Oh yes, the Big Akatsuki.

Since people are probably most interested in Graf, she’s worried about what’s going on between Idomiral and Bismarck. She’s thinking things like “filial piety? Daughter? Sister? Older Brother? Skinship? Rival?”

URK! That precious Bisko!

You cannot resist praising Bisko

Seems like Washington and South Dakota's rivalry helped knock the brainwashing out of them, literally.

This is essentially a bar brawl, complete with drunken fights and destroyed furniture.

Gamby's home!

I'll put my money on "loyal dog".

daughter? little sister? faithful dog?

is there any difference between the three when it come to head pat?

l0l1n470r said:

This is essentially a bar brawl, complete with drunken fights and destroyed furniture.

Reminds me of an old Bavarian joke: A man walks down a street. The door of a bar bursts open, drunken people spilling out fighting. He watches for a moment and then asks one of the fighters: "Is this a private fun or may I join?" (Orig.: "Is dös a Privatgaudi odr kann ma da mitmochn?")

Fubuma said:

Since people are probably most interested in Graf, she’s worried about what’s going on between Idomiral and Bismarck. She’s thinking things like “filial piety? Daughter? Sister? Older Brother? Skinship? Rival?”

So Graf is the worrying type i see.
Who's actually romantically interessted in Idomiral at this point, besides the Graf? Iowa? Atalnta?

Bismarck on the 2nd panel:

You need more..... concentration

l0l1n470r said:

Seems like Washington and South Dakota's rivalry helped knock the brainwashing out of them, literally.

This is essentially a bar brawl, complete with drunken fights and destroyed furniture.

Ido really need to make a whole book about those two shenanigans, maybe something like Kancolle version of The Falcon and Winter Soldier.

... Pretty sure that's a hand error there. 3rd panel shows a left hand petting Bisko, but 4th panel shows his right hand doing the petting motion...

This probably won't happen, but I wish we could get another flashback arc showing Bisko's first meeting with Idomiral and how she became a fathercon for him. I'm so used to other artists' works showing Bisko as lovey dovey toward admirals that seeing Ido's Bisko being a fathercon for Idomiral is actually... a really nice take on the Big Akatsuki trope.

airb350 said:

Who's actually romantically interessted in Idomiral at this point, besides the Graf? Iowa? Atalnta?

By now we have Graf, Iowa, Atlanta and Kurobukki as definites, each of them having their own arc focusing on their crush on him.
I can think of several shipgirls on the ambiguous side:
Gotland, the childhood friend with a marriage promise. While it's great she got greater focus in the Gamby arc, bummer said focus wasn't with Idomiral. I really wish Ido would give more focus on this.
Hornet, who seems pretty okay with him reading an ero doujin of her and thinks him liking thicc girls is good for her? Could just be her finding an excuse to pig out on ramen tho
Zuikaku, who is eager to go on a date with him? Although this strip has absolutely no context, so...

l0l1n470r said:

Seems like Washington and South Dakota's rivalry helped knock the brainwashing out of them, literally.

Keep in mind: during the phase when Mighty W & SoDak were still brainwashed, SoDak slipped a chance and punched Mighty in the face, but that was probably the moment that knocked their brainwashing out...

Let her have this round, Graf. She worked her behind and almost Big Akatsuki'd... a headpat is fine compared to you and Idomiral sleeping together

sanitaeter said:

Reminds me of an old Bavarian joke: A man walks down a street. The door of a bar bursts open, drunken people spilling out fighting. He watches for a moment and then asks one of the fighters: "Is this a private fun or may I join?" (Orig.: "Is dös a Privatgaudi odr kann ma da mitmochn?")

I thought it was an English joke!

Anybisan said:

I thought it was an English joke!

I remember the punchline in a Bavarian (better: Munich) accent, but I think it's a joke that works everywhere where drinking and brawling are considered fun.

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My money's on overworked Foreign Minister