ext_171440 ([identity profile] m-dono.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] hetalia2009-03-13 03:20 pm
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[Question] Japan's Atomic Accidents

Since China's scar behind his back stands for the Rape of Nanking, I was wondering if Japan had anything of the sort.

A lot of us know that there were two atomic bombs that hit Japan on August 6 and 9 of 1945 ordered by President Harry Truman, these two being named "Little Boy" and "Fat Man" respectively. I ask if Japan-tan has any sort of physical, emotional, mental, etc. representation of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki? 

Thank you all for your cooperation!

[identity profile] eruraito.livejournal.com 2009-03-13 10:43 am (UTC)(link)
To begin with, I'm not very good at English and I don't want to argue. Gomen nasai.

The truth is, Ni-ni(China)'s scar stands for the First Sino-Japanese War.
Moreover, the translation of "the Story of China and Teensy Japan" here in hetalia (http://community.livejournal.com/hetalia/) has some mistakes in it.
Some people and me have pointed some of them out in the post already though. I found a few more, after I had commented there. I thought that too much correction would make me look like a liar or a revisionist, I wouldn't do more.
So, could any other translators check the strip out or translate it again, please?

And, I don't know whether Japan has a representation of the bombs.
As far as I know, Himaruya-san has never drawn or mentioned it.

[identity profile] pentha.livejournal.com 2009-03-13 10:55 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, in the context of that strip, the scar being about the First Sino-Japanese War makes more sense. That and I'd expect the Nanking massacre to leave a far worse wound.