Tea, Crumpets, and God Save the ... F***ING BOMBERS!!!

To translator, Repulse call Wales "big brother" is probably because she is a "Prince". And also, in Asian culture (or Chinese at least) don't refer to ships in any gender as far as I know.

How ironic that they defeated the Bismarck with the help of planes will causes them to sink by it.

laisy said:

To translator, Repulse call Wales "big brother" is probably because she is a "Prince". And also, in Asian culture (or Chinese at least) don't refer to ships in any gender as far as I know.

It's cantonese, not mandarin, 'big brother' in this case is closer to 'senpai' or 'senior'.

Minimin said:

It's cantonese, not mandarin, 'big brother' in this case is closer to 'senpai' or 'senior'.

Oh right, forgot to consider about Cantonese.

laisy said:

To translator, Repulse call Wales "big brother" is probably because she is a "Prince". And also, in Asian culture (or Chinese at least) don't refer to ships in any gender as far as I know.

It's actually a thing in the Battleship Girls fanbase in China. Lots of jokes about Prince of Wales being the manliest shipgirl around and how she's everyone's big brother. USS Tennessee overtook PoW in this regard when she was implemented, she's such a tomboy that a lot of the Chinese fanbase jokingly refer to her as a shipboy. They're both very popular, however, and from what I understand, Tennessee is not only a commonly married character among Chinese fans, but she is also a bit of a gender equality symbol among some fans.

Minimin said:

It's cantonese, not mandarin, 'big brother' in this case is closer to 'senpai' or 'senior'.

More like "aniki".