but until then, praise Papa Hima for creating such a masterpiece. I do not give this a perfect score due to the length of the episodes and the lack of long lasting story, however, the "no long lasting story" concept may be good for those who come in late to the show. I believe the Hetalia fandom is one of the best anime fandoms out there- come on! we have over 1400 ships!, including crack ships! Me and my friend outside of virtual reality relate to two or more of the characters, I have earned the nickname "Canada" for my impression of him, and she has earned the nickname "Italy" from her bubbly personality, much like Italy from the show. I must say, this anime makes life all that more depressing- Beware those in school learning about the Holy Roman Empire- and even hilarious in history lessons. Hetalia is amazing! **SPOILERS FROM HERE ON OUT** It has subtle references to historically accurate events, like England asking Germany if he wants to play football in the "World War 1" arc- That's historically accurate to the Christmas truce in 1914! Whilst the characters are funny with the common stereotypes people give (EX: Italy being obsessed with pasta and pizza and being able to flirt easily), the dubbed VA's do amazing work with the accents people expect someone from that country to have. Given how short the episodes are I'd certainly recommend checking out a few to see if you like it especially as it can currently be viewed legally on Funimation's YouTube Channel along with the next series which is known as 'Hetalia World Series'. While I wouldn't recommend using this as a way of learning history it does mention events and countries that might inspire viewers to learn more about the real countries and events. With a few minor exceptions all the countries are male and while there is nothing overtly sexual going on between them viewers could be excused for thinking their friendships could have gone that way. Some times the change in times can be a little confusing but there are usually historical notes explaining if a new story line is beginning. After the first episode I didn't think I'd bother with the rest but after a few months returned to the series and watched the second episode which got me hooked. While most of the stories take part in this time period we also see Italy's childhood with his friend Holy Rome, England finding a young America and even an appearance by poor unrecognised Sealand. Meanwhile another group of countries, including America, England, France, China, Russia and Canada are getting together to fight against them this gives Italy plenty of opportunity it wave his white flag. This series of short episodes where each character represents a country and national stereotypes are to the fore could easily have caused offence but for the most part managed to avoid that by making all of the characters likable although it might seem that way to me because the worst thing said about my country was that it can't cook! Most early episodes follow poor cowardly Italy as he tries to befriend Germany, they are later joined by Japan.
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