overheard at home: "what was that one... that anime series that was like... world war ii and all the countries were people??"

oh you mean the one that's literally called Axis Powers: Useless Italy. remember when that was a normal thing for everyone to be into for a while

ppl were running around anime conventions in fucking knockoff-SS uniforms like "hehehe doitsu~ moe~ pasta~"

and the whole thing was like... oh Russia's really the only scary one. Germany? just a little cold & misunderstood. here, his character song is about how lonely he is

and YES i only know this because i ALSO once had a hetalia phase, NO i am not making any excuses for myself,