Akatsuki No Yona Episode 19 [PATCHED]

Hearing a lot of mixed feelings on the honey scene from episode 19 of Yona. It makes me giggle--but even more just makes me want to do a quick character analysis of Hak. Yes, this scene was--as even my 10 year old claimed--just awkward to watch. (As a side note, can we get a GOOD animation of a tongue licking someone? This was lacking and added to the weirdness of the scene.) Personally, as someone who adores Hak as a character, this scene is one of my favorites for what I believe it represents for Hak. But to look at it properly, we're going to have to back up a little. The scene actually starts back during Hak's conversation with Jae-Ha. Having only known them for a very short time, Jae-ha's observations are dead on. "I get the impression that she and you are close, yet far away at the same time." It's an observation that confuses Hak because that's obviously not how he views things. They've been together a long time. To imply that they don't have a special relationship would be incorrect. But Jae-Ha actually pins down the issue when he states that "I don't get the impression that you genuinely desire her." Now, we know, Hak knows and obviously even Jae-Ha already knows this isn't true but what Jae-ha is implying is there is a wall there between them. A wall that Hak put up and has kept there. Initially, Hak is clearly annoyed at this because the idea that he doesn't want her is pretty insulting. We've seen him as young as approximately 15 years seriously struggle with his overwhelming emotions for this girl. And then Jae-Ha says that maybe he's interested in her. There is a look of shock on Hak's face as that information absorbs. Why shock? Here we see Hak--irritated with the things that Jae-Ha said about him not desiring Yona. Hak flashes back to the times with Soo-Won, Yona and him. How they were like siblings to him. How he vowed to protect the two of them and the country they would rule over together. That was his reason for living every day. This is really important because that wall that Jae-ha is referring to...is Hak's way of dealing with being in love with Yona while knowing he can never have her, because she would be with Soo-Won. In Hak's eyes--up until this very moment that Jae-Ha says that maybe he's interested in Yona--that wall remained. This entire trip he's kept that wall that was put there because of his love for both Soo-Won and Yona in place. Yona going to someone else has never crossed his mind and hearing someone say that they might want her--doesn't set well with him. He didn't realize until this moment it was an option. We often forget Hak's suffering because he focuses all his attention and effort on supporting Yona, and rightfully so because in the beginning she needed him. But his own mourning and dealing with the betrayal and loss is something that hasn't happened yet because his own focus has been on Yona. Which he internally backs up as he walks to Yona--that he is here to support her and keep her fighting to live. That's all he can wish for. Their interaction here is pretty typical of them. There is teasing and fighting--that wall is up again because supporting Yona is more important than his feelings for her. He has a duty to King Il and a promise to keep. But that seed has been planted in his head--he doesn't have to restrain himself and his feelings toward her like he always has before. There is no reason to do it. The fact that immediately after having that distance questioned and coming to the realization that there was no reason for it anymore--Yona actually voices her desire to gain strength in order to get closer to him. This will be a common theme in the series that starts with the whole reason for starting out on the journey to get the dragons in order to protect Hak's life. Just as Hak wants to protect her, she wants to protect him in return. As soon as the words come from her mouth, Hak jumps back to the words Jae-Ha said about their distance. Yet, Hak now wonders if that really is how it is--that he's destroyed those impulses so many times that he really was putting up this wall between them that even she is trying to breech. He's so preoccupied by this topic he spills the honey and those seeds that have been planted come to fruition--he doesn't fight back those desires and just does as he pleases and licks the honey from her hands. It's pure greed, plain and simple. Way too much, way too soon and it's way more than Yona can possibly handle at that point. But this is a fire that has been simmering in Hak for years that he's had to contain. Suddenly pandora's box has been opened which he's trying to close again. Yes, it was stupid. It was awkward. He completely lost control. But it's also a large character growth moment for him because he's accepting what has happened and the fact that things can't go back they way they were before.

Akatsuki no Yona Episode 19

Also she does care that her father is dead and the fact she is focusing on who is the one that killed her father intersects how she cannot believe this is happening. In the end she talks about leaving her father behind to Hak. She will be a period of grief for 2 episodes (this is 24 episodes so it has the luxury to take its time)

As for this episode yup I loved that Yona is according to her "getting closer to the kind of strong person she wants to be" and she is well aware of the sacrifices her comrades have made for her in order to get where they are at now. Especially Hak since he gave up everything to stand by her, but I do like that the show takes its time and shows that even Hak can be utterly human sometimes. He loved Yona ever since he was a child so for him to acknowledge that he has suppressed his desires for her many times is I think a healthy way for him to be honest with himself. I find that Hak is the kind of guy who keeps everything inside and in the mini flash he had with Su-Won and Yona in this episode showed how much he loved Su-Won enough that he was willingly going to step aside in order for them to be together. I do worry that he has not really dealt with his feelings of betrayal like Yona has in the earlier episodes because it could have negative consequences later on.

If there is one thing I'm a sucker for is endings that start before the episode ends or get inserted into the episode and with Shikata Akiko being one of my favorite singer ever that ending gave me so many chills. The scenes with jea-ha and shin-ah being pretty nice by themselves helped too. I can't wait for what's to come.

I've decided that if there is no second season, I'm going to be very annoyed with Yona and Pierrot. You can't adapt something this patiently and skillfully and then at the end go "Okay, now read the manga!" It's not fair, I tells ya! I mean, it still feels like we're in prologue mode of a series of 70 episodes.

I'll admit the last couple of episodes haven't quite landed right for me though. I wanted this weeks to be a Big Moment for Yona (which wasn't really what it was about) but it all felt a little undercut by Jae Ha's presence. I hate that I thought this, but it felt very 'harem-y' for the first time. However I AM very excited for what's to come, and I expect Yona will have a moment to really shine in the next couple of weeks.

I desperately want a 2nd season but even a 2nd season is not going to get us the full story. So While I want the anine to continue for another 24-25 episodes I am also praying some company picks up the manga.

For my money, these 20+ episodes adpating the first 40+ chapters of the manga are the prologue, more or less. I mean there really isn't any suspense regarding the question of whether Yona is going to assemble her own team of supporters or not. It's what happens afterwards that I found interesting. Which is why I'm super bummed that the chances of getting anything more than this one season seem so slim at this point. I freely confess that I was an indifferent reader for the first 40+ chapters, because I also went into this series with a lot of the same prejudices that one hears so often with regards to AnY. It's what happens afterwards that dispelled a lot of these worries for me.

And yes, like Enzo said last episode, Hak is probably the only one who truly had a choice about whether he wanted to follow Yona or not. I mean the whole blood of the dragon compulsion aside, the Four Dragons are, to be blunt, freaks of nature. I don't think there are a lot of places they can go where they will just be understood and accepted, no questions asked. Jaeha definitely lucked out with the pirates here. That and he is less conspicuous than Kija with his hand and poor Shinha. 041b061a72