Oh wow! If only they
actually looked into the series too.

Don’t get me wrong
either. I’m not saying that Hetalia didn’t have its fair share of problems,
because it did. The shock perverted humour used in it was blatantly wrong.

If you want a real-life
comparison, it’s very similar to the whole Guardians of the Galaxy and James Gunn
situation. Those tweets were incredibly offensive and cringey, and anyone in
their right mind wouldn’t condone them.

Nonetheless, the
actors in the show were able to recognize that the humour of these ‘jokes’ were
made in poor taste, that they were used for shock value, and that Gunn himself
even owned up and apologized for them prior to the whole scandal. While the
tweets themselves weren’t condoned, they had the common sense to acknowledge
that Gunn wasn’t being serious about these jokes and that they were
unreflective of his true character.

Philip DeFranco on
YouTube did an excellent job of presenting both sides of the story if anyone’s
interested in drawing these comparisons. The only thing that disappoints me is that Himaruya merely deleted the content and didn’t choose to comment on it.