While reading this text, you should ALWAYS check the revelant raws AND the annoted translated raws to understand what they're talking about, i'll separate each pages from each other in the following text so you won't be lost, i'll dump the raws with all the text first then the annoted translation of the raws (you should check those if you want to understand everything). If you notice "TL note" it was like this in the original, if i ever make my own TL notes i will always put "ATL" for "AnonTL" under parenthesis. The French word "trait" has no equivalent meaning in English, i replaced it by "line".
[[in big letters]The graphic conception and design of the Japanese logo of Tanya the Evil]
[[in huge letters]Interview of Toshimitsu Numa - Graphic designer]
And now, an interview of Toshimitsu Numa, graphic designer, military otaku and big fan of Tanya the Evil's novels ! As for the questions, they are asked by the editor in charge of the manga so expect anecdotes on the back of the decor.
[[in tiny letters]This interview was pre-published in February 2017 to be enriched and corrected today.]
Toshimitsu Numa Graphic designer for the "D-siki Graphics" studio. Jack of all trades, he works as well in the graphical conception of mangas as in the creation of goodies. On Tanya the Evil, he was responsible for the graphical conception and the design of the Japanese logo. His biggest projects : the Strike Witches series, Maoyu or Overlord.
[[in big letters]Launch of Volume 1 ! What he put of himself in the design]
Editor : Volume 1 of Tanya the Evil is finally on sale and while reviewing the design today, i'm still in love. M.Numa, i'm happy to have entrusted it to you. Numa : Thank you very much. Editor : It's this gothic side and the balance of style. Making the logo in neon pink was a really good idea. Numa : It looks good on the displays, doesn't it ? Editor : What i really like, is that it's not too gothic. We feel a modern sensibility in the design. Numa : Chika Tôjô's drawing is very dense and in my opinion, to stick to it, you needed something simple with clean lines. Editor : Interesting. Numa : For the logo, i made four proposals. When i look at them, i think they all have charm, but it's this one that best matches the drawin. Editor : It's also Miss Tôjô's favorite. Personally, i hesitated, but i think our choice was the right one. The manga's line has a retro side to it. She inspired herself from military painting so the beginnings were very dark. Numa : That's true (laughs). It looked like Rembrandt.
Editor : That's right. With beams of light breaking through the obscurity. Earlier you said that the logo had straight lines which contrasted with the drawing. I believe you have also adjusted it's tint. Can you tell me what you actually had in mind when choosing it ? Numa : At first, i was thinking of making it silver, as Tanya is nicknamed "Silver wings". But it blended too much in the drawing and i told myself that if i made the logo in the same tone as the cover, it risked fading on the displays. It's this reflection that made me take a completely opposite path. Then, the subtitle of the manga being "The military chronicles of a little girl", the little girl had to be seen somewhere (laughs). Quite simply. Editor : It's true, i can imagine it standing out in a library. And for the banner, how was it constructed ? Numa : For me, there are many ingredients in this title. First of all, it's a serious and striking war story, but comedy plays a rather important role. The gravity that emanated from the cover didn't show that so i tried to show it with the banner. I was going to use it to put some comedy on it. Editor : The contrast works well. Numa : For those who don't like it, they can go home and throw it away. Inside they will be happy to find the cold Degurechaff (laughs). If we had integrated comedy on the book itself, i think the readers who came for the war story might have been disappointed.
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Alexander Brooks
Editor : The tone would have become too light. Numa : Even if Tanya the Evil is already a war story that goes off the beaten track. Editor : You wanted those who were going to end up with the volume in their hands to be able to fully appreciate it's universe. Numa : The banner is there for that. The story is about war but it contains a touch of comedy. So, it's not a problem if the cover retains the martial atmosphere. Editor : As for the logo, i really appreciate the clean lines, but it also has a romantic side, almost mannered, is it the fact that the story takes place in Europe that influenced you ? Numa : Yes. With an atmosphere of military painting in the background, i tried to create a logo that went in the same direction while sprinkling a little contemporary design on it. To make my rectilinear logo work, i had to slide a little bit of medieval Europe underneath. Editor : I see. We really understand what you wanted to do. It's rather elaborate. Like Chika Tôjô who displays one of her chapter titles on a sheet coming out of a typewriter. What vision did you have for the balance of characters used in the table of contents and for chapter titles ? Numa : I based myself on the serious side of the story. For the font, i chose one of German inspiration and the text itself is in German, even if... Well, the story doesn't take place in Germany, is it ? (laughs) Editor : No ! Nothing to do with Germany ! (laughs) Numa : This is the universe that seemed to fit the best. I figured Germany in the First World War. I drew the logo as if it had been stenciled, but in truth, it wasn't a very popular technique at the time. The mass production mode hadn't yet made it's way to the battlefields. In a way, this logo has nothing to do in this series, but i wanted to transcribe the atmosphere of the First World War, between 1910 and 1920.
Editor : Sorry, but can you explain to me what a stencil is ? Numa : These are cards from which letters have been cut out. By painting over, they allow to reproduce a character perfectly several times. After the Second World War, stencils were used to write serial numbers and safety warnings that arrived with the introduction of serial production. This is why a stencil font makes it possible to immediately evoke a military atmosphere.
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Oliver Wilson
Editor : When you spoke earlier of German inspiration, was it because these fonts were used a lot there ? Numa : That's it. Like this traditional font used since the end of the Middle Age in Germany. Her name is Fraktur. Editor : So you have unified the graphics to the manga's universe. Numa : That's right. I had no reason to object on this point.
[[in big letters]From his passion for the army to the design of Tanya the Evil]
Editor : I would like to talk about how we came to ask you to work on Tanya. From memory, we were in a meeting on the manga adaptation of Fate/Apocrypha and you said that you were a fan of Tanya the Evil. Have you been reading the novels for a long time ? Numa : Yes. I was working on the graphic conception of Strike Witches and when i heard critics who said that there was "dark version of Strike Witches", it intrigued me. This is where i started to read them. Editor : Did you read them online ? Numa : No, it was after the books came out. Editor : What did you think of it at the time ? Numa : I loved it. I wished it all the success in the world, but... You undertand. Editor : Why this evasive answer ? Numa : Today, military stories are in vogue and the number of characters in them is one of the reasons for this success. Editor : Like Kancolle or Galpan (TL note : Kantai Collection free collection game about anthropomorphic warships and Girls und Panzer animated series featuring schoolgirls driving tanks). Numa : Yes. With diversification of ideas, the tendency is to have several strong main characters in the same work and when we talk about team sports or army, we can easily create group stories where multiple characters share the limelight. This is one of the reasons that made military stories popular. But Tanya the Evil, it's not that at all. It's even rather dangerous (laughs) ! War and religion are risky themes. I was wondering how it was going to be received. Editor : But you, you got hooked right away, no ?
Numa : I got hooked immediately. Editor : Because of what ? Numa : First of all, i think it spoke to the army fan in me. It's an authentic chronicle of war. If the heroine wasn't a little girl and if the decor was simply set in Germany, the story would already make a very good military fiction. I liked it from the start. Editor : Originally, you are fond of pure and hard war chronicles. As for group stories, you have nothing against it. But Tanya goes further than that. We can follow the evolution of the intrigue at the same time as that of the conflict. It was the jackpot for you. Numa : Yes. Editor : I see. Have you liked what touches the army for a long time ?
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Joshua Barnes
Numa : I think this is the case for all little boys. Editor : What was your first meeting with this universe ? Numa : I think it was with the stories of my grandfather when he served in the navy. And then Gundam that we watched when we were kids, these are military stories. Besides, wasn't it the Second World War that was taken as a model ? Zeon taking the place of Germany and the Federation that of the allies. Editor : However, we cannot summarize everything under this label of "army fan". There are different elements that we can take into account. There are those who like weapons and vehicules, those who like conflict analysis, those who like charismatic characters. You, Mister Numa, you are a graphic designer, didn't you fall into this because you thought the weapons were cool ? Numa : Yes, you've put your finger on it. At the start, i found the fighter planes very classy. Editor : Miss Tôjô also loves everything related to the army and she has taken great care in the way she drew the weapons. Do you feel that there's someone who knows what he's doing behind this ? Numa : Absolutely. The rifles for example are those which were used during the First World War, but for the cannons, we see rail mounted artillery which dates from the Second. I imagine this mixture is voluntary. In any case, it gives more character to the work. On the other hand the helmets of the forces of the François Republic, i think they come out of her imagination. Editor : I remember telling her that a way should be found to identify the different factions just from a single glance when the two armies would fight each other. To which she replied that she would put on helmets for them to be recognized. You were talking about "class", does it go hand in hand with the Second World War ? Numa : The First World War was still on a small scale and a lot of things hadn't evolved yet. The mortars were not yet so huge that men on foot couldn't move them.
Editor : In volume 2, we asked you to create a map of the world situation based on the original novels. I imagine that it's conception was complicated ? All the conflict zones had to be shown there. But you managed to do it and it adds to the charm of the manga. Numa : Yes, i liked it. It's very interesting to see on a map how the Empire is gradually expanding its territory. And also how it ends up losing everything in the end.
[[in big letters]Your opinion on the manga and your expectations for the animated series ?
Editor : It's a genre that you like and you already knew the original work. What did you think of the manga version ? Numa : It reflects very well the quality of the novels. Chika Tôjô's drawing is very good and the whole thing is very easy to read. I love the novels, of course, but for those who don't read it, it's a good gateway. Editor : The title may seem difficult to approach for people who aren't used to reading novels. Numa : The manga is very easy to understand and the humorous side is reinforced there. I loved it. Editor : The course of the story is reworked or even sometimes shaved off, but does it suit a fan of the original like you ? Numa : Yes. It gives it a different interest. Editor : We tend to make mangas lighter. Numa : Even so, it's not too watered down either and the strong points of the novels are present. Editor : In the original, there's comedy or rather a comedic gap. The manga takes it into account. Numa : When i read the novels, it didn't seem very important to me. It was funny of course, but once in panels, we rediscover the comic potential. Editor : I'm curious to see how it will look in the animated version.
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Lucas Allen
Numa : Me too. How far will they dare to go ? What part will constitute their grand final ? Editor : I think they will cover the first volume of the novels. Numa : Until the end of the defense of the Rhine ? The novel isn't constructed with a conclusion to this event. Therefore, i'm curious about what the series is going to do with that. Editor : It will be the first project of NUT, a young studio. Numa : So i imagine they will give everything. Editor : Yes. I know that there are hardcore fans of Tanya in the team. Have you been able to see the visuals of the series ? Numa : Yes. They were inspired by the uniforms of the First World War. It's cool too (laughs). I wonder if the choice to give a cartoon aspect to the characters is made to prevent a too realistic style from making the series too dark. Editor : The uniforms reviewed by Miss Tôjô for the manga are also cool. The angel on the cap is like a secret that shows the constant exchange with Being X. Numa : I see. God takes her head, literally (laughs) ! Sorry, i meant Being X. Editor : The cover of volume 2 is also very cool. Nowadays, we no longer see uniforms with this style. Numa : In ceremonial uniforms, yes. But when i think about it, it may be one on volume 1. Editor : A ceremonial uniform, is it an outfit that we don't usually wear ? Numa : On the field, we wear a combat outfit. Editor : That is to say in which one moves well, without frills and decorations ? Numa : Exactly. Editor : I see. So the design of the uniform of the François Republic shown in volume 2 is rather original ? Numa : Indeed. It looks like nobles. She went to look for something that swore with the times. Editor : There's a more fantasy aspect with this integral helmet which covers them. In our world too the uniforms of each country have their specificities and their differences, but did France wear such ? Numa : No, i don't think so. At the time, the French army was no longer made up of nobles.
[[in big letters]4 logo proposals and the ideas behind their conception]
Editor : Can we publish the unused logos we talked about at the beginning ? Numa : Yes of course ! Tanya the Evil being a multi-faceted story, i tried to transcribe this in my logos. The theme of proposition A is "magic", the one of proposition B "war and madness", the one of C "religion and God" and finally for the D "weapons and machines". Editor : I would like to know a little more. What evokes magic in proposition A ? Numa : Do you not see it ? (laughs) For me, it's the fact of using medieval European writing to redraw the sinograms. Editor : This angular aspect... Numa : And flexible at the same time. As if it had been calligraphed. Editor : They look like medieval illuminations. If a mage wrote Japanese, he would surely write it that way. Then, proposition B has a virile side which indicates war well, but where do you express madness ?
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Carter Hill
Numa : In the impression that it's going to burst. The tip of the lines which becomes a spike, the broken glass aspect of the whole thing. This is where i saw madness. Editor : Now that you talk about shards of glass... Numa : Madness with shards of glass and war with stencil style. Editor : Oh, there are real thoughts behind your concepts. Numa : Absolutely. Especially since it was a recent work which i liked very much so i thought about it a lot (laughs). That is why i have made so many proposals. Editor : If we told you that we wanted to use proposition B but without the burst aspect, would that have bothered you ? Numa : In this case, i would have made the extremities of the characters heavier, thicker. I think it would have worked too, so no problem. Editor : What talent ! You know how to bounce back. Did you mention God for proposition C ? Numa : It is ordered while presenting a certain imbalance. But even this imbalance is still balanced... Then i tried to blur the corners as if light was radiating behind. Editor : As if to evoke the hand of God, the gap of power that separates him from us. Numa : That's right. That, and then the balance between the divine and the human (laughs). Editor : More than really concrete points, you have to imagine it, don't you think ? Numa : Right, everything is in the image (laughs). So i'll stay vague. Editor : I see. For the D, you said weapons and machines. Numa : With gears and pieces of exhaust pipes. If it had been retained, i had planned to slip more pieces of fire arms. In some places you can put triggers, etc. Editor : To say it all, personally i preferred C and D. Miss Tôjô, she, preferred A or B. B had her preference, but she found it hard to completely get rid of A which she liked personally. Numa : Yes, i remember. Proposition A is too close to her drawing. It stuck too much to her vision of the world.
Editor : That's it. She said herself that she would have personally chosen the A. It's funny, isn't it ? This sophistication was too in tune with her soft and vibrant drawing. Numa : Thereby, it would have had trouble detaching itself. Editor : It would have been a shame. The logo must be clearly visible. Numa : Exactly. And even if they don't blend into the work itself so to speak, none of the others swear too much with it. Editor : The first time the logo was inserted on the cover, it was proposed in silver. I then suggested that it be lighter. I said i would have liked something that makes a schoolgirl want to take it. At that moment, i saw you very annoyed (laughs). Today, i'm well aware that schoolgirls aren't our target. Sorry.
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Sebastian Morales
Numa : I would even say, you absolutely must not let little girls buy this ! (laughs) Editor : Anyway, the final result, logo and illustration included, is cute enough that readers who aren't looking for war stories may be interested. Numa : Yes. Otherwise, it's amusing to see that there's only Tanya on the covers. We will have to think about this when new volumes are released. Editor : It's true, it's quite rare to see that. But you know, Miss Tôjô seems to take great pleasure in drawing handsome mature men, like Rerugen or Zettour. Numa : Ah yes, hold on. All men a little older are handsome. Even the salaryman from the beginning was an handsome man (laughs). Editor : If we notice after few volume releases and the launch of the anime that we have more female fans than expected, we could possibly put Rerugen on the banners ? Numa : Good idea, it could work. Editor : In the anime version, Rerugen is a pretty cool handsome young man. In the manga, he's handsome too, but he seems more affordable, simpler. Numa : I think so too. We sometimes want to give him a stomach pain medicine. Editor : Absolutely ! We are worried about him, he should take some vacation. Numa : Poor man. He's constantly on the nerves (laughs). Editor : He always looks like his bowels are upset (laughs). Numa : That's true. Editor : If he finds his fans, we can think about a spin-off. I was thinking of the title Chronicles of a ulcer... Numa : I want to read this ! Editor : If Carlo Zen gives us his permission. At the end of each chapter, we could have : "this month in Rerugen's stomach" ! (laughs) Numa : For the design, i can see a form of medical report. And with each chapter, his condition would get worse ! (laughs)
[[in big letters]Tanya the Evil from a military point of view]
Editor : After reading Tanya the Evil for the first time, did you want something particular for the rest ? An adaptation on the big screen for example ?
Numa : I was hoping for a correct representation of trench warfare. Soldiers smeared with mud in a dirty, smelly, sticky cesspool, where diseases proliferate. As for a film ? Why not. The format allows things that are impossible for television. Editor : This story about diseases, was it something that was really happening in trenches ? Numa : Absolutely. With the time spent in the rain in the quagmire of the trenches, the oozing eczema was terrible among the soldiers and sometimes we had to come to the amputation of the feet. We also spoke of "trench feet". Editor : Wow. Numa : But careful, i'm not saying that i want the manga to go into all of these sordid details. Just that the reasons why we get there are shown correctly. Editor : For a moment, i thought you enjoyed watching people suffer. Numa : Whoa there, no, not at all (laughs) ! If i take GalPan as an example, tank battles are represented very faithfully. This is one reason for the success of the series in my opinion. This is what i expect, precision. That we can understand why we end up fighting this way. For example, that people have no choice but to fight in holes because they have only this or that weapons. Whether it's for strategies, uniforms or weapons, i want it explained. Editor : This is the strength of the novels. Numa : Yes. It explains well how we arrive at the world war. That's what i like. He's not limited to chronicling the fights, he approaches the characters and he shows us how their decisions influence the course of the conflict. But i don't like to see the story or the battles built to stick to the situations of the characters.
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Alexander Lewis
Editor : I remember that during our meeting you said that among the war stories, the best were those that spoke of desperate struggles. Forgive the naivety of my question, but what do you like about it ? Numa : The war, it's two sides that kill each other. There's no right, wrong or who will be superior to whom. But in the end, it's often the one who loses who needs to use his gray matter the most. It's in these moments that intelligence and courage become necessary. Editor : I see. It's when they are pushed to their last entrenchments that they must find how to win with the means at hand. The peculiarity of Tanya is that she sees men as resources, but in truth, she has neither the money nor the men necessary and everything therefore rests on the system D. Numa : Yes, yes. Editor : Then, it is often said of Tanya the Evil that it's a story in which, even if Tanya loses on the large-scale strategy, she wins on the tactical level. Numa : That's it, that's it ! She uses her knowledge and tests her courage to get out of particular situations, but in the grand scheme of things, she loses. Editor : It's a bit like baseball. It's sometimes uninteresting to see a match with a team that we know is winning, but we jump like fleas with nice technical shots . Is that what you mean ? Numa : Maybe so, yes. In baseball, i support the Yokohama team. I don't know if you know it, but it's a very bad team (laughs). Editor : We will receive letters of complaint if we publish this... Numa : It's alright, everyone knows it. There's no word to describe the joy that one feels when such a team snatch the victory against a formidable adversary thanks to its intelligence and audacity. And this, even if we're the absolute last.
Editor : Maybe. The stories where the protagonist with his back to the wall succeeds in striking back have charm too. Tanya can be read as a last stand story, as a classic war chronicle or as the account of the last counterattack. In addition, there's a quirky humor and the heroine is cute. Numa : Yes. There are a lot of facets. So, it's hard to know which aspect we want to emphasize. This is what made me hesitate when creating the logo.
[[in big letters]The little fantasy of the graphic designer and the editor]
Editor : Now, i'd like to ask you a question to laugh. You work in a graphic design studio and a little girl arrives to be your hierarchical superior but she's a talented graphic designer with the personality of Tanya. What do you think of it ? Numa : Oh ! It would be a gift, right ? (laughs) I would live a waking dream ! Editor : Indeed, Tanya would surely be the enemy of overtime. Numa : That yes, seeing how she values productivity. Well, she would fire all the good for nothing. But it's a pretty little girl who would fire us. What more could you ask for ? (laughs) Editor : She would reward a job well done. Numa : Yes. Everything would be fine as long as we work seriously and show results. On the other hand, i have the feeling that even if we do a good job, if the results don't follow, it's the door too (laughs). Editor : (laughs) You also risk a similar pain. Do you open your arms to her anyway ? Numa : Absolutely. Editor : When i asked the question, i was rather expecting a big "never in my life !" Numa : Is that so ? Sorry then. Editor : Not at all. Your response made me think and i realize that it would be reasonable. She would know how to listen if convincing arguments could be made. Otherwise, there's always the shadow of the unemployment that hovers around... (laughs)
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David Watson
Numa : I couldn't make a friend of her, but as a superior, she would be fine with me (laughs). Editor : Do you think she had friends when she was still in our world ? Numa : I don't think so. And you ? Editor : She was part of the elite of the elite, right ? I imagine that she must have been surrounded by extremely brilliant people. Numa : But i don't see her frequenting them. Editor : However with brilliant people, do you think that she would be able to take a drink normally or to become friends with them ? I really don't imagine her in a bar. Numa : That's true. After all alcohol doesn't solve anything. She's not one to waste her time in trivialities. Editor : Then, i have a doubt that may seem ridiculous to you, but in which department did she work with us ? Numa : What do you mean ? Human ressources, right ? Editor : She was in charge of the layoffs so it sounds logical, but she doesn't really have the personality for it. Numa : You make a good point. Editor : I can see her as trader (ATL : for stock exchange). I wonder how she ended up in HR (ATL: Human Ressources). Maybe it was a consultant who was hired to lead the restructuring plan ? Numa : Maybe. Like those bank employees sent to clean up the businesses they finance. Editor : That's right. I really don't see her as DHR (ATL : Director of Human Ressources) at an industrialist. Industrialist or something else, anyway. Numa : Yes, i don't see the man inside Tanya conducting job interviews. I also don't see him going to look for the inner qualities of his collaborators. Editor : However, she supported Visha. Can she be nice when she recognizes the potential of people ? Numa : Do you think she saw potential in her ? Editor : She managed to be useful once trained.
Numa : I think it's quite the opposite. She was assigned to her, so she trained her. I didn't feel like she detected the potential by herself. Does she even an eye for it to begin with ? If that were the case, she wouldn't be constantly out of step with everyone. Editor : More than a talent for judging a situation a priori or seeing the good in others, she's the type to let do and then skim depending on the results. Numa : That's my opinion. Editor : Another question, what would you do if the same thing as Tanya happened to you and you were projected into this world ? First of all, we can affirm that your predisposition to magic would have pushed you towards the army. You have to accept that. But after ? Would you design uniforms ? Numa : Hmm... In my opinion, Being X would never have sent me into this world. I don't have such a twisted mind (laughs). Editor : If you don't rebel, you can have the chance to end up as cat from a rich family. Numa : (laughs) But it's this part that's important. I want to talk about this part of the discourse of Being X. Productivism and the totalitarianism that we don't consider strange in our current society are perceived as madness on the battlefield where real madness reigns. Perhaps he's trying to explain to us that the daily life of our contemporary society is not the natural state of things and that its existence is an aberration. Editor : Rerugen rebels against the idea that she can consider human beings as consumable goods. But this is something common in our world. Numa : It doesn't seem as surprising to us as it does to him, but this manga leads us to question the fact that we may be living in a crazy world.
William Roberts
Editor : Once put into perspective through the prism of a new value scale, we realize that it's a bit hard as a thought. The proof, in our world, Tanya was a normal man, in the prime of life, but no one considered him crazy. Numa : He inevitably appears productivist and cold, but not to the point of disturbing. He acts in a classic way as it's done in our world and this work has the depth to allow us to question it. She doesn't make of Tanya an ordinary monster. This is how i see it. Editor : With all the subjects we talked about, i feel that we have a good article. Numa : Good. It's not an exercise i'm used to. It was very interesting.
Dumping annoted raws next, please check those if you want to understand what they're talking about.
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Page 2 > annotation 1 : The banners highlight the comic side contrasting with the seriousness of the cover. It's the combination of these two elements that is the strength of Tanya the Evil. Page 2 > annotation 2 (read from right to left) : How lucky ! I have to make the most of it ! The safety of the back reaches out to me ! Page 2 > annotation 3 : An elitist and cold reincarnated salaryman. An alternative modern Europe where weapons and magic thrive. He will live it as a young girl. Page 2 > annotation 4 : Find Tanya in an animated series from January 2017. Page 2 > annotation 5 : The humor of the title is displayed on the manga banner. Page 2 > annotation 6 : I figured Germany from the First World War. Page 2 > annotation 7 : The German titles and fonts in question. We can note the attention to detail in choosing a font that corresponds to the world represented.
Page 3 > annotation 1 : The Fraktur font, considered to be one of the traditional German fonts. It was created in the Holy Roman Empire (ATL : "Saint-Empire romain germanique" in French) during an order from the Emperor and was widely used in Germany until the Second World War. Page 3 > annotation 2 : The so-called stencil font used to evoke the military framework. So that the circle in the middle of the "O" does not fall, it's connected to the rest of the plate by two lines, one of the specificities of the font.
Page 4 > annotation 1 : The François army and its hints of nobility. Page 4 > annotation 2 : Compagny of flight-mages, army of the François Republic. Page 4 > annotation 3 : A distinguished uniform, similar to ceremonial armor. So what ? The Fren...çois will always be François ?!
Page 7 > annotation 1 (read from right to left) : I have...serious doubts about the personality of Lieutenant Degurechaff. Page 7 > annotation 2 : Poor Rerugen. A stomach pill ? Page 7 > annotation 3 : With each appearance, Rerugen who can testify to the terror that Tanya inspires, seems to be getting worse and worse.
Page 8 > annotation 1 : A cold salaryman... Page 8 > annotation 2 (read from right to left) : I will never be among the geniuses of this world. My greatest efforts will not make me a prodigy. Some would call me... corrupt. Page 8 > annotation 3 : Our hero in full self-criticism. Despite the coldness he exudes, we wouldn't consider him crazy by the standarts of our society.
Page 9 > annotation 1 : Meeting with Being X. Page 9 > annotation 2 (read from right to left) : Ho ho ho... I see... I understand better the reasons for your lack of faith. These past mistakes must be corrected. Page 9 > annotation 3 : The hero is sent to this new world. Already in this prologue, he's developing his personal reflection.
AnonTL note : For those who want to keep this interview for a later read or to post it elsewhere, i HIGHLY suggest you save the raws (and annoted raws + the annotation text) instead of making just a pastebin because otherwise some of the text won't make any sense as it relies on the logos and panels in the raws. If i knew how to, i would have directly translated the raw's panels and descriptions themselves by changing the letters but unfortunately that's beyond my knowledge in redrawing and stuff like that. This TL took me an horrendous amount of time (more than 7 days split in two weeks, so around 44 hours !!) to translate and prepare but it should be the last one, there's no new interview in the latest volume (vol 10) released in France. If there's a new one in a future volume, i'll translate it and post it here too. And as always : YOU ARE FREE TO USE MY TL TO RECTIFY IT IF YOU FIND TYPOS OR MISTRANSLATIONS OR PUT IT ON MANGADEX WITH THESE LOW QUALITY SCANS OR YOUR OWN HIGH QUALITY SCANS!
Does anyone have the Youho Senki book list? I think the author once made a list of war books he recommended or that he read when he did writing, does anyone have that?
Cooper Peterson
It's in the back of one of the earlierst LN volumes. Maybe Vol 1.
hum well i just checked the Yen press website, volume 7 is coming in May. at least you have it because it doesn't exist in France. sale date : 05/19/2020
meanwhile my country is officially in total containment for one month, the entire borders of the European Schengen space are officialy closed for the next 30 days and every non-necessary shops are closed and let's not forget travels outside of going to open shops and open workplaces are BANNED.
i can't buy any manga for more than 1 month, HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.
>52 replies >8 posters Why isn't Youjo Senki more popular? I really liked the anime and thought it got a good amount of attention but after it finished everyone kinda forgot about it until IQ was announced.
Christian Jones
Two covers. Does that mean there are enough chapters for two volumes? I thought there were only three or four chapters. Or is that that there are only a few translated online?
Hunter Butler
"Translating moonrunes is hard work bro, give us cash". Yen Press is worth less than the air they breathe.
Aaron Smith
No wonder it feels like it's taking a long ass time.
Logan Cooper
There's two Japanese volumes out. They're in my shelf.
Sebastian Harris
short series and lacking many waifus and fantasy i guess
