11 January, 2016

Hetalia x Afterschool Charisma

I am aware this might be a bit off for the purpose of this blog; however, considering I really enjoy this manga and the fact that it could work very well as a crossover, I would like to talk about it.

I will attempt to avoid any spoilers about the plot of the manga, since it is quite wonderful, but something might slip, so I'll apologize in advance.



To begin, the manga Afterschool Charisma is about a conspiracy relating to a school for clones of historical figures, St. Kleio. The main historical figures include Joan of Arc, Napoleon Bonaparte, Elizabeth Tudor, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sigmund Freud, Florence Nightingale, and Adolf Hitler - just to name a few.

Although the specific year in which it is set is not stated, it is clearly some futuristic time, considering that human cloning is fully functional and considering the holograms shown occasionally.

It is probably fairly obvious why this would make a good crossover in the sense of characters, but the plot would also be very interesting with nations added into the mix. Although St. Kleio is supposed to be a secret for the majority of the manga, it eventually gets made known to the public, rallying debate over the ethics of cloning, the meaning of a clone's life, and just how human they are.

The same could be said for nations; In a universe where they exist, if light of them came to public, how would they be seen? What about a nation clone, or is that even possible? How would the nations react to young versions of their old leaders? What would be a nation's view on cloning?

There are so many topics that could be explored with this, and seeing that there are at least a few crossover fics already, I'm glad at least someone feels the same way.


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