[Scanlation] Magic Words For Denmark-san

[hikari-kaitou.livejournal.com]

This is how battles on the ice usually turn out, so in general it's best not to risk it, but when they succeed it's pretty cool. Upon seeing the Swedish army marching towards them on the ice, it seems that the Danish army promptly lost their will to fight. By the way, Sweden was in a terrible mood because Russia had his arm around Finland's shoulders at the time.

The manga kind of gives the impression that Norway is completely disinterested in Denmark, but they were actually working quite well together at the time and I think it was pretty nice.

Many years later, after Norway had been oppressed by the more powerful country, he and Denmark drifted apart. When Norway entered a union with Sweden, Denmark sent him a letter or something in which he threw a childish tantrum and cut their ties, after which the goodwill towards Norway seemed strangely decreased, but that's another story.


Things got a little better for him later, thanks to Denmark.

Comments

[luckystar-19.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the translation!

[sotnosen93.livejournal.com]

Wow, this is really interesting! Fun to finally get some history stuff again, nice to learn a bit more about my own country's (Sweden, if you somehow can't tell from my icon) history, and Denmark's and Norway's interactions are GOLD XD And I read on Scandinavia and the World that even to this day, there's a law in Denmark that says that if a Swede walks over the ice to Denmark, the Danes have to hit him with sticks.

[rosetintedstars.livejournal.com]

seriously?! that's hilarious! can't help but wonder if that's related to this story here, haha. thanks for sharing that bit of trivia! *3*

[pinktamao]

Awww... thanks a bunch for all your efforts in translating and for sharing! ♥

[wakalakaosaka.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the translation!!

Anything with the Nordics puts a silly smile on my face :) Oh Denmark

[kainoliero.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for the scanlation! I've gained new admiration for Denmark, that's a noble death indeed (and a hell of a scary one too). ;_;

[monkeychin.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much for translating!

That's so beautiful to see the Nordics: here Sverige is creepier than usual, also a badass when walking on the ice.

[fairywine.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the translation! I was dying to see this one and you did it so quickly~

[sushigal007.livejournal.com]

Thank you for translating. Sweden looks seriously badass walking across that ice!

[j-sasunaru-c.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for he translation! Anything with the nordics is great, and ahhh Denmak and Norway's relationship, and Sweden and Finland's relationship too!

[vampirenaomi.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the translation! This was super interesting!

[darker-dreamer0.livejournal.com]

NORDICS

[emsiecat.livejournal.com]

Ahaha that was great, Denmark you goof <3 I love Sweden, such a badass cutie. And Norway is amusing with how detached from everything he acts.

Thanks for the translation sweetie~

[starsong24.livejournal.com]

DENMAAAAAARK

You adorable idiot you.

[radittz.livejournal.com]

First of all I love Norway here XD

Second, uh Commonweath-Swedish war of 1655-60 has really strange image in Hetalia. It was actually a huge thing,like Sweden invided and destroyed almost half of huge country and after many battles was kicked out. It was actually even worse for Poland that everything that happened in WWII and still we have more national treasures in Sweden than in our place since they were taking everything valuable from attacked cities(including building pieces lol).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deluge_%28history%29

Still, sad Poland are much more accurate than "let's no fight" Sweden from that old Tannenberg battle strip ;)

[kahlanaisling.livejournal.com]

norway is more concerned about his nails than anything else what a homo

thank you for translating!!

[pink-cass.livejournal.com]

kahla, you should know better than to throw out such a comment. Really now, you don't mean that.

[nike2422.livejournal.com]

I think Norway was expressing in his usual way his indifference to Denmark's suffering and not his sexual orientation.

[misty-rain.livejournal.com]

This is awesome! Really interesting to read about! Denmark and Norway's interactions are pure gold.
Hima just keeps getting better at drawing and weaving history into the manga.
Thank you for translating; I was really anticipating this one. :)

[pink-cass.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for translating! It must have been a lot of work.
Poor Denmark. ^^

[nike2422.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the speedy translation. Ah, Sweden's post-Kalmar Union rebellious phase. He managed to carve out a profitable empire for a while.

[rikkaidai-fuji.livejournal.com]

I really looove this strip. Great art imo? And a handful of interactions between our beloved Nordics, A+++ for expressions too.

Thank you very much for translating this! At least we know how scary a scary sweden could be. The manliest man could scream like a girl, yup

[perryplatypus.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for your translation! I was really looking forward to this strip, and I was pretty surprised that Hima admitted the impression the manga gives is sometimes different from real history. This strip was so cute!

[misty-rain.livejournal.com]

Me too!
I think one of the common criticisms of Hetalia is 'well, the manga doesn't quite portray it right/misleads the viewer' when it comes to historical events. Hima's basically said here that the manga blends character dispositions with historical events, which may initially appear to create a conflicting depiction (like here; Norway's character in Hetalia is kind of blunt yet elusive with Denmark, but "but they were actually working quite well together").

[yuuago]

AHH I'm so glad this is scanlated now, thanks!
Not wanting to look uncool in front of Norway -- Denmark, bro, your priorities need some re-examining. ;)

[kainoliero.livejournal.com]

I love that part of Denmark's character! I always wished that he'd be that "Can't look weak in front of friends hnnnggghhh"-type and now Hima made my dream come true. :3

[heyyl0.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the scanlation! Denmark <3

[disneyotaku.livejournal.com]

Uwah! Thank you!

There definitely was tension throughout this strip, more on the serious side. What really kicks it is Sweden. He does not speak one word as the ice cracks around his feet and just goes straight to Denmark, which terrifies me so much (and he's one of my favorite characters!). I don't know much about what happened to the Nordic countries during this time period to be honest, but from what it sounds like, it was pretty serious.

[pinkabbestia.livejournal.com]

SWCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES, SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES EVERYWHERE!!!! O_O

AND NETHERLAAAANDS!

[sne-stjerne.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for the translation! ^u^

Oh Denmark…

[ceylon-tae.livejournal.com]

Aaah, even the terms Denmark uses! Bro! Brothers! Good buddy!
I love it! Thank you so much for working on this translation!

If I may ask, what's the story behind the term Norway uses for Denmark, 'anko'?

[hikari-kaitou.livejournal.com]

"Anko" basically means brother in Tsugaru-dialect, possibly other northern dialects too, not sure ^^;

[ceylon-tae.livejournal.com]

I see! Thank you again, it's impossible to overestimate how valuable this is to everyone.

[pookie-mookie94.livejournal.com]

Everything in this is amazing.
I can't pinpoint my favourite part. Oh my god I have tears in my eyes this is the best thing ever.

Thanks for translating!!

[normalaatsra.livejournal.com]

Thanks for posting!
Has this been tagged with Netherlands? I found the blog post and scanlations around Tumblr and LJ but everyone seems to be forgetting him.

[boo-sagara.livejournal.com]

I know I'm super late but thank you so much for the translations <3!

I love everything about this strip and it was cool that Hima even commented that the characters and the manga in general don't always portrays things 100% accurate! I know it's kind of obvious, but since there's both people that takes everything serious while others don't like Hetalia because "it's not historically accurate", it's good to have a remind from the author stating that.

[alek87.livejournal.com]

"Many years later, after Norway had been oppressed by the more powerful country, he and Denmark drifted apart. When Norway entered a union with Sweden, Denmark sent him a letter or something in which he threw a childish tantrum and cut their ties, after which the goodwill towards Norway seemed strangely decreased, but that's another story."

WHY!? ;___; </3 Thanks for the translation~~!!! I LOVE THEM fdjkghdfkl

[sakurita.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the translation! <3

[historyblitz.livejournal.com]

Hahaha yay! Oh Denmark, you are a deserving member o the AWESOME TRIO.

Prussia: o/
America: o/
Denmark: \o

Can't Australia be one too. Awesome Foursome or something.

[nebulous-mirage.livejournal.com]

omg yay nordic comic :D

really like norway's younger design

[rosetintedstars.livejournal.com]

thank you so much for the translation!! love the comics regarding scandinavia!

[mangaartist1003.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much for your work in translating this strip. I appreciate this very much.

I always think that Norway is Denmark's unimpressed girlfriend. And this strip pretty much solidified that impression. Not that I'm complaining. (DenNor fangirl)

[phyrigia.livejournal.com]

thank you!