>>36216This. The actual OG fangirls weren't watching anime, they were watching Star Trek.
>>36216Hetalia Axis Powers came out in what, 2009? After Ouran High School Host Club? (People got into the anime, who tf read the origial webcomics before that?)
I was reading One Piece reader inserts and SasuNaru fanfiction prior to that (although I was personally a big Pokemon yumejo, Red was hot), I felt like Kuroshitsuji hit way harder in my region than Hetalia ever did, everyone's husbando was fucking Sebastian Michaelis.
I feel like Hetalia was bigger with fujos than yumejos anyway, given the character dynamics.
Either way, you're giving Hetalia way too much credit.
>gigachadAlso, you talk like a moid.