Well with the other five Pearl Harbor carriers, Zuikaku is the youngest. With Katsuragi, she's the old hand and master.
Zuikaku would rather be the kid I think is what is being said.
Makes sense, as the kid of the group she took part in the fleet's glory days. After Midway she got thrust into the leadership position with her sister, then after Shoukaku sank she was on her own.
She finally became the leader, but anyone with eyes could see that by that point she was the leader of a lost cause. And then you got new carriers like eager, young, bright-eyed Katsuragi thinking the world of her, and it's probably just a twist of the knife for Zuikaku who knows no amount of strength or optimism will save the crumbling force she was thrust into the command of. She's not the leader of the grand Combined Fleet, she's the leader of a death march, of course she's much prefer the days when she was the runt of the litter.
Makes sense, as the kid of the group she took part in the fleet's glory days. After Midway she got thrust into the leadership position with her sister, then after Shoukaku sank she was on her own.
She finally became the leader, but anyone with eyes could see that by that point she was the leader of a lost cause. And then you got new carriers like eager, young, bright-eyed Katsuragi thinking the world of her, and it's probably just a twist of the knife for Zuikaku who knows no amount of strength or optimism will save the crumbling force she was thrust into the command of. She's not the leader of the grand Combined Fleet, she's the leader of a death march, of course she's much prefer the days when she was the runt of the litter.
