Okay, for the sake of a story, I can suspend my disbelief in sentient submarines and ships. I can accept “mental models” of these vessels that look like adolescent girls. I can even believe that stuffed bears eat carrots. But I cannot believe that any military would store vital materials on Iwo Jima . “Sulphur Island” is the tip of a rapidly-inflating volcanic resurgent dome, and it’s rising out of the sea at an average rate of about eight inches a year, rendering any harbor or dock temporary. Soon, geologically speaking, magma is going to meet seawater, catastrophically. The creators of Arpeggio of Blue Steel need to do better research.
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Shin Sekai Yori depicts a future in which adults are frightened of children. We’re already there. (Via Ace.)
A stockpile of supplies, and modernizing the airstrip seem reasonable, especially if the island is used as a firing range, but any major infrastructure investment is silly.
Unless in the far future it has long ago gone all ‘splody and is now in a more geologically stable phase.
Bah. I, for one, can’t wait to see KanColle.