(L) Akatsuki no Yona [Manga]

[Justice_Rises]

Originally Posted by LKK

The simple answer to your question is that no one here knows the answer.

US manga publishers are certainly aware of the series. It's been suggested to them as a possible license. The mangaka is known to them since some of her older works have been published here in the past. So it's a possibility that Yona will eventually be licensed. But that's all anyone can say at this point.

Thank you.....

I apologize for posting this the wrong way.... I'm new here, and still am trying to figure out all the rules here.

[BPD Renegade]

Originally Posted by Justice_Rises

The last time i saw something do that (*Coughs* Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. *Coughs*), it screwed up the story and nearly killed the show, and it's angering the audience.

I'm a writer, and i think this is a lousy pacing to tell a story... It's humorous, and good story, but it's pacing is wrong, and it needs to be straightforward.

These questions should have already been answered.... There meant to be answered, to raise new questions, to continue the story.....

The fact that these things are left unanswered means it's stalling (Even if you dont agree with me).... If He/She wants to continue the story past this, then you create new mysteries around these things to create more arcs, not a bunch of side-stories that dont move the plot...

Yona just going around and helping the kingdom, while heartfelt and kind of touching, does nothing for the plot, it strengthens character, but is not her Interior motive. She's lost, and has to find her way.... Her motive is to reclaim what was taken, and avenge her father.

Wait a minute, are we reading the same manga? Yes, the mystery regarding the sword and shield are certainly hanging in the background, but it's exactly that, in the background. Although they paint the setting and help progress the plot, AnY is not a manga about mysteries and myth. Ultimately, it's a manga about Yona's growth as a person. It's about her journey as she attempts to mature from a sheltered, spoiled, and naive princess into a mature woman with an understanding of her people and country. It's about Yona's attempt to define who she is and the role she will take on. To get rid of all that for a faster paced story would change the very nature of the manga and most likely leave us with a shallow product. Kuroshitsuji comes immediately to mind as an example of this.

tl;dr: IMO, this manga has excellent pacing.

And as a last note, claiming to be a writer doesn't give someone's argument any more relevancy than another person's, just like someone's ability to cook doesn't make his opinion on a dish any more important than that of someone who can't.

[Justice_Rises]

Whatever dude.... You do have a right to your opinion...

But anyways....

Chapter 110 came out and it really went into Yona's motives and, her beginning to really fall for Hak and he with her now... And it was pretty impressive....

Question is, where do they go from here.... That's why i keep bringing up the ending, cause every chapter feels like a storm is coming that could mean the end.

Heck, Nisekoi looks like it's finally coming to a close, which i'm very happy to see.

And for those looking for updates, so far it looks like the story is picking up a bit of steam in terms of story and so forth.

[GDiddy]

I need to catch up. Last one I read had something to do with what was going on with Soo-Won while the arc about Shinah

Spoiler:

getting posessed by the former Blue Dragon while Jae and Kija try to help him

[Malicre]

I stopped reading this manga around chapter 40, right around the time Yona and Soo-Won ran into each other and yona still had feeling for him even after he killed her father. personally ill never understand what people see in this manga.

[BPD Renegade]

Just leaving this here:

Spoiler for awww:

Oh Ao. I could stare at you all evening. Er, and you too Shin-ah. Well, maybe not all evening for you.

[BPD Renegade]

A bit old, but AnY has been licensed!
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[Justice_Rises]

Originally Posted by BPD Renegade

A bit old, but AnY has been licensed!
Source

Finally! Now i can buy it and catch up this summer!


Also, for those who look at this, were up to chapter 118, and boy is it intense.

[ellifeedn]

I finished catching up on this series. I wonder if Kouka is going to annex Sei and Xing.

[DragonOsman]

I just read Chapter 120 recently. I really like this manga and I'm also glad that the plot is moving along, although I just wish that Yona would hurry up and find out about Hak's feelings for her.

It's interesting that Soo-Won knows now that the legend about Four Dragon Warriors and King Hiryuu is real. And I think he also guessed from what Ki-Ja said about it when he asked him ("It's someone you know very well"), that the "King Hiryuu" the current Dragon Warriors are protecting is Yona.

Yona heard the legend, but it seems like she doesn't understand that the original Hiryuu, the Red Dragon, became a human because he'd stayed with the humans for too long which caused him to lose his powers. She doesn't seem to get that King Hiryuu was a normal human without any powers because of that and that her being his reincarnation doesn't necessarily mean she also has to have Dragon powers. I hope she understands this soon.

By the way, at the end of Chapter 120, when Yona saw Hak catching Lily; what's up with her reaction? Does anyone on here think she might be getting jealous? I really hope not, as there's no reason for her to. And she also doesn't have a right to get jealous since she's been pushing him away for too long and has also been treating him like her bodyguard more than as a man she could be with.

Looking at her face and expression, though, I guess it also be something else entirely. But what?

[ellifeedn]

Originally Posted by DragonOsman

By the way, at the end of Chapter 120, when Yona saw Hak catching Lily; what's up with her reaction? Does anyone on here think she might be getting jealous? I really hope not, as there's no reason for her to. And she also doesn't have a right to get jealous since she's been pushing him away for too long and has also been treating him like her bodyguard more than as a man she could be with.

Looking at her face and expression, though, I guess it also be something else entirely. But what?

I think Yona is reacting to Soo-Won helping to save Lily.

[SweetRain]

Originally Posted by DragonOsman

I just read Chapter 120 recently. I really like this manga and I'm also glad that the plot is moving along, although I just wish that Yona would hurry up and find out about Hak's feelings for her.

It's interesting that Soo-Won knows now that the legend about Four Dragon Warriors and King Hiryuu is real. And I think he also guessed from what Ki-Ja said about it when he asked him ("It's someone you know very well"), that the "King Hiryuu" the current Dragon Warriors are protecting is Yona.

Yona heard the legend, but it seems like she doesn't understand that the original Hiryuu, the Red Dragon, became a human because he'd stayed with the humans for too long which caused him to lose his powers. She doesn't seem to get that King Hiryuu was a normal human without any powers because of that and that her being his reincarnation doesn't necessarily mean she also has to have Dragon powers. I hope she understands this soon.

By the way, at the end of Chapter 120, when Yona saw Hak catching Lily; what's up with her reaction? Does anyone on here think she might be getting jealous? I really hope not, as there's no reason for her to. And she also doesn't have a right to get jealous since she's been pushing him away for too long and has also been treating him like her bodyguard more than as a man she could be with.

Looking at her face and expression, though, I guess it also be something else entirely. But what?

She is basically moved to tears because she saw how both Hak & Soo-won worked together to save Lily, and I don't blame her, I mean it does leave you wondering the big things they could have accomplished if they hadn't ended like they did.

[DragonOsman]

Makes sense, if it's that. I do think Soo-Won and Hak need to reconcile somehow. Ki-Ja and Shin-Ah also noticed that Soo-Won may not really be that bad of a person. I wonder if Hak knows exactly why he killed Emperor Il in the first place? I can understand the anger from the betrayal and the pain Yona felt from knowing that Soo-Won killed her father (I don't remember if she saw the whole thing or if she came in afterwards and heard from Soo-Won himself after seeing the situation), but if one were to calm down and think, Soo-Won isn't completely wrong here. He's doing all this for the sake of Kouka.

I remember from earlier in the thread that there was some confusion as to who the descendants of King Hiryuu actually are. I don't think it's the Fire Tribe, despite the whole "fire" and "red" connection. I think that the Sky Tribe are the descendants of King Hiryuu, with my main proof being Yona herself.

[SweetRain]

Originally Posted by DragonOsman

Makes sense, if it's that. I do think Soo-Won and Hak need to reconcile somehow. Ki-Ja and Shin-Ah also noticed that Soo-Won may not really be that bad of a person. I wonder if Hak knows exactly why he killed Emperor Il in the first place? I can understand the anger from the betrayal and the pain Yona felt from knowing that Soo-Won killed her father (I don't remember if she saw the whole thing or if she came in afterwards and heard from Soo-Won himself after seeing the situation), but if one were to calm down and think, Soo-Won isn't completely wrong here. He's doing all this for the sake of Kouka.

I remember from earlier in the thread that there was some confusion as to who the descendants of King Hiryuu actually are. I don't think it's the Fire Tribe, despite the whole "fire" and "red" connection. I think that the Sky Tribe are the descendants of King Hiryuu, with my main proof being Yona herself.

I'm gonna put my comment under a spoiler cuz it got kind of long.

Spoiler:

As far as Kusanagi has showed us, no, Yona hasn't shared with anyone what Soo-won told her, that King Il killed his father and he wanted revenge on him. I'm not saying that what he said isn't true, because Soo-won isn't someone who would have had any reason to lie, and because I don't believe he's the kind of person who would believe things said to him without confirming them by himself. The key factor here isn't whether King Il killed Yuhon or not, but why would he need to kill him? What motive had King Il to kill his own brother? What I'm saying is that I don't doubt that King Il could have killed Yuhon, but I believe that he had a real motive if so. The same way I think about Soo-won, I won't deny he wanted revenge but I don't think that”s the only think behind. I'm also not sure if Soo-won is aware of the motives that King Il had to kill his father. Those are two things we need to know, and I'm scared that we might never get answers.

As for Hak, I doubt they can go back to what they were, but the fact that Hak was able to control himself speaks big time about him. We need to remember that he isn't just mad a Soo-won for what he did to Yona. He's mad at him on his own behalf because he was betrayed, by a really close friend, for who he had put aside his own feelings for the princess, believing that both were going to marry and reign, and he was more than wiling to do that and more. Soo-won betrayed his closest friend, one who he aspired to become like, a friend that admired him back. It's super hard for both of them, and is showing in both cases, especially every time that we see them interact.

Soo-won is indeed the king that Kouka needs at the moment, but that not automatically erase what he has done. Regicide is regicide regardless of what kind of ruler King Il was. Also, he has a strained relation with the Wind Tribe for what he did to them to be able to ascend the throne. Sure they are supporting him right now, but that could change if he isn't careful. The latest chapter of the manga shows that perfectly.

I'm not gonna talk about the tribes that much because it gets confusing most of them time, but I want to make something clear, just because Yona is Hiryuu's reincarnation doesn't mean she has to be her descendant, we also have been told that all tribes had reigned at some point after Hiryuu's death so there's also that. I strongly believe that maybe Hiryuu's soul needed to be reborn into royalty for plot reasons, maybe? so that's why it wouldn't matter what tribe were to be holding the power. This of course, doesn't mean that what you said couldn't turn out to be true.

As for other things, what I want the most is more insights on Soo-won, we can rarely see whatever he's thinking. I'm one of those who like him as a character but I can't just keep liking him over this "perfect ruler" image that Kusanagi has been painting him on. Actually, it drives me crazy because apart from his demons over cutting ties with Hak and Yona, he seems too perfect, so perfect it seems fake.

[Windsgrace]

^Perhaps King Il was opposed to violence because he knew what his daughter was. (The reincarnation of King Hiryuu.) In order for the soul to "activate" for a lack of a better term was to be in middle of a strife or a need for reform in the Kingdom. This is just a minor theory of mine. ^^

Also Soo-won has been so use to deception his whole life than perhaps he is even lying to himself. We really never know what he is thinking. Also as you said SweetRain "he seems too perfect, so perfect it seems fake."

[Flower]

Ch 132

Now that ... that was a very interesting chapter. One that unexpectedly sheds a lot of light on other facets to the whole situation behind the events before and after Yona's father was chosen to be king, and behind some of King Il's decisions.

One of the things I love about this manga is how it shows that things are not always as simple as may appear. Excellent stuff!

[zztop]

I've noticed how, throughout the story, plenty of characters comment on how beautiful/handsome the men in Yona's group are. Yet when it comes to Yona herself, they only comment on her hair colour and not much else...

[Fairy Water]

Originally Posted by zztop

I've noticed how, throughout the story, plenty of characters comment on how beautiful/handsome the men in Yona's group are. Yet when it comes to Yona herself, they only comment on her hair colour and not much else...

Have u also notice they are a bunch of reverse-harem for Yona only?
It's annoying that at this point some still thinks Yona deserves more love

I hope they don't cause trouble to Soo Won, he didn't want to be harsh on Yona's gang but this event may make things worst.

[Arabesque]

Originally Posted by Flower

Now that ... that was a very interesting chapter. One that unexpectedly sheds a lot of light on other facets to the whole situation behind the events before and after Yona's father was chosen to be king, and behind some of King Il's decisions.

That was something I was waiting to get brought up for a long time now, and it figures it took over a 100 chapters for it to be mentioned again.

The early parts of the series spent some time on mentioning how poorly (or at least, unpopular) King Il's rule on Kouka had been for the populace, and how the five generals didn't like that he had been giving up land to neighbouring countries, trying to paint a "Il was a good man, but awful king" image for him.

But from what people of the Wind Tribe and Hak, the strongest solider in the entire kingdom, said of Il, they thought very highly of him and poorly of his brother. Soo-Woon's father in particular was only talked about briefly, but mentions of him were always talking how "terrible" he was in character, or how he was exiled the priests of the castle or how he was constantly in war with everyone. I was just waiting for the other shoe to drop and we got the perspective of the other kingdoms to how both rulers acted, and how much of a better king Il was to them because he actually understood diplomacy and had basic human decency.

The line about why he gave up those land gains to the other kingdoms is now in full context, and makes me wonder what move Soo-Woon will take in regards to that, given the last few wars he kept on going on campaign for had been to get back the lost lands Il gave away as reparations.

[Justice_Rises]

Well things have certainly picked up and are off to the races. Chapter 145 will be coming soon (Tomorrow or the day after.) and man alive it's gonna get wild!