HETALIA: A Fandom Retrospective

In which I dissect something that brought me a lot of joy, but also a lot of cringey moments. And in which my glasses don’t sit right on my face for half of the video. (PLEASE NOTE SOME OF THE TIMESTAMPS LISTED IN THE VIDEO ARE INCORRECT, sorry y’all, please check the table of contents below for proper use of navigation and skipping of sections.) Leave me a comment if you’ve got happy memories of Hetalia, and subscribe or like this video if you found any of this remotely interesting! Script: Sources: My Patreon: TABLE OF CONTENTS: 00:00 Intro 1:57 Content Warning 2:20 Hetalia, A Brief History 3:46 Himaruya and LiveJournal 7:08 Blanket Statements About Hetalia 9:41 Why Was Hetalia So Popular? 14:32 Why Was Hetalia Seen As So “Cringe“? 14:52 General Problems 17:30 N*zi Imagery 21:47 The Korea Controversy and Japanese Nationalism 31:44 Inc*st and P*dophilia.... sort of 34:3