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Valiona2016-09-02 20:48:59

Hello, and welcome to my liveblog for Girls und Panzer, the show in which tank combat is a sport done by high school girls.

It's been about two years since I was first introduced to the anime, after seeing a video about Katyusha. I found it quite enjoyable, with good action and an interesting cast of characters, even if I'm not into tanks or military history as many of the show's fans are.

Girls und Panzer is a multimedia franchise, and consists of the following entries, listed in the approximate priority I gave each. Next to each, you can see how far I got in each.

1. The main anime series. Complete
2. The manga adaptation. Complete
3. The Little Army prequel manga. Complete
4. The OVAs. Complete
5. The Little Army sequel manga. Cancelled
6. The Maginot manga. Complete.
7. The chapters of Ribbon Warrior that have been released thus far. Cancelled
8. Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu. Cancelled
9. Der Film. Complete

The next entry is the first episode of the anime.

UPDATE 1(November 26, 2014): I've had a change of plans, and will be liveblogging the manga adaptation around the same time as the anime, partly because it mainly covers the changes, and it's easier to liveblog the manga with the anime somewhat fresh in my mind. Expect them to be done at approximately the same pace, and I'll altenate between each version.

UPDATE 2(December 24, 2014): To celebrate Christmas, I decided to release Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu Chapter 9's entry early, and temporarily put it after Chapter 16's entry.

UPDATE 3(January 6, 2015): I have completed the main series anime and manga, and have added the Maginot manga to the list. I'll do it after Little Army and the OVA series.

UPDATE 4(January 22, 2015): I have completed the Little Army manga. Updates may be somewhat slower from here on out.

UPDATE 5(March 18, 2015): I have completed all the OVAs.

UPDATE 6(March 27, 2015): I have completed all of the Maginot chapters so far. I'll add the rest as they come in.

UPDATE 7 (April 2, 2015): I have also completed the Ribbon Warrior chapters so far.

UPDATE 8 (May 3, 2015): I have completed all the chapters that have been translated into English. I will update as new chapters are released and translated.

UPDATE 9 (October 30, 2015): I have completed the Maginot manga.

FINAL UPDATE (September 2, 2016): Having completed der Film, I have decided to officially stop updating this liveblog, as per the plan I made when I started doing der Film. Thank you for reading, and any comments are appreciated, since I'll still check for them from time to time (remember- DO NOT include apostrophes, or your comment will not show up).

Comments

erana Since: Dec, 1969

Jan 16th 2015 at 5:20:35 AM

I think the key word of Maho's "could be expelled for losing a single battle" is the "could". As in, if the loss REALLY is the student's fault. As she says it to her less-than-well-behaved team, I feel her words have the implied meaning of "...or else" to get them to stop bickering and concentrate on teh actual match.

Valiona Since: Dec, 1969

Jan 16th 2015 at 4:34:16 PM

erana,

That's an interesting suggestion. In any case, as I said, it has the intended effect, although I do have to wonder how much Maho believes it, given that she's going along with being heiress so that Miho will not have to, rather than because she believes in it.

erana Since: Dec, 1969

Jan 16th 2015 at 4:58:34 PM

Actually that's my point. I feel Maho saying that is she having one of her VERY rare humor moments in mercilessly teasing the bickering twosome into frightened good behaviour while keeping her trademarked poker face. Of course, that's only one possible interpretation. Another is she saying that fully in jest but (since she positively sucks at jests) being taken dead serious. Honestly, I don't know whick of both possible interpretations would be more amusing. And, since she being actually cruel there (she MEANING what she says) would be very OOC for her, it's very likely one of the two humorous explanations is the real thing. Who could have guessed, stoic tragic heroines could be so funny?

Valiona Since: Dec, 1969

Jan 16th 2015 at 6:31:13 PM

erana,

That's worth considering. Of course, another possibility is that she's saying it not as a threat but as a warning; believing that her crew doesn't deserve to get expelled, she says what she does so that they shape enough so that they don't.