[Scanlation] Main Chapter 3 : G-R Nonaggression Pact?

[equivalent-t.livejournal.com]

A few days ago, rainy_takako and I ran into a somewhat awkward incident in which we discovered we've both been working on scanlating Chapter 3. Well, that incident turns out happily, as it means we can actually get the thing out of the door faster, and here it is! Hope you like the our work, guys! Without further ado!

Editor : konkira
Translators : rainy_takako, equivalent_t





Author's note : In the war, Italian tanks took one week to reach a target 60 kilometers away, but once they saw English troops, retreated the same distance in one day.


Author's note : There's a legend that goes how an Italian corps all deserted upon running into the English, and then gets caught by stupid reasons...like hitting on women or sleeping in a restaurant.






Author's note : England's famous Busby Stoop Chair has reputedly cursed 61 people who sat on it to death...
Translator's note : This strip was redrawn for Hetalia The Book, where it is made clearer that the chair exploded because Russia is more evil than the chair.




Author's note

*Study*

Why did England and America fight?


France and Native Americans once fought the English colonies in a territorial dispute (The French-Indian War). Thanks to England's reinforcements, America managed to defeat France and the Indians and acquired more territories.

At this point, however, England's characteristic tsundere-ness selfishness ('don't buy tea from anyone except me', 'don't be close to anyone except me') had created a good deal of animousity for America. Though part of it was caused by his economy getting strained by supporting the latter in the war,

That's when America fought England to earn its freedom. By the way, though England won at first, America managed to turn the tables at the last minute and achieved victory.

And now, the present. Fight, England, fight!




Author's note : Germany 180 cm, Italy 172 cm, Japan 165 cm, America 177 cm, England 175 cm, France 175 cm, Russia 182 cm, China 169 cm. Source : An American survey of average heights across countries.









EDIT : Added an author's note after the helmet strip. I forgot, guys, sorry!

Comments

[fujiappletan.livejournal.com]

"Russia is more evil than the chair."
OMG RUSSIA YOU PWN.
thank you for the scanlation!

[equivalent-t.livejournal.com]

You will be pleased to know that in the 'what happened next' strip in The Book, England tried to summon the devil to torment the US, and got Russia instead. XD

(The irony is that historically, it works.)

[arclights.livejournal.com]

Ahahaha, so much awesome.

Thank you all so much for the translations!

[chimeralchy.livejournal.com]

Love your icon. :3 Is that Bob Ross?

Also, thanks so much for the scanlation!

[t-lyrical.livejournal.com]

"... the chair exploded because Russia is more evil than the chair.

*dies* XD

Thanks for the scanlation. Made my day, it did. <3

[synatri.livejournal.com]

He's not fighting but somehow he's still dying.

HAHA, oh, Italy. X'D

[napkins.livejournal.com]

Oh dear god, thank you both so, so much for this. I love Italy so hard; I don't think I've ever been so randomly proud to be an Italian. "IGNORE HIM, AND SING, EAT, OR SLEEP LIKE A TRUE ITALIAN!"

and I love how Russia is more evil than the cursed chair. <3<3

I SERIOUSLY CANNOT EXPRESS MY THANKS FOR THIS. *grovels*

[ilovesquee.livejournal.com]

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAAHHAHAHAHA Oh Italy =D

[hezul.livejournal.com]

haha oh god Japan. ♥ BE AS VAGUE AS POSSIBLE

[red-underthebed.livejournal.com]

[OOC: I felt really bad for this, but at first I thought the chair exploded because Russia was too fat big-boned for it. XD;;]

[a-liger.livejournal.com]

... You're not the only one who thought that...

[prince-ankou.livejournal.com]

hetalia is loveeee *laughs* japan and italy are my favourites, but england, america,france and germany are so nice too... all of them!

[a-liger.livejournal.com]

Oh Arthur... Trying to kill off your own teammates instead of the Axis Powers...

You're not very good at getting others drunk either!

Man I love the three stooges!

[equivalent-t.livejournal.com]

OMG YOUR ICON.

I TOTALLY SAW ALAIN AS RUSSIA FOR A SECOND. Sorry, Alain, I know you're a good boy!

[ekmisao.livejournal.com]

Mr. Hidekaz, in only so many words and so many drawings you made me understand the American war for independence, better than several years of high school. I salute you.

Italy, you're hilarious, I salute you. ^^

US, you're too tall, LOL!

And I salute you guys for translating all of this. ^^v

[konkira.livejournal.com]

Yay! I'm glad it all worked out, thanks for translating you two <3

- I think you forgot to put in the Author notes after Italy's 'special helmet' strip about the Nation's heights.

[equivalent-t.livejournal.com]

OH SNAP YES I FORGOT THAT. Sorry, I'm a bit burned out today. XD;;; Fixing!

[windyshoot.livejournal.com]

I never studied the American Independence War in school very much, so I really liked the little chibi-drawing paragraph! Wiki articles were too looong~

And lol at Russia pwning evil chair!

[rainy-takako.livejournal.com]

Wewt, we did it! Finally. XD

This strip was redrawn for Hetalia The Book, where it is made clearer that the chair exploded because Russia is more evil than the chair.

I thought it was pretty obvious... I need to buy the book orz.

[equivalent-t.livejournal.com]

YES YOU NEED TO. It has Al crying at Arthur's bedside and telling him not to die! If only it was because he owed Al buckets of international debt. And you get a proper WWI, pretty color pages, and hints of an actual direction! I'm still sad I left my copy back in my country. I miss it. DO NOT MAKE MY MISTAKE.

[yumi-maki.livejournal.com]

Lol @ Italy's outfit - I thought it was a schoolgirl's outfit at first. Oh Italy, it's amazing your uselessness doesn't get you killed - being caught in Russian territory = very bad.

Thanks for the translations, guys. They're really good and clean.

[crazie-eyes15.livejournal.com]

Amen to that... and this reminds me of a miltary tactic for the Russians in WWII that I was reminded of.

Apparently, they knew that the Germans had planted mines (*cough*Italysfault*cough*), and the Russian's most powerful weapons were these huge tanks. Soooo, in a twisted genius move (more twisted than genius, really, but it worked) they sent out a bunch of uninformed peasant footsoldiers to blow up the landmines and protect the tanks.

THIS, in my humble opinion, is why Russia exploded the cursed chair. X3 HE HAS SENT MANY MORE PEOPLE TO DIE THAN IT HAS. Seriously, 61 people versus HUNDREDS of your own troops... oh, Russia.

[liralicia.livejournal.com]

ah, I missed Italy's strips XD. Thank you so much!

[keikanas.livejournal.com]

YAAAY this is beautiful, thanks!

[kainoliero.livejournal.com]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaa now I fell for France. <3 Why does APH have so many characters I simply adore? Hard to pick favourites if this keeps happening...

I lost to these three stooges...?

Priceless. :D

[tsuki-no-kani.livejournal.com]

XDDDD

Thank you so much for scanlating all of these. <3

"By all of which I mean 'NO', Sir!"

I'm really glad I'm taking Japanese Art this semester, cause that part made me laugh so hard.

[jali-jali.livejournal.com]

The scanlations posts always make me so happy!! Thank You so much for scanlating the main chapters! (parts that I want to know so bad XD)

Omg, Italy-Germany why are you so dorkily cute! <33 and Russia, my God, how I love you even more by beating that cursed chair out of its wits! XDDD
seriously, I don't like cursed things!

[ryuichi.livejournal.com]

Woot! Awesome~ :D I look forward to working on Chapter 4! Thanks for handling this for me, it was really needed cause moving times is happening PRONTO :O

x3 huzzah Hetalia~! I'm excited about Spain in the future~

[kitschisch.livejournal.com]

Russia can't be that evil... XD;

Thanks a bunch for scanlating!

[crazie-eyes15.livejournal.com]

*Cough,cough* Ahahah... *points up*

[andziela.livejournal.com]

Aaaah, perfect thing after waking up. I loled many times xDD
Thank you guys ♥

So, maybe other nations heights were also defined by things like surveys or statistic data?

[kohikki.livejournal.com]

Thanks for this!

I love strips with England and America together. XD
and Russia is always hilarious.