For those who are wondering and asking, "Why is your story title 'Encounters of the Imperial Japanese Navy'?" It is not my intention to glorify or romanticize the Imperial Japanese Navy. The ships of which they are part of are only serving as settings and backdrop moods (hence the title name). Please remember also that all of my works are only WORKS OF FICTION (after all the IJN had been disbanded in 1945 and was replaced by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force since 1954) and that any similar events that may have happened in real life are unintentional.