User blog comment:Freelance Grammar Nazi/Kind of a Rant...?/@comment-2004850-20100704041449

Yeah, I can see him removing Tibet...I actually liked his design; he looked cute and differed from the rest of the cast. Only nation two characters have been depicted as bald, correct? How many strips are there left to redraw and reprint? Enough to fill an entire volume, or even that? It's nice and all that Himaruya is doing it, but I'm itching to get a volume of new material. Once all the old stuff is finished, he can work on the new and maybe spend time with other characters.

I'm a bit afraid, really. Some people will use an (apparently) bad dub as an excuse not to support the company. Also, these people tend not to be able to critique the Japanese version at all. I do enjoy the original, but, like nearly everything else, it's not perfect. Though I was happy that America sounded normal in the Roswell episode except when he was excited. It seemed more in line with his character, rather than having him hyper every second of his life.

Thanks--I'd heard he'd gone back to Japan at some point, but wasn't sure. The man does like to travel! Hopefully he'll visit Taiwan, and maybe stop by some other places. It might revitalize his inspiration.

At least he's shown signs of remembering the -hans exist, what with the one's brief appearance in that Netherlands strip. Bulgaria and Moldova seem to have just dropped off. He may remember Tibet, but has issues with incorporating him. If the strip is redrawn, it'll probably be Tibet-free and in volume 4. There's the African nations who've been abandoned. It's too early to tell with NZ. TRNC was only recently brought back. Cyprus was used in a semi-important role but not drawn. Vietnam and Thailand have been around for awhile...I'm nervous about how things with Wallachia, Moldovia, and Golden Horde will turn out. Hopefully GH will be Mongolia, thus connecting those two characters and possibly adding some dimension. Wallachia could be Romania, and Himaruya has mentioned that one before...

I want Moldavia to be connected to Moldova. It'll give me hope that Himaruya, despite his treatment of minor seemingly one-shot characters, he doesn't forget about them. Uh, was the economy strip with Moldova published?