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My would be the Fugitive arc (everything between the first chapter and moment where Yona and Hak meat the priest.)
+ Su-won was not shown as an evil dude who eats babies for breakfast (This was the thing that interested me the most and the thing that played the most important part in my decision to continue with the story.)
+ fairly good characterization for Yona and well-done presentation of the relationship between the main characters.
The Awa arc
+ the main character achieving something thanks to gained skills. (To be sure, Yona learnt archery way too quickly, but I count it is as a plus that Yona needed to put some effort in learning before being able to do something, because generally I expect less from a shoujo manga. From a generic shoujo I would expect that the heroine would kill a bad guy even if it were the first time in her life when she had a bow in her hands. I appreciated that this story was at least trying to look convincing)
The Fire Tribe arc
+ simple, but sensible on general level political intrigue.
+ best evil character in the whole story. I mean Li-Hazara. Maybe he was not deep or anything, but his being a power hungry guy who is scheming how to gain more power and how to dupe others makes sense in the context of this story. In other words he is convincing.
My least favourite arc
Xing arc
- bad character development for Yona (getting out of troubles thanks to a string of lucky coincidences, everyone being oh so amazed how great and badass she is, despite the fact that they are supposed to be far more skilled warriors and far more knowledgable, diplomatic success coming out of nowhere or rather from lucky coincidences.)
- the lamest bad character in this manga that saved Yona from the trouble of convincing Kouren to seek peace with Su-won and the trouble of facing consequences of her words that only exacerbated Kouren’s hatred towards Su-won and as a result the situation.
Not to be to negative I have been thinking what I found good about Xing arc and I come to conclusion that it was Hak.
+ The occasional bits of characterization thrown at him made me like him a little better. They are not enough to save this arc, as there are too few of them, but still.
+ Su-won was not shown as an evil dude who eats babies for breakfast (This was the thing that interested me the most and the thing that played the most important part in my decision to continue with the story.)
+ fairly good characterization for Yona and well-done presentation of the relationship between the main characters.
The Awa arc
+ the main character achieving something thanks to gained skills. (To be sure, Yona learnt archery way too quickly, but I count it is as a plus that Yona needed to put some effort in learning before being able to do something, because generally I expect less from a shoujo manga. From a generic shoujo I would expect that the heroine would kill a bad guy even if it were the first time in her life when she had a bow in her hands. I appreciated that this story was at least trying to look convincing)
The Fire Tribe arc
+ simple, but sensible on general level political intrigue.
+ best evil character in the whole story. I mean Li-Hazara. Maybe he was not deep or anything, but his being a power hungry guy who is scheming how to gain more power and how to dupe others makes sense in the context of this story. In other words he is convincing.
My least favourite arc
Xing arc
- bad character development for Yona (getting out of troubles thanks to a string of lucky coincidences, everyone being oh so amazed how great and badass she is, despite the fact that they are supposed to be far more skilled warriors and far more knowledgable, diplomatic success coming out of nowhere or rather from lucky coincidences.)
- the lamest bad character in this manga that saved Yona from the trouble of convincing Kouren to seek peace with Su-won and the trouble of facing consequences of her words that only exacerbated Kouren’s hatred towards Su-won and as a result the situation.
Not to be to negative I have been thinking what I found good about Xing arc and I come to conclusion that it was Hak.
+ The occasional bits of characterization thrown at him made me like him a little better. They are not enough to save this arc, as there are too few of them, but still.