#yoon yotd

[sandwiiche]

i love them <3 manifesting a happy ever after pls

+ zoom in because what a pain it was to render them at 5 pixels. i'd do anything for them tho <3

[favficbirthdays]

Happy Birthday

Yoon (25th September)

Yona of the Dawn

[lullabynorth]

is this anything?

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[ ID: Three versions of the Marge Simpson "I just think they're neat" meme. The first image has been edited to say "I just think she's neat" and features two photos of Yona from Yona of the Dawn, a young girl with crimson hair. The second image has been edited to say "I just think he's neat" and features two photos of Zeno from the same series, a young-looking boy with blonde hair. The third image's text has been left as is and features two photos of Yun, also written as Yoon, from the same series, an androgynous-looking boy with peach hair. / END ID. ]

[lulasai]

Rest time is over! We’re heading for Sei!

[erachiiii]

Happy & Hungry Official art redraw cause I finished catching up on yona of the dawn and it's still the best manga ever made

[murasaki-cha]

THINGS HAVE BEEN TOO SAD AND DEPRESSING FOR TOO LONG I MISS THE SILLIES!!

[lujart]

wrath 🐉🏯💙

[mimi-tada]

I tried colouring again 🙂

[arthibiscus]

Yoon appreciation post💐

[akaneenaka33]

So uh Tails would be Yoon (I'd love to make him Tae-Yeon or even Tae-Woo for the little brother vibes, but both characters are too backgroundish for him in my opinion)

The hyperfixations overlapped uhhhh sorry chat??? Spent the afternoon drawing a swap thing with @cutie1003 ehehe. I will be redrawing a very specific akayona panel sooner or later???

Anyways, here's a key thing:

Yona - Amy

Hak - Sonic

Soo-Won - Shadow

Yoon - Tails

Kija - Knuckles (? Jae-Ha fits too for the vibes, but his "must protect at all costs falls more in line with kija-? all the dragons are still kinda up for debate)

Shin-Ah - ???

Jae-Ha - ???

Zeno - ??? (I was tempted to make this Tails NOT FOR THE ANGST. I CANNOT EXPRESS. I WOULD NOT PUT THE EIGHT YEAR OLD THROUGH THESE VERY SPECIFIC HORRORS. But bc Tailsmo and Kayazeno!! Bc doomed romance. BUT THATS THE ONLY REASON WHY I S W E AR .

lmao I'm stupid.

Anyways if you have any suggestions I am open to discussion :)

[soo-won]

Akatsuki no Yona Schedule Book 22-23

After a lot of fails I finally managed to scan it properly w

This was the freebie with Hana to Yume Issue 7/2022

[beargyufairy]

Met a lot of people

But nobody feels like you

[favficbirthdays]

Happy Birthday

Yoon (25th September)

Yona of the Dawn

[sleepyhungrybunch]

Akatsuki no Yona fans (me) only want two things

1. Anime adaptation for season 2 with good animation

2. To see the happy hungry bunch together again happily 🥹

What do you want as an akayona fans?

[New doodle of our lovely gang before everything went crazy, i want to color it but damn i suck at coloring maybe later😂]

[tinysnailtales]

Yona of the Dawn Chapter 15

Wavering Determination

After hearing the prophecy and determining a path forward, we are finally on our way to meeting the dragon warriors(!). We also get the start of this Yoon gag–love it.

There is an air of intensity and mystery around the village of our first dragon warrior, which "has secretly dedicated itself to protecting [the dragon] blood" and is "not aligned with any other tribe and [doesn't] accept outsiders." Right away we learn that the dragon warrior from this tribe will probably have intense faith in the myths and will be another character who has lived in isolation, cut off from the rest of the world. It also seems like this village, and perhaps all the dragon villages, are more dedicated to the figure of the Crimson Dragon King than the country of Kouka.

Each character is charmingly fixated on something different as they leave Ik-Soo with Hak thinking about potential threats (which is accompanied by a nice reminder of the world's geography), Yoon being excited about seeing the dragon village and the world, and Yona basically ignoring the others and declaring "I wonder if soldiers will attack us again. I...need to learn...how to use a sword!"

Thus this chapter is focused on the search for the legendary dragon village and Yona's desire to learn how to use weaponry (get physically stronger). This connects back to King Il and his ambitions of nonviolence, which Hak himself emphasizes when Yona asks him to teach her how to fight.

"King Il never allowed you to touch a weapon. By doing this, I'm defying his orders. Think carefully about...why your father hated weapons."

He also really emphasizes that in order to truly learn to fight effectively, Yona must be willing to kill her opponent. Despite Hak's harsh words of reality, Yona is firm in her dedication to getting stronger and learning to fight. At least for self-defense. Hak agrees to teach her how to use a bow for now. 

I appreciate Yona's desire to learn "even if [she's] no match for [their enemies] or can't kill them." Yona is not aiming to be the best, she just simply wants to get stronger and be able to survive (and help the group do so!) It's not the point, but I like how it waves at the value of learning a skill even if you'll never be the best at it.

Hak, and really Kusanagi's, insistence that Yona must be willing to kill is really fascinating to me. Is it true? Hak holding onto King Il's ideals more than Yona is interesting too–yes, he does not put them into practice, but he feels the burden of them when entrusted with King Il's daughter.

I think like with the gods vs. humans, Yona presents a possible path of balance when it comes to violence vs. nonviolence. And this ties into the idea of "does she need to kill to fight?" I think perhaps it's less about being willing to kill and more about having her own ideals. Learning to fight not only provides development in her physical (and mental) strength, but it is part of her journey of self-discovery and identity. Very good!

Yoon seems to support Hak's way of thinking too, which is not totally surprising considering his "kill or be killed" attitude as a poor orphan. 

"When you use weapons...you shouldn't be half-hearted about it. We're talking about life-or-death situations. Self-defense is great in theory...but if powerless people like us were thrown onto the battlefield, do you think we could afford to not kill our enemies? In order to survive...we need to be ruthless and try to kill them in one shot...or fight dirty. We...have no choice but to outsmart them." 

Though perhaps the idea that only someone as skilled/strong as Hak has the choice to hold back could function as foreshadowing for the options faced by a stronger, more developed Yona.

Speaking of Yona's development, Yoon's thoughts taken with Yona failing to take out a baby boar emphasize how the "you must be willing to kill" idea fits in with Yona's development. She reflects that "drawing your bow means taking a life or letting someone take yours," which I don't think is necessarily true, but she is learning she must be decisive and stand her ground.

Hak offers some praise, noting she almost got it, but Yona can only think: "injuring it seems crueler than killing it for food" to which Hak notes "You're not committing yourself to it." Yona has already shown her willingness to commit herself to her goals, specifically her desire to protect Hak, but that is now being reinforced. I also think Yoon pointing out how the physically "powerless" and weak need to "fight dirty" and "outsmart" their enemies could point to Yona being a strategist in the future. 

Hak and Yona's archery practice is also revealing regarding Yona's feelings about Soo-Won and Hak and Yona's relationship. Hak has seen Yona desperately cling to the hairpin from Soo-Won and detach herself from reality after his betrayal–he thinks Yona is still in love with Soo-Won and unable to let go of him and her feelings. This moment shows that Yona's feelings are more complicated than that.

She says "there isn't anyone I want to kill!" but when provoked by Hak bringing up Soo-Won, she just about hits him dead-on with an arrow. She may not want to kill Soo-Won, but she does feel some messier, angrier emotions about him. That and Hak bringing him up in such a way gets to her–he's poking at a sensitive and complicated topic and he knows it. There is anger at Soo-Won and Hak. 

And yet, though Yona does not want to kill anyone (which I think is interestingly being set up as perhaps something that will change), she declares she'll "still use any weapon to protect [Hak]! No matter who [she] has to sacrifice," which is very...intense. Maybe it is because Hak feels like all she has left, at least of her past life, but it is as if he has become the center of her life and aims. Part of Hak's dedication to Yona is his (romantic) love for her, but for Yona–at least for now–it's something else. 

Yona's declaration makes Hak reassert their difference in status (after allowing himself a little forehead smooch), stating again that Yona should "think of [him] like a tool" and "you don't need to worry about tools." For someone so confident in his abilities, he has pretty low self-esteem. He really views his life as expendable.

And like damn, this is a good chapter to dive into Hak's feelings for Yona and how they impact his behavior, starting with his regrettable man-handling and over-the-line teasing at the beginning. Something to ponder and maybe return to...

Through all of this, it's kind of awesome to watch Yona struggle and dedicate a lot of time and energy to getting better at archery to the point of waking up in the middle of the night to fire arrows. In another, lesser story, she might have shown a natural aptitude or picked it up right away. Having her build the skill over time, and not just in montage fashion, makes things more realistic and also further emphasizes her character and arc. I think it also endears us to her. 

[erachiiii]

Happy Hungry Bunch cuddles are all we really need in life right