Schäferhund - Vol. 2 Ch. 9

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>the guy time traveled sleeping
This fucking series.Looks like its time for murica to get blasted.
edit: I dont mind the -kun, -san being left out.
 
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Lol, I wonder how laughable evil the Americans are going to be.
 
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Well considering the Name. ief is actually for boys in germany. For girls some first name near to eve it is eef or evi (later is however coming out of french/english usage and has eva as equivalent).
 
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I actually wanted to name her Eve (well, my QC told me to and I agreed), but I forgot to save the change it seems
It's her last name anyways, so it doesn't really matter if it's for boys or girls
I didn't actually know that Ief is a real name (I can't remember ever having heard of anyone with that name), I just tried to fit the pronunciation in German.

The names in this series generally are so stupid I'm having quite a lot of trouble with them, Ief/Eve wasn't even the worst
 
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Lord, how unintentionally ridiculous this manga is. I wonder if American readers experience the same gamut of emotions when they see American characters like I do from a Soviet girl in this?
 
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Well this turned into world war waifu... FML... Can this get any more weird?
 
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@UserNamesAreOverrated The names are some what the charm of the series. Yes they seem to be all over the place. At least in the character overview at the start of chapter 8. Like in the second row Kei Schindler (Kei is a boys forename, Schindler a surname) but the next character on the right side has Micht Hilda (Hilda is a forename). So there is that.
Eve or a derivative of it as a surname is questionable in itself. I only looked up German given names to look for something matchable. Hence the names given in my first post.
I'm not exactly sure. The author might turned surname and forename in cases of German (European?) heritage when written down contrary to Asian way of introducing yourself with your surname and after that the given name. Just call it a hunch, why it might be confusing.

(btw in chapter 2 p3. there is a typo in yuuto zeiss without the w, if the spelling zweiss is settled.)
 
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I fixed the typo now
Having a first name as your last name isn't really that strange in German speaking countries, although it is pretty rare (duh), but the (kinda) Japanese first names really screw me over...
I am actually something similar to a German, so I don't look the names up, but just check if they sound "normal", and well yeah...interesting to say the least.
I actually read like three volumes of the raws today, and I already know which names are gonna suck in the next year(?), also you can look forward to some real bruh moments.
 
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@UserNamesAreOverrated Looking forward for more to come. Just don't overdo it and get exhausted.

Well I was a bit interested myself and asked prof. google regarding having the last name that can be a first name - yes. But in those cases they are mostly male first name, since woman got sure name of their spouse (and I only recognize those as "common"). Woman first names to become surnames was exceptional - it needed a high status of the woman to "donate" the lineage to begin with. (there are exception, but those are pretty rare https://www.deutsche-nachnamen.de/index.php/vornamen-als-nachnamen And even the examples given at in the link are not the "generic female first names" but rather derivative).
 
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Oh no cute yankee girls are going fight cute nahzee girls and some of them will probably die.
 
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So I understand the RAF and USAF work together but... are the airborne troops from a British glider solely American???
 
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and now the yankees are in. I'm quite surprised by how low the casualties are: a measly 2.
 
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Do the EE.UU. people call themselves yankees? I thought it was a derogative from the mexicans.
 
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You've clearly gone off the deep end after the 20th chapter,22 uploads total six years ago,but was last scene on the 17th of May 2024,so probably not dead(maybe you live on with a alt account?),but otherwise,just one thing.

"Senpai" and "kouhai" are basically "upperclassman" and "underclassman" for educational settings,and "senior" and "junior" for most other settings.
So I understand the RAF and USAF work together but... are the airborne troops from a British glider solely American???
Considering that the two C-47s were US,I reckon this is just a US airborne mission.

Specifics,though,reveal some interesting aspects.

Both the US and UK made gliders and gave 'em to each other,the US mainly making Waco CG-4("Hadrian[Mk.I for European use,Mk.II for those sent directly to India and SEA,exact same craft renamed for ease of logistics]"for the Brits)and the UK mainly making the Airspeed Horsa.
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What we see here,though,are two examples of the General Aircraft Limited GAL.49 Hamilcar.
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Used only three times by the British and no one else,this bad boy could carry the Mk VII (A17) Tetrach...
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...and,due to many issues with the Tetrach(including not being built for airborne use),the just as bad M22 Locust,built specifically for airborne use.
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Tetrachs and Locusts saw little combat,none of which actually benefitted from their presence.

However,this does mean that what we're seeing here isn't part of those three Hamilcar uses as historically seen,this could be a fun lil' change to Operation Varsity,the only action Locusts took part in during WWII.

Of the eight sent in a Hamilcar each,upon reaching the landing zone,ones' Hamilcar broke free from tow,fell apart,and sent the tank on a one way trip to the Earth,of another three that crashed upon landing due to heavy German fire,one came loose during the landing and flipped onto its' turret,one smashed into a house,knocking out its' radio and 37 mm gun,and the third damaged its' machine gun,the latter two were intact enough and with the four that landed without issue,six were ready to head to the objective...

...as one broke down trying to tow a jeep out of a glider and becoming a supporting pillbox,one attempted to help some US troops against a German self-propelled gun which quickly knocked the Locust out,and of the four that actually made it to objective,the two hard landing survivours could only provide cover as the two intact ones went up some high ground...

...which caused them to be engaged by German troops,requiring a nearby infantry company to support them,the tanks then becoming magnets for anti-tank and artillery fire,neither getting hit but causing casualties to the infantry company for the several hours they stayed up there before they retreated back to other two tanks,and these four plus the remaining infantry repelled several German attacks on their position before finally being relieved.

Either all of the above is happening elsewhere or this isn't a play on Operaton Varsity,being a completely original bridgehead establishing task with an all female US airborne...well,if the two C-47s were fully loaded,that's a total of 54 troops,with another six being the Locust crew(four of them being the pilots for the two Hamilcars),so it's one big platoon,unless these we see are the only troops involved.
 

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