Saga of Tanya the Evil (TV Series)

How to Use a Victory (2017)

Aoi Yûki: Tanya Degurechaff

Quotes 

• Tanya Degurechaff : Everyone, we've gone from an armistice to a sortie. The brass just does whatever it wants. But since it's our job, we have no choice. We must follow our orders and crush the enemy. But now, our enemy is the whole world. There's no way to avoid a cruel war, and no end to how long we must fight. That is why I want to say once more... If there is a God who rules this world, it is a stern, solemn, and infinitely good being. A being that is far too great... God keeps forcing us to confront these cruel fates, as if those were the rules of this world.

• Tanya Degurechaff : I'm told the members of Strategic HQ are toasting to victory right now. Of course, the soldiers who did their duty on the front lines have the right to celebrate a moment's respite. But if even the officers who should guide the war's course naively revel in victory, that would be a mistake and a dereliction of duty.

  Erich von Rerugen : Major, enough. That's going too far.

  Tanya Degurechaff : Lt. Colonel, you asked for my unfiltered opinion.

  Erich von Rerugen : Even if Mars, the god of war, loves you, that is arrogance.

  Tanya Degurechaff : I'm afraid, sir, I don't believe God loves me at all.

• Tanya Degurechaff : I have seen the eyes of men, burning with hatred. I have seen the moment when my talented men gave in to anger and lost their reason. I have seen a chain of revenge, driven only by hate. And so, I realized... no, perhaps it's more accurate to say that I remembered. I have personally experienced an insane reaction against rationalism. No matter how much we modernize, no matter how social norms affect us, humans are foolish creatures who sometimes prize feelings over reason. A human being who's overcome with hatred will keep struggling, without regard for self-interest or reason, regardless of what they may lose or gain. That is why I cannot help but speak up. We should not become intoxicated by a temporary victory!

  Tanya Degurechaff : [dead-eyed, monotone]  All flames of hatred must be extinguished.