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Saga of Tanya the Evil(2017)

Also known as Youjo Senki • Diario de guerra • Yōjo Senki

Upcoming · AT-X

7.6
TV-MA1 eps
S02
DramaWar & PoliticsActionAnime
ON AIR: JUL 8Season 2

What to Expect

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A cold, calculating protagonist drives the tension here; Tanya is not a hero seeking redemption but a cynical rationalist gaming a military system for self-preservation, which gives the story an unusually mercenary rhythm.

The pacing is brisk and tactically focused, with battlefield action punctuated by bureaucratic maneuvering and a running theological grudge match. Dark comedy runs underneath the war drama, sourced from the gap between Tanya's ruthless adult mind and her child soldier exterior. Viewers drawn to morally unsparing protagonists, isekai premises with hard strategic edges, and war narratives that treat ideology as a weapon rather than a backdrop will find the tone consistently sharp.

Best for

mercenary isekai, tactical war comedy and Drama

Story lane

Drama and War & Politics

Commitment

Season 2 · 1 episodes

Where

AT-X

Official Premise

For having insulted God, an arrogant Japanese salaryman in the moment of his sudden death is sentenced to be reborn in an alternate universe similar to 1910's Europe, in an empire torn apart by countless wars with all nearby countries. The salaryman is reborn as Second Lieutenant Tanya Degurechaff of the Imperial Army, a 9-year-old soldier girl. Plus this, according to God's words, if she's not able to die a natural death or she refuses to have faith in Him, her soul will leave the circle and be sent to hell for the countless sins that Tanya has committed in her previous life. In search for an escape, Tanya decides to enter into the Empire's Mages Division, hoping to reach a high enough rank as fast as possible to remain far from the battlefield and in this way avoid the risk of being killed. Even if she's now forced to speak with a young girl's lisp, Tanya soon turns into a ruthless soldier who prioritizes efficiency and her own career over anything else.

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