Yona of the Dawn Vol. 23: Yona of the Dawn, Vol. 23
- ISBN
- 9781974712502
- Publisher
- VIZ Media
- English release
- Pages
- 192
Xing's internal divisions place Yona between her companions' safety and a threatened war. Princess Kouren's support for conflict with Kohka makes this paperback a useful marker for the new country's political struggle. Read it after the invitation that brings Xing into the journey. The problem is not simply crossing another border: Yona is now dealing with people inside that country who disagree about what should happen next.
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Kouren supports war against Kohka and strengthens the faction that wants it. Yona must find a way to protect both the Dragon Warriors and her home country. Those objectives are related but not identical, which is the pressure worth following in the Xing material. A quick rescue could still leave a wider conflict unresolved; an agreement between states would still have to account for the people caught inside the dispute. The publisher's premise makes this a negotiation with competing obligations, rather than a straightforward contest between two national sides.
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