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Book 1 Review

Avatar: The Last Airbender Book 1: Water Review

Avatar is a Nickelodeon cartoon that grew a much stronger cult following than most other shows, and it is easy to see why. The show is about a world where there are four nations, one for each element. There is one for air, water, earth, and fire. And in each world there are people who can bend these elements, however not all people can. But a person who can bend an element like water for instance, can only bend that element. All except for the Avatar, who’s job is to learn how to bend all four elements in order to make peace with the world. However just as the fire nation made war with all the other nations, the Avatar disappeared, and never showed again for the next hundred years. But the Avatar has finally showed up, and his name is Aang. The three main character resolve around Aang, Sokka, and Katara. And they all make a very well cast. Throughout the series they become really awesome characters, and even in their early stages, they’re still all awesome. Each I could see being a person’s favorite character, and each has depth. The three character’s goal is to travel to the north pole (they started at the south pole) and stop and have fun and also make pit stops whether it’s on either side of the war. And of course the son of the fire nation king, Prince Zuko, alongside his awesome uncle Iroh, track down the Avatar, and try to take him in themselves in the attempt to earn the prince’s lost respect. Those two are also very awesome characters. The show meets Japanese anime storyline with American cartoon episodic storyline, making the storyline very satisfying. And each season is called books, and the story is in parts, one after each of the elements Aang, the last airbender, has to learn. And this is the water part, where the Avatar has to learn water. And along the way Katara, the waterbender of the group, also has to learn how to become good at waterbending. The first third of show is mostly getting used to show, getting to know the characters, and getting the first boom into the story, leading into the second episode. And there isn’t one episode I didn’t like, I thought they were all at least good, but many more were above that. I think there are reasons why the show get points above other cartoons, and points above some animes. First, the story, characters, and concept moving similar to an anime put it high above most of the other shows kids would have been watching on Nickelodeon. But it has that traditional loveable cartoon feeling where each episode is unique and diverse, and not just the next step in the story, complete with meaning and substance. And not to mention this has I think more teenagers and adults watching than kids, the second series The Legend of Korra was the most watched animated series of last year, so this exactly a kids only show. But the season has a lot of good episodes, but I think it might be my least favorite of the whole show. Season two and three are just so good, but this one almost feels like the classic Avatar, back when the team was three people, Zuko was blurring the lines between his sides, and the episodes were going all over the place. The season was funnier, had better action, better story later, but is this one bad? Not even close, it’s still great. There are some great episodes, and some great moments. Some things weren’t perfect, I think this season’s antagonist Zhao who was very forgettable compared to some other villains on the show was a little cheap. Also some episodes just have flaws I’ve already gone into detail with on their reviews. And the climax wasn’t like "oh my god, so good!” But the first season was where it all started, and that always goes far for amazing shows.

Episode 1: 5/5

Episode 2: 4/5

Episode 3: 4/5

Episode 4: 4/5

Episode 5: 3/5

Episode 6: 3/5

Episode 7: 4/5

Episode 8: 5/5

Episode 9: 4/5

Episode 10: 5/5

Episode 11: 3/5

Episode 12: 3/5