you like America/Japan and England/Japan? ♥ those two would be my runner up Japan OTPs!
...=P In fact, Japan/Taiwan would also be a runner up of mine after that too, heh. I've seen some really nice fanart with the two and they seem like they would have interesting dynamics too... then there's the actual "canon" pic with Taiwan demanding China to not bother Japan and yeah, it'd be interesting, I think!
Hmm.... I'll be honest, I like China/Japan now though I admit I also found it hard to see it possible, when I first got into the fandom. ^^'
but I liked how China seemed to care about tiny!Japan a lot even when Japan didn't really ask for it at all. I think (Hetalia's) China genuinely does like him because of that, anyway. Also, have you heard China's character song "Aiyaa, Four Thousand Years"? It's a very beautiful chara song and (imo) kinda obviously sounds like he's singing to Japan, based on those lyrics. And then I think someone in the main comm mentioned it was brought up that it sounded like the background singing even sounded a bit like the words, "Wo Ai Ni" (Chinese for "I love you") and yeah I started shipping it a bit more I guess after hearing about that even if it was uncertain... XD;
Though it's still a bit hard to think of what Japan must think of China after the Black!Kiku strip, I admit. But, there were some parts that made me think maybe China will be able to forgive Japan and they'd get along again some day (well, in Hetalia canon anyway) - For one thing Japan said "forgive me" just before he attacked so it seemed like he at least felt some remorse about it? For another the fact that Russia of all charas consoled China by saying "but don't worry, you two will definitely get along well with each other again" helps me think maybe that's what Himaruya intends to happen sometime later in Hetalia so...! yeah. :D;
I know why Japan historically had issues with China, but not why the character did. His younger days just seem such a 180 from how his personality later developed. Did China bring out the worst in him or something? <- I suppose that is the question to think about when it comes to that pair, it is confusing, huh? though I sometimes wonder if it's because of the way China "found" Japan (who seemed kind of lost and aimlessly wandering, in a way) and simply took him in and tried to get Japan to follow his customs, in a way... maybe that's what did it. Japan seems to me, like maybe he just couldn't get used to such drastic changes and strict rules? Sooo that's what I think may have been Japan the character's issue, anyway.
Annnnd that's enough tl;dr from me (sorry bout that!...) It was interesting reading your answers though, thanks! And I of course totally agree that quiet charas/pairings =/= boring, yup. ♥
OH and I just thought, I also some time ago saw this beautiful "MAD" fanvid about the Asian nations and thought I'd rec it too (song lyrics are here (http://www.animelyrics.com/jpop/nakajimamiyuki/eastasia.htm))?: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kVYNtCtYKY ^ I think it shows an interesting take on the relationship China and Japan may have had too :)
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Date: 2010-08-23 10:13 am (UTC)...=P In fact, Japan/Taiwan would also be a runner up of mine after that too, heh. I've seen some really nice fanart with the two and they seem like they would have interesting dynamics too... then there's the actual "canon" pic with Taiwan demanding China to not bother Japan and yeah, it'd be interesting, I think!
Hmm.... I'll be honest, I like China/Japan now though I admit I also found it hard to see it possible, when I first got into the fandom. ^^'
but I liked how China seemed to care about tiny!Japan a lot even when Japan didn't really ask for it at all. I think (Hetalia's) China genuinely does like him because of that, anyway. Also, have you heard China's character song "Aiyaa, Four Thousand Years"? It's a very beautiful chara song and (imo) kinda obviously sounds like he's singing to Japan, based on those lyrics.
And then I think someone in the main comm mentioned it was brought up that it sounded like the background singing even sounded a bit like the words, "Wo Ai Ni" (Chinese for "I love you") and yeah I started shipping it a bit more I guess after hearing about that even if it was uncertain... XD;
Though it's still a bit hard to think of what Japan must think of China after the Black!Kiku strip, I admit. But, there were some parts that made me think maybe China will be able to forgive Japan and they'd get along again some day (well, in Hetalia canon anyway) - For one thing Japan said "forgive me" just before he attacked so it seemed like he at least felt some remorse about it? For another the fact that Russia of all charas consoled China by saying "but don't worry, you two will definitely get along well with each other again" helps me think maybe that's what Himaruya intends to happen sometime later in Hetalia so...! yeah. :D;
I know why Japan historically had issues with China, but not why the character did. His younger days just seem such a 180 from how his personality later developed. Did China bring out the worst in him or something? <- I suppose that is the question to think about when it comes to that pair, it is confusing, huh? though I sometimes wonder if it's because of the way China "found" Japan (who seemed kind of lost and aimlessly wandering, in a way) and simply took him in and tried to get Japan to follow his customs, in a way... maybe that's what did it. Japan seems to me, like maybe he just couldn't get used to such drastic changes and strict rules? Sooo that's what I think may have been Japan the character's issue, anyway.
Annnnd that's enough tl;dr from me (sorry bout that!...) It was interesting reading your answers though, thanks!
And I of course totally agree that quiet charas/pairings =/= boring, yup. ♥
OH and I just thought, I also some time ago saw this beautiful "MAD" fanvid about the Asian nations and thought I'd rec it too (song lyrics are here (http://www.animelyrics.com/jpop/nakajimamiyuki/eastasia.htm))?:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kVYNtCtYKY
^ I think it shows an interesting take on the relationship China and Japan may have had too :)