Ship Name: Isuzu Library No: 43 → 141 (Kai Ni) Class: 2nd ship of the Nagara-class Type: Light Cruiser CV: Yuka Iguchi Illustrator: Kurokuro A ship girl based on the second ship of the Nagara-class. Her name comes from the Isuzu River, a first-class river in the Miyagawa system flowing through Ise City, Mie Prefecture. Comparing her to her sisters Nagara and Natori by the same artist, one can see she is already depicted as an anti-aircraft cruiser, having swapped her 14cm single guns for high-angle guns and anti-aircraft machine guns. Her uniform consists of a sleeveless sailor suit with a brown collar, common to the early Nagara-class. She also wears the characteristic arm warmers that reach her wrists. The first things that catch the eye are her voluminous, deep sea-colored twin tails tied with white ribbons and her turquoise blue eyes. In her standard standing art, her armpits are tantalizingly hidden. Damn it. Instead, she shows off a wonderful bustline. While the size was modest at first, it became quite impressive later on. Her rigging includes a submachine gun-style 12.7cm twin high-angle gun with a searchlight slung from her shoulder, main engine rigging shaped like three funnels mounted around her waist, quadruple torpedo tubes, and high-angle guns and machine guns of the same type as the submachine gun. She is a spirited and confident girl, proud of the fact that Isoroku Yamamoto and Tamon Yamaguchi served as her captains. While she retains a slightly youthful atmosphere, in reality, she is a sharp, career-woman type of older sister figure. Among the historical officers who served on the actual Isuzu were two marquises of noble birth, and Prince Masahiko Otowa served as a gunnery officer. She was a ship loved by noble officers, earning the nickname "The Aristocrat Ship," which explains her high pride. Toward the Admiral, she treats them normally, neither particularly hot nor cold. She can be a bit condescending at times, but she seems to enjoy watching to see how far the Admiral can rise in rank. She also often acts tough to avoid worrying the Admiral, suggesting she trusts them deeply. Her docking voices are particularly telling: up to light damage, she maintains her usual energetic attitude, but once she reaches moderate damage or higher, she suddenly becomes meek and polite. At her core, she might be closer to her younger sisters Natori and Yura than she lets on. Up until her first remodel, her stats are similar to other light cruisers, but reaching her second remodel (Kai Ni) brings a massive change in performance. While the details belong to her Kai Ni form, her versatility is a multi-role type that is hard for other ship girls to imitate. Her greatest feature is her tactical flexibility—helping beginner Admirals with equipment and saving veteran Admirals with her many talents. She is a "capable ship girl" whose career-woman personality is reflected in her ability to cover night battles, anti-air, and anti-submarine warfare all at once. (From pixiv Encyclopedia)