About the honey scene. People who don't like H@kyona usually refer to it because it's the most extreme one but there are many other similar scenes with Hak forcing himself on Yona it became a part of their relationship and the fact he makes Yona uncomfortable. I honestly don't understand how you said that hak was only trying to keep the honey from spilling when he himself admitted he did out of lust. At least Hak regretted that but in other scenes he just laughs it off (episode 9 for example)
Waking up to this ask made my fricken morning! I’m actually really excited to reply back to this :)
For me having been in the fandom for such a long time, I haven’t actually met a lot of people who don’t like the ship so @pepper-on-peach comments really threw me for a loop particularly because of that scene. For me, however, that scene was one of my favorites.
I guess I should explain my reasoning for that answer I gave. I’m aware he did it out of lust but before the incident, Jaeha had made a comment about how it looks like he doesn’t want Yona because he keeps his distance from her. Even telling Jaeha that she was someone he was entrusted to protect and his childhood friend as if he is trying to convince himself more than anything.
He was still thinking about that conversation when he encountered Yona and the honey and I think he just reacted. I know when I spill honey on my hand I lick it off.
So yes, Hak did it out of lust because in that split second all he saw was the honey and he reacted to it. He reigned himself in when she told him to stop. He wasn’t aware at what he was doing was inappropriate until he was doing it because I think that subconsciously he ended up responding to Jaeha of his true desires for Yona. How he wants to consume her like honey. However, consciously he saw the spilling honey and licked it off like how he would if he had spilled honey on himself.
We also have to take into consideration that he is only now showing any romantic interest towards her but if you have kept up with the manga, you would know that Yona just thinks he is trying to mess with her because he loves to tease her. She isn’t even aware that he has any such feelings for her. She just thinks its suppose to be some mean joke especially because he keeps saying she has no sex appeal at all. She doesn’t think he is sexually attracted to her and that he was just doing it to get a reaction out of her like he normally does.
Yes, that scene made her uncomfortable because no one especially Hak has ever done anything like that. When Kiji ends up getting a love potion created from the scale of the white dragon from a merchant, he discovers its a love spell and he ends up trying to seduce Yona and Yona replies that she was flattered by it when it wears off and he apologizes for his behavior.
He keeps telling himself that he can’t cross that boundary because of the difference in status of bodyguard and princess and his assumption that she still loves Su-won. You say he forces himself but other than the honey scene and him stopping from initiating kisses, I don’t see Hak as the forcing type because he won’t even tell her he loves her because she has other more important things to deal with. He doesn’t want to push his feelings towards unnecessarily.
Episode 9 is when he and Yona meet the priest and Yona cries thinking she lost Hak when he disappears at night looking for his weapon? Correct me if I’m wrong? I can see why that scene would be viewed as forced because had she not hit his head, thinking he had a fever and was checking his temperature he probably would have kissed her and since she was emotionally vulnerable that would have been a very bad idea. Thankfully that didn’t happen.
I don’t know if you read the manga but Yona starts to realize that she cares for Hak as more than just a friend. Even ends up initiating a kiss towards Hak. She forces herself on him so isn’t Yona no better then? Keep in mind neither are aware they love the other so both are clueless. Yona acted on impulse because she saw Hak looked really sad and worried for her so she wanted to ease his fears a little.
It sounds a lot like something Hak would do but he has never at the time that they have been together kissed her like a lover. He does end up kissing her on the cheek to ease her fears because he was going into battle alone as a village was going to get attacked and the dragons were all sick so he was the only one capable of protecting it. Again, similar to what Yona does to Hak.
I feel like we have to look at scenes within context and not label them as being forced because Akatsuki no Yona is anything but that. I have come across a lot of series, a lot of shojo where the guy forces himself on a girl by actually initiating unwanted physical contact like kissing or touching that the other person doesn’t want.
An example I can think off the top of my head is, Kurosaki-kun no Iinari no Nante Naranai. The guy ends up kissing the girl during a confrontation and ends up claiming her as his own when they first meet. This becomes one of many unwanted touching he does especially when she likes another guy in the series.
To me its all about context.
If people want to read where I said this and the context for this ask as this turned out longer than planned here is the link.
http://beautiful-souls-exist.tumblr.com/post/167555705759/ranma-and-akane-do-nothing-but-fighting-with-each
