幼女戦記Ⅱ

Long term damage to the Empire would be far worse from his perspective. Lend Lease has just started and the USSR has already replenished it's air force. Going by history, the Soviet Ural Industry is yet to start at full force along with the American lend lease. America is also not fighting Japan afaik so the full might of the American industry will back the war. They're fucked fucked. Their large scale military plan also seems to be going for the Oil fields like IRL so it won't be surprising if the Empire loses at Stalingrad.

In WW2 it was because of Japan if not to it, Roosevelt might not have enough support in congress to declare the war always sating as a materials provider, but is US is helping them as much as it did during WW2 then empire is most likely even more fucked than WW2 germany, as they most likely aren't that deep. Map they've showed implies that their offensive end goal is Donbas (yeah same one), but that means federation still keeps it, and in WW2 they've won even without it.

Yea, I wouldn't be surprised if the writers realized that because this is the season of everything going horribly wrong the tone would get really oppressively dark without some kind of levity to bring it back up. Particularly because there is no victory waiting for them like in season 1. I wouldn't be surprised if we start seeing people die off real fast, considering it's a war anime the plot armor has actually been pretty damn strong for our core cast but as the stakes grow more impossibly people are gonna have to start dieing. (I don't think Weiss is dead just yet, that cut looked vicious but not lethal.)

Most of the humor was of ironic variety. As another commentator pointed out last episode, this is basically a tragi-comedy with Tanya being the main architect of her own suffering. As such, the comedy comes from Tanya thinking she has triumphantly escaped a grueling career on the front lines, only for the top brass to keep pulling her in. Largely because her "braze and bloodthirsty patriot spoiling for GLORY" act she puts on in front of the top brass means they all think she's some type of Khorne Devotee (BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!). That, and she keeps 'volunteering' herself with every suggestion. It was funny the first time it happened, but you'd think she'd learn by now... what are we, on the 5th example of Tanya 'making a suggestion' without realizing what that really means? And that was the comedy of S1. Tanya thinks she's finally escaped the meat grinder. Tanya then finds herself deeper and deeper in the hole. Because Tanya is too arrogant to realize that Tanya is her own worst enemy. Not this... Looney Toons shit.

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Very serious and grim situation but man hahahhahaha omg Tanya was funny this episode. Ngl might be contender for best comedy of the season with Grand Blue. The empire is drunk obsessed with Victory they have no chance of winning the war anymore imo. They're miliatary is strong but the polictations the ones that should be influencing the public the top brass they fucking suck. No matter how much Tanya wins brings home victory if they never end the war they cannot ever actually win and achieve peace.

I have a feeling that was the last time Zettour and Rudersdorf see each other face to face. Zettour has completely resigned himself now that he's been exiled, but he's doing the best that he can. Really stupid of the leadership to do that, but they'll pay the consequences eventually.  It was funny to watch Tanya learn how bad things are for them, losing her composure is a definite understatement lol.  It's sad to see Weiss get an injury like that, but I don't think it was fatal. It was bound to happen that one of the more prominent soldiers of Tanya's troop would get injured in this fight, considering how disadvantageous it is for them.  Ugar picking the wrong person and timing to tell a dirty joke was funny, it was amusing to see Rerugen blushing.

In the very first episode, the very first time we "visit" Strategic HQ, there was talk of supply issues necessitating a withdrawal. The Empire's supply lines were strained from the very first episode. The Entente hadn't even joined the war yet, and offensives were being cancelled and the front lines pulled back due to logistical constraints! The miracle is that the Empire has lasted this long. The Ildoan peace treaty was their LAST chance to avoid disaster. And they fucking blew it.

It's more sinister than that. The politicians are in full Lord Farquad "Some of you will have to die, but that is a sacrifice I am willing to make" territory. They know that ending the war now is the best course of action for the nation, but it would be a disastrous course of action for the ruling class. Thus, they insist on doubling down their mistake (continuing the war) as the best course of action for themselves. Now, it's up in the air just how much they realize they are destroying the nation to save themselves Vs if they are truly so delusional as to think "what is best for us is de facto best for the nation." Zettour did tell them, point blank, that accepting the peace treaty may lead to civil war, but that was still a better outcome than complete dissolution from fighting until the nation literally falls apart at the seams. Rudersdorf more or less agreed, saying it's nigh-impossible to 'win' this war under current parameters. Taking a White Peace, then dealing with the domestic fallout, was clearly the better option for the nation even if it put the ruling class at risk... or heaven forbid, meant they would actually have to fucking work for a change. Just going by their tone of voice, the ruling class truly didn't care how many soldiers would die nor how much damage was dealt to the civilian population/economy at large. Nor did they care about the risk they were taking in continuing the war. The politicians Parasitic Class only cared about their own heads.

Half of episode about Tanya freaking out about yet another reckless operation, pretty much what I expected. I really don't have a good feeling about the operation success, looking at how ill-prepared everything is. Not like the head government cares. Zettour's smile when the Federation swarmed in was pretty suspicious though. Tanya had some peak reaction faces this episode, sadly still didn't learn the lesson that she shouldn't share all her ideas, especially the risky ones.

Zettour's smile when the Federation swarmed in was pretty suspicious though. Top commentor theorizes that Zettour is intentionally throwing Tanya under the bus. The idea is that if the Empire loses its Ace of Aces, their Valkyrie of Victory, it will shock the dipshit politicians into taking the peace treaty more seriously. Which is why Zettour put together such a "reckless" plan, then will act shocked when it goes exactly as he knew it would: the slaughter of Salamander Battalion. Look, Zettour is the one person at HQ that actually knew his ass from a hole in the ground, and also had the balls to tell High Command the truth. Everyone else is either too hot headed, incompetent, or cowardly to do what is necessary. Which means Zettour knows Andromeda is not just reckless, but a failure. A colossal failure so bad the idiots back at strategic HQ that think the plan was solid will be forced to rethink the entire war...

Nah, Zettour is one of the only people we can cross off the "spy" list. If for no other reason that his: the UK officer wouldn't order Zettour killed right after saying his spy at HQ fed them useful info. If Zettour is the spy, they wouldn't want to silence him. Plus, the spy is supposed to be at HQ. Zettour was just exiled to the Eastern Front. Now, it could be that Zettour WAS the spy, got demoted, and the UK command has decided to off him now that he's no longer placed highly enough to keep alive... But I suspect Uger, the logistics officer that was Tanya's teacher at the Academy, is the spy. Mostly out of narrative efficiency, as we don't have many named characters left at HQ. It just wouldn't be satisfying if the spy giving useful intel was some nameless background jobber. Plus, Uger's spirit broke a couple years ago when he dropped out of the main officer track and retreated to the back lines. He just wanted to focus on his family. He's not fighting for glory: he's fighting to survive. If he can be given assurances from the Allied forces his family will be spared after the Empire falls...

Tanya had some peak reaction faces this episode Tanya's reactions today were especially hilarious. Zettour and the Andromeda Project really must've shocked her to the core , so much so that she wasn't able to contain her emotions at all, even though she was in front of Zettour. sadly still didn't learn the lesson that she shouldn't share all her ideas, especially the risky ones. When Tanya felt bad that someone would have to do this mission , I wanted to scream at her that she would be the one doing it because there is no one better here, lol.

so much so that she wasn't able to contain her emotions at all, even though she was in front of Zettour. I really like that Tanya has progressively become just a bit less guarded about her emotions, and in general all the Empire characters are a bit less composed. Good showing of how the whole organization is very stressed. Everyone already knows now that Tanya isn't a warmonger and she'd prefer if the war ends as soon as possible, even if the Empire wins nothing from it. The narrative doesn't even have to abuse the Misunderstanding Field anymore, because they're all already locked in this highway to hell regardless.

I expect to see a good portion of Tanya's mage company get absolutely slaughtered. After season 1 and the amount of plot armor these MFs had, she's never had a FRIEND die before, which I would say her commanders/OG squad qualify, and I am beginning to wonder how much darker the tone could get. It isn't a necessary shift but the source material is deeply psychological and emphasizes the torment of war on a soldier's mind and I think there is a lot of untapped suffering waiting to happen. Regardless, whether they just kinda have "Everyone has a -10 morale debuff" approach or some of this shit starts getting to Tanya it'll work.

I really don't have a good feeling about the operation success, looking at how ill-prepared everything is. This entire season has pretty much been pointing towards the Empire losing the war. At this point the rest of the world has organized and is ready to fight the single country that is running out of resources and man power. I just hope that Tanya doesn't lose too many subordinates before the war is over.

So not only is Tanya bait in this stupid reckless operation, one of her units are being siphoned off to be support. Oh, and she’s forced to defend her position at all cost. Girl cannot catch a break! Fuckin leadership, man. These people do not realize the severity of the situation on the frontlines and want a win regardless of the cost. Fools. And lo and behold, the entire op is fucked from day 1. It’s plagued with operational and logistical difficulties and the Allies are already well aware of it and have come prepared af. Plus, they took out Weiss! Gonna need a genuine miracle for Tanya to pull this off and we all know X is a shit.

Pretty much. Rudersdorf and Lernen have significant talent at tactics for operations and defeating their enemy. But none of that means anything when you logistically cannot feed your troops anymore and they are out of shells. Zettour is the only one besides Tanya who sees the obvious writing on the wall, that they have lost the war of attrition, and America (Unified States) will eventually join in and finish the war.

The little slut. Is she tempting me? Mate, she's only 11. I guess she's indeed tempting you but not in the way you thought, you damn freak. The Coalition's doing pretty well on the covert side of things seeing as they've got an asset who's high up the Empire's command. They could get quick update on any major movements. Reckon the Empire's too focused on the military side to pay attention on espionage. Not only do they seem to be lacking on the offensive side, there were no indications of any counter-espionage activities. This was likely one factor in their eventual downfall.