What I took away from this whole story is that Sowoon never trusted Yona and Hak fully. He didn't believe in their bond enough to try and work things with them. This devastated Yona, so I can't even imagine the pain Hak felt and still feels. Hurt can make things so much more complicated. Maybe Hak doesn't want to try and understand because from his perspective Sowoon didn't try to make him understand. Why try for someone who has already given up on trying, you know?
I feel like that's not the case at all, sowoon did trust Yona and Hal, they are probably the ones he used to trust the most, but the reason why he still killed the king and betrayed them was because of his revenge, at the end of the day he wouldn't let anyone interfer in his plan of doing what once his father was supposed to do, even if that meant hurting the only people he loved, you can see that he would've loved to be next to both of them, when Hak came back as a soldier and Yona as the princess he felt happy, because it was a dream of his to be together, the three of them, sadly he ended up choosing the revenge path
I'm sure he would've loved to have them by his side but his actions still led to the complete opposite. If he trusted them the most, why were they not informed of his plan? It's petty to say, but Sowoon did not act alone. He had accomplices; so he planned a rebellion but not with his most trusted people? At the time, Yona was so crazy about Sowoon she would've definitely stood by him if he told her the truth. Hak respected and liked king Il but he still would've chosen his most beloved friends! Their love and bond was so strong yet he didn't try to make them a part of his future.
My last point here, one my sister and I constantly argue about this lol, is that Sowoon was going to kill Yona after Il. I have no doubt about that! My sister likes to believe he was going to let her go, but if it wasn't for Hak she would've died for sure that day.
Jajajaj what? Yona was in love but she wasn't crazy! Obviously she wouldn't be calm if she was told that her crush was going to murder her father and take the throne! There's no way if hell she would have accepted that, and remember she was a spoiled brad, she didn't know how bad things were when his father was the king, im sure she thought of her father as the most perfect and beloved king of all, if that was the case, she would probably have told the king everything just to try to talk it out and fix things but soo won would be consider a traidor for ploting against the king and would be hang or burn, this Manga tries to be realistic, with this like drugs, bad rulers, the real family killing each other, etc, the power of friendship doesn't solve everything
The thing about Soowon trying to kill yona is still confusing, he absolutely loves her (It's not clear if he does in a romantic way or just like a family), so I tend to believe he was sure Hak would save her, it would explain better why he decided to not look for them after they ran away, at least not look for them exhaustively, about the plan thing... Yona may have been naive back then and in love with soowonn, but she wasn't crazy, she was just ignorant, there is no way in hell she would've just accepted to take part in her father's murder, and Hak was extremely loyal to the king, also he was totally aware of the king's flaws, but even so he still stood up next to him, since he was grateful to him for giving him a home and trusting yona to him, he would've also never agreed to Soowon's plan, and that's something Soowon knew, the biggest mistake that soowon ever did was letting the revenge feeling taking over him, at the end of the day the king not only "Stole" (In his eyes at least) his father's position as the new king, but also killed him, Soowon loved Hak and Yona, but he respected and loved his Father more, that's why he choose to betray his friends, at the end of the day the kingdom's future and the honor of his father were more important
This is why I have a love-hate thing going on with this story! The characters are all loveable and pitiable. You want to hate some and root for others, but you still can't help want to forgive and justify the "bad guys". Sowoon breaks my heart and most of the time when I think about him I want to beat him up lol. At the same time, the clear affection he holds for Hak and Yona and his desire to protect his country and people makes me waver... I see what Yona and Hak see in him and why they love him which makes me resent his actions even more lol.
I love them all I guess ┗( T﹏T )┛
I know! I love this manga too much, and I love Hak and Yona WAY TOO MUCH AHFHDHFSJDJ reason why I can not love soowon, I understand his actions and I feel like he's an amazing character, he's so well done, but after seeing how broken yona and Hak were because of him, I can't, I honestly just want to stab him :( I hope he doesn't die for now because I feel like the kingdom currently needs him, but as soon as he does what he needs to do, I'll gladly accept his death HSJFKDF
UGHH!!! You see because Hak and Yona love Sowoon and I adore them so much, I kind of want to defend Sowoon when he's being threatened lol
Even though I'll go hating him again the second I remember what he did to them! This is all the author's fault!!! I don't know if I admire the shit out the authors, or I want to bury them alive for the rollercoaster of emotions we're put through!
I think I'll be relieved when Sowoon dies though, sad but relieved. So long as Yona, Hak and the gang are ok
Both of them would have made Kioka amazing because first of all their individual strength(fighting and tactics) but also the fact that they completely understand each other. Forgetting Yona if Hak and Sowoon were still friends, they both could have defeated anything.Sowoon just messed it up but I always wondered why Hak never tried to understand why he did it or like see from his point of view but alas seeing that Sowoon is dying i wonder how they both are going to treat their broken friendship