Anime Check-in: Akatsuki no Yona ep. 1-3
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Episode 1: Yona has the same VA as Homura from Magical Shoujo Madoka Magika and Rika from Kuroko no Basuke.
So this is a Korean ambience setting. Yona is a spoiled princess whose mother died when she was younger. Her cousin Soo-won comforted her and she fell for him, but her father the King doesn't want him to be King, plus the Queen was murdered and he doesn't want Yona to go through what he did. Hak is the third in the childhood friends trio and he and Yona have a bickering relationship.
On the night of Yona's 16th birthday, Yona goes to try and convince her father to let her be with Soo-won only to walk in on Soo-won murdering him. Hak is able to step in when Yona is about to be killed as well.
Episode 2: How can you say that the King was weak but somehow managed to stab his own brother to death?? Even if the older brother did something bad he would do the right thing and sentence him first at least. Maybe the older brother was involved in the Queen's death? He seemed so kind though.... But as we can see with Soo-won, that's not always what's going on underneath. I bet Soo-won didn't even try to learn why the King supposedly did it before killing him.
Poor Min-su. T_T
Episode 3: Mun-deok and Hak's dynamic is hilarious.
So the King asked Hak three years prior to be Yona's bodyguard but he said no at first because he hates the politics.attitude surrounding nobility.
Yona was only 12 and that guy was perving all over her. 😭And Hak had already developed feelings for Yona. I think he's like 15 here? Looks like the King would've been happy if they were together like Hak lied and said to get the perv off her back.
I definitely think Soo-won was genuine before his father died, though I wonder when he found out that the King killed him? Because that's when her probably really started scheming.
I'm enjoying this pretty well so far, I'm glad they're taking the time to show Yona's grief and I look forward to seeing how she develops from here.
So this is a Korean ambience setting. Yona is a spoiled princess whose mother died when she was younger. Her cousin Soo-won comforted her and she fell for him, but her father the King doesn't want him to be King, plus the Queen was murdered and he doesn't want Yona to go through what he did. Hak is the third in the childhood friends trio and he and Yona have a bickering relationship.
On the night of Yona's 16th birthday, Yona goes to try and convince her father to let her be with Soo-won only to walk in on Soo-won murdering him. Hak is able to step in when Yona is about to be killed as well.
Episode 2: How can you say that the King was weak but somehow managed to stab his own brother to death?? Even if the older brother did something bad he would do the right thing and sentence him first at least. Maybe the older brother was involved in the Queen's death? He seemed so kind though.... But as we can see with Soo-won, that's not always what's going on underneath. I bet Soo-won didn't even try to learn why the King supposedly did it before killing him.
Poor Min-su. T_T
Episode 3: Mun-deok and Hak's dynamic is hilarious.
So the King asked Hak three years prior to be Yona's bodyguard but he said no at first because he hates the politics.attitude surrounding nobility.
Yona was only 12 and that guy was perving all over her. 😭And Hak had already developed feelings for Yona. I think he's like 15 here? Looks like the King would've been happy if they were together like Hak lied and said to get the perv off her back.
I definitely think Soo-won was genuine before his father died, though I wonder when he found out that the King killed him? Because that's when her probably really started scheming.
I'm enjoying this pretty well so far, I'm glad they're taking the time to show Yona's grief and I look forward to seeing how she develops from here.
