#yona265

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My thoughts/notes on yotd ch265! :D

There's not any analysis just my jumbled up thoughts on this chapter. Sorry.

-They're still in the chalice, this might be really dumb but doesn't this suggest that their power is limited, sure they brought yona to the heavens but only when she was in the chalice. They didn't even know where hiyruu was for like 2000 years so idk,especially how the warriors are going to get out.

-also it's still the dragon god who looks like jae ha who's with zeno, and the kija and shin ah look alike with yona I think. I don't know if the dragon gods are separate beings at this point or just an amalgamation

-also with how they address yona as the 'crimson dragon' and not her name just shows how out of touch they are because they don't even acknowledge that she's a human and I don't think they can even tell the difference between her and hiyruu.

-Idk how to properly articulate this but theres a theme of fate in the manga with the dragon warriors being blood bound to serve yona not out of there free will shown with how jae ha first reacted to yona. I feel like this chapter clears up this problem because even though they don't have the blood? I think? They still want to serve yona because of the relationships they built with her. Even the dragon god says that their feelings are because of their blood but they are still willing to protect her and their each other too. And how they were willing to fight a dragon god themselves, might show that they're going go against fate.

-Additionally I think I mentioned before about 264,that the dragons would face some kind of consequences for turning fully human like a version of the crimson dragon disease. While they didn't get the disease, they got seriously harmed(shin ah being blind now? And kija losing his arm) but that's not really a consequence for being fully human rather them just attacking the dragon god. So this has got me thinking, will they get more consequences when they turn human or when the dragon gods meant turning them human, they just mean to amputate their dragon limbs off???If that's what they're planning on doing, that's gonna be sooo cruel.

-But also if the dragon gods remove their blood from the warriors without that much of a fuss, can't the same be with hiryuu's descents since yona now is in heaven. So would that mean that the crimson dragon disease would be gone since its caused by the blood? So su won wouldn't be sick anymore. But I don't entirely trust the dragon gods to be true to their word.

-Also the sword and the shield message? I always thought that it was meant to symbolise a person as a sword and shield like su won and hak. But I think it literally means the objects because a few chapters earlier yona throws hiryuu's sword away when she doesn't want to fight zeno and then the recent volume's cover art is zeno holding it.

I wonder if it means that zeno will have significant role in taking down the dragon gods now that he has the 'sword'. I can't think of what the shield would be cus there aren't that any significant ones I can remember.

-Speaking of zeno, he really doesn't deserve all this and I get that the dragon gods are doing this to punish him for trying to attack yona but kija and shin ah literally tried to attack the dragon god and while the got seriously injured it's less bad compared to zeno's immortality. But even the dragon god didn't get angry at them and didn't treat it like a punishment, saying they can still live peacefully???? (Ignoring how the dragon god can think they can live peacefully without some of their limbs and yona) isn't weird the difference in how they treat someone trying to hurt them compared to someone trying to hurt yona? It makes me think that there was something different between the other dragon gods and hiyruu for them to treat her so different. Like I wonder what their dynamic is because it's obvious that hiyruu is centre in their relationship but it could be just 2000 yrs without him that is making them prioritise him more.

-I feel like the dragon gods literally can not do anything about zeno, because they can't kill him. I wonder if it has anything to do with the yellow dragon god not being present in the recent chapters. I kinda think that he's trapped inside of zeno or something along those lines.

-I just love how zeno is in this chapter, you can see his raw emotion in each panel. And you can tell he genuinely cares both the warriors when he's trying to make them stop attacking, he's more concerned with there safety now then his permanent immortality. And I feel like this speaks volumes.

And how he scolds the dragon god about yona not being a pet and to treat her like a human, he really doesn't care about the consequences anymore of speaking out ot a literal god and is only focused on the others' wellbeings way more than his.

-I really like how the development of the dragons was explored in this chapter tho. Jae ha for instance, his whole character is centered around the theme of freedom. But he's will to lose his leg and his life to protect yona and his brothers, it's such a big change from how he was in the beginning and really shows how he considers them a family.

-Also kija, he's to most interesting to me because he has had the most positive experience with being a dragon warrior compared to the others and has a strong faith in the dragon gods. And now he meets the dragon gods like this, I wonder how he's going to process this because on one hand he's mad at them because of what they have done to yona and the others warriors but then he has spent almost his entire life believing in them and essentially worshipping them.This has to hit hardest on him because I don't think he can get over years of faith just to find out they were evil, so it will be fun to explore later on.

Shin ah is so interesting here too, he's the first warrior to full on attack the dragon god to get yona back, I think this mirrors how he attacked su won too. Like he did it for yona, because she means so much to him. Like she gave him his name and made him able to be with hhb, I just really like their relationship. She basically means the world to him.

Also he was really calm after basically being blinded, I feel like that was more the reassure the others because zeno was definitely panicking. Tho I'm forgetting if the warriors are aware that zeno betrayed them, it would be interesting to see them react to that if they weren't.

This scene parallels the one where zeno talks about seeing abi's eyes one last time but here shin ah takes zeno's role. I feel like the warriors all parallel zeno some how in this chapter at one point, especially the last line when jae ha says he's was glad to appart of the dragons. I like to believe that because zeno has been an outsider for so long even with the og warriors so it's like someone finally gets him. And omg, its kinda repeating what has happened to zeno with the og warriors with yona gone/ hiyruu dead and shin ah going blind/abi wearing a blind fold :0 that's why zeno looked so traumatised,it getting rid of any hope he has, now that he know he can't get rid of his immortality.

-Imo the only people who can do something about the dragon gods is yona, zeno or su won with how the narrative is framed. Maybe that can act as the myth of the sword and the shield but I don't remember su won ever having a shield or maybe he's acting as the dragon king because 2 chapters ago he says 'this is my last duty as king' or something along those lines. And the myth makes it sound like the king and crimson dragon are 2 separate things so maybe there's some hope for him :D

Also what happened to yun??? I hope he gets do something significant too because it feels like all the chapters are focusing on the others but I don't even think he knows what has happened to them. So it'll be heartbreaking if he finds out.

Thanks for reading my brain dump! Ik it made no sense but yea (I'll grammar check this tomorrow so apologies)

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Redrew another ch 265 panel minus shin ah because I struggle drawing him. Idk how to make the dragon god scary like in the manga but I attempted to.

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…I did another sketch from ch265,this is the last one I promise

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A sketch of a chapter 265 panel,this is one of my favourite chapters so far. I really want to yap about this chapter but I’ll wait until the translation is released cus I just translated it to get a gist of what has happened. But man the dragon gods suck ,it’s like they are trying to torture Zeno for no reason. Oh and I was kinda right about something that would happen. But yeah will probably do another redraw of a panel cus I just really liked this chapter.