This only thing that bugs me is Viktoriya's character design. It's so bad, and is the sole reason I didn't give this a 10. Beginning of the anime your immediately thrown into a very brutal representation of WWII. No mans lands, artillery, machines guns, barbed wire, mud, the whole shabang. It was ART until Viktoriya appeared. Right before a German solider gets blown to smithereens, in comes anime girl from Japan saving the day! What the hell? She looks so out of place! No other character has a design like her. Everyone, with the exception of Tanya, looks like a normal human being. Tanya's character model work well since she's a child and the main protagonist but Viktoriya's just constantly looks fake and out of place with her big skyscraper eyes and smooth featureless face. Her design kills the vibe and there's no way I could ever tolerate those sideways eyelashes.
Rant aside, I really fell in love with the show.
I watched the anime first, read the manga second. The manga is reads completely different than the show. I really liked both of them and even though they are vastly different, I can't really decide which is better. For example, the anime has a better portrayal of what Being X's is but the manga explains God's involvement and motivations better. If you really liked the anime, you should give the manga a read to see just how different things are.
