How --some- People Get Into Hetalia

[mikan13579.livejournal.com]

Drew this during class...I wonder if this is how anyone else got into Hetalia?

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[itsukochan.livejournal.com]

That would be it for my Italy. ^^~
(I'd be the one who told her about Hetalia)

[g1x.livejournal.com]

Yep, pretty much how I came to know this xD really cool ^^

[the-hero50.livejournal.com]

haha that's awesome XD I found out from my sister (who found out from her friend) but I learned about Hetalia too late in order to make it useful in history class :( *sigh* haha

[gloomykuma.livejournal.com]

I got into it from my brother who told me about his friend who loved it. Then Google happened, and... welp. XD

yey Vietnam~

[imacashew218.livejournal.com]

I got found out though Gaia Online anime/manga discussion forums.

Hetalia is amusing for history, even in college Western Civ class. (I tend to text my Hetalia-fan best friend when I'm in class. We decided Grandpa Rome was lonely and just randomly stole kiddlets...thus the Roman Empire.)

[closeme.livejournal.com]

i heard it from an old online friend who i've lost touch with rant about how cute it is. and then weeks/months later i started watching it and fell in love

[nike2422.livejournal.com]

Pretty much, Google. did a keyword search looking for WWII political cartoons and Hetalia cartoons kept popping up in my searches.

[itsukochan.livejournal.com]

A girl in one of my computer classes had to do a project about the Axis Powers, so she typed "Axis Powers" into Google Images in hopes of finding some historical images or whatever. Guess what she got a ton of? >>
Too bad she didn't look into it more. :C

[hikari-kaitou.livejournal.com]

A bunch of my favorite artists on Deviant Art started drawing it and the characters were cute so I decided to give it a go. I loved it after reading just a few strips and immediately converted my roommate :)

[emsiecat.livejournal.com]

*probably wrote this elsewhere before* I found it via some fanart when browsing through deviantART. I found the idea interesting but was put off at first 'cause I was wary over the whole WWII thing (misinformation's a betch). Found more fanart about a year later, decided to give the online manga a chance and lo' I've not been sane since 8D

Looking back I really wish I'd set aside my reservations a year earlier and got into it when Hetalia was all new and sparkly, cos it would have been cool to be part of something from the very beginning :3

[shuriken7.livejournal.com]

I ran into it because it was all over at an anime con, I thought to myself, "What's this Hetalia all about?" A good friend of mine explained it and I decided to check it out. Fell in love immediately and the rest has become history. :)

[misty-rain.livejournal.com]

I heard about it through the whole "South Korea hates Hetalia" thing. I read a message board filled with both people who DIDN'T watch it, saying it must be wildly offensive/cruel/biased, and people who DID watch it, and defend it as harmless and good natured (and heard a number of comments about cute boy characters).

Curious like I always am about cute boys anything causing that kind of upset, I decided to investigate to see the truth.

I thought I was watching the wrong show at first because it was SO mild and I soon forgot about it.

Only to come back on a bored day in late August of 2010 to start watching it again.

And now here I am, hopelessly in love with the the show, and all the before mentioned cute boys a fangirl. Couldn't be happier.

[dagoras.livejournal.com]

I was doing a project for an elective a couple of years ago. And I decided to do it on Sealand. When googling images, I got a few images in the bunch that looked like a character from an anime. Then the hell started when I began to google things that were not relative to the project.

[mintyredmagic.livejournal.com]

Youtube had some videos with the 'aph' tag on it. I didn't know what was it so I googled it and now I'm here.

[aureliuszvektor.livejournal.com]

I was watching German WWII movies when I suddenly felt completely disgusted and unable to watch any more. Then I remembered the little comic my friends had been spazzing about 3-4 years ago, googled it, and archive-binged EVERYTHING in one night.

Before that, though, I remember a little bit of curiosity due to a personality quiz which everyone took, which is probably why it stuck in my head. At first, I got Hungary... but now, Greece?! What a bizarre turnaround.

[shelloy99.livejournal.com]

LOL XD

Almost like you (recommended by a friend) ,but at first I didnt interested all (First impression : Hetalia was stupid series judging from anime ORZ forgive me Himaruya sensei >_>)
Pixiv made interested again (LOLWUT THOSE GORGEROUS BISHOUNEN ARTS AND BL hints) . then I try read the manga ............ got hooked and I love history now

[kultalaakeri.livejournal.com]

First I found some fanart in DeviantART and checked the series out (because I love history) but didn't think too much of it. A few years later I went to a con and saw this really good cosplay show, took a look at the comics again and now it's me that tries to get other people to read Hetalia.

[thebookbug5.livejournal.com]

Teehee, that's awesome.

Though, I found out about Hetalia from my sister, who found a parady vid or something. XD

[x-cutslikesilk.livejournal.com]

I knew about the premise of the show from a friend, but I was initially put off (WWII made CUTE? Really?) Curiosity got the better of me and I started to look into it once deviantart had exploded and there was a sudden influx of APH fanart.

[frenchfrogs.livejournal.com]

8D first time I heard about Hetalia was when an artist on deviantArt I used to be fond of updated her journal about how much she hated Hetalia, and how it was utterly stupid and how the History told in the manga was wrong. I decided to watch some episodes so I'd be able to talk about it too.
And I just fell in love? >.>

(first ep I watched was when France asks England to become his husband~! XD)

[myfuckinglestat.livejournal.com]

The first time I heard of Hetalia I became annoyed with all the people fangirling everywhere so I decided I wouldn't watch it, then I found a video in youtube (SOS or something about Germany being a maiden, anyway...) a friend of mine started downloading the chapters and told me they were very short so she passed me the chaps and I went WTH?! cuz it didn't made sense at the beginning so "watch to the end" and in some part I got hooked up, and well here I am...My name is Miya and I've got a year fangirling about hetalia, thank you for your support...

[narcista.livejournal.com]

I got into Hetalia cause my sister was crazy about the anime.
I read the manga first, fell in love with Himaruya's small explanations and comments written below the strips.
Then fell even deeper when I heard "MARU KAITE CHIKYUU."
Srsly, that song is addicting xD

[shiny-glor-chan.livejournal.com]

Heh, I found out about it after an Otakon two or so years back. I saw people carrying flags, got curious, and looked it up. Unfortunately, I had only the webcomics to go off of, and they're a bit rough without anything else, so I wandered off.

This year, I randomly decided to look into it again since my current fandom was making me want to cry damn you, DC Comics; I love fandom, but canon is breaking me, so I did. And I found the anime subs on youtube. Watched it all in two to three days. XD I've been hooked ever since. And I haven't been wanting for fic for over a month. Thank you, kink meme. <3

EDIT: It helps that I already loved history before this (all you need is a good teacher!), and I'm a total language nerd (an Italian major with half her family in Italy). Sooo. XD I fell in love with Romano's characterization (my character type AND where my family originates all in one angry package of adorable), and I haven't looked back, lol. <3

[chevlotto.livejournal.com]

I found out about Hetalia because I was hearing about it EVERYWHERE. At first I wasn't interested, but then people started pairing up country names and I was like "what o.O" so I watched the anime to see what it was about. Then I read the webcomics and manga. THEN I got into the fandom.

I already liked history before this but now I can't write papers without thinking about Hetalia and giggling LIKE A FOOL each time I see a country's name.

[magicaluke.livejournal.com]

I had always liked History, so liking Hetalia was natural.
Also my friend Debbie kept singing Marukaite so I looked it up.

Obsession came from my 8th grade history teacher playing it in class~

[toastweasel.livejournal.com]

That is an AWESOME 8th Grade History teacher. :D