It seems like a lifetime ago that the male leaders of Tokyo Medical University were slightly abashed for 5 seconds about their unfair treatment of women in scoring. It was merely 4 years ago when that scandal motivated Ameco Kaeruda to write a withering castigation of that school and all men who game the system so that women are held back from their full potential, in the form of a brilliant isekai novel. Sexiled, Volume 1 and Volume 2 both made it to English a year later, offering so many of us a revenge fantasy in which women helped each other, no one was hurt and a new future was conceived.
In 2021, a manga version of this series was launched online on Sunday Webry, where it is still available, with current chapters free to read for a limited time, as many online platforms are doing. A collected Volume 2 has not yet been announced, but I kind of guess it’ll be after the most recent chapter’s time has elapsed.
The setup of the first volume of Onnadakara, to Paati o Tsuihousaretanode Densetsu no Majyo to Saikyou Taggu o Kumimashita, Volume 1 (女だから、とパーティを追放されたので伝説の魔女と最強タッグを組みました) is just as frustrating as it was the first time. ^_^ Why? Because even after MeToo and KuToo it often feels like very little has changed.
So watching Tanya blow the hell out of the landscape so she doesn’t just level the town feels slightly less cathartic. About now, I’m ready to see some town leveling.
The art manages to be intelligent about the intended service of women’s clothes in a way that shows that – even when an outfit is intended to be pointlessly “sexy” and insulting – it doesn’t have to actively insult women’s intelligence. But it’s no less uplifting when Laplace offers Tanya armor and a sword worthy of her status as a knight mage. And, it is equally as uplifting to watch Laplace and Tanya mentor Nadine and the girls in town and give them the confidence to strive. And for that, this story will always be worth reading.
Ratings:
Art – 8
Story – 10
Characters – 10
Service – 7 Thoughtfully rendered.
Yuri – 8
Overall – 10
According to the Japanese Ministry of Education, who has required more transparency in statistics since the TMU scandal, in 2021, more women than men were accepted to Japan’s medical schools. I like to think that Tanya’s seeing more girl adventurers and mages now, as well.
