The comedy lands because it knows exactly what you're here for: watching personified countries be petty, weird, and inappropriately intimate with each other. Every episode is its own joke, which means you can watch three in a row or one before bed and get the same hit. The animation finally catches up to what the jokes deserve, and suddenly Germany in a dandelion patch doesn't just sound funny, it looks like it matters.

Hetalia comes back for a fifth season of comedy in which the nations of the world appear as eccentric characters, now with a few new friends and a flashier look. Germany crouches in a patch of dandelions, the Axis trio signs up for a witchcraft club, and Russia relives a painful memory involving a hamster. Turkey and Greece enjoy some bath time, Belgium throws a party built around waffles, and America shows off his dancing. The nations also work together on a school newspaper club and look back on famous figures from history. When Santa Claus goes missing, Canada tries to fill the gap with a polar bear. The tone stays light and silly across 20 episodes, with the history always serving the jokes.