kitakami, ooi, kiso, kuma, and tama (kantai collection) drawn by sakazaki_freddy

laisy said:
As a Malaysian I'm taking offense to this.
Just kidding. The "rights" was still under debate, but it is common believed to originate from Klang, which is now belong to Malaysia.

It's more of a Indo-chinese region dish actually, and the origins stems from a recipe coined by chinese immigrant. I has seen it several times on Vietnam, Indonesian (chinese descent) and even Filipino restaurants.

I escaped~~

Kuma started pursuit of Eritrea who had changed sides. Minelayer Hatsutaka, the 551st Air Group and other vessels and aircraft searched for her with all their strength. When Italy surrendered, Eritrea was escorting a transport submarine inbetween Singapore and Sabang, in Japanese-occupied territory.

Does this girl know her place-kuma...?

I will not allow any Japanese to board. om nom nom

Can you not touch me in such a relaxed manner?

Oh, Nice~

This time too, she managed to escape to Ceylon in a magnificent disappearing act! Even her British captors praised her for pulling off such a great escape. While on her escort mission from Singapore to Sabang in Japanese territory, she picked up news of Italy's surrender, and quickly changed course to Ceylon to surrender to British forces

She's a Prisoner of War...

Even when we acquired her, she said "I will scuttle myself if anyone of you steps aboard"......

but...

4 days later, 13th of September

I am not going to lower my flag until we reach Singapore, om nom nom and thus

If she scuttles herself we'll lose some fighting power, and that can't do...

However, 2 years ago in East Africa, Eritrea slipped through a naval blockade guarded by Dutch Aircraft and British Ships by changing her paint and putting on a fake mast and escaped to Japan. In other words, Eritrea is an Escape Specialist! Her escape in the East African Campaign

ku~~ another Italian ship,kuma~?

Surrender

GODDAMMIT-KUMAAAA!

Italian cruiser Eritrea whereabouts unknown! Don't let her escape, give chase!

Escort the newly acquired Italian submarine to Singapore!

9th September 1943 Surrender of Italy Armistice of Cassibile

In the port was the Italian submarine that surrendered and was acquired by the IJN, the Comandante Cappellini, and Kuma was to escort her to Singapore... The submarine that Eritrea was supposed to be escorting

Italian Submarine Comandante Cappellini Named Adora-3 after German aquisition Japanese codename Akira-3 Wikipedia says the German name was UIT-24

I will not move an inch if you don't comply with my demands.

*firmly*

... that during preparations the day before the sortie, mutual understandings broke down...

Just what the hell are they thinking I don't get it-kuma

... maybe it's because they were pissed for letting an Italian ship just days ago...

Looks like Hatsutaka herself escorted Cappellini in the end, huh?

...or maybe it's because they had a bad impression of the Italians who didn't scuttle themselves ...

I want pasta...

Eh~ So mature~

And without any Japanese boarding her?

I don't understand what the Italians were thinking-kuma...

Kuma-oneesama, do you hate Italian ships now?

That's not the case-kuma~ Libeccio, Roma and Littorio are all my good friends-kuma~

You're gonna make us starve "Starve" here refers to starvation tactics in warfare

I'll shake her hand...

... or maybe it's because it became a situation where no Japanese can board the captured ship....

What's wrong with it! It's a natural right I am entitled to! Right to not lower her flag and not allow any Japanese to board

calm down!!!

*pissed*

grrrrrr

...and because Kuma's liaison officer and Cappellini's captain couldn't come to an agreement, the sortie abruptly ended.

I'm gonna beat you up-kuma!!!

Onee-san! A message! A message!

For today's PvP exercise, it's dangerous for our Italian ship opponents to go to sea right after their meal, so we'll have to wait another two hours for PvP.

There's no reason for me to hate them just like that-kuma~

No one knows exactly why...

Also, I'll be having seconds for this Bak Kut Teh A Singaporean/Malaysian dish literally meaning "meat-bone-tea", it is essentially pork ribs in a broth.