Manga 98436 Youjo Senki Suggestion

I enjoyed Youjo Senki's LN series, but the manga is just as good. What did the LN do really well in? It depicted a lot more of Tanya's monologuing which is lost in the manga, and there's also a lot more focus on Zettour, Rudersdorf, and a lot of different military personnel to really figure out why some military operation happened.
However, honestly, other than the monologuing, I really did not care much for the worldbuilding. The manga focuses more on the details of battles, the characters close to Tanya, and dialogue. The manga essentially focuses on the good parts of the novel, while cutting ... out the longwinded worldbuilding. All the criticism I had on the novel for having extremely lacking descriptions of many battles, whether it be the Rhine, Arene, Norden, etc, they're all fleshed out and actually are depicted in the manga. Visha, Grantz, Weiss, etc. All of the mages in 203 Flight augmented batallion get to shine a lot more brightly in the manga due to the focus on the battles, and even the slice of life content that's outside of the battles. In the end, the manga does choose to show different perspectives that were not shown in the LN, basically allowing us, the readers, to get a better understanding of the whole picture (good example is Erya).
Art looks great, at least character wise. Combat scenes are nice, but it's extremely obvious when real life photos are scanned in and heavily filtered to make it look like manga, and juxtaposing that background with more anime hand-drawn characters. It was really jarring to see anime/manga style soldiers fight real life looking planes placed under heavy filters to make it look like a drawing.
I did not like the Anime very much. Perhaps a 7, just because I like the source material. It rushes through all the events, completely just getting rid of any characterization or monologuing that Tanya had. The difference between the manga and anime is that the manga still explains and retains a lot of Tanya's original character while also fleshing out the side characters, details, and battles while the anime just flies through everything without giving enough explanation. The manga just explains the worldbuilding as little as it needs to and focuses on the juicy parts of the series, which is extremely smart. Overall, a good adaptation that deviates direction from the source material by a decent margin.

Do you miss "Fullmetal Alchemist"? If so, I recommend giving "Youjo Senki" a try. Why do I say this? Keep on reading.

Both series' have a very similar vibe where the setting of the story is loosely based off history, and takes place during a time of devastating war. "Youjo Senki" and FMA share almost the same vibes due to the focus and the point of view that its told from; with "Youjo Senki" focusing even more on the events and the historical implication of those events, and FMA focusing more on the "magic". "Youjo Senki" is more like a documentary.

"Youjo Senki" is also a isekai ... story, but unlike alot of the ones that are coming out nowadays; it's much more enjoyable for a older audience. It has a lot of the classic isekai aspects like an OP MC winning all battles with information from the other world, or having some sort of attribute or ability granted to them for the purpose of making them special in their new world. In addition to being a well told serious story, the author finds appropriate places to inject some humor and it meshes nicely without disrupting the flow of the story.

Just like how FMA became a classic must read/watch, I think "Youjo Senki" will become one too, and I hope that you will give this series a read.

Story: The story isn't overly amazing but its far from bad. The story is set in an alternate reality in World War 1, but it starts around 10 years after our own WW1 so instead of WW1 happening in the 1910's its in the 1920's. The weaponry and out fits are very WW1 looking with some changes, but the biggest changes is the use of magic. I'm not going into more detail because of spoilers but the first few chapters sum it up.

Art: The art is pretty damn good, its not Berserk or Uzumaki in terms of art but diffidently good.

Characters: Now the only ... real character you'll like is the MC and maybe Viktoriya but its pretty much a hit or miss depending on if you like the MC. If you like the MC you'll enjoy this Manga but if you dislike the MC you'll dislike this Manga.

Enjoyment: Personally I love this Manga. I love the WW1 theme, art style, and of course the MC.

Fun fact its possible and not unrealistic for the MC to be in the war. They said in the manga the empire is gender equal when it comes to soldiers and in our own history children as young as 13! where soldiers in WW1!So having an 11 year old girl in an gender equal society fighting WW1 isn't that out there.