I just read the Skyward Sword manga and oH goddesses theres a lot to unpack here.
First of all the story was great! It was amazing.
Secondly, I know since the manga was only 33pgs long, I thought there wouldn't be a lot of ship content for Hylink, but DAM we still got some.
Ok so this is what I gathered and here's the summary: Link was imprisoned for 4 yrs under the pretenses that he was framed for a crime. The person who sentenced him was killed by the Demon King and the people now needed a hero. I believe he still felt a bit resentful towards the people for falsely accusing him, imprisoning him for 4 yrs, and obviously now just wanting to let him go just cause he was their best warrior. But he let that go aside because he loved the land and people and was still willing to fight. Anyway. Hylia comes down with her Crimson Loftwing who is looking for someone worthy to ride. He deems them unfit because they are all cowards (the soldiers attacked them thinking they were demons), but Link comes in saying that not all of them are cowards. Hylia then notices him and gives him a proposition: take revenge on the land that imprisoned you or save it. He decides to save it and Hylia grants him the Master Sword and tells him it must be refoged in human hands in order for it to send the land into the sky. After its reforged, they go into battle against the Demon King for 7 days and nights. Link is confronted by the Demon King and is struck down, but is saved by the Crimson Loftwing and rides to send the people into the sky. After the people are sent, he stays behind and slowly dies (Also he and the Loftwing become bonded). Hylia in the meantime is sealing the Demon King away and told him that the triforce is safe under her peoples care (she originally had them), she then finds Link and tells him that she sorry that he had to go through all of this pain in sorrow, but that it was needed in order for him to be fit to wield the Master Sword and that she and I quote "felt [his] pain like a knife through [her] body"
Anyway, she then says that she will make sure his gentle spirit will live on eternally and then sheds her divinity to be with him.(she also mentions that everytime the land of Hylia is in danger they will be reborn)
So yeah.......*exhales* theres A LOT to unpack but honestly I love it.
But mainly I want to talk about Hylink(of course I do). Now I know there wasn't a lot to work with and the story focused more on Link's perspective and the while how the battle went, but I'll focus on the ending part were Hylia is talking to Link after he died. Now, when she arrived to find him she immediately went to hold him and cried out his name, and after realizing he was dead began to cry. Like *screams* ok. Also when she said that his pained caused her pain as well, like ok I know she cares and loves her people a lot but, that line to me makes it seem to me that it could be more than just that, as well as the other line she says as she's shedding her divinity " I shall shed my divinity the next time we meet, I wish to stand before you as a simple human" like WHAT?!. She wishes to stand before him as a human. Like dude, if this doesn't say devotion I dont know what does. She admired his love for her land and people, even after they wronged him, his pain felt like a stab through her chest (not pleasant I tell you, it feels horrendous), and she feet so guilty for making him go through so much sorrow and pain just because it was willed by the heavens (which if you think about it, would a god even feel any remorse for that? I mean it was willed a.k.a an order). But yeah, I can tell you Hylia definitely, kost likely had feeling for him.
As for Link, well, we didnt see mich of what he felt towards her since 1. The story focuses on his accomplishments and it was a short story too. 2. He was probably more focused on his role than anything else. But I do HC a bit that during the week of the battle they might have interacted a bit since he is her chosen hero and he might want to ask why me?
