by Gene Luen Yang (author), Gurihiru (illustrator)
Date Read: 4/20/16
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★
This graphic novel picks right up where the previous one
left off. As the group discovers that Azula is the head of the Kemurikage, Zuko
goes to drastic measures to try to find the children and his crazy sister. Azula’s plan is not revealed until the very
end of the story, and I say, she’s still pretty crazy and evil! She looked a little off to me in the
illustrations though – I kept thinking it was her eyes, they seemed more gold
that I remembered. As I look at pictures from the TV series, he eyes weren’t
quite that gold, but her eyes also weren’t so open – she kind of always had a
scowl. And her pupils in the comic are smaller - so it may just be her crazy eyes
that make her look different.
I love Zuko and Aang’s relationship. There is mutual respect
there but they tend to have different methods of obtaining the same goal. I
thought this story did it better than some of the previous ones. They stayed on
the same side this time rather than actually fighting with each other.
I love having Suki in the story – and I just want to know
what happens with Suki and Sokka! The suspense is killing me – Korra acted like
he probably didn’t marry her. Ugh. While
Sokka and Katara were absent from this storyline, I really enjoyed having Mai,
Ty-Lee, and Suki in it.
I also appreciated Mai’s reaction to her father. After the
events of this story, she showed a very a mature response to everything that
had happened. It helped remind us that the characters are in fact growing up.
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