Hetalia Axis Powers - Episode 19

The quality of Hetalia: Axis Powers does seem to have been on the up as of late, and although I can't really class episode nineteen as the heights of hilarity it did have a certain amount of amusement value to it.

Sometimes it's hard to tell whether the series is simply being surreal or making a statement, and so it goes when China's colleagues manage to build a city from nowhere inside the Allies conference room. Well, either way it made me laugh a little. Equally, the reference to the "invisible" Canada (the fact he's only really cropped up nineteen episodes in says it all) made me smile, as did Italy's sudden appearance at the Allies "top secret" conference. It makes you wonder how things would have ended up if World War II really had been this slapstick...


With a second season on the horizon this summer to immediately follow the first, I suppose it's perfect timing that I'm starting to enjoy this series a little more. It's definitely no comedy classic, but it does have its moments.