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WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL MY LIFE? DO YOU KNOW HOW DISAPPOINTED I WAS THAT YOU WEREN’T ON THE MOVIE SOUNDTRACK????
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It's funny how ONE reasonable breakdown in a span of only one night deemed as erasing the strength Yona got after chapters of development. It also took several abduction/hostage situation to show how she build a strength to defend herself and people around her.
High politic is less about strength and even more about human chess with information, a familiar setting with heavy baggage doesn't help either. Story wise this arc got a lot of potential info that we could have. Let her take some down time, we know Yona's capability.
Thank you for summarising in two paragraphs the feelings I have been failing to try and write about for months now.
I’ve been finding it quite interesting how Yona is always praised as a “strong female character” and gushed about every time she draws her bowstring or tells someone off, yet as soon as she shows emotional vulnerability of any kind (or makes a seemingly ‘incorrect’ decision, no matter how 'rock and hard place’ it was *glances at the chapters where she decided to come to the castle*) the immediate reaction in the fandom is to say that she has regressed and is no longer “strong”. Or for some to claim that she is acting out of character and needs to go back to being the “strong female character” we knew before. I don’t think these claims would be so bad if Yona had been acting this way for multiple arcs with no real cause given, but these reactions usually come after single chapters/events that a) haven’t even been concluded in the story yet, and b) justify quite well imo that she has every reason to be upset/confused/mistaken/you name it.
I think another interesting opinion floating around is the idea that Yona is acting out of character because she didn’t just storm the castle and/or hasn’t told off the people around her trying to control her. Again, I’ve been wanting to rant about this for ages, but the short of it is that this current situation is nothing like what she has experienced in the past. I feel that every villain in AnY has served (or, tried to serve, some fell flat - that’s another rant I’ve half-finished and never published) to teach Yona something important about leadership, giving her life experience and varied viewpoints to look back on and use if she ever takes the throne. It’s why I’ve never gotten up in arms about the villains in AnY typically being defeated very easily - they are usually flawed characters who are not meant to be physically strong or necessarily super smart. They are manipulators and scoundrels who misuse their power or influence and there are lessons on how not to lead/how people work to be learned from them. The same can be said about this current arc. Usually the people Yona has to deal with are obviously in the wrong for some reason. She (with the help of others more closely involved with the situation - see Lili, Tae-Jun, Kouren, Tao, etc.) can easily remove them from the picture and try to fix their corruption, or push them back because they have tried to invade Kouka and that’s obviously not going to fly. This current scenario is SO DIFFERENT. People are not necessarily being hurt under Soo-Won; rather, the opposite. He has seemingly won the favour of the people more than Il ever did, and has been doing “good” for the country. (I say “good” because all of this is subjective and I know the scale could be argued to be tipping both ways, but that’s a debate for later). He is not someone abusing power to harm the people. We know how he got the throne and that Yona and co. have a right to dislike him, but the people don’t know this. Taking him or parts of his team out could start a civil war if done incorrectly. I’ve been saying for a while but this arc is about “perceptions” - about acting in such a way so that your actions don’t conflict with how you need to be seen by others. As you say, it’s ‘less about strength and even more about human chess with information’ and Yona is not super skilled in this area yet. But I have 100% faith that she will learn. We’ve already seen that she knows she and her friends are being manipulated. Her glaring at Kye-Sook/Joo-Doh/Soo-Won and calling them out in private (because she can get away with defying them openly there because no-one is watching) is obvious proof of this. However, her ability to do a lot about it is still lacking. I’m hoping this will be a great learning experience for her and she will start to pick up on ways to get what she wants without ruining her “status”. I get that sneaky politics doesn’t seem very much like Yona and the person we know her to be, but I think it’s important for her to learn. Even if she doesn’t use manipulation to get what she wants, learning how to spot it and work around people trying to use it is so important if she eventually wants to rule, because others WILL try to take advantage of her, no matter how kind and steadfast she is. I’m sure (or at least I really hope) she’ll start to figure it all out, but she needs time. As you mention, her current location and the heavy baggage she is now carrying are definitely not helping, but as she always has done, I have faith Yona will stand up again and figure out what to do. Her showing emotion and getting upset here are not signs of weakness or regression imo. They are signs that, despite everything going on around her, Yona has not lost her compassion and ability to love.
To be honest, this is another thing I can't understand about AkaYona fans. I'm not even a fan of Yona, and even I can see that her actions in the latest arc don't make her weak. Please remember up to one year ago she's still a spoilt and pampered princess who knew nothing. She's learning everyday. First, she learnt to stand up for what she believed, then she gained physical strength and gained the courage to stand up against first her enemies, then her "friends" (read: ex-crush aka Soo-Won). In this arc, she's learning what she never had to do up until now: put on a poker face and maneuver the subtlety of palace intrigues.
AkaYona has up to now always had Yona use glares and threatening stares to convey strength, whereas Soo-Won commanded the same level of awe and respect with a boyish smile (Ogi), a smirk (battle games with Geun-Tae), words spoken with nonchalance (at the fort vs Kija) or a politician face (Princess Kouren) and of course, threat (Li Hazara).
Of course, Soo-Won had years of experience. Yona only had less than a year. Which is why I loved that scene where Yona went "I am merely resting on the seat which was assigned to me. What others think do not matter to me". We know it doesn't not matter to her, but she's finally learning to put on a poker face and hit at her enemies with words rather than death glares and physical strength and I'm so excited for this change. Next, she needs to learn to smile while shooting daggers with her words.
Also, can I point out that Soo-Won, on the morning of his coronation, cried over the hair of Yona (and he wasn't even in half as shitty a situation as Yona is in now) and nobody flipping called him weak?! Wth Yona fans?
Then again, this "pushing people away to protect them" trope is something I've always hated with a passion, so I'm not sure how I feel about the latest chapter.
I agree the pushing people away trope is frustrating, it's a big minus to the story (for me) if it wasn't for how we got such fulfilling resolution for several tropes before. Like when Hak ends up having anger confession instead of being dragged by misunderstanding, and when Yona confessed again right after her throat heal instead of being dismissed as not a real confession.
About the trope itself, Taiyou no ie settled the pushing away trope nicely by showing that sometimes we do need a little time to solve it ourselves and then communicate the reasoning. My point is we don't know for sure how this will end, so I put my faith to Kusanagi Sensei and move on to other series to fill the time.
Anyway glad there are other people who felt the same
It's funny how ONE reasonable breakdown in a span of only one night deemed as erasing the strength Yona got after chapters of development. It also took several abduction/hostage situation to show how she build a strength to defend herself and people around her.
High politic is less about strength and even more about human chess with information, a familiar setting with heavy baggage doesn't help either. Story wise this arc got a lot of potential info that we could have. Let her take some down time, we know Yona's capability.
Sugawara: Why do good people die young?
Shimizu: When you’re in a flower garden, which ones do you pick?
Sugawara: The ugly ones.
Shimizu: Exactly- wait, what?
Sugawara: Ugly bitches don’t belong in my garden.
How many of you want to bet that Furudate add Kiyoko because "where's the waifu?" pre-publishing so he slapped in the prettiest girl in just to say "there. now lemme back to volleyball"
He clearly know how to write girls with how he does Michimiya, Yachi and develop more Shimizu. But man does her initial purpose was mainly a big f you to those "ganbare!" genki but motherly cutout.
How many of you want to bet that Furudate add Kiyoko because "where's the waifu?" pre-publishing so he slapped in the prettiest girl in just to say "there. now lemme back to volleyball"
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Here is the entire Ancient Magus Bride Audio Drama. Each part is accompanied by a translation and corresponding illustrations from the companion booklet.
Part 1
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Part 4 (Final)