Monday, 22 June 2009

Hetalia Axis Powers - Episode 22

After taking up portions of so many previous episodes, the conclusion (well, for now at least) of Italy and the Roman Empire's love affair is the sole focus of episode twenty-two of Hetalia.

After so much time simply looking at one another from afar, the Roman Empire's farewall before leaving Italy turns into something from a romantic novel... Well, assuming you can find a romantic novel that features the line "I've liked you since the 900s" and the giving of a wooden brush as a sign of affection. And they say romance is dead...


Those two surreal yet amusing moments are easily the highlight of this particular instalment, but they do go some way to show how this series has improved both its comic sensibilities and sense of timing as the show has progressed. I wasn't so sure that Hetalia deserved a second season even fairly recently, but I'm certainly starting to warm to the idea of more of the same.