A just absolute cinema detail about the last agni kai is that Zuko actually uses a lot of different styles from different nations and when he does you can hear the sound of water, air, earth or fire showing that just like his uncle said he mastered fire bending by understanding the different nations.
One thing that is worth noting with the Azula break down, the voice actress specifically cannot watch that episode. They cleared the studio to just have the sound tech and her and she went to a super dark place to fully sound like that. Such a great voice act scene but crazy how much it took for her to go there in order to do it
A small detail I rarely see people bring up is Ozai’s stance on things in the middle of the fight. At the start, he proudly exclaims “I have all the *power* _in the world!”_ But by the end of the fight, he recognizes that he’s weaker than Aang. “Even with all the power in the world, you are _still weak.”_ and I absolutely live for that character arc of humbling Ozai.
21:29 I have watched this idk how many times, and I had no idea that Aang was redirecting the breath here, I thought he was air and fire bending. The redirection is soooo much better.
every avatar either succumbed to killing their villain or ran out of time to find a solution. They all sacrificed their morals and upbrings of the nations they were born into. They didn’t really bring balance. Like think about it, what if the reason for the next avatar being born in a new nation all the time meant that it was time to use those morals of that nation but on a cosmic avatar scale? in order to bring balance to the world. Aang was the only one who listened to the morals of his nation. And he found a way to win that brings balance to the world. Thinking like an air bender he found an outbox solution. Thinking like a cosmic being avatar, he took Ozi's fire bending away. The direct description of the avatar was that he needs to bring balance to the world. That includes ozi. From what we’ve seen in korra, a person not having bending can bring balance and a person having bending can also bring balance to that person. And therefore the world. And when you think about it. No element or nation was brought up on the morals of needing to kill. Just how to live life.
I always take pride in the fact that I was watching on TV as it aired, from S1 premiere to S3 finale. It was a pain in the ass to be on time every other Friday to catch new episodes at 8pm sharp in a house where someone else may or may not have hogged the TV at that time, but by golly I did it for the 3 years and it was glorious. I think if you're a thoughtful kid who loves good choreography and character development it would've stuck with you enough to stay invested.
Everything in avatar comes in full circle. So like the swamp guy and guru lessons: everything and everyone is connected. Time is an illusion and so is death. The for nations cover the entire world, team avatar has been running into the same people no matter where they go. And those people run into people that team avatar also have met. The white lotus members' just happen to be all teachers of team avatar. Zuko just happened to run into jet after they both separately met team avatar on their own. Suki runs into azula. Zuko just always seems to be running into his ancestor Rokus reincarnation. Everyone and everything is connected.
iro lesson on the four elements: if you pull from one place iro lesson on the four elements: each element has an important trait that when together it makes you whole. if you pull from one place your path becomes rigid and stale. You fall out of balance. this can happen to anyone. And this also happened to every villain in avatar and legend of Korra. To azula, ozi, zuko at some point. Every lesson in avatar comes back to haunt us in the series. And in life
I need more people to understand how Aang taking away Ozai’s fire bending is a worse punishment than death. If Ozai had died many of his supports and himself would find him a martyr, and use him as a continued symbol of fire bending superiority through aggression. By taking away his bending Aang has removed the facet of Ozai that he held over the heads of earth/water/air benders for centuries. In the end Aang made Ozai what he despised more than anything else, a non Fire bender. Ozai now must live out more time without his bending, imprisoned than with it and free.
Roku's mistake with sozion wasn’t that he should’ve killed him from the beginning. It was that he shouldn’t keep a closer eye on him and make sure he wasn’t alone. Sozion is firebender meaning he has passion and drive to achieve it. When passion is suppressed, any person can become frustrated that they still want to achieve what they want. And they won’t let anyone stop them. Sozion was only pulling from lesson fire, but not from the place of air which allows you to see the multiple possibilities, water that allows you to be more flexible and gain help when needed, and the earth that is about being patient. Sozion became out of balance, and on top of that he was a fire lord, a monarch. He was at a high status where he could help the world or make the world worse. Being a fire lord monarch majority means empty throne room and no one really to advise him. Sozin's original plan was to spread his wealth to other nations in a way, when suppressed by Roku, alone in his throne room, and only pulling from the lesson of fire (the achieving your passion) he fell out of balance and his dream became more about conquering the nations. So Roku knowing his sozion status, as an avatar and his friend, he should’ve stuck closer to him and advised him.
Respectfully, it’s spelled Sozin. But also, very interesting thought: what would have happened if the fire nation under Sozin found a peaceful way to spread their wealth and prosperity. They literally achieved an industrial revolution on their own. Could metal bending have been discovered sooner even without Toph’s unique perspective (literally) on earth bending? Could something akin to TLOK’s Republic City happened sooner? Etc
16:30 Aang only gets in the position to get the Avatar State back because he refuses to kill Ozai earlier in the fight. He becomes a fully realized avatar by trusting HIMSELF not everybody else telling to take a life.
"Into the Inferno" is my favorite episode of the entire show. The Agni Kai is just absolute peak. The animation, the illustration, the fight choreography, the MUSIC...all so beautiful and poignant. The first word spoken in the show is "It's". The last word spoken in the show is "perfect". It's perfect. The very last line of dialogue spoken in the show is...a blind joke.
Remember in the first episodes? Sokka says to Aang: "You can't fight the fire nation with FUN!" Now look at him. "Everyone report to the bombay immediately. We have a very special birthday to celebrate!" Then dumps them all out into the water. THAT'S fighting the enemy with FUN!
I always have lots of notes about the finale. For starters, in episode 1 Sokka tells Aang that you can’t fight for benders with fun, but Aang tells him he should try. In this Sokka tricks all the benders with a silly voice and a birthday celebration, which sounds like fun to me! Toph knows it a lot of fire because she could feel the heat from the flames through the broken window. The soundtrack of the final Agni Kai sounds so good, but to me is sounds just so sad as well. They are siblings, they shouldn’t be so hateful of each other. Their broken relationship is on full display, and while amazing and climactic, there is still sadness in what has been lost. I think the small sad tones reflect that.
Can we talk about the fact that Sokka defeated two ultra buffed fire benders with a boomerang and sword with her leg probably broken while holding Toph from falling to a certain doomed fate while his arm was probably in pain from the position it fell?
Thanks for reacting to this series. I know there are a lot of reactions of it, but I like to "rewatch" it through the eyes of reactors (kinda like you both since he had seen it before). These two episodes are amazing. I love Toph being essentially a super soldier. Love seeing Sokka, Suki and her in action. The White Lotus crew was cool too (and seeing Iroh go off a bit). Fights between Aang and Ozai and Zuko/Kitara and Azula are peak. Even as a I watched it the first time, I suspected Aang was going to find a way not to kill Ozai, but I still liked how it developed. That final avatar state is absolutely sick. Even with Sozen's comet, Ozai knew he was totally outmatched. So weak in comparison he couldn't even flee.
The battle between Zuko and Azula is easily the most beautiful, epic, and cinematic moment in the show. I personally don't really blame Azula for the way she turned out. It can be hard to remember that Azula is only 14 years old. She's been warped and manipulated by Ozai her entire life, and because of how paranoid she is, she never believed that Ursa loved her. She also was warped into believing that the only way she could get friends was to control and intimidate them. While she definitely does have some responsibility for her actions, in my opinion, most of the blame belongs to Ozai.
I am gonna be honest. There are a lot of elements that should be wrong with these final 2 episodes. Ozai being in a random forest when he should have be right outside the Earth kingdom capital to destroy it, Iroh and the white lotus taking Earth capital when they should have aided the Avatar team instead, Zuko and Katara going to face Azula alone despite the fact that they should not have known she banished all her guards, the entire Lion turtle deus ex machina…… BUT these episodes present them so good that you still leave satisfied
Yeah even with those details, esp the lion turtle stuff for me, I still think it’s so well done that I can more or less dismiss/not let it affect my enjoyment of the media. I think it’s peak
Man, the lion turtle stuff is not a deus ex machina. People don't pick up on it, but the turtle, first mentioned in s2, visits Aang bc Aang basically prayed for guidance. Before he goes into the sea, after being upset with the group for wanting him to kill, he puts out fruit and lights incense and meditates/prays for help. The lion turtle, an ancient being, answers his call. We've seen that kind of stuff in avatar before, like the Guru finding out where Aang is through reading Appa's energy, and the banyan tree that gives Aang a vision of Toph in s2.
I love that Ty Lee complained about being a part of a matching set of sisters. And that’s why she joined the circus. But then in the end she ends up with a group of girls who all dress exactly the same and wear the same make up. Lol. Real character development there
Aaaaaand it's done!! Thanks Lindsay and Carson for your reactions, it was great to watch along with you and hear your commentary. ATLA was my childhood and the fact that so many people are still discovering and watching and loving it today fills my heart with joy. It's always nice to see it for the first time through someone else's eyes. Thanks for everything and I'll be here for Korra reactions of course!!!
Loved the journey y'all took with this series!! Great Discussions! I can't wait to see what y'alls take on Korra will be like! Please be kind to Korra!
During the last agnic I against the Zula Zulu did not do the dragon dance from season 3 with ang rather he performed his original core mechanic set from season one As emphasized by his uncle
It’s been a great adventure watching this with you guys. By the way when Azula Attacks Katara with the lightning it was Zuko’s fault because he asked her for it. Such a great reaction! ❤
imagine if the last 5 minutes ended like schindlers list where aang cries because he should've done it earlie rand looks at the nations wanting airbenders to be there too. i would cry so much
I say this on every reaction cuz fk it im proud of myself. The song that plays during Azula vs Zuko is called The Last Agni Kai. But before i had heard that name i always called the song The Banished Prince. Personally i like mine better.
This is a perfect finale if I had single nitpick it would be Aang recieving the ability to take bending away felt a bit deus ex machina-ish, would have prefered if he just killed Ozai.
100% agree with the first part even though Lion Turtles themselves got teased multiple times the energy-bending felt very deus ex. However hard disagree with the second part: Aang isn't just the Avatar (in which case killing Ozai would have been an acceptable solution), but he is the eponymous "last airbender". The firenation starting with Sozin tried to destroy Airbending culture; if Aang had forsaken his culture for a victory by killing, Aang would have lost himself and Ozai would have finally succeeded in death. The energy-bending solution was a good way to have Aang keep his ideals. The problem with it is just that it wasn't set up enough.
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A just absolute cinema detail about the last agni kai is that Zuko actually uses a lot of different styles from different nations and when he does you can hear the sound of water, air, earth or fire showing that just like his uncle said he mastered fire bending by understanding the different nations.
One thing that is worth noting with the Azula break down, the voice actress specifically cannot watch that episode. They cleared the studio to just have the sound tech and her and she went to a super dark place to fully sound like that. Such a great voice act scene but crazy how much it took for her to go there in order to do it
A small detail I rarely see people bring up is Ozai’s stance on things in the middle of the fight.
At the start, he proudly exclaims “I have all the *power* _in the world!”_ But by the end of the fight, he recognizes that he’s weaker than Aang. “Even with all the power in the world, you are _still weak.”_ and I absolutely live for that character arc of humbling Ozai.
21:29 I have watched this idk how many times, and I had no idea that Aang was redirecting the breath here, I thought he was air and fire bending. The redirection is soooo much better.
So many years later, yet the finale fights are still so awesome
every avatar either succumbed to killing their villain or ran out of time to find a solution. They all sacrificed their morals and upbrings of the nations they were born into. They didn’t really bring balance. Like think about it, what if the reason for the next avatar being born in a new nation all the time meant that it was time to use those morals of that nation but on a cosmic avatar scale? in order to bring balance to the world. Aang was the only one who listened to the morals of his nation. And he found a way to win that brings balance to the world. Thinking like an air bender he found an outbox solution. Thinking like a cosmic being avatar, he took Ozi's fire bending away. The direct description of the avatar was that he needs to bring balance to the world. That includes ozi. From what we’ve seen in korra, a person not having bending can bring balance and a person having bending can also bring balance to that person. And therefore the world. And when you think about it. No element or nation was brought up on the morals of needing to kill. Just how to live life.
I would agree if Korra didnt exist lol
I always take pride in the fact that I was watching on TV as it aired, from S1 premiere to S3 finale. It was a pain in the ass to be on time every other Friday to catch new episodes at 8pm sharp in a house where someone else may or may not have hogged the TV at that time, but by golly I did it for the 3 years and it was glorious. I think if you're a thoughtful kid who loves good choreography and character development it would've stuck with you enough to stay invested.
Everything in avatar comes in full circle. So like the swamp guy and guru lessons: everything and everyone is connected. Time is an illusion and so is death. The for nations cover the entire world, team avatar has been running into the same people no matter where they go. And those people run into people that team avatar also have met. The white lotus members' just happen to be all teachers of team avatar. Zuko just happened to run into jet after they both separately met team avatar on their own. Suki runs into azula. Zuko just always seems to be running into his ancestor Rokus reincarnation. Everyone and everything is connected.
iro lesson on the four elements: if you pull from one place iro lesson on the four elements: each element has an important trait that when together it makes you whole. if you pull from one place your path becomes rigid and stale. You fall out of balance. this can happen to anyone. And this also happened to every villain in avatar and legend of Korra. To azula, ozi, zuko at some point. Every lesson in avatar comes back to haunt us in the series. And in life
11:19 this frame killed me more than it should've lmaooo
I need more people to understand how Aang taking away Ozai’s fire bending is a worse punishment than death.
If Ozai had died many of his supports and himself would find him a martyr, and use him as a continued symbol of fire bending superiority through aggression.
By taking away his bending Aang has removed the facet of Ozai that he held over the heads of earth/water/air benders for centuries.
In the end Aang made Ozai what he despised more than anything else, a non Fire bender.
Ozai now must live out more time without his bending, imprisoned than with it and free.
Roku's mistake with sozion wasn’t that he should’ve killed him from the beginning. It was that he shouldn’t keep a closer eye on him and make sure he wasn’t alone. Sozion is firebender meaning he has passion and drive to achieve it. When passion is suppressed, any person can become frustrated that they still want to achieve what they want. And they won’t let anyone stop them. Sozion was only pulling from lesson fire, but not from the place of air which allows you to see the multiple possibilities, water that allows you to be more flexible and gain help when needed, and the earth that is about being patient. Sozion became out of balance, and on top of that he was a fire lord, a monarch. He was at a high status where he could help the world or make the world worse. Being a fire lord monarch majority means empty throne room and no one really to advise him. Sozin's original plan was to spread his wealth to other nations in a way, when suppressed by Roku, alone in his throne room, and only pulling from the lesson of fire (the achieving your passion) he fell out of balance and his dream became more about conquering the nations. So Roku knowing his sozion status, as an avatar and his friend, he should’ve stuck closer to him and advised him.
"Sozion" 🤡🤡🤡
Respectfully, it’s spelled Sozin. But also, very interesting thought: what would have happened if the fire nation under Sozin found a peaceful way to spread their wealth and prosperity.
They literally achieved an industrial revolution on their own. Could metal bending have been discovered sooner even without Toph’s unique perspective (literally) on earth bending? Could something akin to TLOK’s Republic City happened sooner? Etc
16:30 Aang only gets in the position to get the Avatar State back because he refuses to kill Ozai earlier in the fight. He becomes a fully realized avatar by trusting HIMSELF not everybody else telling to take a life.
"Into the Inferno" is my favorite episode of the entire show. The Agni Kai is just absolute peak. The animation, the illustration, the fight choreography, the MUSIC...all so beautiful and poignant.
The first word spoken in the show is "It's". The last word spoken in the show is "perfect". It's perfect.
The very last line of dialogue spoken in the show is...a blind joke.
Remember in the first episodes? Sokka says to Aang: "You can't fight the fire nation with FUN!"
Now look at him.
"Everyone report to the bombay immediately. We have a very special birthday to celebrate!" Then dumps them all out into the water.
THAT'S fighting the enemy with FUN!
Before dragon's episode zuko always grunt when he perform his firebending but now he doesn't.
one of the best endings to one of the best shows ever made
I always have lots of notes about the finale. For starters, in episode 1 Sokka tells Aang that you can’t fight for benders with fun, but Aang tells him he should try. In this Sokka tricks all the benders with a silly voice and a birthday celebration, which sounds like fun to me!
Toph knows it a lot of fire because she could feel the heat from the flames through the broken window.
The soundtrack of the final Agni Kai sounds so good, but to me is sounds just so sad as well. They are siblings, they shouldn’t be so hateful of each other. Their broken relationship is on full display, and while amazing and climactic, there is still sadness in what has been lost. I think the small sad tones reflect that.
It's really awesome that Aang found another way to stop Ozai. If only we could see the previous Avatars' reaction to Aang's resolve
Thanks for the great ride, Carson and Lindsay! Happy to end this with ya.
Can we talk about the fact that Sokka defeated two ultra buffed fire benders with a boomerang and sword with her leg probably broken while holding Toph from falling to a certain doomed fate while his arm was probably in pain from the position it fell?
It's like a 4-5th time I see whole avatar from start to the end and it always gets me emotional, truly one of the best series I have ever watched
21:25 I never caught that he was stopping the fire breath. Great catch.
Azula's cry always gets me, she was not born lucky.
Thanks for reacting to this series. I know there are a lot of reactions of it, but I like to "rewatch" it through the eyes of reactors (kinda like you both since he had seen it before). These two episodes are amazing. I love Toph being essentially a super soldier. Love seeing Sokka, Suki and her in action. The White Lotus crew was cool too (and seeing Iroh go off a bit). Fights between Aang and Ozai and Zuko/Kitara and Azula are peak. Even as a I watched it the first time, I suspected Aang was going to find a way not to kill Ozai, but I still liked how it developed. That final avatar state is absolutely sick. Even with Sozen's comet, Ozai knew he was totally outmatched. So weak in comparison he couldn't even flee.
I can never unhear Mark Hamil as the fire lord
Azula giving Aang the scar on the back and Zuko the scar on the chest🤔
This series is a certified cartoon classic. 👌
The battle between Zuko and Azula is easily the most beautiful, epic, and cinematic moment in the show.
I personally don't really blame Azula for the way she turned out. It can be hard to remember that Azula is only 14 years old. She's been warped and manipulated by Ozai her entire life, and because of how paranoid she is, she never believed that Ursa loved her. She also was warped into believing that the only way she could get friends was to control and intimidate them. While she definitely does have some responsibility for her actions, in my opinion, most of the blame belongs to Ozai.
I am gonna be honest. There are a lot of elements that should be wrong with these final 2 episodes. Ozai being in a random forest when he should have be right outside the Earth kingdom capital to destroy it, Iroh and the white lotus taking Earth capital when they should have aided the Avatar team instead, Zuko and Katara going to face Azula alone despite the fact that they should not have known she banished all her guards, the entire Lion turtle deus ex machina…… BUT these episodes present them so good that you still leave satisfied
Yeah even with those details, esp the lion turtle stuff for me, I still think it’s so well done that I can more or less dismiss/not let it affect my enjoyment of the media. I think it’s peak
Man, the lion turtle stuff is not a deus ex machina. People don't pick up on it, but the turtle, first mentioned in s2, visits Aang bc Aang basically prayed for guidance. Before he goes into the sea, after being upset with the group for wanting him to kill, he puts out fruit and lights incense and meditates/prays for help. The lion turtle, an ancient being, answers his call. We've seen that kind of stuff in avatar before, like the Guru finding out where Aang is through reading Appa's energy, and the banyan tree that gives Aang a vision of Toph in s2.
@@grasshopperye3593 Just because they showed it in a library one time doesn't make sudden energy bending to solve the problems not deus ex machina
I love that Ty Lee complained about being a part of a matching set of sisters. And that’s why she joined the circus. But then in the end she ends up with a group of girls who all dress exactly the same and wear the same make up. Lol. Real character development there
Aaaaaand it's done!! Thanks Lindsay and Carson for your reactions, it was great to watch along with you and hear your commentary. ATLA was my childhood and the fact that so many people are still discovering and watching and loving it today fills my heart with joy. It's always nice to see it for the first time through someone else's eyes. Thanks for everything and I'll be here for Korra reactions of course!!!
Growing up is realizing the Final Agni Kai was better than Aang vs The Firelord
Thanks for this adventure, these two episodes are absolute peak.
Can't wait to continue the series with Korra!
It’s hurts see azula like this 🥺🥺🥺🥺
Zuko: I know what you're gonna say... she's my sister and I should be trying to get along with her.
Iroh: No, she's crazy and she needs to go down.
Loved the journey y'all took with this series!! Great Discussions! I can't wait to see what y'alls take on Korra will be like! Please be kind to Korra!
During the last agnic I against the Zula Zulu did not do the dragon dance from season 3 with ang rather he performed his original core mechanic set from season one As emphasized by his uncle
It’s been a great adventure watching this with you guys. By the way when Azula Attacks Katara with the lightning it was Zuko’s fault because he asked her for it. Such a great reaction! ❤
Oh shit, it's on! Ozai and Azula karma hitting! And Azula sanity decending was so sad and scary, damn
Azula my favorite character I have to witness to her downfall 😭😭😭🥺😢😢😭😢🥺😭😢😢😢😢
17:55 GIVE HIM HELL BOY!!!!
imagine if the last 5 minutes ended like schindlers list where aang cries because he should've done it earlie rand looks at the nations wanting airbenders to be there too. i would cry so much
I say this on every reaction cuz fk it im proud of myself.
The song that plays during Azula vs Zuko is called The Last Agni Kai. But before i had heard that name i always called the song The Banished Prince. Personally i like mine better.
I really liked this Avatar journey with you! Love your reaction. Greetings from Germany.
Ozai was still able to firebend during avatar state because Aang let him have oxygen still
There's no defeating RasengAang.
See Legend of Korra next.
Thank you for reaction on last airbender
Please do the reaction on the legend of korra next
Peak finale. What more needs to be said? 😉
You on the left you feel bad for azula
"You on the left" 🙄
@ I feel pain for azula
PEAK
No eyehole
Why didn't watch Bleach? 😭🙏
This is a perfect finale if I had single nitpick it would be Aang recieving the ability to take bending away felt a bit deus ex machina-ish, would have prefered if he just killed Ozai.
Thematically, it makes more sense of what Aang did, though they should have at least built it up better.
100% agree with the first part even though Lion Turtles themselves got teased multiple times the energy-bending felt very deus ex.
However hard disagree with the second part: Aang isn't just the Avatar (in which case killing Ozai would have been an acceptable solution), but he is the eponymous "last airbender". The firenation starting with Sozin tried to destroy Airbending culture; if Aang had forsaken his culture for a victory by killing, Aang would have lost himself and Ozai would have finally succeeded in death. The energy-bending solution was a good way to have Aang keep his ideals. The problem with it is just that it wasn't set up enough.
I was cheering for azula in this fight. I had hoped Katara to die.
But oh well...every story needs happy ending i guess.
Umm tf? Nah we good on that. 🤣
I feel bad for azula she crying hurt me 😢😢😢😢😢😢