That was not the case, as Youjo Senki splendidly implemented the magic system into Youjo Senki and the battles inside also contains many great references to real life events and things that appear in World War 1 and 2.

First, at that time I actually did not use MAL and instead relied on the top charts of another website to decide on what anime I should watch next.

This had many MANY flaws and one of them was that only the most popular anime are shown in the front page, as such, lesser known but good anime are hard to be seen.

This was the case with Youjo Senki, and as a result I did not notice its existence.

Despite being adapted from a popular( debatable ) Light Novel in Japan, it was being produced by a new anime studio NUT (formed from former Madhouse employees) and has little to no coverage and popularity with the western anime watchers.

As such, little is known about this anime and there were not many recommendations nor did it gain a lot of popularity when it first started out.

Not only did Youjo Senki have an unimpressive background and fanbase, it also had a very plain and typical type of packaging.

As you can see from the cover art above and synopsis below, it definitely doesnt seem impressive on the outside.

Underneath her innocuous appearance, however, lies the soul of a man who challenged Being X, the self-proclaimed God, to a battle of witswhich resulted in him being reincarnated as a little girl into a world of magical warfare.

Hellbent on defiance, Tanya resolves to ascend the ranks of her countrys military as it slowly plunges into world war, with only Being X proving to be the strongest obstacle in recreating the peaceful life she once knew.

But her perceptive actions and combat initiative have an unintended side effect: propelling the mighty Empire into becoming one of the most powerful nations in mankinds history.

Thus, even though I saw the anime once, I did not think much of it and didnt try it out.

I decided to take a look at what made this anime popular all of a sudden and went into the first episode not expecting much.

In fact, I was so hooked on to it that I finished the 4 episodes available back then and immediately rewatched the 4 episodes, this time in higher quality.

But why, you may wonder, and the answer to that question is simple yet complex at the same time.

If shortened to one sentence, it would be Youjo Senki is a masterpiece.

Explained in more details, there would be several more detailed reasons why I love Youjo Senki as an anime.

Not only is the music and sound effects great, the VA were also extremely on point.

Aoi Yuuki did a fantastic job being the most psychotic loli to ever exist and by the end of the season ( warning:spoiler alert ), I became infatuated with the MC as a whole, in no small part thanks to Aoi Yuukis amazing VA.

Not only that, the other voice actors also did a great job at bringing the cast to life and there were many a time where I felt that I was actually there with the characters and I was emotionally involved into the show.

However, unlike your typical villains who wants to destroy the world or bring harm to others, all she get psychotic over is being unable to have a comfortable life.

Yup, all she has were the selfish desires of wanted to relax and enjoy her life.

However, it was not meant to be when Being X throws her into the new world that she lives in now.

With a setting similar to World War 1 and magic being involved, it might seem that it will have many plot holes and bad executions.

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