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brittmariasbooks 's review for:
North and South, Part 3
by Bryan Konietzko, Michael Dante DiMartino, Gene Luen Yang
I am a bit sad because I believe this is the last Avatar the Last Airbender comic so the Gaang's story is really over. It makes me want to rewatch and reread everything again. I feel like this story could go on and on but that would make it, for me, somehow lesser because who wants to listen to a never-ending story?
As for this conclusion of this trilogy, I felt like it was less strong than some of the others. The final showdown was not that impressive to me. However, I am glad that Avatar never backs down to tell stories which are difficult and still very relevant in real life. I think I really noticed that in this trilogy.
The Southern Water Tribe, after the Air Nomads, was hit the hardest during the Hundred Year War. Now after the war, they are debating how to rebuild. The Northern Water Tribe wants to help but some of them have nasty plans in store to exploit the South Pole's oil (see how relevant?). After a century of war, the South Pole looks at her culture and what she wants to preserve and which new technologies she wants to use.
Of course, not everyone agrees. After the nasty Northerner's plans are revealed xenophobia because to raise among some of the civilians (see the relevance) and start to protest other foreigners too, thus, the Fire Nation (thus more understandable, Zuko agrees, since the Fire Nation's crimes) and the Earth Kingdom. "Foreigners Out"
There wasn't full closure on those problems which I understand since everyone in the real world here hasn't figured it out either. So I don't think it would have been that convincing if Yang would give a magical solution for these problems.
I think Guri Hiru always did a good job with their art and since this is the last comic, I just wanted to point that out. Gene Luen Yang did a good job with the characters' essence. So even though he did not create them, he portraited them well.
As for this conclusion of this trilogy, I felt like it was less strong than some of the others. The final showdown was not that impressive to me. However, I am glad that Avatar never backs down to tell stories which are difficult and still very relevant in real life. I think I really noticed that in this trilogy.
The Southern Water Tribe, after the Air Nomads, was hit the hardest during the Hundred Year War. Now after the war, they are debating how to rebuild. The Northern Water Tribe wants to help but some of them have nasty plans in store to exploit the South Pole's oil (see how relevant?). After a century of war, the South Pole looks at her culture and what she wants to preserve and which new technologies she wants to use.
Of course, not everyone agrees. After the nasty Northerner's plans are revealed xenophobia because to raise among some of the civilians (see the relevance) and start to protest other foreigners too, thus, the Fire Nation (thus more understandable, Zuko agrees, since the Fire Nation's crimes) and the Earth Kingdom. "Foreigners Out"
There wasn't full closure on those problems which I understand since everyone in the real world here hasn't figured it out either. So I don't think it would have been that convincing if Yang would give a magical solution for these problems.
I think Guri Hiru always did a good job with their art and since this is the last comic, I just wanted to point that out. Gene Luen Yang did a good job with the characters' essence. So even though he did not create them, he portraited them well.