Sofie’s Reviews > Yona of the Dawn, Vol. 12 > Status Update

i'm kind of speechless at that bonus chapter WOW that gave me everything i didn't even know i needed. reluctant oldest brother jaeha and surprisingly wise (but still afraid of spiders) second oldest brother gija having a heart to heart at the hot springs, ft ridiculous antics from the rest of their found family sign me the fuck up. this is some of the best of this manga

goddamnit i love jaeha. i was literally just complaining about him and saying that he was on thin ice but it's like kusanagi heard me and really stepped up his internal dialogue. he really thinks so deeply about everyone else and genuinely wants to understand them, but you'd never know it from his spoken dialogue alone. i hope his inner thoughts keep bleeding outwards so he can be the true big brother of the family

.....kyo-ga is giving major zuko season 1 energy rn
he believes so deeply that he's destined for this divine role but his father is pulling the strings and scheming with the enemy to make all of this happen in the first place. and for what??? to prove a point???? kyo-ga just looks like a naive fool, a pawn being moved into place by his own father

wow that single match cut just did so much to humanize kyo-ga. all that childlike wonder has been replaced with a superiority complex and, with it, a deep sense of loneliness and entitlement. at least that's what i'm reading into that expression change, and it's got me feeling emo for yet another character i never thought i'd care about

i am SO curious to learn more about the crimson dragon king and how yona is related to him (if she even is??? maybe it's just destiny rather than bloodline??). i wonder what is myth and what is truth
i also appreciate how even though the fire tribe is the evil one (as always), we've spent a lot of time with its citizens and it's really just the leaders who are the problem bc they believe this superiority myth

"sinha usually sleeps with his back toward everyone else, but he turned the other way to make room for zeno" okay and what if i sob

i love these idiot boys so much goddamnit
jaeha next to hak so he can do equal amounts of meddling and flirting (also literally kicking his feet shut UP)
zeno all adorable and mirroring pu-kyu next to his bestie sinha
AND SINHA COVERING HIS EYES WITH THE BLANKET EVEN AS HE SLEEPS????

OKAY SEE ONCE AGAIN JAEHA IS MEDDLING!!!!! he's trying to get hak to see that yona's dance might've been a farewell to her love for su-won but of course he's not gonna say that directly bc he's a little bitch