I had never heard of this show before, but seriously? SERIOUSLY? "China . . .tends to end his sentences with the suffix -aru, a Japanese stereotype of how Chinese people speak.. ."
"He also has a long and disfiguring scar across his back due to Japan injuring him during the First Sino-Japanese War. . ."
I'm guessing you just took a gander at the Wikipedia entry and haven't watched or read it yet, since a.) that seems to be the pattern with everyone I've met who has a problem with the comic/manga/show and b.) I did the exact same thing when I ran across it on TV Tropes.
As a complete pedant and historical accuracy nutjob who ruins movies for other people with my complaining, I can honestly say that I love Hetalia. It's all about recognizing stereotypes that people have of other countries (Japan is a passive-aggressive, misanthropic shut-in who mostly just wants to be left alone, and tells other countries what they want to hear so they'll go away; Canada -- bless him -- looks a lot like America and everyone either thinks he's America or doesn't notice he's there), poking fun at them, and occasionally doing something quite poignant with them. (The relationship between England and America is one of these. The War of Independence arc still makes me cry
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THERE IS NO WAY THIS CAN'T BE AWESOME.
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AND ALSO, FAILTASTIC AWESOME
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"He also has a long and disfiguring scar across his back due to Japan injuring him during the First Sino-Japanese War. . ."
SERIOUSLY?
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As a complete pedant and historical accuracy nutjob who ruins movies for other people with my complaining, I can honestly say that I love Hetalia. It's all about recognizing stereotypes that people have of other countries (Japan is a passive-aggressive, misanthropic shut-in who mostly just wants to be left alone, and tells other countries what they want to hear so they'll go away; Canada -- bless him -- looks a lot like America and everyone either thinks he's America or doesn't notice he's there), poking fun at them, and occasionally doing something quite poignant with them. (The relationship between England and America is one of these. The War of Independence arc still makes me cry ( ... )
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