Since the beginning of the heavens and earth, countless soldiers Spun history by overlapping their lives, aru. On the banks of the Yangtze, there is a single caged dove. In front of the Great Wall, the sun “rises” again, aru!
Selfishly, I think of the past – how nostalgic, aru…
Nǐ hǎo ma?My body hurts all over, aru.
I will even make new sweets, aru.
When I wake up, I cannot be beaten, aru!
As brave as a lion
My state of selflessness is dyed red, aru.
Depend on me at any time
Ai yaa yaa…
The child I found that day within the bamboo
I raised him to be sturdy and strong, aru!
Do you remember the moon we gazed at together, aru?
Wǎnshàng hǎo! The rabbit is pounding medicine, aru.
This sky extends to the ends of the earth, aru.
The wind runs through this vast land
Proudly, like a dragon
The star that is suspended on the red is flown
high
And shines on us, aru
Ai yaa yaa…
In the grief of this unending world
Why is it that people fight, aru!
Regardless of the injury, the day it will heal
will come, aru.
Leave everything to me!
Ai yaa yaa…
(Even if our countries are different,
If our words are different,
If our characters are different,
I always want to… gaze at the same moon as you.) [x]
Trying to motivate yourself to finish an assignment like…
I believe this has more symbolic meaning and shouldn’t be taken literally, but Japan’s “Excuse Me, I’m Sorry” character song has some very… powerful lyrics.
I believe it has to do with how he accepts being Westernized again after WW2, as he mentions the Meiji Era. I also think he’s referring to the American occupation of his country, pertaining to his innate fears of losing his sense of self [culture].
“Cherry trees, maple trees The meaning of the seasons
My straight black hair will be blond by tomorrow”
…
“
I really really like Western cooking I can’t deny the Meiji Era Excuse me, I am sorry
I love everything new I really really like what’s fashionable The minority can’t control me Excuse me, I am sorry ”
Thank you for your interest, and no worries. Yes! I will be continuing the three main ongoing stories that I have. I’m so sorry for how long it’s been since I last updated.
I’m heading into the final year of my degree this fall, so I have a lot to sort out! I’m also possibly doing a student placement with the RCMP and have to worry about interviews/ undergoing an extensive security check.
Anyways, I plan to be finished all three of my WIPs by the end of June. Once my free time opens up, updates will come very fast. I plan to make the first updated chapters close to 20,000 words to make up for my long absence 🙂
[I’m really sorry about those cliffhangers though ;;;; ]
I’m laughing because my University is right by Canadian parliament, and this couldn’t be any more relevant. I gave a granola bar to a dude on the bus today, hopefully that’s good enough.
I’ll
preface this by saying that I know Prussia is East Germany. On the other hand,
we don’t have any strips that concretely refer to Prussia as East Germany.
That said, until Prussia is either referred to
as East Germany or labelled as such, by rules of canon, he technically isn’t
East Germany. Yes, I know this is a bit confusing since his wiki page states
that he’s East Germany… I’ll get back to that in a moment.
Essentially,
the purpose of this post will be to illustrate how we know that Prussia is East
Germany; it just hasn’t been confirmed with a direct reference.
Opening Misconception:
Some people
claim that Prussia is East Germany because he refers to Germany as West. This
is incorrect because we see Prussia referring to Germany with this nickname
well before WW2 ended. The nickname likely has to do with geographic proximity, as Prussian
territory is located in the East of the country.
Is it possible for a personification to exist after dissolution?:
Yes.
Ex: We’ve seen
Holy Rome exist well after his dissolution.
“Usually, when the culture or the country’s personality
dies/disappears, the country would gradually disappear or entrust him/herself
to the country that takes over him/her.” [x]
In other
words, the personification’s existence is personality-based. This personality
is based on how strong their people’s culture is. Even after dissolution, if
the culture doesn’t die right away, the personification will still have a
reason to be. Basically, the path to death is gradual.
The second
part of this rule is what is of particular interest to me. It’s an option where
death isn’t required, regardless if the culture is gone or not.
“… or
entrust him/herself to the country that takes over him/her.”
In the
present day, Prussia mentions that he’s no longer afraid
of Russia because Germany is strong enough to protect him. Of course, this is making
the obvious assumption and conclusion that he’s East Germany.
Lastly,
another reason that could account for Prussia still being alive is that
personifications who have lost their culture can still live on as
representatives of their region.
“There are also cases that
him/her is not a country but continues to live leisurely as a representative of
a region.”
How I see
this is that the personifications become active in politics. In that case, this
would explain why we see Prussia still attending world meetings.
Character
notes state that he fell under Russia’s control and was stuck working unprofitable
jobs for him [x]
Ex: Russia’s
political indoctrination of Prussia.
Ex: Prussia
working alongside the other Soviet countries.
Ex: In the
Christmas 2010 strips, Prussia reveals his deep hatred of Russia. He’ll puke if
Russia touches him. If not, he’ll lose four eyelashes – this is likely a
reference to the Allied-controlled zones that divided Germany into four post-WW2.
Ex: When
asked why Prussia’s alone so often, Hima answered that he’s in an enclave of a pitiful state. [x]
“An
enclave is a territory, or a part of a territory, that is entirely surrounded
by the territory of one other state.”
If that’s the case then this would translate into Prussia
being amalgamated into/surrounded by Germany. Take note of this mention of weakness, because I’ll be bringing it up again soon.
Why we know he’s East Germany…
[…despite it not being confirmed.]
There are
several hints of the East-West divide that still lingers in the country.
Ex: In
terms of infrastructure, the East is on average poorer than other regions of
the country.
Ex: During
the same EU meeting from the example I listed above, Prussia talks about Ostalgie
and uniting the wall in [his and Germany’s] hearts. *Ostalgie is nostalgic
feelings for East German life and culture.
“We have to get rid of the “wall in our
hearts,” so that the country can get better and the progress will be
naturally more effective! When the Ostalgie level gets higher, Russia
imposes himself on my big brother.”
An obvious
reference to German Unification. No doubt.
Ex: When
the two brothers are finally unified, Prussia comes to Germany wearing old clothes.
Of more importance is the car he arrives in. It has an uncanny appearance to
a Trabant, an East German car.
He’s grown weak:
As seen in
one of the examples above, Prussia relies on Germany to protect him from
Russia since the latter is strong.
We also
know that Prussia doesn’t heal as fast as a typical nation would. This doesn’t
mean that he’s dying, given that personifications can still live on without
culture, but it does mean that he’s weaker than he used to be.
Ex: He’s
bitten by Germany’s dog. A full week passes, and his wound still hasn’t healed. What’s even more troubling is that Prussia lies to Germany about how long he’s had the wound for.
Prussia’s always been reluctant to admit to
weakness, so I wouldn’t say that this is all too surprising…
Friends: We’re going out tonight. You should actually come this time.
Russia (the
personification) represented the USSR at world meetings.
Ex: The Baltics either stayed at Russia’s house or
acted as servants when Russia attended world meetings on their behalf. [x]
Ex: Bulgaria stopped attending the World Academy while he was under Turkish rule and didn’t come back until he was independent
again. [x]
The same
thing occurred with Romania too.
Briefly put, we know that Prussia is East Germany, but he hasn’t been formally introduced or referred to as such.
On the wiki page, they cite “Germany is playing an impossible game” as the strip where Prussia’s status as East Germany is confirmed. It pretty much is [it refers to German Unification], but again, it’s not explicit. Technically, it’s not confirmed then, as I’ll elaborate on later.
I actually disagree with how this was done. No matter how obvious something is, I’m of the mindset that things shouldn’t be accepted as canon until it is explicitly stated as such. Most East Germany references have to do with German Unification or Prussia working for Russia, however, no labels are given…
Guide on what we know about Prussia’s extremely probable status as East Germany coming up tonight!
Anon 1: I didn’t forget that Germany’s states are personified. An example post is not purposed to provide
a full list of every case in the manga/ web comic. That’s why I provided
sources for people to search the “states and provinces” tag if they wanted a
more complete list of all state personifications.
However, since we’re on
that note, if anyone wants examples of German state personifications, several of
them are mentioned in the “Cleaning Prussia-san” game [x]. Saxony makes a few
formal appearances in the webcomic (e.g., one panel in the Maria Theresa Arc).
Hesse is the one with
the most formal appearances (e.g, 2011 Christmas strips, volume 5).
Lastly, since the states
aren’t actually personified in canon, that last part of your ask is a headcanon
(I just don’t want anyone to confuse this). But, yes, I’m often perplexed by
the whole ‘top secret’ trope. This is also the case for me in AUs where the nations
are kept as a secret from the public, when we know in canon that humans are aware of their existence.
Anon 2: I suppose, but there are
times where they are both referred to as Italy in conjunction. It’s an inconsistency I’ve noticed in the series.
Like you said, Romano is
referred to as Italy in Lithuania’s outsourcing pt. 3.
However, they’re both
seen representing Italy [in general] at a world meeting in an incompleted strip. (not canon,
just used for demonstrative purposes).
Likewise, what I find
odd is that when they’re given EU profiles, Veneziano is referred to as Italy,
meanwhile Romano is specified as South Italy. [x]
Either way, there’s no
real reason provided in canon to account for this, so I just accept it how it
is.
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