User blog comment:XxMapSyrxx/If you follow Himaruya sensei's blog vehemently..../@comment-2106344-20100930015854/@comment-2106344-20100930153029

well...I just think it's a bit odd, mainly since in previous post, made on the same day, he wrote Poland and Lithuania with katakana, and if it was something done in familiarity, then why is it just Estonia? (the only ones who are written different are the Asian countries, which are still usually done in kanji)...maybe it was purposefully done(like it'a hint to something)...or maybe he just didn't notice until he pressed submit, and now he just can't change it/doesn't want to

...I can understand closeness, but I would think that it would extend to other characters too