Azur Lane: Reincarnated as an Inazuchi-class aircraft carrier

Izumo, a high school student obsessed with guns and airsoft, dreams of joining the military. After a day of classes, he stumbles upon a strange, glowing cube in the street: an Azur Lane Mind Cube. That same night, the cube triggers a process that destroys his human body and drags his consciousness across dimensions.

He awakens as the Izumo ship itself, an Ikazuchi-class aircraft carrier in the human fleet, in a war-torn universe. Earth has fallen to the Invid after suffering three consecutive wars against superior alien races. Now humanity survives on lunar and Martian bases, fighting a seemingly lost war.

As the only sentient ship in the entire fleet, Izumo must confront a brutal reality far removed from the glorious military fantasies of his past life. He participates in a desperate offensive against the Reflection Point on Earth, where he witnesses the enemy's overwhelming numerical and tactical superiority. He sees allied ships destroyed, entire crews killed in seconds, and the horror of war firsthand.

Traumatized, Izumo decides to bury his emotions to avoid going insane. Each reconnaissance mission becomes a bloodbath from which only he returns, battered but alive, burdened by guilt and the weight of the lives lost under his command. What began as a dream of heroism transforms into a harsh lesson about the true meaning of the uniform, sacrifice, and utter loneliness.

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