pastaaa!

so. i have this secret love. and its name is axis power hetalia. and i am going to talk about it now because it's...pretty awesome. it's about...well, here is how some random person on the internetz described it:

Axis Powers Hetalia is basically a webcomic-turned-manga-turned-anime about the world's countries turned into bishonen and left to play out World History, cracky boys' love style. All the countries have their intense stereotypes (Canada covers everything in maple syrup, Russia's snow-crazy, and America loves pizza). Countries merging mean a marriage, alliances (usually) mean a relationship, countries splitting are a divorce.

do you see why i love it so much? bl and history put together, what more do i need. it's basically the nerdiest thing ever and i only understand what's going on like a third of the time but it's fantastic. the stereotypes really are ridiculous but it's just too funny to really care about. the history part is a little more bothersome to me because at times you feel like a lot of these really serious events are being totally trivialized and glossed over in a major, not-so-good way. i mean, it sort of goes against western [and especially american] thought to be suddenly presented with chibi versions of the axis powers. i think in the end it's one of those things where everybody's being made fun of and stereotyped so it's okay-ish and america just put a hamburger on his head so it's all good.

so! after that whole thing, in case anyone is interested, these three are good web comics to start with [russia is awesome], and here is where you can watch the episodes online. there's only three so far and they're only five minutes long! the end song is way catchy. and now i am watching the first episode again and it is making me wonder if i am just crazy for loving this the way i do. ah well. let's have a toast with our boots!