Author's Note- Hey everyone, today we will talk about the extremely nerdy side of the states. But before we get to that a quick shout out to FangirlSpotted, BloodLily16, Saoirsewolf, Hare787, and guest for reviewing. As always you guys are awesome.

Disclaimer- I do not own Hetalia…or Apple…or Crunchyroll…or any of the lovely stuff that Crunchyroll streams…

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It was a well known fact that states were pretty competitive. They liked to do things better than their other siblings. So when Illinois challenged all of the Great Lake states to compete in the Chicago Marathon, the regions seven other states and one Canadian providence signed up for the race within 24 hours. At this point Ohio was determined to be the fastest state in the race. When Michigan had announced to the group that they were going to run for charity, Ohio decided that he was not only going to run faster than his siblings he was also going to raise more money than any of the other states as well.

The only problem with his plan was the fact it only took Ohio 30 minutes to discover that running on a treadmill could be pretty boring. His solution to this problem was to catch up on his TV watching while training for the race. Netflix cost money, Hulu Plus cost money, Amazon Prime cost money, Crunchyroll was completely free. In Ohio's opinion, free trumped costing money every day so he tried Crunchyroll for his training regimen. It was odd to start with. He wasn't use to watching TV in another language or reading subtitles, but cut girl at the gym suggested a pretty cool series called Attack on Titan and Ohio had to admit it he found the show exciting.

By the end of the first week Ohio felt like he was just about to really hit his stride with the series when the he watched the last episode of the first season. Calmly he pocked around the Crunchyroll looking for the next season only to discover that it wasn't in the app. He tried Googling Attack on Titan season 2 and what he discovered dismayed him. There wasn't going to be another episode for at least another 2 to 3 years! Yes, a few years might not be that long of a time span for a state as old as he but that didn't mean he could actually stand waiting that long.

Ohio's thoughts of doom were finally interrupted by the sound of his phone buzzing in his gym bag. Absently mindedly he finished it out and checked the caller id. He recognized the phone number and decided he better answer the call.

"Hi Dad."

"Ohio, I have been trying to get to a hold of you for the last half hour and was starting to get a bit worried."

"Hey dad, I've got a problem."

"Ohio, what is going on? Are you alright? Do I need to come and get you?" The panic in America's voice told the state that he probably should have described his dilemma in some other way.

"It is not that type of problem, it is just that I have kind of gotten really into this new TV series call Attack on Titan and I just found out that the next season isn't coming out until forever and I am pretty sure that I am going to go insane waiting that long." Ohio blurted out.

"Ah, you have been dragged down the rabbit hole of anime it appears." The nation chuckled. "Why don't you give Hawaii, California, or Utah a call?"

"How is that going to help?"

"Let's just say that this isn't the first time that I have had this particular conversation. Those two have already come up with some activities to help keep themselves entertained until season 2 comes out."

"Okay Dad, I will give it a try." The state still seemed unsure about the advice

"It is called manga." Hawaii was clearly trying to keep himself from laughing. "Season 1 of the anime covered volumes one through eight of the manga, so all the manga volumes will cover virgin territory."

"So I could just read the manga and figure out what will happen next in the series?"

"Most of the time, yes." Hawaii chuckled. "Occasionally the anime and the manga will go on separate plot paths but the good ones tend to parallel each other pretty well."

"What do I do when to the end of available manga?"

"Well you are either going to have to wait a month or two for the next manga to come out or you could start reading fanfiction."

"What is fanfiction?"Ohio asked intrigued.

"You can bother California about that one…"

"…so that pretty much sums up what fanfiction is. You follow all that?"

"Fanfiction equals fan written stories in known fandoms." Ohio regurgitated the most important point that he had absorbed from California's 45 minute lection on the subject.

"Exactly, now go onto and knock yourself out."

"And what do I do when I run out of fanfiction to read?" Ohio muttered under his breath as he scribbled down the web address.

"Write your own." You could hear the laughter in California's voice over the phone.

"You can do that?"

"Yeah dude, I have written a whole bunch of them…including a few for your new favorite series."

"What are the stories called?" Ohio asked his pencil poised to write down the information.

"Well sir," California said cheekily, "if want to know that you are going to have go online to read them all and see if you can successfully pick me out of the crowd." Then the West Coaster quickly hung up the phone and refused to pick it up again.

Armed with the manga and the possibility of fanfiction, Ohio wasn't exactly sure why America had suggested he get in contact with his younger, religion obsessed sister. Still he took his nation's advice and made the call.

"Hey Sis, Alfred said I need to give you a call about Attack on Titan…"

"Eren, Mikasa, Armin, Reiner, Annie, Jean, Sasha, Erwin, Levi and Zoe have already been claimed. Based on your current physical condition you would probably make a decent Marco and we haven't had anyone volunteer to be a member of the Garrison so if you wanted to be any of those characters you well have to let me know. Once you have decided who you are going to be you are also going to…"

"What in the world are you talking about?" Ohio blurted out.

"You were asking to join our Attack on Titan Cosplay group for Comic Con."

"Cosplay?"

"Dressing up characters from a particular series and attending a convention."

"Oh, you mean that strange thing that Japan does?"

"I beg your pardon. Cosplay was an American invention; the Japanese borrowed the custom from us." Utah replied with mock annoyance.

"And you do this often?"

"Yes. Most recently, Nevada wanted to go to comic-con as Al from Fullmetal Alchemist, you know Fullmetal Alchemist right?" Utah paused long enough for Ohio give noncommittal noise. "Well I guess not. Anyway he wanted to play Al and you can't Al without and Edward to go with him. I will admit I was a bit tall for the part, but I really enjoy figuring out the latex moulds for the automail."

"I didn't understand a word you just said." Ohio admitted.

"And who do you think made Alfred's Captain America outfit?"

"I kind of assumed that he picked it up at a store or something."

"Ha." His sister gave a short staccato laugh. "Do you really think that Kevlar Captain America outfits are widely available?"

"What you made that thing out of Kevlar?"

"Of course I did and now our 'fearless leader' actually will wear a bullet proof outfit under his suit when he needs to. It may be incredibly untraditional, but I am not complaining."

"Things are suddenly making a whole lot more sense…" Ohio muttered mental puzzle pieces clicking into place. It was an open secret that America always wore super hero outfits under his suits. He had just never realized that the costumes were more than the juvenile antics of his parent nation.

"I am sure they do." He could almost hear the bemused smile on her lips. "I am sure they do. So, which character are you going to claim?"

End Note- Who knew that the states were so into Anime…and Manga…and Fanfiction…and Cosplay? Now I need to go look up pictures of America dressed up as Captain America and drool over them. Oh, and if anyone attends Comic-Con keep your eyes out for the states.