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I'm so happy to see Kurapika. Look at his silly face! I never expected to see such an expression on him again and be reminded of his love for knowledge; his attempts to pronounce Shimanu's name right melted my heart. It's very easy to forget how young he is:

Also, a cropped panel of him speaking softly (judging by his facial expressions) to Oito:

Please, Togashi, let them survive the war 🙏

#hxh #hunter x hunter #manga #kurapika kuruta #kurapika #oito #queen oito #kuraoito #kurapika x oito #chapter 412

I've played Road 96 and now I'm thinking about an mha au. The Black Brigades' demolitions expert Bakugou and runaway Uraraka crossing their paths on the way to the Iron Pits and escaping policemen together. Kacchako hitchhiking, sleeping under the stars, stealing cars, beating the crap out of shitty adults, ruining Tyrak's campaign expansion in any way they can, helping other teenagers to get to the borders, and finally leaving Petria (or joining the revolution).

I wish I had energy to write all of that.

#kacchako #bakugou katsuki #uraraka ochako #bakuchako #astrobomb #my hero academia #mha #bnha #road 96 #road 96 game

finnwaller

When you are a kind and sweet man but Ryder just keeps. getting. in the. way.

(For those playing at home, number 9 is my favourite.)

#the other bennet sister #lol #had the same reactions every time ryder interrupted them

I'm absolutely in love with Poppy Gilbert's portrayal of Elizabeth in the TV show. I like her even more than the book Lizzie. Mind you, I believe I have a crush on TOBS Lizzie.

The dialogue between her and Mary after Mr. Ryder's "kind of proposal" is top 3 scenes in the show for me. Her desire to protect Mary from the fate Lydia had almost faced. The fact that she wrote to the Gardiners because she knew Mary wouldn't do it. Her insistence on having another companion for her mother so that Mary could be free.

Lizzie, dump Mr. Darcy and marry me, please ❤️

#the other bennet sister #elizabeth bennet #elizabeth darcy #pride and prejudice

Btw the line "I am a usurper" said by Soowon with that expression of sadness on his face made me kinda laugh because I remembered how plenty of modern people romanticize royalty.

I don't really understand people's obsession with legitimacy of kings, and I'm talking about real people that create and read historical/fantasy fiction in which the legitimacy is put on pedestal (by the authors themselves and then readers). I hope my words make sense; in my understanding, Soowon's line implies that a rightful successor to the throne should always stand above a potential competent ruler?

"I'm returning it to its original owner." - uhhhhhh, I'm not really a fan of this phrase, especially the "its original owner" part, because it instantly reminded me about the whole "Team Black vs Team Green" dicourse forced by "House of the Dragon" TV show runners and supported by its fans, which in the nutshell is people arguing about who has more rights to sit on the throne, and both the royal candidates don't give a damn about the smallfolk of their kingdom.

I hope someone sees what I'm trying to say, I'm sorry, my thoughts are all over the place, lol.

A royal blood doesn't make a good ruler and shouldn't be perceived as something sacred and untouchable. "Usurpation is bad" - bullshit.

#akatsuki no yona #yona of the dawn #yotd #manga #soowon

onixperado

The way I would have screamed like a rat three months ago, climbing the walls, upon hearing the news of AkaYona's second season, but now I feel kinda sad because it will be a reminder of how excellent the story was in its beginnings, in contrast to the disaster it ended up being in its later arcs... We should be grateful for the small gifts I guess.

#akatsuki no yona #yona of the dawn

AKATSUKI NO YONA MANGA SPOILERS!!!!!

I couldn't force myself to read past these pages.

So you want to tell me Soowon didn't give a damn about this country and killed King Il s i m p l y because of personal resentment?Are you serious, Kusanagi? You just washed the beauty of complexity of Soowon's decision down the drain?

I genuinely don't even have any words. I don't know what to think, but I know I will never be able to take AkaYona seriously again.

#akatsuki no yona #akayona #yona of the dawn #yotd #manga #soowon #su-won #soo-won

What the actual fuck?

#akatsuki no yona #yona of the dawn #yotd #yona #soowon #soo-won #su-won

So I reread Succession War arc, and guess what? I started rereading the whole manga from chapter one. Didn't realize how much I missed the story and the characters :(

What I noticed this time (probably I noticed it previous time as well, but didn't really dwell on it) is that the same characters give absolutely different vibes in manga and anime. And it's not just the difference in their designs (btw the 2011 anime really sucks at giving justice to character's appearances, I like Togashi's style a lot more) but also the amount of details the 2011 anime missed, and those details really contributed to character's personalities (especially Leorio, why does Madhouse hate him??? They cut out so many of his scenes).

And here's another bunch of images I cropped (I wanted to save almost every single page, lol).

Mr. Majestic:

The cutest babies:

THE baby:

And the cuties Killua and Senritsu c:

#hunter x hunter #hxh #gon freecss #killua zoldyck #kurapika kuruta #hxh melody #senritsu #the crush I had on Kurapika when I was 16 was the most serious crush I've ever had in my life #the reality of Kurapika not being a real person was depressing

I've been rereading Succession War chapters since yesterday, so here is a small compilation of Kurapika and Oito sticking together (and being stressed, lol).

And one of my favourite moments between them (I'm just a sucker for the "eyes talking")

#hunter x hunter #hxh #succession war arc #kurapika #kurapika kuruta #oito #queen oito #oito hui guo rou #kuraoito #kurapika x oito #oito's age isn't stated so my hc is that she is 20-21 y.o.

I was thinking about AkaYona's worldbuilding, particularly about Ava's human trafficking situation.

Yona and others took down Kumji, the biggest (correct me if I'm wrong) threat to Ava's people, but surely there is a whole network of criminals left, right?

There could be big groups like Kumji's or smaller ones, but I'm sure they all would be connected, knowing about each other, having the territories that 'belong to them'. (Yona was kidnapped in the capital, from under the noses of the heads of the five tribes! Can you imagine what had been happening in smaller towns/villages?)

I wish Kusanagi took a longer route with that, making Kumji's case the start of a bigger and deeper issue because surely, the years of Il's negligence created new criminals and set the existing ones loose. No consequences for committing crimes? No system that prevents crimes (to a certain extent, at least)? Lmao, they all definitely had a blast the day Il became the sole ruler.

#akatsuki no yona #any #yona of the dawn #yotd #akayona

layla99999999-deactivated202603

am i the only person that does NOT like hak

i have no arguments, i just dont like this type of a person

but everybody loves him people would perform open heart surgeries on themselves for him

idk i think his only appeal is his looks

and his relationship with yona... theyre both so bad at communication

and i was always frustrated at both of them for not seeing that suwon literally saved the whole country and hundreds of lives

they cant even try asking him for his perspective or anything

i know theyre 16 and 18 and i understand their emotions but like

SUWON WAS DEEPLY DEEPLY TRAUMATIZED AS WELL

WHY DONT YOU SEE IT

deqiha

Hak's pretty much an empty character, imo. There's nothing in him besides his loyalty for Yona (and dragons). We don't get to see his thoughts and opinions on anything except, um, Yona-related things. Even his pain from Soowon's betrayal became, uh, Yona-related (I'm talking about that disaster of Hak-Soowon talk that didn't develop or revealed or amend anything between those two). He's very one-dimensional, and it's particularly frustrating because Kusanagi was good at writing characters.

I mean, if you compare Hak's personal storyline to those of Yona, dragons, and Soowon, it's literally bland. It brings nothing to the plot even though he's one of the main characters.

So yeah, it's hard for me to even care about him, let alone like him.

#akayona #yotd #akatsuki no yona #hak

deqiha

Soowon is a very complex and interesting character, and one of his traits I like a lot is his idealisation of Yuhon because it actually created a really big issue of Soowon.

Of course, Yuhon was his role model when he was a child, but what about 18 y.o. SW? Did he think of his father so much, to the point that he started questioning some of his words or actions? Or does he still see his father in a perfect light? I've got these questions because while SW is a shrewd and level-headed person, he's been shown to be biased for the first time (as far as I remember; it's been a while since I've read AkaYona) when Yona came to him to vouch for peace between Xing and Kouka.

When I first read this manga, I was a teenager who didn't have a habit of trying to go in depth with characters, but looking at these frames now, I can say that this scene is a big tell of how Soowon sees Yuhon. He is making excuses for his father's unnecessary cruelty, even though Soowon himself, I believe, would never do something like that.

Also, chapter 221 shows that Soowon, in fact, never questioned Yuhon's methods. His father's influence on him never lessened, even after all these years (perhaps because he's been surrounded by Yuhon's supporters since, idk, forever).

He is a king. He has to sacrifice his humanity for the sake of his kingdom - that's what he's been taught by his beloved father, whom he never questioned. ("Please, let me see the board objectively" - I almost fucking cried).

So sweet is the realization that he, in fact, can't do that. He is only a human, after all, someone who already sacrificed his childhood and his closest friends for Kouka people's well-being, and I can't imagine his heart being able to take another loss.

Soowon has basically abandoned himself. The persona he and the adults around him have raised in him is "king" (according to Yuhon's ideals). I believe Soowon isn't introspective; he has been running away from his feelings this whole time, and chapter 221 was the first time he's faced them. It's very fascinating to me: he is always ready to face the consequences of his decisions, but never to face his feelings.

P.S.: I'll be very glad to receive any corrections or different opinions, because, as I said before, it's been a while since I read AkaYona, and the moments mentioned in this posts are the ones I remember vividly.

thoughtfulstudentsalad-deactiva

I've been wondering about Su-Won's devotion to Yu-Hon for years (really need to know his POV), and how far it went.

This is one of his only narrations in the entire series so far:

It's very interesting that he previously wanted to stand on the battlefield and offer his life up for his father... not become the next king or succeed him. I think becoming king wasn't the ideal situation at all.

But yes, I do think he idealized Yu-Hon, and not only that, maybe it was comparable to how Hak idealized Su-Won to the point of being willing to offer up his own life for him.

Honestly, it's like Ogi said, Su-Won never really is shown to actually care for himself. Think about his life goals unrelated to his father's wish to protect Kouka, conquer Kai, or the regret for his past friends.... there's nothing like that. He even says that to achieve his goals, death is acceptable.

What brought that kind of mindset?

We have seen Yu-Hon's violent/rather thoughtless side and we differentiate Su-Won from his father, but I just wonder how much Su-Won differentiates himself from his father. He told his mother he would become Yu-Hon's replacement after all.

What traits has he inherited from Yu-Hon, and what traits are inherent to him alone? I want to understand.

Also the fact that he like, went to the extent to dig up his father's corpse from his grave alone at nine years old is kind of.... insane.

I wonder if we'll ever get that scene when his POV is finally revealed... I bet it'll be really gruesome and creepy...

only4soo-won

How I see his situation is that he's still stuck in that 9yo form of his....like the moment he lost his father, his life became still there. Indeed he loved & cherished his father more than anything & his sudden death (by his own so called kind brother) completely shattered that tiny world of his....he was a child desperately trying to cope with his loss by finding a means to hold tightly onto it. And what he found at that moment? The last words of his father. He literally said he's glad that he shares his father's last moment s...to protect Kouka & its ppl at any cost and not blindly depending on the gods to solve everything. He literally made that his life goal. (It's not that he didn't care for Kouka himself before but after that protecting his kingdom became his sole priority). And he tried his hardest to suppress every other desires that he had...his happiness, he's even willing to severe his precious friendship too if that's needed.

But there's a huge difference....the way he rules or does his things...he doesn't blindly follow his father actually. He's more rational in that case, he chooses whatever option is feasible, he can made hard decisions and also willing to grab the path with less bloodshed. Therefore, Soo-Won is his own person, not his father's replica or projection.

And yes, like you said...he never cared for himself. The wanted to become the perfect king that is capable of protecting Kouka. And when he achieves it, he literally has nothing left for himself, which is why he has repeatedly said that he'll happily embrace death or will allow Yona to have her revenge on him.

Unlike Yona, Soo-Won actually has never overcome his grief. He literally didn't let himself cry for the loss bcz he had to act cool & collected in front of those followers so that they would listen to him & rely on him. He's been trying so hard to live up to the expectations of his surroundings. But we can see that he almost loses his calm manner whenever subject of any of his parents are brought up. It triggers those emotions that he has tried to bury deep inside him.

But the situation has been changing gradually...he's started to realize that he can't no longer discard his feelings, he wants to live, he wants to see what happens if the dragons are gone (his inherent curiosity), he's started to follow what his heart truly desires. And for me, that would be his endgame! Imo he'll definitely live and will continue to rule the kingdom and the difference will be this time, he'll also take his feelings into consideration & won't sacrifice his happiness as he did before. That's the ending I want to see for him. After all, Soo-Won is also a human who can make mistakes, learns from it, has feelings (both good & bad) & seeks happiness too. Throughout the series, we have seen his emotions all over but in suppressed form, not explicitly showing them to other characters. But now he'll be open abt that without hesitation.

deqiha

I don't see Soowon as Yuhon's replica or projection, it's actually the opposite. Yuhon, while being better than King Il, could never be half the king Soowon is. Yuhon, judging by his decisions (murdering priests instead of compromising with them and showering Xing's palace gates with heads of prisoners will be enough as examples), was cruel and reckless (thoughtless, lol). So yeah, Soowon already surpassed his father in all ways.

It's just that Soowon, while being a good judge of a character, doesn't see faults of his father - this is my interpretation. This is something I like about him a lot because it makes him a flawed character, a human, and characters like this are very rare. I believe that his love for his father was also the reason he had chosen to kill his uncle on his own, with a sword (just like Il killed Yuhon) instead of finding more subtle ways of getting rid of King Il (poisoning him or hiring an assassin). This way, he could become the king through marriage with Yona, and Hak would be his closest supporter. Though in this scenario I think he wouldn't be able to act as if he doesn't know the killer in front of Yona and Hak for long (his love for them was never an act or a lie, his guilt would eventually lead to revealing the truth).

I agree with you on his endgame. I want him to be free to listen to his own feelings and choose his happiness. He lost so much in order to ensure his kingdom's safety and stability. Making him die at his 18 will be the worst finale for him.