Status Updates From Yona of the Dawn, Vol. 8

leave it to hak to once again flip the outdated misogynistic tropes on their head!!! that's why he's the best!!!!! his protection of yona never comes from a place of seeing her as fragile or incompetent, he is truly just terrified of losing her and that gets in the way of fostering her potential sometimes. but just like with the bow, i'm positive he'll come around and teach her in the end

all this talk about yona wanting to use a sword and not wanting to use hak as her shield after we were just reminded of the second half of the prophecy is.....suspicious to say the least. "the sword and shield that protect the monarch shall awaken". is hak truly the shield, despite yona's reservations? but once she learns how to fight, i'm sure she'll feel less guilty about him protecting her

"if you start carrying a sword, you'll seriously never land a husband" uh huh sure babe that's fucking rich coming from the man who swoons every time he sees yona fight or even get a dangerous glint in her eyes
their banter continues to be such a highlight in this series bc they have the foundation of true friendship and devotion to back it up, ESPECIALLY on hak's side