Pingyuan Lan: Chronicles of the Donghuang Shipgirls in the Year of Jiawu

[Ship Girls] [Historical] [Anime-Based] [No System]

In the summer of 1890, East Asia was lost in a dream woven from tradition and modernity. The great war that had raged along the southern frontier four or five years earlier had become a distant entry in official records. Warships bought at great expense lay quietly in the harbor, while amid deceit and intrigue, the scales of history began to tip.

Let us turn our gaze to Liugong Island. This fortress, on which the empire had pinned its hopes, guarded the sea route dividing the Yellow Sea from the Bohai Sea. But as we draw near the steel warships moored at the docks, look into the ship girls' bewildered eyes, at the rust-spotted grooves inside their gun barrels, and at the countless reports on the desks that have sunk without a trace. Perhaps the history we thought we already knew can awaken some new reflections in us.

Pingyuan, the first armored cruiser built by the Fuzhou Shipyard, is the newest weapon to arrive on this small island. Here, she will face the cold stares of others, the cruelty of the system, and the hardships of war. Yet here, too, she will meet a captain who tries to reach her heart, a companion who chatters incessantly on the mountaintop, and a girl who gazes at the stars in the dead of night, just like her, trapped somewhere.

How long does it take for a weapon to become someone who lives up to her name? How long does it take a girl locked in a glass case to reach the sea?

The armor slowly rusts in the harbor, and the tide of history silently surges in. But the girls' story has only just begun.