I did NOT expect that! You go, girl, Gelda. And Zel, do I detect a trace of Masochist on you my boy?
Oh, God, I can't believe is complete （/TДT)/ （/TДT)/ （/TДT)/
After more than 5 years of waiting, my favorite Sonen Ai is complete.... I'm feeling so emotional right now （/TДT)/
The problem I have with this is that this is not about Yona. Sure, her attitude is a huge throwback, but that's not even the main problem. She's the princess, she's secure in her position. The dragons are also secure because of their public personas. Lowering their heads now will not mean anything to them. But what about Hak? Hak is viewed by the entire kingdom as a traitor, by the army as the man who's tried to kill the king in several occasions. He is now in the middle of enemy territory, with enemies all around him. At this moment Yona is Hak's only shield, and if she doesn't take a position of power within the court NOW, she will be useless to protect him. People are talking of her being a bigger person, and needing time to process, but SH*T Hak's life is in freaking danger and the fact that she doesn't even think of it for a second gets me so mad. That is why I'm dropping the series. Not the fact that she's back to a useless princess or anything like that. It's the fact that she hasn't for a second realized the position she put Hak in, and she is not that stupid not to know it. Hell, the moment they came back to the castle she got a glimpse of how things would be. He's been protecting her with his life all this time, and now that is her turn to protect him, she's not even thinking about it. F*ck, it breaks my heart because their priorities are way too different. Hak is always thinking of her, and after the last arc I thought she had finally arrived at the place where she could meet him half way but now they are sending all that development to the ground just to make the readers empathize with, oh poor Yona, she's surrounded on all sides, oh poor thing, she has to swallow her pride, oh poor Yona, poor Yona, poor Yona. The author is making her into a stupid victim and I hate it, because Hak is going to end up as collateral damage in that process. Something terrible is going to happen to him, and only then, will Yona snap out of this rut she is into and go back to the strong girl we like, but at that point, Hak will have already suffered. That's what bothers me. Hak always has to be the catalyst for her character development, and he always ends up hurt in the process.
Well, to be fair, it wouldn't be the first time she forgets about him and the sacrifices he made for her so... I know he won't die (well, can't be 100% sure, but almost 80%), but he's gonna suffer, or he's gonna be exiled again, of that I'm sure. People won't let him stay there.
I’m not dropping the series, still hoping for something, but i agreed with all your saying. Hak sacrifice a lot for her but did she ever think of it? Oh gosh it breaks my heart even more. Now I don’t care about her i just want to kidnap Hak n let him live his life as he please (not guarding Yona again). He suffered a lot.
the way your fucking comment broke me bro. this is still my favorite manga and i wouldnt just drop it like that but its foreal making me so angry with the way the story is going. like how can they not see the position hak is in rn. he does so fucking much for them and theyre all just here???? listening to soo won to participate in a dragon festival???? and yona just listens to kye sooks commands like shes not a freaking princess. with not a single one of them thinking about hak and how hes just left outside the castle yet they dont even care. the moment he was allowed to step foot in the place he had to hear about some dumb fake engagement congratulations. it makes me so mad that theyre all just disregarding him completely as if he wasnt apart of their team. he deserves so much better.
Man, I wish she would just take the casts off the prince's legs already. I mean I understand that it takes time and all that, but it's been a couple of months already and I hate that he has such an inactive part in the plot. I want to see him walking and wrecking all of these petty political conflicts already.
I understand that feeling too but I think they are waiting till all the cards fall in place. They still need to take care of the 3rd prince but they are pretty much using the first prince as a shield (I'm not sure if he knows tho) I guess it's tactics wise. I also believe his legs are in the process of recovery, there is physical therapy he has to go through that if anyone found out about it could be sabotage. so if people think his legs will never recover then they would have a better chance to let it fully heal. (no doubt with all the snakes in the family someone would try to harm the prince if given the chance)
I'm done with this. I'm dropping this series until this mess clears out. Ch 180 is so full of sh*t I don't even want to wait for the translation. All the things that I love about this series are being ground to dust. Yona's character. Her interactions with Hak. The dynamic of the whole group together... I don't want to see all of it get treated upon. When we either finish this arc or finish the series, I'll pick it up again.
I'm just waiting for the last straw to make me put this on hold. You'd think they'd be more perceptive but to see the group playing right into the Kye-Sook's hands from the get go is frustrating. It's like they turned stupid and complacent all of a sudden.
[Ch.180]
Hit that last straw yet? Cuz I have. I cannot fucking believe this. So disappointing. Shes letting kyesook tell her and her friends what to do and talk down to her, back to the pushover little princess. If she doesnt go down there herself and hijack the tournament and tell kyesook to stuff it i will throw hands.
Agree. 100%
Last straw? She f*cking SAT next to her father's killer! It would've been so easy to simply say beforehand "Don't put me next to him." But she didn't. She's had so many opportunities to set things right. Kye-Sook's original invitation never included interacting with Soo-Won, or being isolated inside the palace, she is just letting all of it happen. And saying nothing. Some people in the comments are saying that she is being the bigger person and all, but bigger for what? So that people can walk all over her again?
I think the people who are waiting for this to turn into a big romance are going to be disappointed, considering the novel has some 1200 chapters and by the 900 she's still not married, I say be happy with the palace intrigue and such, because you'll be having it for a while.
Looks like there will be many more chapters just what I like
They need to try Rebirth of the Malicious Empress of Military Lineage. Once the romance gets going, once they marry, the romance goes through the roof, so sweet.
Sounds interesting I'm intrigued
Poor cinnamon bun Rui Wang is being bullied on both sides. I feel so bad for him! ε=ε=(ノ≧∇≦)ノ
I miss Yan Moge! These people keep replenishing the eye-candy jar, which is great, but we already lost the teacher and the Langya Duke, and the Peacock Prince and Thunderoots haven't appeared in a while. The new guys are pretty but they don't have much personality, bring Yan Moge back already!
I kind of wish this was a different kind of story and she's like: What? I can live in luxury, have people catering to my every need, don't have to work, and I don't even have to sleep with this guy? Bring it on and f*ck palace politics!
It would be so interesting if she just wanted to laze around and write and do her own stuffs and it's the emperor the one who chases after her all the time.
Well, I've read this one up to chapter 52 in Chinese, and the plot is basically what you just said LOL.
If I got a life of luxury and didn't even have to sell my bod to get it, I'd so take that deal....shoot. Try and stop me.
Yeah, but it doesn't last. As per the raws, they sleep together at around ch 50 so the rest of it will be traditional palace intrigue I guess.
I thinkg its chapter 63 to be exact.. hihi!!
I think it’s chapter 63 to be exact.. hihi!!
They also sleep together on ch 48. First time, I think.
I do like that she forged a BFFs group with his other concubines though. That's very innovative.