Artist's commentary
That was a bit too classic.
"koff...An explosion gag, in this day and age... never."
"Wai- what was that just th...! Whoaaaa!?"
"Hmm? Are you by chance Aoba? I haven't seen you in a bit but you sure have gotten pretty cute, hey?"
"Ah, thank you... no, hold uuup!!"
An explosion of that level won't work on things like Admirals, they say.