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Fairly curious indeed. Why suddenly call her just Lili, when she was traditionally “miss” Lili?

From the translators’ pov as well, why suddenly change the way he calls her if there was no change in the Japanese version? I doubted it the first time, but it repeated this chapter, so ig it’s not an error.

Idk if it's intentional or not but I found it interesting how he started with "Lady" Lily to "Miss" Lily & now only "Lily"

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pingbaying坪坝营, enshi恩施, hubei province in china

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Ah yes the SooHakYona trio, the tragic trio, or as I like to call them:

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Portonevere, Spezia, taly by Vincenzo

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— Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

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— Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

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Rose

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

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I’ve remembered someone’s theory that at the end Yona will be forgotten by everyone. If you are right, and the crimson illness is indeed triggered by the memory of king Hiryuu, and Yona wishes to undo it, the dragons might offer her to end it by erasing her from everyone’s memories. Not specifically her but the whole deal about dragons in the human world. But as Yona is the Crimson dragon, she will also be forgotten.

The country would be saved, Soo-won would forget about his depressing, haunting past and live on, continuing as king. Hak would forget his trauma but would probably remember Yona somehow. The dragon warriors would loose their powers and live like normal people. The people of Kouka would stop drooling over Yona and the dragons, and trying to find them.

Kind of sad but it could be a solution.

Why is it that only half of the crimson illness descendants get ill and the other half doesn't?

Is it the awareness of the existence of King Hiryuu that triggers it?

Yon-Hi tried to forget about King Hiryuu... but failed because she saw Yona.

She basically died after seeing Yona's hair, which reminded her of King Hiryuu, and triggered the illness. The dragon gods also decided to call her back after she thought of Hiryuu.

Her father was also called to heaven because the dragon gods wanted to call King Hiryuu back to heaven.

In Su-Won's case, Note that when Mei-nyan says, "You can't tell me King Hiryuu doesn't weigh on your mind", it triggers his headache.

This is the moment that made Su-Won for a split second actually get threatened like, "oh she's going to kill me one day." So his illness was clearly triggered by a growing awareness of King Hiryuu's existence.

Ironic thing is, according to this theory, if Su-Won had just vehemently kept denying that Yona was Hiryuu for the rest of his life (anti-gods, pro-people), and no proof of it ever showed up, it was ironically probably the best way for him to avoid ever dying early. Perhaps he would have never gotten sick.

So as for why he got the illness early... doesn't that imply that the Crimson Dragon King was on his mind for a very long time, and as such, the dragon gods have been seeking him much more earlier than other descendants?

I keep wondering, and I have wondered this before... what if growing up, whenever visiting the castle, he constantly had to hear Il's fanatical rants about Yona being King Hiryuu? I have theorized this before. I mean he hates even hearing the name, implying he's heard too much.

There is also the fact that Su-Won did like Yona's hair, although he never wanted to put two and two together (aka equate it with King Hiryuu's hair).

All I'm going to say is... the dragon gods really might be looking for Su-Won soon.

If the shrine collapses, it's going to be because the coffin budged/something happens to the corpse of the king.

Also remember this scene: "If you're reaching for something, go for the heavens"

This is also silly to consider, but what if this was foreshadowing?

The Crimson Dragon king became a man in defiance of the heavens.

It also sounds a lot like Su-Won, who defied the heavens and wanted the power of the people. But the dragon gods don't like that. They want King Hiryuu BACK in the heavens.

That's also probably why they made him sick earlier, maybe?

All I'll say is, Su-Won is about to be very aware of the Crimson Dragon King. I mean he's about to meet his corpse. I wonder if that's going to exacerbate the symptoms of his illness. I don't know what will happen, but I do think something is about to be disrupted.

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Since when indeed?

Both Hak and Zeno once asked themselves the same question. Is this implying that something Soo-won and Hiryuu have had in common, a moment or event, triggered this illness? Maybe other descendants as well.

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Do you understand the symbolic significance of hak reaching down to help soowon up that ladder to the top? Of him demanding, finally in that moment, that soowon takes his armor off? Of him even going a step further and helping soowon untie the knots at his sides? Of him lifting the heavy metal plates off of his shoulders? Of soowon heaving a big sigh of relief right after?

"I feel lighter"

Of all of this taking place atop hiryuu castle?

Of hak, hak who has struggled so much with the emotional ramifications of soowon's betrayal. Who, for the longest time, could turn to nothing but violence and hatred and resentment in an attempt to make sense of it all

Of this very same hak ending this chapter with the acknowledgement that if nothing else, he'd always unwaveringly believed in soowon's intelligence, in his immense love for this country and in his iron will to see that love through? Of him telling soowon, frankly and without holding back, that he believes truly and wholeheartedly that if given the chance, soowon would do things differently?

Do you?

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Ok but the symbolism of Soo-Won "removing his armor" and feeling lighter without it.... Kusanagi you freaking genius you better be paying for my therapy

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