My Top 10 Most Inaccurate Hetalia Characters

[@dulce_bombon]

OMG WHEN HER VOICE CRACKED, IT BROKE MY HEART HETAFACTS, WE'RE HERE FOR YOU! YOU'VE GIVEN US, THE HETALIA FANDOM, SO MUCH. YOU'RE PRECIOUS TO THE FANDOM. WE LOVE YOUR VIDEOS. WE LOVE YOUR COMEDY. WE LOVE YOUR THEORIES. WE LOVE YOU. You SHOULD feel loved. You SHOULD feel happy. You make videos and games that brighten our days. When there are days where you feel down and alone, know that many of us admire you and idolize you. You're so special. And to me, and possibly the rest of your fans, it makes us feel special learning from you. -With love, Lovely Flowers

[@ohlookmarki]

Pssst, Finland is not meant to represent the stereotypes of the Finnish people but to represent the history of Finland. It was always Hima’s intention to make Finland the “unsuspectingly scary one”, since Finland was historically mistaken to be “not a problem” by wannabe conquerors.

[@pinkpanda6184]

Yes, I know but it would be better if Finland was grumpy and unfriendly

[@terracottapie-o6f]

"What's wrong with having a drunk, death metal loving santa?" XD

[@ArthurTRead]

That's my new take on Finland, he is now officially a drunk, death metal santa

[@spainifurreadingthisimfree]

i like to pretend picardy doesn’t exist

[@lonelyhetaliafangirl4936]

spain if ur reading this i’m free friday night and me too :/

[@big-fatdumpy-head4482]

Oh hi

[@xalciaqx9026]

@@lonelyhetaliafangirl4936 hi again

[@juxcy1696]

I don’t think Chinese people resent Japanese people. A lot of My Chinese relatives have sons or daughters that are studying abroad there and I was surprised how much of my family travel to Japan frequently. Also I think China looks young because most Asians look younger than they actually are. It’s like how everyone mistakes Japan for a kid.

[@nicolasvernola2637]

When I read the comments here, I believe that most of the characters are too inaccurate. I believe that Himayura also based their personalities on the behaviour of the government and not only on the stereotypes of their people. Italy is portayed as a coward, since the Italian military often escaped from battles and fights during WWII. Netherlands likes money, because the Dutch people have to pay taxes for every reason . In my opinion, Ukraine is portayed as a whining crybaby, since the country was always a victim of foreign circustances (especially Russia ). However, if it's true, some characters are still inaccurate.

[@justcurious7920]

I guess Finland’s characterization would make more sense then as well. The citizens might come across as cold and the neighbor envy is really fucking strong (almost embarrassingly so), but the government is generally really caring and nice to neighbor countries

[@starchaser4eva]

I have a friend who's polish, and she says she really likes polands character, cos it seems like it was tailored to piss of the conservative majority in Poland. she finds it quite funny

[@shipperina2213]

Lol

[@lischpboi2068]

I think it’s actually good for China to be young China always throughout history collapsed as a country and stops being a country and instead different states then it reunited itself over and over again the process kept going on until like 1800s where it just started being a country and not breaking apart until the civil war for communism or capitalism. And about Poland and Lithuania there countries who actually bonded together as countries In 1200s.

[@jamie9063]

"How does he buy his alcohol when he's 15?" oh boi, you haven't been to eastern Europe

[@PolishAxolotl]

As Polish I 100% agree

[@Minxis]

So glad that you added Finland there. As a finn, I so agree with you with this! We are usually quiet and we do love alcohol! :'D

[@harrietamidala1691]

Now do a list of top ten accurate Hetalia characters--which characters actually reflect their countries the best and most accurate?

[@hoppersworld6431]

harrietamidala1691 I think there’s probably Japan on the top 10 most accruate Hetalia characters list!?

[@s_lasgalen]

The Hetafacts voice is almost as iconic as the original narrator from the series

[@beatsbycossack]

I imagine Poland's relationship with Lithuania as being like that one annoying kid in middle school who you only befriended because you were the only 2 kids in your grade who were still openly in to Pokemon.

[@pszyhlast119]

I met lithuanians who ship lietpol lmao

[@xalciaqx9026]

Same

[@xalciaqx9026]

Oh hi me

[@monkeydlucy4583]

Same

[@xalciaqx9026]

Hi me

[@mrred748]

Well everyone in lithuania is differentp

[@jhawkshaw]

The reason behind the inaccuracies in characters is because an exaggerated character trait (based solely on an event in history or something) would get kept all throughout the series. For example like, North Italy being a coward and stuff. Another confusing thing is that the characters are made up of a mixture of "what the average person living there is like," and "what the country would be like if it were a human;" and it's done inconsistently. If you look at Belarus for example, you can see that she is basically an exaggerated version of what the country basically is. But on the other hand, characters like Spain just seems to be like the author's image of an average Spanish person. Though it's a little understandable since it's not possible to know what the residents of every country is like.

[@Lissi_Doll]

fiNallY somebody pointed out Ukraine! Though i guess its hard for hima to change a character he already made and such, i think some if not most of the characters he makes are based off of people he knows irl, that could explain Finland and Sweden. But seriously Ukraine even banned Russia from Eurovision this year im pretty sure they hate Russia.

[@pipsukka1]

And why Finland's voice is so high pitched and cheery? Finnish speaking voice is known to be monotonic. For example when I change from finnish to english or swedish my pitch automatically goes higher/softer.

[@lonelyhetaliafangirl4936]

It may be weird, but I find Poland being kind of accurate, because of the “Poles are egoistic” stereotype and all the Paluszki thing. I’m slightly glad that he is a guy -I have a crush on him- However, I would like it better if Lithuania, Iceland and China were girls....

[@PolishAxolotl]

We need more GIRLS!! I agree with you!!

[@mily12367]

For Finland, Finland is typically in the top 3 for happiest countries in the world, #1 this year I believe, so I think his cheerfulness kinda fits him.

[@pinkpanda6184]

I'm not against his cheerfulness but I prefer him cold and grumpy

[@svefngengillv3522]

With Ukraine maybe because all Himaruya strips were before 2014. I've seen pre 2014 polls and there Ukrainian relation to Russian people was more positive than negative. Or maybe Himaruya just wanted to show that despire everything there is still some warmness between siblings (cute aspect).

[@vermilion6966]

its because all of that and in hetalia, countries are their own enteties, separate from their governments and their people. they have a mind of their own. not to mention this dude hima glosses over ALL negative stuff anyway cause its a comedy, otherwise countries like germany wouldnt be in hetalia at all. or pretty much any other empire for that matter. theyre all drenched in blood.

[@danielleramos5876]

I could get a dollar for every time hetafacts rants against Poland's character

[@feintatlas8594]

Despite all the stereotypes, Chinese citizens don’t actually hate japan that much 😂😂😂. I know there’s a lot of people on both sides of the spectrum, but speaking from a general standpoint after living in China for 4 years, most of the younger generation doesn’t really care as much. The older generations who have had family members directly affected are a lot more sensitive, but it seems a lot of the younger generations are lightening up. I personally got the feeling that they felt pressured by their society and historical education to hate japan, and while as some people would say it, they never really meant it. Heck, Japanese pop culture is everywhere in China, we had Japanese students visit our school in China and they were treated great, not even a single bad word said behind their backs amongst us students, they were escorted everywhere by our Japanese class (I went to a rather prestigious foreign language schools, that focuses a lot on language and sending its students abroad, and Japanese was a language you could choose to learn). Of course, this doesn’t stand for everyone, I know a lot of Chinese citizens still harbor harsh feelings toward japan but overall it’s toned down a lot. Another thing I wanted to talk about: perhaps the author made China like japan on purpose? He made China and japans relationship very “brother like” if you could call it that, with China being very forgiving and japan liking China very much. I personally think it’s guilty pleasure. Hetalia is very popular in China and I’ve never really seen a single fan there complain about that relationship portrayal, in fact, they find it cute. From what I’ve seen, the Japanese fans seem to like it as well. This sorta just added on to my earlier suspicion that maybe Chinese and Japanese citizens kinda just want to make up and let bygones be bygones at this point but feel like they can’t say it directly due to their countries political stances. After all, the series was written by a Japanese person who kinda applied stereotypes to the characters that he liked and what he thought other Japanese people would like.... still don’t like how China is portrayed as ignorant and weak in some cases though, like, that is as far off from China as you can get at this point

[@lyasweetheart]

Xie xie for that info!!! :-)

[@dreamwish286]

Russia is slightly inaccurate since Russians don’t randomly smile without reason, but that has more to do with his backstory.

[@hineraable]

Girl what about ACURRATE characters? That will be interesting!

[@taraedwards2395]

I read a page of different insults by nationalities, and was amazed how many insults Ukrainians had for Russians.

[@ryanbryant-smith9850]

Did you count the amount of insults

[@theplutt7795]

As a Swedish person I can understand Hetalias Sweden, he is friendly just a bit scary, Swedish people dont like to talk to strangers so we can seem little close of, very few like to sitt next to someone on a train or bus if it is other free seats. And even then some choose to stand instead of sitting next to someone. I have talked to people that isnt from sweden and they said that first they think swedeish people to be unfriendly, avoid people in the streets but when you get to know a swede we are really friendly.

[@PolishAxolotl]

Hi Swedish!

[@-qwi-8569]

I guess the reason why China look so young is because the stereotypical Asian stuff, that they always look young...?

[@shipperina2213]

agreed that and also the old belief of cutting your hair is disrespectful thus it makes him look more feminine

[@moonseaeeveelutionsdance8863]

Nice pfp

[@Sokew86]

I think also Romano should be in this list because of his relationship with Spain. Most of problem of the south Italy as mafia, bad economic are from Spain's dominion. It's true nowadays usually spanish and italian people get along but I feel Spain and Romano relationship should be more complicated.

[@sirnilsolav6646]

I completely agree! But, I think some of the stereotypes are based on the historical impressions rather than modern ones. Japan and China's relationship was a lot better before the Imperial Japanese invasion for example and you can understand a creepy Sweden during Sweden's Great Power age. However, I agree that in most cases, even looking at some of the countries historically, their representation still doesn't make sense.

[@lordcawdorofmordor2549]

Plot twist, what if Moldova is smol because vampire

[@beatsbycossack]

ArtisticKateCat I support this theory

[@notaquadrilateral]

As an American, I can totally say that America is 105% accurate. We love our shitty burgers, we love our soda, and we’re pretty lazy. Oh, also- Yeah We’re the hero.

[@Jaromir25]

America is NOT the hero.

[@PolishAxolotl]

@@Jaromir25 Why? ( I don't now about America History)

[@eir1202]

One has to keep in mind that these stereotypes are based off a Japanese perspective. Italy being 'weak' makes sense in the Japanese perspective due to the Italians losing WW2 on the axis side, thus giving the view of useless Italy to the Japanese public. Also, you mentioned Japanese people denying their WW2 crimes concerning China, its possible that Japanese people think that Chinese people like them, hence the friendly relationship between China and Japan. Its kinda like England and Ireland, Ireland absolutely hate the English while the English don't really undertand why we hate them. Anyways, this was just a bunch of ramble. I could be completely wrong for all I know!

[@soot6795]

If the UK brothers exist in a fic I *hate* seeing England being all bloody depressed and heck because of them _especially Scotland_ The UK's done a fair amount of shitty things to each and other

[@daltonjones5400]

India practices Hindi, the religion of peace and forgiveness

[@kek-senpai243]

In hindi, the peace symbol is the swastika

[@tei4724]

@@kek-senpai243 Eyy, that's kinda wrong and misrepresentative. The symbol is different though it bears similarities and the swastika came after.

[@kek-senpai243]

@@tei4724 I've heard that almost everyone used that symbol before Hitler did

[@o_o531]

its hindu not hindi (language)🤗

[@carolinemcgovern4488]

China/Korea:I'm Only 19/16 but my mind is older! *Gets shot for referencing Hamilton*

[@noorishataef6477]

The New York City streets get colder I shoulder 😔👊

[@currently_online]

As a swede, everytime Sweden is on screen, I cringe lol. Also I agree that Swedes come of a friendly, but I think it would be much more accurate if Sweden seemed friendly, but was acutely fake af. Just my take lol

[@yakigesher-zion7289]

Yeah. Actually I remember meeting a Swedish exchange student a couple years ago. He was never flat out blunt like Hetalia Sweden is, and he was polite, but also lowkey passive aggressive.

[@zerir.3726]

passive aggressiveness is the key, idk if he’d be flat out fake though

[@medallionvaliance5349]

"Do you know how many times you almost died!? How- ONE TIME YOU DID DIE!!" XD

[@liz-nd8hp]

Please don't eat your cat

[@auroraborealis8754]

So, I know I’m late, but one thing I’d like to add is that Sweden and Finland’s relationship is really inaccurate. The two countries actually had a major rivalry with numerous wars, and I really don’t think it should be portrayed as super cute and fluffy.

[@chio3000]

🥛Sorry if this kinda annyoing. But could you explain it in detail? BTW are you Finnish or Swedish. )🌹

[@chandratt]

@@chio3000 I’m not Swedish or Finnish but I’m pretty sure in history that Sweden took Finland and during the winter was with Russia and Sweden,Sweden gave up Finland to the hands of Russia,the sufin ship is not accurate at all

[@vermilion6966]

@@chio3000 sweden owned finland like one would own a slave and swedish people had pretty much the same resentment for the fins as the nzi germans had for the slavs, just with less murder going around. they saw them as lesser and subserviant. finland only got independent once the russian empire defeated sweden and took finland away, making a grand dutchy of finland and later granting it its independency around 1900s

[@allysunflower9657]

Idk, but modern times, they could get a long, I guess

[@yaz9292]

Turkey is horribly misrepresented as the ottoman empire. In canon, Greece should have raised turkey, since turkey was created almost a century after greece. Ottoman empire and Turkey are two different things, in my opinion.

[@veradavampire4861]

• Nebulaa • true, after the collapse of ottoman and the foundation of the republic many improvements were made in the country in terms of clothing, alphabet, constitution etc. and the “modern turkey” keeps wearing fes (the red hat-ish thing) in fanarts which is also inaccurate because people quitted it in 1920s

[@張芸桐]

That is correct. We Chinese don't generally describe ourselves as big fans of Japan. With all the war and denial shit. It is totally incorrect and I think it's cuz this is written by Japanese. I'm glad that foreigners share the same feeling with us.

[@deedaadeee5498]

There was an episode in which Finland got overly happy from alcohol (the one with Iceland's birthday). There's also a drama CD in which they say that Finland loves alcohol. In one chapter the Nordics were designing hotel rooms and Fin wanted his to be all black, with skull and a vibe that would make you scream. Also I've read somewhere that he's only talkative around people he's friends with. And we usually see him only with his friends (Nordics and Estonia), so yeh.

[@jm.ggonzalez2306]

Also the fact that there was a chapter where finland said that he loves saunas, alcohol and sweets. And there was another chapter in which Finland gets heavily drunk because they werent able to fight against the Teutonic Order (or something like that i dont remember lmao). But Finland is cannonly known to drink a lot

[@franciscomendez8314]

Welp the Ukraine one aged like a fine but bitter wine...

[@atoxicmelody3289]

As a Finn, I think that Hima took Finland as a great character even though he misinterpreted the country a little bit! At least in a historical sense, Finland had usually been tugged around by Sweden and Russia until after WWI, making a lot of people perceive the place as generally weak and easy going I guess We are pretty easy going, but if you know anything about the winter war, a Finn isn't weak, so yeah during WWII and all, the Finnish kicked ass and that surprised the heck out of a lot of people, I remember reading in the text books when I was younger about how a Finnish soldier would be worth 8 Russian soldiers! The Finnish would run up to these Russian tanks with logs, and jam their wheels so they couldn't move! They'd have great battle strategies and some pretty funny ones including raiding the Russian camps of their food (I guess another funny but unrelated fact is that during the peace treaty signings, the Russian diplomats and officials in Moscow would ignore the Finnish diplomats during lunch and such! It's kind of funny at least in my eyes about how much related to school drama that is ) I can understand how we would be misinterpreted pretty easily with the Christmas and Moomin stuff as well, and I can agree with you that Finland probably should have been more of a quiet character since there's not one Finnish person (besides myself usually) that I see as a decently sociable person, but overall I still adore Aph Finland's character, especially after Hima gave him some darker lines

[@lexezlao]

Japan liking South Korea partially makes sense, it's the kind of relationship between countries where it's like "I hate you but god I admire you" which is pretty common (though it's obviously more complicated than that)

[@vermilion6966]

yeah like your own very personal experience translates not only to other bloody 40 millions living in the country but on tbe personafication of country itself which is not the same as government nor the population, not to mention shitting on all the previous history dating way back than just past 20 years of the most modern history. youre both the definition of pathetic

[@fairytale6304]

Latvia can fight, but it's only in his dreams.

[@arodoetukasiewicz497]

I wish that Poland was a girl... And many others too...

[@PolishAxolotl]

@@_-Maika-_ A powinien

[@3CatQueen]

Hetafacts, keep your chin up. We love your videos and your talent. You make us laugh and brighten our day. We got your back!

[@supermouse73]

When all the characters on the list are your favorites so now you’re crying

[@hineraable]

OMG GIRL WE SHOULD HANG UP! I HAVE NEVER UNDERSTOOD POLAND! WHY IS HE LIKE THAT!? it's just, the series isn't supposed to use stereotypes? What the hell the character has to do with stereotypes about Polish people!? And I mean I love the character, Is funny and that, but, wth? I'm surprised that Poland hasn't provided this anime considering how conservatives they are. Now, Korea (well South Korea), In defense of Hima, a lot of his interactions with Japan and China are before the Imperialism thing, so, I do find that friendly interactions "acurrate , but only if they were before of all of that bad things. And besides that, i do think that his personality it is acurrate to the stereotypes of the country. And as well, some of the Japan and China interactions are before the Japanese occupation, specifically the most "suave ones", and that's why China acts so "cute" with Japan. Also, although Chinese Citizens and the Chinese Government still resent Japan, China was one of the first ones to "forget" what happen, specifically it was convenient for the government of that time to have good relationships with Japan, so they kinda like let the Japanese government get away with what happen (something that Chinese citizens didn't like at all, obviously). So maybe that's one of the reasons why the character doesn't hate Japan that much? And, about that China looks young, I don't think it's inaccurate, Chinese people and Asian people in general had atache this stereotype of looking way younger than their real age, so, the fact that he looks like a teenager (in my opinion he looks in his 20's) kinda fits him. It's precisely part of the irony. About Ukraine! There is theories that maybe the fact that she loves Russia, it's there to reflect the brainwash that the USSR did to every country that was conquered by them. This is reinforce by the character song "Sticks and Carrots", that reference punishment (sticks) and prices (carrot), which is a form of training and brainwashing, and that's why Ukraine, and maybe even Belarus, love Russia so much? But again that's just theories. And yeah, it's pretty much insulting, Ukraine has gone through A LOT of shit. And about Latvia, sometimes Hima decides to use the stereotypes about female citizens in males characters? Maybe that's part of why Latvia it's like that? But it's not like I know anything about Latvia "female stereotypes" so idk. Beside this, yeah pretty good video xD I could feel the frustration lol

[@anastasiawasylinko5482]

Thank you for mentioning the Holodomor - almost nobody knows about it! And I'm part Ukrainian AND Polish, so yeah. I agree with your assessment of Polish and Ukrainian attitudes to Russia.

[@pastelcate]

There’s def a few things I don’t understand about how Hima decides to write the characters. He sure doesn’t get slavs tho, it’s probably something to do with the light-hearted humor of Hetalia not mixing with the dark slavic humor. Slavic jokes aren’t known for being light-hearted, nor sensitive. From my understanding.

[@thefrenchbaldeagle3138]

Wait is finland more drunk than ireland and scotland

[@ArthurTRead]

I think so

[@AshleesBathroom]

Can we all marvel at how she said number two and I got an Arby's ad? It was like "NUMBER 2! ARBY'S" Like yea that makes no sense in Hetalia, XD

[@nakafetii3228]

4:22 actually its fanon that he loves death metal and i think its kind of canon, and then the drunk thing hE IS DRINKING IN AN EPISODE WITH ICELAND oof idk im just protecting my son at this point im stupid lmao

[@pupseus]

nakafetii Yeah you're absolutely right. If you have read the comics, you know that he likes darker stuff. For example when he wanted to decorate his room.

[@noamratner8058]

So about Moldova. I asked my friend (who's Moldovan ) and she said his age is actully accurate . The country is independent only 20 and something years. Also according to her the economy is shit so idk if it's a factor or not?

[@user-vx2up4ze4d]

Well, if we look at it that way Russia would be the same age as him. The probable reason Moldova is a little kid is because he is such a small country. Hima usually makes small countries into little kids.

[@pinkpanda6184]

He still inaccurate, his age was more fitting into micronations' age

[@pinkpanda6184]

@@user-vx2up4ze4d but not too young like him, at least he should look like teenager at least

[@sugarpapaelmo2004]

The stereotypes seem right to me, but that’s mostly because the stereotypes here (Canada) are sort of similar to the stereotypes in Japan. Canada would be invisible because it’s normally not really recognized a lot, you can actually search up “Canada, ww2” and one of the first things that would show up would be “was Canada in ww2?” And etc. Meanwhile, Poland would act like a valley girl because that’s just how they seem, or they would be really sweet and innocent. But those are just stereotypes in Japan and Canada, I can’t say much for other places.

[@pinkpanda6184]

Most of stereotypes are inaccurate in Hetalia

[@whumpem]

i've been looking into polish history and... the aph character is so innacurate, i don't even know how the creator came to that conclusion???

[@borghi998]

I like Veneziano and Romano but I consider them completely inaccurate representations, not only historically (I would have loved a double faced sneaky Italy) but especially their characters, North Italians are seen as much colder than the cheerful south and the fact Hima switched the two is quite funny ahah

[@diipiintoo]

YES! I’m south Italian and they NEED to be switched! It doesn’t make any sense

[@Amefidy]

Hi i'm curious, if you could make your own itsly personification, how would you characterize him/her?

[@jackal3025]

I personally think Veneziano represents more the culture and relations with visitors, while romano everything else, such as: government, the southern poverty since the union, general behaviour; which at this point they represent more respectively the north and south

[@nik5823]

Man... this video is making me want a more gopnik Latvia. Like, give the kid the full thugisa treatment and give him some adidas. And most importantly GIVE HIM HEIGHT.

[@yakigesher-zion7289]

I wish himaruya would have made actual research on stereotypes of countries and histories and kept things consistent.

[@starlightanimelover3217]

I think nothing makes sense in Hetalia .-.

[@Ned-nw6ge]

I thought I was early but then I saw I'm almost 2 years late.

[@arodoetukasiewicz497]

Nethie and me too XD

[@arodoetukasiewicz497]

jeffery Fields and I wonder 🤔

[@darkhorsearmor3513]

I think India is a supporter of Gandhi and is nice to England because it would help him get independents Also most of the nations look 19, 18 to me

[@anitasingha6436]

Actually the relation between India and England are generally been cordial thought lacking in depth. Indians don't hate British. Trust me I know cuz I am an Indian I have seen it you may google it for assurance

[@Kyrande_Foxfairy]

Actually I have no problem with the fact, that Hetalia countries are not like the people of the country. That would be horrible. I mean, for example hungarian people are always complaining and not that optimist as Elizabeta. So, I'm kinda fine with the how Hetalia represents the countries. I always thought that the Hetalia countries are some kind of independent existences of their own. Not like the epople of the countries, but the soul of the countries. I'm stupid, I know xd.

[@pinkpanda6184]

They're still lack of inaccuracies

[@thangfahsavung9120]

Hima focused on the characters more than historical accurance.

[@christinexu4080]

Mantana Jansi *accuracy I'm sorry, just a little reminder 😊! Little grammar mistakes are a pet peeve of mine 😧 that I should probably try to tolerate more 😓

[@phoslagusa2731]

Your picture shows True beauty

[@thangfahsavung9120]

Isabela Brown thanks fam. I'm gonna hang it there

[@TheOnePlatinumDragon]

As an Italian and a huge history nerd I need to say that the portrayal of Italy is so inaccurate and simplistic that HURTS! (and the only reason I don't feel seriously offended is because Hetalia is supposed to be comedy). I think that Himaruya needed a generic comic relief kind of character as a base to start off the manga and just decided to go with Italy. Also, it seems to me that he decided to consider Italian history only from 1914 onward, thus totally disregarding the 1500 years prior to that date ( and let's say that what he did consider are, for the most part, not actual facts but Anglo-American war propaganda induced stereotypes). So, yes, as much as I love Hetalia I really don't like the Italian brothers and Feliciano in particular: he definitely is NOT a good representation of the country, even if we're talking comedy.

[@Juanpablofanasito850]

Hetalia is not supposed to be accurate common stop trying to imply it is anglo american propaganda

[@maximummax7232]

Actually, in the manga, Finland is shown to be quite the alcoholic

[@dehydratedpissbaby6598]

sarah anderson true! And i do recall him saying that he is a heavy drinker, i think it was on a CD?

[@emppu1012]

Yes! Finland is in here! I love Finland but jeebus, they couldn't have gotten our country more wrong, I can't relate to him as a Finn aaaaat aaaaall. I would love for Finland to have Sweden's personality, though. 'Cos I could really relate more to Sweden's personality as a Finnish person XD

[@FlagAnthem]

Italy shouldn't act as a coward (especially in that WW1 segment)

[@cheriedavidson4704]

Also, I personally believe that Finland listens to death metal while reading something nice and classic! XD

[@harrietamidala1691]

Can you imagine hime rocking out to Hard Rock Hallelujah (a metal song that actually won Eurovision for Finland in 2006!).

[@ADerpyReality]

Start - This is an anime originally created in Japan and follows the same rewriting of history as Japan did to not only other countries but lost a lot of its own history in the process. Doesn't mean its 100% wrong just a lot can be taken with a grain of salt.

[@LittleUggy]

Drunk deathmetal loving santa sounds amazing. Also, it really bothers me that none of the characters have beards, especially in the historical strips. Germania would DEFINITELY be bearded. Maybe they're just hard to draw?

[@LittleUggy]

I guess France technically has one, too, but it barely counts.

[@beatsbycossack]

As an artist, I can confirm that beards are really hard to draw

[@Franlovesfrog]

Cuba has also a beard

[@rebeccan3262]

I really like Finlands character, but there should be more comics with the badass side of him, because Finland as a country is kind of hard core..

[@youngbounty1394]

10: There's hardly anything on India, not counting the times when he was under England. Him being nice to England may not be as inaccurate as you may think, being this takes place in the early 19th century. At the point England was sick, India and Britain had very good relations due to the Industrial Revolution going on at the time. India was booming from Britain, so they had no reason to hate the country. It wasn't until the Indian Mutiny of 1857 that things went sour from there. Hetalia doesn't just go into relationships of modern days, but also during the time it took place. For instance, when America was a colony under England, their relationship was the strongest, thus why America loved England so much, got along with him so well and didn't mind being bossed around so much. After the Revolution, their relationship turned sour, mostly America and Canada, thus why it's accurate that Canada was forcing America out his door. This is relating to Americans illegally trespassing into Canada and the stress it caused on the Canadians and the British Empire. It was so bad that they literally almost had a war over a pig. While I can't say India's the most accurate depiction, if we were to base it off of his relationship with England, it's not the strongest argument. India's relationship with England at the time was positive and this took place before the War of 1812. Their relationship wouldn't start going downhill until 1857. 9: I kinda agree, though being that we don't know a lot about Moldova and there are theories still up in the air, there's still the benefit of the doubt. There are too many questions about this character. My theory is that Moldova didn't exist until somewhere during the USSR, while Belarus existed longer technically. 8: Meh. I can forgive this, but only because China's treatment over Japan isn't always friendly. At times, China calls Japan "stupid Japan" and there's plenty of negativity and areas that China cannot stand about Japan. Him being nice to Japan can be somewhat accurate, because even though the government of China and Japan still have rocky relations, the people don't really care, at least the modern generation. They didn't live during the wars and often use the rivalry as mockery like the US and Russia are doing these days. Keep in mind that relations between time can heal through time. When a new generation is born that didn't live through wars, they will often be the ones that create the healing process between two nations. That is what is going on between Japan and China currently. Himaruya wasn't born during the wars, so how he depicts China is probably how many of his generation depicts the Chinese. That being said, as I stated before, it doesn't mean China is never mean and rude to Japan intentionally at times. Non of the countries are always mean and rude to each other. They had a positive or negative relationship at one point, then healed at some point in the future. America and England are great examples. Now, Japan and South Korea on the other hand... 7: Yeah, I agree with this. Sweden is especially inaccurate, but I get the feeling you're getting to that. 6: Makes no sense, I agree. I don't think they should age Latvia, but at least make him taller and a talk back kind of guy. 5: Lolz even the crossdressing makes no sense. I agree, it would've made more sense for Poland and Hungary to both be female. 4: The Korean War is still too soon, so I agree with this. While racism is a problem with Japan, China and South Koreans, it's worse in South Korea and they ingrain it into the younger kids of the next generation. There still needs to be more time before that whole hoopla can heal. Then, there's the comic when South Korea felt intimidated by America, who didn't recognize him **head bangs on table** South Korea's relationship with China and Japan should be with America. South Korea actually steals more from America, because it's farther away and can get away with it. Japan does complain about the copyright issues with South Korea, but only because of the tensions. South Korea steals ideas and shit from America more, because Koreans look up to Americans as their idols. 3: Yes, yes and YES. The only reason I would put Sweden lower on the list is because Sweden seems to only come out as scary at first glance, but is overly kind by his actions. He's willing to give Finland a place to stay at his house, even protect him and all the Nordics combined after the wars they've been through. Just like how Hima seems to be giving Finland a few touches to make his character more accurate to his people, he seems to be doing more with Sweden. Just look at his actions and tell me it isn't something you'd expect from a too nice person. I'd at least put Sweden on number 5 or 6. 2: I have a theory that not all Nations are human. Those like England possess magic, Russia can create curses and Romania has vampire fangs. If my theory is correct, this means that Romania and Moldova could be vampires, England could be a wizard and Russia could be a -demon- I mean wizard too heh heh. 1: I agree where you placed Ukraine, though there are Ukrainians that have families in Russia. The rocky relationships are VERY complicated. It would be more like Canada's and America's relationship after the Revolution in my opinion. We have to keep in mind that Hima is parodying the people from countries, not the government. Just because the two countries have horrid relations doesn't mean the people don't feel different. That being said, I do agree that there are definitely a lot of hard tensions, it just wouldn't be hatred. Hima did get it right when he created the comic of Ukraine wanting to talk to her brother and crying that her boss won't let her call him. It is referencing the separation of family from the separation of Ukraine from the Soviet Union. They still have problems separating families from Russia and Ukraine. It's awful and the governments aren't making it any better. The only thing I would say is inaccurate is the fact Ukraine doesn't cry bitterly over Russia's control over her to give some form of tension. It would make sense, the little brother feeling he should have control over his big sister and the big sister being all "you're not the boss of me. I'm the big sister." That's how America and Canada were during the War of 1812 with the competition over who is the oldest and wanting their own identity. Countries I think should've been mentioned in my opinion: Russia: Some things are accurate about him like how the countries look at him to most of his relationships and treatment towards other countries. The thing is, Russia smiles and is always happy. He also acts like a kid. These are the opposite of Russians. They are more blunt than the British and hardly ever smile. They're the kind that will tell you how it is. It is the reason why so many people from other countries vilify Russians. They are overly kind, but have trust issues. Russia acts incredibly naïve, which fits better with America, but NOT with Russia. Russians don't trust ANYONE. They're also critical, VERY critical, especially of America and Western Nations. They're not afraid to speak out to the point where they would make a British person speechless. That's pretty much it. Anyways, I enjoyed this video.

[@animegirl7881]

Number 10: all of them

[@Jaromir25]

I agree...

[@Juanpablofanasito850]

And

[@graceprice1035]

"I'm going to throw this character out the window and eat my cat" Me: nooo we must protect our feline overlords

[@_-Maika-_]

Hi, I know that it's a bit late xD I just want to say, that a lot of Polish people (along with me) ship LietPol, especially since I have nothing againsy Lithwanians. Also I complitly agree with the things you said about Poland's character, but I think it's worth mentioning that Polish people are less and less religious, even thogh it's still important for a lot of them.

[@baileyyum8463]

Here’s a list of why Korea got banned: 1. His personality is, Koreans are known as the Italians of Asia, so why is Italy not annoying but Korea is so annoying 2. We don’t grope people, we like to have physical contact like hugs and holding hands 3. We don’t like China or japan ( as mentioned in the video ) 4. And his habok is drawn wrong so Koreans found it insulting to our history 5. Koreans are known to overwork themselves and our education is intense 6. I understand copying like pepero and Kpop, but we don’t believe everything originated from Korea ( I keep editing this because I find so many more reasons btw I’m Korean)

[@alirakkara6874]

I personally dont like yong soo's character either. 1) he is awfully happy and carefree for a country with many depressed, socially pressured and suicidal people ((no offense)) 2) he doesnt seem to hate or at least dislike china and japan so much since honestly, he hates them and there are a LOT of mutual feelings in that aspect 3) he's kinda self-centered and boisterous like "look at me! Look at me!" as if he has no shame, when in fact, lots of koreans are really concious ((again, no offense)) These things are, at least, what i know about how hima and some fans interpret him as. Honestly, this is more annoying rather than offensive though. Its over the top, but it aint really meant to belittle or humiliate korea i think

[@chio3000]

Hi! This is just my own opinon (Please don't kill me) 1. Italy is very anyyoiiiinggggg and useless to be honest. (That base on the fact durinng WW2). I think Korea support to be a cheerful character instead of a crybaby, that's too underestimate. 2. Don't think it's perverted, I think it in the other way, but its just my thingking. 3. About china: In the past, China was a very powerful emprie that got really much respect from small country. If you fight with China, weather win or not, still cause a lot of prolems. So even inside you hate China, but because of peace, trading and to have a good relationship with powerful country, prevented to act nicely. So not only Korea has, the other countries too! But it doesn't seem they go on actually well, so Korea act a bit sweeter and more listened to China than the other country. Maybe it's just the in the past, but this is a anime about history. So why not Japan: Oh my goss yessssssss, say Korea like Japan like say Cuba fall in love with America... If I'm not mistake, there was a time Korean even hate America just because they have relationship with Japan. 4. Not only Korea, the other countries too. There are to much characters, to much design, to much research for every countries, so obviously there will be shortcomings. But your people are sensitive, I'm understand that 5. I agree! 6.It because the history book! Some of them were come from Japan or China for the truth! But it isn't enough to said Korea copied everything since every country on the Earth stole the culture from each other...! P/S: Love your prolife pic!

[@Gates_Writes]

Yo imagine if Sweden accidentally hit the note to start Welcome to the Black Parade and Finland just got super emo

[@ryanbryant-smith9850]

Haha😂

[@itspandasman3040]

Alright I have to tell u Have u ever heard Ceasar Millans quote: - No touch - No talk - No eyecontact Those are the norms us sweeds follow. If we see a person who throws up, we will ignore them, if a begger begs, we will ignore, if there are a lot of people on the bus station, we will ignore each other. So we're not exactley friendley, we are however POLITE! Honestley the only time we talk to each other is if we have to ask a question. Not joking

[@darkhorsearmor3513]

Maybe Finland is actually Aland and real Finland is to drunk to actually leave his house. This would explain why Finland is so nice since Aland is mostly Swedish

[@yakigesher-zion7289]

2:59 , nowadays Chinese and japanese, from my experience (I’m neither) are less hateful towards eachother because they do their own thing. I could be wrong, but the tensions between the everyday people aren’t as bad as say, between Armenia and Azerbaijan

[@moonseaeeveelutionsdance8863]

Yes Although there is still a sort of dislike. China...is not accuate in this sense AT ALL

[@beatsbycossack]

I actually have a short list of inaccuracies Hima could likely make for future characters - Nigeria being friends with Cameroon - Nauru being thin - Nagorno Karabakh hating Armenia as much as Azerbaijan - Mongolia still having a decent ego centuries after his empire fell - Saudi Arabia, Morocco, or UAE being a huge pedvert/sex addict

[@annieandelsieofarendelle3294]

They allow a man to take 4 wives in Saudi Arabia

[@beatsbycossack]

@@annieandelsieofarendelle3294 yeah but you can't have sex with them until after marrying them. Also if I'm correct the sex positions you can do are very limited.

[@annieandelsieofarendelle3294]

@@beatsbycossack Oh, I know that, just saying. They also have a law where if a woman is uncovered and is raped, it's her fault.

[@annieandelsieofarendelle3294]

@Choke Me No I read Saudi Arabian law and you need four male witnesses but sorry they went through that but the fact stands www.jurist.org/commentary/2017/05/mais-haddad-arab-world-laws-protect-the-rapist-not-the-victim/

[@eegiibolbishuuu]

actually most of the mongolians have very big egos

[@ineternalsuffering791]

I think all the hate and issues with other countries they know and they won’t forget that. But i think is part of the character personality like India being friendly. And part of the government too

[@ammoniasterism]

Finland might, secretly, drink Finland: *secretly drinks alcohol* Su-San will not know

[@rinamd3183]

I wanna give you a hug right now! You sounded like you were about to at the end! T^T Great video by the way. Your videos are always the highlight of my day :D

[@jimmymajor2892]

Just a guess- but maybe Sweden is super quiet because Swedes although friendly- tend to be quiet and to themselves until they get to know people better?

[@googleeatsfarts6492]

I just feel like bragging real quick- I CAN SLAV SQUAT LIKE A FREAKING GOD

[@lionpride2451]

I am Russian, German, and Finish ALCOHOL!!!

[@ejm51395]

I would also add Prussia to a certain extent. The loud, arrogant “I am awesome!!” nature is completely out of character with what a Prussian was supposed to be.

[@scoot-scoot51341]

You have my attention, please continue.

[@ejm51395]

Scout Herber Prussia was a very militaristic society that was very rigid and well...just not as loud and bombastic as the character is. If I had to guess the portrayal may have come from their military actions, which in that case it’s spot on.

[@i_will_not_elaborate]

I know it's annoying to see the characters misrepresented in fan-fiction but what if there was some Hetalia AUs where they are actually depicted as their country relations?

[@wannabehistorian371]

I know this is old, but could I interest you in my AU?

[@i_will_not_elaborate]

@@wannabehistorian371 sure

[@i_will_not_elaborate]

@@wannabehistorian371 i wrote it down but yeah it's weird that it keeps getting deleted

[@wannabehistorian371]

@@i_will_not_elaborate I wonder why... KZbin hates hyphens I guess.

[@emilyberg9787]

We love ya Hetafacts and will always support ya

[@chorus1407]

To be fair, Sweden is often presented as being softer than he looks. But Poland is just weird. And Picardy is weirder. (whyy is he a cat???). And I feel like most of Ukraine is accurate, except for the Russia thing.

[@hot-iced-coffee1295]

I do agree with the latvia thing. Why is he so small? People say that it’s because of Russia always pushing his head down; and I believed. But then there’s the fact that Latvians are tall and even before Latvia was with Russia, he was still small. I guess Hima got the character development a little rushed.

[@Zoecat101]

Prussia is so inaccurate it drives me crazy. He should be just like Germany, but his character is so immature. In canon his serious qualities are actually mentioned, but they’re hardly ever shown, and the whole awesome thing doesn’t make sense. Prussia was know for its military and Prussian virtues thing too.

[@KolkoCat]

Maybe because he represents East Germany now and the East Germans are known to be full of themselves.

[@Zoecat101]

Perhaps, but that was never confirmed, and while I agree with that theory, his identity as a character is mainly Prussia and is his history as Prussia. Also, other aspects such as his immaturity don't make sense, and a lot of other characteristics are confirmed like how organized he is, but he's hardly ever shown that way. But it's ok, he's still my favorite character.

[@Zoecat101]

That makes so much sense honestly Lol. Prussia is supposed to be super militaristic, and it's mentioned, but never really shown

[@Zoecat101]

Yeah I agree so much! Prussia had so much potential, and even though I still really like his character, I feel like that was wasted

[@GenAqua]

Love your stuff. I haven't watched Hetalia in forever.

[@natileroxs5226]

New Zealand isn't too accurate either but he isn't as bad. I think what most soured my thoughts about New Zealand is his English voice actor has an Australian accent! Not even a stereotypical New Zealand accent that everyone laughs at. His relationship with England should be much stronger, as New Zealand is almost England down south. There's more influence on the sheep thing (ugh it isn't as if sheep roam the streets) and it really annoys me. There are so many other things that are interesting about New Zealand. They fought in both world wars, they have a lot of culture and were the first country to give women the vote. I don't know how New Zealand is persived to the rest of the world but really, we aren't THAT close to Australia (Well maybe by distance). The countries have very different climates and human rights. Sorry to rant and I know New Zealand isn't a very big character but there is so much wasted potential.

[@YurikoHD]

So my mother is Indian and I asked her and her side of my family about the India thing and they told me that it's kind of the same as the Taiwan one. Quite a lot of Indians love Britain despite the whole, we're going to baiscly inslave your whole coutry thing, strangely enough so it'd actually kind of accurate... personally, I actually love Britain and having a British father myself. England just have a lot of opportunities and has recently helped idea out quite a bit, especially with TNC stuff, so I guess that might be why. It's like America without most of the stuff people hate about it and we all know how a lot of the world obsesses over America.