Clearing things up

Jul 7, 20124 min read

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Published: Jul 7, 2012

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_{So recently there has been some drama about the Hetalia models and the "no yaoi" rule. I just wanna clear this up. Only a few of the models are affected by this rule. I found this out by scouring the readmes, using my own knowledge of Japanese and a few professional translators, I came up with a list of models that are and aren't affected:

America: YES (no R rated stuff)
Canada: YES
Cuba: YES
England: YES (but no R rated stuff)
Sweden: NO
Denmark: YES
France/Germany/Austria/Prussia: YES if you follow the English rules (which means you don't edit them) But NO if you follow the Japanese rules.
Greece: YES
Hong Kong: YES
Japan: YES
China: YES (no R rated)
Norway: YES (no R)
Sealand: YES (no R)
Finland: YES (no R)
Estonia: YES (no R rated)
Russia: YES (no R rated)
N. Italy:YES (no R rated)
S. Italy: YES (no R)
Iceland: YES (no R)
Spain: NO

Now to hana's rules. You all may already know that hana included two sets of rules with her models. One was an English readme and the other was Japanese.

In the English readme, she said that there is NO editing, NO redistributing, NO commercial use, and NO use in 18+ material such as violence (blood and gore) and sexual scenes.

In the Japanese readme, editing is allowed under certain conditions. And this is where the "no yaoi" rule comes into play. She made those two readmes because western users will not understand all of her conditions. So, to clarify, the "no yaoi" rule only affects you based on what set of rules you choose to follow.

Also, it shouldn't be called yaoi, since that violates all of the modelers' rules because yaoi involves intercourse between two men. Call it by it's correct name which is "shonen-ai".

I hope that this clears up some misunderstandings and that this pointless drama will stop.

EDIT:

I forgot to put Macao's in there.
Ok, so no violence/gore, sex scenes, but other than that, shonen ai is ok.

Also, to clarify, Sweden's readme mentioned NO YAOI but did not bar shonen ai. And Spain's readme was unclear, so I'll have someone look over it for me.

EDIT 2

So Spain's rules are the same as hana's Japanese rules. No yaoi for him.

Also, I was wrong before. The rules do cover shonen-ai. :/

EDIT 3

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