Yona of the Dawn - Vol. 2 Ch. 11 - The Crowning of a New King
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OHH HE WAS THE KID THAT WAS BY YONAS MOTHERS SIDE
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My question is, Soo-Won, by 'killing' your two childhood friends to take the throne, then are you really any better than the late king who you detested for killing his brother? Like, you could've had more standards because it was made clear to you several times that you could rightfully succeed the throne by marrying Yona - if you did this, then you pretty much get everything you want too, you're two best friends and the throne. smh
btw, I haven't seen anything past what happens like half-way through the anime, so maybe it becomes more clear later on..
btw, I haven't seen anything past what happens like half-way through the anime, so maybe it becomes more clear later on..
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I mean Soo-Won's motivations are a little bit forced, but I can understand - from an internal logic sort of standpoint - why he needed to kill the previous king.
It's revenge.
I don't even know if the king actually killed his father or if he's just been led to believe that. But his whole thing is to be a strong king and therefore, he had to "kill" all the weaknesses and let go of the two friends who are/could become weaknesses.
Soo-Won isn't trying to be a morally better king, he wants to be powerful enough to unite the tribes against a common enemy. He has no standards, he's made that abundantly clear. He's desperate to make the country strong for whatever reason.
The easier, obvious solution was to marry Yona, of course, I think we all agree on that. And King Il's objections aside, there's ways around that without bloodshed.
But in his own, twisted logic, this easy way isn't the right way. He's doing all this for the "greater good".
It's revenge.
I don't even know if the king actually killed his father or if he's just been led to believe that. But his whole thing is to be a strong king and therefore, he had to "kill" all the weaknesses and let go of the two friends who are/could become weaknesses.
Soo-Won isn't trying to be a morally better king, he wants to be powerful enough to unite the tribes against a common enemy. He has no standards, he's made that abundantly clear. He's desperate to make the country strong for whatever reason.
The easier, obvious solution was to marry Yona, of course, I think we all agree on that. And King Il's objections aside, there's ways around that without bloodshed.
But in his own, twisted logic, this easy way isn't the right way. He's doing all this for the "greater good".
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The thing you have to understand about Soo Won is that while revenge was a big part of his motivation, he did also genuinely hate the way Kouka was being run by king Il. He's doing this not just for revenge but also for what he believes to be the good of the kingdom, and as we'll see later on he's partially right. While Il wasn't all bad, his excessive aversion to conflict created a lot of problems for the kingdom. That's not to say pacifism is bad but king Il took it too far and the people suffered for it.
People's dissatisfaction with the previous king is why he was able to get them all to accept his obviously bogus story about Hak killing King Il and kidnapping princess Yona and why he was able to get so many people to help him with his assassination and coup.
People's dissatisfaction with the previous king is why he was able to get them all to accept his obviously bogus story about Hak killing King Il and kidnapping princess Yona and why he was able to get so many people to help him with his assassination and coup.
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