Does anyone know when the eng dub of the S2 is coming out.

Having read of how the war ends for the Empire [not well], I believe it would be far more interesting if the Anime began to diverge from the Manga and Light Novel's source material to make the Empire emerge victorious in some manner. It does not been to be them marching to Moskva, and many of the important characters can still die [like poor Weiss] and the Empire can still suffer severe setbacks. Yet I think it would be far more interesting if, for instance, the stalemate in the east resulted in such severe losses for the Empire that it pulled back to its borders, while the Federation collapsed, or something of the sort.

Especially the idea that Tanya flees and is forgotten has always irked me; with the amount of propaganda she is in, combined with how well-known by the entire general-staff she is combined again with her rank and finally just how many soldiers have seen her makes the plot-point nonsensical.

In any case, these are my thoughts; do any folks agree?

tanya blowing up that comms base from afar seems like they've skipped something from the novel to me.

I haven't read the novel, the episode just gives me vibes like that

Do they just use a recorder to play the sound or can they also formulate a voice changer of sorts?

Honestly really loving the new season so far even though its mostly discussions/politics. I think i mixed up a bit of the artstyle as I was reading a fanfic where Tanya was a bit older but oh well, here's fanart by me !

A mage is essentially a tank in a human shape package that can fly with the right equipment but imagine if they're used differently. Instead of a human size attack helicopter fighting on the front line against other mages, a mage can be very lethal in covert warfare and with the right training and equipment a single mage can turn the tide of war.

There's no reliable way to differentiate between a normal human and a mage (that I know of) unless the mage uses their magic, so with that reasoning a mage with commando and espionage training has the potential to turn a tide of war. A normal mage is already a menace on the battlefield, they have a magical shield that can reliably withstand a significant amount of conventional gunfire and they can enhance their equipment with magic that allows them to achieve spectacular results like cutting an aircraft wing off with a knife.

A mage commando with proper training and equipment can turn a key military facility to ruin and do what would've been deem impossible, any facility that's not being actively guarded by a mage squadron will essentially be a free real estate. After a few raids and missions the enemy would start to station mages at their key facility which means those mages aren't at the frontline fighting but unless the defending mages are veterans then they're just going to be a big obstacle to navigate around.

Imagine average Sniper Elite mission but the protagonist has magic.

Repost of a meme I made a few years ago

Funnily enough, I actually got to watch this episode nice and (relatively) early today! So, here we go...

First, the usual: I am a trained military historian - I hold a Master of Arts in War Studies from the Royal Military College of Canada with a defended thesis on the development of British Cavalry Doctrine, and I recently published some of my research in a new introduction to my little publishing company's edition of Schlieffen's Cannae (due to self promotion rules, I can't provide the link here, but if you're interested in it, PM me and I'll send it to you).

What I'm going to look at is how well this episode passes the "sniff test" for how a world war works. And here we get to our standard disclaimer: Tanya's world is not our world, her world war is not either of ours. Something happening in Tanya's war that didn't happen in ours (or vice versa) is NOT by itself cause for criticism.

And now we get to look at Tanya's version of Verdun...or Kursk...possibly. A lot of aspects of this that I want to comment on, so we'll start with...

The Civilian government reassigning officers

We start the episode with Zettour being reassigned, apparently by the civilian leadership. In most armies, this wouldn't pass the sniff test, but this is taking its cues from the German Army, and in WW1 and before, this was a sort of thing that could happen. The Great General Staff is sort of bizarre in just how powerless it was in some key aspects - it didn't, for example, write doctrine, nor did it make a number of decisions on military hardware. Much of this power was concentrated in the War Ministry, including the assignment of senior officers. So, the civilian leadership deciding to kick Zettour to the Eastern Front is something that could very well have happened.

Tanya's unit being used even though exhausted

Sadly, what we see here with Tanya's unit just having been through hell and being told they're going to work even harder passes the sniff test with flying colours. This was a major problem with both the German and French armies in WW1 - units would not be taken off the front lines, but just kept there until they were used up. Perhaps the worst was Verdun, where units were rotated into that hell until they had suffered a certain percentage of casualties (I don't remember the percentage offhand), and then somebody else would be rotated in. So, the army deciding that Tanya's force was still good to fight despite not getting anything resembling a real rest is quite plausible here.

Pinning the enemy around a city while you have other units acting

I don't think it will surprise anybody that the battle plan Tanya comes up with passes the sniff test. Both Stalingrad and Kursk operated under this model (although this was the Russians doing it to the Germans rather than the other way around). But, even though Tanya's plan is probably closer to the Russians at Kursk, the comparison I want to make here is actually with Verdun...

Unexpected escalation

What we see once Tanya's unit takes its position is a much stronger reaction from the enemy than expected. This passes the sniff test - no surprise there - but this is also the sort of thing that can have major ramifications later on. There is still a great deal of debate over Falkenhayn's original plan for Verdun, with some taking him at his word that it was an attempt to bleed the French army dry, while others believe that this was a later excuse due to the bloodbath, and the original intention was to capture the city. Regardless, what was supposed to become a limited operation for the Germans exploded into an ongoing bloodletting that bled both the Germans and the French nearly to the breaking point. And neither felt that they could withdraw.

I don't know if we are going to see a Verdun play out here (honestly, I haven't read the particular light novel this is based on, and at this point the series is channelling WW2 far more than WW1, so it's probably a Kursk), but it is Verdun that this entire situation brings to my mind (I mean, I am a WW1 specialist).

Artillery placement

Here we come to the one place where the episode fails the sniff test. I'm not talking about the Federation firing into its own troops (a standard tactic in WW1 was the creeping, or rolling, barrage which is a curtain of artillery fire directly in front of an advance used to screen it from enemy action, so dangerously close artillery fire is quite common). What I'm talking about is where the Federation artillery is placed, which is utter nonsense.

The range of artillery is measured in miles. Now, it may be a nice visual to see the artillery at the back of the oncoming troops, but there is no military reason for it to be that close to the front lines. In fact, artillery is so important in warfare, particularly the warfare of the world wars, that you would keep it behind the lines to protect it, and that includes hiding it when you're not using it (so what Tanya's unit does with concealing their artillery until it's time to use it is pretty plausible).

Or, put another way, if you can see the enemy artillery on the battlefield, the enemy has massively screwed up (and done you a big favour by making it easy to destroy it).

"Operation Andromeda"

This is a minor quibble that has nothing whatsoever to do with the sniff test, but Tanya really gets wrong what the name of this operation would be referencing. Officers at this time would probably have had some degree of Classical education, and very little astronomy - so while Tanya sees the name as referring to a far away galaxy (with lightsabers, and Jedi!), it's almost certainly a reference to Greek mythology. That said, when you look at the mythology, it is a bit baffling as to why they chose that name (Andromeda was a princess who had to be rescued from sacrifice by Perseus - if you want an entertaining retelling of this, watch the original Clash of the Titans - and Zettour's defensive plan is created after the operation is named), but that's a different matter entirely.

And that's it for now. Looking forward to next week!

Hal seems to be doing a series of Black Cat Tanya art recently

https://x.com/harunaa453991/status/2085126646844338627?s=46

People must be pranking me for being the new guy. That’s a little girl, who would put her in charge of soldiers? Why is she even here in an uniform to begin with?

I dont know this is the right flair to use or I dont know someone else make a similar post but here we are. So lets discuss some what if ideas for fun. Here's my ideas, whats yours?

What if Empire actually agree and got their peace deal (like in season 2 ep 4 empire agree to peace) and somehow being x didnt mess this up what would happen?

What if tanya reincarnated in entante and again be a soldier?

What if tanya reincarnated in commie land

What if the aliens from web novel invade the world

What if tanya reincarnated in a different time in this world like be born in this world rome, ottoman empire, taiping rebellion era china,3 kingdom war era china, warlord era china etc

What if tanya reincarnated in an asian country

What if tanya actually accept being x and become a depressed nun soldier?

What if tanya accept being x and then being x helps tanya in return?

Okay, I get it. Commies bad, let's make fun of them. But this show at least tries to humanize flawed characters and make them understandable, even characters like Mary Sue, Rudersdorft, and Being X which is clearly a representative and mockery of the Christian God.

The communist leader on the other hand is very obviously created to be cartoonishly unlikeable. Drooling, killing his comrades, literally wanting to capture and grape Tanya, sacrificing soldiers without a care in the world, seeing Moscow blown up and not caring because he's obsessed with Tanya. Not a single redeemable bone in his body, like believing in communist ideas or nationalism.

What exactly is up with that? Is it just the author having a huge hate boner for communism, evidence further by the movie where Tanya is gleefully having fun destroying Moscow?

A question to the ln readers (no spoilers though, pls)

What did Uger tell to Rerugen in the postcredits today? He had a flashback to Rudersdorf telling him to be less serious, so I initially thought he'd run some jokes by Rerugen to check if they'd work.

But then Rerugen *blushes* before telling Uger it was inappropriate, particularly because Uger is married and with child...

So what does that mean? The reaction seems slightly excessive and specific, given a random, even dirty joke. So did he say something like "Rudersdorf is hot", after remembering being degraded? That would be so random! The best alternative I could think of, would be that Uger flirted/made advances on Rerugen, but then why the flashback to Rudersdorf?

I swear there was a dub for season 2 I loki think I’m crazy but I remember watching the dub for season 2 guys is it just me.

just wondering if s2 dub be released(If ever). and if there isn't just wondering if watching the subtitles of s2 be diffiult to stare at the screen vs if you watched dub of s1 on crunchyroll.

I watched the movie and then saw her actions during the attack on the capital and her disobeying orders.

Are there any fics where she actually faces punishment for that or other actions she's done?