b4trans did Houshou just make a DBZ reference that sailed over the young modern shipgirls' heads, and thereby reminded herself and the Admiral that they're older than dirt?
edit: after translation, seems so. At least Makinami has heard of Journey to the West.
That's the irony. There's a new DBS movie due out next year and with all the other media currently available the franchise has never been more popular. It may not be a phenomenon but it's big enough that anyone in Japan even passingly familiar with the county's pop culture should know who Son Goku is.
