You know, I once suggested over at another forum that the Admiral's treatment of Fubuki - from his dreams of marrying her, to powerlevelling her using Mobile Group 5, to conveniently assigning her as Akagi's escort in an all-carrier battle for her Kai Ni form without even knowing what it's capable of - was metagamingg on the Admiral's part.
I really didn't expect Kancolle to go meta as an actual major plot point though.