The Yona Podcast

We have ourselves a new king! A surprisingly deep and complicated new king who may or may not feel some type of way about his best friend. We also meet Yun and Yun's little friend Ik-su after Hak and Yona survive a fall off a cliff (but it's fine because Rambo survived the same thing). These chapters are so bonkers and so fun. Links Twitter: @theyonapod; Tumblr: theyonapodcast.tumblr.com; Gmail: theyonapod@gmail.com Asexuality vs aromanticism:

We're back, baby! We're doing chapters 8 and 9 this week alongside episode 5 of the anime. We loved these chapters. Also up for discussion: which theme songs we will never skip, disappointing body shaming jokes in shojo, and when hair dye was invented. As always, come find us on Twitter, Tumblr, and gmail. You know the drill.

Evangelina is out this week, which means it's just me, Alex. I decided to let loose on the spoilers ban and do a ranking of all the manga arcs so far (from favorite to less favorite). If you're trying to avoid spoiler (or don't care about raking things), please feel fee to skip this episode. Regularly scheduled programing will be back next week. That'll be chapters 8-9 and episode 5 if you're following along!

We've made it to the Wind Tribe, baby! Fuuga is chock-full of funky little dudes (sort of) trying their best. Meanwhile, Soo-Won is barreling ahead with his designs on the crown. Points of discussion: real world influences on the manga, love languages, and the "good girl" scene. It's...a lot. Thanks for listening! Hope you enjoy.

As the title says, we're covering three chapters this week! The anime wrapped up the two flashback chapters plus the trek through the mountains into one, so we did too. This episode (as is every episode, really) is all about Hak. As we leave the palace and hang out in the mountains for a while, we get Hak pining, Yona catatonic, and Soo-Won...being really cute in Yona's memories. He doesn't do much in the present here.

This episode, we discuss chapter 2 of the manga and episode 2 of the anime. The romance! The drama! The psychological distress of being betrayed by your closest friend! Also up for discussion: why on earth the anime crew thought the time skip at the end of the episode was a good idea. (It was not.) You can find us on Twitter @theyonapod and gmail at theyonapod@gmail.com. Hit us with your comments or questions!

Hosts Alex and Evan walk through Chapter 1 of the manga and Episode 1 of the anime. We talk about the history of the manga and anime, differences between the two forms, and why we don't think the story works quite as well in anime form. Please send any questions/comments/things you'd like to hear in future episodes to theyonapod@gmail.com and follow us on twitter @theyonapod.