A little extra today brothers. Today marks 7 years I've been playing azur lane, days after I got fired from the theater, so I though why not a list of my favorite Azur waifus that I have gained a liking to over the years.
1) Starting with the German Almother herself, KMS Friedrich Der Grosse. Released in the Priority 2 line of Kansen she had been seen in some animations before, but i grinded like hell to hurry up and unlock her, (the priority ship process is similar to the shit you nikke brothers have to go through with guilty and those other prisoner nikke). Out of all the waifus between games and anime, for me, Friedrich stands at the top of my waifus, her reigning at not only the top of my waifu list, with Albedo taking place at #2 but the very top of my Azur list. The Ara Ara energy and peak Milf manorisms just makes her peak Iron Blood and will probably stay at the very top. Also her L2D swimsuit.. good lord 🙏
2) My second place Spot is IJN Owari. As I am a man that enjoys the gothic Lolita aesthetic of the Iron Blood, I am as much an enthusiast of Gyarus, and of those in Azur Lane none reach peak Gyaru like Owari. The Dark skinned beauties of the Eagle Union don't reach her status and the personality as well as jiggle in her 2D just... it's the cherry on top of a delicious chocolate Sundae. 🙏
3) Third is KMS Hindenburg, the Crimson haired beauty Released in Priority 6 line of kansen. She was another one that I knew along the lines of beautiful Crimson hair, she was gonna be another that i prioritized when she got released. She has the appeal similarly to Friedrich but with peak already existing she doesn't reach the heights of her but would take the second spot if the list was exclusively Iron Blood Waifus.
4) Fourth is the Hornier of the Prinz Eugen clones, KMS Aegir/Agir (spelling varies). Like with FDG and before Hindie, she was released in Priority 4, alongside August Von Parseval and I knew I was going to prioritize her. Her having horns and a more of a brattier personality to Eugens more erotic personality just had a nice contrast, her nervous reactions in her L2D in her maid outfit was just delicious mixed perfectly with her bratty personality 🙏
5) I'd say in the 5th spot is peak floof. The sweet and lovely Onee-sama of the Akagi sisters, Amagi. Where Musashi and shinano took over mostly as being the leading floofs of the Sakura Empire after their release, I'd probably day the more assertive and sweetest of the Akagi sisters, Amagi is where the peak floof is personality wise. She is sick and usually seen as weak, But that partly also adds to where her having a soft and caring nature makes her probably the best of the foxes. Also her having a loli version and also a UR retrofit to a new class of kansen (Battleship SSR and also an Aircraft Carrier UR) Shows that there is love that's gone her way over the years.
6) Sixth is probably my original #1 Iron Blood waifu from when I started my Year 1 back in 2018, KMS Graf Zeppelin. Before the Priority ships were brought to the game in Pr1, Graf was my leading waifu, partly for her dark and Grim mentality, but under that dark demeanor is a kuudere that was peak back then, and still has me hoping she gets an oath skin (Roon got one recently so why the fuck not Yostar!?) Her swimsuit and her expressions after getting her affection to 100 shows she tries to keep up appearances with the other kansen but with shikikan she is more than happy with the intimacy. (She's as she is because of her history, pretty sad. As it was with a lot of the kansens Real world counterparts.)
7) In the 7th spot Is the Sardegna Empires RN Marco Polo. Released in Pr 4 with Aegir and August, she was another addition I was happy to add because I was starting to like the Italian ships a bit more(as expected, #3 of the Crimson axis). Personality of Marco had a hand but you have to admit it was mostly design, and the release of her Queen Of hearts skin that drew me more to her. Plus the lighter hair and eye tattoo partly reminisced of Hk416/Klukai at the time and her and wa2k/ Makiatto were two of my favorite girls in GFL1 had a hand.
8) #8 is probably what was the most anticipated kansen in the cold tundra of the Northern Parliament, Sovetsky Soyuz. At the time she had probably been teased way back, at least 4-6 years in art and it took a long time before she came to the SN docks. The lovely pure white aesthetic of the Russian ships and her White hair is reflective that her, and the other soviet ships are very much delicious snow bunnies, but design wise she is the top tier of the Northern Parliament.
9) In the 9th spot is the HMS Cleopatra. Mostly, some of the Azur Lane (Mostly Eagle Union and Royal Navy) kansen I mostly am not too much of a fan of them but still respect their beauty and design as waifus (I am an Iron Blood shikikan for a Reason). As I have stated before with owari, I am an enthusiast of Gyaru, and where owari is the peak of it, Cleopatra is my Hindenburg of the gyarus. She is lovely and even makes the maid outfit deliciously good, but owari is just superior in everything. Still, she earns her place.🙏
10) It wasn't easy with how many girls could have fit the final spot but #10 I will leave in the Murderous hands of KMS Roon. Released in Priority 1, she is the peak yandere of the Iron Blood, and one of the well known yanderes of the big 3, (commonly in a neverend pissing match with IJN Akagi, and IJN Taihou that at any point the 3 could resort to an actual deathmatch). The lovely schoolgirl design mixed with the yandere personality is a twisted match made in the Iron Blood dorms and I can't see a better way of ending my list of waifus than with sexy and crazy. 🙏
Odds are when Azur lane reaches its 10 year EN anniversary, my list may stay the same or change a bit. We'll have to just wait and see, but I do know this, I will keep enjoying the fan art, Ai art and hentai of my girls 🤤🤤🤤.
A few honorable mentions that I had in my mind as well as an older list I did I think about 2 years ago, was KMS Elbe and SN Pamiat Merkuria, pretty much similar design between but one is the Soviet and the German equivalent. Both bratty oppai lolis in need of correction.
USS New Jersey being the Eagle Unions top girl, and being a blue haired bunny girl with a peppy attitude just gives off a nice and happy atmosphere.
HMS Nelson being my first waifu of the Royal Navy, is a tsundere that it's just lovely knowing her reactions and her busty design just drew me in.
KMS bismarck Zwei being the last of what could've made the list but I was stuck in my ways with them. Her being (i think) the first of what would be the upgrade ships (ships that got another version upgraded to a UR status (Yorktown 2, Laffey 2, Amagi((getting a different ship class)))excluding kaga) her personality and appeal also comming from her swimsuit and a new tier, also brought her back into the light, and all the fan art reintroduced her and brought her back into the limelight.
Enjoy brothers 🙏