I put off watching this for years because I always just assumed it would be either Hetalia tier shit, or Wehraboo shit. I'm so happy that neither is the case, I love all of these characters so much. Watched the 12 episodes over two nights with a beaming smile practically the whole time, downloading the ovas and films right now
>So what you made a blunder and might feel down. >Forget about it, it's fine! Cheer up! >Get over the small bumps in life, >We'll all evolve into better people!
It takes a lot of willpower for anything produced by WWII military otaku to not be wehraboo, glorify Imperial Japan, or both, even if GuP in particular was specifically conceived to sidestep war issues entirely. It's not so coincidental that schools representing two of the three axis countries were only featured in the OVA and movie after the series became successful either, TOTSUGEKI might not have played so well without having established the tone already.
Levi Wright
The Burgers and Rusviets is also a problem
Nathaniel Ross
all excellent points, user. however. Who is best girl?
No, the western version of history is that the USSR did nothing wrong for a 6 year period between 1939 and 1945 and everything wrong outside of those years.
It's actually a pitfall either way because even if it's not your writers your audience is going to have a disproportionate amount of war crime deniers that think they were born too late to die in a banzai charge.
i loved the part when yukari brings the rest of the senshado club over to her house and her parents are so excited that she has friends, plus her tank-themed bedroom. it really warmed my heart