You won't go anywhere?

Yeah, I promise.

I'm sorry, really I am...

Zeppelin...

I'm thinking of you girls here!

Nagato, Ooyodo, Sazanami... Do you think that they want that kind of ending? That anyone here does?

Just going throw me away in the end too?

I was being thoughtless.

Supporting... from behind the scenes, huh?

But that's a story for another day...

Who even asked for you to resign?

That's...

...are you...

Are you, having raised my hopes so high...

It's all my fault.

Certainly, you are a coward that's unable to face a shipgirl head-on.

I was found out!?

But all we ask for is an officer that takes care of us, that treats us well.

That means you... and I think everyone else pretty much knows that too, right?

For you to abandon your post...

would be nothing less than a complete betrayal of the trust the shipgirls in this base have in you.

For all the shipgirls that will be posted here in the future...

You - the base that you made - I'm sure it will become crucial.

So let's not talk of resignation... I want you to continue on.

As an "Admiral"...

How you show thoughtfulness is clumsy and lacks direction.

Your personal life, frankly, is a mess.

You have a perverted streak of sneaking a peek at any shipgirl with large breasts...

If you're still lacking in courage, and can't bring yourself to command directly...

Why don't you give supporting the shipgirls from behind the scenes a go to start with?

Even if it's just brushing yourself up on shipgirl info and battle tactics...

You really do have some impetus to involve yourself in the running of the base, don't you?

With this advice from Graf, the Admiral gradually involved himself in shipgirl operations from the shadows.

As a result, he saved the Naval Base from a crisis - but also had piping-hot oden shoved into his face.

SELF LOATHING

Saying that "people need you"...

But not realising what you need yourself...