It has been announced that the 5th volume of Hetalia is completed and will be released on the 31st of July, in just over two months time
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I like Romania too. It's weird all the wank he got, considering how little of his personality we *actually* got to see.
'Well actually, female characters do tend to be brushed aside for the hot men. That's a downside, for certain.'
Agreed. I think the pretty significant male/female divide in Hetalia, much like Hetalia's portrayal of Korea, or *that* Chibitalia strip, is the subject of an awful lot of whitewashing in fandom. There is, roughly, only one female character to 6 male characters, and that is a pretty size-able under-representation of women in the manga. I can understand that, as a guy, it's probably much easier for Himaruya to create male characters than female ones, but still, especially when you consider that, more than just characters, they represent *nations*, that's a pretty notable discrepency, and I certainly agree there needs to be more female characters. That's not to the point where I would start a hate campaign against a new character though, purely because he happens to have a penis 0.0.
And that is a really intesting idea, and you do have to think about that. I wonder how they would have? That would be an interesting subject for a fanfiction.
'Well actually, female characters do tend to be brushed aside for the hot men. That's a downside, for certain.'
Agreed. I think the pretty significant male/female divide in Hetalia, much like Hetalia's portrayal of Korea, or *that* Chibitalia strip, is the subject of an awful lot of whitewashing in fandom. There is, roughly, only one female character to 6 male characters, and that is a pretty size-able under-representation of women in the manga. I can understand that, as a guy, it's probably much easier for Himaruya to create male characters than female ones, but still, especially when you consider that, more than just characters, they represent *nations*, that's a pretty notable discrepency, and I certainly agree there needs to be more female characters. That's not to the point where I would start a hate campaign against a new character though, purely because he happens to have a penis 0.0.
And that is a really intesting idea, and you do have to think about that. I wonder how they would have? That would be an interesting subject for a fanfiction.
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