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* ChildProdigy: What the Empire sees her as. This trope is subverted and [[ZigZaggingTrope zig-zagged]] in that while Tanya IS a child and has repeatedly demonstrated skills, knowledge and mental development far beyond what someone her age should have, she is also a reincarnated male human adult who is ''fully aware'' of her previous life experiences. Even Tanya admits that she was never a genius of any sort during her previous life and she simply has the benefit of a lifetime of experiences.
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* ChildProdigy: What the Empire sees her as. This trope is subverted and [[ZigZaggingTrope zig-zagged]] in that while Tanya IS a child and has repeatedly demonstrated skills, knowledge and mental development far beyond what someone her age should have, she is also a reincarnated male human adult who is ''fully aware'' of her previous life experiences.incarnation. Even Tanya admits that she was never a genius of any sort during her previous life and she simply has the benefit of a lifetime of experiences.
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* JeanneDArchetype: [[{{Irony}} Hilariously enough]], she is well on her way to becoming one thanks to Being X and its machinations.
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* ManipulativeBastard: Being X has quietly influenced Tanya's life since her birth into the new world. It granted Tanya her magical aptitude, ensuring that she would be drafted into the Empire's army no matter what she did. Being X has also influenced the people in Tanya's life to ensure that her life would be in the greatest possible danger with the goal of eventually breaking her atheist resolve. This includes giving the inventor of her Type-95 divine inspiration and a general the idea of a rapid-response team to handle crises on the front lines.
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* ChildProdigy: What the Empire sees her as. This trope is [[ZigZaggingTrope zig-zagged]] in that while Tanya IS a child and has repeatedly demonstrated skills, knowledge and mental development far beyond what someone her age should have, she is also a reincarnated male human adult who is ''fully aware'' of her previous life experiences.
* DiggingYourselfDeeper: Tanya has an unfortunate habit of doing this without intending to. From explaining why people's faith in God has dwindled (to said God) leading her to becoming Tanya in the first place, all the way to how explaining to a Brigadier General how the world could be going into a World War and what the Empire would need to be able to fight in it which in turns leads her to being promoted into a major and leading her own battalion when all she wanted was to be [[ArmchairMilitary a rear echelon]].
* DiggingYourselfDeeper: Tanya has an unfortunate habit of doing this without intending to. From explaining why people's faith in God has dwindled (to said God) leading her to becoming Tanya in the first place, all the way to how explaining to a Brigadier General how the world could be going into a World War and what the Empire would need to be able to fight in it which in turns leads her to being promoted into a major and leading her own battalion when all she wanted was to be [[ArmchairMilitary a rear echelon]].
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* ChildProdigy: What the Empire sees her as. This trope is subverted and [[ZigZaggingTrope zig-zagged]] in that while Tanya IS a child and has repeatedly demonstrated skills, knowledge and mental development far beyond what someone her age should have, she is also a reincarnated male human adult who is ''fully aware'' of her previous life experiences.
experiences. Even Tanya admits that she was never a genius of any sort during her previous life and she simply has the benefit of a lifetime of experiences.
* CosmicPlaything: Being X is determined to break Tanya's resolve and force her to worship it, treating everything around her as a sadistic game while doing so.
* DiggingYourselfDeeper: Tanya has an unfortunate habit of doing this without intending to. From explaining why people's faith in God has dwindled (to said God) leading her to becoming Tanya in the first place, all the way to how explaining to a Brigadier General how the world could be going into a World War and what the Empire would need to be able to fight in it which in turns leads her to being promoted into a major and leading her own battalion when all she wanted was to be a [[ArmchairMilitarya rear echelon]].
* CosmicPlaything: Being X is determined to break Tanya's resolve and force her to worship it, treating everything around her as a sadistic game while doing so.
* DiggingYourselfDeeper: Tanya has an unfortunate habit of doing this without intending to. From explaining why people's faith in God has dwindled (to said God) leading her to becoming Tanya in the first place, all the way to how explaining to a Brigadier General how the world could be going into a World War and what the Empire would need to be able to fight in it which in turns leads her to being promoted into a major and leading her own battalion when all she wanted was to be a [[ArmchairMilitary
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* IdiotHair: one that is just as [[FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon crooked]], as she is mentally.
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* IdiotHair: one One that is just as [[FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon crooked]], crooked]] as she is mentally.
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* JeanneDArchetype: [[{{Irony}} Hilariously enough]], she is well on her way to becoming one thanks to "Being X" and its machinations.
* JerkassHasAPoint: In the last moments of her previous life, he fired a man despite his pleas. Said man had missed work without permission or reasonable excuses and had poor work performance despite multiple warnings. In her current life, Tanya punished two subordinates. These men disobeyed an ethical direct order from a superior officer in order to save lives from enemy artillery. While the men made a moral choice, insubordination should never be encouraged in a military institution.
* JerkassHasAPoint: In the last moments of her previous life, he fired a man despite his pleas. Said man had missed work without permission or reasonable excuses and had poor work performance despite multiple warnings. In her current life, Tanya punished two subordinates. These men disobeyed an ethical direct order from a superior officer in order to save lives from enemy artillery. While the men made a moral choice, insubordination should never be encouraged in a military institution.
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* JeanneDArchetype: [[{{Irony}} Hilariously enough]], she is well on her way to becoming one thanks to "Being X" Being X and its machinations.
* JerkassHasAPoint: In the last moments of her previous life, he fired a man despite his pleas. Said man had missed work without permission or reasonable excuses and had poor work performance despite multiple warnings. In her current life, Tanya punished two subordinates. These men disobeyed an direct ethicaldirect order from a superior officer in order to save lives from enemy artillery. While the men made a moral choice, insubordination should never be encouraged in a military institution.
* JerkassHasAPoint: In the last moments of her previous life, he fired a man despite his pleas. Said man had missed work without permission or reasonable excuses and had poor work performance despite multiple warnings. In her current life, Tanya punished two subordinates. These men disobeyed an direct ethical
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* PastLifeMemories: Tanya remains fully aware of her previous incarnation and carries over her experiences from that into her current life. Because of this, she has the skills, knowledge, drive and personality of a ruthlessly efficient modern Japanese human resources manager in addition to the military training and combat experience gained in her new world. At officer training school, Tanya used her knowledge about the [[UsefulNotes.SengokuJidai Sengoku Period]] to develop answers to theoretical battle situations and wrote a thesis paper that demonstrated efficient modern supply logistics. She has also used her knowledge about the [[UsefulNotes.WorldWarI first World War]] to (correctly) anticipate how the countries would act or react in given wartime situations. Tanya also occasionally lets slip references from her previous life such as comparing her life as a soldier to that of a [[{{Salaryman}} salaryman]] under her breath and shouting "Tamaya!" when witnessing an exploding weapon factory (Tamaya was the name of an old Japanese fireworks maker and is a word that the Japanese people often use to express their thrill for fireworks).
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* PastLifeMemories: Tanya remains fully aware of her previous incarnation and carries over her experiences from that into her current life. Because of this, she has the skills, knowledge, drive and personality of a ruthlessly efficient modern Japanese human resources manager in addition to the military training and combat experience gained in her new world. At officer training school, Tanya used her knowledge about the [[UsefulNotes.SengokuJidai Sengoku Period]] to develop answers to theoretical battle situations and wrote a thesis paper that demonstrated efficient modern supply logistics.logistical streamlining. She has also used her knowledge about the [[UsefulNotes.WorldWarI first World War]] to (correctly) anticipate how the countries would act or react in given wartime situations. Tanya also occasionally lets slip references from her previous life such as comparing her life as a soldier to that of a [[{{Salaryman}} salaryman]] under her breath and shouting "Tamaya!" when witnessing an exploding weapon factory (Tamaya was the name of an old Japanese fireworks maker and is a word that the Japanese people often use to express their thrill for fireworks).
* [[SelfMadeMan Self Made Woman]]: Once she was born into her new life, Tanya had no one to turn to but herself. With her opportunistic nature and through sheer willpower, she has raised herself to the upper echelons of a military institution. It is likely that Tanya was also self-made in her previous life.
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* StraightEdgeEvil: She really hates smoking and even applauded one of her lieutenants at the end of Episode 6 for his abstinence from smoking. Unfortunately for Tanya though, she now lives in an era where EverybodySmokes and has to constantly deal with the heavy smoking that her superiors practice.
* ThousandYardStare: PlayedForLaughs, Tanya gets these when she is forced to have a makeover for propaganda photos.
* VillainProtagonist: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin It's right there in the title]]. She is arrogant, ruthless,egoistic and only interested in personal benefit. When it comes to achieving her goals, she is willing to do ''anything'' to achieve them.
* ThousandYardStare: PlayedForLaughs, Tanya gets these when she is forced to have a makeover for propaganda photos.
* VillainProtagonist: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin It's right there in the title]]. She is arrogant, ruthless,egoistic and only interested in personal benefit. When it comes to achieving her goals, she is willing to do ''anything'' to achieve them.
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* StraightEdgeEvil: She really hates smoking and even applauded praised one of her lieutenants at the end of Episode 6 for his abstinence from smoking. Unfortunately for Tanya though, she now lives in an era where EverybodySmokes and has to constantly deal with the heavy smoking that her superiors practice.
* ThousandYardStare: PlayedForLaughs, Tanya getsthese this when she is forced to have a makeover for propaganda photos.
* VillainProtagonist: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin It's right there in the title]]. She is arrogant,ruthless,egoistic ruthless, egotistic and only interested in personal benefit. When it comes to achieving her goals, she is willing to do ''anything'' to achieve them.
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* VillainProtagonist: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin It's right there in the title]]. She is arrogant,
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* OnlySaneMan: kind of. She neither is a sadistic asshole (like Tanya) nor has a patriotic fever, making her the only reasonable person in Tanya's battalion.
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The main protagonist. Tanya is a 11 year old blonde, azure-eyed girl who is the reincarnation of a cold-hearted, ruthless, career obsessed salaryman from modern Japan. Tanya has a high latent magical ability, and is the only one capable of using the Type-95 jewel due to Being X's interference. Tanya is quite ruthless and intolerant of failings in others—much the same as in her previous life, and employs several extreme punishments and training methods.
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The main protagonist. Tanya is a 11 year 11-year old blonde, azure-eyed girl who is the reincarnation of a cold-hearted, ruthless, career obsessed salaryman career-obsessed [[{{Salaryman}} salaryman]] from modern Japan. Tanya has a high latent magical ability, and is the only one capable of using the Type-95 jewel due to Being X's interference. Tanya is quite ruthless and intolerant of failings in others—much the same as in her previous life, and employs several extreme punishments and training methods.
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* ActionGirl: During her life as a soldier, Tanya has singlehandedly decimated or completely destroyed entire armies and mage squadrons. This is due to her powerful magical abilities and her unique Type-95 jewel, which gives her an edge over her opponents by allowing her to fly at an altitude unachievable to most mages. This trope is [[ZigZaggingTrope zig-zagged]] given that Tanya is an 11-year old girl with the mind of a ruthless male adult.
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* ActionGirl: During her life as a soldier, Tanya has singlehandedly decimated or completely destroyed entire armies and mage squadrons. This is due to her powerful magical abilities and her unique Type-95 jewel, which gives her an edge over her opponents by allowing her to fly at an altitude unachievable to most mages. This trope is [[ZigZaggingTrope zig-zagged]] partially [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] given that Tanya is an 11-year old girl with the mind of a ruthless male adult.
* ChildProdigy: What the Empire sees her as. This trope is [[ZigZaggingTrope zig-zagged]] in that while Tanya IS a child and has repeatedly demonstrated skills, knowledge and mental development far beyond what someone her age should have, she is also a reincarnated male human adult who is ''fully aware'' of her previous life experiences.
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* JeanneDArchetype: [[{{Irony}} Hilariously enough]], she is shaping up into one thanks to "Being X" and its machinations.
* JerkassHasAPoint: In the last moments of her previous life, he fired a man despite his pleas. Said man had missed work without permission or reasonable excuses and had poor work performance despite multiple warnings. In her current life, Tanya punished two subordinates. These men disobeyed an ethical direct order from a superior officer in order to save lives from enemy artillery. While the men made a moral choice, insubordination should never be encouraged in a military organization.
* JerkassHasAPoint: In the last moments of her previous life, he fired a man despite his pleas. Said man had missed work without permission or reasonable excuses and had poor work performance despite multiple warnings. In her current life, Tanya punished two subordinates. These men disobeyed an ethical direct order from a superior officer in order to save lives from enemy artillery. While the men made a moral choice, insubordination should never be encouraged in a military organization.
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* JeanneDArchetype: [[{{Irony}} Hilariously enough]], she is shaping up into well on her way to becoming one thanks to "Being X" and its machinations.
* JerkassHasAPoint: In the last moments of her previous life, he fired a man despite his pleas. Said man had missed work without permission or reasonable excuses and had poor work performance despite multiple warnings. In her current life, Tanya punished two subordinates. These men disobeyed an ethical direct order from a superior officer in order to save lives from enemy artillery. While the men made a moral choice, insubordination should never be encouraged in a militaryorganization.institution.
* JerkassHasAPoint: In the last moments of her previous life, he fired a man despite his pleas. Said man had missed work without permission or reasonable excuses and had poor work performance despite multiple warnings. In her current life, Tanya punished two subordinates. These men disobeyed an ethical direct order from a superior officer in order to save lives from enemy artillery. While the men made a moral choice, insubordination should never be encouraged in a military
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* PastLifeMemories: Tanya remains fully aware of her previous incarnation and carries over her experiences from that into her current life. Because of this, she has the skills, knowledge, drive and personality of a ruthlessly efficient modern Japanese human resources manager in addition to the military training and combat experience gained in her new world. Tanya also occasionally lets slip references from her previous life such as comparing her life as a soldier to that of a [[{{Salaryman}} salaryman]] under her breath and shouting "Tamaya!" when witnessing an exploding weapon factory (Tamaya was the name of an old Japanese fireworks maker and is a word that the Japanese people often use to express their thrill for fireworks).
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* PastLifeMemories: Tanya remains fully aware of her previous incarnation and carries over her experiences from that into her current life. Because of this, she has the skills, knowledge, drive and personality of a ruthlessly efficient modern Japanese human resources manager in addition to the military training and combat experience gained in her new world. At officer training school, Tanya used her knowledge about the [[UsefulNotes.SengokuJidai Sengoku Period]] to develop answers to theoretical battle situations and wrote a thesis paper that demonstrated efficient modern supply logistics. She has also used her knowledge about the [[UsefulNotes.WorldWarI first World War]] to (correctly) anticipate how the countries would act or react in given wartime situations. Tanya also occasionally lets slip references from her previous life such as comparing her life as a soldier to that of a [[{{Salaryman}} salaryman]] under her breath and shouting "Tamaya!" when witnessing an exploding weapon factory (Tamaya was the name of an old Japanese fireworks maker and is a word that the Japanese people often use to express their thrill for fireworks).
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* AChildShallLeadThem: She fulfills this trope whenever she gets a commanding position, especially once she becomes a battalion commander at the tender age of 11. Zigzaged, as the only thing about her that is childlike is her body.
* AxCrazy: She isn't right, all right. It isn't quite as evident in anime, but in the manga it is stated very clearly that she just wants to be in the rear or, missing that, to have the best possible meat shield around her. Coupled with LackOfEmpathy this often leads to her acting with excessive violence and subject those around her to TrainingFromHell
* AxCrazy: She isn't right, all right. It isn't quite as evident in anime, but in the manga it is stated very clearly that she just wants to be in the rear or, missing that, to have the best possible meat shield around her. Coupled with LackOfEmpathy this often leads to her acting with excessive violence and subject those around her to TrainingFromHell
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* AChildShallLeadThem: She fulfills this trope whenever she gets a commanding position, especially once she becomes a battalion commander at the tender age of 11. Zigzaged, Zigzagged, as the only thing about her that is childlike child-like is her body.
* ActionGirl: During her life as a soldier, Tanya has singlehandedly decimated or completely destroyed entire armies and mage squadrons. This is due to her powerful magical abilities and her unique Type-95 jewel, which gives her an edge over her opponents by allowing her to fly at an altitude unachievable to most mages. This trope is [[ZigZaggingTrope zig-zagged]] given that Tanya is an 11-year old girl with the mind of a ruthless male adult.
* AmbitionIsEvil: There is almost nothing Tanya won't do to advance her position in order to accomplish her goals of personal safety and power. While this is partially motivated by her desire to spite [[JerkassGods Being X]], she has always felt the need to rise in a hierarchy, as seen in her previous life.
* AxCrazy: Sheisn't right, all right. is definitely less than sane. It isn't quite as evident in anime, but in the manga it is stated very clearly that she just wants to be in the rear or, missing failing that, to have the best possible meat shield around her. Coupled with LackOfEmpathy this often leads to her acting with excessive violence and subject those around her to TrainingFromHellTrainingFromHell.
* ActionGirl: During her life as a soldier, Tanya has singlehandedly decimated or completely destroyed entire armies and mage squadrons. This is due to her powerful magical abilities and her unique Type-95 jewel, which gives her an edge over her opponents by allowing her to fly at an altitude unachievable to most mages. This trope is [[ZigZaggingTrope zig-zagged]] given that Tanya is an 11-year old girl with the mind of a ruthless male adult.
* AmbitionIsEvil: There is almost nothing Tanya won't do to advance her position in order to accomplish her goals of personal safety and power. While this is partially motivated by her desire to spite [[JerkassGods Being X]], she has always felt the need to rise in a hierarchy, as seen in her previous life.
* AxCrazy: She
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* TheDreaded: In both the light novels and manga, Tanya is regarded as one of their greatest threats by the enemy side. She is a "Named Ace of Aces" (noted enemy ace with over 50 kills in aerial combat) who is only recognized by her magical signature as every opponent that encounters her does not survive to see what she actually looks like. Only chance gives the Republic a look at Tanya's face.
** One of the officers on her own side regards her as this due to her abnormal mentality and proposition of Total War as a doctrine.
** One of the officers on her own side regards her as this due to her abnormal mentality and proposition of Total War as a doctrine.
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* TheDreaded: In both the light novels and manga, Tanya is regarded as one of their greatest threats by the enemy side.countries. She is a "Named Ace of Aces" (noted enemy ace with over 50 kills in aerial combat) who is only recognized by her magical signature as every opponent that encounters her does not survive to see what she actually looks like. Only chance gives the Republic a look at Tanya's face.
** One of the officerson from her own side military regards her as this due to her abnormal mentality and proposition of Total War as a doctrine.
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* NeutralEvil: Type 1.
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* PastLifeMemories: Tanya remains fully aware of her previous incarnation and carries over her experiences from that into her current life. Because of this, she has the skills, knowledge, drive and personality of a ruthlessly efficient male Japanese human resources manager in addition to the military training and combat experience gained in her new world. Tanya also occasionally lets slip references from her previous life such as comparing her life as a soldier to that of a [[{{Salaryman}} salaryman]] under her breath and shouting "Tamaya!" when witnessing an exploding arms factory (Tamaya was the name of an old Japanese fireworks maker and is a word that the Japanese people often use to express their thrill for fireworks).
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* PastLifeMemories: Tanya remains fully aware of her previous incarnation and carries over her experiences from that into her current life. Because of this, she has the skills, knowledge, drive and personality of a ruthlessly efficient male modern Japanese human resources manager in addition to the military training and combat experience gained in her new world. Tanya also occasionally lets slip references from her previous life such as comparing her life as a soldier to that of a [[{{Salaryman}} salaryman]] under her breath and shouting "Tamaya!" when witnessing an exploding arms weapon factory (Tamaya was the name of an old Japanese fireworks maker and is a word that the Japanese people often use to express their thrill for fireworks).
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* RageAgainstTheHeavens: Tanya goes from being an atheist to full on misotheist after being forced to pray to God in order for her Elenium Type-95 to work, calling Being X [[PrecisionFStrike "A vile piece of shit."]]
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* RageAgainstTheHeavens: Tanya goes from being an atheist to full on misotheist after being forced to pray to God in order for her Elenium Type-95 to work, calling Being X a [[PrecisionFStrike "A vile "vile piece of shit."]] shit"]].
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* {{Salaryman}}: In her previous life, Tanya was an ambitious Japanese [[{{Workaholic}} workaholic]], having reached a high position as a human resources manager and earned the Talented Employee Award from her company for establishing efficient business processes. She is still a workaholic, having no life outside her duties as a soldier. Because of this, Tanya appreciates hard work and has no patience for those who can't pull their own weight.
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* {{Salaryman}}: In her previous life, Tanya was an a classical but ambitious Japanese [[{{Workaholic}} workaholic]], having reached a high position as a human resources manager and earned the Talented Employee Award from her company for establishing efficient business processes. She is still a workaholic, having no life outside her duties as a soldier. Because of this, Tanya appreciates hard work and has no patience for those who can't pull their own weight.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: To certain extent; while she has absolutely no sympathy for those who fail to meet her standards for a good soldier and refuse follow her orders, she does make sure that those who prove themselves to be good soldiers get the recognition they deserve. This is, of course, purely pragmatic, as her inner monologues clearly shows she does this to look good to both her superiors and underlings.
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* JeanneDArchetype: [[{{Irony}} hilariously enough]], she is shaping up into one thanks to "Being X" and its machinations.
* JerkassHasAPoint: In the last moments of her previous life, he fired a man despite his pleas. Said man had missed work without permission or reasonable excuses and had poor work performance despite multiple warnings.
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* JeanneDArchetype: [[{{Irony}} hilariously Hilariously enough]], she is shaping up into one thanks to "Being X" and its machinations.
* JerkassHasAPoint: In the last moments of her previous life, he fired a man despite his pleas. Said man had missed work without permission or reasonable excuses and had poor work performance despite multiple warnings. In her current life, Tanya punished two subordinates. These men disobeyed an ethical direct order from a superior officer in order to save lives from enemy artillery. While the men made a moral choice, insubordination should never be encouraged in a military organization.
* JerkassHasAPoint: In the last moments of her previous life, he fired a man despite his pleas. Said man had missed work without permission or reasonable excuses and had poor work performance despite multiple warnings. In her current life, Tanya punished two subordinates. These men disobeyed an ethical direct order from a superior officer in order to save lives from enemy artillery. While the men made a moral choice, insubordination should never be encouraged in a military organization.
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* LaughingMad: She does this very often, The first time, chronologically, is when she's told to hold off a squad by herself for ten minutes; note that this was her first combat situation, then telling her that God is on their side.
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* LaughingMad: She does this very often, often. The first time, chronologically, is when she's told to hold off a squad by herself for ten minutes; note that this was her first combat situation, then telling her that God is on their side.
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* OrphansOrdeal: Invoked and Discussed, Tanya uses this as her excuse for joining the military at her ridiculously young age. Telling a classmate from the military college that as an orphan she didn't have much choice in employment despite her talent and intelligence.
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* OrphansOrdeal: Invoked and Discussed, discussed, Tanya uses this as her excuse for joining the military at her ridiculously young age. Telling She tells a classmate from the military college that that, as an orphan orphan, she didn't have much choice in employment despite her talent and intelligence.intelligence.
* PastLifeMemories: Tanya remains fully aware of her previous incarnation and carries over her experiences from that into her current life. Because of this, she has the skills, knowledge, drive and personality of a ruthlessly efficient male Japanese human resources manager in addition to the military training and combat experience gained in her new world. Tanya also occasionally lets slip references from her previous life such as comparing her life as a soldier to that of a [[{{Salaryman}} salaryman]] under her breath and shouting "Tamaya!" when witnessing an exploding arms factory (Tamaya was the name of an old Japanese fireworks maker and is a word that the Japanese people often use to express their thrill for fireworks).
* PastLifeMemories: Tanya remains fully aware of her previous incarnation and carries over her experiences from that into her current life. Because of this, she has the skills, knowledge, drive and personality of a ruthlessly efficient male Japanese human resources manager in addition to the military training and combat experience gained in her new world. Tanya also occasionally lets slip references from her previous life such as comparing her life as a soldier to that of a [[{{Salaryman}} salaryman]] under her breath and shouting "Tamaya!" when witnessing an exploding arms factory (Tamaya was the name of an old Japanese fireworks maker and is a word that the Japanese people often use to express their thrill for fireworks).
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: To certain extent; while she has absolutely no sympathy for those who fail to meet her standards for a good soldier and refuse follow her orders, she does make sure that those who prove themselves to be good soldiers get the recognition they deserve. This is, of course, purely pragmatic, as her inner monologues clearly shows she does this to look good to both her superiors and underlings.
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* {{Salaryman}}: In her previous life, Tanya was an ambitious Japanese [[{{Workaholic}} workaholic]], having reached a high position as a human resources manager and earned the Talented Employee Award from her company for establishing efficient business processes. She is still a workaholic, having no life outside her duties as a soldier. Because of this, Tanya appreciates hard work and has no patience for those who can't pull their own weight.
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* AllMythsAreTrue: In the manga, Being X turns out to be a council of sorts derived of many different mythological deities. The way they speak to each other however is similar to the Socratic Dialogue, thus making all of them LiteralSplitPersonalities of the amalgamation that is Being X.
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Viktoriya is a Second Lieutenant in the Imperial Army and serves under Tanya Degurechaff. Viktoriya is actually a refugee from the Rus Revolution and her family was originally a member of the Rus aristocracy. She and her whole family were forced to flee to the Empire and later she enlisted in the army. Having served under Tanya in the Rhine Theater, Viktoriya is more familiar with Tanya's true personality, to which she shows fear, but also respect. As a result of knowing Tanya, Viktoriya is able to more accurately keep up with Tanya as compared to other soldiers.
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Viktoriya is a Second Lieutenant in the Imperial Army and serves under Tanya Degurechaff. Viktoriya is actually a refugee from the Rus Revolution and her family was originally a member of the Rus aristocracy. She and her whole family were forced to flee to the Empire and later she enlisted in was conscripted into the army. Having served under Tanya in the Rhine Theater, Viktoriya is more familiar with Tanya's true personality, to which she shows fear, but also respect. As a result of knowing Tanya, Viktoriya is able to more accurately keep up with Tanya as compared to other soldiers.
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* NotAllowedToGrowUp: Is worried that at eleven, she is still short and [[NoPeriodsPeriod hasn't even had her first menarche]] and suspects Being X is at fault. A female medical staff officer assures it's most likely due to being malnourished during her younger years.
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* NotAllowedToGrowUp: Is worried that at eleven, she is still short and [[NoPeriodsPeriod hasn't even had her first menarche]] and suspects Being X is at fault. A female medical staff officer assures it's most likely due to being malnourished during her younger years.years along with the strenuous life of a solider.
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* VomitIndiscretionShot: After she had her day in the trenches, she vomit from shock.
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* AxCrazy: She isn't right, all right. It isn't very evident in anime, but in manga it is stated very clear that she just wants to be in the rear or, missing that, to have the best possible meat shield around her. Coupled with LackOfEmpathy this often leads to her acting with excessive violence and subject those around her to TrainingFromHell
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* AxCrazy: She isn't right, all right. It isn't very quite as evident in anime, but in the manga it is stated very clear clearly that she just wants to be in the rear or, missing that, to have the best possible meat shield around her. Coupled with LackOfEmpathy this often leads to her acting with excessive violence and subject those around her to TrainingFromHell
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* DiggingYourselfDeeper: Tanya has an unfortunate habit of doing this without intending to. From explaining why people faith in God has dwindled leading her to becoming Tanya in the first place, all the way to how explaining to a Brigadier General how the world could be going into the World War and what it would need to be able to fight in it which in turns leads her to being promoted into a major and leading her own battalion when all she wanted was to be [[ArmchairMilitary a rear echelon]].
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* DiggingYourselfDeeper: Tanya has an unfortunate habit of doing this without intending to. From explaining why people people's faith in God has dwindled (to said God) leading her to becoming Tanya in the first place, all the way to how explaining to a Brigadier General how the world could be going into the a World War and what it the Empire would need to be able to fight in it which in turns leads her to being promoted into a major and leading her own battalion when all she wanted was to be [[ArmchairMilitary a rear echelon]].
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* EntertaininglyWrong: She frequently attempts to stand out so she can have comfortable assignment in the rear, but everything she does makes her superior see her as a model soldier who wants to fight on the front lines.
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* EntertaininglyWrong: She frequently attempts to stand out so she can have comfortable assignment in the rear, but everything she does makes her superior superiors see her as a model soldier who wants to fight on the front lines.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: To certain extent; while she has absolutely no sympathy for those who fail to meet her standards for a good soldier and refuse follow her orders, she does make sure that those who prove themselves to be good soldiers get the recognition they deserve.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: To certain extent; while she has absolutely no sympathy for those who fail to meet her standards for a good soldier and refuse follow her orders, she does make sure that those who prove themselves to be good soldiers get the recognition they deserve. This is, of course, purely pragmatic, as her inner monologues clearly shows she does this to look good to both her superiors and underlings.
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* MaskOfSanity: Tanya is capable of pretending to be a capable and loyal, if brutal officer as well as a sympathetic human being who cares for others. Only Rerugen and those unfortunate enough to end up as her subordinates have been able to see past her mask thus far.
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* MaskOfSanity: Tanya is capable of pretending to be a capable and loyal, if brutal officer as well as a sympathetic human being who cares for others. Only Rerugen and those unfortunate enough to end up as her subordinates have been able to see past her mask thus far.far (some enemy soldiers also, but they don't really count, since their lifespan from the time they see her can be counted in minutes on one hand at most).
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* ReligiousBruiser: An involuntary example; she is forced to pray god by Being X every time she uses her Type-45.
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* ReligiousBruiser: An involuntary example; she is forced to pray god by Being X every time she uses her Type-45.Type-95.
* SpringtimeForHitler: Everything she does to wind up with a cushy rear-echelon job either doesn't help at all or worse, only convinces her superiors to send her back to the front lines.
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* YouHaveFailedMe: In the first episode Tanya decides to send two of her subordinates back home for insubordination. They protest her decision so instead she has them reassigned to man a fortified pillbox [[spoiler: knowing that such fortifications are prime targets for artillery barrages. She was counting on them being blown to smithereens by enemy battery fire leaving her hands clean.]]
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* YouHaveFailedMe: In the first episode Tanya decides to send two of her subordinates back home for insubordination. They protest her decision so instead she has them reassigned to man a fortified pillbox [[spoiler: knowing that such fortifications are prime targets for artillery barrages. She was counting on them being blown to smithereens by enemy battery fire leaving her hands clean.]]
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** Interestingly, this is not the case in the manga, where apparently AllMythsAreTrue is in effect.(And all of them being parts of Being X adds another insight to its thought-process in the process.)
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* ImpoverishedPatrician: Implied due to her being chased off by alternate rendition of the Red Army during the fall of the expy Russian Empire.
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Empire's main talented (but definitely mad) scientist, inventing many useful weapons during the war. He is the one who invented Tanya's Type-95 computation jewel and later, Type-97. Formerly atheist, he becomes devoted to God after Being X blesses his newest creation, the Type-95.
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The Empire's main talented (but definitely mad) scientist, inventing many useful weapons during the war. He is the one who invented Tanya's Type-95 computation jewel and later, Type-97. Formerly atheist, he becomes devoted to God after Being X blesses his newest creation, the Type-95.
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* LoopholeAbuse: True to its word, it upholds its promise to keep its influence in Tanya's life at minimum. However, anyone else around her? [[UnwittingPawn Free game]].
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* {{Troll}}: To the point where it at one point only appeared to Tanya in order to taunt her with a SlasherSmile to boot.
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** Interestingly, this is not the case in the manga, where apparently AllMythsAreTrue is in effect.
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** Interestingly, this is not the case in the manga, where apparently AllMythsAreTrue is in effect. (And all of them being parts of Being X adds another insight to its thought-process in the process.)
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* AxCrazy: It's pretty clear from the get-go that Tanya isn't right in the head at all.
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* AxCrazy: It's pretty clear from the get-go that Tanya She isn't right right, all right. It isn't very evident in anime, but in manga it is stated very clear that she just wants to be in the head at all.rear or, missing that, to have the best possible meat shield around her. Coupled with LackOfEmpathy this often leads to her acting with excessive violence and subject those around her to TrainingFromHell
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* StraightEdgeEvil: She really hates smoking and even applauded one of her lieutenants at the end of Episode 6 for his abstinence from smoking. Unfortunately for Tanya though, she now lives in an era where EveryoneSmokes and has to constantly deal with the heavy smoking that her superiors practice.
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* StraightEdgeEvil: She really hates smoking and even applauded one of her lieutenants at the end of Episode 6 for his abstinence from smoking. Unfortunately for Tanya though, she now lives in an era where EveryoneSmokes EverybodySmokes and has to constantly deal with the heavy smoking that her superiors practice.
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* StraightEdgeEvil: She really hates smoking and even applauded one of her lieutenants at the end of Episode 6 for his abstinence from smoking. Unfortunately for Tanya though, she now lives in an era where EveryoneSmokes and has to constantly deal with the heavy smoking that her superiors practice.
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* WrongGenreSavvy: Tanya makes constant mistakes as she forms her mage wing due to this. For a rationalist born in pacifistic Japan, Tanya reckons that emphasizing WarIsHell would be enough to drive away all potential recruits to her wing. However the prevailing attitude among the military is that WarIsGlorious and thus they see her harsh pamphlets as nothing more than an exhortation for them to display their patriotism. Tanya forgets that the espirit de corps of the Imperial Army is especially strong and the other armies are just itching to help out their comrades in the Northern and Western armies. Particularly egregious as Tanya should be aware that it was the First World War (which she is currently living through) that finally did in the notion of a glorious and honorable war.
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* WrongGenreSavvy: Tanya makes constant mistakes as she forms her mage wing due to this. For a rationalist born in pacifistic Japan, Tanya reckons that emphasizing WarIsHell would be enough to drive away all potential recruits to her wing. However the prevailing attitude among the military is that WarIsGlorious and thus they see her harsh pamphlets as nothing more than an exhortation for them to display their patriotism. Tanya forgets that the espirit esprit de corps of the Imperial Army is especially strong and the other armies are just itching to help out their comrades in the Northern and Western armies. Particularly egregious as Tanya should be aware that it was the First World War (which she is currently living through) that finally did in the notion of a glorious and honorable war.
* TimeStandsStill: Whenever Being X appears to Tanya, the passage of time stops.
* TheVoice: Similarly to Abrahamic god, Being X never shows its true form and instead takes the form of person or inanimate object close by when contacting Tanya.
* TheVoice: Similarly to Abrahamic god, Being X never shows its true form and instead takes the form of person or inanimate object close by when contacting Tanya.
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* TheBusCameBack: While admittingly it was a short bus ride, she left as a corporal and returned as a second lieutenant and Tanya's adjutant.
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* TheBusCameBack: While admittingly admittedly it was a short bus ride, she left as a corporal and returned as a second lieutenant and Tanya's adjutant.
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* NumberTwo: She serves as Tanya's adjutant after going through officer school.
* TookALevelInBadass: She becomes a significantly more capable soldier after going through officer school. Tanya isn't entirely pleased with this outcome however as she feels having someone too competent as a subordinate could jeopardize her chances of getting into rear echelon duty.
* TookALevelInBadass: She becomes a significantly more capable soldier after going through officer school. Tanya isn't entirely pleased with this outcome however as she feels having someone too competent as a subordinate could jeopardize her chances of getting into rear echelon duty.
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* VillainProtagonist: It's right there in the title. She is arrogant, ruthless,egoistic and only interested in personal benefit. When it comes to achieving her goals, she is willing to do ''anything'' to achieve them.
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* VillainProtagonist: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin It's right there in the title.title]]. She is arrogant, ruthless,egoistic and only interested in personal benefit. When it comes to achieving her goals, she is willing to do ''anything'' to achieve them.
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* DiggingYourselfDeeper: Tanya has an unfortunate habit of doing this without intending to. From explaining why people faith in God has dwindled leading her to becoming Tanya in the first place, all the way to how explaining to a Brigadier General how the world could be going into the World War and what it would need to be able to fight in it which in turns leads her to being promoted into a major and leading her own battalion when all she wanted was to be [[ArmchairMilitary a rear echelon]].
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* DiggingYourselfDeeper: Tanya has an unfortunate habit of doing this without intending to. From explaining why people faith in God has dwindled leading her to becoming Tanya in the first place, all the way to how explaining to a Brigadier General how the world could be going into the World War and what it would need to be able to fight in it which in turns leads her to being promoted into a major and leading her own battalion when all she wanted was to be [[ArmchairMilitary a rear echelon]].
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** EyeColourChange: When she uses her magic in the anime, her eyes go from blue to yellow. Her eyes also turn red when she attempts to self-destruct.
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* AChildShallLeadThem: She fulfills this trope whenever she gets a commanding position, especially once she becomes a battalion commander at the tender age of 11. Zigzaged, as the only thing about her that is childlike is her body.
* AxCrazy: It's pretty clear from the get-go that Tanya isn't right in the head at all.
* BerserkButton: She does not take well to insubordination at all.
* TheDreaded: In both the light novels and manga, Tanya is regarded as one of their greatest threats by the enemy side. She is a "Named Ace of Aces" (noted enemy ace with over 50 kills in aerial combat) who is only recognized by her magical signature as every opponent that encounters her does not survive to see what she actually looks like. Only chance gives the Republic a look at Tanya's face.
** One of the officers on her own side regards her as this due to her abnormal mentality and proposition of Total War as a doctrine.
* EntertaininglyWrong: She frequently attempts to stand out so she can have comfortable assignment in the rear, but everything she does makes her superior see her as a model soldier who wants to fight on the front lines.
** EyeColourChange: When she uses her magic in the anime, her eyes go from blue to yellow. Her eyes also turn red when she attempts to self-destruct.
* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: Tanya fills this in ''spades''. Quite a number of people are taken aback by her cute stature, not aware of her pragmatic and ruthless nature.
* TheFakeCutie: Tanya is more than willing to act like an innocent little girl as a psychological tactic, whether by ramping up a puppy dog stare as the finishing blow in convincing a rival officer with a daughter to retire early, or as a means of ExactWords when she is required by law to warn an enemy position of an incoming attack... and does so in the cutest voice possible, ensuring no one listening takes the warning seriously.
* FlatEarthAtheist: The salaryman who would become Tanya doesn't believe that "God" is... well, God. And since it doesn't identify as the Devil, he decided to refer to it as "Being X". Though the applicability of this trope is rendered questionable by Being X's clear lack of omnipotence or any form of empathy.
* GenderBender: Tanya used to be a male in her previous incarnation. But with her being career-obsessed, she doesn't really pay that much attention to it.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: To certain extent; while she has absolutely no sympathy for those who fail to meet her standards for a good soldier and refuse follow her orders, she does make sure that those who prove themselves to be good soldiers get the recognition they deserve.
* HypocriticalHumor: After volunteering for the military at the tender age of 9 and distinguishing herself in her first combat engagement, Tanya wonders if there is some sort of child protection agency she can turn to when she realizes her exploits would probably get her a front line posting.
* IdiotHair: one that is just as [[FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon crooked]], as she is mentally.
* ImprobableAge: While the audience knows the reasons behind it, almost all the brass of the Empire's military are in awe that a little girl of 9 earned the Silver Wings Assault Badge and again when she is promoted to major[[note]]This was forcibly done in order for the reinforced wing unit, which has 47 other people under her command to be formed [[/note]], made into the de facto commander of a rapid response wing unit, and gains the prestige of being one of the military college's Twelve Knights, most of which are later granted lesser nobility status at the age of 11.
* JeanneDArchetype: [[{{Irony}} hilariously enough]], she is shaping up into one thanks to "Being X" and its machinations.
* JerkassHasAPoint: In the last moments of her previous life, he fired a man despite his pleas. Said man had missed work without permission or reasonable excuses and had poor work performance despite multiple warnings.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: While her twisted nature and lack of empathy are core parts of her nature, [[HiddenDepths that's not all to her]], as she will give anyone who is willing to push themselves and show competence their due respect, and is more than willing to be cordial to Corporal Serebryakof and put her on the fast track to an officer's rank through Tanya's own recommendation. Tanya even laments how Viktoriya has gotten used to the battlefield, no longer crying at the sight of the carnage.
* LackOfEmpathy: Tanya is incapable of thinking of others and everything she does is for her own selfish goals.
* LaughingMad: She does this very often, The first time, chronologically, is when she's told to hold off a squad by herself for ten minutes; note that this was her first combat situation, then telling her that God is on their side.
* LimitedWardrobe: She is rarely seen out of her military uniforms.
* MaskOfSanity: Tanya is capable of pretending to be a capable and loyal, if brutal officer as well as a sympathetic human being who cares for others. Only Rerugen and those unfortunate enough to end up as her subordinates have been able to see past her mask thus far.
* NoNameGiven: We never learn the name of Tanya's previous incarnation.
* OrphansOrdeal: Invoked and Discussed, Tanya uses this as her excuse for joining the military at her ridiculously young age. Telling a classmate from the military college that as an orphan she didn't have much choice in employment despite her talent and intelligence.
* ProfessionalButtKisser: She is basically never ''not'' thinking about career advancement and every word from her lips is either a truth or a lie intended to help her advance.
* RageAgainstTheHeavens: Tanya goes from being an atheist to full on misotheist after being forced to pray to God in order for her Elenium Type-95 to work, calling Being X [[PrecisionFStrike "A vile piece of shit."]]
* TheRedBaron: "Argent" ("Hakugin") by her own side. The "Devil of the Rhine" by her enemies.
* ReincarnateInAnotherWorld: Tanya had this done to her by Being X at the start of the series.
* ReligiousBruiser: An involuntary example; she is forced to pray god by Being X every time she uses her Type-45.
* SlasherSmile: She gives these all the time.
* SoldiersAtTheRear: Most of Tanya's actions throughout the series are motivated by her desire to gain an easy and safe rear echelon job, however her own butt kissing as well as Being X's intervention make this task pretty much impossible.
* ThousandYardStare: PlayedForLaughs, Tanya gets these when she is forced to have a makeover for propaganda photos.
* VillainProtagonist: It's right there in the title. She is arrogant, ruthless,egoistic and only interested in personal benefit. When it comes to achieving her goals, she is willing to do ''anything'' to achieve them.
* WriteWhatYouKnow: An in-universe example, while in officer school, Tanya wrote a thesis for logistical streamlining based off modern distribution and inventory practices.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Tanya makes constant mistakes as she forms her mage wing due to this. For a rationalist born in pacifistic Japan, Tanya reckons that emphasizing WarIsHell would be enough to drive away all potential recruits to her wing. However the prevailing attitude among the military is that WarIsGlorious and thus they see her harsh pamphlets as nothing more than an exhortation for them to display their patriotism. Tanya forgets that the espirit de corps of the Imperial Army is especially strong and the other armies are just itching to help out their comrades in the Northern and Western armies. Particularly egregious as Tanya should be aware that it was the First World War (which she is currently living through) that finally did in the notion of a glorious and honorable war.
* YouHaveFailedMe: In the first episode Tanya decides to send two of her subordinates back home for insubordination. They protest her decision so instead she has them reassigned to man a fortified pillbox [[spoiler: knowing that such fortifications are prime targets for artillery barrages. She was counting on them being blown to smithereens by enemy battery fire leaving her hands clean.]]
* AChildShallLeadThem: She fulfills this trope whenever she gets a commanding position, especially once she becomes a battalion commander at the tender age of 11. Zigzaged, as the only thing about her that is childlike is her body.
* AxCrazy: It's pretty clear from the get-go that Tanya isn't right in the head at all.
* BerserkButton: She does not take well to insubordination at all.
* TheDreaded: In both the light novels and manga, Tanya is regarded as one of their greatest threats by the enemy side. She is a "Named Ace of Aces" (noted enemy ace with over 50 kills in aerial combat) who is only recognized by her magical signature as every opponent that encounters her does not survive to see what she actually looks like. Only chance gives the Republic a look at Tanya's face.
** One of the officers on her own side regards her as this due to her abnormal mentality and proposition of Total War as a doctrine.
* EntertaininglyWrong: She frequently attempts to stand out so she can have comfortable assignment in the rear, but everything she does makes her superior see her as a model soldier who wants to fight on the front lines.
** EyeColourChange: When she uses her magic in the anime, her eyes go from blue to yellow. Her eyes also turn red when she attempts to self-destruct.
* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: Tanya fills this in ''spades''. Quite a number of people are taken aback by her cute stature, not aware of her pragmatic and ruthless nature.
* TheFakeCutie: Tanya is more than willing to act like an innocent little girl as a psychological tactic, whether by ramping up a puppy dog stare as the finishing blow in convincing a rival officer with a daughter to retire early, or as a means of ExactWords when she is required by law to warn an enemy position of an incoming attack... and does so in the cutest voice possible, ensuring no one listening takes the warning seriously.
* FlatEarthAtheist: The salaryman who would become Tanya doesn't believe that "God" is... well, God. And since it doesn't identify as the Devil, he decided to refer to it as "Being X". Though the applicability of this trope is rendered questionable by Being X's clear lack of omnipotence or any form of empathy.
* GenderBender: Tanya used to be a male in her previous incarnation. But with her being career-obsessed, she doesn't really pay that much attention to it.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: To certain extent; while she has absolutely no sympathy for those who fail to meet her standards for a good soldier and refuse follow her orders, she does make sure that those who prove themselves to be good soldiers get the recognition they deserve.
* HypocriticalHumor: After volunteering for the military at the tender age of 9 and distinguishing herself in her first combat engagement, Tanya wonders if there is some sort of child protection agency she can turn to when she realizes her exploits would probably get her a front line posting.
* IdiotHair: one that is just as [[FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon crooked]], as she is mentally.
* ImprobableAge: While the audience knows the reasons behind it, almost all the brass of the Empire's military are in awe that a little girl of 9 earned the Silver Wings Assault Badge and again when she is promoted to major[[note]]This was forcibly done in order for the reinforced wing unit, which has 47 other people under her command to be formed [[/note]], made into the de facto commander of a rapid response wing unit, and gains the prestige of being one of the military college's Twelve Knights, most of which are later granted lesser nobility status at the age of 11.
* JeanneDArchetype: [[{{Irony}} hilariously enough]], she is shaping up into one thanks to "Being X" and its machinations.
* JerkassHasAPoint: In the last moments of her previous life, he fired a man despite his pleas. Said man had missed work without permission or reasonable excuses and had poor work performance despite multiple warnings.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: While her twisted nature and lack of empathy are core parts of her nature, [[HiddenDepths that's not all to her]], as she will give anyone who is willing to push themselves and show competence their due respect, and is more than willing to be cordial to Corporal Serebryakof and put her on the fast track to an officer's rank through Tanya's own recommendation. Tanya even laments how Viktoriya has gotten used to the battlefield, no longer crying at the sight of the carnage.
* LackOfEmpathy: Tanya is incapable of thinking of others and everything she does is for her own selfish goals.
* LaughingMad: She does this very often, The first time, chronologically, is when she's told to hold off a squad by herself for ten minutes; note that this was her first combat situation, then telling her that God is on their side.
* LimitedWardrobe: She is rarely seen out of her military uniforms.
* MaskOfSanity: Tanya is capable of pretending to be a capable and loyal, if brutal officer as well as a sympathetic human being who cares for others. Only Rerugen and those unfortunate enough to end up as her subordinates have been able to see past her mask thus far.
* NoNameGiven: We never learn the name of Tanya's previous incarnation.
* OrphansOrdeal: Invoked and Discussed, Tanya uses this as her excuse for joining the military at her ridiculously young age. Telling a classmate from the military college that as an orphan she didn't have much choice in employment despite her talent and intelligence.
* ProfessionalButtKisser: She is basically never ''not'' thinking about career advancement and every word from her lips is either a truth or a lie intended to help her advance.
* RageAgainstTheHeavens: Tanya goes from being an atheist to full on misotheist after being forced to pray to God in order for her Elenium Type-95 to work, calling Being X [[PrecisionFStrike "A vile piece of shit."]]
* TheRedBaron: "Argent" ("Hakugin") by her own side. The "Devil of the Rhine" by her enemies.
* ReincarnateInAnotherWorld: Tanya had this done to her by Being X at the start of the series.
* ReligiousBruiser: An involuntary example; she is forced to pray god by Being X every time she uses her Type-45.
* SlasherSmile: She gives these all the time.
* SoldiersAtTheRear: Most of Tanya's actions throughout the series are motivated by her desire to gain an easy and safe rear echelon job, however her own butt kissing as well as Being X's intervention make this task pretty much impossible.
* ThousandYardStare: PlayedForLaughs, Tanya gets these when she is forced to have a makeover for propaganda photos.
* VillainProtagonist: It's right there in the title. She is arrogant, ruthless,egoistic and only interested in personal benefit. When it comes to achieving her goals, she is willing to do ''anything'' to achieve them.
* WriteWhatYouKnow: An in-universe example, while in officer school, Tanya wrote a thesis for logistical streamlining based off modern distribution and inventory practices.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Tanya makes constant mistakes as she forms her mage wing due to this. For a rationalist born in pacifistic Japan, Tanya reckons that emphasizing WarIsHell would be enough to drive away all potential recruits to her wing. However the prevailing attitude among the military is that WarIsGlorious and thus they see her harsh pamphlets as nothing more than an exhortation for them to display their patriotism. Tanya forgets that the espirit de corps of the Imperial Army is especially strong and the other armies are just itching to help out their comrades in the Northern and Western armies. Particularly egregious as Tanya should be aware that it was the First World War (which she is currently living through) that finally did in the notion of a glorious and honorable war.
* YouHaveFailedMe: In the first episode Tanya decides to send two of her subordinates back home for insubordination. They protest her decision so instead she has them reassigned to man a fortified pillbox [[spoiler: knowing that such fortifications are prime targets for artillery barrages. She was counting on them being blown to smithereens by enemy battery fire leaving her hands clean.]]
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* GodsNeedPrayerBadly: The driving force behind Being X and its complaints with the lacking quantity of faith within humanity as a whole. It's also what makes it go through with the experiment due to the possibility of restoring this lost faith in it once more, using Tanya, an atheist, as test-subject.
* JerkassGods: Being X is so fed up with people not being as faithful as they used to, that it basically takes the biggest atheist it can find and put him, now her, in situations where she is forced to pray in order to become devout. That this impiety is more important to it than the other ills of the world (to the point where it muses that eliminating modern 1st world comforts and basic safety would be a great way to restore people's faith, hence its kicking off the plot to test this) does not paint it in a very positive light.
* GodsNeedPrayerBadly: The driving force behind Being X and its complaints with the lacking quantity of faith within humanity as a whole. It's also what makes it go through with the experiment due to the possibility of restoring this lost faith in it once more, using Tanya, an atheist, as test-subject.
* JerkassGods: Being X is so fed up with people not being as faithful as they used to, that it basically takes the biggest atheist it can find and put him, now her, in situations where she is forced to pray in order to become devout. That this impiety is more important to it than the other ills of the world (to the point where it muses that eliminating modern 1st world comforts and basic safety would be a great way to restore people's faith, hence its kicking off the plot to test this) does not paint it in a very positive light.
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* AdaptationalCurves: To go along with her AdaptationDyeJob, Viktoriya is notably more voluptuous in the anime compared to her manga and light novel versions. This is negated by her flight uniform so it is not really noticeable.
* AdaptationDyeJob: She has blond hair in the Manga but gets orange [[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya Mikuru]] hair in the anime.
* TheBusCameBack: While admittingly it was a short bus ride, she left as a corporal and returned as a second lieutenant and Tanya's adjutant.
* DiggingYourselfDeeper: Tanya has an unfortunate habit of doing this without intending to. From explaining why people faith in God has dwindled leading her to becoming Tanya in the first place, all the way to how explaining to a Brigadier General how the world could be going into the World War and what it would need to be able to fight in it which in turns leads her to being promoted into a major and leading her own battalion when all she wanted was to be [[ArmchairMilitary a rear echelon]].
* GenreSavvy: Viktoria is well aware that she is living through a WarIsHell story during Tanya's intensive training regimen rather than a WarIsGlorious story. When Tanya is talking about helping out a friendly artillery unit, Viktoria is already grabbing an entrenching tool and digging herself a shellscrape while the rest of the wing is still gaping at their commander.
* ImpoverishedPatrician: Implied due to her being chased off by alternate rendition of the Red Army during the fall of the expy Russian Empire.
* AdaptationalCurves: To go along with her AdaptationDyeJob, Viktoriya is notably more voluptuous in the anime compared to her manga and light novel versions. This is negated by her flight uniform so it is not really noticeable.
* AdaptationDyeJob: She has blond hair in the Manga but gets orange [[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya Mikuru]] hair in the anime.
* TheBusCameBack: While admittingly it was a short bus ride, she left as a corporal and returned as a second lieutenant and Tanya's adjutant.
* DiggingYourselfDeeper: Tanya has an unfortunate habit of doing this without intending to. From explaining why people faith in God has dwindled leading her to becoming Tanya in the first place, all the way to how explaining to a Brigadier General how the world could be going into the World War and what it would need to be able to fight in it which in turns leads her to being promoted into a major and leading her own battalion when all she wanted was to be [[ArmchairMilitary a rear echelon]].
* GenreSavvy: Viktoria is well aware that she is living through a WarIsHell story during Tanya's intensive training regimen rather than a WarIsGlorious story. When Tanya is talking about helping out a friendly artillery unit, Viktoria is already grabbing an entrenching tool and digging herself a shellscrape while the rest of the wing is still gaping at their commander.
* ImpoverishedPatrician: Implied due to her being chased off by alternate rendition of the Red Army during the fall of the expy Russian Empire.
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!!Main Characters
[[folder: Tanya Degurechaff]]
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!!Other Characters
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Empire's main talented (but definitely mad) scientist, inventing many useful weapons during the war. He is the one who invented Tanya's Type-95 computation jewel and later, Type-97. Formerly atheist, he becomes devoted to God after Being X blesses his newest creation, the Type-95.
Empire's main talented (but definitely mad) scientist, inventing many useful weapons during the war. He is the one who invented Tanya's Type-95 computation jewel and later, Type-97. Formerly atheist, he becomes devoted to God after Being X blesses his newest creation, the Type-95.
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Empire's main talented (but definitely mad) scientist, inventing many useful weapons during the war. He is the one who invented Tanya's Type-95 computation jewel and later, Type-97. Formerly atheist, he becomes devoted to God after Being X blesses his newest creation, theType-95.Type-95.
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Empire's main talented (but definitely mad) scientist, inventing many useful weapons during the war. He is the one who invented Tanya's Type-95 computation jewel and later, Type-97. Formerly atheist, he becomes devoted to God after Being X blesses his newest creation, the
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The main protagonist. Tanya is a 11 year old blonde, blue-eyed girl who is the reincarnation of a cold-heart, ruthless, career obsessed and Japanese salaryman from modern Japan. Tanya has a high latent magical ability, and is the only one capable of using the type-95 jewel due to God or Being X's interference. Tanya is quite ruthless and intolerant of failings in others—much the same as in her previous life, and employs several extreme punishments and training methods.
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The main protagonist. Tanya is a 11 year old blonde, blue-eyed azure-eyed girl who is the reincarnation of a cold-heart, cold-hearted, ruthless, career obsessed and Japanese salaryman from modern Japan. Tanya has a high latent magical ability, and is the only one capable of using the type-95 Type-95 jewel due to God or Being X's interference. Tanya is quite ruthless and intolerant of failings in others—much the same as in her previous life, and employs several extreme punishments and training methods.
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Mysterious being that call himself "God". He's fed up with people not being as faithful as they used. After the salaryman infuriates him further by refusing to believe in his existence and stating that in modern world God and faith is no longer needed, he decides to punish salaryman by reincarnating him in alternative universe similar to 1910 Europe and as petite orphan girl named Tanya. If "Tanya" won't die a natural death or she'll keep refusing to have faith in Him, her soul will be sent to the void for the countless sins that Tanya has committed in her previous life.
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Mysterious being that call calls himself "God". He's fed up with people not being as faithful as they used. After the salaryman infuriates him further by refusing to believe in his existence and stating that in modern world God and faith is are no longer needed, he decides to punish the salaryman by reincarnating him in alternative universe world similar to 1910 early 20th-century Europe and as a petite orphan girl named Tanya. If "Tanya" won't die a natural death or she'll keep refusing to have faith in Him, her soul will be sent to the void for the countless sins that Tanya has committed in her previous life.
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Viktoriya is a Second Lieutenant in the Empire Army and serves under Tanya Degurechaff. Viktoriya is actually a refugee from the Rus Revolution and her family was originally a member of the Rus aristocratic. She and her whole family were forced to flee to the Empire and later she was incorporated into the army. Having served under Tanya during the Rhine Battle, Viktoriya is more familiar with Tanya's true personality, to which she shows fear, but also respect. As a result of knowing Tanya, Viktoriya is able to more accurately keep up with Tanya as compared to other soldiers.
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Viktoriya is a Second Lieutenant in the Empire Imperial Army and serves under Tanya Degurechaff. Viktoriya is actually a refugee from the Rus Revolution and her family was originally a member of the Rus aristocratic. aristocracy. She and her whole family were forced to flee to the Empire and later she was incorporated into enlisted in the army. Having served under Tanya during in the Rhine Battle, Theater, Viktoriya is more familiar with Tanya's true personality, to which she shows fear, but also respect. As a result of knowing Tanya, Viktoriya is able to more accurately keep up with Tanya as compared to other soldiers.
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He is a Lieutenant Colonel in the Empire Army and has known Tanya ever since she joined the military. He has seen Tanya's true nature during her time in training, and views her as a monster in a little girl's form. He is determined to stop Tanya's career in the army because he believes she is a danger both to the Empire and the world in general.
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He is a Lieutenant Colonel in the Empire Imperial Army and has known Tanya ever since she joined the military. He has seen Tanya's true nature during her time in training, and views her as a monster in a little girl's form. He is determined to stop Tanya's career in the army because he believes she is a danger both to the Empire and the world in general.
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He is the Deputy Chief of Logistics in the Imperial General Staff Office. He is the one who decided Tanya should control a new elite mages division after he heard Tanya's passionate talk about the future of the current war.
He is the Deputy Chief of Logistics in the Imperial General Staff Office. He is the one who decided Tanya should control a new elite mages division after he heard Tanya's passionate talk about the future of the current war.
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He is the Deputy Chief of Logistics in the Imperial General Staff Office. He is the one who decided Tanya should control a new elitemages mage division after he heard Tanya's passionate talk about the future of the current war.
He is the Deputy Chief of Logistics in the Imperial General Staff Office. He is the one who decided Tanya should control a new elite
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Empire's main talented (but definitely mad) scientist, inventing many useful weapons during this war. He is the one who invented Tanya's Type 95 computation jewel and later, 97 Type. Formerly atheist, he becomes devoted to God after God blesses his newest creation, Type 95.
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Empire's main talented (but definitely mad) scientist, inventing many useful weapons during this the war. He is the one who invented Tanya's Type 95 Type-95 computation jewel and later, 97 Type. Type-97. Formerly atheist, he becomes devoted to God after God Being X blesses his newest creation, Type 95.the Type-95.
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The main protagonist. Tanya is a 11 year old blonde, blue-eyed girl who is the reincarnation of a cold-heart, ruthless, career obsessed and Japanese salaryman. Tanya has a high latent magical ability, and is the only one capable of using the type-95 jewel due to God or Being X's interference. Tanya is quite ruthless and intolerant of failings in others—much the same as in her previous life, and employs several extreme punishments and training methods.
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The main protagonist. Tanya is a 11 year old blonde, blue-eyed girl who is the reincarnation of a cold-heart, ruthless, career obsessed and Japanese salaryman.salaryman from modern Japan. Tanya has a high latent magical ability, and is the only one capable of using the type-95 jewel due to God or Being X's interference. Tanya is quite ruthless and intolerant of failings in others—much the same as in her previous life, and employs several extreme punishments and training methods.
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!! Being X
Mysterious being that call himself "God". He's fed up with people not being as faithful as they used. After the salaryman infuriates him further by refusing to believe in his existence and stating that in modern world God and faith is no longer needed, he decides to punish salaryman by reincarnating him in alternative universe similar to 1910 Europe and as petite orphan girl named Tanya. If "Tanya" won't die a natural death or she'll keep refusing to have faith in Him, her soul will be sent to the void for the countless sins that Tanya has committed in her previous life.
!! Being X
Mysterious being that call himself "God". He's fed up with people not being as faithful as they used. After the salaryman infuriates him further by refusing to believe in his existence and stating that in modern world God and faith is no longer needed, he decides to punish salaryman by reincarnating him in alternative universe similar to 1910 Europe and as petite orphan girl named Tanya. If "Tanya" won't die a natural death or she'll keep refusing to have faith in Him, her soul will be sent to the void for the countless sins that Tanya has committed in her previous life.
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!!Tanya Degurechaff
Voiced by: Aoi Yuki
The main protagonist. Tanya is a 11 year old blonde, blue-eyed girl who is the reincarnation of a cold-heart, ruthless, career obsessed and Japanese salaryman. Tanya has a high latent magical ability, and is the only one capable of using the type-95 jewel due to God or Being X's interference. Tanya is quite ruthless and intolerant of failings in others—much the same as in her previous life, and employs several extreme punishments and training methods.
!!Viktoriya Ivanovna Serebryakov (Visha)
Voiced by: Saori Hayami
Viktoriya is a Second Lieutenant in the Empire Army and serves under Tanya Degurechaff. Viktoriya is actually a refugee from the Rus Revolution and her family was originally a member of the Rus aristocratic. She and her whole family were forced to flee to the Empire and later she was incorporated into the army. Having served under Tanya during the Rhine Battle, Viktoriya is more familiar with Tanya's true personality, to which she shows fear, but also respect. As a result of knowing Tanya, Viktoriya is able to more accurately keep up with Tanya as compared to other soldiers.
!!Erich von Rerugen
Voiced by: Shinichiro Miki
He is a Lieutenant Colonel in the Empire Army and has known Tanya ever since she joined the military. He has seen Tanya's true nature during her time in training, and views her as a monster in a little girl's form. He is determined to stop Tanya's career in the army because he believes she is a danger both to the Empire and the world in general.
!!Hans von Zettour
Voiced by: Hōchū Ōtsuka
He is the Deputy Chief of Logistics in the Imperial General Staff Office. He is the one who decided Tanya should control a new elite mages division after he heard Tanya's passionate talk about the future of the current war.
!!Adelheid von Schugel
Voiced by:Nobuo Tobita
Empire's main talented (but definitely mad) scientist, inventing many useful weapons during this war. He is the one who invented Tanya's Type 95 computation jewel and later, 97 Type. Formerly atheist, he becomes devoted to God after God blesses his newest creation, Type 95.
!!Tanya Degurechaff
Voiced by: Aoi Yuki
The main protagonist. Tanya is a 11 year old blonde, blue-eyed girl who is the reincarnation of a cold-heart, ruthless, career obsessed and Japanese salaryman. Tanya has a high latent magical ability, and is the only one capable of using the type-95 jewel due to God or Being X's interference. Tanya is quite ruthless and intolerant of failings in others—much the same as in her previous life, and employs several extreme punishments and training methods.
!!Viktoriya Ivanovna Serebryakov (Visha)
Voiced by: Saori Hayami
Viktoriya is a Second Lieutenant in the Empire Army and serves under Tanya Degurechaff. Viktoriya is actually a refugee from the Rus Revolution and her family was originally a member of the Rus aristocratic. She and her whole family were forced to flee to the Empire and later she was incorporated into the army. Having served under Tanya during the Rhine Battle, Viktoriya is more familiar with Tanya's true personality, to which she shows fear, but also respect. As a result of knowing Tanya, Viktoriya is able to more accurately keep up with Tanya as compared to other soldiers.
!!Erich von Rerugen
Voiced by: Shinichiro Miki
He is a Lieutenant Colonel in the Empire Army and has known Tanya ever since she joined the military. He has seen Tanya's true nature during her time in training, and views her as a monster in a little girl's form. He is determined to stop Tanya's career in the army because he believes she is a danger both to the Empire and the world in general.
!!Hans von Zettour
Voiced by: Hōchū Ōtsuka
He is the Deputy Chief of Logistics in the Imperial General Staff Office. He is the one who decided Tanya should control a new elite mages division after he heard Tanya's passionate talk about the future of the current war.
!!Adelheid von Schugel
Voiced by:Nobuo Tobita
Empire's main talented (but definitely mad) scientist, inventing many useful weapons during this war. He is the one who invented Tanya's Type 95 computation jewel and later, 97 Type. Formerly atheist, he becomes devoted to God after God blesses his newest creation, Type 95.
