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.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm sure they'll finish the Chibitalia off in the next episode... I wonder if HRE knows Ita-chan is a guy? probably not... but hey! Ignorance is bliss!

And then off to a second season, certified 100% Chibitalia free!

Scamp said...

Certified 100% Chibitalia free?

Yahoo!

Anonymous said...

There is no more. Holy Roman Empire became Prussia after that, so that's the last of Chibitalia.

Anonymous said...

but if HRE is Germany (which is likely, as they look EXACTLY THE SAME) how does he become Prussia? I thought that Prussia and Germany were just brothers?

Anonymous said...

It's interesting because in the comic Chibitalia gave HRE his underwear, making the joke VERY different but just as cute.

And I'm pretty sure the theory is Prussia found a broken HRE and took him under his wing making him into Germany.

Anonymous said...

There's a lot of stuff in Hetalia about Prussia leading around HRE, so I'm pretty sure that HRE doesn't become PRUSSIA but that Prussia sort of raises him into becoming Germany.

It's just funny how he doesn't seem to remember Italy. It'd be amazing if he did.

:)

Anonymous said...

If Hetalia realy fallows history, the HRE becomes germany and Prussia disappears during WWII. Germany was one of the last countries (so to speak) to form. Otto Van Bishmark reunite all the small countires that was called the HRE to become Germany somehwere before WWI. (Too lazy to check my notes to be exact)