− | '''Kancolle - Sapphire Special Force''' (<font color="blue">'''Japanese'''</font>: 艦これ ~ サファイア特殊部隊, <font color="blue">'''Hepburn'''</font>: ''Kankore ~ Safaia Tokushu Butai'', also known as '''''Kancolle - The Sapphire Project''''' by the English title of the project code) is a Japanese/English light novel series written by Minhfongboy and illustrated by UnionBread. The story mainly focuses around {{ShipLink|Shigure Kai Ni|text=Shigure}} and her friends, the shipgirls living in the homeport at Brunei Anchorage, with their adventure of forming a special force to protect the admiral and people around the island, which includes the home port. As the adventure goes on, the theme of the story eventually gets darker as they encounter more life-and-death situations from outside factors, or even the organization they are working for, the ''Abyssal Creature Elimination'', or '''''ACE''''' for short. | + | '''Kancolle - Sapphire Special Force''' ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_language Japanese]: 艦これ ~ サファイア特殊部隊, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepburn_romanization Hepburn]: ''Kankore ~ Safaia Tokushu Butai'', also known as '''''Kancolle - The Sapphire Project''''' by the English title of the project code) is a Japanese/English light novel series written by Minhfongboy and illustrated by UnionBread. The story mainly focuses around {{ShipLink|Shigure Kai Ni|text=Shigure}} and her friends, the shipgirls living in the homeport at Brunei Anchorage, with their adventure of forming a special force to protect the admiral and people around the island, which includes the home port. As the adventure goes on, the theme of the story eventually gets darker as they encounter more life-and-death situations from outside factors, or even the organization they are working for, the ''Abyssal Creature Elimination'', or '''''ACE''''' for short. |
| <br/><br/>The draft version of the novel was first published in '''2018''' as part of an internal fanfic project. The novel was then finally published as a digital light novel from '''2023''' to help reach more audience and players in general. | | <br/><br/>The draft version of the novel was first published in '''2018''' as part of an internal fanfic project. The novel was then finally published as a digital light novel from '''2023''' to help reach more audience and players in general. |