Youjo Senki (Saga of Tanya the Evil): Season 1/ Episode 6 “Beginning of Madness” – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview/ Review (with Spoilers) At this point, as cool as the action scenes are and as Being X makes it seem that it’ll, one way or another, inspire true faith in Tanya, it all means very little if we are to never learn why the Empire is at war. Topic 1: What Are We Fighting…
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Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
At this point, as cool as the action scenes are and as Being X makes it seem that it’ll, one way or another, inspire true faith in Tanya, it all means very little if we are to never learn why the Empire is at war.
Topic 1: What Are We Fighting For (Tanya)
With Dakia defeated, possible a territory that the Empire can take over by the winter, so comes the question of why they were at war with the Empire in the first place? From what we saw in the last episode, while they may have had the numbers they didn’t have the technology to compete. Then when it comes to the Entente Alliance, they too seem ill-equipped to really maintain a long-standing war. In fact, it is noted that if it wasn’t for the Republic and the Allied Kingdom, they’d likely end up just like Dakia.
Leading to the question which is starting to plague this show: What are all these wars about?
Commentary
While I enjoy this show, being that Being X only pops in every 2-3 episodes, we are mostly left watching Tanya destroy different battalions, companies, and what have you. Which is fine. However, with the Empire being, in real-world Europe, the location of Germany, with symbols which resemble the Third Reich, minus the swastika and eagle, you have to wonder if this show is just using the location or really playing on history. For while there are no Jews, no Romani people, and no signs of homosexuals, there has to be a reason for this war right? Is it just for a land grab? To keep the Empire from becoming too powerful? In an earlier episode, I can’t think of which one, Tanya is the one who asks why her country is being invaded, so with that, despite spending her life in the military, it seems the Empire isn’t the aggressor, so what gives?
Topic 2: World War (Being X and Tanya)
After successfully taking down at least 5 bombers, Tanya looks for possible prisoners of war and ends up in conversation with Being X. Who reveals that, likely by its hand, things will get worse as it pushed more countries to join the war. Yet, considering the powers it, God, or just luck, have given Tanya, what reason does she have to be afraid?
Commentary
While we know Tanya is capable of being injured, considering the type of power and abilities she possesses, of which it seems she isn’t at her limit yet, you have to wonder what otherworldly being is on Tanya’s side? Why is it, when Being X is trying to force her to have true faith, she is given all these tools to escape breaking down and giving in?
Granted, she does say what sounds like a prayer to tap into her full potential, but she says them deadpan and like any witch or wizard would say a spell to make coffee. So, how exactly does Being X plan to break her? Bringing the whole world against her and her battalion may seem like the way, but Tanya is changing.
I mean, the girl who once wanted to be far away from the front lines is more than willing to if it means a promotion. She used to stall and make excuses to avoid combat, but now she takes on the biggest challenges to help make a name for herself. So could it be that Being X, even with it being a celestial power, is an idiot? Could it be Being X isn’t working on behalf of a God but out of some form of selfish desire? Heck, could being X actually be some sort of demonic force if not a representation of the writer(s) view that heavenly beings aren’t always just or righteous but as demented and twisted as the humans they watch over? Or maybe I’m thinking too deep about something shallow?
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