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Stagmar posted...

To me Yuubari is obviously a loli ship, but I never would have thought Yuudachi is considered one. This has me genuinely curious as to what other ships I consider late teen or older looking are considered lolis.

Yuudachi is generally depicted as around the same height and build as Yukikaze and Shigure, and generally all three are considered loli. I know I've seen fan art for both Shigure and Yuudachi where they are more obviously teenaged, but in general I feel that most people consider all three to be lolis. At the very least, I don't think Yuudachi should be grouped with Akagi or Belfast as an "adult" ship, especially considering her childish behavior.

It doesn't help that Saru's artstyle in general lends itself to a younger impression, even for girls like Lexington. The retrofit art for girls he's done tend to look more grown-up than their original artwork, but not every girl gets a retrofit.

Stagmar posted...

It's the removal of them, even temporarily, more than anything

While I get where you're coming from, I don't really agree with you on how to handle this. Manjuu needs time to get the artwork edited, and probably got an ultimatum from the MoC to do something in the interim. Your solution would keep the girls available, but it would immediately affect not only the people who are trying to get those ships, but also those that already have them. Their current solution sucks for those who are trying to get the ships, but on the other hand the people that already have the ships still get to see the artwork.

Additionally, there's a chance that they'll allow those who already had the ships before the removal to use the old art as a skin when they introduce the new art, like they did with the Colorado class. Blacking out the art and keeping the girls available during the edit makes it more difficult to track who had the ship before the MoC stepped in.

Admittedly, the Colorado class changes weren't due to censorship, but due to other factors, but the precedent is there for the CN server allowing people who had the ship before the change to use the old artwork as a skin, so I think it's possible that it might happen here.