Sofie’s Reviews > Yona of the Dawn, Vol. 18 > Status Update

i can’t even breathe i’m sobbing so hard what the FUCK kusanagi you are brilliant this volume is spectacular i am in awe and so in love with this story and these characters
wdym zeno went to see each of the dragons when he sensed that yona had been born what the FUCK do you mean “zeno is good at waiting” how am i supposed to just go on with my day after this heartache how do i leap into the pages and hug him

so the implication is that after kaya, zeno never got close with anyone else for HUNDREDS OF YEARS??????? he was just alone, constantly feeling the presence of the dragons and their life cycles but forced to live outside of it all??????? how is he not clinically insane or evil how is he sunshine after all of that grief

unsurprisingly, the real reason behind zeno referring to himself in the third person ended up being even more depressing than i could’ve imagined. thanks kusanagi

i’ve been asking for zeno’s backstory for so many volumes and now that i have it i’m ugly crying and my chest physically fucking hurts from how tragic this is. on the bright side, i’m so happy that the current dragons are much more of a family than the first ones ever got to be. it’ll hurt even more when it ends but at least zeno can finally experience true love and companionship after so much loneliness

“let’s protect the crimson dragon king together” BUT ITS JUST ZENO STANDING ALONE AGAINST AN ENTIRE ARMY WHAT IF I RUN OUT OF TEARS WHAT HAPPENS THEN

oh he knew from the moment zeno showed the dragons his healing ability. he knew what his power entailed and that’s why he never wanted him to get injured. to protect him from the horrifying reality of invulnerability and immortality. of course it was a pipe dream but god that just makes it even more tragic. poor zeno. and now he’s gonna have to watch the dragons die one by one too. COOL

that chapter felt like something straight out of an older teen shonen oh my god???? the way that zeno’s skin knits itself back together and all the body horror of his limbs and head getting chopped off is so visceral and BRUTAL. my heart was breaking for him the entire time, it wasn’t a victorious fight at all. my face looked just like yun and yona’s. i’m so glad they all hugged him after cause wtf

if i’m right and zeno has been the yellow dragon since the very beginning of the cycle then how much pain has he endured???? how long has he been treated as nothing more than a human shield? is that why he refers to himself in the third person and doesn’t use the names of the other dragons? he’s so used to being an object???? oh god he’s gonna become my favorite isn’t he