Recommended: start with Volume 2
The serious version:
A group of transmigrators quietly enter the pages of world history, writing one unique chapter after another.
The Iris Orthodoxy and the Iron Blood Alliance carve up Western Europe and establish the European Union... facing off against the Northern Union.
The Eagle Union carves up the Americas and establishes the OFN... facing off against the hidden Deep Sea.
The sun rises early in the east, while the lighthouse in the west still shines brightly.
Time slowly advances toward 1945...
The prelude to another era begins to unfold.
"In light of the Deep Sea's ambition to invade the entire globe and its disregard for human rights... we will establish the 'Azur Lane' military organization to unite and arm the world."
League of Nations Resolution 1051
The unserious version:
"Why can't shipgirls join the army? Tankery is way more fun!"
Girls und Panzer
"Anyone who opposes or slanders shipgirls must be a Deep Sea spy! Send them all to meet God!"
Famous quote from the Deep Sea War
"Commander, Admiral, people like that aren't absolutely loyal to the government, so they're absolutely disloyal!"
Yes, Admiral/Commander
"The shipgirls in the military police couldn't possibly have bad intentions. They just want to catch some scumbags."
Government Defender
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