Za Hana to Yume Fantasy 2025 : Akatsuki no Yona / Shishidou Akari X Kusanagi Mizuho Q&A
Everything the Vtuber Shishidou Akari is curious about in Akatsuki no Yona!
The story is in the middle of its final arc! Akatsuki no Yona keeps getting more and more exciting. Shishidou Akari, an avid Akatsuki no Yona reader who is part of the group of virtual streamers “Nijisanji”, is now asking all she’s curious about in the story! What are the scenes that left an impact on Kusanagi-sensei? What are her tricks when she feels blocked with her work…?! A must-read for all fans ☆ Plus, Shishidou Akari also shares with us her favorite parts and scenes in Akatsuki no Yona ♪
The story of the fan Shishidou Akari! The best points of Akatsuki no Yona.
The meeting with Akatsuki no Yona:
Shishidou: I learned about Akatsuki no Yona from my recommendations on an anime streaming site. At first I wasn’t sure if it was a battle anime, but I thought I would give the first episode a try. So I thought, but before I realized I was at the final episode, I had bought all the manga volumes and it had already become my favorite series! It’s only been a couple of years so I’m still a novice, but I’m so happy I got to know such a great story!!
The best points of Akatsuki no Yona:
Shishidou: The characters! The story! The art! Everything is the best! My favorite characters are Yona, Hak and Yoon. I love Yona’s continuous growth, how Hak is so unwavering and reassuring, and how Yoon is always so reliable despite being cute, but I think everyone is amazing and that every character has their own individual charm! There are 45 volumes now, and I keep wondering how can such a long series be so thoroughly enjoyable?! Everytime I add a volume to my pile, my heart swings between impatiently waiting for what will happen next and really not wanting it to end…! I’m really looking forward to this campaign as well!
My favorite scenes in Akatsuki no Yona:
Shishidou: This is at the very beginning, but I love the scene when Yona is captured by Soo-won and his followers and Hak rescues her. (Yona has other allies but,) watching Hak fight countless enemies and protect Yona to cling to life as her only ally really shoots me right in the heart. I have so many scenes I love that I could never write about all of them here, but I’m very happy that in a story full of battles and about reuniting new friends, there are also regular scenes between Hak and Yona that get me so many butterflies in my stomach. I think it’s amazing that both women and men can enjoy it! I will keep watching over Yona and Hak!
Shishidou Akari x Kusanagi Mizuho
Q&A about everything Shishidou Akari wants to know!
Kusanagi-sensei replied to the 9 questions Shishidou-san asked her! Now sharing it in the form of a conversation.
Shishidou: My favorite character is Hak, but do you have favorites and characters you particularly like too? I wonder if creating characters you love can become an obstacle for the manga…? Is there anything like this for you?
Kusanagi: I don’t have any favorite characters, but I really like to draw characters that don’t often appear in the story like Tae-woo and Hen-dae, or Algira&co. When it comes to Yona’s group and Soo-won, it’s more like I’m fighting alongside them. The characters I love in other stories are a different thing from my own characters.
Shishidou: Akatsuki no Yona has been adored for many years, but what are the scenes that left an impression on you in particular?
Kusanagi: If we go back several years in the past, chapter 91 “He was a very precious friend”, chapter 120 “Reach” and chapter 152 “I care about many things” come to mind.
In the present, I’d say chapter 197 “Shaky handwriting” from Yonhi’s memoirs arc. It’s the episode where Il addresses a letter to the departed Yonhi. I don’t often have the occasion to portray the emotions of characters like him so I’m glad I could draw it.
Shishidou: Is there any scene that makes you like “Ah! This one has a deeper meaning, you know!”? If so, please tell us which ones!
Kusanagi: I’m not sure if this counts, but when Zeno transformed into a dragon in chapter 259, he swept Hak and Yona away in the direction of Hiryuu’s coffin with his dragon’s hand. He actually did this on purpose so they wouldn’t be crushed by the debris of the collapsing palace. (Zeno knew that no debris would fall on the coffin because of the Dragon Gods’ protection.)
Shishidou: If you could change into any of your characters, which one would you like to be? I’d want to be Jae-ha so I could fly!
Kusanagi: I feel this! I’d like to be Jaeha too so I could jump around anywhere like in parkour. I’d like to have a healthy body with good motor skills.
Shishidou: If you could become a citizen of any of the five tribes, which tribe would you choose?
Kusanagi: Of course, the wind tribe is the first that comes to mind. You probably can live freely and at your own leisure without any pressure from above, there. But public order has been restored in all the tribes, and they have improved in many ways, so any of them might be pretty nice now.
Shishidou: How do you get back on track when you feel blocked and can’t advance on your work?
Kusanagi: Generally the root of the block is that I’m sleep deprived, so lately I’ve been trying to stop pushing myself more than strictly needed to get some sleep. When I absolutely don’t have the time to sleep, I shake myself like “It’s bad!! It’s very bad!!” to get things done. Eating makes me sleepy so I’m also holding off eating a little in those cases.
Shishidou: In the story, the characters are wearing Chinese garments, but what would Yona and the others wear if they were living in the real world of today?
Kusanagi: I’d like to make Yona wear boyish clothes. Otherwise it’s pretty basic, but I’d give tall characters like Hak and Jae-ha a long coat with a mature look.
Shishidou: What kind of cooking is Yoon skilled at? I want to eat it.
Kusanagi: He’s good at hot pot cooking and any recipes that mix rice with various ingredients. But it’s not like he could get any fancy ingredients when he was living with Ik-soo or when he traveled, so his culinary repertoire is actually not that big.
Shishidou: What kind of person is Kye-sook…? I wonder if he’s nothing more than an advisor…? Who is he really?
Kusanagi: Since he was a central figure with Soo-won that planned out the usurpation of the throne, he probably has a lot of discretion for a simple advisor. As he said himself, he “was born with no status to speak of”. He was a commoner, joined the general troops of the sky tribe army when he was a young boy, and after being gravely injured and picked up by Yuhon, he received an education and studied the art of war together with Soo-won and Min-soo in Yu-hon’s mansion. (Min-soo’s major study was medecine)
Speaking of Soo-won’s childhood friends, there are of course Yona and Hak, but Kye-sook and Min-soo were his childhood friends as well. Since he was living in the same place as Soo-won day to day, it means that Kye-sook even spent more time by Soo-won’s side than YonaHak did. He worshiped Yu-hon and deeply despised Il, so he used every means necessary to make Soo-won the King, and he was very wary of Hak that (seemed to) threaten Soo-won’s life.
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