Why is 헤타리아 so popular?

I don't think 야오이 has anything to do with it. My sister LOVES 헤타리아 and she HATES yaoi.

당신 can't just watch one episode and judge the whole series off it. 당신 have to keep watching it, get to know the characters.

I 사랑 Hetalia, because the character are so put together, the jokes are so funny and well thought up. I 사랑 the dept of the characters and their personalities. All their relationships and friendship with the other characters really got me into it. It's funny and a good story. I watch it when I'm depressed, so I can see that 사랑 and friendship is everywhere, that we all 가입하기 together to make the world. I just 사랑 the message it gives, the characters, the story, the friendships, the partnership, and...just everything about it. It can teach 당신 history and even make history 더 많이 fun to learn. It's a comedy, but yet it can get 당신 crying. Most people seem to ignore the history and just the deep beauty in this show. All the idiots of the fandom who just like it for 야오이 and the boys. While others 사랑 it for what it really is, a beautiful and deep story. That can make 당신 laugh, cry, and get 당신 to learn about the world. It's just a beautiful 아니메 and I 사랑 it. The world is not prefect we made it the way it is today. But together we can change it one country at a time. One person can change one thing, two can 옮기기 mountains, but 더 많이 can change a world

Let me give 당신 some advice: Don't bother with Hetalia. Seriously, for the sake of your brain cells, 당신 do not want to suffer through 더 많이 than one episode. Hell, 당신 already watched one episode too many, and I'm going to list some very valid reasons why 당신 should just stop right there.

1. Story. There is absolutely no plot whatsoever to drive this shitty show forward. Then again, that could probably be attributed to the fact that it parodies WWII, which brings us to the 다음 problem...

2. Parody. The fact that 헤타리아 parodies WWII is already a bad sign. Since it's spoofing and mocking a real world event, that alone gives it less freedom to develop a story and flesh itself out a little (should've followed Excel Saga's example and just parody a different thing every episode). Not only that, but it does a very poor job of spoofing, since not a single joke is funny. That brings us yet again to another problem...

3. Humor... 또는 lack thereof. The only way you'll find 헤타리아 funny is if 당신 like to laugh at 영화 such as Spy Hard, Disaster Movie, and Meet the Spartans (so in other words, if you're a 팬 of 영화 made 의해 Friedberg and Seltzer, 헤타리아 is right up your alley). There is not a shred of good humor to be found. Let me ask this: How is some waste-of-space jerk-off stuffing hamburgers in his mouth funny? How is Britain putting together references to both Dumbledore and Dora the Explorer in a magic spell funny? It's like referencing the Milkshake song while making fun of the Milkshake speech from There Will Be Blood. It isn't funny. 당신 know what it is? It's fucking stupid.

4. Animation. The 'cutesy' artstyle in 헤타리아 is painfully overdone to the point that it looks like what would happen if My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic was animated 의해 AKOM Productions. Also, I might add that none of the characters are unique in terms of character design, since most of them share the same hair-style and such. Speaking of characters...

5. Characters. This is probably Hetalia's biggest crime. NONE of the characters have any likable qualities whatsoever. 당신 literally have no reason to like any of the characters. Italy is an annoying little 암캐, 암 캐 that needs to be tortured Hellraiser style, 일본 has all the personality of a piss puddle, France is nothing 더 많이 than a shit-eating rapist, Canada is basically a Redshirt character that never dies... I could go on. Not a single character gets any amount of character development, with the exception of America. However, even HIS development (or rather what little he has) doesn't help him much since it's spread out through FIVE episodes. A competent 아니메 such as Cowboy Bebop would give each character reasons to be liked, character development, and would dispense them in usually just one 또는 two episodes.

There. I just gave 당신 five valid reasons why 헤타리아 sucks and 당신 should avoid it. If 당신 want a GOOD comedy anime, go check out Soul Eater.

The thing about 헤타리아 is 당신 have to be able to endure extreme excessive randomness to like it. It also helps if you're educated in World History, because that's what the entire series revolves around. Certainly, the first episode was excruciatingly insane, and after watching it I had no desire to continue. The only reason I got into it was because my friend wanted to watch it and she made me watch five episodes with her. After watching it with her, I actually started to 사랑 the show.

Let me say, it doesn't get that much 더 많이 serious after episode one. In-fact, it's almost impossible to comprehend unless you've learned about the events prior to watching it.

Think of it like adventure time. That show is so freaking 랜덤 and stupid, and yet it has so many 팬 (me included ._.) I can understand where 당신 come from when 당신 say 당신 don't understand why it's so popular. But the facts are, there are lots of people that enjoy mindless humor.

And plus, a lot of 헤타리아 characters are really cute ._.

At first I wasn't a 팬 of 헤타리아 because of the first episode but then a few months later I gave it another try and I somehow found myself finishing every episode of Axis in both Japanese and English because it was too Hilarious.
And 헤타리아 isn't a 야오이 at all, I mean, there may be some funny reference but from my knowledge and looking back at all of the episodes there really isn't an yoai.
Though I'll admit that there are fangirls who make their own matching couples, which is hilarious.
But yeah, another thing people enjoy 헤타리아 is because it is a way they can see how their country is portrayed 의해 other countries and the common knowledge sterotypes.
This is why i 사랑 헤타리아 :)

야오이 is a huge reason for it being popular.

because It shows us a history on very easy way XD

all the characters look good :)

It's really cute and funny? LOL i'm not exactly a huge 헤타리아 팬 so i can't say.

Just because the first episode sucked doesn't mean the whole series sucks =_=

[Le adds more]

당신 wanna know why people are SOOOO Into Hetalia?

**YAOI**

당신 can get over 700 couples In Hetalia!!

The History is good too but we Hetalians care 더 많이 about the 야오이 ~

Well 당신 kinda have to watch them at once because its like the shows that if 당신 watch out of order then 당신 won't get it. I know that the episodes are really short though but they kinda lead into what the 다음 episode(s) are going to be. Ya and also its because 당신 can ship anyone in the series like France and England (FrUK) and America and England (USUK) are probably the most 인기 ones 당신 can get out of the show, but there are others.

Hoped that helped : )

I'm not into it for the yaoi, okay? I only support 2 couples =_=

I haven no idea why it's so popular, honestly. I 사랑 it personally, because it's funny. It's cute. It's just flat out entertaining; and the thought of countries being people is so far-fetched and crazy that it just.... works :\

Not much of a 팬 myself.....

It's fucking hilarious and those boys are cute as fuck.

Well this was asked a long time 이전 but I'l answer this anyway...

Well sadly, lots of people are just into it for the 야오이 the fandom offers. Even though in the actually show, it has nothing to do with that.

Here, I'll just leave 당신 with this article. It does a really good job at explaining what exactly 헤타리아 is, and why me and others can't get enough of it~
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To really enjoy and understand Hetalia, is if 당신 know "some" basic history, because it's fun to relate the story, which is 더 많이 comedic, to the real history, which makes 당신 want to fall asleep and die during class. Once 당신 take history class, you'll realize how much better 헤타리아 is.

Also, the 야오이 is necessary in Hetalia, because there's alliances and stuff made, and the only way to express it is through BL. Sorry if ya don't like it, but 당신 have to face it to get it. Just freaking imagine that France and Italy is a girl 또는 something!

I have no idea *sees pop-up in the corner 읽기 a award that is called Veteran* Okay? o.O Anyway, I have no clue. I started watching it too since a few of my 프렌즈 loved it and because of the amount of fanfictions on it (which is cause of the popularity) so I watched about 7 episodes. It was odd as fuck. I've seen A LOT of odd things, but that in a show takes the cake. I had no idea what I was watching, it was 5 분 long, etc. I might just go finish it, only so I knew what the fanfics of it were talking about. (You know, that 아니메 lingo. ;D )

헤타리아 is not a yaoi. It's 인기 because for some reason, human countries are appealing.

Honestly? I think maybe they just 사랑 the plot and the characters.