User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Sorcerer Magazine, Issue 41: May 2015/@comment-121.54.54.154-20150603145916/@comment-4449950-20150604075321

Hello anon~ :D

Ah, good. Tbh, it took me until the end of the Blue Dragon arc (chap 25) to decide to commit to the manga. I feel the Blue Dragon arc is when the story takes a turn to darker themes and the Blue Dragon himself is just a stunningly-written character imo - I didn't like Yoon or Kija at the start ^__^"

As for the whole "Kang Soo-Jin/Soo-Won convo", nobody in the kingdom knows that Soo-Won murdered Emperor Il. Nobody, besides Hak and Yona and potentially a few others (others who are on Soo-Won's side). However, the problem still remains (and you'll see this a little later as it's expanded on) that nobody in the kingdom really likes King Il. They don't appreciate him as King and all of them want him replaced; moreover (and again, this will be expanded on) everyone likes Soo-Won as Emperor. As such, if Hak and Yona were just to march into a town and scream "Soo-Won killed Il!", it would only start a civil war amongst the people. Some might side with Yona and others would side with Soo-Won and Yona would be put in danger getting caught in the cross-fire. So long as she's "missing assumed deceased" no-one will care or bug her. The Wind Tribe themselves sort of tried to rebel a little and you saw how that went. This, combined with the fact that Hak has no idea who's on their side any more means that he would never reveal the truth. At that point in the story it's Hak and Yona against the masses, and Soo-Won knows this.

Moreover, would anyone believe them? They have no proof besides the word of a 16 year old girl. I doubt people would side with a young girl to go up against the recently crowned Emperor who now has the royal army at his back ^^"

You'll find a lot of AkaYona is told through nuance and tone than spelt out word for word. Character interactions tell more of the story than straight narration, and heaps of the story is shrouded in grey. Soo-Won is the perfect example of this: he is never really called good or bad in the story because the author is leaving that decision up to you~

Hope this helps~ Did you also start Bleach? :D