Akatsuki no Yona review

Lolzipop99715
Apr 15, 2021
*note - I did not read the first few chapters of this manga; I picked it up from where the anime left off, but from what I have heard, they are very similar*

I almost dropped this story when I first started it. Yona was an annoying, bratty cry-baby. NO thank you!!! However, I am really glad that I trusted the high ratings and kept with the story. In the end, Yona turned out to be one of my favorite characters of all time. I like a strong female lead, but I LOVE a strong female lead who had to work hard to overcome physical and emotional hardship. I appreciate that Yona didn't just magically transform into a bad-ass girl who earns the respect of other characters. She had to work for it, make difficult choices and sacrifices for it, and ithe manga dedicates a good amount of time to that change, so it didn't feel rushed or contrived.

The supporting characters all felt well-developed to me (sometimes I read mange with a really large cast like this one and have to think to myself "wait, who are you again"). Although the actions and motives of the characters change over time, there is a logical development behind those changes - the characters are growing, not just acting inconsistent. I especially like that the protagonist/antagonist groups are not "good" and "evil" - they are both shown to have good reasons for the actions that they take.

Overall, I felt emotionally attached to the characters, and loved the political backdrop of the story as well as the well-developed fantasy world in which it takes place.
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Akatsuki no Yona
Akatsuki no Yona
Author Kusanagi, Mizuho
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