暁のヨナ 1 [Akatsuki no Yona 1] by Mizuho Kusanagi

On the night of her 16th birthday party, Yona visits her father's chambers again, determined to change his mind. Upon revealing her intention to someday marry him to her father, Yona is shocked and dismayed when King Il pointedly forbids her from choosing Soo-won as a husband. But contrary to this peaceful illusion, Kouka is once again on the verge of destruction and about to undergo a political upheaval.Ī week before a party celebrating her sixteenth birthday, Soo-won visits to pay tribute to her. Yona lives a lavish, sheltered life from the harrowing reality outside of the walls of the Crimson Dragon Castle, her only friends being her bodyguard Hak, general of the Wind Tribe, and Soo-won, her crush of 10 years and the son of King Il's brother, Yoo-hon. As countless generations flew by, this history became a famous founding myth.Ģ000 years later, the story commences with Yona, the sole princess of Kouka, ruled by her pacifistic father King Il under the Sky Tribe. The four Dragon warriors mourned his death and walked separate ways from his castle, leaving the country to develop over the centuries into 5 Tribes: Sky, Earth, Water, Wind, and Fire. After they had cleared Kouka of evil, the Crimson Dragon King died. The Crimson Dragon King was eventually forced to fight against these humans, and just as he was about to be killed and the world was on the brink of extinction, four other Dragon Gods, imbued with the dragon blood, joined his side as human warriors, and helped him lead Kouka to prosperity. It was believed that humans were living in an era full of evil and thirst for power, where they forgot about the Gods. It has been serialized in Hakusensha's shōjo manga magazine Hana to Yume since August 2009, with its chapters collected in forty-one tankōbon volumes as of May 2023.Ī 24-episode anime television series adaptation produced by Pierrot aired between October 2014 and March 2015.Ģ000 years ago, the fictional nation of Kouka was founded by the Crimson Dragon God, who came down to Earth from the Heavens as a human, deemed the Crimson Dragon King. Yona of the Dawn ( Japanese: 暁のヨナ, Hepburn: Akatsuki no Yona) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mizuho Kusanagi. AT-X, Tokyo MX, Sun TV, TV Aichi, RKK, BS11

暁のヨナ 1 [Akatsuki no Yona 1] by Mizuho Kusanagi