Before Translation - Tenryuu and Tatsuta... or at least these two who will become them in this scenario... look like the most 'normal' of the bunch. At least insofar that until the translation is done they don't appear to be violent/criminals, victims of abuse, or such. Even Furutaka and Shimakaze are being effectively 'bribed' with the chance of being healed by becoming Ship Girls, so while they seem enthusiastic in their image, it's a different motivation for them.
Of course, considering what the other images/backstories are showing in this series, I'm prepared for some kind of twist on their situation.
So what exactly happened here - did Tatsuta donate an eye? Or did Tenryuu lose both her eyes? I'm confused and re-reading the translation doesn't help make it any better.
So what exactly happened here - did Tatsuta donate an eye? Or did Tenryuu lose both her eyes? I'm confused and re-reading the translation doesn't help make it any better.
Tatsuta tried to donate her eye, but shipgirl can't take human organ. So Tatsuta decide to become Shipgirl instead, to accompanies Tenryuu (become her eye).
"From now on, I will be one of her eyes. That is why I'm here after all."
It was expected that those girls would volunteer to be ship girls.
The eldest daughter of a family of policemen and firefighters;
a legacy of protecting the people, from generation to generation.
And her classmate, the second daughter of a family that has supported them since ancient times.
In the course of the "Tenryuu" surgery, it became clear
that injuries received during the process of ship girl transformation cannot be healed.
After she heard about "Tenryuu's" accident
while undergoing the surgery before her, she offered to donate one of her eyes.
But when she learned that it was impossible to transplant a human eye to a ship girl, she said:
