Maybe a perfect season. This is easily my favourite season. Of course the 3rd does so much and is a great conclusion however this does something else. Very good at being the middle chapter of the story. I love that this story adds so many new characters. First one being Toph who not only is a great character story wise with a complete arc but is also very funny and fits right into the show. She also adds so much to our main team. She’s unlike any other member of team Avatar but it works so well. Especially against Katara and Sokka. Her and Sokka are hilarious together. Other new characters are Mei and Ty Lee. Each very different one is happy and excited all the time and other is neither of those. But of course all these characters are great but don’t reach Azula. One of the best Tv Show Villians OAT. She makes Zhao from Book 1 look like a bad character and she’s much more interesting the Lord Ozai. She is so messed up and lethal. Won’t think twice about killing. She’s maybe the best bender on the show with raw power, agility, lighting(rare) and finally a dangerous mind. She has fun with her victims and most importantly wins. A great way to make your villain intimidating is to have them win. Her goals and thirst for perfection make her endlessly watchable.
There’s so much world building in this season now because they don’t have to set up everything about people and the rules of the world so we see so many locations and people like the swamp, an ancient library, a perfect city free of war, a western town, the desert, caves and seas. It’s incredible really. This season we see more of the power of earth bending and how strong it is too. Aang learns a lot this season about people he loves, earth bending and himself. This show always has had a main theme of responsibility and Aang trying to live up to something bigger then himself. He wants to have fun. This season I felt he is pretty serious. The whole season has a more serious tone then the first.
The action in this season is perfect. Really smooth and a job to watch. All the secrecy at the end of the season with Ba Sing Se was incredible and I very much appreciate. There’s so many emotions in this season. Zuko is a huge part. Maybe he’s the strongest part of the show. His story has changed so much and he’s learnt so much. And it’s never enough for him or his honour. He truly doesn’t know who he is or what he wants or needs to do.
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