Attack on titan seeing this👀

"Anime is now a crime against humanity" this sentence goes do hard

@@lacosa1860 wouldn’t be the first time I’ve committed crimes against humanity

Achievement Unlocked : you meme'd in the wrong neighborhood.

To be fu#%ing honest... every country did war crimes. Im sure the stuff america bulled up with the super bombing of a sertain innocent country killed more then japan did in the war.....or the time america declared war on vietnam because of....chemical weapons they once saw in a feaver dream... there is no high ross so step down from it. Every country is a bad country

😂

odd1sout reference

Damn so true

I have ptsd with the fandom 🥲

HONESTLY THO!!! what a kick in thr balls

shiiiiii ur right

Italy didn't committed war crime, though.

@@gabrielesolletico6542 Italy used chemical weapons against Ethiopians, made concentration camps in Yugoslavia, and attacked Greek civilians during occupation. Need I say more?

@@ImperatorLemon Ok for the chemical weapons against the Ethiopians, but, at that time (1936 - 1938) that was a common thing, the Convenction of Geneve weren't a thing yet. During WW1 chemical weapons have been massively used too. Concentration camp in Yugoslavia... well Yugoslavia didn't even exist during the fascism era, you mean in Istria? That was part of Italy... and they were not concentration camp: they were labour camp for political opposers. Pretty common thing in dictatorship. The USA also had concentration camp for Japanese people and American citizens of Japanese origin during WW2, did you know that? Why nobody ever talks about it? Also, the USA dropped two atomic bombs on INNOCENT CIVILIANS... so, who's the big WAR CRIMINAL, huh? I'm ok with you pointing out the attack of Greek population during the WW2 war, but... do you know of any wars in which the army of one Country don't attack civilians of the Country they're occupying?

@gabrielesolletico6542 You're actually naive if you think the atomic bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima weren't necessarily. They very much were, and without them, the United States would've had to invade Japan through a land invasion that would've killed a dozen times more people than the bombs. The Japanese military didn't even surrender after the first bomb. The Japanese internment camps were bad and a horrible part of American history, but don't act like everyone else wasn't doing worse things. Also, the difference between chemical warfare in WW1 and WW2 is the severity of it and the laws around it. Italys actions in ethiopia caused international outrage and condemnation.

Saaaame! Although it was my entire friend group, we went from liking Hetalia, to liking Hamilton

This would have had to been a soul rending amount of cringe to witness IRL why is pop historic fiction like this

@@terribleduelist4433 luckily my love for Steven universe, and their love for gravity falls covered most of it up.

Hamilton son or Hetalia daughter

I was both 🥲

IKRR ITS CRAZYY MOST VIDEOS ABOUT HETALIA HAVE LIKE 2K VIEWS AND IS A DECADE YEAR OLD

Hetalia never dies 🗣️🗣️

marukaite-

LOL RIGHT? I GOT SO EXCITED THAT SOMEONE EVEN KNOWS ABT IT

@@asianchiwawa SAME 😭😭 HETALIA IS LIFE JSHDKD

It's called "projection" ✨

Honestly, being from France, growing up partly in Japan, and then living in S. Korea, America, and now in Mexico as an adult. everyones a total pervert ngl Edit: I am wholly confused as to why Im suddenly being brought into a constant historical witch hunt when I was *NEVER* even commenting on any history whatsoever. *IM REFERRING TO MODERN DAY.* I'm not a time traveler, and *I was never a part of Nachnag, Japanese Imperialism, or freaking WWll! I am aware of my own cultures history, I don't condone it, and I don't deny it happened.* My direct Japanese descendants fled to France to escape imperialism and the imperial armies conscription. They did not serve in Japan military EVER. They went through WWll in the French military, and my dad's family is French descendent and fled to America during the French Revolution as they were nobility and served the monarchy, they fought in WWll for America. My parents met in France, when my dad came to study abroad and they had me. JFC I know my history, so Idk wtf what you want from me, lmao. Like, sure by all means, have a history convo but pls leave me the fuck out it. If you wanna bitch about Japan fine idc, just don't at me. Lol im ignoring any more debate bros.

@@SaintShion i lived in many country's too and they all have allot shit in them but people are in denial thinking there country is good one

​@SaintShion Now again, we're quite talking about WW2 era countries, meaning Japan specifically is a rapist intruder

sk has a HUGE issue with creepshots

you’re right. the show is based on WW1 tho. still not a good depiction of japan at that time

I think the hypocrisy was the point of the show tho.

Does they write petition too?

The Axis was WW2 , Germany( in it's present form)didn't e​xist before the end of WWI ( and the dissolution of Prussia) @@germie6746

@@germie6746 i havent watched it at all, but if it was based on WW1...why was it called "axis powers"?

While I quite enjoyed the laughing at the series, I never got too far. I much rather read the manga, and still didn't get as far in that. Then again, moved onto other types of anime and further away from comedy.

The stereotypes ARE part of the problem. Sometimes it's harmless generalization. Other times, it's Korean caricature.

​@@kingace6186stereotypes are stereotypes for a reason They are what something is seen like by the majority.

@@kingace6186 yeahh i understand, i should word it differently :") but yeah, i do enjoy the harmless generalization bits more than anything else they have to offer lol

​@@kingace6186 korean caricature? Why would you say the same thing twice? (Now i ll wait for my samsung to explode in my hands killing me😂)

It’s so bad that basically the millenial population of Japan doesn’t know what nazi germany is bro

Neither does the US

​@@nassimkad1881at least we know about it.

​@@nassimkad1881We were taught about but the Japanese youth aren't and there is soft censorship against speaking out about it.

@@fearlesswindows ah true.

Cringe

@@tomnidhogg9272 cry about it

America: sure, bad stuff then, but LOOK AT HOW COOL I AM ✨💖✨

@@vladimirprotein3275 Germany's more: look we did it now don't remind us we'll censor the hell out of everything you make that brings it up

@@SeanWinters rest of the world watching American pop culture: I mean fuck you but yeah

Almost every contry commited war crimes in ww2 (yes even the allies)

@@Am_fis there is a reason Canadians are feared on the battlefield

Right ✅️ 😂

Yeah, I wasn't allowed to have social media at the time but had a Google Email Account so I was very active in a Google+ Hetalia Group xD

I was a fan too back then but I absolutely had no idea these interactions between Japan and Korea existed…😬

Even as somebody who never watched it nor interacted in anime communities, I heard so much about it. It was nearly inescapable back then.

Yup 😂

Funny enough whenever (modern) Japan gets brought up in any Korean webtoon they are always super evil. Safe to say neither country likes each other

They are salty😂

Fr, I’m Korean and my jaw literally dropped

Right??? Like Korea being the gropy pervert over Japan has to be satire right 😭? Wouldn't it be the other way around

Why? From what i know they barely tolerate each other

Seriously, this anime was so popular in anime

i REALLY don't like thinking about it

It was a crime, the anime birthed a powerful fujoshi syndicate that shall live in infamy for Dec

My hetalia phase was the worst and best part of my life. My friend and I dressed up as chibitalia and the Holy Roman Empire once at a school costume party 😭

literally lmao

Fr

Facts

Fr

No. Japan was isolated for a majority of its life. It makes sense for the character to have a personality related to that.

What did they do?

@@Justin-yt7piimperial Japan stuff

@@Justin-yt7pi Enslaving Korea? Japan has done so much effed up stuff to Korea over the decades

@@Justin-yt7piwhat didn't they do?

mass genocide without considering human rights@@Justin-yt7pi

They dont actually deny anything?

@@Meta9871They deny doing war crimes in WW2

​​@@hammerlegion7520more it their's government and not the people , because many youtube Japanese already debunk it but you west love this lies so it can't be help

​@@hammerlegion7520honestly calling the rape of Nanking a "war crime" is a understatement its a genocide or a crime against humanity

Technically everyone did war crimes so meh 🫤

i think there's a significant portion of "hetalia" fandom that's just exclusively ocs at this point, and people call it hetalia out of habit.

@@jamie9063 there always has been, however by 2014 i recall a particular increase in state ocs rather than the previously crafted country capital ocs. of course, it's completely possible other sites were undergoing alternative fads at the time.

@@asmovoid some of the ocs were rather silly, but i've seen country ocs or remakes done miles better than canon

@@jamie9063 my intention wasn't to bash original character concepts or inclusion, simply to note my observations as a participant in the fandom. some of the users behind popular ocs were very good friends of mine.

we are by extension also forgetting about what happened in South Korea with this one as well 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

We are also forgetting about what happened in china with this one 🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Bro thinks Japanese is innocent lmfao

@@After-all-this who ?

​@@After-all-thisThe children, animals and peaceful civilians who died obliterated were indeed innocent...

It's made in Japan so it's not surprising that they made Japan look less like the bad guy that they actually are irl

japan has definitelly has commited more war crimes than the entire ww2 or ww1

"The what wives? No, couldn't be us!"

Yep but it’s made in Japan, funny how they made their own country a quiet, unassuming character

The Japanese animators will never show their own country in bad light. They would rather point the attention to other countries under misrepresentation and call it a day.

lol

Omg my friend and I would just randomly yell “ Pastaaa” to each other at school

Honestly its mid

Were can I buy that?

I was the tomato crate fairy for Halloween once in high school 😅

Same

Ew

Yep. Shout out to all my Phoenix Wright fans at CourtRecords forums who spent their time roleplaying gay Nazis. That fandom was *everywhere* you could find two dude friends that people wanted to make kiss.

same here

FR… I was sucker punched by the name when he said it I needed a minute to like. Pause.

As a member of the fandom it is very valid

@@Bangchanis500y’all still exist ? 🧍🏽‍♀️

​@@melonball_ we just kinda lay low as of now, but we're still here XD

​@@melonball_ IM STILL HERE

​@@melonball_apparently yes.

Considering what Japan did to Korea, and what the Japanese government puts in their history textbooks regarding Korea, it may seem as a fair portrayal from the animators/writers if they didn’t do much research regarding this

Did they but China in? I mean Japan killed 18 million chinese civillians and literally destroyed a city so hard they named it the Rape of Nanjing and yes a lot of rape was included.

Bayonets for the men, .... something something for the women... 🤢

​@@sungjoo1360 no no no. There's no world where this is fair. I know almost next to nothing about the conflict and it still tastes sour. If ur gonna write about countries as people the bare minimum you can do is research a bit, i doubt it was a lack of research that caused this spacially if ur talking about ur own country like wtf. U would have to be living under a literal rock.

homestuck under a hetalia video. tumblr nightmare.

It is an entertaining show though plus the Allies are in it too of course

​@@94oddyIt's trauma for everyone who watched it, I love the countries as characters buuut not as countries per se.

@@_linlin_ Saying its trauma is a bit of an exaggeration but with your second part I see your point

​@@94oddy the anime said that 2 world war Germany was a victim of bad propaganda and that what happened between Japan and China during de 2 world war was a little incident that today was forgiven and forgotten. That little incident was Japan killing, torturing and raping thousands even millions of Chinese civilians.

Do NOT call hetalia that disgrace of humanity fandom. C*untryhumans r the worst....

Wdym? What's that mean?

so true lmao

@@TheFunnyDictatorcountry humans is basically the name. Country’s that are humans except they have ball heads (I think country humans originated from country balls) and stereotype personality’s it’s basically like that anime(that idk how to spell) but more different

@@TheFunnyDictatorI love internet because you can step on someone with your name and not be sure if it’s satirical or you’re just racist☠️ pretty sure it’s meant to be a meme

Best example actually, this thing is beta countryhumans

When I watched Hetalia cause I got done with the countryhumans fandom and wanted something else I discovered the funniest shlt by paying too much attention. In the episode where the countries watch eachother's horror films. Russia shows a film where a big bad approaches a train station... And all the countries act scared cause oooh scary Russia. That train station also happens to be the central station of Kyiv. They were onto something. 😅

Hetalia is sorta family guy-ish in a way.

The characters in Hetalia are not their governments. They're supposed to represent the spirit of the country's people and stereotypes created based off of people the mangaka knew at university (or something?), but things like what happened with Nazi Germany is more Germany being forced into that role by his government than him wanting to gas Jews and such. They explained this concept with China in the comics (I think it was China? talkimg about Mao or something, idk I forgot) (idk if it's in the anime) and also why Prussia still exists, as well as why the two Italies are different characters still in the mondern era as well as why England is England and not the UK since there's other British characters they're just not ever seen.

@@citrus_sweet then the characters are even dumber as they are all anime

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iirc he was kinda the early 2000s equivalent of a femboy

Wow this is like the one instance I’d agree with this statement

Same, i haven't heard of Hetalia in about a decade

didn't the new season come out last year?

​@@nayjnova9926wasn't in the 2021?

@@yhusandia yeah that HAHAAH

Not just the “new generation “ . People have been taking about hetalia and its controversies, and they are justified. Just because you liked it for a while doesn’t mean that fact goes away.

Why are we the same person 💀

Hetalia is the only reason I passed 10th grade history 😂

I loved Hetalia growing up, so much so that I had all 5 seasons of the anime and pirated the movie as often as I could with Wifi and it was one of the reasons why I also passed History class. But I completely understand why people don't like it and are upset by it.

Same! I loved the show so much that I started reading actual history books. It’s been seven years now and I am now about to go to college for a major in middle world history

ITS CRAZY 😭😭

LMFAOOO😭😭

...it "should" get. They should have done a better job than this.

As it should be

Good

Oh god I don't even want to remember the shit she had to go through...😭

No the irony was that during that time period Japan was the 'rapey' nation. They raped and killed thousands of women during the rape of Nanking and took 'comfort women' from Korea and China. I understand SK's response lol

One of the most horrific cases i've ever heard of.

Have you guys heard about Miryang Gang grape and Kim Na-young case?

Wat

This is the predecessor of country balls.

but gay

​@@Horus-j3fWTF are you calling rape a necessary act?

@@Horus-j3fu clearly don’t know anything about the Japanese occupation that happened throughout many countries in Asia

@@Horus-j3fmy god it is just utterly disgraceful to hear that rape of women aging to even elementary age was an necessary act.

its not just china and korea its pretty insane how evenn us citizens downpay cruety and deaths in the phillipines and in south east asia

​@@Adjuzbut it is historically known that japanese and samurai have big sense of honor so people like you should realize that it's all lies and propaganda from China and other jealous asian countries

Same, it's always a jumpscare to see someone not in the fandom mention it

@@skyepilot4074agreed

Always a weird experience when someone mentions Hetalia..

@@skyepilot4074real

Because the fandom was cursed

Tell me more.

Also would say they build Korean...

@@fbafoundationalbuck-broken6011 Korea was a colony of Japan, they basically banned Korean language and even use of Korean names. The idea is overtime Korean as an identity would cease to exist.

@@Daisy-tr1xo Japanese like to claim gimbap as an inferior version of maki among other Korean food items. They ignore that these food items probably became more a staple because of their cultural erasure and replacement policies in Korea.

@@Drownedinblood Damn, I thought the Nanjing massacre was the only thing they did. I didn't know they did messed up things to Korea too.

Them, and Polandball. Eugh.

​@@chrisrockett5897 Naaah don't drag Polandball into this shit

@@Iochris Nah, I'mma drag them aight.

@@Iochris A golden turd is still a turd.

@@IochrisPolandball is full of political extremists LMAO

E l a b o r a t e

ok, do you know countryballs? now add a body and make half of the fanart lewd

@@theegg9759 if you were replying to me then eeee I meant the current situation in that fandom But if you were talking to someone else then oops I am dumb

o h, i thought you dont know wtf is a countryhuman, mb bro

@@theegg9759 I k n o w i t t o o w e l l I w i s h I c o u l d u n s e e m a n y t h i n g s

The fandom barely exists, there's barely any fanfiction the past few years, much less good ones. And the amino community died too.

Stop acting as if it's some taboo thing.

@@vvgirl6173 In Hetalia's case, to die is to heal.

A fandom that shouldn't exist

​@@user-po8xw5iw7pTourists shouldn't exist

Some of yall are not lol glad you seem to h ave gotten better

@TheBirdsDen I was trying to be an edgy teen, and I'm not proud of how I've been, but I'm happy to be past that tbh

Did.... Did anyone say anything about... Ahem.... _Germany?_

​@@chrispixel forget germany. asians nations did some atrocities. not to mention that failed artist from AUSTRIA that besmirched the german name.

SAAAMEEE this is some of my dark past☠️

fr its literally my biggest hyperfixation like i literally listen to the hetalia character songs and spend so much money on merch 💀💀💀💀

@@starbeary I don’t watch it but my friend just sent me into it because I’m north Italian bro I jhust got here 😭😭😭

Just because other countries committed atrocities doesn't mean you can glorify the Nazis

@@FrogmanhatesQibli when did I? And no, it's not Nazis, it's Axis powers. If I had to choose between Nazis or Japanese: I'd choose the damn Germans

​@@FrogmanhatesQiblino one's glorifying them tf?? Saying that just diminishes it when people ACTUALLY glorify them.

@@bokutoeandakaasfeet1896 and portraying nazis like that diminishes actually nazis

​@FrogmanhatesQibli The personification of Germany never even talks about nazi crap, his and the Italy brothers uniforms during the ww2 season are inaccurate to not sparkle controversy, while all the other uniforms are as accurate as possible

@Steph-ty6lg My mans triggered over a dumb and pointless tv show. 💀

​@Steph-ty6lg Yeah, no worries asking about it. Honestly, when I was younger, like 12 or 13, I didn't really think it was a big deal. It just made history more interesting for me. I actually got pretty good at the subject in school, and it became my favorite. I started watching documentaries and reading historical books and stuff. But just to be clear, I wasn't making fun of serious stuff like tragic events or meming about it. I wasn't part of the hardcore fans, I was just watching it with my friends. Now, it's just a cool memory to look back on, thinking about how obsessed we all were. I probably wouldn't rewatch it now since my interests have changed, but yeah, that's how it went down.

​@Steph-ty6lg It’s not that deep man

​@Steph-ty6lg Hello! its late but i wanted to help explain the series a bit more to help you understand it better! Also, while i still like the series, it isnt one of my main fandoms/hyperfixations at the moment. That said, the appeal of the series (at least in my opinion) comes from the characters themselves and the comedic/satirical way they're depicted, not necessarily dark humor. - Contrary to what a lot of people (and especially outsiders to the fandom!) tend to say about the series, the main focus isn't actually WW2? It's more on just history in general, the first season just happens to focus on that part more but for later seasons and especially the manga, it tends to cover a wide range of historical events or even topics like culture and oftentimes introductions to other countries and even anecdotes on current events! - When you read/watch more of it, you'll find that WW1 and WW2 only make up a small chunk of it while the rest is varied or sometimes not even related to any event at all (there's literally a number of episodes where they're students looking into different clubs and another where they're all cats playing around). - The characters themselves are not supposed to represent certain historical figures but are treated as the country/the spirit of the country and the mannerisms are more sterotypical reflections of what the people living in those places are like. Basically, they represent the people and the culture itself not a specific individual in it. - The depiction of events are often oversimplified and are used to set up the joke/narrative involving the characters or to poke fun at absurdities. Sometimes very simplified context/info is given but Hetalia was never really meant to be educational to begin with. - The creator himself (Hidekaz Himaruya) has travelled to other countries before and has based some characters on people he knew. Germany in particular was based of off his friend from there and so on. - In terms of more sensitive topics like atrocities and crimes, these are never shown as Himaruya stated before that they wouldn't do so nor do they want to. In part where implications can't be avoided, the characters often express their discontentment/dissatisfaction with what is happening. Because they are countries, they're kind of at the mercy of whoever is leading the nation at that point. (Germany openly disliking his boss/being unwilling to follow, Russia referring to his bosses' orders as unreasonable, and America being kept in the dark about what his boss knows are some examples from the manga). While not always there, sometimes there is a clear divide/tension between what the country wants for its people and what the government (their boss) wants in some episodes/chapters. - Overall I'd say the series really was just something made for fun and as satire. It started off as a webcomic on the creator's personal blog and while some depictions and oversimplifications are iffy, I honestly never got the sense that it was made with any malicious intent. The characters bicker at times but they are often shown in a more wholesome light or in a more "The world is beautiful" or "Let's all have fun together" kind of vibe! One of the newer chapters in the ongoing manga shows the southeast asian countries just...relaxing and talking about the type of coffee they serve in their respective nations. Another one has France, Italy and Germany discussing food and cooking. Of course there's still a lot of issues and design/writing choices that need fixing, but I do like that Himaruya has made an effort to change some of these and focus on other topics as well. For all the negatives surrounding Hetalia it has done some good as well since it did serve as representation for micronations or countries that are often ignored in media and these were very well received by the nations they were based on on top of showcasing cultural differences and encouraging some people to get into studying actual history. I completely understand why you and others are put off of course and I really don't blame you for that considering the subject matter and some fans do tend to take things too far but I hope my reply has helped clear some misconceptions up even a little^^

EXACTLY bro ig that’s part of the reason it got hated on, it was advocating for the exact opposite of what actually happens

I get the first part. But what do you mean about the second. What "Japanese" inventions were actually Korean??

@@kingace6186the point is that Japan has long had a jealous rage toward korea. Japan colonized korea and set the stage for the current split between the two koreas

@@JonLipton Agreed not saying Korea invented everything Japan did first, but also they claim they invented maki sushi😳

​@@JonLiptonthe fuck are you talking about, Japan doesn't envy Korea, in what way does a colonizer envy its colonies? It's always the opposite, not that it's good or bad but that's the obvious reality

according to Japan, japan has never committed a single war crime

Weird how they portray the Koreans as the perverts when the Rape of Nanking was so bad that even a Nazi officer literally had to help the victims during the act. Also young Korean girls were used as pleasure women by the Japanese army.

@@gramferofun fact: Japan did more warcriming in WW2 than Germany. This is because Germany committed crimes against humanity instead.

There's a reason why korean people hate japan...but idk about the exact reason cuz korean just hates everything around them either way.

​@dapperpotatoes8473 The dude said, "According to" I think he knows that they have he's just saying that apparently they still think they have done nothing wrong.

That's mentioned in the anime too. China is like "What are you doing Japan?!" When they were using non chinese characters for writing

"Korean". You mean Chinese. Korea was part of the Cao Wei in the 3rd Century.

That is before or after the mongol invations?

@@ricardofirpo9997 before; the Mongol invasions didn’t occur until the mid and late 13th century.

This is ahistorical nonsense that I expect from Koreans. During the 3rd century, which saw the decline of the Han Dynasty, the Three Kingdoms era and the Western Jin Dynasty the Korean peninsula, especially the north were ruled by the Chinese. So if anyone then taught the Japs writing, it is the Chinese. Heard of the Han Dynasty Lelang Commandery? There wasn't a Korea at that time. Even Koguryeo which isn't really Korean came into being centuries after the 3rd century.

The country with the most genocides of all history is Turkey, they have never apologized or even acknowledged it.

Lmao got the easy way out, bro didnt study about 2 suns incidents

@@ezekiel2348WWII era nuclear weapons were only as potent as firebombing raids. While all that power compressed into one payload was impressive and led to the death bombs we have today, it was no worse than bombing a city conventionally. Also, losing two cities to what amounts to a radioactive firebombing raid *was* the easy way out. The alternative was Operation Downfall, which had a conservative estimate of potentially 15 million people on both sides perishing should it have been done. Either way, nuking a city and pardoning the perpetrators is a lot easier than actually teaching a country that they did, in fact, mess up.

I mean. The nazis also were...they had a Lot of war crimes and like. Human experimentation. A lot of fucked up shit. Like i know you weren't being literal. But i wouldn't say Japan's oft "forgotten" history makes nazis look better. Edit: some people are misunderstanding, so allow me to clarify. I am not defending Japan in any capacity. Japan's history is full of unspeakable atrocities. As are the histories of...pretty much every country? Like. It's gotta be at least 90%. So yeah, I'm definitely not defending Japan here. Fuck countries, tbh. I'm just coming out swinging with the hot take of "nazis aren't cute." Like, you feel me? I know I'm just being the anti-joke police, but I dunno. Fuck nazis, you feel me? Also, imperial Japan had waaaay longer to fuck around, while nazi germany was speedrunning awful shit! Lets not talk one up to talk down another when we could just talk about how fucked up they both were lmao. Or, i dunno, I'm not your mom, enjoy your dark humor and all that.

@@chickenanon Unit 731. Look it up. I went a few days without eating meat after researching that shit

@@felphero why in the HELL would i look up specific horrible shit i KNOW Japan did horrible shit, i did NOT argue that buddy boy, but you know there's plenty of EQUALLY FUCKED UP SHIT done by NOT JUST THE NAZIS I'm just saying, even a joke about nazis being cute is in pretty fuckin poor taste, especially taking shit happening right now lmao?????? I'm not defending Japan I'm pointing genocide isn't kawaii no matter what it's compared to!!!! Asthdehvsyjf

⁠@@felpherobut the Kawaii anime desu makes up for the Human Vivisections, weapon testing, literal plague bombs, and general atrocities the Japanese did right 🥺 (This is sarcasm I do not suggest looking up Unit 731, the Rape of Nanjing, or the hundred man killing contest)

​@@felpherothe Nazis were better in covering up things that were very over the edge because they even thought of it as horrible. Then there is also the Soviet and even American experiments. A lot of bad things went on during those times. What bothers me the most is the straight up denial of the later Japanese government. Hopefully everything from everyone done back then will be accessible at some point, but I doubt it.

If the anime was more just about making fun of stereotypes it might have been fine

oh, my condolences my dear comrade. I was in those trenches with you, I still remember the horrors, anonymous asks about ships youve never heard of, I made the mistake of reblogging some fanart of America once just thinking it was a hot aviator or smth, worst mistake of my life

​@@revanliviar1239It isn't a stereotype that Koreans are pervs, and if it is its a wrong one. The Japanese lit did what the Korean character did to the Japanese one to Korea

So you used to be a p3do or underage. The reason Tumblr died was because they age restricted stuff like that.

@@revanliviar1239 the anime is a comedy satire, ALL of the countries characters and even Japan is made fun of. People are reaching too much, there is no message in that anime, just every countries making fun of each other

What was the original depiction of South Korea then?

@@Web720 Hetalia has many manga strips and panels, so I could've missed out on some. But S. Korea was depicted as liking to grope his siblings like Japan (and Hong Kong I think) as shown in the video Otherwise, he's depicted as someone who's cool and cute. He's quite trendy and free-spirited, where he enjoys video games, dramas and always claims the credit for other countries' inventions (I'm making sure this information is accurate by cross-referencing with the Hetalia wiki)

Yeah, early hetalia was... bad but has certainly improved over the years.

​@@aphsgSo basically the fanart was based off of a canon character trait which is still horrible considering the countries involved 💀💀

@@mer6264 Because it physically can't be retracted (seeing as it's published and all), it's more of outdated and reworked. He hasn't been shown to be that way for several several years, and the Hetalia comics aren't linear; more of the strips being random moments. So it doesn't affect his current characterisation, in that sense, if you get Apologies for the late reply ^^

It is truly crazy to me how both sweden and japan have been to soften their public images so radically

@@nonniperkl6273 what did Sweden do?

​@@bushral.tasneem5464 Iirc stealing gold/money from Jewish people killed during the holocaust

@@bushral.tasneem5464 as a Finn, quite a lot. Colonialism and lil cultural genocide

​@@bushral.tasneem5464See? You didn't even know what Sweden do

Oh god don’t remind me. Took me 3 years to get out of that

Hetalia was basically the progenitor of countryhumans

DONT REMIND MEEEE😭😭😭

Have no idea why I still look at it, but the (non ship) animations are pretty cool. Also if Koreans can’t handle hetalia, CB and CH have a lot of explaning to do

god i was into CH at like age 10 it was HORRIBLE. im so glad i got out of it, so many artpieces reeked of neonazi in some way or another

Especially the dub.

That is true

Aged terribly tho

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​@Sorry_i_eated_it aged perfectly. Every country is shit, it's fun to satirize.

They are talking about stereotypes

a little bit too wild, its like being petty for a scratch on your knee that you got from beating up a few people that (almost) did nothing to you in school and you just report that scratch to the teachers saying you did nothing they started it first

@@LoodGuy Brother, Koreans being perverts have never been an actual stereotype. It's the other way around; Japanese are known to be perverts....

​@@LoodGuythen they would make japan go after lolis💀

You seriously don’t know Hetalia? It was one of the most popular mangas and animes in the 2000s

Scared of words uh? Refrain to speak then.

The anime series changed its name to Hetalia: World Series after the first few seasons, then Beautiful World, then World Twinkle. The manga kept Axis Powers for longer but then shifted to World Stars about around ten years ago? It's been running as World Stars for far longer now than Axis Powers. It's focusing wayyy less on World War II skits now and has genuinely shifted to more modern topics. Last year there was a lot of Brexit skits for some reason and some EU stuff.

​@user-ob1oc4sk7w the titlr of a cute and silly anime having the word axis powerd in it is....kinda not so cute and silly imo

​@user-ob1oc4sk7w the show back then literally had the word axis powers on it. The same word used to describe the coalition that brought ww2 and billions of dead bodies along with it so no shit people would think that that shit aint ok Especially due to the fact that this series is written by a person who's from a country that was a part of the axis powers and making light of what they did which just exudes ignorance on their part

Bro maybe if we were in 2020 but no

I wouldn’t say “pick on” and it’s also not even that bad or meant to be taken seriously (it’s a silly little anime for heaven sakes). In all seriousness, Korea actually does market things to be theirs that are authentically Japanese, examples could be ramen, tonkatsu, sushi, etc. so that part is true to an extent. Idk about the groping part, but I mean, LOOK AT FRANCE, he is a huge pervert in the anime and nobody takes that seriously. Again, this is all satire, it’s literally just a show about personified anime characters.

@@shayshawbear3865the problem is the fact that Korea is depicted as a groping pervert. If u didn’t know, Japan invaded China and Korea in WW2 and was notorious for their millions of rape. Women that were “conquered” from these countries were seen as rewards for the Japanese soldiers, so basically they raped abryeone they saw on the streets. As for Korea, it was a similar experience, except u had people called comfort women instead. No matter the satire, the audacity to portray Korea as a pervert that GROPES Japan (of all places ahem) is just horrible and disgusting. I know that this is simply a satirical show, but sometimes, certain events in history are not to be made a fun of, I hope my opinion changes your opinion a bit 😅

​@@shayshawbear3865 please take a look at history and come back with new thoughts

I am Japanese and let's be real.... Koreans LOVEEE lying to everyone that things invented in Japan are from Korea

The writers likely didn't even know, the Japanese school system doesn't tell people anything and most people there don't even know what a N@zi is so the authors were lucky to even have a decent understanding of how WWII worked