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Kimi no Na Iowa, also known as your (name is) Iowa, is a Kantai Collection/Your Name Alternate Universe, Continuation and Fusion Fic cowritten by max_and_emilytate and WarpObscura, with art from bapjart, Hiroki Ree and melisaongmiqin. It can be found at Archive of Our Own, FanFiction.Net, SpaceBattles and Sufficient Velocity. It ran from February 2017 to December 2021 and is now complete.

WARNING! Unmarked Late Arrival Spoilers ahead for Your Name and the rest of Makoto Shinkai's filmography. Beware.

In one universe, Taki Tachibana and Mitsuha Miyamizu reunite at a certain staircase, and their story ends.

In another, Uileag Greer and Ayaka Godai discover that theirs is not over yet. Aquatic hostiles codenamed "abyssals" emerge to wage war on mankind, while warships of old return in human form to defend us. Ayaka is thrust into the spotlight when she learns that she is really the reincarnation of USS Iowa (BB-61), specifically the Pacific: World War II U.S. Navy Shipgirls version thereof, and is forced to struggle with what this means both for herself and those around her.

Tropes used in Kimi no Na Iowa include:

A-Team Firing: Normal weapons have difficulty hitting abyssals.
Anyone Can Die: Dead major characters include Takanami, Yamashiro and Ayaka herself.
Atomic F-Bomb: Combined with Cluster F-Bomb and Punctuated! For! Emphasis!, Uileag shouts in Chapter 39 that all the medals he gained were not "WORTH A DAMN! FUCKING! CUNT! THING!"
Bloodier and Gorier: Canon has almost exclusively Clothing Damage, very occasional blood or injury, and only abyssals suffer Body Horror. Here, however, Reality Ensues is in play regarding the effects of high-powered naval artillery and antiship bombs, and similar to Freezing, Clothing Damage is not about titillation, but comes with gore, even maiming and Terminator-style degloving down to the endoskeleton.
Continuation: While there are some small changes because of the different setting, what came before is mostly adherent to what was depicted in Your Name.
Continuity Porn: There are many, many Call Backs to canon. The authors Shown Their Work on knowledge of canon, but it can be confusing to those coming in from the other fandom.
Death Seeker: As of Chapter 39, Uileag spent some time as this after Ayaka's death.
Distant Finale: Chapter 39 takes place nine years after 38.
Downer Ending: By way of inverting Only the Leads Get a Happy Ending. Humanity has won the war, but at the cost of 500 million dead. Ayaka dies. Even nine years later, both her family and Uileag are still suffering the effects of her loss.
Four Is Death:
- Doom Magnet William D Porter, whose outrageously bad luck causes harm to those around her, has the callsign Uatu One-Four. Later, Ayaka is Casting from Hit Points in her attempt to save everyone during the retreat from Southeast Asia and runs out after the 256th - 4^4 - rescue, and she is once again to blame.
- In Chapter 33, it is on the fourth attack of each combo that Northampton manages to get through Naganami's defences.
- The first shipgirl to sink is Takanami, callsign Riptide Four.
- The abyssal attack on the Task Force VALKYRIE armada that claims the lives of Ayaka and Yamashiro is the fourth one directly involving one of their leaders.
History Repeats: Once again, an attack on Pearl Harbor is begun with a command to climb a mountain.
Inelegant Blubbering: Uileag crying in Chapter 39 is explicitly described as "loudly and uglily".
Libation for the Dead: In Chapter 39, Uileag offers this at Ayaka's grave.
Pun-Based Title: It is an obvious play on Kimi no Na Wa, the Japanese title for Your Name.
Shout Out:
Thirteen Is Unlucky: The abyssal attack on the Task Force VALKYRIE armada that claims the lives of Ayaka and Yamashiro takes place on December 13.
Villain Opening Scene: After the summary, the prologue is about the abyssal supreme commander starting the attack on humanity.

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 In one universe, Taki Tachibana and Mitsuha Miyamizu reunite at a certain staircase, and their story ends.
-In another, Uileag Greer and Ayaka Godai discover that theirs is not over yet. Aquatic hostiles emerge to wage war on mankind, while warships of old return in human form to defend us. Ayaka is thrust into the spotlight when she learns that she is really the reincarnation of USS ''Iowa'' (BB-61), specifically the ''[[Pacific: World War II U.S. Navy Shipgirls]]'' version thereof, and is forced to struggle with what this means both for herself and those around her.
+In another, Uileag Greer and Ayaka Godai discover that theirs is not over yet. Aquatic hostiles codenamed "abyssals" emerge to wage war on mankind, while warships of old return in human form to defend us. Ayaka is thrust into the spotlight when she learns that she is really the reincarnation of USS ''Iowa'' (BB-61), specifically the ''[[Pacific: World War II U.S. Navy Shipgirls]]'' version thereof, and is forced to struggle with what this means both for herself and those around her.
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 * [[Anyone Can Die]]: Dead major characters include {{spoiler|Takanami, Yamashiro and Ayaka herself.}}
 * [[Atomic F-Bomb]]: Combined with [[Cluster F-Bomb]] and [[Punctuated! For! Emphasis!]], Uileag shouts in Chapter 39 that all the medals he gained were not "WORTH A DAMN! FUCKING! CUNT! THING!"
+* [[Bloodier and Gorier]]: Canon has almost exclusively [[Clothing Damage]], very occasional blood or injury, and only abyssals suffer [[Body Horror]]. Here, however, [[Reality Ensues]] is in play regarding the effects of high-powered naval artillery and antiship bombs, and similar to ''[[Freezing]]'', [[Clothing Damage]] is not about titillation, but comes with gore, even maiming and ''[[Terminator]]''-style degloving down to the endoskeleton.
 * [[Continuation]]: While there are some small changes because of the different setting, what came before is mostly adherent to what was depicted in ''[[Your Name]]''.
 * [[Continuity Porn]]: There are many, many [[Call Back]]s to canon. The authors [[Shown Their Work]] on knowledge of canon, but it can be confusing to those coming in from the other fandom.
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 * [[Downer Ending]]: By way of inverting [[Only the Leads Get a Happy Ending]]. {{spoiler|Humanity has won the war, but at the cost of 500 million dead. Ayaka dies. Even nine years later, both her family and Uileag are still suffering the effects of her loss.}}
 * [[Four Is Death]]:
-** [[The Jinx]] William D Porter, whose outrageously bad luck causes harm to those around her, has the callsign Uatu One-Four.
+** [[Doom Magnet]] William D Porter, whose outrageously bad luck causes harm to those around her, has the callsign Uatu One-Four. Later, {{spoiler|Ayaka is [[Cast from Hit Points|Casting from Hit Points]] in her attempt to save everyone during the retreat from Southeast Asia and runs out after the 256th - 4^4 - rescue,}} and she is once again to blame.
 ** In Chapter 33, it is on the fourth attack of each combo that {{spoiler|Northampton}} manages to get through Naganami's defences.
 ** The first shipgirl to sink is {{spoiler|Takanami, callsign Riptide}} Four.
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 * [[Inelegant Blubbering]]: {{spoiler|Uileag}} crying in Chapter 39 is explicitly described as "loudly and uglily".
 * [[Libation for the Dead]]: In Chapter 39, {{spoiler|Uileag offers this at Ayaka's grave.}}
+* [[Pun-Based Title]]: It is an obvious play on ''Kimi no Na Wa'', the Japanese title for ''Your Name''.
 * [[Shout Out]]:
 ** [[Ace Combat|"The other wants the world in every generation, and we shall fell every last one of them."]]