![]() ![]() ![]() What makes her character and story so interesting is that she provides a fascinating case study on villainy. the ranks of the Imperial Army though bloodshed and maneuvering within its bureaucracy. Youjo Senki is defined by the main female lead of Tanya as she ascends The twist is that she fights for Germanian Empire and behaves far differently than a stereotypical heroine. It follows Tanya Degurechaff, a Japanese salaryman reincarnated into a female child soldier, in a reality where magic coexists alongside an alternate timeline of World War One. Overlord is a popular show that explores this idea and Youjo Senki would be a highly recommended for those who enjoy certain aspects of it. It’s not very often that an anime comes out that has its main protagonist be the villain and does it so well. Overall: Let's just call it a 4 or something There wasn't really enough tension or depth to keep me going and it became difficult to watch towards the end. It wasn’t an atrocity but I wouldn’t recommend it, nor do I plan to watch the next season. Overall, I thought most of this anime’s potential was squandered. ![]() Not only because it meant the episode was over, but because it was actually not too bad. The ED was probably the best part of every episode. Where are the meaningful character interactions? Where is the development? It’s ridiculous and shallow. Most character interactions are very shallow, and we don’t know anyone’s motivations other than the absolute basics. And every time I start to feel invested in Tanya I’m reminded she’s actually just some weird old dude, and the whole orphan backstory means nothing. I don’t care about any of these people, or what happens to them. It seems as if the creators genuinely did not put any effort into creating unique, compelling, or creative characters. (And she’s not that good!) I can’t say I remember anyone else’s name, or anything about them. The ‘Characters' section must be put at 1/10, to represent that there is only one character. The lack of clarification on points of departure is jarring and it destroys immersion. As such, we’re stuck in this uncanny middle ground where the viewer knows next to nothing about the setting, despite how similar it is to his own world’s history. Another would have been to have it take place in a universe more similar to our own, but the points at which the anime departs from history often seem to be more out of ignorance than creativity, suggesting that this choice was never really an option. One alternate option would have been to create a whole new universe, with only slight similarities to our own, but that would have required world building and work. Or I would, if the AU was not so vague and dull. In any case, I care more about the actual plot than this weird backstory. As it is, they keep telling us she’s a monster or evil every episode, but she’s mostly just dull, which is why they have to keep telling us….we would have never guessed if we were left to our own devices. Couldn’t we have had an anime where a loli becomes Hitler, without this whole thing where it’s actually some reincarnated old dude? That sounds like a much more interesting character. And did he have to be some fedora tipper's wet dream? Libertarian, atheist……I guarantee this man dabbles in bestiality just based on this combination, and this makes him a really unsympathetic character. Why is it important that this girl used to be a man when we know basically nothing about her previous life? This reincarnation seems to give her knowledge that battle-hardened generals envy, but there's no reason why some salaryman who’s read a few wikipedia articles would be a genius at military strategy. Some dude dies and God doesn’t like him so he turns him into a badass loli mage. (It was not, dear readers, actually really good.)Īn essential problem here is that the whole premise feels pointless. "No,” he said “Actually, it's really good." And that is where our sad story begins. ![]() But he explained the plot to me, so I told him it sounded stupid. "Why? Hasn't this trap shit gone on long enough? It’s too far!“ I said. Rather than the usual "ACKSHUALLY, she's a 500 year old demon," he said "ACKSHUALLY, she's a middle aged man." Now, I was horrified by this. I walked in on my roommate watching some anime with a little girl and, as per tradition, I casually called him a pedophile. My first encounter with the anime "The Saga of Tanya the Not Particularly Evil" intrigued me greatly. ![]()
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