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Well, to some degree, they do have a right to complain, but at the same time, it's a bit overreacting of Koreans to do that.
But being a Korean and all, I guess I could see why.

But what most people don't realize, for those that are a bit oblivious to world history or let alone the cultures of others, is that Korea was occupied by Japan during this time, and let's just say that resentment and bitterness STILL exists as of today. I know to some people you want to say "Just forget about it and move on," but that's just something you really can't do. It's just something really personal and touchy, and so in a sense, I see why they are overreacting.

At the same time though, the series in general is supposed to be sheer satire and parodies, and so it is a bit over the top to complain about it, especially when there are far more... umm... "interesting" characters such as Italy and England, ahaha. But you know, before you dismiss this as "stupid" or "ridiculous", do realize that there's a lot more behind the relationship between Japan and Korea, ESPECIALLY during that time period.

I knew that Korea was occupied by Japan, but so was China during this time frame. Yet we didn't see China complaining about their character. There is also some rather bad blood between China and Japan, though not as bad as Korea if I recall.

I have only seen the anime, does anyone know if there was something particular about the character that they took offence with? Because... it is ridiculace if it was just because they had a character in Hetalia... but if there was something particular that they found... I guess off beat?

Actually... I can think of France and Germany possibly holding a simular grudge... because there are lands that are still disputed over which should belong to which country. Doesn't help that one peice of it is known as a wheel or hubub of commerce in Europe.

The Koreans missed something major about Hetalia:

IT IS SATIRE!

Yup... and we should all get mad at Animal Farm because it satires the human race as nothing more then pigs. Or we should get mad at a modest proposal, for wanting to ... if you haven't read it, I won't spoil it... but it should be banned for its over zelous suggestions... even though the peice of work helped to draw proper attention to a need at the time. Oh... or we should get upset about Pet Shop of Horrors. I saw the Anime and it had quite a bit of satire on the human ego there... I am being sarcastic about this... these peices are actually very good peices of work...

Oh my... .__.

Which is why I started watching it... I found this lovely topic, and as part German, I loved the fact that the sterotypes we tend to joke about ourselves are in there, even thought they don't always hold true.

Oh my, Such Long History! Puh-lease, we here have 1300 years history and manage to cover it for 12 years... WWI and WWII are practically teached one whole semester... Though we learn only things, concerning Europe... Sadly, we can't cover it all too, but we have a really long history, y'know?

And I understand the koreans. From far as I read here, their situation is similar to ours with Turkey. They ruined our empire /not exactly... But with all those skillful khans and kings, we made some cool history... Maybe we could have become something, by the time of King Simeon, we were reaching 3 seas AND Byzantian Empire was paying as /what was the word... no, not debt... get my point?/. They enslaved us for 500 years and did nothing for us! My dad always say, "I wish we were enslaved by England for example... They would've take care of us, unlike them. And then the comunism, blah-blah, and now we're one of the poorest in Europe. We can use all those 1300 years of history to wipe our butts, nothing else. So yeah, almost nobody here likes Turkey, and we never will, cause we're that much of a stupid patriots. So try to understand the koreans! Even if the japanese are sorry, even if this is a joke - it's still the same. All this hatred just can't go away. We, bulgarians, will react the same if Turkey did that. ;)

The funny thing is, probably almost no one here even knows that there's such a country in Europe. It pretty much sucks to be patriot, cause you know it's all in the past. Curse year 1396 ><
I don't hate the turkish people, it's not their fault, but something like that won't pass by. Probably the koreans feel the same way as I do. You guys just... don't know what it's like ;) I wouldn't mind making fun of for WWII though... We pretty much sucked for allies anyway, it'll be fun. Plus, Japan did nothing to us, so why bother ? ^_^ Besides, we're pals, quite some japanese people are living here fter they grew old xD

agreed with you both.
awww that sensitive people.. ;A;

Well, many other countries are being portrayed in their respective ways as well. Of course, people would find stuff like that insulting, but it's time to be more open.

There's no singapore so am i going to protest? are koreans fucking stupid?

Exactly.... >__>

At least they have a Korea in the series. Where the hell is my Republic of Ireland character?

Hey guys, I'm sorry to disappoint you guys with this answer, but as a Korean/Japanese girl (my mom is japanese and my dad is korean), I've had many jokes on me.

I was raised here in Korea since I was young, and to tell you the truth, Koreans (that were born in Korea) just like getting mad/worked up over anything. You see tons of funny jokes that make you want to crap your pants in Japan and other countries like Saturday Night Live from America or Hardo Gay from Japan. (Just a few examples) However, if a celebrity were to perform these kind of acts, Koreans will immediately take action to shun this "disgusting being".
I can say that Koreans just love taking a stand against things. It may be in their culture, and what I told you is just one of many examples. If a male celebrity is dating a female celebrity, the female fans will go through hell to get that female celebrity out of the entertainment buisness. Etc. Etc.

http://blog.naver.com/tkrhkehrud?Redirect=Log&logNo=10040718230

This netizen isn't mad about the being imprisoned by Japanese. He wasn't even alive when this all happened, honestly.
He's mad because (taken directly from his words):

1. The character looks stupid (and his clothes are all wrong)
2. The character's a pervert.
3. "독도는 우리땅이라구요" -->"Dokdo is our land"
4. The character follows the Japanese.
5. The character only takes pride in his land.

*However, like many of you have already stated, all of the other country characters had their own cute faults as well. So in other words, this person was just mad because Japan said it and he has an immature hate for them IMO.

http://agfei95.blog.me/30041003241

This person is mad because

1.Our clothes are wrong
2.They claim that Koreans are brothers with Chinese.
3.They claim that Koreans enjoy touching Japanese women's breasts.
4.They claimed that Korea's birthday is May 1st when it is in fact August 15th
5.They claim that Korea is important/vital to America.
6.They portray Korea as someone who takes pride only in his own country.
7. They clamed that we created the (han-jja).
8. The anime is stupid/weird/retarded.

*As you can see these Koreans are just being sensitive and a bad sport. As someone who's been born in another light and lived here long enough, I understand how they feel and act, yet I do not agree with them. It's just somewhere in their culture.


However, let's face it here: if they wish for their country to not be insulted through broadcast (almost) worldwide, whether it be with other countries or not, that's their choice.

I'm typical Korean who hates Hetalia to death. I just hate the fact that Korea is cute little guy who follows Japan all the time. Bull shit.

Sensitive? Sure. But any country will be sensitive if country like Japan, which gave most suffering to your own and distorting history for their nationalism, describe your country as if following every single stereotypes of your country that '2ch' created, you must get angry. We are tired of Japan's shit of altering history all the time, and cannot bear it any more.

Gosh it's just an anime! Just for fun. They don't really need to take it seriously.. -___-;
I actually hoped Korea would appear in the anime, but it seems that he wouldn't.. DX

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