#Akatsuki no yona

[yonae]

Akatsuki no Yona by Kusanagi Mizuho

[shaihime]

Quick meme redraw of how I'm currently feeling about akayona after 264

[hak]

i'm not sure if i've seen this posted anywhere but here's the berserk tribute art drawn by kusanagi included in the 20th anniversary official artbook.

[layla99999999]

WHY DID JAEHA BLUSH🤨🤨🤨

[matcha-chai-latte]

Omg finally someone said it! Tell her.

I was starting to think I’m delulu for considering Yona selfish. I need more of this.

[layla99999999]

YES

THINGS HAVE BEEN TOO SAD AND DEPRESSING FOR TOO LONG I MISS THE SILLIES!!

[ofrandomthought]

I never really thought of akatsuki no yona as a horror story but here we all are

[oneforblu]

yona of the dawn 264 thoughts

as always, this chapter was insanely well written. chapter 263 was already "creepy" enough with the dragon gods pretending to be the dragon warriors, but this chapter made things so much scarier.

the dragon gods making a hak clone just to make yona stay was so infuriating. all of her loved ones being used as puppets to keep her stuck in the chalice while yona fights for her way out was so heartbreaking to read.

yona is incredibly resilient, and even when facing the gods themselves, she doesn't back down. she loves the dragons more than anything and has already decided she won't leave them behind no matter what. it's what king hiryuu wanted, and yona will carry his dream out.

hearing the dragon gods say yona is going to the heavens brought me to tears. although she's willing to sacrifice herself to save her loved ones, it's another thing entirely to come face to face with the idea she will never see them again. her terrified face as she falls through the flowers is a beautifully haunting scene. the art and scenery are gorgeous, but the reality of the situation is awful. she has so much to live for and do, and yet it seems like there's no chance for her happiness at the moment. she was given a chance to save them but at the cost of her own life? i don't think she ever thought a moment like this could happen. after all, she always envisioned her reuniting with the dragons and live together again.

finally, seeing the dragons again made me so happy to know that they ARE, in fact, alive, but the scene after made me so anxious. becoming humans at the expense of yona's life isn't something nobody wants. even if zeno is willing to do anything to die, he says he needs to bring yona back to the real world. doesn't matter if zeno no longer sees himself as a part of yona's dragon family; at the end of the day, he will protect her.

zeno's face in this panel tells me he knows what happened to yona. this is one of the most anxiety-inducing cliffhangers we had in a while. i believe the series will end with everyone together, but i have no idea how yona will make it out of this. i'm assuming that zeno might put himself in a life or death situation to bring yona back. or perhaps it's yona herself that has to come back to earth.

this chapter was so insane but so amazing. i'm so excited and very scared for what comes next.

[erisawrites]

Never knew I needed central Asian Yona.

I recently got into Yona of the Dawn and I’m absolutely loving the manga

One of the reasons why I got into the series was the beautiful and and the clothing Yona wears - when I saw her wearing Central Asian clothing in one of the volumes, I became interested in it picking up. She’s wearing Kazakh clothing here

[thoughtfulstudentsalad]

I think the creepiest part of the chapter for me was when the dragon gods decided to turn into Hak and went, “shall we play lovers?”

like they do not understand romantic love, let alone platonic love, or any kind of human connection. and Yona is of course disgusted.

But i thought it was an interesting plot device. Let’s say that Hak and Su-Won end up in the chalice (miraculously at this point, but there’s some percent chance of that), and finally speak to the dragon gods. are the dragon gods going to play tricks and illusions with them too? What are they going to see? The gods pretending to be Yona? (Hak will lose his mind at this one) King Il? Yu-Hon? (I know Su-Won will have a reaction if he saw his father alive) I feel like shape-shifting can be used for a lot more stuff and could reveal more about the characters than we know.

[verooquieremimir]

This chapter had me in total despair yes. but i needed to say... they all look so gorgeous here. just wow.

[athanora]

KUSANAGI WHEN I GET YOU

[sorasan000]

Thinking about this Again

It's becoming apparent that Hiryuu was in the dark and perhaps in over his head when he made the decision to come to Earth. At least when it came to the fervent love the dragon gods had for him. First they gave him a medallion that he thought was a protective charm because awww, then they gave him a cryptic poem to stew on because oooooh, then they gifted him a fancy sword that was used to unbind him because awwww, and of course he didn't deeply think about any of it.

Until he got to know Zeno a whole two years after he started serving him. As soon as he realized Zeno would go on to outlive everyone he thought giving him his "protective charm" could be his anchor. At the time, he still believed that's all it was. A charm.

When he really, really started thinking about the prophetic words of the gods he realized what everything meant, and I can imagine all the different thoughts leading to this sad face:

His ignorance, his presumed inability to stop any of this, gestures he did out of kindness becoming crueler and crueler with everything he learns, and perhaps an internalized guilt that this was all his fault.

[akaneenaka33]

...So the dragon gods definitely have favorites.

gods: *gently set confused dragon warriors on earth* gods: It's the crimson dragon's will, so here you go! *pat pat pat* dragon warriors: wait we're missing- gods: yeah yeah that one. one sec. *insert whatever torture it is they plan to put Zeno through before tossing him back into an immortal life.* gods: Aight we're done. YEET-

I will be writing an essay. Just... not now I'm too exhausted from all that emotion because geez.

ON THAT NOTE, HOWEVER. NO ONE'S TALKING ABOUT HOW THE GODS ARE PLANNING TO PUNISH ZENO, AND THEN SEND HIM BACK TO HIS IMMORTAL LIFE ON EARTH?!?!?!? HIS "PUNISHMENT" AND IMMORTALITY ARE BEING STATED AS TWO SEPARATE THINGS. WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO TO ZENO???? MY BOY. HASN'T HE SUFFERED MORE THAN ENOUGH?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

Kinda wanna make a continuation of this comic bc angst and whump and exploring the potential effect of Zeno's torture session on him aka TRAUMA let me know if you're interested it will fuel my hyperfixation.

[freewilllife]

Yona is selfish? - The dragon gods might not be wrong...

Up until now even Hiryuu coming down to earth seems to be a selfish, self-righteous quest with bad consequences for so many people...

And Yona?

Finally after a couple of chapters the coin has finally dropped on her. It was responsibility...the dragon warriors...!

What an unbelievable naive thing to think...happiness? Why does she think they have suffered? Why did she think have countless dragon warriors suffered before the actual generation?

happiness? I am baffled due to this much stupidity!

Yes, but wasn´t that the purpose of your journey? To change their fate? Or was this a nice holiday for you?

In a way, this might be even Zeno´s truest desire. Finally peace.

Finally, she does try to talk to the dragon gods and negotiate...however is this no real negotiation...it is a plea...and the dragon gods should just give up on their greatest desire?

Of course they do not let Yona go...

But Zeno finally gets his wish granted...