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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 2 Episode 6 - Decoy
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    S2:E6

    Zettour uses himself as a decoy to lure out the enemy and save Tanya.

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    Writer:Kenta Ihara

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  2. undefined Season 2 Episode 5 - Unlucky Draw
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    S2:E5

    Zettour is reassigned to the eastern front after an argument with High Leadership.

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    Writer:Kenta Ihara

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  3. undefined Season 1 Episode 24 - End of the Prologue
    9.4/10(35 votes)

    S1:E24

    Askeladd comes forth before King Sweyn and implores him to halt his invasion of Wales. Meanwhile, Thorfinn decides to return home at Leif’s urging. However, the moment before he boards the ship, Thorfinn catches a glimpse of a single tern taking off into the sky...

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    Writer:Kenta Ihara

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  4. undefined Season 0 Episode 16 - Operation Desert Pasta
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    S0:E16

    Tanya's battalion embarks on a daring mission to secure supplies, but desert combat poses new challenges.

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    Writer:Kenta Ihara

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  5. undefined Season 1 Episode 5 - My First Battalion
    8.7/10(6 votes)

    S1:E5

    Tanya's new battalion is off the ground and running, and it's time for them to do their first mission: fight back a massive invasion by the Dakian Dukedom to the southeast. The enemy army numbers in the hundreds of thousands, but they've brought no air units at all, which makes them easy pickings for Tanya's highly trained force. After wiping out the enemy army, she heads straight for the enemy capital and launches an attack there.

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    Writer:Kenta Ihara

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  6. undefined Season 1 Episode 12 - How to Use a Victory
    8.6/10(8 votes)

    S1:E12

    Tanya just barely manages to restrain herself from disobeying her superior officers and attacking the Republic remanents. But the Republic forces have escaped overseas, and vowed to fight to the bitter end. The Empire has been victorious, but in its victory it has terrified the rest of the world and spurred them to action. Is true victory possible at all?

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    Writer:Kenta Ihara

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  7. undefined Season 1 Episode 6 - The Journey Begins
    8.4/10(29 votes)

    S1:E6

    Thorfinn kills his first man. As more time goes on Thorfinn kills more men and becomes more skilled. One day when Thorfinn is in battle he gets shot with an arrow and ends up unconscious. An English woman and her daughter help him recover.

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    Writer:Kenta Ihara

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  8. undefined Season 1 Episode 1 - The Devil of the Rhine
    8.4/10(8 votes)

    S1:E1

    The Empire is a powerful military nation on a continent that looks much like early 20th century Europe. But in this world, magic is real. The Empire is involved in a war against the Entente Alliance, and fighting a poorly executed delaying action in the northern theater. Second Lieutenant Tanya Degurechaff leads a small platoon of mages. But there's something unusual about this lieutenant... she's only nine years old!

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    Writer:Kenta Ihara

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  9. undefined Season 1 Episode 2 - Prologue
    8.4/10(7 votes)

    S1:E2

    The secret of Tanya's birth is revealed. Tanya was a cold and unemotional Japanese salaryman who was pushed in front of a train by a man he laid off. An infuriated godlike creature named "Being X" sent him to this world, and reincarnated him as a baby girl... with no promise that he would ever be reincarnated again. Now Tanya has to survive, because this is all she's got!

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    Writer:Kenta Ihara

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  10. undefined Season 1 Episode 7 - The Battle of the Fjord
    8.4/10(5 votes)

    S1:E7

    The Empire is launching a seemingly foolish attack on the Entente Alliance in the middle of winter. They lack the supplies to successfully invade. Tanya realizes that this attack is a feint intended to distract from a fjord landing mission. Sure enough, she is sent to lead the invasion of the fjords, and silence 20 cannon emplacements in time for the fleet to land and the Imperial forces to disembark.

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    Writer:Kenta Ihara

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  11. undefined Season 1 Episode 7 - Normanni
    8.3/10(28 votes)

    S1:E7

    Askeladd withdraws temporarily from the war against England. While searching for a new source of income, he encounters a skirmish among the Franks and hatches a plot to steal their treasure. Askeladd sends 16 years old Thorfinn, who has grown up into a cold-hearted Viking, ahead as a messenger.

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  12. undefined Season 1 Episode 3 - Deus Vult
    8.3/10(6 votes)

    S1:E3

    After her stunning success with her first mission, Tanya is assigned to test a new piece of technology: a highly unstable prototype calculation jewel. This jewel offers her unparalleled power, but just using it risks her life. Tanya is determined to get out of this project and on to someplace easier and safer (like the front lines of the war), but Being X has other ideas...

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  13. undefined Season 1 Episode 4 - Campus Life
    8.3/10(6 votes)

    S1:E4

    Tanya is now living life on easy street, as a highly-respected student at the military university. She's so highly respected, in fact, that one of the Empire's chief military planners asks her for her opinion on the course of the war. Eager to show off her intellect (and hopefully land herself a cushy job in the planning department), Tanya comes up with a plan of astonishing insight and intelligence. Her idea backfires, however, when she turns out to be a little too smart for her own good...

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    Writer:Kenta Ihara

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  14. undefined Season 1 Episode 11 - Resistance
    8.3/10(6 votes)

    S1:E11

    Tanya's diminished smaller company attack the battalion of Allied Kingdom mages rather than retreat. Their company use their altitude advantage but suffer heavy losses, especially when Colonel Sioux uses an illegal Trench Gun.

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  15. undefined Season 1 Episode 17 - Servant
    8.3/10(23 votes)

    S1:E17

    Askeladd's men continued their march to escape Thorkell. However, Torgrim and his friends were hatching a plot to switch sides and join Thorkell, taking Canute with them. Torgrim finally launches his rebellion and corners Askeladd, negotiating with him to hand over Canute, then Thorkell arrives in the midst of the confusion.

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  16. undefined Season 1 Episode 9 - The Battle of London Bridge
    8.2/10(26 votes)

    S1:E9

    In October 1013, King Sweyn leads a fleet of Danish and Viking ships in an attempt to take London Bridge of England. Askeladd's army, hired by the army of Denmark, was among them. However, after the betrayal of Thorkell the Tall, a Viking known for his overpowering strength, London Bridge has become impregnable. Askeladd tells Thorfinn he'll reward him with a duel if he's able to kill Thorkell.

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  17. undefined Season 1 Episode 22 - Lone Wolf
    8.2/10(20 votes)

    S1:E22

    Thorfinn begins his duel against Askeladd with Canute and Thorkell as witnesses. However, Thorfinn is unable to strike as he stands overwhelmed by the extraordinary mood that overtakes Askeladd after Bjorn's departure. Having noticed Thorfinn's hesitation, Askeladd lays down his sword and provokes Thorfinn into an unarmed fight, which incites Thorfinn's fury.

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    Writer:Kenta Ihara

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  18. undefined Season 1 Episode 6 - Beginning of Madness
    8.2/10(6 votes)

    S1:E6

    After her easy victory over Dakia, it's time for a more difficult mission: aiding the destruction of the Entente Alliance to the north. The Alliance is being backed by the strong powers, and has equipment and training that in some cases rival the Empire. When Tanya arrives, the Alliance is striking a critical supply base with a bombing raid, and the local Empire force are too overwhlemed to defend against it. Can she get there to hold them off in time?

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    Writer:Kenta Ihara

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  19. undefined Season 1 Episode 8 - Trial by Fire
    8.2/10(8 votes)

    S1:E8

    The war with the Entente Alliance is done, and it's back to the Rhine for Tanya and her forces. The Republic troops are highly trained, well-equipped, and stronger than any she's faced before. And in a distant hospital, a former Kingdom officer wakes up, with a mission from God imprinted on his mind...

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    Writer:Kenta Ihara

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  20. undefined Season 1 Episode 10 - The Path to Victory
    8.2/10(6 votes)

    S1:E10

    Tanya's spectacular mission is a success, and the Republic is surrounded and crippled. But on her way back, she runs into a group of allied mages, lead by Anton Souix, the man she crippled once more. He's back, and powered by Being X, and his one mission in life is to take down the Devil of the Rhine!

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    Writer:Kenta Ihara

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  21. undefined Season 1 Episode 21 - Reunion
    8.1/10(19 votes)

    S1:E21

    Canute’s party arrives in York to attend the Imperial Council. Although Canute had wanted to strike out against King Sweyn, the King was being guarded by the most powerful Jomsviking unit in the Northern Sea while keeping a close eye on Canute. With the situation strained to the breaking point, Askeladd comes up with a plan. Meanwhile, Thorfinn is reunited with a person who knew his former self.

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  22. undefined Season 1 Episode 19 - United Front
    8.1/10(20 votes)

    S1:E19

    Thorfinn suffers a serious injury in his fight against Thorkell. Thorfinn is told to think about what he has to do to beat Thorkell. Askeladd treats Thorfinn’s wounds so that he may fight again someday, and proposes a joint strategy to help the two of them survive longer.

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  23. undefined Season 1 Episode 18 - Out of the Cradle
    8.0/10(22 votes)

    S1:E18

    Thorfinn and Thorkell agree to have a duel over the fate of Askeladd. Thorkell looks forward to facing off against Thors’s son, Thorfinn, and asks him what a true warrior really is. Meanwhile, Canute is suddenly ambushed while he attempts to escape, and has a dream about a certain individual.

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  24. undefined Season 1 Episode 8 - Beyond the Edge of the Sea
    8.0/10(27 votes)

    S1:E8

    After capturing the treasure from the Franks, Askeladd's men return to the village of Gorm on the Jutland Peninsula in Denmark to pass the winter. Thorfinn challenges Askeladd to a duel as a reward for bringing him the head of the captain of the clan of Franks. Even though Thorfinn has grown in skill through his experience in battle, he is still no match for Askeladd.

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    Writer:Kenta Ihara

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  25. undefined Season 1 Episode 9 - Preparations for Advance
    8.0/10(6 votes)

    S1:E9

    The last enemy on the continent is the Republic, and the Empire has come up with a bold plan to take them out. Of course, Tanya is sent to the forefront of this operation, and is forced to take on the entire Republic army by herself while the Empire stages a faked withdrawl. Then it's off for a ride on a rocket as she heads straight into the heart of enemy territory!

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Kenta Ihara Ratings Summary

"Decoy" is the best rated episode written by Kenta Ihara. It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. It was directed by N/A. It aired on 8/12/2026 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Unlucky Draw".