User blog comment:Maybebaby83/female countries and feminism/@comment-3113360-20101008205847

I disagree about them being 'lesser'. Hungary beat the crap out of the Bad Friend Trio, and Belarus manages to scare /Russia/ who is suppose to be the strongest, scariest nation ever. Also, I fail to see how Vietnam isn't considered an important country. Sure, she hasn't shown up much, but still. As for country -size- I believe that Ukraine is the second largest country in Europe, lol.

If this was a series meant for a male audience, the guys wouldn't be so bishie and...Well. They would be "tougher" and not nearly as appealing to us. Also, I can guarantee that a lot of the ship-teases would not be there. Sure, there may have been more females, but, more than likely, all the ones extra would probably be like Ukraine or Lichtenstein. (I really love Lichtenstein, don't get me wrong, though.)

The main eight characters are all male for the sake of girls obsessing over them. I guess if you really -need- a main female character, just convince yourself that China is a girl. (It's not that hard.) But yeah, notice how among all of the fan-service Himaruya does, very little is actually of the female nations? ;)

It's like a catch 22, I guess...