Hetalia: The World Twinkle · review
Hetalia is back (whether you like it or not) and it's pretty much the same as almost every previous season so far. Story: 6/10 I'll summarize each episode very briefly, without spoilers (like that exists in Hetalia) Ep 1: Nekotalia. Ep 2: Food trivia from World War 2. Ep 3: Denmark, Iceland, Estonia and the other Nordic countries exchange snacks and drinks from their own country with each other. Ep 4: Finland narrates the Nordic states meeting and tells about the past.Ep 5: Germany and Prussia bro it out over a beer.
Ep 6: Germany goes full SS on Italy during the war in Africa.
Ep 7: England and America talk about what to drink during the war in Africa.
Ep 8: The war between Denmark and Sweden in 1657 explained.
Ep 9: Sealand, Wy and Seborga tries to find some friends.
Ep 10: Sealand, Wy and Seborga tries to find some friends.
Ep 11: Melancholy, sad and totally unexpected from Hetalia.
Ep 12: England and France discuss how to defeat the Axis powers.
Ep 13: Russia tries to make friends, but comes of as creepy.
Ep 14: Canada is ignored The Episode.
Ep 15: Germany almost kills Italy and chibitalia returns.
Art: 7/10
The art for the opening and ending are really colorful and each character has a very distinct color pattern. It's not as beautiful as Hetalia: The Beautiful World, but it's a refreshing change of art style.
Sound: 7/10
A lot of brass instruments are used, since many of the sketches takes place during WW2. The voice actors do their job well and nothing significantly has changed since the last season.
Characters 8/10
The characters and their interactions with each other is the core of Hetalia. A lot of new countries is introduced (such as the micronations in episode 9 and 10) and the Scandinavian countries get a lot more screen time (As a Dane, i like that) It's refreshing to see new countries and their interactions with each other, instead of the usual Italy-Germany-Japan gang.
Enjoyment: 7/10
I already knew what i went into when starting this show. It's Hetalia.
The only thing that really caught me of guard was episode 11. It's nice to see Hetalia change, even if it's just for 1 episode.
Overall: 7/10
If you have watched Hetalia before, you'll definitely like this.
If you haven't watched Hetalia before, you'll probably still enjoy this. It has some funny moment, good characters and you'll (maybe) even learn a few things about world history.