Why is ヘタリア so popular?

I don't think やおい has anything to do with it. My sister LOVES ヘタリア and she HATES yaoi.

あなた can't just watch one episode and judge the whole series off it. あなた have to keep watching it, get to know the characters.

I 愛 Hetalia, because the character are so put together, the jokes are so funny and well thought up. I 愛 the dept of the characters and their personalities. All their relationships and friendship with the other characters really got me into it. It's funny and a good story. I watch it when I'm depressed, so I can see that 愛 and friendship is everywhere, that we all 登録する together to make the world. I just 愛 the message it gives, the characters, the story, the friendships, the partnership, and...just everything about it. It can teach あなた history and even make history もっと見る fun to learn. It's a comedy, but yet it can get あなた crying. Most people seem to ignore the history and just the deep beauty in this show. All the idiots of the fandom who just like it for やおい and the boys. While others 愛 it for what it really is, a beautiful and deep story. That can make あなた laugh, cry, and get あなた to learn about the world. It's just a beautiful アニメ and I 愛 it. The world is not prefect we made it the way it is today. But together we can change it one country at a time. One person can change one thing, two can 移動する mountains, but もっと見る can change a world

Let me give あなた some advice: Don't bother with Hetalia. Seriously, for the sake of your brain cells, あなた do not want to suffer through もっと見る than one episode. Hell, あなた already watched one episode too many, and I'm going to 一覧 some very valid reasons why あなた should just stop right there.

1. Story. There is absolutely no plot whatsoever to drive this shitty 表示する forward. Then again, that could probably be attributed to the fact that it parodies WWII, which brings us to the 次 problem...

2. Parody. The fact that ヘタリア parodies WWII is already a bad sign. Since it's spoofing and mocking a real world event, that alone gives it less freedom to develop a story and flesh itself out a little (should've followed Excel Saga's example and just parody a different thing every episode). Not only that, but it does a very poor job of spoofing, since not a single joke is funny. That brings us yet again to another problem...

3. Humor... または lack thereof. The only way you'll find ヘタリア funny is if あなた like to laugh at 映画 such as Spy Hard, Disaster Movie, and Meet the Spartans (so in other words, if you're a ファン of 映画 made によって Friedberg and Seltzer, ヘタリア is right up your alley). There is not a shred of good humor to be found. Let me ask this: How is some waste-of-space jerk-off stuffing hamburgers in his mouth funny? How is Britain putting together references to both Dumbledore and Dora the Explorer in a magic spell funny? It's like referencing the Milkshake song while making fun of the Milkshake speech from There Will Be Blood. It isn't funny. あなた know what it is? It's fucking stupid.

4. Animation. The 'cutesy' artstyle in ヘタリア is painfully overdone to the point that it looks like what would happen if My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic was animated によって AKOM Productions. Also, I might add that none of the characters are unique in terms of character design, since most of them share the same hair-style and such. Speaking of characters...

5. Characters. This is probably Hetalia's biggest crime. NONE of the characters have any likable qualities whatsoever. あなた literally have no reason to like any of the characters. Italy is an annoying little 雌犬 that needs to be tortured Hellraiser style, 日本 has all the personality of a piss puddle, France is nothing もっと見る than a shit-eating rapist, Canada is basically a Redshirt character that never dies... I could go on. Not a single character gets any amount of character development, with the exception of America. However, even HIS development (or rather what little he has) doesn't help him much since it's spread out through FIVE episodes. A competent アニメ such as Cowboy Bebop would give each character reasons to be liked, character development, and would dispense them in usually just one または two episodes.

There. I just gave あなた five valid reasons why ヘタリア sucks and あなた should avoid it. If あなた want a GOOD comedy anime, go check out Soul Eater.

The thing about ヘタリア is あなた have to be able to endure extreme excessive randomness to like it. It also helps if you're educated in World History, because that's what the entire series revolves around. Certainly, the first episode was excruciatingly insane, and after watching it I had no desire to continue. The only reason I got into it was because my friend wanted to watch it and she made me watch five episodes with her. After watching it with her, I actually started to 愛 the show.

Let me say, it doesn't get that much もっと見る serious after episode one. In-fact, it's almost impossible to comprehend unless you've learned about the events prior to watching it.

Think of it like adventure time. That 表示する is so freaking ランダム and stupid, and yet it has so many ファン (me included ._.) I can understand where あなた come from when あなた say あなた don't understand why it's so popular. But the facts are, there are lots of people that enjoy mindless humor.

And plus, a lot of ヘタリア characters are really cute ._.

At first I wasn't a ファン of ヘタリア because of the first episode but then a few months later I gave it another try and I somehow found myself finishing every episode of Axis in both Japanese and English because it was too Hilarious.
And ヘタリア isn't a やおい at all, I mean, there may be some funny reference but from my knowledge and looking back at all of the episodes there really isn't an yoai.
Though I'll admit that there are fangirls who make their own matching couples, which is hilarious.
But yeah, another thing people enjoy ヘタリア is because it is a way they can see how their country is portrayed によって other countries and the common knowledge sterotypes.
This is why i 愛 ヘタリア :)

やおい is a huge reason for it being popular.

because It shows us a history on very easy way XD

all the characters look good :)

It's really cute and funny? lol i'm not exactly a huge ヘタリア ファン so i can't say.

Just because the first episode sucked doesn't mean the whole series sucks =_=

[Le adds more]

あなた wanna know why people are SOOOO Into Hetalia?

**YAOI**

あなた can get over 700 couples In Hetalia!!

The History is good too but we Hetalians care もっと見る about the やおい ~

Well あなた kinda have to watch them at once because its like the shows that if あなた watch out of order then あなた won't get it. I know that the episodes are really short though but they kinda lead into what the 次 episode(s) are going to be. Ya and also its because あなた can ship anyone in the series like France and England (FrUK) and America and England (USUK) are probably the most 人気 ones あなた can get out of the show, but there are others.

Hoped that helped : )

I'm not into it for the yaoi, okay? I only support 2 couples =_=

I haven no idea why it's so popular, honestly. I 愛 it personally, because it's funny. It's cute. It's just flat out entertaining; and the thought of countries being people is so far-fetched and crazy that it just.... works :\

Not much of a ファン myself.....

It's fucking hilarious and those boys are cute as fuck.

Well this was asked a long time 前 but I'l answer this anyway...

Well sadly, lots of people are just into it for the やおい the fandom offers. Even though in the actually show, it has nothing to do with that.

Here, I'll just leave あなた with this article. It does a really good job at explaining what exactly ヘタリア is, and why me and others can't get enough of it~
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To really enjoy and understand Hetalia, is if あなた know "some" basic history, because it's fun to relate the story, which is もっと見る comedic, to the real history, which makes あなた want to fall asleep and die during class. Once あなた take history class, you'll realize how much better ヘタリア is.

Also, the やおい is necessary in Hetalia, because there's alliances and stuff made, and the only way to express it is through BL. Sorry if ya don't like it, but あなた have to face it to get it. Just freaking imagine that France and Italy is a girl または something!

I have no idea *sees pop-up in the corner 読書 a award that is called Veteran* Okay? o.O Anyway, I have no clue. I started watching it too since a few of my フレンズ loved it and because of the amount of fanfictions on it (which is cause of the popularity) so I watched about 7 episodes. It was odd as fuck. I've seen A LOT of odd things, but that in a 表示する takes the cake. I had no idea what I was watching, it was 5 分 long, etc. I might just go finish it, only so I knew what the fanfics of it were talking about. (You know, that アニメ lingo. ;D )

ヘタリア is not a yaoi. It's 人気 because for some reason, human countries are appealing.

Honestly? I think maybe they just 愛 the plot and the characters.