I love anime. I've loved it since I was around eight or nine. My little siblings love it too, but only because I introduced it to them. However, I kind of had to take a break from my interest for around two months.
Two months ago, I had taken the offer of a babysitting job for a little boy, Xavier, who was around five. My friend, Jim, was babysitting with me. After Jim had gotten Xavier to bed, he showed me two DVDs he had purchased. One was for Black Butler, and the other for Hetalia.
"You want one?" Jim asked. I nodded and Jim asked me which one I wanted. Don't get me wrong, I love Black Butler, but my parents banned me from watching it after being convinced it was too "dark" for me to watch (with one of the main protagonists being a demon who wants to eat the soul of a twelve year old boy) so I took the Hetalia DVD.
After Jim left, I opened the DVD case to put the disc in the DVD player, and I found a note inside.
Listen, if you value your sanity or your life, then DON'T watch this DVD!
I sighed and threw the note away, thinking Jim was just pulling a prank on me. I put the disc in the DVD player and the opening for Axis Powers instantly began. I squealed, hoping this was an episode I really liked.
The episode began with Italy walking through a dimly lit hallway. His footsteps echoed with each step, he held a small smile on his face. He stopped in front of a door at the end of the hallway he knocked on the door and opened it. It revealed Japan tied up in a chair, the mutilated bodies of America, Germany, Prussia, Canada, England, France, Romano, China, Latvia, Russia, Belarus, and Sealand were scattered around the room.
Italy's smile grew bigger and he reached into his pocket and pulled out a blood covered knife. Japan began to shake as Italy put the knife between his eyes.
"Arrivederci." Italy said. I put my hands over my eyes as Italy began to push the knife into Japan's head. The sounds of blood squirting, bones cracking, and Japan's screaming invaded my ears. When I looked again, Italy was still stabbing Japan's corpse to the point where I could barely reciognize it, laughing like a madman.
I ran to take the disc out, but the DVD player out, but it burned my hand. I vomited as Italy ripped open Japan's stomach and began removing his organs.
The last thing I heard before fainting was Italy's psychotic laughter.
I woke up on the living room floor the next morning, it was Saturday so I didn't have school. There was a note on the fridge from my mom saying that she took Xavier home and cleaned up my vomit. I took the disc out of the DVD player, this time not getting burned, and ran to Jim's house.
As soon as I got there, I confronted him about the gore fest that I saw. He said he knew nothing about it and I probably had a bad dream. I couldn't find any other solutions, so I agreed with him.
I always hear Italy's laugh all the time now. And everytime I sleep, I keep having the same nightmare, in which Italy kidnaps a child version of myself, ties up my little kid counterpart, and proceeds to mutilate kid-me in the same way he did Japan.
My sanity has reached it's peak. I can't sleep, I can't eat, I can't do anything as this psychotic excuse for a Hetalia episode slowly eats my mind.
Police Document:
Name: Kasey Williams.
Date of Birth: September 16th 1998
Date of Death: February 15th 2014
Miss Williams had hung herself in her room after weeks of mental breakdowns. She has said to have heard laughter and had recurring nightmares. On her bed was a DVD for the anime series "Hetalia: Axis Powers" with a note warning people to not watch the DVD. Further research is needed.