Also known as "Feeling disappointed and sad about the end of the Hetalia: Axis Powers world conference scene". Why did the aforementioned scene have to end? I’m definitely going to miss it. I wonder if I’ll get to see another episode with a similar scene like this?
But, you know what, that feeling of sadness and disappointment isn’t just because this awesome scene has come to an end. It’s also because of how it ended and what came after it, which certainly can’t be described as a good thing.
The world meeting scene happened in season 1, episode 1 of the Hetalia: Axis Powers anime and manga series by Hidekaz Himaruya. This scene introduced us to characters like America, Russia, Germany, Italy, France, Switzerland, and more.
- Being able to meet many of the countries of the world
- Getting to know some of the characters
- This was the perfect beginning to the series thanks to how funny, humorous and interesting it was
- This scene definitely has rewatch value - you can watch it over and over again and not get sick and tired of doing so
Don’t want the Hetalia world meeting scene to end
It was definitely sad when this scene ended. I wish it could have gone on longer considering how interesting it was. I’m definitely looking forward to seeing a scene like this again in later episodes of Hetalia (there are more scenes like this, right? I certainly hope so).
Another reason to feel sad and disappointed about the end of the Hetalia world conference scene
It feels like this scene ended so abruptly, actually. After Italy yelled “pasta” and we saw the opening credits of Hetalia: Axis Powers (#ad), I thought that, right after that, we would get back to the world conference and we can see other countries or we can find out more about the countries that we’ve already met. I thought we might even get to see more speeches.
Unfortunately, that’s not what happened at all. Italy yelling “pasta” was pretty much the end of the aforementioned scene. After that and the Hetalia opening credits, we move on to another scene.
Abrupt scene change
You know, that wouldn’t have been so bad if the scene change hadn’t happened so abruptly and if we’d actually gotten to see any one of the characters that we just met during the meeting.
Meeting a new Hetalia character - the Roman Empire
But, no, instead of seeing characters that we already know, we get introduced to yet another new character - the Roman Empire. He didn’t even show up during the first part of this episode so his sudden appearance was abrupt and it seemed like he came from out of nowhere. What happened to the world meeting and the characters present in that meeting?
Moving from the present to the past - why?
Another problem with this scene change is how we clearly moved from the present to the past. This was made more obvious thanks to the appearance of the Roman Empire.
- What’s the reason for this scene change?
- Even if the world meeting had to end, why did we get introduced to this new character now?
- Why did we go from the present to the past?
It would have been much more interesting and definitely better if we got to see what each of the characters did after the world conference ended.
Conclusion
So, what about you? What’s your take on this? Do you wish that the world meeting scene didn’t have to end or that, at the very least, we didn’t suddenly change scenes from the present to the past? Feel free to share your thoughts and opinions by leaving a comment below or by reblogging this post.
Notes:
- pic is from Amazon.com; link shown above
- originally published on my Hetalia Archives blog on Mar 27th, 2015 10:57:21am
