protecting the 'human rights' of shipgirls?

Hah, don't make me laugh. Shipgirls? Being human beings?

I say this with all due respect, but...

Certainly, there is a difference between people and shipgirls...

No matter the prattle you throw at me now, there's no way to escape from your dismissal!

Nope, I got nothing.

Heheh... you fool! The mere fact that the Admiral is offering such harsh words towards you...