I seriously wonder why the Koreans are so pissed off over Hetalia. If there’s anyone who should be even remotely pissed off by this show, it’d be the Italians. The show is poking so much fun on them, ROFL.
Not only Italy’s a sissy boy, he’s a coward, a virgin and he loves his pizza and pasta. I have to say, his “PASTAAAAAaaaa!!!” speech in episode one is meme-tastic.
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tienguan Said,
February 3, 2009 @ 7:42 pm
man i want more of this show…..japan for an otaku lol and i do not understand how the heck the Koreans come into the picture.
RogerOskaner Said,
February 3, 2009 @ 8:23 pm
I liked the first episode enough, but the second episode was great
As an italian myself, Italia is my favourite character
Magnius of the Chaos Said,
February 3, 2009 @ 11:15 pm
We Koreans tend to get pissed off at anything the Japanese do.
Like, you know, invade our country, take our women, dedicate a shrine to the war criminals responsible for most of our miseries, rewrite their history books in a blatant act of denial, make racist remarks, refuse to own up to their mistakes, write manga that seems slightly offensive, make an anime of that slightly offensive manga, etc.
Well, the last two ain’t that big a deal, but the rest is why Korea is particularly uptight when it comes to the last two. Cause, you know, the Japanese didn’t invade Italy and do that shit.
Not that I really give a damn.
It’s a fucking show. And I don’t even like my own country that much. I mean, mandatory military service?
gonzomehum Said,
February 4, 2009 @ 12:47 am
It’d be the same as if an American cartoon were to depict African Americans in the slightest offensive manner. Even if the intent was to satirize /everybody/, the cultural burdens that comes with racial stereotypes far outweighs the humor.
Sure, the Korean backlash against Hetalia’s overblown. But not by as much as most commentators choose to believe.
Diss Said,
February 4, 2009 @ 1:08 am
Never seen Boondocks or the one show on Fox by Eddie Murphy…uh PJ’s i think?
anon Said,
February 4, 2009 @ 1:13 am
invaded – checked
kidnap our women – checked
rape our women – checked
tortured – checked
massacred – checked
hunt us to the end of south east Asia – checked
we Chinese got to be more angry than u Korean…or so u think,right kuroganesan?
Hamster Said,
February 4, 2009 @ 1:41 am
Hey its an anime based around 1930s/WWII countries and combatants of course its gonna p*ss a lot of countries off, and get blown out of proportion for an anime.
I’m half expecting them to include a Polish Jew in it at some point, and then depict them wearing a shower-cap.
Magnius of the Chaos Said,
February 4, 2009 @ 1:56 am
@ anon
Point taken, my brrrrother.
alien b Said,
February 4, 2009 @ 2:02 am
humans are weird. :D
Role Said,
February 4, 2009 @ 2:19 am
I find it amusing that the Koreans are being babies over this. They need to grow up. I mean, heck, just look on the internet for about five minutes and I’m sure you can find something WAY worse than this… Heck, a certain image board comes to mind that’d put the ‘insult level’ of this show to shame.
gonzomehum Said,
February 4, 2009 @ 3:30 am
@diss
As always, an exception is made when somebody /of/ that ethnicity chooses to make fun of it. Self-mocking is generally considered preferable and more politically correct than if somebody outside of the perceived worldview chooses to make the joke.
Kaisos Said,
February 4, 2009 @ 4:11 am
If you ask me, the Koreans need to get over something that happened over 60 years ago…
Heero Yuy Said,
February 4, 2009 @ 5:06 am
@Kaisos: Seriously… I mean, if they want to go to that kind of extent, forget getting angry at the Japanese. We bombed the f*** out of the Japanese (indirectly helping the Koreans) and then we even helped South Korea against their northern invading buddies. So South Korea, if you’re supposedly just getting even for past history, why don’t you pay up your tab first??
My BS’ed argument just now holds about as much water as theirs does (which is to say, virtually nothing), so how about we both stop acting like idiots and get back to our lives…
The Hordesman Said,
February 4, 2009 @ 5:54 am
I wouldn’t say Koreans are pissed as much as pathetic people are pissed, and currently there are alot of pathetic people there.
AznCoffee Said,
February 4, 2009 @ 8:31 am
Ugh, when I read about that, it made me be ashamed to be Korean…
those pricks…
I want my anime dammit! @__@
and yes, Hetalia IS amajjing.
Only wish there was more…
Freedom III Said,
February 4, 2009 @ 8:38 am
I really need to find a source for the manga and anime raws…
As for the whole getting insulted thing, I’m American, Japanese, French, Canadian, Welsh, Irish, Native American, and a few others…if I got insulted over something this comedy-oriented every time, I’d have been put in anger management by the time I was 3…
hashi Said,
February 4, 2009 @ 9:05 am
Everybody is too effing touchy about things that happened 70 years ago, but…. Things would be a lot better if the Japanese didn’t continue to think of Koreans and Chinese as inferiors. Unfortunately, this can only ruin Japan in the long run, as China becomes more and more powerful and ordinary Chinese continue to hate Japan.
By the way, Heero Yuy, the US didn’t help Koreans for their sake, it helped Koreans for its own sake. And it divided Korea in two because it didn’t have the money or even the ability to win a war against China without using nuclear weapons. So Korea has no bill to pay. It has been the US’s front-line proxy for the past 60 years.
One thing about the Korean reaction: it’s getting me to watch the show.
Magnius of the Chaos Said,
February 4, 2009 @ 10:03 am
I thought Heero Yuy was being sarcastic. o_O
As for the series itself, I tried reading the web manga / comic thing, and didn’t like it that much. Kinda bland. Would watch the anime, but the quality is poor because we Koreans kept on whining until the Japanese moved it to the phone, or so I here.
And yes, we Koreans. That is, ALL of us. Because God forbid that people of the same race can have different ideas.
Dakkar Said,
February 4, 2009 @ 10:14 am
Hm, let’s see… Russia has lost over 35 million people during WWII, not to count those who died in the following years due to the consequences of the war. And it’s just the people killed, without mentioning ones tortured, taken as slaves over to Germany, and so on. Still, nowdays modern Russians don’t exhibit particular antipathy towards modern Germans. In fact, I’d say they like them way more compared to what they think of Americans. BTW, Russians in the Far East also suffered from Japan, yet…
So, all the cries from Korea look quite overblown. In fact, if not for them, I wouldn’t even know about Hetalia, so, Korea, thanks for the advertisement :D
TP Said,
February 4, 2009 @ 11:04 am
Oh, cry me a river. This “Korean insult” incident needs to get over with. Seriously, if you guys are going to bring in more than a century of historical baggage, I suggest you drop all culturally-imported aspects of Korean life: modernity, high-speed trains, kimchi etc. etc. Because in one way or another, the Japanese have influenced Korean culture as far back as the Three Kingdom days.
In the end, you all are descended from the same father (or ape if you’re a Darwinist), so freaking put Japan on your /ignore list, because there’s nothing much you can do about trying to put an A-bomb on Tokyo again…
…That is if, the Imperial Empire of Japan decides to go expansionist again.
Charlo Said,
February 4, 2009 @ 11:49 am
Actually it’s really only a minority which are the netizens, government people, and mass media…people, I guess.
So basically people who don’t have a good reputation to start with (especially netizens…damn you netizens)
I’m Korean and I think Hetalia = genius. 8D oh Italy, you make me want to bathe in pasta.
You also forgot that he was dressed as a girl when he was little and gave his panties to mini-Holy Roman Empire.
yanipheonu Said,
February 4, 2009 @ 1:31 pm
>_> I’m just pissed Canada’s not there. It’s not like we integral any many part of the war or anything /sarcasm.
Kaisos Said,
February 4, 2009 @ 2:01 pm
According to the States and most other countries, we aren’t, sadly.
Although Canada is in the original manga, I believe.
Silent Minstrel Said,
February 4, 2009 @ 8:43 pm
Russian don’t exhibit particular antipathy towards modern Germans because Germans officially apolozide and took the responsiblity for waging the WWII.
Korean(and Chinese)hate Japanese because they never do what Germans did.
Magnius of the Chaos Said,
February 4, 2009 @ 9:08 pm
Well, with good reason.
Canada is responsible for Celine Dion, you know. You haven’t apologized for her yet.
Nah, I kid. I love Canada. I live in Canada, for God’s sake.
Dakkar Said,
February 4, 2009 @ 10:11 pm
@Silent Minstrel
In what form exactly has Germany taken responsibility? As for apologies, they did apologize to the entire world, but mind you, Germany was literally conquered and a half of it was under USSR’s… patronage for quite a while. I’m pretty much sure Japan was quite sorry about all it did to States as well, but I don’t remember Korea or China beating Japan in the course of war, even though population-wise Japan clearly had no advantage. Countries tend to do lots of nasty things to their neighbors all over the world, but the stronger almost never apologize to the weaker, unless pressed into it by an overwhelming third-party. It’s not Japan’s fault that no one in the region was able to put them to their place until Americans came, is it? And just crying about the well-known cruelties of the war has never been much of a help.
TheBigN Said,
February 5, 2009 @ 2:26 am
What makes the whole thing funny is that I don’t think Korea is planned to be used in the anime at all, making the complaints for the anime at least seem moot and hollow.
tokmoh Said,
February 7, 2009 @ 10:33 pm
Ya rly, y so srs?
Aerojohn Said,
February 8, 2009 @ 2:42 pm
I’m Italian and as a Italian as you can get, and I find it hilarious how they think we love pasta that much…well we kinda do. But I agree with you that Pasta line made me crack up.
Ias Said,
February 10, 2009 @ 12:21 pm
bcuz hetalia is srs fukin bsns.
carly Said,
February 24, 2009 @ 9:17 am
everyone needs to stop fighting about it, geez :c
my friend who originally introduced me to the series is actually italian (she lives in Italy) and she loves how Italy is portrayed haha
I’m canadian and everything said about canada is true so I don’t mind, really.
We humans are so silly.
ladykylie Said,
February 24, 2009 @ 3:04 pm
oh my … after reading all the comments. I have to say how much I love Canadian both in the anime and in reality … Carly’s comment is very wise and very touching, though it just a few lines.
I’m from Hong Kong. The China copy right hello kitty thing is true, but it show respect of the culture in China as well. Hong Kong people having language difficulties and need to mix Japanese and English word in the conversation is also true. Korean mad at the anime is mainly because the lovely Korean boy call China “big brother” and telling the truth that Korea claim everything originally come from them (even some ancient Chinese poet’s festival or Chinese writing) – but not all Korean are like that of course.
And I agreed that if anyone has to get piss off it has to be the Italian, but they are so cool – they just laugh it off. Important thing is this anime isn’t really doing any insult of purpose. It make fun of every countries but not in a nasty way.
HBpen Said,
February 28, 2009 @ 10:58 pm
Well, if Korea-kun was shouting ‘kimchiiiiiiiiiiii’ or ‘Riceeeeeeeee’ or whatever, I’m preety sure Korean’s wouldn’t have cared this much.
Hetalia obviously hit some sore spot that exists between freakingly-long-dragged history between Korea and Japan :(
The Japanese-flag thing was certainly not a wise thing for the original creator of this manga to draw so.
The problem of ownership of rich-resource island between Korean and Japan was on its peak, and quarrel going on between them in internet, well…
It was such nice timing for Hetalia to freak Koreans (at extra-sensitive state) out, wasn’t it?
Korea’s sensitive action may seem super sensitive and disturbing to foreigh Hetalia lovers, but, well, it’s quiet natural for Korea and they are certainly on progress of solving this out through time.
well, I liked about Korea-kun’s outfit anyhow.
+ and planning to watch actual anime for correct judgement
oh, I’m korean living in VN for quiet long time but please do not feel biased about my opinion already.
Kana Said,
June 10, 2009 @ 4:47 pm
“gonzomehum said:It’d be the same as if an American cartoon were to depict African Americans in the slightest offensive manner. Even if the intent was to satirize /everybody/, the cultural burdens that comes with racial stereotypes far outweighs the humor.
Sure, the Korean backlash against Hetalia’s overblown. But not by as much as most commentators choose to believe.”
lol ZOMG ……….THEY DO IT ALL THE TIME!
It’s so normal we just say f’ck it and go on xD…..soooo much stereotyping in u.s.a for Mexican and african americans on tv….someone said Boondocks……in that show he specifically says black monkey and monkey with with lipstick ^^;;;;.life goes on….and i still like the show…
*laaate post*
Elsa-chan Said,
July 11, 2009 @ 1:51 pm
If Koreans get pissed off at the Japanese invading their country, what more the Philippines? It was written in several history books that Filipinos suffered MORE casualties and deaths in WWII when Japan conquered the Philippines and when America “saved” the Philippines.
And if discrimination is involved, at least Korea-kun wore a traditional outfit… I can imagine Philippines-tan (if she were a girl) she’d probably be wearing a maid outfit (for the fact that Filipinos have a bad reputation of being a domestic helper/maid in other countries…)
micchi Said,
September 1, 2009 @ 8:27 pm
tssh.
I’m Italian, unluckily for me, and we have way bigger problems to deal with.
Just think of our leader :DDDD [for who doesen't know who he is, is the smurf who said to Obama "That young, tanned boy :D"]
anyway, I really loved this anime, and every time I eat pizza or pasta [and that means every single day of my short life ❤] I think of Hetalia.
And that just makes my day happier ❤❤
To be a perrrfect italian, I only have to grow a big pair of mustaches, wear a salopette and jump around yelling “OH! MAMMAMIA!” XD
Hikari Kame Said,
October 5, 2009 @ 1:43 pm
I’m Chinese, but I love Hetalia. I love China’s depiction [especially since he's just like me] and I love the marukaite songs with Chinese in them.
And I’m a JapanxChina shipper. xDDDDDD
…Yes, I am messed up. But I think that if Japan really does apologize, then it would be fine. My fanfictions include both of them crying in front of wwII memorials and stuff, but that’s just me.
I still think Kore overreacted. Come on, did you see the part when N. Italy hugs Japan, and Japan acts like he’s going to be deflowered and stuff? He’s not favored or anything; none of the countries are. It’s just holding up a flowery mirror to historical events, and see what it comes up with!