#(not saying that zeno doesn’t love them btw. i think he’s full of shit when he claims not to care.)

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[ID: a page from chapter 253 of “yona of the dawn”, depicting yona and hak embracing zeno from behind to stop him from leaving. a text post by lacunes has been edited onto the image; it reads, “get loved loser, get absolutely fucking treasured”. end ID.]

Credit goes to @yonaks who came up with this one in the tags of one of my posts; they were so right and so here we are

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Incoherent Akatsuki no Yona Whatever

Okay I may have read more than 180 chapters of this manga in three days, and now I'm gonna die month after month... Anyway, here I go with one of my long, unnecessary lists (of course this is gonna be FULL OF SPOILERS):

First of all they are all precious and have to be protected

Except for the Advisor Guy (he almost killed a child that was in his path) and the Sky General Dude (who is turning out to be just an envious little shit)

And I mean I feel slightly bad for hating Advisor Guy because he is smart and the only not noble powerful person at court, but as of now, I can't stand him

Yona is amazing, I usually can't stand shoujo manga heroines, but she is one of a different kind

Yona and Hak are fine slow burn OTP material

The dragon warriors all had messed up childhood/life before Yona, and my heart hurts

Until now I've loved Every Single Female Characters, and their interactions

Gi Gan the pirate captain is one hell of a woman

Lili is a tsunami, she doesn't beat around the bush and has been able to become so strong, even without knowing how to wield a weapon

Also her bodyguards are so precious

Omg the princesses of Xing

Especially Princess Kouren: the idea of a girl that spent 17 years of her life becoming a fine warrior to protect everyone, after a monster left heads of her people in front of her castle... I mean, wow.

Yu Lan loving her husband and him trusting and loving her so much after all

Kan Iguni is a power of her own, she wasn't much in the story but her fan and her silence mesmerized me

The scene where Yona cut her own hair to follow Hak down the cliff

Okay I know it was not... YET

Yun being the mother of the group, his goodbye to the priest and let's not forget he wants to read all the books in the world

Kija saying goodbye to the Grandma

Yona giving Shin-ah his name

Shin-ah and his mask

The pirates in Awa

Yona killing the slaver with her arrow

The idea of Zeno being 2000 years old, yes it breaks my heart

He was like so chill for entire chapters and then he dropped off the bomb like "yeah miss don't worry, the more they hurt me the stronger I get, I've been alive since King Hiryuu, I know I can't die, believe me I've tried"

The look in Yona eyes that lets everyone know that you Don't Mess With her and her family (my girl, if I think about her dead eyes in the first chapters, she has come so far)

The Dark Dragon and the Happy Hungry Bunch, I died

Hak calling himself the Dark Dragon until they all gave up, I mean the man can keep up with the others so

Yun being super chill when people mistake him for a girl, because he knows he is too pretty

Lord Tae-Jun having a satisfying redemption arc

Hak just making a habit of hugging people he cares about, not just Yona #letboysbesoft (this was the moment I had to go and look, and of course this manga is written by a woman, it is amazing)

The group being carefree and happy, going around helping people, I'm gonna miss those days now that they are in the palace

But the shift was so well done throughout the series: you could see how the tales of their actions spread and everyone started to know them, nothing was gonna be simple anymore

Can we talk about how cute is that Hak is like Yona best cheerleader: that's my lady everyone, when she wins the archery gamble, smirking, when she fly-kicks the guy harrassing Lili, isn't my lady amazing, when more archery

AND THEN JUST BLURTING OUT THE CONFESSION OF HIS UNREQUIED LOVE IN FRONT OF EVERYONE

The drangons were like what just happened

Yona was like what just happened

Yun was like what just happened

Ao was like what just happened

I WAS LIKE WHAT JUST HAPPENED

When Yona "greeted" Hak

The water kiss (*melts again*)

Yona drinking a possibly poisoned medicine, so she could tell Hak she loved him

The scene was perfect, because I was so sure this was gonna be dragged on with her not remembering the fire and everything: but then she just tells him and everyone hears (except for Tae-Jun, Heuk-Chi covers his ears and drags him away, sparing the poor dude's life, the whole thing was hilarious)

Btw the Dark Dragon and the Happy Hungry Bunch drink respecting women juice

The Wind Tribe makes me soft

Kija is too pure for this world

Jae-Ha and Hak, I swear

Like Jae-ha feels all his dragon instincts towards Yona and maybe more, but he spends 90% of his time like

Now if I just can see Hak and Yona kick ass together, like the power couple they are, I can die happy (please don't make Yona waste away in the castle, pleeeeeeease)

Kija and Jae-Hae protecting their brothers, smashing everything so they didn't have to show their powers at the competition

The last chapters made me so mad, like my hands were slightly trembling: the palace is suffocating, they are divided, used and embarrassed; seeing them coming out victorious even this time will be so satisfying

Last but not least I still don't have an opinion on Soo-Won. I don't get why he had to go through all the rebellion and killing the king. He is conquering the whole world and strengthening the nation, but why couldn't he do it with Yona and Hak? What was Yona's father really thinking? Why his passive way of dealing with the other countries? He knew his daughter would one day obtain the power of the Gods, so why not letting her touch weapons?

The more I think about all this, the more the whole picture escapes me. I'll see you in a couple of years (T.T) with more theories and more answers I hope.

(Just kidding please hit me with your theories and everything I forgot to put in the list!)