Yamakaze is a destroyer shipgirl in Kantai Collection, a Japanese browser game in which historical warships are personified as young women. In the game, each shipgirl has a special line that plays when she is sunk in battle, and this recording is Yamakaze's version of that moment. Fans ripped and shared the line through soundboards and video edits, where its frightened tone made it stand out from more defiant sinking lines. It remains popular in KanColle fan communities as a shorthand for panic, loss and a battle going badly wrong.