English Dub Review: Yona of the Dawn “The Rippling Fear”

Season two of Yona of the Dawn take place right after the end of season one. Yona, Hak, Yoon, and Kija are on the hunt for the Blue Dragon, and try to bring him along on their quest to save the empire that Yona is rightfully entitled to. Well, that’s the catch up needed, let’s talk about “The Rippling Fear.”

This is another series that Funimation decided to dub at season two instead of one, so most people won’t really know what’s going on. Well, that’s dependent on if the viewer watched the subbed version of season one. Hak and Kija have a dynamic that isn’t unlike Sanji and Zoro. They have a mutual respect, yet they are very insulting towards one another.

The main character, Yona, spent most of “The Rippling Fear” trying to find the blue dragon, who then tried his hardest to push her away. That doesn’t make much sense to me, because I would be all over getting the hell out of that cave.  This seems to be the typical series return, because nothing really goes on except that there was a cave in at the end, and obviously the Blue Dragon shows up. The only part I found funny about this was how the villagers were scared shitless when the Blue Dragon showed up. And of course, Yona gets all starry eyed because of  his mask coming off. Like I didn’t see this coming, am I right?

As of now, all I can say really is that everything that happened so far was either expected, or stereotypical. If you’re looking for something trailblazing, you’re barking up the wrong tree. I can feel the Inuyasha tones here, because there are “reincarnated demon spirits,” but in actuality, they’re just draconic avatars. “The Rippling Fear” does nothing to wow me, but what it does, it does well enough for me want to see where it goes from here.