The Saga of Tanya the Evil, Vol. 6 (light novel): Nil Admirari
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Summary
Through the bone-chilling winter wind， the clashes of war can be heard。 Equipped with fragile weapons and machinery， Tanya and her unit march toward the Eastern front。 There， Tanya realizes the primitiveness of it all， and that it'll take more than a miracle to emerge unscathed。。。
Reviews
LiteratureIsLife
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Read this review （and others） at: https://literatureislife。com/2021/02/。。。Simply put， Nil Admirari is the weakest book in The Saga of Tanya the Evil so far。 The phrase Nil Admirari is Latin for “to be surprised by nothing”。 Tanya has spent a lot of this series doing just that thanks to her knowledge of Earth’s military history。 And just like certain real-world wars， this book deals with how it’s a really bad idea to invade Russia during winter。 The characters know this and everyone on both sides Read this review （and others） at: https://literatureislife。com/2021/02/。。。Simply put， Nil Admirari is the weakest book in The Saga of Tanya the Evil so far。 The phrase Nil Admirari is Latin for “to be surprised by nothing”。 Tanya has spent a lot of this series doing just that thanks to her knowledge of Earth’s military history。 And just like certain real-world wars， this book deals with how it’s a really bad idea to invade Russia during winter。 The characters know this and everyone on both sides starts to hunker down for the winter。 So， that doesn’t leave much room for the fighting this series is really built on。 It takes a backseat this book and the story spends most of its time on another component of war: politics。Personally， I still enjoyed this because politics interest me。 But it is very different from what this series has been up until now。 It may be a turnoff for a lot of readers who are much more interested in the action。So， we’ve reached the point where the story is mimicking late-WWII in a lot of ways。 Particularly the political failings that affected Germany at the end of WWII。 In both real history and this book， there comes a point where people start to realize the war can’t go on forever。 Militarily， the Empire is at its limit and they will run out of manpower and resources eventually。So， when you cannot keep fighting， what’s the next step？ Negotiate， of course。 That’s the simple， logical solution。 But humans are rarely simple， logical creatures。 Yes， you can look at material numbers， but how do you justify all the sacrifices it took to get to that point？ The generation of young people that have been wiped out by the conflict？ Should you get nothing for all the sweat and blood you spent to get here？！ Depends on how much you value your pride。And just because Tanya （and others， mostly others。 Tanya’s barely in this book， actually） are debating all this doesn’t mean the war is on full pause。 We do still get a few minor action scenes in here plus more battles that are mentioned rather than seen。 But it’s clear to everyone that before long something is going to break。 The Empire？ Their enemies？ Time will tell in the next book。 And hopefully with more action sequences to pick up the pace。 。。。more
Wildeflit
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Continues to impress with such an interesting outlook and perspective on a World War。
Ricardo Matos
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It’s not that it is a bad book， it it turns from a military story to a political one。 The MC isn’t really the focus of this volume。 So it was good， necessary for the story to progress further， but uneventful
S。Q。 Eries
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 In SummaryCharacters on both sides keep the story lively with challenges physical and political。 We still have Tanya struggling to compensate for the gap between General Staff’s view of things and reality， but now the Commonwealth’s Drake also provides a similar perspective as a commander in the multinational mage unit。 The high level scope of the growing continental conflict unfortunately remains a difficult read， but the scenes of those in the trenches cut straight to the heart。The ReviewAs wi In SummaryCharacters on both sides keep the story lively with challenges physical and political。 We still have Tanya struggling to compensate for the gap between General Staff’s view of things and reality， but now the Commonwealth’s Drake also provides a similar perspective as a commander in the multinational mage unit。 The high level scope of the growing continental conflict unfortunately remains a difficult read， but the scenes of those in the trenches cut straight to the heart。The ReviewAs with the previous volume， this one begins with Tanya on the Eastern Front dealing with a dilemma。 Whereas before the Salamander Kampfgruppe was struggling against guerrilla attacks， it’s now contending against a greater， nondiscriminating enemy: winter。 Although they do have the assistance of the newly formed Council for Self-Government， their collaboration is mostly in name only。 Yet Tanya once again sees through the mess of problems and to find solutions that protect her forces and cement relations with the Council for Self-Government。 While her insights aren’t as revolutionary as the not-everyone-in-the-Federation-is-a-Commie realization of last time， watching her rational brain deal with the challenges that beset her still makes for an engaging read。Of course， the Commies aren’t taking the PR fallout from the formation of the Council for Self-Government lying down。 They counter with their own campaign: a multinational mage unit to display their international ties。 Leading this unit are Colonel Drake of the Commonwealth and Colonel Mikel， recently a resident of a Federation concentration camp， and embedded in their group is Lieutenant Mary I’m-gonna-kill-the-Devil-of-the-Rhine Sue。 Perspectives on the anti-Imperial side have bounced from character to character throughout the series， but that role looks like it’s going to be carried by this threesome moving forward。This is a nice development because we’ll actually get a chance to truly get acquainted and attached to the people stuck with carrying out the orders of Commonwealth and Federation。 Despite being representatives of very different ideologies， Drake and Mikel hit it off right away。 Both are talented mages with a keen understanding of the political forces that have teamed them up。 With a Communist political officer attached to watch the multinational unit’s every move， the two men are continually thrust into situations where they must put on a show for the Commies so that Mikel doesn’t get tossed back into the concentration camps。While the Mikel and Drake walk a political tightrope to keep themselves and their subordinates alive， Mary tears about like the proverbial bull in a china shop。 She might’ve gotten sympathy points before as the bereaved daughter of a fallen Entente Alliance mage， but now she’s just a thoughtless officer causing trouble for everyone around her。 If Tanya has an antithesis， Mary is it。 She’s fighting for completely personal reasons， has no regard for rules and procedure， and despite the line in the narrative， “[Mary] wasn’t a girl who couldn’t read the room，” Mary really can’t read any perspective but her own。 Any appearance of Mary inevitably causes a headache for her commander Drake， and I’m groaning right alongside him。As far as the broader scope of the continental conflict goes， things get muddled further when the kingdom of Ildoa does some saber-rattling。 The introduction of a potential new player on the current theater of war turns the narrative into a bit of a slog。 Zen-sensei’s tendency toward untagged dialogue and minimal setting descriptions， unfortunately， means that all the conjecturing about Ildoa’s intent and motives results in confusion rather than an aura of intrigue。 As such， I look forward to the manga’s version of these events to clarify the situation for me。Extras include map and fold-out illustration in color; appendixes of the history timeline and general commentary; author afterword; and six black-and-white illustrations。For more manga and book reviews， drop by my blog Keeping It In Canon！ 。。。more
Scott Mattson
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Not as much action as the previous novels。 But does serve as a nice set-up for what is to come。
Aaron
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On the eastern front of an increasingly complex， increasingly damaging and increasingly fruitless war， Lieutenant Colonel Tanya von Degurechaff goes through the motions: she receives new orders， she gripes， her battalion accomplishes the required tasks， she discerns something amiss in the military strategy， she adapts， her battalion survives and she passes along a report to the General Staff regarding the increasingly complex， damaging and fruitless direction of the war effort。 If there is anyth On the eastern front of an increasingly complex， increasingly damaging and increasingly fruitless war， Lieutenant Colonel Tanya von Degurechaff goes through the motions: she receives new orders， she gripes， her battalion accomplishes the required tasks， she discerns something amiss in the military strategy， she adapts， her battalion survives and she passes along a report to the General Staff regarding the increasingly complex， damaging and fruitless direction of the war effort。 If there is anything about war and its parade of death that can be deemed ordinary， then the purview chronicled in THE SAGA OF TANYA THE EVIL #6 would match such a description。This volume of the novel series is dedicated almost entirely to providing a view into the political maneuverings and the sidelong frustrations of soldiers pressed into service in spite of the arrogant or clueless ethos of nation-state operators。 Other volumes have done this while splitting time with gripping action， but Volume Six tilts the balance more heavily in favor of politics。So much so that Tanya and the Salamander Kampfgruppe hardly account for one-third of the book's story elements。 Much of the novel shifts the narrative focus over to a pair of unlikely friends， commanding officers for the Federation and the Commonwealth who are pressed into a series of joint operations for the sake of publicity and international pseudo-diplomacy （"Military action for political ends often means committing foolishness at the request of unreasonable people，" p。 60）。 And while it's worth mentioning that the struggles these two men face run parallel to the difficulties Tanya faces， Tanya is not in the spotlight。It's both frustrating and comical， however， to witness experienced soldiers lose their minds whenever they cross paths with moralists who have no place on the battlefield。 First Lieutenant Liliya Ivanova Tanechka （political officer， Federation） and First Lieutenant Mary Sue （aerial mage， Commonwealth） represent the height of idiosyncratic political sophistry。 The views of these characters arise from a nationalism starved of pragmatism and bereft of the flexible empathy required to navigate the fog of war。 In the previous volume， one wondered if these characters would prove problematic for Tanya 。 。 。 but it turns out their ideological arrogance is a foil for cohorts in their own ranks。The best part of THE SAGA OF TANYA THE EVIL #6 rests in a curious exchange between Colonel von Lergen and Colonel Virginio Calandro， an intelligence officer and special envoy for the Royal Ildoan Army。 The Empire is interested in curtailing the Kingdom of Ildoa as it conducts military exercises near the border they share。 It's doubtful an actual conflict will emerge but the meeting between von Lergen and Calandro escalates quickly， from a casual and informal meeting of counterparts to a heated negotiation of brokered peace talks meant to undercut multinational embassy delegations。 It's clear von Lergen is in over his head but the man adapts surprisingly well， if only at the very last moment。 He manages to convince the incredibly wily Calandro to defer to using a paper trail for official purposes and manages a successful push to allow Imperial air service members to train with the Ildoan army — a ruse to borrow fuel and skirt international law — on the pretense that training in civilian aircraft with a neutral nation-state is fair game （as opposed to the direct purchase of fuel， as "war supplies，" for native aviation technology （"There was no reason to punish someone for doing something no rule prohibited，" p。 147）。 It's a move von Lergen acknowledges is reminiscent of something Tanya would do on the battlefield， noting that being able to flexibly respond to an opponent's own knack for precision is a worthy （necessary） effort。 。。。more
kurogane shiroikaze
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Oof， this was quite a heavy read。 This time the action takes a backseat as Tanya and her superiors take stock of the impending disaster their military outings has become and it is very obvious this volume is an analytical take on the failings of late-WWII Germany leadership; although I must stress this is very lacking on the Nazism aspect of it。 Instead， it's more depicted as a downfall of the Empire's "pride" and this volume focuses a lot in depicting the sufferings of the frontline and the gen Oof， this was quite a heavy read。 This time the action takes a backseat as Tanya and her superiors take stock of the impending disaster their military outings has become and it is very obvious this volume is an analytical take on the failings of late-WWII Germany leadership; although I must stress this is very lacking on the Nazism aspect of it。 Instead， it's more depicted as a downfall of the Empire's "pride" and this volume focuses a lot in depicting the sufferings of the frontline and the generals in trying to keep up appearances despite being stretched to the limit in every aspect。 There is barely any action here as well， with only minimal engagements seen and mostly happening off-screen as well。 It is a very wordy tome and I admit I did get bored of it at parts， but a big payoff seems to be in the wings the next volume。 。。。more
Zaphied
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