[Klashikari]

Watching again, here are the issues I have in general with this episode

Spoiler:

-Fubuki saving the day was quite obvious from the get go but... the fire director was pretty much ignored, making her actual "usefulness" down to the drain.

-As already stated: there is way too much talk, and it is already the case right when Fubuki asks Akagi to run away.
The prime scene for that issue was the very moment the princess morphed into her "other form" which lasted a little more than 1 full minute. The fight only resumed after the princess launched her planes despite the abyssals came back en masse.
Likewise, the arrival of the reinforcements was really tedious.

-Major quality mishaps (Kirishima cannons and the sky at the end of the episode).
Meanwhile, we had a lot of recycled stock shot, particularly Kongou.

-Ooi/Kitakami scene was not only completely random, but way too longwinded (1:45... really?). Frankly, seeing their antics every week is very tiring considering it is absurdely repetitive. That and Kitakami was really OOC in there.

-Yamato has far more range than any other non CV kanmusu, and even so, she is before them when firing.

-Yamato is damaged by Abyssals destroyers torpedoes and... we see them launching their torpedoes AFTERWARDS. Of course, after that cut, no more torpedo reached her. They basically SWAPPED the cuts order.

-We keep seeing shells impacts behind the Kanmusu, but we really see close to no actual damage taken during the fight in this episode. It sounds as if they became completely apt to dodge everything in the second half of the fight... which is nonsense since most of them barely move.

-There is no damn reason why "Henderson" suddenly became Midway princess.

-The wo class was sunk... offscreen?

-Having "power of friendship" working in the end is nice and dandy but... I think it would be much better without being so obvious with the yuri stuff.

Missing points:
-There is no explanation why Yamato's fleet was so late, which is silly since she herself told Fubuki she will explain that later.
-Wo = Kisaragi being completely unaddressed.
-Where and what was the admiral doing during all this time?
-We have no aftermath regarding the capture of Mi island.
-What about MO island?
-Taihou involvement was pretty much... minute worth.