Today’a post is on Yona of the Dawn, vol. 11 by Mizuho Kusanagi. It is 192 pages long and is published by Shojo Beat. As it is the eleventh volume in this series and you need to have read the first ten to understand the story. The cover has Yona and Hak on it sitting back to back. There is no foul language, no sex, and no violence in this manga. The story is told from third person close of the different characters. There Be Spoilers Ahead.
From the back of the book- Yona and her friends head out in search of a crop that can grow even in barren land. On their travels, Hak becomes filled with grim determination while training Yona in swordsmanship. Yona notices that he’s acting differently and tries to cheer him up, but what Hak does next leaves her stunned!
Review- An excellent next volume in the long-running series. We pick up right where volume 10 left off with Yona and Company deciding to travel out of Kohka and then into one of the northern kingdoms to try and find a plant that will grow in the fire tribe lands. They are of course met with suspicion but they do find a plant that will grow, now they just need to find a way to get it back. Hak has some serious character growth in this volume, as he and Yona now try to navigate their relationship. We also get to see more of Hak, Yona and Su-Won’s childhood together. Su-Won has leadership skills even from a young age, but as we see from when he became an adult, he does not use it for everyone's good but only his own. The volume ends with Yona performing a sword dance that fully expresses both her grief and her rage, and it moves everyone who sees it. It will be interesting to see how they get this new grain back into the Firelands or even if they can at all.
I give this volume a Five out of Five stars. I get nothing for my review and I bought this manga with my own money.
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