Addressing the Problematic Things in Hetalia

[@Anna-tk7ui]

Oh boy, can't wait for this comment section to be spammed with insults and racism too! But seriously Hetafacts keep going you're doing good!

[@diorse1167]

I love your pfp

[@redwingg_vsp]

Your pfp is bootiful

[@abigailment]

Things coming back in 2019 -Measles -Minecraft -Hetalia

[@rachelwaln4728]

2020

[@leviphilippines5588]

Hasn't come back, yet.

[@cloudi3kyovo]

@@leviphilippines5588 Welp, 2020

[@aWERFRGT6545BGFG]

corona

[@idklmao4646]

ooof

[@emmytweetie2177]

The characters are more than just their stereotypes. Sometimes Hima adds little things to flesh the character a bit more and are completely disconnected. Hetalia characters show that sometimes, they are their own people. Hetalia characters are a mix of stereotypes, historical experiences and their own personality (whether it be out of mistake or just Hima's headcanon).

[@andyandanadraws]

True like bruh we gave more complex personalities

[@pinkpanda6184]

Most of them are way too inaccurate

[@itssluc1300]

so i would be a southerner illiterate?

[@mariemurtagh886]

Make Pasta not War

[@kiwit8196]

Oh yeah

[@Morning_Dewdrop]

Yas

[@mochidoesart3481]

yes

[@kawaiixtc]

it's what Italy would have wanted 😭

[@realsupernova222]

Or as the English dub puts it "Make Boobs not War!"

[@sayonarabejbe27]

They say hetalia promotes nazism ... What about countryhumans?

[@meulware]

Uwu i lov him hes sucj a senpie im gonna draw nsfw art ofnhim now xxDXDdd Literally the ch fandom

[@joannaventrello2179]

Tbh we'd be hypocrites for shading country humans

[@VincentEdelstein]

Sayonara Bejbe EXACTLY!!!!!!!!!

[@viriatothelusitani1203]

@@joannaventrello2179 i dont see why, can u explain? Hetalia is clearly anti-nazism

[@emmytweetie2177]

@@viriatothelusitani1203 CH is purely community based, so it's difficult to compare. There are good parts and bad parts. Don't doubt Hetalia would become the same thing if it wasn't rooted with a canon.

[@ghostthedog6665]

Oh boy can't wait to see if this comment section gets spammed to death like the last one :DDDDDD Who wants to bet the antis won't even watch the video and will just spam regardless?

[@andyandanadraws]

I'll bet bro

[@carolinemcgovern4488]

Don't worry, if they do spam, I've reported them as such.

[@cheesycheesecake1]

Tbh I think if there was a serious hetalia... there would be more hate on the characters bc of patriotism n sht and all that difference/historical conflict

[@fatcat1414]

As much as I would love a serious rendition of Hetalia, I'm inclined to agree. I think the main reason Hetalia is so widely appealing is that it's like a political cartoon without the actual politics. Once you verge into darker territory, you can't avoid talking politics. And given the unbiased approach the series takes towards things like WW2 (neither side is portrayed as a true villain), I don't think you could do that in a more serious light without making at least one person angry. There really is no truly unproblematic way to do a series like this. I don't mean problematic as in racist or fascist, I mean it in a way that the series requires some critical thinking on the viewer's part in order for them to understand the author's intent.

[@злые-гномы]

and don't get me started on how many countries would be homophobic/racist.. that'd be so much worse, you just cant please the people calling it racist lmao

[@dulce_bombon]

14:40 - 17:41 omg this whole section, thank you Hetafacts. As someone who has African countries ocs, this is my fear. This. When working with extremely diverse nations, it gets difficult to personify them. Take for example, South Africa. I personally personified him as mixed because of the diverse population; however, I always have to ask myself if this is the right way to draw a South Africa oc. Just this morning, I got an anon asking why he's colored when the Dutch were the first to create a permanent settlement. I still don't know how to respond. The formation and creation of a nation isn't static or fixed so I'd just thought when creating South Africa, what makes them stand out from their neighbors, because that's how you make your oc memorable. And with that, I tended to give him a lighter skin that, for instance, Namibia and it's something I ask myself frequently if I made the right decision and if it's racist or not. I've seen it happen with Lullindo and her (very beautiful and is *not* Hetalia related) South Africa. Her South Africa is also mixed but many criticized her greatly because of the color of her skin. I personally can't take that. Not because I can't take criticism, but because this plays into a larger dilemma that is way beyond me or any individual, really. It's stressful, it's exhausting, and at the end, I barely feel satisfied. Even as I type this, I'm shaking because I still think that someone out is offended by my own portrayal of the country and that's the last thing I would want. Yes, he's still a wip and I've still got many things to learn about the place but good grief... God, I feel for Himaruya and everyone who personify countries, I really do. Sorry for the long rant. It's something that I've kept bottled up and not knowing when is the right time to express it.

[@gunkodumu]

Sorry if my English is kind of broken but I really want to express myself ! Personally, I think that you shouldn't fear what others may think, there'll always be someone who will disagree with your opinion... I'm not the right one to give you this idea since I'm in the same case, as a huge fan of history (because of Hetalia) and explored more community/comics about history (SATW, CH, Lully...) and I really want to make my own personifications. The problem is that I'm always scared that someone start saying that I'm copying Hetalia or others... And by the way I can also say that I understand the problem with the African countries and making South Africa mixed is a really good idea ! It's just in-between Black and White, and shouldn't bring too much "drama". Sorry if I rant too much ^^; PS: Lully's designs are incredible *w*

[@dulce_bombon]

@@gunkodumu Aye, someone who understands ;; Same, bro, same. *pats* I also get scared about making my personifications being too similar to another design. The problem with seeing another person's own portrayal of a country and calling it Hetalia is that it kind of takes away the effort and originality a creator put into the character. The idea of personified country or entity isn't new or is attributed to Hetalia. It's pretty unfair that people would assume so. But I bet you'd make great personifications! I would love to see new interpretations of countries Also, thanks ;; South Africa is hard to personify and this just makes me feel relief so thank you. P. S. Lully is God yes

[@himejoshikaeya]

As an actual South African, I find it MORE OFFENSIVE when people stereotype us all as black starving children!!! This is from a South African--Indian, who is pretty fucking sick of that stereotype. In fact, it makes a lot more sense for South Africa to be coloured!!! Like seriously

[@Mica_T]

It was a really interesting point I never thought of! Now I finally understand why my country's design was never released even though Himaruya has planned it.

[@Oriamoxy]

Yes South Africa is diverse but a majority is still black. It makes zero sense to make South Africa “mixed” to cater to dutch colonisers when America is still white despite being even more diverse. Yes there are many cultures in SA but in terms of looks there’s no question that SA should be black. Australia wasnt made “mixed” despite aboriginals, nor America, Canada or for any other predominantly white but still diverse nation. Just go by what the predominant race is, it only makes sense

[@marjcurato8091]

Countryhuman fan (SOME): omg hetalia is *EEewWwwwW* It talks about nazi germany its soo *EWWWW* Also some countryhuman fan: look at my ship UwU Nazi germany x the ussr soooo cute look at my fanart of them kissing

[@smudged4090]

XD yep this is true I'm not in country humans, but I know and seen this before

[@mxngaka]

@@smudged4090 Yeah I am in that fandom and I can say some be like that.

[@Mica_T]

I don't think there's anything wrong with NaziGermanyxUSSR, primarily because it's so funny. Like there was this one comic of Hitler and Stalin getting married. I laughed so hard.

[@Anna-tk7ui]

@@Mica_T If it's for comedy I'm all for it. If it's played completely serious....yeah no stop.

[@-qwi-8569]

I'm a countryhuman fan but I don't hate Hetalia

[@nelhuiliztli2926]

I’m just a Geography and History Nerd and seeing personification of countries and region is awesome to me. My country hasn’t been personified yet but hope it will. If you guys are wondering I’m Mexican. If Mexico gets personified canonically I believe there should Two, Sibling, Sister is in the North (Modern Day US Southwest) and Brother in the South (Present day Mexico). (Edit:Though, I would like to see more women in this show, some on the main cast should've been women to begin with in my opinion. And, don't hate me, but the US was founded by Anglo-Celts. They never intended to include non-whites when creating the constitution, though kept it vague for future amendments.)

[@Ahsoka_Hyrule]

Nelhuiliztli I’m also a Geography and History nerd, which is why I love Hetalia ;-)

[@faerie5926]

@@Ahsoka_Hyrule Same :3

[@Cherry-gh8dq]

This reminds me of Latin Hetalia, a fan community (this community had its 10th year anniversary some time ago) that made Mexico as siblings, the North as a guy and the South as a Girl. Their names are Pedro and Itzel. They also made characters for the rest of Latin America. It's really cool, so yeah.

[@flevflev9646]

It’s such a shame that we only have officially Ecuador and Cuba (and possibly Chile and Argentina too,in the World stars chapter 49 its rumored that the girl and the man with the bandana were Chile and Argentina respectively, oh and also Peru in the middle of the two)

[@deim1nk419]

If this helps, there’s an episode where Canada said something about Mexico wanting some maple leaf stuff or something, idk, and it showed a bunch of Mexican people, and I am guessing that one of them is Mexico. You can find the clip from that one Hetalia channel with the very long username ^J^

[@shannonulmen9252]

19:30 a better analogy might be the Netflix series Ted Bundy Tapes, since both Ted Bundy and the nations portrayed in hetalia are/were real entities and Hannibal Lector is not

[@SouthernRed88]

“I don’t care I am an adult” YES I FREAKING LOVE THAT AND YOUR CHANNEL!!!

[@honora1016]

Just to let out some feelings, I got into hetalia this year after I found some videos about it while doing my history project. Ever since then I've been in love with the anime and the characters. This may sound ironic, but Hetalia actually made me a less racist person. I was never racist to begin with, but I did believe in some bad stereotypes about other countries, only because I needed to fill the empty spot of knowledge I had about the countries. After I fell in love with the characters, I felt obliged to fall in love with their country. Russia and Britain are two examples of this and they are my favourite characters, when back then I didn't care much about countries. I used to believe all Russians were lazy alcoholics and strong fighters, that was until I did some research and decided to interact with some of them. Now I realize I was wrong. The way Himaruya described each characters relations also made me interested, which is why I would do research on it. For example, I recently became a Rochu shipper, this led to me reading articles about sino-Russo/Soviet relations. Which led to me eventually passing my history class with one of the best grades. This is where I found my love for history. During the summer I went to the library to find books. I decided to make pen pals from all over the world and is currently messaging someone from Taiwan who is also interested in history. I'm still taking history till this day because Hetalia made me love it.

[@themasterofpotatoes9475]

Before watching Hetalia, I wanted to be a biotechnologist, but after this show I became obsessed with international relations and history, thus creating my drive to become a diplomat.

[@PolishAxolotl]

I also became more keen to history and geography because of Hetalia 🗺🧭🌎🌏🌍

[@pupseus]

Love or hate Hetafacts she's speaking straight facts here

[@pupseus]

In all seriousness good job

[@nanako3681]

half way through chat it just turned into discord

[@The146MoonsOfSaturn]

Who ruined the 69.

[@thewanderer9958]

“Hetalia = Japanese imperialism.” My brain: KoOREeeAaaaaaaaa

[@Mica_T]

Honestly, majority of those who actively try to harrass Hetalia fans under the guise of "Hetalia is problematic" have likely never watched the show and aren't interested in listening to the facts or the opposing argument. The best we can do is ignore and report because these people clearly want to live in ignorance.

[@dusty4676]

Idk I just felt the urge to start clapping after the video ended because you really did a good job adressing all this.

[@cyber_ose]

If those kids want something bout ww2 and the bad stuff, there are plenty of movies that show it We watched them in history and German class To make it better I am Austrian, also a German speaking country And we have books and even documents about ww2 crimes and people getting into prison bc of nazi shit It makes me mad how childish they act

[@Astr0_Man]

Agreed. Tho I'm an American, I've taken a World History class and even looked into it abit on my own. I've compared it to Hetalia and it wasn't as serious(and my teacher made alot of jokes). We even watched Schindler's List(it was the 2nd time I watched it) and that was way more serious than Hetalia even tho it didn't show/mention some of the worst things that happened to the poor Victims.

[@gunkodumu]

Can only agree, they are throwing a tantrum and it's pretty ridiculous... I'm French and when we were working on WW2 at school, we had seen a movie based on a victim that manage to escape and lots of photos about what has become the victims... And even after that, they have the nerve to criticize Hetalia, it's one of the most innocent manga I've ever read !

[@luminatedheart]

Well said!

[@小林四郎-z5l]

no one takes hetalia more seriously than the haters.

[@gj5748]

finally someone addresses that Hetalia isn't that bad. I love Hetalia so much but I always see people putting it down and it makes me feel bad for enjoying it...

[@злые-гномы]

same haha

[@angie.castle]

We all know this is a stereotype anime. So long as it is advertised as stereotypical, then you aren't supposed to take it seriously

[@J3rs3y_G1rl]

There is one thing Hetalia took seriously. The American Revolution. It's pretty damn accurate considering many Americans didn't want to break away despite knowing it was wrong what England did.

[@ionastewart8814]

As grown ass adult with actual problems who knows people in actual pain (under actual oppression), it honest to god floors me how any of these people find the time to be offended by some low-budget anime. Like... do you have any real problems? A sense of humour? Do you actually do anything to help the people around you, or do you just want to enforce ideological conformity, damn the consequences? I promise you kids, there is a whole wide world outside your fandom discourse. Anyway, excellent video Hetafacts, I applaud you. It's just sad you had to expend so much time and effort into something so silly. Thanks for doing it though, we all appreciate it

[@hiyafriends4972]

I think the people who’re hating on the Hetalia fandom just want to have drama. I honestly can’t find any reason why people do this. I found out about Hetalia when I was 7 and even at that time I was more mature than these people. Can’t they realise that this anime is meant to be taken as a parody?

[@sabrinasorts2635]

hiya friends yes I was a bit older

[@nataliaborys1554]

Well, to put it simply, some people don't understand you can joke about politics without being racist

[@2008-wii-remote]

@@nataliaborys1554 people were dressing up as nazis

[@tevjun8856]

@@2008-wii-remote which is obviously bad but that’s not the entire fandom

[@kevinkim3199]

Cuz yall Americans don't know damn history (im a Korean-american and I know yall don't cuz I live here with bunch of ppl who don't know even know their own history)

[@pineapplefroot8580]

You go girl. This was a well thought out and funny video. People on the internet are just progressively getting worse and more sensitive to whatever they can complain about. They harass artists, fans, whatever. It's really sad. I was active in the Hetalia fandom from like 2010 to 2013 and I have no idea where to find the fandom anymore. (I refuse to touch tumblr thank you very much) Had no idea this drama was going on until I saw your videos. Its really sad what kids do thinking they're so funny and smart.

[@mng3941]

Who the hell spammed 16 chapters of _My Immortal_ , the most infamous fic from the Potter fandom? I'm curious.

[@toniyuzuru9194]

Now I know why Philippines isn't in the anime because the history of the country during WWII is a touchy subject :T

[@ursamjr4406]

He said something thing like a lot of people want him to do the Philippines.

[@i_will_not_elaborate]

Same goes for Korea... >.>

[@coralia.i9702]

Arcane Heart he already made Korea Koreans just don’t like him so he’s only in the manga

[@i_will_not_elaborate]

@@coralia.i9702 yeah, I know. But there's also some tension between Japan and Korea from WWII and it would be difficult to make it into the show. Let's just say Korea still feels the sting and Japan hasn't applied the medicine properly.

[@coralia.i9702]

Arcane Heart ah yeah that’s true...(yike)

[@redwingg_vsp]

*_Wait I just noitecd you have the yt logo in your eyes--_* Edit: How the nuggets did I get 57 likes ;-; Thx tho =W=

[@злые-гномы]

pico pfp pico pfp

[@marissadonato2120]

Everyone, say it with me: PREACH.

[@mng3941]

*_P R E A C H_*

[@talkingqueen9587]

Love ya channel and videos! And people need to accept that Hetalia is fiction and therefor not real.

[@aquarii-doodles]

YOu can literally apply the fake hate from Hannibal on Creepypasta and there will be no difference

[@Noivryn]

Good video don't let anyone else tell you otherwise

[@bluuskkye77]

*screaming* THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IVE SEEN IN ALL MY YEARS OF LIFE

[@sobakas8447]

hetalia's like the least offensive "offensive" show i've seen, damn people are reaching lel like damn it's probably the only parody of history i know where when they talked about ww2 they made at most like 1 or 2 jokes about nazis lmao

[@mia-lc2om]

yeah like its less offensive than south park

[@alyaazman4953]

My brother-in-law went to South Sudan this year and he told my family about his trip, and apparently in the capital, they eat like a buffet and those lambs are so healthy I was honestly shocked- and in the countrysides, the people suffer. I never give much thought to African countries in the past but when I heard that they have a lack of material and facing tribalism, I love Seychelles so much- and Hetafacts, for addressing this issue. (I'll promote you to my newfound kouhai. I'm seriously going to)

[@bluebuzz1058]

Thank you for making this video, it is quite interesting for me to watch as a Chinese hetalia fans. It is new for me because Hetalia isn’t that controversial in China. As Chinese We didn’t quite feel the show is about celebrating nazi and Japanese imperialism, and we are apparently one of the biggest victim of them so you probably can take my words LOL I have to say it’s interesting to see how its English fandom get so messy. To be honest, most of that is just because of cultural differences. I guess for Japanese people, the most horrible part of their history is their war crimes committed in Asia, like Sino-Japan war, but not ww2, so if hetalia not quite sensitive about certain bad things happened in Europe and America it could be somehow understandable, I think the author already did his best. Hope it can give you guys new views to understand this work :)

[@jonathanmeyer511]

People Just Don't Have Humor, It's A Parody Anime For God Sakes.. I made a tumblr post also adressing on how plain dumb these accusations are because they take The Jokes of The Anime too Seriously.. And are just using old and invalid evidence from 2011-2012. People, Get Your Facts Right.

[@trashboi1286]

Honestly, as a minority in America, I can see how America was portrayed as a white dude. Even though this country is large and diverse, a majority of the population IS made up of white people. It's gonna be hard to set up a design for a character who's supposed to represent a bunch of ethnicities within one nation, so it'd just be easier to create a design that reflects the majority. Canada is also designed like a white dude, but the country irl is roughly as diverse as America is, yet there's no complaints there (which makes me feel like the ones complaining about this the most are Americans-). Besides, compared to Season 1 and 2, America's design in later seasons has more pigment. Compare him to a lot of the other nations that are also pale: Canada, England, Russia, France, Japan, etc. His skin tone is more tanned, though I'll admit it's not that prominent in a lot of scenes. Sure he still looks white, but it's not the same pasty white as the other countries and it's very different from what he looked like in the first two seasons (though I wish they kept the darker shade of blonde). So wtf is there to complain about?

[@hannafechik2164]

Great work! Being Jewish myself, I’d say I am more offended by Countryballs than Hetalia.

[@gachaelephant6841]

Don’t look at Countryhumans it’s worse and I’m in Countryhumans fandom.

[@literallydead1521]

@@gachaelephant6841 wait what do you mean? I couldn't understand what you said sorry Imao

[@gachaelephant6841]

@@literallydead1521 Oh I was saying the Countryhuman fandom, is far worse then the countryball fandom. And I’m in the Countryhuman fandom.

[@literallydead1521]

@@gachaelephant6841ah okay

[@pinkpanda6184]

I'm more interested Countryballs rather than Hetalia

[@lucarin8191]

The entire manga and anime dont have any kind of agenda at all. It's based on the joke Italy being "the soft underbelly of europe", which is an actual thing Prime Minister Winston Churchill said LMAO. Literally no different than polandball or OverSimplified History.

[@Luvl12]

Hogan’s Heroes is the best. Also good job on addressing some of the arguments against Hetalia.

[@sab5686]

I'm literally jewish lol and i don't think Nazism is being glorified at all.

[@andyandanadraws]

Even though I'm not Jewish, I agree. As far as I can remember even APH Germany didn't like his boss

[@злые-гномы]

@@andyandanadraws yeah he didn't! he didn't even want to listen to him

[@vennicce]

The Hetalia song in the end gave me chills uurgrhr And besides, of course you can enjoy a work and still have a critical view of it. Hima did a lot of stupid things and as a fandom it is our obligation not to forget that, but to debate sensibly If you like something and don't question or think deeply about it, I think you need to take some philosophy classes :/ Amazing colocations, you and the people who contributed to this video are what make this fandom a better place to be. THANK YOU SO MUCH

[@anthonybousquet3590]

So basically, people don’t get humour. Nothing new.

[@butterlover7480]

its 2019, people always get offended by everything

[@BlahBlah-cn3cs]

OR not everyone shares the same sense of humour as the Hetalia fandom (and believe it or not, not all those who share that sense of humour hates on he Hetalia fandom either)

[@The146MoonsOfSaturn]

We need 8 more likes people

[@mcsaurusowo4644]

I want to slap some sense into the trolls but I know I can’t (I somehow managed to misspell some, I’m disappointed in myself)

[@alixiria]

Honestly, in school we studied the film, "Life is beautiful" (la vita e bella) it's a comedy and tragedy set in world war two, that was made historically inaccurate on purpose.

[@violetsilva1545]

I’m Sri Lankan and I’ve wanted a Sri Lanka personification for legit so long.So much stuff happens their.In the past 20 years they have had the highest suicide rate TWICE.In 2004 over 20,000 people died from a natural disaster.In 2019 they had a massive attack which was deemed to be one of the biggest terrorists attack in a century.Thats just so stiff that has happened in the last 20 years there was a lot more shit that has happened to them.Like y’all they were a British colony-

[@jointhearumanati8574]

Hetalia is what got me into European and Asian history and Ive had a great time Ive discovered more about my roots in both Europe and Asia im grateful for it it also makes me want to travel and discover more

[@karb5707]

Someone spammed the entire thing of my immortal?? Absolute madlad, and good video

[@harrietamidala1691]

"Why do you think there is no Israel in the series?" You pretty much read my mind on that. Not only is israel's history and conflicts way too controversial to address and satirize in the series, it would bring up a big elephant in the room regarding europe's history of antisemitism against Jews. It also brings up disturbing questions about whether the personifications would be above the prejudices of their people or complicit in it.

[@natalieshah4998]

God, I miss Hetalia.

[@aWERFRGT6545BGFG]

This is basically my exact rant that I keep telling people everywhere. I mean lets also not forget that southpark has had a 8 year old boy go around the town making everyone hate jews, and also dress up as hitler several times for halloween too. Hetalia legit has done no wrong and as I've said before the only reason Italy, Germany and Japan like axis is because they are freekin axis, its their perspective and they think they are good. In allies, they clearly state that axis are evil with their perspectives. Plus the time is barely even set in ww2 and ww1 why are people hating hetalia so much wtf

[@2brite4uw32]

"And the most recent-" *spits out drink "World Star-" *falls off chair* WAIT WHAT Edit: Actually, I did hear about this, it's just that I keep forgetting that part isn't animated (Didn't read the whole manga, I know I'm missing out)

[@leja9998]

Man i would pay to see it animated :( lets hold hands and pray together

[@imokwithroji3311]

I literally didn’t know it existed haha

[@ama-the-weeb]

@@leja9998 uh, good news, its getting animated

[@cakenuclearbomb8517]

@@leja9998 guess what :D

[@TheYamiJK]

So in short, people are offended by everything and humour is dead?

[@zeta0469]

Why can't I give more than one like? Great video! I hope people who say all that take their time to see it, but, in my opinion, they will always send hate and it is really difficult for a person with such a closed mind try to change my mind.

[@aaa-iw3fo]

in my opinion, both hetalia and countryhumans are ok fandoms. every fandom has their own highs and lows.

[@злые-гномы]

especially old fandoms lol

[@elizabethramirezthezenshii9691]

Countryhumans is a bit worse now, but genuinely, it takes one to know one, especially with how the former was in its later years.

[@lavendermarshmallowplant3229]

No justification for the game art of Seychelles, but in defense of Hima's art that you showed in your video, I think it's more or less a consequence of the aesthetic he used in the colouring. In the artworks, the colours he used have a very faded and washed out look, almost like pastel(of which the colour selection tends to be very light); so it seems natural that in those illustrations(specifically the last one), Seychelles' skin, as well as her clothing and hair, will come off as more light or white. Plus, some of them are sketches. As for the coloured art, I think it's because he just didn't pay attention to the darkness of her skin, I mean, even if it seems too light for a person of African descent, her skin is obviously darker than Hungary's; though it does come off more as tan than anything.

[@literallydead1521]

Hima’s aesthetic back then: ✨white people✨ (Imao I agree with you dw, I always noticed that the anime use to have all the countries having the same skin tone. Still wrong, and I don’t agree with it, but I can kinda understand it.)

[@cherrygoeshard]

Also Seychelles, Camroon and Egypt are African Hetalia characters

[@imokwithroji3311]

There’s also Madagascar

[@cherrygoeshard]

Fish oh my god shes adorable i would die for her

[@mng3941]

@@imokwithroji3311 It's not Madagascar, I think. Hetafacts did a whole video on that, but we are quite sure that they are an African Nation!

[@lonelyhetaliafangirl4936]

There is also character of Kenya

[@jacqueshumann1321]

I myself am German and I like Hetalia. And I like how Germany is done in it, sure it is not all true and not all is wrong about how Germany is made but in the end I find it funny. I myself also like to see Germany win against France but I also like to see how he loses against America. And the most important thing is that I love too watch military Animes and Film's and even watch it wen the Nazis win but in real life I hate Nazis and Hitler. Also nice video love your contant

[@nicolasvernola2637]

I feel very sorry for you that you got harrassed by these inmature and ignorant people. I want to tell you that I extremely admire your braveness and that you always try to clear things up. Please don't believe any word these harassers sent you!

[@livinghistory9701]

Someone wrote a SCHOLARLY PAPER about hetalia.... Good God...

[@alessandramenna]

I am Italian and given the statements of the haters about the series, I should hate literally everything about it. Instead I love it, so does that make me a bad person? Fuck no

[@FrederickIIAnticMaster]

9:04 Hetafacts, now you mention Downfall and it's parodies, I made some Downfall Parodies involving Hetalia to comedic event. Also, you can watch HRP's Downfall parodies there. I assure you, it's hillarious.

[@lijusav]

As this channel focuses on history, I think my nitpicking here is justified. (I really love that someone's keeping the Heta world alive, so I have high respects for you.) So: only Italy, Germany and Japan made the Tripartite Pact and were the Axis. The other black countries on the map used in the vid were occupied/colonised by the axis countries - not the same thing! I'm not sure Somalians or Ethiopians would appreciate that classification on the map. Finland was an oddity. As Encyclopedia Britannica explains: "Finland, although it did not formally join the Tripartite Pact, cooperated with the Axis because of its opposition to the Soviet Union (to which Finland had been forced to cede territory in 1940) and entered the war in 1941." At the end of WW2 in Lapland War, Germany and Finland fought each other. Sorry for my rant.

[@koifish4276]

t h a n k y o u. now i shall spam this to my friends. also, countryhumans literally pictures soviet union as a hot and sexy russian and has a lot of sexually suggestive things *cough* NSFW, BDSM *cough* .-. (i can say crap because i am in both the countryhumans fandom and hetalia fandom) therefore, hetalia is way more child friendly and stuff.

[@n.a.s.k5972]

My theory is that Aph America originally had darker skin and hair(within the universe not real life) but turned into what he looks like now because of England,France,Spain and the Netherlands' colonization efforts

[@MayannHanna]

Video is from last year, but I still have so many thoughts. At this point, I *hate* the word 'problematic'. I can't take these sorts of people seriously, but sometimes, I really can't _stand_ them... -_- Hetalia is literally just comedy, in its purest form. The utter lack of politics is baffling to me, the concept is ludicrous, the simplification is absolute, but it's why I love it. I've had this exact same argument with some idiot once. Over all of these points! 2021 will definitely be filled with people who will see this show for the first time and will start to bash it with these stupid accusations. I can't wait to crush them to dust in any arguments. >:3 Edit: watching the video again, goddamn, there's SO MUCH I want to say about each of these points, it's ridiculous how much they annoy the hell out of me. Uuugh.

[@MayannHanna]

@Cherry Blossom Ah, one thing first, before anything else. The arguably nazi joke came out of the dub. It wasn't in the original and thus wasn't written by the author. But it's fine that many miss that, I get it. I personally just saw it as dark humor. But there's an aspect about what you're saying that I disagree a lot... And it's usually the disagreement I have with people about this issue. 'Racism' is a New World concept, I believe. It's about _race._ What you're dealing with when it comes to the depiction of SK specifically is an _ethnic_ issue that's packed with history between Japan and South Korea, it's Old World mentality/politics/culture, which comes with heavy history between the two; they aren't exactly best friends. To dismiss it as racism, I think, is a simplification of a huge cultural tick of East Asia... and look, there's way too much for me to explain in a comment here. -_- I don't think it's racism, because racism is a specific thing that's been so cheapened and diluted by modern Western discourse that now everyone is racist for the stupidest reasons. But East Asia is another world. What you see with SK's character is a pretty sharp ethnic jab, and it's offensive, yes. But this is between the Japanese and the South Koreans. (I don't see much wrong with Taiwan, tho, I heard from plenty of Taiwanese who like her character, and a _lot_ of Taiwanese actually do like the Japanese, for some reason...) But here's another thing I disagree with. Jokes and humor serve a specific social function with people, and that is _easying the tensions._ Sometimes it works, like with the ethnic jabs between nordic peoples, or the Britons, let's say; and sometimes it _really_ doesn't, like with the Japanese and the Koreans. Making light about heavy topics, especially those from the past, is not intrinsically wrong. It _can_ help a group of people cope with the past. You can say Himaruya didn't do it right because he's so removed from these cultures (being Japanese and not understanding Eastern Europeans much), but that's another topic entirely. Hetalia is 'innocent' in that way that it's not political. I don't see the strings of anyone's agenda trying to lead me anywhere. That's what I like about it. It doesn't try to shove anything down my throat. It doesn't insult me because of my political opinions. It makes me laugh and it makes me curious about history. It's not racist. In fact, it pushes me to be understanding and it makes me appreciate the many cultures and peoples of this world. I think judging it under a Western lens is the problem. It's not Western. It's _Japanese._

[@MayannHanna]

@Cherry Blossom Ah, I get it. English _is_ limited on language there, or maybe it's Western cultures in general. I do believe the Chinese might have a word/term for it? I can't remember... :/ But it's why I just call it New World and Old World. The New World is primarily where the modern meaning of racism came from due to its own history. Sorry for the rambling. I just like to be _precise_ about these things.

[@MayannHanna]

@Cherry Blossom Thanks. I had to read an unholy amount of history to find my conclusions... 🤔 And also learn how to not be a jerk over disagreements. It's hard, but I try, and I'm just happy when it pays off and things don't turn into a slugfest in the comments. Thank you sm for being nice! Have a nice day!

[@theweebseal3058]

Thanks, we needed a video like this!

[@rorykirklnd8957]

in the last video touching on this subject i saw a lot of spammers in the comment section this time im not seeing as many

[@cherrygoeshard]

Rory Kirklnd Hetafacts pretty much destroyed all their cheap ass arguments so all theyd have is just spam 😂 the clownery of those people lmfao

[@cynolover]

@@cherrygoeshard Indeed XD

[@tanyavillegas4137]

I DON'T WANT 23.5 TO BECOME TRUE

[@cakenuclearbomb8517]

I've watched the full seasons of hetalia and I've never seen any logos of Nazi or anything that promotes Nazis. Wouldn't Germay's flag in hetalia be the Nazi flag if they wanted to promote it? But no, the flags used in hetalia are the current flag. Same as Japan's, I haven't seen any imperialist Japan flags in the anime. If I missed these things, please just point it out to me.

[@dolorexic_s]

16:34 OK SO YOU‘RE TELLING ME THAT WE COULDVE GOTTEN THE UAE BUT HIMAURYA DELAYED THEM BECAUSE HE WAS OUT OF DESIGN IDEAS?! SERIOUSLY?!??

[@jasombee]

Here is a positive comment so the spammers don’t prevail. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Good job Hetafacts, you serve this fandom well. Looking forward to your future videos. 👊❤️

[@weeaboobaby]

KOLKO YOU’RE DOING AMAZING SWEETIE 💖 This video was super well done and elaborate, I’m legit proud of you for tackling these topics in such a civil and well-researched manner 👏🏻

[@starrynight669]

Y'know I love the show but I was always so confused why they didn't talk about ww2 and the holocaust. You made perfect sense and now that I'm not a moronic brat I can understand now. 😄

[@orangeismyfavoritecolor]

With the thing about America being white, I honestly made the assumption that when the countries manifest as people, they appear as the most common kind of person in the future, if that makes any sense. It’s what made the most sense to me personally.

[@dumpstercub2902]

Someone seriously wrote their paper on this?

[@byebye9378]

xD

[@valdemar7546]

Holy shit... XD

[@dumpstercub2902]

I want a winnie the Pooh remake where Christopher Robin loses his family to the horrors of war.

[@dandeliondandylion4517]

No, just no

[@hannafechik2164]

Wonder if there will be a 7th season depending on how big the fan base is in Japan.

[@andyandanadraws]

The fans are making season 7 though

[@JuicyJuice-0]

Well now it's here!

[@mango2042]

This comment aged well

[@kp9894]

Seriously, can’t we all just love each other ????? 😘❤️ ( I AM NOT FRANCE BTW )

[@hanabiyoshi6940]

You are loved Kolko and so is everyone.

[@apple_dragon226]

Does anyone know that Liberia was the ONLY country not "colonized" by Europeans they were colonized by free slaves from the United States and is the first and oldest country to get it's Independence without bleedshed???

[@yakigesher-zion7289]

I wish Hetalia would have been a bit more historically and stereotypically accurate but still maintaining its humour and fun

[@andyandanadraws]

But it is quite hard due to problems

[@andyandanadraws]

And plus there is historical Hetalia actually which were made by the fans

[@злые-гномы]

I agree about the stereotypes but I think it would be a lot more problematic if it was more historically accurate

[@pinkpanda6184]

Yeah, I agreed

[@aramin4428]

So..now...the number #1 question *when is season 7 coming?*

[@cynolover]

@PotatoFlicks Same

[@literallydead1521]

Well I guess it might be here in 2021

[@JuicyJuice-0]

@@literallydead1521 yeah! 👀

[@злые-гномы]

soon :)

[@mango2042]

Late but ITS ALREADY OUT

[@jamie9063]

The only thing that I really really don't like is how so many characters just don't make sense cultural-wise (like Poland, or Finland) and seem just based on fanservice.

[@PurpleAmharicCoffee]

Hogan's Heroes and 'Allo 'Allo are both hilarious. I'm still hoping for an Ethiopia... but looks like that will never happen. I also follow Countryballs but not Countryhumans (simply because I think that the haphazard "countryball-on-human-body" thing looks awkward.)

[@thefae8678]

The thing is though, despite America being so diverse, we're still stereotypically white people. Does that mean other races don't exist in America? No. Does that mean Americans are all the same type of "Living the American dream" white people? No. If Hima was basing the designs off of how the country came to be, then being colonized by the European countries who are all white, would make America white. Just because a character has a skin color doesn't make it whitewashing, or blackwashing. The thing with Seychelles was whitewashing, because Seychelles is an African country, even if the population there is a mix. But America being white makes sense. I just don't get their logic.

[@psimillie]

about America being white, I think it’s partially because the whole stereotype around Americans are white, blonde, blue eyed, loud people who wear American flag cowboy hats and eat a bunch of burgers. obviously America is a diverse melting pot and the stereotypes of Americans aren’t that true, but after all, hetalia characters are based on stereotypes. I will say I think that hetalia has some sketchy stuff in it but for the most part I see it as a stupidly funny and weird anime about funny country man doing funny vaguely historical thing. I don’t think people should be taking it that seriously ._.

[@hannafechik2164]

Do you believe a new APH anime is bound to happen? A season 7?

[@literallydead1521]

Well I think its happening next year Imao

[@yulili9867]

This video is necessary. Now more than ever.

[@Ekvitarius]

7:53 this is like saying chemical descriptions of fire are problematic because they don’t address witches who were burned at the stake. Nothing is being “trivialized”; it’s just not the subject being addressed.

[@hikaru924]

So why do we all forget about greenland being ignored by the nordics???

[@edatube7616]

I've long outgrown Hetalia, but the series was my world during my infatuation when I was 13. I was incredibly cringey back then, and the icing on the cake was how "problematic" I realized the series was in hindsight. Now, nothing can take from that cringe phase, but this deconstruction of the critiques people have for the series showed me how mostly benevolent it actually and I do feel a degree of relief. I appreciate this.

[@satedon5954]

History+comedy+Anime=Hetalia

[@limboonsiew5552]

hi @Hetafacts just want to say yeah I agree with you and hope that this stupid thing would just stop. on an unrelated note, what's anyone opinion on the other South East Asian Nations would looked and behaviour is like (would be fun to see that be argum afterward)

[@sabossan625]

Omg the first two points made me think about a show in Canada, where they make fun of the government

[@EmmaKnightley954]

Thank you so much for making this! , you've gain a new sub today.

[@kolibrispacestation]

Guys I call Hetalia as HWS now and only save APH for when I’m talking about Austria Prussia and Hungary!! Who’s with me?

[@Anna-tk7ui]

I am!

[@tin9476]

I am!

[@Emkito]

No thanks

[@koi8552]

if hima made Singapore, I think Singapore would be a Peranakan or something like that

[@mango2042]

Congrats singapore is now an official character