i hate hetalia

this is basically what happened in the latest chapter right

BONUS:

yao: whatever do you have good quality ginseng or fur pelts new boy

alfred: my name is alfred f jones—

yao: sure alfred flowery-flag-devil jones

“ 吃饭了！” behold: my contribution to @the-world-on-a-plate hetalia fanzine! featuring yao cooking up some mapo tofu 🧡✨

we've got art, writing, and recipes in honour of world food day. my mapo tofu recipe is how i was taught to make it at home. if anyone tries it, i'd love to know how it comes out 🙌

(YOUR ART IS SO PRETTY AND CUTE AND AAAAGHHH)

「お前らいつまでたってもガキのまんまじゃねーあるか。少しは大人になるよろし。菓子やるからこれでも食って落ち着けるある。」 "No matter how much time passes, you're still the same brats, aren’t you? You all really ought to grow up a little. I made some treats, so why not have a snack and calm down?"

it seems like china's language uses lots of kyowa-go (協和語), which is the chinese-japanese hybrid that appeared in occupied manchuria. the usage of aru/yoroshi are both indicative of this. it's apparently common for chinese characters in anime to speak in a manner reminiscent of kyowa-go.

on a brighter note, reading china's dialogue in JP has given me a bit more appreciation for his character. using ガキ/gaki (brat/kid/urchin) and お前ら/omaera (rude second person plural)... there's a very condescending and sarcastic tone to him, it's charming! not to mention his opening line is 「ふー・・・またあるか・・・」 ("Fuu... yet again...") he's SO dramatic, I already love it. ALSO he uses lots of kanji where other characters don't which makes him feel older i think. he also says 菓子 instead of お菓子, removing the honorific, which is apparently a "vulgar/low" alternative.

while (probably?) an accurate cultural translation of kyowa-go (he skips particles in both ENG and JPN), i feel like him speaking improper english in the english dub might potentially take away from his aura a bit... (setting aside the Obvious Issues with it)

BRICS meeting recently and I wanted to draw them all

maybe if i post this sketch i haven't touched in months, i will be filled with the will to continue it