Kancolle - Sapphire Special Force Light Novel

Kancolle - Sapphire Special Force (Japanese: 艦これ ~ サファイア特殊部隊, 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 and Kuneamorai. The story mainly focuses around ShigureShigure Kai San and her friTashkent Kai
Verniy
Asashio Kai Ni D
endsKawakaze Kai Ni
Michishio Kai Ni
, 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.

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.

Kancolle - Sapphire Special Force Vol.01
艦これ ~ サファイア特殊部隊-01

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Thumbnail of Vol.01 cover, featuring Shigure as the main character

Extra Information
Published Date

September 29th 2024

Illustration

9

Page

280

Chapter

4

Translation Team
Author/Translator

Minhfongboy

Artist

UnionBread, Kuneamorai

Official Website

Link

Volume 1: Prologue

Published Date: September 29th 2024

Character introduced

Chapters

  • Chapter 1: Prologue.
  • Chapter 2: I will be your secretary.
  • Chapter 3: A strong ally.
  • Chapter 4: Asashio's fear of the dark.


Kancolle - Sapphire Special Force Vol.02
艦これ ~ サファイア特殊部隊-02

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Thumbnail of Vol.02 cover, featuring Kawakaze holding an unconscious Yamakaze in the background

Extra Information
Published Date

July 2025

Illustration

13

Page

240

Chapter

7

Translation Team
Author/Translator

Minhfongboy

Artist

Kuneamorai, UnionBread

Official Website

Link

Volume 2: Missing shipgirl incident

Published Date: July 2025

Character introduced

Chapters

Trivia

  • KC P2 ranking guide: [1]
  • Expedition Great Success condition: [2]
  • Kantai Collection Cursor (Rasa is the original owner who made these, but currently inactive. All download links and instruction are in the description) : [3]