aph Vatican – Ellawritesficssometimes

Update: Mr. Vatican

In a previous post, an anon concluded that the figure in
chapter 27 of World Stars represented the Vatican. However, the Vatican has not
made an official appearance yet nor does he have a design.

*Remember that official introductions usually look like
this. There’s an official title beneath them.*

There are some character notes on him, though, such as
Himaruya intending for him to be an elderly man [x].

In the context of chapter 27, we see what seems to be a
spokesperson/ clergy member for the Vatican represent their thoughts on how money and presents
are prioritized during the holidays. Mr. Vatican is mentioned, but it’s not
him. [x].

We then see a similar occurrence where an American steps in
to represent part of his people’s thoughts toward the same subject.

Again, there is no official appearance here.

Afterward, I got another ask from an anon who said that in the
Japanese and Chinese print versions of World Stars, this same Vatican spokesperson
was blacked-out.

@wttflchin
was kind enough to provide us with images of these versions today. Thank you!

While it doesn’t change anything in that the Vatican hasn’t
officially been given a design and appearance, it’s still interesting to see.

Perhaps people first seeing this on Shonen Jump+ confused the
figure to be the Vatican, hence why the image was blacked out in the printed
versions. It could also be censorship, although I’m not sure why.

In the version I’ve accessed via Hetascanlations, the Vatican is mentioned, but the character near the line of dialogue isn’t tagged as such.

Unless that was a mistake, I don’t think it was intended to be him.

There’s also the fact that in the context of the strip, we see an unknown American stand in as a spokesperson for his people’s attitude towards Christmas.

It would follow, then, that the character above acts more as a mouthpiece for residents of Vatican City, which would make sense given that there’s another clergy member placed right above him (below here

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Usually when characters are first introduced in canon, they’ll have an official title underneath them. Like this…

I also double-checked on Bamboo Thicket before I made that post to see if there were any illustrations made of the Vatican. I didn’t find any in the tags.

Unless the Japanese print version of World Stars is slightly different regarding illustrations (I wouldn’t know, but I know that strips are often redrawn), the online English version merely translates the chapters that Hima’s posted.

In that case, if you could provide a sourced image that would be helpful.

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Update: Mr. Vatican

Your posts are always wonderful!! But about the Vatican City, he truly appears in the hetalia world☆stars series, in the chapter 27. Tough it is still a scratch and in the original Japanese version, he is covered with black fog.