Anon 1: Yes and no. The meme was literally just me
expressing confusion over why people find it so difficult to understand that there
are two Italies despite the fact that Himaruya’s explained the reason several
times lol. As for the Civil War, in all the civil war strips we’ve seen thus
far, a second personification hasn’t been officially created.
I really just think it’s mainly the historical and cultural
differences that prompted two personifications. The old post you’re talking
about (2006) simply explains that Italy was divided into two countries during WW2
and that it was only Romano who switched sides [x] [x]. The decision to divide them
wasn’t just because of their relations in WW2, as you see Romano separately characterized
in the original Chibitalia webcomic (2006).
Anon 2: All important points. I’ll never understand why the “only
one Italy can exist, one’s going to die” trope was ever made up. On top of
Himaruya repeatedly explaining why there are two of them, there’s no
canon evidence that substantiates this.
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