HISTORY!? In MY gacha game?? (The Dossiers Pilot) 

Imagine going to history class and your weeb of a Teacher has found the perfect excuse to talk about his ship waifus to the class with educational merit.

I was not prepared for Juneau's backstory and voice acting to get me a bit teary eyed. New mission acquired: Protect Juneau at all costs.

Somebody is a fan of the Bun Bun 😁 Also ... Protecc Arizona. She is precious

U-556 drawing of herself and Bismark with her promise(an item in game was Certificate of Sponsorship) called to protect Bismark for giving her a band for her launch was the thing that made me a tear up. I thought it was just a bit too much then i search thinking Certificate of Sponsorship and the borrowed band was not real and i was broken after learning it was real and did include a drawing of U556 and Bismark with a promise that was unfulfilled.

I cannot believe you left out USS San Francisco and her special line when paired with Juneau promising no more friendly fire as a reference to Juneau's final battle when SF accidentally fired at Juneau in the blinding melee. And let's not forget the special line from HMS Indomitable when paired with Repulse and Prince of Wales promising not to let them down this time. Which was a reference to the fact that HMS Indomitable was supposed to be part of Force Z, but sustained damage along the way and was forced to return to port, leaving Repulse and PoW to their fate on that fateful day on December 10 to Japanese bombers. Who knew a simple gacha game designed to eat your wallet has such a deep and colorful history for all the individual ships both on an individual level or when correctly paired with other ships.

About girls and their memories of IRL events - as far as i remember, it's stated in lore what they are constructed using PIECES OF THE ORIGINAL SHIPS combined with Wisdom cubes, and the one which were not built IRL are using blueprints instead. So the things which happened to them in our world happened to them also in the world of Azur Lane, as we can assume it had the same history prior to all the Sirens shinenigans. They even reference the fact what some events are "Reenactments" of battles which already happened, solidifying this further

Arizona sits on her second turrets location. The turret that detonated.

What I got out of this is that if me and my 4 brothers died on a sinking Navy Ship, during a great historical battle, the chances of us being immortalised as voice lines of appearing as force-ghosts to a cute anime ship-waifu are never going to be zero.

What a great video! I think the best way to describe Azur Lane is 'Come for the cute girls, stay for the historical details'. I was amazed when I first learned that the item on Arizona's belt was a model of the actual memorial. It's the little details like that I think make the game a cut above the rest.

Hood’s VA also voiced Tirpitz Hood must’ve been reincarnated😂😂

I love this. Personally, I’ve always found great interest with learning naval history. When I first came across Azur Lane it was technically by complete accident. I was reading up on some history stuff and went to check for more references images when I began to notice these anime girls kept coming up alongside the ships I was looking for. So, with curiosity taking hold, I looked further into it. And now, 2 years on, I’m thoroughly invested in the world and game which Azur Lane presents.

I haven’t played in years but I might just go back for the plot rather than the “plot”. And my god the final entry for this is gold. LMAO!

Man... reading USS Enterprise most famous records really made me love the ships, and in extension the girl. It makes me patriotic even though I'm not even American. She's like the last boss of IJN in WW2. Complete with a cheat skill...

Excellent video! You summed up all the good things about Azur Lane that made me a fan of the game, beyond the gameplay. the game put its best foot forward in using actual history into making the ship girls interesting, full of personality, and (most importantly) potential waifu bait. I must say that as an early Eagle Union fan that the depictions of Arizona, Juneau, and Laffey won me to the game with their portrayals. Hood as the prim & proper Grand Dame, Bismarck as the steel souled, steel spined warrior haunted by the past (and her sly, sarcastic, sexy lieutenant), and the hard working but upbeat Belfast also helped to win me over as well. Four years and a campaign reboot later, I'm still playing, and still having a great time.

Highly appreciate for a 2023 video covering story of the very old characters. If a single viewer is again moved or get interested to AL, this video worths it.

Azur Lane is one of my favourite games, partially because of the waifus and the gameplay, but mostly because of the history as you brought up. Little bit of a shame they seem to have at least partially lost their way with that regard though. Still, great video!

It’s characters like Arizona and Helena, my two early main ships used when I started, that had me really appreciating not just the voice lines but the actual voice acting. Arizona, historically, was lost in Pearl Harbor and it’s the Azur Lane character’s references not just to the ptsd of the event but the references to the Arizona Tears which is something that happens now where her oil is leaking and is like “tears”. She is afraid with such a traumatic event all the way until you pledge to her. Helena herself suffers from her own ptsd of serving in World War II. One line that gets me is “save me, ignore the enemy let them go” which references to when Helena is sunk and her crew was abandoned prematurely by her fellow strike force to chase enemy ships. A very carefully made game that even if fun and “plot” filled, it is actually maintains a solid referencing to history. This is by far the best gacha game that I have ever played. The story during events is also awesome and very interesting but does anyone pay attention to that or is it just me?

USS Laffey DD-459 was probably the most fearless destroyer ever. Up there with HMS Gloworm which rammed Admiral Hipper

you forgot that Juneau her "In the swan garden" she has 5 Swans with her...... my favorite its gotta be shinano, and her lines. a never completed carrier. who in game is forever sleepy, and archer fish who killed her, she has fragments of one of her swords and moons on her character art.

my favorite character in game (and also a ship I like quite a bit) is Admiral Graf Spee (a Deutschland class cruiser (don't know if heavy or light)) has quite a story to tell. Admiral Graf Spee was an active raider in the south Atlantic at the start of world war 2 and became a high priority target rather quickly, on the 13th of December 1939 (also known as the Battle of River Rlate) she fought 3 british cruisers (HMS Ajax, HMS Achilles and HMS Exeter) after the battle Admiral Graf Spee ran to Montevideo (Uruguay) for repairs. due to intentional misinformation on fleet strength the admiral of the Graf Spee (Hans Langsdorff) thought that the carrier Ark Royal and Battlecruiser Renown were guarding the port to sink the Graf Spee. with the 72 hour limit for repairs in neutral nations the Admiral Graf Spee was then scuttled on December 20th. in Azur lane she makes a lot of comments about her time in the south Atlantic (normal touch, mvp, mail reminder, return to port, affinity: crush, commission complete, victory (sortie) main screen 2 (not oathed)) and probably a few more I'm forgetting rn but yeah there's a lot of references and I consequentially looked up the story quite a bit longer than I expected it to be lol, have a nice day/night everyone:)

Tfw the Alcoholic part of Laffey is even funnier. Sailors used to syphon alcohol from torpedo fuel, mix it with pinneaple juice and drink it. Look up Torpedo juice

Amazingly entertaining video! I’ve been wanting to make a video like this for awhile and I may do the same soon. I also love this game for its history, and your head cannon that every ship has some baggage is something I’ve subscribed to for awhile. My favorite ship is IJN Akagi. After her secretary quest line, I realized how f*cked up she is. She has major separation anxiety after the losses of her sister and being abandoned at midway. She was immediately shouldered with the burden as de-facto carrier flagship and now she’s seen as crazy or too prone to attachment, when in reality she’s desperate for someone to validate her and acknowledge her. Anyone who could take you away from her would be the straw to finally kill her spirit. I found an immediate calling with her to never leave her side, and when the secretary quest and some of the skins from her other voice lines dispel the myth that she wants you to be alone with her (she is willing to share you and even concede you to love another as long as you never forget Akagi) she was the perfect waif to give my second oath ring to, as Vanguard was my first (the cute British weeb had me doing summersaults and she’s just like my actual partner today)

What! You’re telling me I missed a Cheshire at Otakon? I saw an Enterprise on the last day while leaving our hotel room and I thought I saw a Honolulu in the yukata skin, but I wasn’t sure.

Just now seeing your video really good job man. I’m sure you’ll be pleased to know they built a second laffey that definetly lived up to the name, she fought an entire squadron of kamikazes while on radar picket and survived.

USS Laffey. Everybody's favorite Sexy, Narcoleptic, God of War.

This video is amazing! I could easily watch a 2-hour version of this video covering more ships.

With all the respect i have for shipgirls in general, the KC AL comparison felt really unfair. AL used to be a cool history node of references back when it started even despite some weird design choices. I must admit is amazing to see you mentioning Hood. She is by far the best shipgirl design that looks like a proper shipgirl in comparison with the dragons and futuristic riggings we are getting recently.

Yostar's getting on my nerves not releasing the USS Midway, literally the only armored aircraft carrier that the Eagle Union could possess in contrast towards the Royal Navy's Illustrious-class. Would've been a major upgrade since the Essex-class swarm that could pop out in any American-themed event

Yukikaze is my personal favorite not because of her design (ok maybe partially) but because of her history which is full of lore

FGO players and AL players are both learning history thanks to anime waifus and i fuckin love it

Actually the Anime and later the manga got me interested in the game. So the Anime was positive for me. And believe it or not I think the ship girls are based on Japanese mythology and Folklore which is the Tsukumogami which is a belief that inanimate objects gain a spirit or have a spirit attached to them. Plus you have stories of ghost ships. So I think besides the historical background you have Japanese mythology and about stories of ghost ships in this game and anime. I love it. Great video very informative ❤

You can also check out Animarchy History for his series on "the real ship's of Azur Lane." Enterprise is a 4 part one. He also had Drachinifel on for a discussion about the details in some of the ship girls.

I'm not sure if anyone have mention this but I know I'm not the 1st one... one of Juneau new skin have 5 white crane(flamingo maybe) in it and it could also be a refference to The Sullivans Brothers... World Of Warships is the reason why I love WW2 ships... Kancolle was the reason why I study to know them better... and Azur Lane is the reason why I still continue loving and learning about them to this day...

Funny thing about the Northampton class, they were the first class of 'Heavy' Cruiser designed with the limitations of the new naval treaty system in mind. They decided to try and maintain and/or improve firepower and speed, but something had to give. They decided to skimp on the armor, and the Nothhamptons had some of the thinnest armor of any Heavy Cruiser at the time.

The only gacha that has everything i need....😊

Ok, first I was interested:Like Then I was hooked: Subscribe Then I heard there Laffey part:Notifications on I’m following this channel for the long run now!

I just watch this at 4:57 AM Saturday September 16. Good job narrating and I learned something today😀

24:33 its also sad that now. All the Arizona survivor is gone the last one just recently died.

Left behind in the fjords of Norway and "Bombed To Hell By The Royal Air Force" "Intense Tripitz Moaning Noises"

A little piece of interest on Arizona. Her sister Pennsy and 4 turrets on her rigging. Where as Ari only has 3 due to one still being on the ship.

Zuikaku wasn't the last Carrier to be sunked in the war rather the last of the Pearl Harbour Carrier to be sunked. Unyru, Amagi, Shinano etc would be sunked later than Zuikaku.

Awesome video, I didn't know about Juneau's story. Now i'm seriously thinking about making videos in my native language about certain ships with some AL references along the way haha

I know you mentioned it briefly in the video, but you should really check out Kancolle if you are such a fan of historical references. I think it would be more fair to compare late KC designs to AL as the former was released 2013 and didn't have the advantage of hindsight. KC has done a much better job lately marrying ship elements and personality into their design. KC stays much more grounded especially compared to AL's recent designs and paper/ghost ships. KCs art is also more consistent since a ship class is usually handled by the same artist, so sister ships share the same uniform. This applies to even the "fanservice damaged" art(eg. how they were damaged/sunk), and subsequent retrofits. Even the voice lines are usually some reference or other, with an additional 24 hourly voice lines and event/holiday specific ones on top of the usual(battle, touch, mail, etc). The events and enemies are all based around real operations like Midway, doolittle, etc, with nods to historical ships/equipment by giving them bonuses. Gameplay is also far, far, far more hardcore, with permadeath, RPG like with equipment and retrofit variants(both historical and "what ifs"), and almost necessity for previously mentioned historical bonuses at harder difficulty levels. This extends further into interactions between gameplay mechanics eg. including a PBY-5A Catalina extending the range of your land base air support and "rescuing" downed planes Don't get me wrong, I love AL for what it is, and myself am a huge fan of IB/NP's huge riggings, but KC historical references are just flat out more accurate and numerous even compared to AL's early ones.

Admittedly I’m not the biggest fan of the bullet hell type gameplay that AL provides (it’s not bad by any means. Just im not the biggest fan of Bullet Hell type game.) But why I love AL so much more than pretty much anything else, is because of like you said in the video, the characters. I Love all the characters, and it doesn’t help that I love Naval History (mainly around WW2 Naval History) so I recognize there historical references. But I absolutely love AL for its characters and World itself. Currently have oathed 2 ships, those being my favorite ships both in real life and AL. Those are CV5 Yorktown and CL51 Atlanta.

Ah, the drunk bunny :)

This is the first time I see a Lv125 Long Island lol

Me: cute waifu ship game oh wow Waifu: the screams of my men haunts me in my dreams, i couldn't go back and left my sister to die, help im wounded dont leave me, bloody eternal tears, pink bunny god mode engage TO THE DEATH! Me: o.o

You clearly haven't seen KC Zuikaku's Decisive Battle costume. Also, when I think of a warship type notable for having such a long-range striking power that it usually doesn't actually see the enemy ship-to-ship, I DON'T think "get me closer, I want to hit them with my sword". And while I appreciate the reference to Laffey's rampage at Guadalcanal, the sleep-deprivation does NOT fit in with her history since she only took part in 2 night actions throughout the entire war. If anything, she should be clumsy due to how many times her captain ran aground before Guadalcanal. Now Nicholas has every right to be sleep-deprived since she saw constant night actions during 1943. ALL of 1943.

Now imagine, all four (or 6) Iowa's in the game...two ran aground, one got the other's nose, one has a temper...one repelled an alien invasion...wait...

HAHAHA "Q the DOOM music!" HAHAHAHA

Its crazy to hear your voice again bro! I miss seeing you at school man

Great video Tetavault

Great video! Just found this video on recommendations!

I am pretty sure all Azur Lane ships with terrible ends fear remembering those, considering how Compiler practically tortured some girls by showing them their fate.

Very nice video Tetravault!

I’m not here to dis kancolle, but in a one-by-one comparison, the designs and characters in Azur Lane are so much cooler in my opinion.

I'm really surprised, and kinda almost respect the fact that you didn't bring up the easiest and most famous US warship to talk about. Big E, lucky E, Cv-6, The Grey Ghost, the main girl herself, Enterprise. I have to say, AL could not have done a better job at nailing her character. The sadness she feels at the loss of her comrades, her sisters, her family. The loneliness of being the only one left, just one women verses the world. But her absolute strength and determination, her anger and patriotism pushing her forward, never backing down, never surrendering. But, also like Bismarck, the more you get to know her the more you find out about her soft side her venerable side. I love how complex they made Enterprise which is only fitting and why I love her and this game. Fun fact, the thing that introduced me to this game and my wallet to crying, was AnimeAnarchist's documentary series on Enterprise. Where all he did was go over her history (the real boats history) but with a waifu slapped on top while he spoke, and that was it, that was all it took. And man, I don't regret a thing. If anyone reading this hasn't seen them I highly recommend watching. yes they are like 4 hours a piece but pop them in here and there trust me you won't regret it. P.S. Also Alabama is the best waifu/girl and no I'm not biased bye. 👋

this video made laffey my favorite girl!!

genshin sure have a package, a package of annoying censorship...

As an american it is crucial i get enterprise for my team

I personally like FGO.

Sleepyhead loli 😭😭😭😭😭

Is there a reference to Operation Crossroads when it comes to Nevada?

Cheese has arived

F Juneau