My Top Ten Most Annoying Hetalia Characters 

14:49 In Hima's defense, when you're basically just some guy and your webcomic ends up causing a minor diplomatic incident, I do think the safest reaction would be to try and distance yourself from it in some way

It's funny how much the perception of Russia differs from one fan to another and from country to country. First of all, as a Russian myself I've had close contacts with the Russian fandom and used to be friends with many Russian hetalians. There are two positions: Russians either despise him or adore him, no in-between. For multiple reasons. Also the fandom image of Russia is so OOC but it's rooted so deep into the fandom that people forget what his canon personality is. Russia is manipulative and creepy but also naive and childish and honestly kinda cute. Screw that, said the fandom, let's make him the most depressed edgelord in history, let's make him swear every five seconds and be gloomy and hate his life and everyone in it. I understand that his canon creepy cute yandere personality is perfect for comedy but not really fitting for anything more serious so adding that OOC part when you absolutely can't avoud it makes sense. The thing is, his personality matches Russia as a country the way it is seen in the world right now but Russian people are very different so he's kinda inaccurate.

I think the reason why Hima made the Philippines male is that the nation itself was named after King Philip. Though I get why and many others are upset with his decision.

4:10 The way I see it, Ukraine as a PERSON feels a deep bond with Russia because they met when they were so little and they considered each other siblings. She has fond memories of Ivan and wishes they could all be family and close like things used to be (Russia also shows this sentiment from time to time). As Nations, however, they aren't supposed to be on as good terms. Katya was shown having been advised by her boss not to see Ivan and she expresses sorrow for this, because she misses being close to him as a person regardless of politics. Watching those anime episodes nowdays after the war started surely feels bitter, but I do believe it didn't actually age like milk, I've always thought what Himaruya was trying to convey there was their feelings as human beings and not as puppets by their respective governments. Hetalia characters always have their own personality, feelings and wishes that don't necessarily overlap with their people's average or their government's wishes. Germany not being a fervid Nazi during WW2 despite being forced to follow orders should've proven that enough.

We get all the Japanese prefectures but literally NONE of Latin America, a FEW middle east, TWO from Africa...bruhhhh 💀 like can we at least get countries like Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Kenya and Nigeria?? Like damn💀

As a portuguese I would like a lot more if Portugal was a woman, specifically because like ... PORTUGAL IN HETALIA IS JUST A CLONE OF SPAIN, but also because the Portuguese Republic in portuguese is female like the "gender of the words" is female and it would be really interesting to have another female character(also forgot to mention that the capital is always refered by the locals as a woman, THERE IS LITERALLY A SONG ABOUT IT("Lisboa menina e moça" for the curious)). Also in your video 65 Facts About Every Single Hetalia Character I never understood why Himaruya decided that "you know what I'm gonna add that the person who taught Portugal how to fight Spain was England" when historically that doesn't make sense since Portugal and Spain have been fighting way before Portugal asked for England's help so ... yeah.

Unpopular opinion: Hima was right about making Ireland as a male instead of a female. If Ireland was a female character we would have got 1849021 fanfics about how Ireland got pregnant of England and how Northern Ireland was born, we already had a few fics where England was like very bad with Ireland, can't mention here cause its sensitive topics when he wasn't even canon, so now that he is canon, I'm glad he is a male, I think you guys dont realize the AMOINT of England x Ireland or Scotland x Ireland if Ireland was a female so it's a big no for me. But I agree with Philipinnes not being a woman as for Portugal I don't really him either

Philippines, Ireland, and Portugal is quite a troublesome in History if those characters happens to be female. Especially with the Philippines because of the treacherous history with Spain, America, and Japan. Are you aware of the consequence of the shipping controversy that may be tied with History? Himaruya with the given credit that took so long is because he wants to prevent a "Korea Controversy Scandal" where ironically Korea was omitted in the Anime. Many Filipinos who i know do not give a DAMN if the country was portrayed as a Man as long as the history is not inaccurate, lately in the country has been struggling with History Inaccuracy and History Revisionism for decades now. Also the country was named after a King of Spain. For Ireland, it is also again with history that may be more troublesome with England with England's wrongdoing with banning of Ireland's Culture and Language which messes up that not all Irish People speak Irish as their Main Language apart from English. Portugal also ties with History too with Spain Again i could go on, but given where credit is due to Himaruya, he does take time to do research with History and not to offend a lot People. Sometimes a Female character is not suited due to insensitive History and depiction of stereotypes. Korea is not in the anime, isn't it that not enough? i ain't sexist but i wish some characters were female too like Poland, Croatia, or Romania for example. There's a saying goes "This is why we can't have nice things!"

12:00 Poland didn't disappear for the same reason why Italy somehow existed through all the centuries when Italy as an actual Nation didn't exist, and the strip you showed at 12:07 implies this very well: this strip is about the raise of Patriotic sentiment in the 1800s, which was a big factor in why the multi-ethnic Austro-Hungarian Empire eventually crumbled from the inside. Hetalia Personifications are mostly not linked to whether an Independent government exists or not, but to whether they have people who recognize themselves as part of a set of traditions/cultures/language/history and perceive themselves as 'something else' compared to all other existing Nations. Poland disappeared as an independent Country, but Poles did not. Much like Italians, being ruled by foreign Nations only made their patriotic sentiment burn more strongly, which allowed their Heta-Self to survive.

glad someone is talking about this 4:04. also egypt and cyprus so so true like those people in these countries who are LOUD anyways, especially as someone who lives with people from both countries. and poland is soooo true haha i feel the same and he’s my favorite

We got all the Japanese prefectures. And yet no rest of the Americas or Africa

Your opinion on Russia is sad, but valid. Even though I joined the fandom pretty late, I knew he was a controversial character. Lots of reasons to love him, but also lots of reasons to hate him. He's always been kind of hard for me to define, especially because his actions and behaviors contradict his thoughts and intentions many times. A seemingly deliberate writing choice, but one that I'm not sure Hima has executed that well. I like Spain and generally think he's funny, but he's not much of a favorite of mine. The Romano stuff is a pretty big reason why, but I also think his personality is kinda boring lol I completely agree with you on the Ancient Nations. Their designs are so cool, but I could not care less about them. All that aside, your dedication to the series has always been admirable. I consider myself an avid fan of the anime, but have admittedly not even caught up to the most recent season. I don't even read the manga. Meanwhile you're like the Hetalia encyclopedia lmao. It helps that you also draw upon your own historical knowledge and worldly experiences.

So painful that you got frustrated with your most loved character...I felt this pain through the screen, i've never had this experience thought

At this point I just have decided that the whole regions are body parts aspect of Hetalia isn't canon and hasn't been for almost a decade. It was never a good edition to the series to begin with. Wasn't one of the first instances of this Hima making Corsica Italy's nipple? And he only did that just to have France molest Italy. Nevermind the fact Corsica is a part of France today so does that mean France owns Italy's nipple? Probably. It wasn't funny in 2007 and its not funny now. This lore can die, give me region personifications instead.

I totally agree with Poland. He had so much more potential in the series and history that could of been used, but they didn't use any of it

Hard agree with Germania. The only time I ever cared about him was in someone else's fancomic where they actually gave him character. And this is coming from someone who loves the Germanic nations as characters

The points you made about some countries, especially Egypt and Cyprus, make me think of how probably not having official post-Yugoslavia countries + Albania may actually be a blessing in disguise, as I fear they could be made into something basic like these poor guys... Egypt and Turkey would probably be your typical loud salesmen guys next to which Denmark looks like a calm person, and Cyprus would be just as intense as Greece about his excavations and history and would boast about it quite often (and for a good reason). I'm not from either of these countries, I'm just reading about their history and people, that's the idea I'm getting from what I've heard and seen so far.

With Poland I'm also angry that the WHOLE HISTORY WITH PRUSSIA WAS SCRAPED Like, this really is friends to enemies scenario (maybe Prussia being even jealous of Lithuania hanging out with Poland) and it wasn't even mentioned, Grunwald was a joke I heard that Hima later mentioned on his blog that he wished he did something woth Prussia and Poland, yet nothing came out for it

I agree with you on a lot of these! I also kind of fell out of love with Russia over time, though I don't really know why. I also just don't really like Spain or the Ancients. The implications of canon personified Japanese prefectures confuse me (especially as a state OC creator). And oh lord what the hell was Hima thinking when he made Picardy??? I once downloaded a countryhumans dating sim for shits and giggles and was expecting to laugh at it but I ended up actually kind of...liking a lot of the characterization??? Sometimes even more than the characterization in Hetalia??? Like the game's Finland and Sweden were quite different (much closer to the swapped-Hetalia personalities you mention at 1:06), I liked the Finland-Sweden and Poland-Lithuania dynamics (Lithuania is a badass buff gal which the Hetalia fandom would go WILD for), there was a great PolHun BrOTP going on, and I ended up going for the Poland route because I loved him in the game. I can't believe I'm saying this, but I honestly wish some of the canon Hetalia characters were more like the characters in the countryhumans dating sim.

1. I also wanted Ireland, Portugal and the Philippines to be girls 2. I know it would make more sense Sweden to be the friendly and happy one, and Finland to be the quiet one, but to be honest, I’m fine with how Himaruya has portrayed them. 3. Latvia is indeed interesting and cute character; Ukraine also has a sweet personality, but her relations with Russia? Oh, boy… OH, BOYYYYY 4. I agree with Moldova being a child (due to being a small country) and Romania’s little brother. And the reason why he doesn’t wear pants because Moldova is a poor country. 5. I’m basically the real life Russia - I can be quite creepy and manipulative at times, but also very naive and childish. 6. Egypt and Cyprus need more screen-time and development. Especially Egypt considering that it’s an ancient county with awesome history. 7. I’m fine with Poland being a guy, but he MISSES most Polish stereotypes (e.g. having a strong Catholic faith and being a heavy drinker). He used to be my favourite character not long time ago, but over time, I stopped caring about him. Still, I would love to see Hima making an episode about Polish history, considering that Polish history is very epic. 8. I agree with you about Spain. 9. Himaruya should redeem Korea. And to be honest, I think there should be characters for both South and North Korea 10. I’m actually interested in the ancient characters, and I find the relation between Rome and Germania really funny 11. This is really confusing. 12. WHY DOES PICARDY EVEN EXIST 😭😭😭

2:11 The heights Hima released recently are supposedly the ones they have in current times. 140 cm was the height Latvia was mentioned to have under the Soviet Union and he did mention that he should be 10 cm taller but his height was compromised by Russia constantly pushing down on his head. Since now the USSR is no more and Latvia is an independent Country, it only makes sense that Hima made him 15 cm taller (155cm). The fact that some of their heights changed from the 20th to the 21st Century based on historical events is furtherly proven by the strip where Romano notices that Italy grew taller than him despite being shorter during WW2. Hetalia characters' heights aren't simply based on average height in their Country, it's also (if not mostly) based on their history, geopolitical behavior and economy.

3:45 Honestly.... you can put Belarus on the same page as well, a century old spoiled milk on her part. Because of the severe censorships not a lot is heard about Belarus like Ukraine but there have been major conflicts regarding their leader and to an extent Russia (because it butts in) mostly in 2020 and the sentiment likely didn't fade due to the amount of violence that ensued from it. So unless the opinions of corrupt leaders matter more than the dozens of citizens, current aph Belarus is not an accurate representation of her country, like at all, she only shares the name. Also I think Egypt should've remained with brown eyes or turn them amber, too many characters with green eyes lately. Cyprus's hairstyle is a crime and he looks like a kid's first oc. Also as an artist I can kinda see why this dude has no fanarts, he's too plain looking. Hima should redesign him idc that he already appeared in the anime like this, no one will remember.

0:55 as filipino i went from "oh no, the boi is in the dishonorable mention" to.."actually valid reason fr fr"

I’m glad they made the Philippines a male. I’m sick of all the Mary sue OPs and now we can see the canon character is far from it.

Ooh a remake of one of my most favorite videos! For me some of the more annoying characters are: Greece: Why u so quiet? Why u so sleepy?? Where the hell is your relationship with Italy??? Russia: Why are you smiling so much? Belarus and Ukraine: Now this is a bit insulting. Elaborating on Belarus, Belarusians are known to be polite and neat. Liet: Why are you such a doormat? Germania: I love his design, but… Augh making all the tribes one character makes no sense. It makes as much sense as a Native America. Poland: Doesn’t need to be explained. Prussia: He acts like a militaristic Bavaria. I want to see Hardass Soldier Brother Prussia. He should be the REASON Germany is the way he is. Also why is he still alive? Why is he East Germany? He makes so little sense! Finland: I understand why you’re like this. Japanese people think of Finland as the land of Moomins and cozy furniture. I know this. I’m Japanese. But wow what missed opportunity. Philippines: Why are you male? HRE: The HRE was way more interesting than just an orbiter simp of Italy. For one, there’s a REASON they wanted Italy so much. It thought of itself as literally Rome reborn. Making HRE/Chibitalia _very_ awkward. Also where is his juicy rivalry with Eastern Rome? Oh wait, we can’t discuss the Holy ROMAN Empire actually thinking of itself as Rome because of his romance with Chibitalia! Siiiggghhhh. Korea: Hima, you didn’t have to be 100% PC. I get it. But this was a minefield. I also wish Korea was depicted as this serious workaholic perfectionist who is way in over his head, not the annoying little brother. Sweden: Why is he scary? Swedes aren’t stereotyped as scary. I know about the Swedish Empire, but… Having a big scary Empire wasn’t limited to Sweden. Also why the obsession with Finland? He should have a similar dynamic with Finland as Spain and Romano, where Sweden raised him. Iceland: The national catchphrase is literally “It will sort itself out!”. And then we have this angsty boi. …??? And his clothing annoys me. Iceland had no concept of formalities until recently. He should be wearing a sweater or something. Estonia: Why is he a self-insert? He’s another one who should be portrayed as stoic. A deadpan character who the wackier characters can bounce off of. Instead we’ve got Mr. Self-Insert. Sigh. Latvia: Repeat after me, everyone; WHY U SO SMOL? Edits: I like that Russia is a toxic person. It just makes sense, really. Also having a Belarus that isn’t a yandere and more accurate to Belarusian history would have gone perfectly with this Russia; this fairly weak country that has been through so much BS that she wants nothing but safety, and big brother Russia is willing to give her it. Oh my god you really hit the nail on the head with Egypt and Cyprus. Imo Cyprus should be making the problem _worse_ between Greece and Turkey. Anyone have any ideas for plots and storylines with Egypt? I’m not that well-versed in Egyptian history. Also he should _not_ be so quiet. Same issue as Greece. Poland in my Alt-talia series has got to be one of my favorite characters to write. Though I have him literally cloned into three people after the partitions, because other countries have had their borders abolished and not died, but I write him during the Commonwealth era as this large ham who grandiosely declares himself the BULWARK OF CATHOLICISM and I love it. His lost potential crashes into Liet as well; they could have had a terrible friendship breakup due to the circumstances that erupted into the Polish-Lithuanian War, but we don’t get that drama. I don’t find the fact he still existed after the partitions to be too lore-breaking; again, other countries have had their borders abolished and still exist. I mean, why else would Romano still exist? Korea… Imo there’s tons of potential with two Koreas you could do but I’m pretty sure Hima wouldn’t have done it justice. Awww but I like the ancients- Also man the prefectures annoy me too. None of them except for Okinawa should exist. Japan is a unitary state. I’d understand federal states having their pieces personified. Unitary ones though??? Okinawa is fine because she used to be a kingdom, but the others… Yeah no. I ignore them. Also since you put importance in lore, I’m surprised Prussia isn’t on here. Like why is he still alive? He existed as a German state for a while, which again raises the question of whether pieces of countries are personified or not. Then he became East Germany because… Why? No seriously, why? Other than him being too popular to kill off? There is no continuity between Prussia and East Germany, except for Brandenburg being in it.

Latvia's been smol his whole life!

Russia used to be my favorite character in 2012 when I was obsessed with Hetalia. Looking at the anime now, Russia's cannon is way more like the country of Ukraine. The national Ukrainian flower is the sunflower, When attacked Ukrainians stayed and fought and kicked Russia's ass. No way in hell is Ukraine sad and whiney like the character is shown in the anime. The character of Ukraine is just an excuse to put big boobs on a character. Belarus's character more fits the country of Russia because no way is the country of Russia scared of Belarus. It's the other way around.

As a Latvian.... you can't imagine how much I get pissed/sad by Hetalias Latvia. :( Like.... why... even fear of Russia - its stereotype of russians that latvians are russophobic. Meanwhile latvians stare at them with hate filled eyes like: "Get out of my house..." Size, gender, SURNAME ... **weeps in the corner while hugging rye bread** 1:44 - Is basically me asking everytime I see him- wherever I look (irl) I am the short one... and I'm 172cm tall, so 140 or 155 cm for my country... Gender - bro... I understand its creative step from Hime but here, in Latvia, it's a SHE. In songs ("Wake up Baltics - Three Sisters stand by the coast of the sea"), sculptures ("Māte Latvija ar kritušiem dēliem" aka "Mother Latvia with fallen sons") + LatvijA - in our grammar, if name ends on A then its a female name. To me Nyo!Latvia is canon Latvia (sorry Raivis) Wont say because it can get x10 times bigger + probably triggered some people :D Sorry guys Thank you for making video

Maybe he just hasnt hit his growth spurt yet?? Idk

Hi! Glad to see you are still alive. Goodluck!

12:09 also going by that definition wouldn’t the Soviet countries excluding Russia would also disappear

Kolko: Top ten most annoying Hetalia characters Me: Philippines is in there Kolko: PH is in dishonorable mentions There he is! Tbh it never bothered me that PH was male. At least my country got a personification now. Let the genderbenders imagination fly.

So, the funny thing is i will change their personalities so much. Like, take Russia for example. My headcannon is that, yes he is manipulative to some degree but he doesn't know that he's doing it. He has the mind of a child but can understand deeper things and can be kind. I do not listen to cannon because you do that. I keep their genders but change their personalities. And yes i care about the Anicents. (i'm a history nut)

Congrats on the 10 years! :D BTW, i dont know if you got my message on the last video but there's no option for me to add (as in make my own) subtitles?

I totally agree most of these except for Spain and Philippines

Saw Sweden on the title card and said no what has my beloved Sweden done to you

As a half-Filipino guy, I genuinely don't care that Philippines isn't female 🤷‍♂

Well, Hidekaz Himaruya only show Republic of Ireland as a guy but never mention about Northern Ireland was also guy, so your dream of Ireland being a woman is still alive and I also hope that Himaruya makes Northern Ireland as a beautiful lady.

I think Cyprus would be more interesting if Himaruya added the past of Cyprus and TRNC. But that would cause conflicts between Turkish Cypriots and Greek Cypriots.

I love America and Russia.

Hopefully one day, we will get Korea back. The day that happens, i will be happy

For unknown reasons Hongkong annoys me. Seriously I don't know. I look at him and I immediately get annoyed.

Texas was a country for nine years. What you're thinking is California.

4:02 I kinda like seeing Ukraine like this

Wow I'm actually early for once

We're still here in 2023

Miss ellie moore

Latvia needs help save him from Russia 😢😢

I used to love Cyprus back in 2019. Now he is kinda boring to me

I kinds left in September but idk

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It's my birthday!

Y U so smol?! X'D Poor Latvia and Ukraine. My bbies..!

whoa im early, also yay!!!

Moldovaaa😊🥰🥰☺️☺️🎃

By the way does anyone know where to read the hetalia manga for free?

i’m gonna be real i find italy really annoying and do not like him