Youjo Senki
The Saga of Tanya the Evil
Edit
What would you like to edit?
 

Youjo Senki

Alternative Titles

Synonyms: The Military Chronicles of a Little Girl
Japanese: 幼女戦記
English: The Saga of Tanya the Evil
More titles

Information

Volumes: Unknown
Chapters: Unknown
Status: Publishing
Published: Oct 31, 2013 to ?
Genres: Action Action, Fantasy Fantasy
Themes: Isekai Isekai, Military Military, Reincarnation Reincarnation
Serialization: None
Authors: Shinotsuki, Shinobu (Art), Zen, Carlo (Story)

Statistics

Score: 8.401 (scored by 56995,699 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #2142
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #777
Members: 24,690
Favorites: 994

Resources

Reviews

Filtered Results: 3 / 9
Sort
  • Suggested
  • Most voted
  • Newest
  • Oldest
Filter
    Click once to include and twice to exclude Clear All
    Your Feelings
  • Recommended
  • Mixed Feelings
  • Not Recommended
  • Categories
  • Funny
  • Informative
  • Well-written
  • Creative
Preliminary Spoiler
Apr 13, 2020
Preliminary (39/? chp)
I won't mince words, this is a deeply irresponsible work. I wanted to see it through, but I dropped it after much deliberation.

Youjo Senki is the tale of an objectivist who is reborn as a child soldier in a imperial nation that is a mix of WWI and WWII era Germany geopolitics and military, but technology is supplanted with magic. The main character, who is renamed Tanya, is the picture of Japanese neoliberalism and the central "punchline" of the story is that her result-oriented pragmatism is instead seen as fierce patriotism and ideal military prowess by her superiors. Tanya has the foresight of extensive knowledge ...
Jan 3, 2022
InformativeInformative
Preliminary (1/? chp)
The first volume of Youjo Senki is the first physical copy of a light novel I ever bought.
It ended up in the trash can, where it rightfully belongs.

What I so utterly despise about the light novel is not the story, the militaristic overtones, the art, the characters, or anything like that. Honestly, those were the aspects that drew me in from the anime to begin with. No, Youjo Senki is bad because it is badly written.

To be fair, it's a little unfair of me to judge, as I read an English translation, but it was the official translation, so that shouldn't be an issue.

Anyway, I ...
Jul 24, 2023
FunnyFunny
Preliminary (1/? chp)
i bought this light novel with a high expect after i watched the anime but it's just a big DISAPPOINTMENT. My review will base on the fact that I've watched and love the anime.

There are some issues with the light novel that make me very bored when I read it

-If you watched the anime and want to read about the fights in the LN I have to say sadly there is none or very little of it. In the LN it will be like this
Tanya reviceived an order -> mumbling in her head about some thing for 1 page -> meet her team > mumbling ...