TS Eiseihei-san no Senjou Nikki - Ch. 12

[StormSen]

My previous reply made me think about war portrayal in fiction a bit. I know I'm very much an amateur here, but I'm thinking of "realistic portrayal of the brutal realities of war". I'm just thinking aloud here...

• WW1 trench warfare is one type of brutal war, and was new at the time. This does a good job. Parts of Tanya the evil take place in a similar trench warfare zone.
• Trench warfare reappeared in large scale in the current Ukrainian war. We're not hearing as much about probably largely because the earlier Ukrainian trench defensive lines have now been overrun. Now, it's more mobile warfare.
• US has typically engaged in aerial warfare. Intense bombing.
• Current Gaza warfare is a mix of intense aerial bombardment destroying on the order of 80% of structures with population being shifted around into various camps. In addition to that, tunnelling and fixed pockets of fighters has played a major part.
• Drone warfare has played a greatly expanded role in both Ukraine and middle east wars.
• If we go back in time, we could look at what prolonged siege warfare (of towns/castles) was like. > Starvation, etc.
• Obliterating conquering warfare. Where an invading/conquering army lays waste, destroys villages, rapes and kills civilians. Plenty of that in history.
• "Civilized" warfare: Fought only between armies, not in cities, and for limited periods of time. (Because otherwise, the valuable resource of "people farming the land and producing stuff" would be destroyed.)

Part of what's striking about trench warfare is: it's brutal, prolonged, and can be near-stationary for long periods of time; and it still has plenty of fighting in it. Vs. bombing campaigns where the losing side is just getting obliterated. Or a conquering army, where the army comes in, destroys everything and then it's over. Siege warfare is also (potentially) prolonged and brutal, but it doesn't have as much fighting.

 

[Kushikime]

Thanks for the chapter.

 

[thobong]

Yeah Groundless is awesome. It's more of ww2 era conflict than trench warfare, but it is, indeed, amazing. Shame that it takes a while to update.

A bit off topic, but thanks for reading Groundless! As one of ak staff, I want to let you know that we are still working on it but the progress is indeed slow due to various reasons. However, we will continue because we love Groundless as much as you do.

 

[TheResearchGuy]

Thanks for the chapter!

The webnovel for this series is actually almost over. It’ll probably end with the next few weeks.

Would highly recommend it.

What chapter is the wn at and which chapters have the manga covered already?

 

[Ozyman]

What chapter is the wn at and which chapters have the manga covered already?

The wn is at chapter 199 right now. This chapter adapted about halfway into chapter 16 in the webnovel so it's very far behind lol. The English fan translation is currently at chapter 160 and are releasing new chapters daily.

 

[TheResearchGuy]

The wn is at chapter 199 right now. This chapter adapted about halfway into chapter 16 in the webnovel so it's very far behind lol. The English fan translation is currently at chapter 160 and are releasing new chapters daily.

With the rate the manga is going its gonna take 11 years to reach chapter 200 if they dont plan to cut alot from the story lol. Ill definitely check out the wn if im free in the future

 

[tired_peasant]

Reading that passage on pits of bodies reminds me of what is happening in Ukraine. Everyday thousands were killed in the meatgrinder and ends up in one of those corpse pit. The russians who were wounded, were recorded sudokuing themselves in no mans land since med-evac is non-existent. Grim.

 

[Renko]

Thanks for the chapter!

The webnovel for this series is actually almost over. It’ll probably end with the next few weeks.

Would highly recommend it.

Did Touri get an awesome isekai cheat and become a bad#ss herself?

Groundless is one first comes to mind. Not exactly trench warfare, but it's there with the depicting war on the common soldier's pov.
There's also Koukoku no Shugosha, which had very memorable common soldier povs including entrench combat where they hold the lines, with a bit of fantasy tint in the setting.

It's been a LONG time since I read Groundless! I'm surprise that it's still ongoing!

And thanks for mentioning the second manga! I got another one to read!

👍

 

[Ozyman]

Did Touri get an awesome isekai cheat and become a bad#ss herself?



It's been a LONG time since I read Groundless! I'm surprise that it's still ongoing!

And thanks for mentioning the second manga! I got another one to read!

👍

Well, The original title of the story is "The Rise of the TS Medic."
She doesn't get any cheat or anything but she does improve her skills at using Shield and Heal. Like even at the very end of the story, she would get folded by someone like Garback in under 5 seconds. She does have other strengths outside of just raw fighting ability.

 

[Quieo]

Those first few panels made me think of this.

Except this is the First World War where about a third of patients died from their injuries. The only thing this manga is missing is trench foot and the Spanish flue.

 

[Quieo]

Did Touri get an awesome isekai cheat and become a bad#ss herself?

No, it’s an isekai in order to give an outsiders experience to the brutal war and this is a gender swap as Touri use male pronouns to refer to herself. The author is trying to show the horrors on the First World War to nation that didn’t take part and thus we have Touri a modern Japanese person transport to fantasy world reliving Europe most bloody war!

 

[megahellreaper]

So, tomorrow should be when the last WN chapter drops, and I sincerely hope this manga keeps going deep into the story of the WN. I've loved almost the entirety of the story, with very few exceptions, and seeing people's predictions on here kinda fills me with nostalgia(Especially seeing characters that died, no bets on who). It's... mostly a story about the horrors of war, with very few examples of levity, unfortunately. Tragedy after tragedy, all the way through. What I love about it, though, is how the protagonist and other major characters never lose sight of what matters to them, always fighting for what they consider important, even if that changes throughout the story.

If the manga gets cancelled, I really hope people will give the WN a shot, it's very much worthwhile.

 

[Renko]

Well, The original title of the story is "The Rise of the TS Medic."
She doesn't get any cheat or anything but she does improve her skills at using Shield and Heal. Like even at the very end of the story, she would get folded by someone like Garback in under 5 seconds. She does have other strengths outside of just raw fighting ability.

No, it’s an isekai in order to give an outsiders experience to the brutal war and this is a gender swap as Touri use male pronouns to refer to herself. The author is trying to show the horrors on the First World War to nation that didn’t take part and thus we have Touri a modern Japanese person transport to fantasy world reliving Europe most bloody war!

What? Not even any sort of "first-person shooter" skills like health regen or auto-aim?

What is this!?

😩

 

[RenoGeno]

What? Not even any sort of "first-person shooter" skills like health regen or auto-aim?

What is this!?

😩

They're exaggerating Garback kicking Endgame Touri's ass in 5 seconds. In 1v1 Meele sure. Touri's gonna die. But give Touri command of the position getting attacked by Garback and he is very much dead.

Spoiler

She's not very strong but she's still a Hero level Soldier in the endgame and can definitely stall Garback on her own just fine if she's not forced in 1v1 Melee

 

[Higasho]

It's been a decade since I read a book and I decided to hop into the novel... and my god; It's actually really freaking good!~ and it really will take the artist 10+ years to catch up at the current pace to reach the halfway mark.

Reading Ozy's translations via PDF (pretty good translations, some chapters have art attached) and you should start from around CH 14-16 on ARC 1.

 

[Quieo]

It's been a decade since I read a book and I decided to hop into the novel... and my god; It's actually really freaking good!~ and it really will take the artist 10+ years to catch up at the current pace to reach the halfway mark.

Reading Ozy's translations via PDF (pretty good translations, some chapters have art attached) and you should start from around CH 14-16 on ARC 1.

So this is a work from a light novel.
Is trench foot discussed in the LN?

 

[Higasho]

So this is a work from a light novel.
Is trench foot discussed in the LN?

Spoiler: Trench foot

There's no direct mention of Trench Foot- but there is mention of Frostbite. Only halfway through atm.

 

[Thynkus]

This chapter officially rose up a flag for Veldie! Congrats, Corporal Veldie! You will die next chatper!

 

[Shirobane]

Pg 15: I’m almost certain Rhodri isn’t threatening her with an enema, especially since he said カンチョー, not 浣腸.

 

[Carn109]

Once more unto the fray