Well the true story line is about atheist who tries to show a middle finger to god and the god, who shoves these fingers in the ass)) The war is just a side show)))
Being X is still win though Making Tanya literally a prophet/messiah Giving her "miracle" Forcing her to "believe" and "pray" to him (thus also increases the believers since she has quite an influence) This is basically "what if a God decided to make an Atheist his messenger?" And damn He (Being X) did a great job at that
VonKuro having read the novel “Tanya” and the man they were before are two different people. With Tanya being his “gut” instincts and his former mind being his mind. As the book continues these two fuse into the masculine lolli that is Tanya impossible to tell the two apart.
Well technically she is also in Anime. She does kick ass when in combat, but she do everything she can to avoid it, long as it does not make her look coward and effect her plans on getting high enough in ranks to avoid combat entirely. So yeah self preservation, or being pacifist? You decide.
well, to her war is at best only a short term boost to an economy, and can have potentially drastic consequences for it, never mind not wanting to fight in one. Meanwhile peace is almost always best for the long term health of the economy. Since her entire sense of self is built around business it kind of speaks for itself.
The thing that got me the most was the death of her when he was a business man. He never did anything wrong. It's not corrupt to tell another human being they are fired for failing to meet the basic expectation the job demanded. You sign up for a job, you are expected to be a worker. So how can someone get mad for being wrong and getting fired for it?.. I have seen plenty fired for worse!
@ryne green its prespective mostly... he fire him like that coz thats the most efficient way... not bcoz he hate the ugly bastard... but the ugly bastard cant see beyond his own prespective. Hence thinking the world is not fair i didnt do bad thing blablabla... and bam he killed him thx to his own delusion
LN and Manga give a bit of extra information on why that guy got fired, Manga is that he's been having improper behavior and not meeting his quotas, plus the company was restructuring, so he and his bad performance made him prime choice for it; LN exposes that he was a DRUG ADDICT, kept taking leaves without reason or medical proof for it and refused stubbornly to take Recycling courses and Counseling to get out of his addiction, the salaryman did EVERYTHING he could to not get him fired.
@@shepherdofmemories There were a lot of German aces in WWII who scored over 100 confirmed kills. This was due to two main factors, 1 the quality of the Soviet Airforce at the onset of the war, and 2 the vast numbers of allied aircraft to German aircraft. This resulted in something of a turkey shoot against mainly bombers resulting in almost over inflated kill counts. Erich was a good example of that but he was also just an excellent fighter pilot to begin with scoring many kills against other fighters. The more you know~
bakathirteen hell, he scored a lot of kills because most Allied aircraft avoided his aircraft, symbolized by a black tulip (I guess) painted on it. He'd make a newbie ride his aircraft while he will pilot another aircraft then he'll shootdown any aircraft coming after him, since they do not expect him to be piloting another aircraft/fighter plane. Moreover, we can all agree that on both World Wars, Germany has the best trained troops whatever branch of military they are, not to mention the military tech they have is way more advanced than any of the countries participating. Needless to say, Erich Hartmann benefitted from the training, high quality equipment and his own skills and genius.
@Lazy Makara To become an anime with the level of art illustrating in manga that will require a lot money and painter resources. I think the anime produce company somehow did a very good job on balancing the art and story in anime version.
She obeys orders, even at a risk to herself. This is shown in one of the early episodes when she wanted to run away but could not because she was ordered to hold on until reinforcement arrived. She also saved the life of one of her soldiers in a battle, taking the hit head on. A complex character. I doubt she is a psychopath, as psychopaths do very poorly in battle. As they tend to only be interested in their own self, rather than possess any form of loyalty to anything, they tend to run away at the drop of a hat. Hans Kammler is a classic example; the best evidence is he killed himself with cyanide - which was the most painless way of dying. Even Hitler shot himself. He also ran away until there was nowhere else to go. This is the typical behaviour of a psychopath. During the communist/Marxist period the Russians found them useful in the gulags as they were able to murder people with minimal mental effect. The main method of extermination was to bury their victims alive to save on bullets, but they found that normal people were unable to do this over any period of time, especially if children were involved. But in the front line they were not very useful. Tanya does not display these attributes. When she talks to herself, remember she is talking to herself. Any normal person may have unusual thoughts, it’s the action which counts and she display courage, loyalty and will risk herself when displaying these attributes. Perhaps not a warm and fuzzy person, but not a psychopath. Finally, no Psychopath would ever pick a fight with god; they would immediately display sycophantic behaviour in that situation.
@@THEPIELORD42 Very True, Machiavelli was painfully logical, if foolish writing a book, which if a leader publically adopted, would expose the tricks that leader used to hold on to power, with the result the leader would lose power. Like the the real wizard of OZ not hiding behind the curtain while he used the fake wizard to try and intimidate people. You have made a very good call.
Even psychopaths can snap. In the book gulag boss By fyodor vasilevich mochulsky is a story of a prisoner who was an executer and who, after years of shooting people in the head day after day, just couldn't do it anymore.
Most psychopaths actually have a diminished capacity to recognize and react to danger, and also have a lesser fear response. This is pointed out in episode 5 or 6, when her Lt. remarks that she thinks Tanya's ideas of what does and does not constitute a threat can be quite skewed. The lack of recognition and fear response (which also translates to anxiety, since it's basically the fear of what might happen) is why they tend to excel in high stress environments. Psychopathy is also like autism in that it's on a spectrum. Psychopaths are also perfectly capable of risking their lives if they feel the potential reward is worth that risk. On the other hand, sociopaths DO feel fear normally, since they were once neurotypical, or close to it. Psychopaths are born the way they are, with little to no ability to empathize and no conscience. Sociopaths are created through mental trauma. They have a conscience, but a very weak one. They also lack empathy for anyone but those really close to them (a parent, SO, sibling, etc.), and can suffer from anxiety. They are also prone to sudden fits of rage when they don't get their way, and tend to act impulsively when angry. Tanya feels fear and anxiety. She's quite cold and ruthlessly logical most of the time, but she has also demonstrated that she can feel empathy in certain situations, and has also felt remorseful and guilty at times, though at a level much lower than a neurotypical individual might. She's also flown into a rage several times when people have disobeyed her orders or in her dealings with Being X. She definitely fits the behavioral patterns of a sociopath or a narcissist (there's a LOT of overlap with those two).
@@solarprophet5439 You are correct that psychopaths have a diminished capacity to recognize danger, but the key cause is an inability to recognise emotional danger sign’s in people, such as someone who is displaying annoyance, anger and even a clear intention of doing harm. They lack empathy. In a modern war this is not normally an issue and psychopaths can easily recognise clear physical danger signs, such as bullets flying. The inability to recognise any fear when a threat is recognised is not a specific psychopathic trait, although as with the human mind different traits can co-exist. A psychopathic who also does not respond to fear could be an effective soldier, but this would be statistically rare. The Soviets, who identified and used psychopaths in Gulags to kill useless inmates, such as children the old and women were found to be ineffective in a front line position. Some did find their way into the NKVD formations in 1941 and these troops would often react rather strongly to fear and would run away unless someone held a gun to their head. You are correct that if the reward outweighed the risk psychopaths would take risks, but in a military situation the reward was often the saving of their own lives. I suppose if someone held a gun to their head they would take the lesser risk and fight rather than run and be shot out of hand. In some cases Tanya’s displays fanaticism during battle, however in the light novel and manga this is explained by the use of the device which allows her to fly, it apparently gives the user a feeling of intoxication. Tania’s anger, most evidence when she is being taunted by Being-X and when she saw a way to end the war and her commanders refused to see this, would occur irrespective of the personality. A better example of what you are describing which is the tendency to be quick to anger for trivial triggers, such as if she failed to get chocolates. Her anger is generally triggered by significant events and is normal. Sociopath’s, by their very nature, despise society. Tanya’s is the oppose of this and would be better described as a Sociophile who follows the rules, supports society wishes a nice comfortable position within that Society.
Ahhh, Tanya. What can I say except that I love this girl, and I want to adopt this girl. That speech she gave at the very end totally blew me away. I saw it in the English dub, and her performance in that role cannot be over praised. It was AMAZING! Oh yeah, and the bit where they put her in the dress for the photographs, that inner monologue had me laughing for an hour! Start to finish, this show is one epic moment after another!
There was honestly so many amazing moments in this series! The two you mentioned, when she had the meltdown towards the end. She was just voiced so well! :D
Archer, berserker, or caster class, I guess. Like Emiya, she won't enjoy any buffs from lack of legends and myths about her. However, she will have higher physical stats and probably a "mana burst"-like skill to represent boosting her physical stats with enhancement magic. Her NP will probably have anti-divine and/or anti-human properties. The innocent monster skill would also fit her. Seeing as we summon heroes in their peak, she will probably be from the late years of the war or a little after it. Her normal attacks will probably have low divinity bonus damage (due to the blessings).
correction... Ervin Rommel did not want to go to a higher rank so he can be away from the frontlines. in fact even at the rank of field marshal he is often seen in the fronlines during WWII and during WWI he was leading his men on assault which earnes him his iron cross
and she's flying. AND SHE'S FLYING! HIGHER! THE QUENN OF THE SKY, SHE'S FLYING TOO FAST AND SHE'S FLYING TOO HIGH! HIGHER, AN EYE FOR AN EYE, THE LEGEND WILL NEVER DIE!
Tanya's reputation as Ace of Aces and Devil of the Rhine is actually a reference to Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, where in her adulthood Nanoha is considered the Ace of Aces of the Time-space Adminstration's military she works for and has the reputation of the White Devil of the Administration(this is more an out-of-universe moniker from fans, but her being called the Devil is mentioned a few times in the series.) The author of Youjo Senki has said that Tanya is inspired from a fanfiction he read about Nanoha as a Soviet commissar, and many elements of Youjo Senki pay homage to Nanoha, not the least of which is Tanya being a WMD magical loli and combat instructor.
Hey how come they never made an English dub for strikers. Season 1 & 2 both got dub but strikers didn't? I literally started rewatching nanoha back in 2017 realizing that they never dub strikers.
To clarify her kill count is only recorded for Mage interception kills, if we factor in regular infantry and other non mage personnel it would be a lot higher
please don't feel loved for being called loli hitler... It's not a compliment. Seeing it as one clearly shows that you don't know anything about germany's history and, if you did, praised and worshipped his actions. Please, don't use or take "loli Hitler" as a compliment. Don't say it at all.
Except Edward is more Empathetic then Tanya, Tanya is less due to her ideals. It's like.... comparing a left wing Libertarian to a right wing Libertarian, sure both have titles "Libertarian" on them but both are opposite as Night and Day, Edward would freaking despise Tanya
Tanya is one of the best villain protagonists ever created. I really hope they make a second series of her. She has the "Saint" to beat, and I want to see that fight.
Not even a villain. Just so extremely sinister that she appears like a villain. Yet in retrospect, she's not really a villain at all. Just a person with their own goal.
@@fanboy4382 What animation? I'm talling about the LN here, where the Great Tomb of Nazarick (Overlord) suddenly get transported to Rhine Theater (Youjo Senki)
@@nexuszero72 well technically a near literal translation if you read Japanese characters as if you were reading English you would sound like yoda. Though of course not as simplified. (this can apply for subs and dubs) Basic translation involves rearranging for the average western English speaker to at least comprehend. A better version would be to simply do that, but instead redefine what is said so it's no longer akin to using google translate and more along the lines of how an average English speaker would speak and write. Although it woudnt be exactly what they're saying, there wouldn't be a real "lost in translation" as a Japanese dub watcher with English sub watcher would be parallel in following conversations and plot even if the roles were reversed. As a bonus, you could change some references to better fit whatever country it's airing in as it would better fit the culture, society, and the various problems that follow.
What I love about this is the fact that in our history the first world war started in 1914 and ended 1918. But in the anime they're on the brink of their first world war In the year 1923 and ends in 1924. Which puts them ahead of our history and explains why we see a mix of 1st and 2nd world war technology and tactics why I love this anime
A quick sidenote with Rommel: Even when he rose through the ranks and became a general and eventually a Field Marshal, he was always next to the frontlines coordinating every move his army makes. Eventually his insistence on always being on the frontlines has become an inspiration to his men that they made a saying about him: "Where Rommel is, there is the front" Quite the contrast from Tanya who wanted out of the battlefield
Is being x really God? The way he use the last guy and now his daughter only just to teach one person a lesson is like too evil for me to believe that is God. To me it looks like the devil trolling some one just for the lulz
I don't know if it's the devil but it's something that really just want to troll Tanya. Mystery Being X is a fitting name. To be honest, I expected her to be downright evil given the title but she is just pragmatist being punished because of that is annoying.
God in regards to Christianity has shown himself to be cruel in some aspects, usually to push home a lesson or as punishment. Still there are questionable instances when some would have thought it to be undeserving like him laying waste to every man woman and child for simply living in a city he considered evil.
@@mischiviousteefmonster3900 hell its self is unfair by design. Eventually you will suffer more than the suffering you caused and it will continue.....sounds like a something only a asshole would make.
"They (Tanya and Rommel) both had a Goal as they wanted to achieve a high rank to stay far away from the Battlefield" uh, no. Rommel was still on the very Front even when he was Field Marshal
Another fun fact. During WWII there were rumors of witches, but flying for Russia against Germany along the northern front. The Russian army was stretched so thin they were accepting female volunteers to fly night raids. Under the cloak of night with no lights and flying at high altitudes. German soldiers couldn't see anything and only hear the whoosh of the air turbulence from that altitude. And yes I know Tanya takes place during WWI, but there is WWII era technology too in the anime.
@@dream1430 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antihero Yes she is an antihero because 1. She is actively reacting to the story sonzai X creates and changes for Him/Her. 2. She doesn't have any traditionally heroic qualities, nor moral guidelines limiting her desitions. She only possesses a will that reacts in the most logically sound way against whatever the story presents.
I want to somehow work that into a fanfic. Like imagine that Tsuyu has this hidden cruel streak if you piss her off? Calls it her "Krul-Mode" but acts like Tanya in battle?
(Madoka Magica Spoilers) Try Tanya and Froppy (Both Actress) for the Sub:Tanya and Madoka for the Dub:Tanya Anna Nishiknomiya and Mei Misaki She is against Being X who is a God which contradicts Madoka who is a goddess
The Anime is one of my favorit. As a german i listen to the japanese, english and german voice of her. Throw stones at my head, but this is an anime where i love the german voice.
One point about Tanya, she has taken hits to protect her troops during the heat of battle. Seeing her people get hurt by the enemy quickly enrages her. She also forgave 2Lt Grantz sparing him from punishment for his insubordination while suppressing the Arene insurrection. The ruthless little pragmatist cares more than she'd ever want to admit, even to herself. IMO Tanya has grown and changed from the Salaryman she was in her last life, and continues to do so. Tanya seems content and happy to be sitting with her unit at the end of "Operation Desert Pasta".
Nice vid, though I'm surprised you didn't include one of Yuuki Aoi's most iconic roles - Clementine (Overlord) -- I only knew Yuki from your examples lol. She also voiced Futaba from Persona 5 and from what I read, a voice option for the game Catherine
It's also interesting to note that Tanya's an Army Major in both, as of right now, the anime and manga. She's a lieutenant colonel in the light novel though. Pretty impressive for a pacifist. She also has a dog by Chapter 17 in the manga. The scene's pretty cute~
@@inquisitorsteele8397 I made a clear distinction between the anime & manga, and the light novel though -> "Tanya's an Army Major in both, as of right now, the anime and manga." and "She's a lieutenant colonel in the light novel though."
3:57 You're right to say that Rommel wanted to reach a higher rank, you're wrong about staying away from the front as possible. It is known that Rommel is said to be found closer to the front lines more often than other officers of similar rank, despite his position as a ranking officer, especially in the later years of WW2.
Her professional technique that she even taught her squad was to create clones of themselves to draw enemy fire. This was outright said in the manga (dont remember chapter but should be pre-30), and also shown in the first episode of the anime.
Thank you! Everybody says it’s an alternate version of ww2, but it’s not, it’s an alternate version of ww1 leading into ww2. Thank you for getting it right!
For those that don't know, the series takes place in early 1920s which is why their technology is further advanced than ours was around the first world war. I've seen quiet a few people get confused with the timeline and get our history mixed up with the stories.
dude i came across this anime just recently by accident and just finished all 12 eps and damn it was surprisingly pretty good always tend to find good anime on accident everytime
New Info: Yen Press has decided to partner with an audio company called Hachette Audio to create Yen Audio in which along with Saga of Tanya the Evil, Sword Art Online, Overlord and Solo Leveling have received audiobooks of their first volumes. Not only that, but their main characters English VAs: Monica Rial, Bryce Papenbrook, and Chris Guerrero are the narrators and actually do their voices when speaking their character's dialogue.
I’m not sure, but wasn’t the voice she used for the bombing actually her real voice? Which is why she looked at her comrades funny when they said she was a good actor. I’m probably wrong though
There is one detail about Tanya's kill count that I find endlessly amusing. The 62 kills and 32 assists, are Confirmed kills. Her unconfirmed kills are much higher because of collateral kills (she's a magical howitzer), and estimations say it is in the hundreds if not thousands.
*Fun Facts:* The Japanese Title *Youjo Senki* and the English Title *The Saga of Tanya the Evil* was actually accurate even though if you use the Google Translator where the Japanese Title is translated as *Witch War* but if you translate both word of the Japanese Title separately, *Youjo* means *Child* and *Senki* means *War Record* and when you use the auto correct at a computer or devices, *Senki* is recorrected as *Demon* , well in my Phone. In Short, the Japanese Title is Translated like this: *Youjo Senki = The War Record of the Demonic Witch Child*
URDA and First Squad comes to mind as well. Short but definitely worth checking out. Always good to see more of this kind of show. Was a nice surprise coming across it!! :b
