What are the things that bother you about Hetalia? (go on and rant out everything)

Well the new art style kind of bothers me. I think it's cool I just don't think it's really for Hetalia. I'm used to it now though so it's not that bad.

Definitely the fandom too.
I just really don't like the over obsessive fangirls who try to turn Hetalia into something it's not and give it a bad image to others. I'm trying to get one of my friends into it and she honestly just isn't interested in watching it because she keeps running into the bad part of the fandom thinking it's some sort of yaoi. The shipping wars themselves I don't even need to explain because we have all seen how ridiculous they get.

I also really hate how some fans will use Hetalia to be disrespectful towards history. I mean don't get me wrong, I absolutely love both Hetalia and history. But they need to be kept separate. Like sometimes on youtube I will go to a history video and the entire comment section will be filled with Hetalia comments. Like this one video I went on to learn about Prussia the entire comment section was filled with either fans who kept commenting about Hetalia saying stuff like "NO AWESOME PRUSSIA DON'T DIE!!!", or people wondering what Hetalia was, or mocking Hetalia and telling them to stop. Seriously, I hate it when fans make Hetalia look bad like that, not only Hetalia but history itself. A few comments now and then is fine but hundreds? I had to go through 7 pages of comments until I could find one that related to the actual Prussia. I just wish these fans would realize how Prussia existed as more than just an anime character. And then there's other fans who will use Hetalia to make a joke out of horrible events! I literally met a fangirl once who said that the, "The atomic bomb was just America raping Japan". Really, are you freaking kidding me?!? You don't know how hard it was to resist the urge to slap her. Tens of thousands of people died and you dare make such a vulgar joke?!

And as @FreedomEagle said, it really really bothers me that South Korea can't be in the anime, and doesn't even show up in the manga much anymore ;__; His country called him a criminal act? What the heck?!? He's a anime character! He's a stereotype! That is not a criminal act! Being put into an anime to have millions of fans fall in love with the country and character is a criminal act?!? My country is a arrogant, rude, hamburger eater and I love him! Get a sense of humor people! Besides, South Korea is one of the most lovable characters in Hetalia. He's my 2nd most favorite I find him to be so hilarious, amazing, and even beautiful with a deep personality. It just hurts to see such an amazing character thrown out of the show like that. </3

There's no South Korea in the anime, and he doesn't appear much in the manga anymore. That makes me sad.
I think because of the horribly negative feedback he got from South Korea, Himaruya is getting more cautious about putting the characters in historical events. I mean, Hetalia used to be a parody of history, but now it mostly jokes about cultural differences and life. I don't mind it at all, but it's a bummer that Hima is doing it because he's probably worried about causing another outburst.

The anime doesn't include that many characters... well it's only the 5th season but still!! I really want to see characters like Hong Kong, Seychelles, etc appear more in the anime :3

The pervy jokes. If it's just me, really won't mind it since I'm already an adult. The concern there is... we got minors in the fandom, the majority of it.

Yes, I have to agree with you on that... The fandom is filled with people who takes this anime too seriously! I mean, it's an ANIME. And people say that it's a good thing to take it seriously, but really, taking an anime too seriously shows that you are an anti-social geek. And it's totally unhealthy. -____-" And then there are fangirls that cyberbully others just because of what they ship. WTH? They don't even know them in person! And they jump to a conclusion that if you ship some certain pairing, that makes you an idiot. No, that doesn't. In fact, the true idiots are the people that call others idiots. (And let me tell you, that was quoted from FRANCE.) Honestly, what's wrong with shipping something we like? It's not going to affect our lives in any way, because we'll eventually grow up and get a job, and probably get a family. And by then, we would've totally grown out of this anime. And people say that shipping something we like makes you shallow. No it doesn't, because I'm not into hot guys or girls. With that logic, someone could say that liking Hetalia is being shallow. Because there are some people that dislike this anime, and they could have the exact same logic. Also, I would like to say that in a way, everyone is shallow. No seriously, it's true AND it's scientifically proven. Everyone wants a good looking partner, no matter what they say. It's in your subconscious that you want a good looking partner.

Also other girls get picked on because they don't like shonen-ai. And they are called homophobes. No, not liking shonen-ai does not make you a homophobe. If you hate gay people and are against gay rights, that makes you a homophobe. I'm pretty sure there's gays and lesbians who don't like looking at straight couples too. But THEY don't get bashed on, do they?

Also I don't like the shipping wars and sub vs dub wars. Like seriously. Someone is entitled to their own opinion. And people try to start wars and stuff. Really? That is immature. Sometimes I wonder how the heck their parents raised them up. Did they not get taught manners or what? It makes me proud to have parents that taught me to do the right things... At least I don't bash on other people's opinions.

Another thing that pisses me off is that people say that making the countries human are OCing them. Keep in mind that OC stands for ORIGINAL character, meaning that it's your own ORIGINAL character that you made by yourself from scratch. Does making a country human seems like an original idea to you? Of course no.

Yeah, I sound like I'm complaining a lot, but it's just because I'm sick of this stupid nonsense going around. So sorry about that...

A lot of things...

1. The Fandom. Seriously, rape and pedophilia is NOT FUNNY! Cut it out. These things are serious and should never ever ever be mocked/joked about. It hurts me every time someone falsely accuses a character of pedophilia or rape. It isn't funny and I'm so tired of seeing these comments. And not just that~! I've come across fan wars with pairings, weeabo's being... well weeabo's and heard many heart breaking stories of fans being bullied. This fandom is just... ugh. I feel ashamed sometimes to be here but, thank god it's not all that bad~ There's some really very nice people here and I've made lots of wonderful and amazing friends~ <3

2. Smut fanfictions. I HATE this so much. I swear I've come across smut fanfictions before and I cannot stand them. I swear some fangirls just write these things to satisfy their gross fantasies. You do not need pure sex to make a story for your OTP. Love is much more than just sex. Think of your OTP's history, the things in canon, their relationship, their chemistry. So much more than sex. If you're going to make a yaoi story consider those things. And it's not just pairings either~! It's Hetalia character x random OC or Hetalia character x the reader. It's almost like your turning Hetalia into some giant fanservice. It's disgusting and it breaks my heart.

4. Fanarts. I don't have any problems with fanarts. Just don't forget the original. Anyways, what I hate most is pretty much the same with fanfictions.

5. Doujinshi's. GET THESE AWAY. I don't like Doujinshi's. Unless it's something not pornographic, great~ I don't mind. If it's R-18, get it away. Seriously, it's not a story or manga. It's basically almost like porn. What 13 year-old kid is going to read something like that? I don't get it. Hetalia is not a hentai. Stop making it look like one. It's a beautiful anime that's been beautifully and cleverly created.

And so much more~!

Eh, the Bashing
I can live with Smut, Doujinshis and all that. As long as it's not forced into my face. That's gonna be in every fandom. Nothing wrong with losing a pint of blood once in a while.

It's the bashing I hate though.
Not just here, but everywhere, youtube and other sites of which I will not name cause there's too many. Everyone is bashing on each other for stupid differences.
1. Pairings- I'm gonna tell the truth... I DON'T GIVE A DAMN WHO YOU ANYONE SHIPS! I'll respect it though, and you better as hell respect mine.
I'm sick and tired of people bashing each other on who ships who. it's the stupidest arguments I ever heard and I take a class devoted to argument. We're talking about countries people. Who give a crap about their histories, oh course we should take it into persective but that doesn't mean devote ourselves to it. History is history, but the hetalians have personalities. Take that into perspective and stop saying crap like oh I Totally ship FRUK just because of the Hundred Years War.

2. The History- Stop bashing people because they don't know as much history. I'm an AP Student with an A in AP World History, AP US History and I will be taking AP Euro History, not to mention I been interested in World culture since as I learned countries existed, and I made a 4, a freakin 4, on my AP World Exam (dude I don't know about you but that was amazing for me) but I'm never gonna bash someone else just because they don't know who Prussia was allies with in the Austrian Succession War.
Yes History matters but this is still an anime. A HILARIOUS FUNNY AWESOME anime. But still an anime, and not some damn exam. Not everyone sits at their computer everyday looking up historical facts. Think about it, FMA fans don't sit around trying to break the secret to immortality are they?


There you go that was my rant. But I have a reason to. I've faced alot of bashing since I started this fandom. I've NEVER in my life faced bashing like I did with Hetalia. There are people who hate the fandom bashing me for being in the fandom (of course I deal with them reasonably) and there are people in the fandom bashing me.
An advice for everyone...
I'm not sure what everyone's getting from Hetalia, but to me, Hetalia taught me that no matter how different we are in this world, in order to survive we must all work together.
I love this world, and I love my people as much as I love people from Germany. I want to see this world. I want to explore every beauty that exists in it. I want to stop racism, sexism, discrimination, bullying, crime...
But in an anime that talks about countries, why is everyone still bashing each other for differences?
Hetalia is funny, and awesome, let's watch the anime and enjoy it, can't we everyone?

Well, I've nothing bad to say about most of the things. Some stuff just really doesn't get on my nerves as much as other things.

The thing i really hate is all this "France is a rapist" and "Spain is a pedo" stuff. First of all, France never raped anybody, and since when is Spain a pedo?

that's all C:

On a side note, I want to say that it kind of gets on my nerves when some fans are rude and act as though certain fans are below them because they don't sit with their noses in history books all day long. To appreciate Hetalia, you don't need to be able to recall the dates of some sort of obscure event happening. Telling somebody that they 'need to know a lot of history before watching the five minute stereotype show called Hetalia' is like telling me that in order to understand a show about clowns is that I need to read books about blowing up balloons and pulling cards out of my sleeves. Just because I can't pull up a wayward fact about General Whathisname on command doesn't make me any lesser of a person. History is important, but let's not forget here that Hetalia is a show with personified countries that yell the word 'Pasta~!' and get freaked out by weird people in cat costumes and jump out of airplanes because the snow is soft and freak out about turtle invasions and get the world taken over by white aliens and save the world with a magic marker and- I think you get my drift here.

All in all, doesn't Hetalia also subtly let you know what's being referenced with the Narrator Lady? And the occasional trivia facts at the end of a segment? The viewer isn't left totally in the dark like 'whoah what's a revolutionary war durrrrrr'.

/rant over

MY first complaint is pretty much exactly what the asker said. I have been called some awful names, on THIS site, just because I don't like a particular pairing.

Though I can add on to it. The way we rip characters apart, or lionize them is too much. For example, this is someone everyone brings up, Seychelles. She is by no means my favorite girl, hell, she is at the bottom of the list. But not because she is a dumb bitch who gets in the way of England yaoi pairings. Just because a girl may also be paired with a guy who happen to like in a yaoi pairing doesn't make her a bitch. My best friend thinks like this, and I want to strangle her sometimes. (Belgium is another good example)

Speaking of England, we lionize him. I'll see someone make a favorite guy list, and they'll get insulted for no having Iggy in there. Guess what? He isn't on mine. What are you gonna do about it? Seriously, bashing for having a different preference of characters. Really? (Romano is a good example well.)

My only other major complaint is the author's reliance on fanservice. I understand that you want to please fans, but Himaryua (I forgot how to spell his name) just bends over backwards. (Some I don't mind--like when he draws them with glasses just because it's hot) Stuff like pushing pairings, however, sucks. Part of the appeal of Hetalia is the shipping possibilities, without the confinements of canoncy. But when he pushes for one popular pairing, that element is sort of lost.

It's just the fans that I don't like. Not the ones who are nice but those who doesn't take your opinions, ESPECIALLY this site. I say this one thing and all I get is "Oh you're wrong so your argument is invalid", I'll just sit there and be like "when was I arguing?". I also hate seeing people being called disrespectful for the countries. Like I've seen Toast say "You think respecting fictional people is better than respecting real people?" if you think that's the case then get of my face! There are REAL people who face actual danger everyday and those are the people who I'll respect! You think I got time to respect an anime character?! I also hate it when fans think they could just take an event and make it canon for Hetalia for example 9/11, that's really disrespectful for those who died or the Boston bombings, not much people died but alot of people were hurt.

I apologize if I offended you guys but this is what I hate. So I'm really sorry.

I hate it how there are rules to the fandom:
1. You have to agree with what other people think cuz they're always right.
2. You MUST ship a pairing
3. If you don't ship a pairing, you disrespect a charatcer.

Well you know what? I'll just crumple this and throw it away! I've had enough of it! I've been called names for not liking a pairing or just becuz I don't agree with something. Hetalia is an anime where you can discuss how funny the anime is not some religion that you must worship, if I don't agree with something then I don't, but don't DARE call me names becuz of it! I had a friend who left the fandom becuz she was bullied too. She was really depressed and I couldn't stand what this fandom did to her, well no more! I want this fandom to better, if not then it will shatter to pieces and they will never be glued again. Also: If I don't like a pairing, I got three words: DEAL WITH IT! Don't throw it in my face it'll make me hate it.

There is my rant. I felt like a volcano exploding so I'm gonna go gorge myself into some chips I bought.

First of all, I hate when people start fighting over pairings, some that can't even happen. Like GerIta, or Spamano, for example, they both can't happen, since Himaruya said that both Italy and Romano like women.

And I hate how people are always putting in Prussia fanfictions something like, "The awesome Prussia kesesese~" or "I'm awesome~" Prussia isn't always like that. In fact, that episode where France is going over his losses, when France is hitting someone on the head, Prussia's looking at him like "Dafuq is he doing?"

And I hate it when people write reader inserts with China, where somewhere in the plot, they either:

a) The reader and China are fighting over a Hello Kitty pin or something like that

b) China gives the reader something from his "Hello Kitty collection"

or c) China's fucking obsessing with the reader about Hello Kitty

China is a grown ass country. Fucking obsessing over Hello Kitty is probably something he'll find childish, which in the first episode, he was sighing over the countries for being childish.

The same thing goes for hating on France. I don't know why people think he's a pervert, but they're wrong. I've seen quizzes where if you pick one perverted answer, you're supposed to be France's perverted buddy or something. I've seen a story where the author was fucking surprised that she had to do a one shot for France, and another where she started out by say, "Ugh, here's France"

I want to say something to all those fandom assholes..... You're a fucking disgrace to the Hetalia fandom.

That's about it.

I know right? Yesterday me and this girl were talking about hetalia and I said,"I don't really like france but I still think his character is sorta funny..." so she got all protective telling me to respect him or I would pay. so I replied, "HE DOESN'T EXIST WTF! It's just an opinion! You call Germany a Jew stealing a**** but do I get in your face about it!" GRRRRRRRRRR WHY IS HETALIAFANBASE SO FREAKING VIOLENT!

The fandom. Obviously -rolls eyes- No, not the beautiful , mature, and awesome side of the fandom, but the childish, idotic, and ignorant side of the fandom. The ones who make offensive jokes that aren't even funny, and lacking of wit. Always over assuming a character [ex: France is a rapist, Russia's a murderer]. Pairing wars. Urgh. Overly attached yaoi fangirls, who only care for the hotness and not care about the actual feelings involved, and would bash on yuri.

Those who flame other pairings, claiming that theirs is the best, and the only ship. Hating on a character because s/he [mostly she] because they get in the way of the 'yaoiz,' or because they are an obstacle for these so called fangirls in order to build relations with a character.

Which brings us to my next , oh-so-favourite part, OC's. Undeveloped, MarySues/Gary-Stus, lack of research, only for the purpose of pairing the OC with a canon chara, and the worst of all, SELF-INSERT OCs. Yes, I actually met someone, they-who-shall-not-be-named. This person is obsessed with a certain character, and made an rp page just for them and the character. Extremely OOC, lovey-dovey towards them when he's not like that. Even made a self-insert OC just to do so, obviously not researched at all. Not crediting the artist for the art they use for their OC. Oh, and they made an rp account of her character, in which they used to rp their fantasies with their character. Yes,they with their self. They also act possessive of this character and mean towards their friends,who somehow put up with them. Wow.

Oh, did I mention 'fans' bullying RL people for their nationality, based on Hetalia? Almost forgot the 'doitsu' religion/fandom. It used to be funny, but now it's just stupid. No offense ^u^. Hmm, also bullying, again, because of a pairing.

Oh, and that Boston Bombing accident? You could see some 'fans' have written fanfictions and made fanarts about them, and it's usually for their OC's to 'comfort' America, you know, for a pairing. 'OMG mah OC IS TOTALLY COMFORTING AMERICA AND THEY'RE LIKE TOGETHER NOW!!!one!11one' yea, those kinds of comments.

Oh and bashing. How could I not love this fandom? -sarcastic voice-

Though I'm grateful this fandom is not only consisting of pillocks. Getting real tired of this shet.

Oh, by the way..this picture is one of the examples..found it on a nice Hetalia page, the admin herself was overwhelmingly annoyed by these.