[RAW] Volume 5- Track 10: 自由になりたいんですよ的な！/ I like, wanna be free!

[jaywalkings.livejournal.com]

I COME BEARING EXCELLENT SCANS FOR FANS OF A CERTAIN ASIAN SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION.

And seriously, how cute is that title.

Anyway, I can't say anymore without breaking down into incoherent screaming so without further ado, I present raw scans for Track 10, featuring China, Macau, and Hong Kong!

Comments

[kaiju-z.livejournal.com]

XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD, first Hong Kong's "ewe" face!

And then China that outfit, XD;;;;

[barrelsncrates.livejournal.com]

Hong Kong is so cute.

The dining room is beautiful.

And we actually get to see more of Macau?

xD

Thanks for the raw scans!

[janitalia.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the raw scans!:)

[barrelsncrates.livejournal.com]

I think you replied to the wrong comment.

[italianninja007.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much for posting this!

Also, why is Taiwan saying "kawaii" in english?

[megumitan.livejournal.com]

OTL not to be creep but from what I've noticed Taiwanese do that a LOT... I always see it in stores and night markets :'D

[zombiebat.livejournal.com]

thank you so much!

[megumitan.livejournal.com]

.... Why is this tearing me up? :'D

[gordafarid.livejournal.com]

I honestly can't wait for the translation, because it's getting interesting since I've already read the latest news about the political tension in Hong Kong, because of Beijing government are more or less taking more and more control over Hong Kong's system, despite Beijing governments promise many years ago, before UK returned HK to China in 1997; one land and two systems policy. -> http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2012/07/201272916371456512.html

Anyway I'm glad to see Himaruya's new pages again. :)

[barrelsncrates.livejournal.com]

Same here. In real life, HK citizens aren't exactly pleased with the way China's exerting its influence over its government. Especially when it comes to freedom of speech and the use of taxpayer's money. Then, there's the ridiculously high housing prices and the surprisingly pitifully low standard of living. And just recently, there's a FB petition to save a HK radio station from being shut down.

I'm kinda amazed that in the Hetalia 'verse, HK isn't acting snarky towards China. Or maybe he is. I can't tell by his facial expressions. Anyhow, their real life sentiments towards each other are... complicated to say the least.

[fujyoshi73.livejournal.com]

Thank you for posting these~!! I saw the scans on Tumblr, but these are so much bigger and more adorable and I think I'm dying of cuteness O.o

[fawncollie.livejournal.com]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH BABIESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[island-of-myst.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the scans ^^

Is it me though or does Hong Kong look like a girl in some panels (namely on page 87) o.o

[fawncollie.livejournal.com]

LMAO OH MY GOD JAY I DIDNT EVEN REALISE YOU POSTED THIS HELLO

[xxmapsyrxx.livejournal.com]

I am very interested in the poem China recited.

Maybe Himaruya-sensei used a different version, but the version I know has a few differences from the ones he recited. In the last line, instead of "Wind of the Fall" I got the version that says "Wind of the West". I don't know if there is a Japanese version or something? The title is also a bit different.
Himaruya-sensei also picked a poem that was written during the Ming, which is not the most well-known period for excellent Chinese poetry(I don't mean good poetry did not exist during that time because it certainly did). He didn't pick from a superbly well-known poet and the most well-known poem written by this poet is NOT this poem as well. Hmm...This is all very interesting.

Thank you for posting this raw scan.

[barrelsncrates.livejournal.com]

Same here.

I was expecting that he would pick poetry from the Song or Tang dynasty.

[hirotan654.livejournal.com]

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS!!!!!!!! Wah, China! You're so cute with that "fluffy" outfit!

[kanami-yuuta.livejournal.com]

oh yes China molesting time XD

[aphvietnam.livejournal.com]

Can anybody tell me if the girl in the third panel in the second to last page is Vietnam? Or is she just another new character?

[island-of-myst.livejournal.com]

I think that is Vietnam.

[hannah-asakura.livejournal.com]

*Q* HONG KONG!!!!! waaaaaaaaaaa Thank you!! -saves them-

[x-cutslikesilk.livejournal.com]

THANK YOUUUUUUUUUUU Hong Kong's face just makes life infinitely better

[arisa akita (from livejournal.com)]

No Vietnam? I gonna dead now

[jaywalkings.livejournal.com]

She got two appearances (http://jaywalkings.tumblr.com/post/28566066573/taiwans-and-vietnams)? :'D;;

[bino-hamster.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much for the scans~! =D

[disneyotaku.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much!!

And reading several of the comments here, honestly I didn't know anything about the relationship between Hong Kong and China and what was going on. So thank you guys for sharing that and telling us these things!

[brinara.livejournal.com]

For some reason I think they look brotherly.
And that for some reason Hong Kong was saying "DEME DEME DEME" over and over in one panel. What wonder that word means, China looked insulted.