* Initially she was the [[NPC#Multi-duty|Mission advisor & Quest-musume NPC]].
* Initially she was the [[NPC#Multi-duty|Mission advisor & Quest-musume NPC]].
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* Intended as a command vessel for submarine operations - a scouting cruiser
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* Intended as a command vessel for submarine operations - a scouting cruiser, being also designated as a "light aviation cruiser".
** As such, she traded torpedoes for additional floatplanes and is the only IJN cruiser to lack a torpedo armament.
** As such, she traded torpedoes for additional floatplanes and is the only IJN cruiser to lack a torpedo armament.
* Never became a scouting cruiser & was converted to a command ship due to the war's progression & the [[wikipedia:Kawanishi_E15K|E15K1 ''Shiun'' floatplane]]'s failure.
* Never became a scouting cruiser & was converted to a command ship due to the war's progression & the [[wikipedia:Kawanishi_E15K|E15K1 ''Shiun'' floatplane]]'s failure.