AAAYYYEEEAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

*OTP intensifies*
*POMF already*

Tokonatsu dives into the water yet dives into Fubuki's chest. Yes, bro, you dove in there.

Btw where'd the chibi go?

Looks like a certain admiral was reliving a past trauma in the water but his goddess Fubuki was there to comfort him in her warm bosom.

ezekill said:

Btw where'd the chibi go?

Quad Torpedo Fairy's on the dock. Giving a nod of approval.

There, that wasn't so hard was it? Now lrn2swm.

Hooray for underwater cuddle scene.

On a side note, if the admiral is dead-weight sinking, Fubuki must be quite strong to be holding him up that way. Cuddly, yet secure.

It's time for the mating call.

AYAYAYYAYAYAYAYAYYAYAYAAYAYAYAAAAAAAAAAYAYAYAYAYAYAYYAAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

The limiters have been torn off by now surely?

Hmm... "Just like that time"?

Some incident in the past when he almost drowned, then?

Tokonatsu-kun, now is your chance! POMF her!

The ocean is going to boil over soon with this much heat going on...

Dakkan said:

Hmm... "Just like that time"?

Some incident in the past when he almost drowned, then?

That sure looked like a sunk shipgirl situation in the first panel, and if it's "just like that time "... maybe he was on a ship attacked by the Abyssals? The other option (he's a reclaimed Abyssal Admiral) is slightly ridiculous.

Now another problem might arise due how close he is to the "danger" zone:

1. Faint
2. Cramp
3. Nose Bleed
4. etc

*Fangirl intensifies

Never gonna give you up~

Jarlath said:

That sure looked like a sunk shipgirl situation in the first panel, and if it's "just like that time "... maybe he was on a ship attacked by the Abyssals? The other option (he's a reclaimed Abyssal Admiral) is slightly ridiculous.

Judging from Kouji's canon it might have something to do with a shipgirl soul (maybe something like what happened to Ooi here?)

Sholf said:

Judging from Kouji's canon it might have something to do with a shipgirl soul (maybe something like what happened to Ooi here?)

But Tokonatsu-kun can't be a shipgirl - he's a guy, which automatically causes the system to reject him, as it did Admibro.

Jarlath said:

But Tokonatsu-kun can't be a shipgirl - he's a guy, which automatically causes the system to reject him, as it did Admibro.

Well, he certainly looks to be a guy...

He's probably just having childhood memories or something though.

Why not go back to the most simple explanation?

Tokonatsu-kun nearly drowned as a kid. As a result, he had a fear of water, hence his non-existent swimming skills and his super-drowning skills.

Mincemaker said:

Tokonatsu-kun nearly drowned as a kid. As a result, he had a fear of water, hence his non-existent swimming skills and his super-drowning skills.

Hehe, odd.
I nearly drowned as a child. Instead of developing irrational fear over a large body of water, I instantly picked up the ability to swim like a fish without any sort of training. ****ing love swimming now. Could go on for eight hours straight if I ever had the chance.

Kyrozen said:

Hehe, odd.
I nearly drowned as a child. Instead of developing irrational fear over a large body of water, I instantly picked up the ability to swim like a fish without any sort of training. ****ing love swimming now. Could go on for eight hours straight if I ever had the chance.

You just happen to respond differently to a traumatic experience. Some people develop phobias. Others kick the phobia in the nads like the second coming of Theodore Roosevelt. You happen to be in the latter group.

Kyrozen said:

Hehe, odd.
I nearly drowned as a child. Instead of developing irrational fear over a large body of water, I instantly picked up the ability to swim like a fish without any sort of training. ****ing love swimming now. Could go on for eight hours straight if I ever had the chance.

Yeah, I find the best way to deal with someone with a trauma is to do the sink or swim method. They will be pissed off with you later, but if they realize there is no escape they will adapt quickly. Of course, the better option is to adapt on one's own will like you did.

I was thinking it was alluding to a possible role reversal before the comic. Specifically, Fubuki having flashbacks of her sinking while coming back to earth, with the admiral figuratively saving her by taking her into the fleet, with those words greeting her: "Dont worry, im here."

Do want

79248cm/s said:

Yeah, I find the best way to deal with someone with a trauma is to do the sink or swim method. They will be pissed off with you later, but if they realize there is no escape they will adapt quickly. Of course, the better option is to adapt on one's own will like you did.

Honestly, that way doesn't work for everyone. It's like saying, the best cure for someone with PSTD is to throw them into the situation that caused it.

If someone has an actual, deep rooted trauma, the absolute best way is with gradual therapy. The sink/swim methods only really work if the trauma isn't that serious, and give a higher danger of worsening the trauma instead.

Oh lord, he actually drew the bikini straps slowly slipping in the last panel.

Farran said:

Honestly, that way doesn't work for everyone. It's like saying, the best cure for someone with PSTD is to throw them into the situation that caused it.

If someone has an actual, deep rooted trauma, the absolute best way is with gradual therapy. The sink/swim methods only really work if the trauma isn't that serious, and give a higher danger of worsening the trauma instead.

That't a bit subjective, and while the current mindset is the slow gradual recovery, I don't think it works at all, and this can be seen in the huge jump in mental illness cases we have in the US. While one could say it is because we are now more "aware" of illnesses, that too is a subjective statement and it's success doesn't reflect the current records where we put people on never ending cycles of treatment and dependency.

I worked briefly with people with PTSD, military and police veterans, victims of rape/assault, drug addicts, to the general phobias and the ones who were backed into the corner the most (such as those who had to survive and get out of the situation by their own means) were much less vulnerable to suggestion by peers and more stable to stress as opposed to others who had arguably easier stresses placed on them but had someone else intervene. People don't realize how powerful the mind really is, which is why meditation and brainwashing is so popular around the world. If you tell yourself to think a certain way and you truly want to think like that, you can instantly adapt to any situation no matter the psychological stress placed on you. This part is just my opinion, but I think media plays a huge part in one's mental fortitude. In the US and Europe, there are a lot of films and books about people struggling with trauma where the road to recovery is long or nonexistent in order to make an interesting story. I believe that makes us perceive trauma as something that cannot be overcome by yourself. On the other hand, go to south american countries (haven't seen this anywhere else, but I haven't been to too many places) and the mindset is more "sink or swim, no one is going to help you but yourself", and you see a bit more self-reliance in the face of a threat.

The absolute worse treatment are those who put the patients on narcotics. A lot of people may say it helps but it really just kills the person from the inside.

79248cm/s said:

That't a bit subjective, and while the current mindset is the slow gradual recovery, I don't think it works at all, and this can be seen in the huge jump in mental illness cases we have in the US. While one could say it is because we are now more "aware" of illnesses, that too is a subjective statement and it's success doesn't reflect the current records where we put people on never ending cycles of treatment and dependency.

I worked briefly with people with PTSD, military and police veterans, victims of rape/assault, drug addicts, to the general phobias and the ones who were backed into the corner the most (such as those who had to survive and get out of the situation by their own means) were much less vulnerable to suggestion by peers and more stable to stress as opposed to others who had arguably easier stresses placed on them but had someone else intervene. People don't realize how powerful the mind really is, which is why meditation and brainwashing is so popular around the world. If you tell yourself to think a certain way and you truly want to think like that, you can instantly adapt to any situation no matter the psychological stress placed on you. This part is just my opinion, but I think media plays a huge part in one's mental fortitude. In the US and Europe, there are a lot of films and books about people struggling with trauma where the road to recovery is long or nonexistent in order to make an interesting story. I believe that makes us perceive trauma as something that cannot be overcome by yourself. On the other hand, go to south american countries (haven't seen this anywhere else, but I haven't been to too many places) and the mindset is more "sink or swim, no one is going to help you but yourself", and you see a bit more self-reliance in the face of a threat.

The absolute worse treatment are those who put the patients on narcotics. A lot of people may say it helps but it really just kills the person from the inside.

It's not impossible for people to overcome their own traumas, but the point is that it's not easy. It's not as simple as "throw the person into the same situation that caused it." I'd argue that while there are many forms of media that show an impossible road to recovery for drama, there are just as much forms of media that show people overcoming traumas in seconds also for dramatic effect, to show that they're badass or something. So what does that say for the people who aren't able to do that? Are they somehow weak, or lesser than others? Should we say to a person who survived a war or a rape, to "fucking man up and stop pussying out! It's all just in your mind!"

Yes, the mind is strong. But I was more focused on the "sink or swim" aspect that you were promoting before, which in all honesty, doesn't work as well as people would like to think. When I said gradual recovery, I meant trying to work out issues with a person more slowly, to really understand their psyches, rather than throw something at them and expect them to sort it out themselves. Sure, it might work on some, but it'd reduce others to even worse states than before. So then should we just ignore those who couldn't adapt? The point of therapy is to help everyone that needs it, and in general, a more slower approach to recovery works for more people.

And about narcotics, reliance on them only is pretty bad, I agree. But in terms of medication, which really only applies to depression and such, where there are actual chemical imbalances in the brain, there's scientific basis for that, at least. For phobias/traumas (which also really shouldn't be grouped together either, phobias are an irrational fear of something while traumas have actual basis), you wouldn't use medication, except for maaaaybe residual effects caused by PSTD or something.