I do think he is the king of prophecy not yona. What if...there is only one hiryuu's reincarnation, and the other one is a decoy? Kind of like usagi - minako princess serenity situation in sailor moon? I mean we got these facts that :
1. Hiryuu and Soo Won both love and trust human
2. Both don't mind wars to expand territory not just for defensive (chapter 102 i think?)
3. They kinda look alike
4. Zeno's weird reaction when first met soo won.
5. Both actually dont want protection from dragons
6. Other dragons reaction when they met soo won
7. Yona herself didnt think she is hiryuu's reincarnation
8. King Il's weird persistance than yona is king hiryuu's reincarnation and soo won is different
Maybe hiryuu create decoy to release himself from the dragons, so dragons will protect the decoy instead of him? Because he believe in human therefore in his next reincarnation he wishto be completely free from other dragons and be 100% human? Does it make sense hehehe
Why is it that it’s suddenly strange for the dragons to have a first impression of someone and that it has to be therefore supernatural in nature is what I’m asking? Like you can have instincts about someone, and not chalk it up to dragon blood. The only obviously supernatural reaction was theirs with Yona. I’m not saying there isn’t a more subtle supernatural reaction with the dragons and Soo-won, it could be there, but it’s just that they still can be explained with mundane reasons in my eyes...until I get something more concrete.
The decoy theory sounds a bit more fun than the split soul theory to me for some reason. I do agree soo-won kind of looks like Hiryuu. But it somehow feels even less likely than the split-soul theory.
I also agree Hiryuu and Soo-won share the same stance on needing the dragons. And he’s right. There has been a lot of focus on Yona recognizing this too though. Well it’s more that their existence causes more strife and contention than the good they bring. Not to mention they suffer the whole time because of it. I’m sure this is leading up to Yona (and maybe Soo-won) to try to find a way to end the cycle. That there really shouldn’t be any ‘gods on earth’, and religion is best kept at more of a distance.
But aside from the Soo-won theories, I am interested in Hiryuu’s reason for coming back. Based on Zeno’s thoughts, he concluded the dragon cycle was continuing because Hiryuu was going to come back. He also questioned what Hiryuu’s purpose or will was for coming back. There is confusion to me on whether the dragon cycle and also the protection of the castle was more based on Hiryuu or if it was the 4 other dragon gods.
I see good theories that Hiryuu’s will in coming back was to end the dragon cycle, but then why did it even continue after his death in the first place if that was the case?
I’m confused about that, and also confused on whether the castle’s spiritual center point is Hiryuu’s spirit and will, or if it’s a spiritual center for the other dragon gods. It’s been said it was the other at different instances.
Em. But that is not what is shown. There is no sign of pity or wish to spare him. Usually a thought like " but should I strike a guy without a sword down?" or something like that would be described. Nothing like this here. Not to say that Soo Won was not defenseless, since a bunch of guys with arrows and other weapons were pointed at Shin ha and Kija. In the same instance Soo Won is compared to Yona. This comparison is demonstrated during the entire manga. I consider this theory as pretty likely.
I don’t see why it needs to be said in his thoughts though for it to be true or not? Soo-won was still not being an aggressor at all, and I’ve never seen Kija outright kill someone on the spot if they didn’t instigate it first.
The scene directly after Soo Won is crowned. In this scene he defied the gods, while Yona shortly after is described to use the power of the gods.
Hahaha I chose an early chapter at random and found it on the first try (ch11)
Oh yeah Yona in her dreams definitely is having some sort of psychic sight there. I do remember it now. That could be hints she is connected to him by the soul or just cause he’s the main focus on everybody’s mind.
She also had that dream with the dragons being sad for her and they were actual little dragons in that dream.
Hiryuu, while definitely appearing more human than the dragon warriors, still has something more subtle that is supernatural. For example her somehow ‘having a feeling’ who the dragons are when she meets them, feeling comfortable around them, and having strange dreams. Actually that more proves she’s Hiryuu than just a normal girl....
Strange that they do have no problems with Keishuk and feeling comfortable. This doesn´t seem the case, since Jae ha connected this feeling especially to Soo Won.
Usually there is no problem with being on guard with a dangerous person, just if the person tends to have rather positive feeling towards another for whatever reason, then there is a problem. And having positive feelings towards Soo Won is strange, because
a) they know what he did
b) they do not know him personally.
Why I say this:
Because the bond influences the feeling of the Dragon Warriors and Jae ha is the one person who is especially aware of it.
But did Jae-ha point out in his thoughts that he had no trouble feeling uncomfortable around Kyesook or anyone else? I didn’t see that. Again just because it’s not said, doesn’t mean it’s not true.
In fact later right before the tournament starts he references how the castle is making them comfortable, when they mentioned the possibility of escaping. Like a cradle for the dragons. That’s him being concerned about the castle affecting their sense of danger. And he was talking about it in general..no reference of Soo-won in particular.
Jae ha is really savvy about knowing and understanding people. He knows Soo-won is the one to watch out for the most, despite Kyesook’s front. So having him point it out in his thoughts is not surprising to me.
I am not quite sure, since Soo Won tells us at the beginning, that he had loved King Il, too. So it seems that there was a better relationship before. And actually no in the fandom I am, there are a lot of people who don´t think that Il had to hate Soo Won. Obviously King Il demonstrated to his daughter that he treated Soo Won rather well.
I thought Soo-won was talking about his previous relationship with Il. Before the whole Yuhon thing went down. They could have had a good relationship up until the drama happened, right?
How is a king supposed to use them? They are only able to do so if they somehow influence or persuade Yona. She is the reincarnation and is supposed to be the only boss of them. So why bother with a king that has 0 influence if Yona doesn´t want to.
It would have been more clever of Zeno to ask Yona then. Another reason could be that Soo Won has also a connection with Hiryuu and would have been able to use them as well, if the story had developed differently.
I agree that Zeno knows more, but this scene is given a lot of place. 3 pictures where Zeno stares at Soo Won. Given that Zeno was more connected to King Hiryuu than the other Dragon Warriors I wonder. Because Zeno like the rest of the Dragon Warriors (except for Kija and even he is unable to attack) don´t think of Soo Won as enemy.
That’s true, we know the dragons won’t follow anyone but Yona. But no other groups don’t seems to take that into account when they target the dragons. It seems to be a recurring thing now that people just objectify them as weapons and don’t even take into account that they are people with wills of their own.
Or they do recognize their connection with Yona, but just decide to use her as a hostage to control them (which we know still doesn’t really work at all long term). As we saw with the latest arcs. We know this, but that doesn’t seem to be the case for others in the manga.
Zeno’s reaction to Soo-won is tied for me. I think it’s equally likely he recognizes ‘Hiryuu‘ in him or that he just recognizes him as Soo-won. Also his behavior later seems to hint he knows Soo-won is the king and knows Yona and such, while the whole time nobody seems to get Yona’s strange behavior toward him, but Zeno. That hints more toward him spying on them in the past.