Akatsuki no Yona - Vol. 34 Ch. 196 - The Pain That Was Inflicted, on Those Who Inflicted It

[Mochiizuki]

I feel like that Yuhon doesn't kill Kashi? He is irrational and violent but I don't think he is a liar...🤔

 

[practicallyuseful]

@SylverDrawer
Your whole argument is based on "Yuhon probably didn't kill Kashi, and even if he did, he probably had a better reason"
I mean we don't know if he did it yet or if he did then why.
Still killing someone's wife and mother when they have nothing to do with anything is just psychopathic (whoever did it). He (or his ppl) could've just killed Il if he didn't want Koka to fall to ruin, why her? Why the temple?

I'm not saying that Il was a good guy ,far from that. I just think the temple deserved a better fate. And the rest of everyone just make my blood boil.

 

[practicallyuseful]

How awful for a 9 yr old to go through that, but still, horrible for him to put aside his friends feelings. I hate him more after this chapter for some reason.

 

[haru_springday]

Soowon psychopath confirmed

 

[Lelouvb]

So now I begin to hate him.. At first I still have trust in sowon and yona friendship, but now the story is out, I don't think sowon care about yona's feeling at all.

 

[greatninja3]

Yu hon committed mass murder and genocide to the people from the south.

Who fking cares if he died

I mean Hitler did great for germany if you don’t include all the war crimes he committed.

 

[Haven1011]

king il is a very different character than we first see him portrayed. At first glance, we saw what looked to be a loving father, and a very kind man. He was a ruler who looked to be very weak and a coward, and a advocate for peace. And then through Hak's prospective we saw that he wasn't a coward, as he wasn't afraid to hurt himself to stop violence. So all in all, up to this point I personally had a pretty good impression of him. But now we see that he is religion obsessed, to the point he wouldn't even be a capable king. And as we saw, he automatically jumped on the notion that Yu-Hon had killed Kashi. and I agree with @SylverDrawer that Yu-Hon does not kill without a greater purpose and is not afraid to admit when he has killed someone. He isn't a coward. Not to mention the fact he saw how much Kashi meant to Yonngi-hi and would not take away more people from her, Because it would be impossible for him to overlook the fact that when he had killed all the priests that it had really hurt her. King il had probably harbored a grudge since all the priests were killed, So he saw this as a perfect excuse for revenge. Just pass on the revenge plate to the sociopath 9 year old, who in turn killed king il. Lets hope our Yona can break this horrid chain with her distaste for revenge.

 

[MeiraEve]

*INTERNAL SCREAMING OF EXTREME CONFUSION CAUSED BY UNSOLVED POLITICAL AFFAIRS*

 

[papperless]

That's a shitty delusional motive from Suwon/Yuhon driven by jealousy because you're "not" the one chosen. Eventough we don't know Yuhon lied or not about killing Kashi he said "you were fooled by that woman" confirmed at least he didn't like Kashi at all.

Suwon being a sociopath genius kid doesn't impress and doesn't make me feel empathy for him at all instead he should just die already like his father and pay for his sin, have to remember he tried to kill Yona as well in the beginning because his thirst to rule, i hope Yona can make him more and more pathetic as Yona is the real reincarnation of crimson dragon king.

 

[jyc]

aaand there goes my last few feelings for soo won x yona ship 😬😬

Im all in for hak

 

[kassidy_]

wow the author is really just building onto the fact that soowon is the real antagonist of this story. i was really hoping stuff would change between him and yona, but it’s clear now what his intentions were from the start. he was so caught up in the revenge for his father that he chose to give up on his friend ship with yona. like the earlier comment said, we have to remember that he did try to kill yona during his rebellion.

thank you for the chapter!!

 

[Ari23]

What a coward move of King II. Stabbing someone from the back instead of confronting them honestly...

Soowon has always been the most interesting character and continue to be it. Such a wisdom cant exist only in a fiction indeed. He actually gave the coward a chance to save his skin and be a good ruler but the poor fanatic let his gard down, letting his people rooting in poverty, drugs and corruption while waiting for a savior. He didnt even bother to teach his daughter properly... sigh

This is all painting Hak in a bad light. While Yona is at least trying to understand what is going on and Soowon acting like an actual ruler, Hak is just being a roaming fool in love refusing to be unbiased and putting a blind faith in an other morally grey character. How brainless ...

Anyway thanks for the translation!

 

[xaviers_ego]

The never ending cycle of vengeance smh. It seems that at least it has ended with Yona.

 

[Lioness94]

Thanks for the chapter but I wanna ask; who is Rosemary in the tl/note on page 30?

 

[pixiemae]

i was starting to feel sympathy toward soowon but this chapter ended it all, he was blinded by revenge and hatred with no one to guide and correct him. i pity him

 

[Eunieberry]

This is all because Yon-Hi is too busy wallowing is despair and regret. About herself and her own circumstances. If only she set things straight when her husband purged the priests and stuff then it won’t lead to this or became open with Kashi and her husband. It’s one revenge over the other. SHE WAS TOO COMFORTABLE ON HER OWN LITTLE BUBBLE AND WHEN HER SUPPORT IS GONE. She didn’t even bother but enlighten or correct or become a ‘mother’ to her 9 year old son. HIS SON has to support her. NOT THAT I FEEL ANYTHING FOR SOOWON . I’ve never liked Soo-Won since he first appeared. All those feelings or thoughts he has of Yona seemed way too hypocritical of him. For the good of the country? Who gets to decide that? Who told him to act as judge? In the end it’s all for revenge. And he still had the gall to care for Yona? IF KAHI DIDNT DIE. Il might not become the ‘foolish’ emperor that he is known. But because his hands were stained by his brother’s blood he hated weapons and war all the more cause I would like to believe that’s because he knows all too well the seed of revenge, deaths and killing can do. His wife was killed, he killed his brother and now there’s Yona. He can’t afford to plant another war that might cause his daughter to die.

Putting that aside, Soowon is borderline psychopath. And I don’t think I’d like him as a character even if this manga ends

 

[Mintgirly]

I think it's more about a clash of the ideology.
Su woon as his father are more rational and put their faith in human beings. The king Il believe in gods and their protection

 

[aziz787899]

Just rememeber that yona is reading all of this, what would be her reactions we don't know.

 

[HikariGo]

The idea that this chapter supports the idea the author is going down the route of Soo-Won being the true antagonist of the manga are far off the mark.

They clearly have been reading a different manga if they think that is the case.

The entire flashback arc is about the cycle of vengeance and everybody being justified to some extent for their actions, flowing from Yu-Hon->Il->Soo-Won->Hak

That is why it was so significant when Yona rejected this idea of revenge in the manga, realising that it wouldn't be for the good of the country.

This manga is much more likely to end with Soo-Won dying and Hak letting go of his hate and moving forward with Yona, then a climactic battle.

 

[Mochimon]

God I hope Soo-Won won’t die through sacrificing himself for Yona or Hak cause I just hate those type of character redemptions.

I still feel like that’s what will happen but it’s such a lazy way to redeem someone, it’s like that phrase “don’t talk ill about the dead” and sacrifice is always viewed as a selfless act but it in no way would erase his past actions so I wouldn’t want the author to use it as an excuse for his behavior.

I assume in a climactic moment Yona would refuse to continue the cycle of revenge by not hurting Soo-Won but then he’ll go and do this bs.

Maybe the author will end up making a completely different character rise to the throne so the that there’s no more fighting for the throne within the family where so many deaths have already stemmed from but I assume that’s too much.

Edit: Oh right I forgot he has the illness. I guess in the end sacrifice would make sense since he’s gonna end up dying anyway. Still very much dislike the trope of redemption through death regardless of how it plays out.