The Saga of Tanya the Evil - Vol. 18 Ch. 52 - The Intervention Which Was Too Late III

[Oculunus]

The wait was long, but this is just so AWESOME it is worth it! The action, the art, the hype, the characters, everything, it's incredible! The way Tanya exchanged insultes with Colonel Drake while fighting was my favourite part.
I guess my only complaint would be that Tanya's unit is too strong. Even after all this they didn't lose a single soldier. While I do love all of those guys, this was a perfect moment to kill of 2 or 3 of less important ones to show them their aren't invincible and to maintain some realism.

 

[DGbr3w]

Damn good job on the release! another top quality release! another action packed release! It's A GREAT EARLY CHRISTMAS GIFT!

@Oculunus I believe they are such a strong unit due to Tanya being an apostle of God and her underlings have become her deciples bestowing gods power/protection to them. just my thoughts tho who knows. tis a good idea I think tho lol

 

[welcome2atlantis]

That prototype operations orb is unbelievable. Wide range AoE, enemy debuff, ally heal and buff all at the same time? You can't fight that. That's a freaking cheat code.

 

[zanonyn]

@Oculunus
You might be losing perspective on battles vs war? For some context, this chapter is maybe 40% of the way through the third novel, which is titled "The Finest Hour". And you should read that as ominous. There are 13 volumes out right now .

I dislike the idea that authors must kill people off constantly for it to be "realistic". Admittedly it's a fine line to walk, but it's not as if Delta Force or Seal Team 6 or the Night Stalkers or whomever are constantly taking big losses. @DGbr3w it's not Tanya's power per se, though that certainly is a factor. But her knowledge and connections in the military were at least as important or more so. 203 was selected from a huge military pool, then given massively superior training (based on radically advanced for the time methods) and equipment with a huge budget, and they've been able to build up enormous combat experience starting with easy opponents where risks were minimized. There is some luck in them taking only a few casualties with no deaths so far, but it doesn't seem at all surprising so early in the war that the Empire's best would have real advantages over opponents who were objectively massively inferior from the beginning, were already getting exhausted, or were just barely getting started. If anything it's impressive the Kingdom could send a force like that who would give them a real run for their money despite this being their first direct official sortie of the war and with really crap intel. If you look at our actual WWs, the Germans started with major advantages, momentum, and developed some impressive tech. That gave them a few years. But the nature of war is that opponents learn and develop too.

Remember, the 95 is Tanya's final last resort she hates to use. When it comes out it's because she was out of options, her opponents were strong enough to push her and her wing to the limits. The Empire's strategies combined incredible tactics and tech, but they were also acts of desperation. The commies and notAmerica are out there. Quality is all well and good, but sometime quantity has a quality all its own...

@welcome2atlantis
It's not unlimited as she emphasized in the escape chapter. It allows "storing" mana over time in a way other orbs don't, so there can be a huge amount of power banked up. But that's still a finite supply and when it's gone, only time can recover it.

 

[dereth]

What could have been...

 

[Epicredeemer]

MAJOR yuri tingle there on 73-75. I can't be the only one.

 

[lolipedofin]

The legendary Wing, even after through countless of perilous warfare theater and engagement, still their one and only victim is the one that succumbed to food poisoning.

 

[TheGodEmperor]

That was so much better than the anime A pity the anime was limited by time

 

[A31D31N]

The only team casuality that wasn't even fatal was because of food poisoning.

If only my company had this badass of a commander.

 

[Profatgamer]

Tanyas old body is demiurge.

 

[Ulfhednar]

The end of the gloomy War!

Does anybody actually believe that? No way not-UK and not-US would allow an independent power.

@zanonyn

If you look at our actual WWs, the Germans started with major advantages

Not if you believe German sources.

At the start of WW1, France (and more importantly, the German Emperor) had pretty much isolated Germany diplomatically, and all the technological advantages Germany had had in the 1890s (like automatic handguns, internal combustion engines etc) had already been copied all over the world. The only real advantages Germany had were superior soldiers and a massive number of paramilitary groups, who'd just been decriminalized after almost 100 years and were keen to prove their loyalty (only to be ordered into suicidal charges like Langemarck).

At the start of WW2, Germany was close to a civil war, with nationalists and democrats being more or less allied against national socialists and socialists (who were sometimes allies, sometimes enemies). A huge portion of the military elite had died in the Polish and Baltic "uprisings" and the SS / SA conflict, and those that remained were mostly opposed to the government to the point where they'd probably have staged a coup if not for the war.

It's no coincidence that Germany was almost constantly offering peace and complete return of captured territory throughout both wars. But I guess saying "Germany never wanted war" just doesn't fit most people's narrative.

 

[love_bunny]

first time i am out of breath from reading, this was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too goooooooooooooood

 

[Ithnan]

That guy just Rocket punched Tanya with his severed arm?. Respect

 

[Xxsafirex]

gotta ask how the half naked men at the end can still fly

 

[WORTWORT]

soooo in the end y did the empire lose is the question
btw @Ithnan thx for pointing that out lol i didnt even notice

 

[Dridespoon]

Death fakeouts are kind of bs, some dude clearly got their stomach badly churned, to put mildly. Though it was quite entertaining to see the battle in the manga, it was much more brutal than it was in the anime.

 

[Jet]

Wow, MC got owned! So there are even stronger ppl after all.
Pacifist rofl.

 

[THE_MANGA_IS_BETTER]

THANK YOU FOR THE NEW CHAPTER!!!!!!!!

 

[GuiltyIncest]

Lol the god powers are unfair.
Did she resurrect the people as well? I don't think that was an asspull because they came back once god powers were used.

 

[MarioFinale]

What a wonderful Christmas present!
Thanks for the TL!!