AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER - 3x18 / 3x19 | Reaction | Review | Discussion
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Did you guys see that the Directors cut for rebel moons out?
zuko was the soldier boy who came marching home 😭
🥺😢😭😭😭
Bruh ❤❤❤❤
stop 😢😭
Aw man... don't do that 🥺🥺🥺
The Soulja Boi 😎
Man... I've watched this show multiple times and that hug STILL gets me. Zuko has THE best redemption arc I've seen.
Agreed and yeah hug between Iroh and Zuko gets everytime.
Gets me every time I watch avatar again or just a snip of that video. I cry every time.
Best I've seen is Oskar Schindler's in Steven Spielberg's masterpiece.
3:33 Toph honed her sandbending skills to the point she can made sand sculptures with one move, that's how much losing Appa to the Sandbenders hurt her
If only it was shown more
if they'd had four books to work with it would've been so cool to see this onscreen; i always wanted to revisit the sandbenders
Everybody cries at that Zuko/Iroh scene man I swear.
FACTS
Aang not wanting to kill also has a lot to do with the fact that he's the last of his kind. He's the only one upholding his culture's values. If he kills, then his culture kind of dies.
Good point
True, but in a more practical sense it’s the common “can’t have the kids show hero kill someone even if that someone deserves it” deal
@@jaysax7381laughs in Korra 😅😂
@@therayray2034 - Different times, man... the early aughts were an insane, MC Escher type funhouse landscape when it came to what was acceptable or problematic, etc.
@@jaysax7381 yeah
I think they were only allowed to say the word "kill" a certain amount of times too.
They always said "take out" or "eliminate"
"When the world needed them most, THEY RETURNED!!"
4:09 Really demonstrates how much trust Sokka has in Zuko at this point. All that fire being thrown at Aang and he's not even worried.
I really loved that zuko and iroh finally reunited and Iroh accepts zuko's forgiveness
Man I cry every time at scene.
Are you crying?
No. Im not crying. You are.
No, we all are!
For me, Zuko's journey represents the fire nation's journey. It's a redeeming journey to demonstrate you could be a better person and open the eyes on his past failures, he realizes seeking his dad's approval is not the right path... you define your own path, the path that turns you into a wise and compassionate person
Beautifully said
Zuko's journey has amazing man and definitely on my list of best redemptions in animation history.
That's good
That scene with Zuko and Uncle hits ya in the feels everytime. Its so well done, Dante Basco did a great job VAing the entire series, but that scene he nailed it.
I always look back at Zuko finding Iroh after EVERYTHING that had happened since he was captured and put in prison. Even when he let Zuko walk this specific path, knowing that Zuko was struggling internally with trying to accept what he THOUGHT he wanted. He never stopped loving him as a son/nephew. It was just an AMAZING full circle moment when he came back to him crying and asking for forgiveness; when in reality Iroh NEVER blamed him. Only that he was scared for him, but was relieved to see Zuko come to terms with all the teaching and growth he went through. Loved y’all reactions and can’t wait for you guys to upload the finale.
P.S. It was HARD waiting for the show to come out week to week, but we were lucky Nickelodeon made it a full 2 part release 😂😅.
I recently rewatched the show for the first time in 15 years, and found it even more impressive than when I was younger. What struck me now is how immaculate the filmmaking/direction is and the brilliant subtlety of the character development which I didn't put together in the past. A good example here is when Zuko finds Iroh asleep in his tent; he sits there and just waits for him to wake up and then apologises to him. This is a huge contrast to the impetuous Zuko of season 1 where he constantly tells Iroh to wake up to help him capture the avatar.
* Iroh cuts Zuko off and pulls him in for a hug *
Every dude ever: * wipes away manly tears *
On a real though, when you said "He keeps forgetting Unc is different", the last time Zuko begged for forgiveness, he got his face burned, just for talking outta turn. In his mind, Iroh is stronger than his dad, and he basically betrayed him, so he was definitely afraid going in.
Children who are abused will have a hard time trusting another adult. That’s why Zuko was afraid of facing his Uncle, because he was thinking my dad burned my face just for speaking out of place, what’s my Uncle going to do to me? Zuko may not have had a happy beginning, but his ending, for this show, was remarkable!
@@mckfrr Truth
Not sure if he considers Iroh stronger than Ozai. Equals perhaps.
@jp3813 I feel like he does because of how he full on insists that Iroh take the mantle of Firelord away from Ozai during their planning with the White Lotus, as if he's fully confident Iroh can take him. It's why Iroh has to lay it out for Zuko that he's not even sure he could take him. I also do think he believes Iroh could take his dad because he's more loyal to Iroh over his dad at this point. If it was earlier seasons, then I think he would see them more as equals becausd of respect for his uncle but loyalty to his father.
@@nikocalderon6201 I always took it as simply Zuko choosing the one person other than the Avatar to have a chance against Ozai. Taking up the mantle is just part of the unguaranteed plan.
EVERY. TIME. I watch the reunion of Zuko and Iroh, it always gets me. I knew it would get yall. You don't know how anticipated i was to watch yalls reactions to that scene. Absolutely beautiful.
Aang wanted to do the last main mission but the important side quest that affects the main story had to be completed first
Aang didn't even want to do the last main mission.
In game terms this is the type of game where you just get so immersed in the story/game you'd rather just vibe and do all the side missions and explore before reluctantly doing the final mission (because you don't want it to end).
@@Krisishere For Aang, the actual side quests he wanted to do were the likes of penguin sledding, while the final mission is something like the boss fight w/ The End in Metal Gear Solid 3 where if you delay it long enough you actually get to skip it.
@@jp3813 Sounds about right heh
It’s the little moments like Toph perfectly recreating Ba Sing Se out of sand in an INSTANT that reaffirm she’s the greatest earhbender to have EVER lived😤👏 homegirl took her WEAKEST subset where she described everything as becoming “fuzzy” and refined it to a point of precision and expertise of a MASTER sandbender with only just a few months of being stranded in the desert having passed since and being ENTIRELY self taught. Tophs just BUILT DIFFERENT. GOAT😤👏
I didn't even realize that she sand bended totally forgetting her being weak with it when they were in the desert. Wow many years later and I'm still learning new things
@@dalilbaby4238 same. This show has so many bits of foreshadowing, parallels And little moments like this one with Toph that I STILL find myself noticing years and years later. The amount of care and detail in the storytelling is the reason this show is GOATED 😤👏
I was a weekly watcher back when ATLA first aired…thank you StruggleNation for letting me share the experience with you both. Amazing reactions from start to finish.
My favorite thing about this episode are Aang's conversations with the past Avatars. If you listen closely, none of them - with the potential exception of Yang Chen - are telling Aang definitively to kill The Firelord; but it purposefully written so that it's easily misinterpreted.
Roku is just telling him to commit to his decisions - no half measures as you said. It's not that he has to kill him, but that he has to commit to whatever he decides.
Kyoshi tells him that things won't resolve peacefully unless The Firelord faces justice. So whatever Aang decides has to achieve this otherwise peace will never be achieved; but again that doesn't necessarily mean to kill Ozai.
Kuruk is telling him that he needs to be active in his decision making. He can't just wait to see what happens or hope the situation resolves itself. He needs to involve himself actively if he is to influence how this conflict plays out.
And finally Yang Chen, who despite being an Air Nomad is the one who comes closest to telling Aang to kill. Essentially, she is saying that Aang's personal beliefs are not the most important factor here. The world is at stake, you can't refuse to act because it's against your beliefs. The world is at stake. She is essentially urging Aang to consider the bigger perspective beyond himself. Which implies that he needs to just get over himself and kill Ozai, but it's not explicitly telling him to do so.
Get ready for the finale, cause it’s gonna be one hell of a ride 😮💨
That iroh and zuko scene always makes me cry but zuko's sarcastic joke at the end always makes me laugh
Y'all should check out the legend of Korra after the last air bender
I totally think Avatar is a kid's show, i just think people assume Kid's shows have to be bad. I learned a lot from this show growing up
Yup, a lot of kid shows had mature themes back in the day. Hey Arnold and Rugrats are examples
Very true. It's the same as whenever a cartoon or kids movie gets criticized people argue "It's just a kids show" as if children can't comprehend meaningful stories and character arcs or don't deserve anything better than fart jokes.
I was nearly grown when this show dropped, but I know if I had watched it as a kid stuff like the revisionist history class would have really blown me away. Kid shows don't have to just be silly and loud, in fact I think they shouldn't. Kids are always learning stuff from everywhere, and I think good storytelling is an important thing for early development. We shouldn't shy away from serious subject matter, kids need to know this stuff
25:15 “He may have been your father, boy. But he wasn’t your daddy.” 😭
How are you gonna name a new Fire lord only to give yourself a new title 2 minutes later? Ozai really gave Azula the Urien treatment
There's a reason Zuko's redemption arc set the precedent for the anti hero redemption arcs that came after. It was a struggle. It took its time. All the back sliding and inner turmoil and perseverance despite all the mistakes led to one of the most powerful moments in modern storytelling. Iroh and Zuko's reunion hits every time, and hits hard, because it was so very earned.
Yeah buddy. I really can't wait for yall to start Korra. She and Aang are so vastly different in such a way that Korra definitely wouldn't hesitate to mirk tf outta Ozai 😅
Yeah Korra is so headstrong & badass ☝️😎❤️
@@selenarodgers5667 sho is. That's bae 😘👅💓
@@selenarodgers5667 I guess this is a little bit of spoilers, though Roku kinda spells it out here but isn't there some canon going around that each reincarnation is supposed to be like everything the last avatar regretted put into a person. Aang not being the most confrontational person (despite facing a tyrant that was about to scorch the world, he was still hesitating and had to be given a cheat code and physically placed in Ozai's way, no offense Aang. Still loves ya) or physically strong Avatar being reincarnated into someone shown to be so strong she can lift her entire group in the air and so confrontational she makes a good deal of the fan base near hate her on sight. Avatar Roku left the Fire Lord alive, which Aang had to clean up. Kyoshi was a savage while Roku tried to find that middle ground (and failed). No letting dictators die by falling off a cliff. Since I haven't read the comics and stories of Yangchen and Kyoshi, that's as far back as I can go.
The very best life lesson: Be the kind of person that Uncle Iroh knows you can be.
Honestly take it as a blessing that you guys got to binge watch this entire show! Because just imagine watching the book 2 season finale with the way that it ended, and then having to wait a whole year for book 3 to find out what happens! Believe me, it was torture😭😭
@StruggleNation They don't do a good job of explaining it in the show, but the Lion Turtle was saying that before the elements existed, they bent the energy (Chi) within themselves and others. So he was teaching Aang to bend Chi.
I am *begging* y'all not to wait two weeks to put up the rest of your reaction to the finale. You guys are a very bright star in the sky of my mental health, and I can always relax, calm down, and start feeling at ease when I watch you, no matter what else is going on in the world.
And yeah, I get misty eyed at the hug too - but the one moment that *always* kicks my soul in the dick, is when Iroh says, "Today - Destiny is our **friend**, I /know/ it."
I'm trying to think of the first time I came across your channel with the algorithm - and I think it was the trailers for Endgame and Spiderman movie with Toby and Andrew. I may not talk much, but damn - you guys are a highlight of my day no matter what.
Rock on, and don't let the world ever beat you down.
Fun fact the water tribe Avatar was shown in the Netflix live action finale!
Do NOT feel ashamed or embarrassed at getting choked up during Iroh and Zuko's reunion, StuggleNation.
That is one of the purest and most raw displays of emotion ever put to media, and it SHOULD effect you like that.
There is no shame in men having feelings, it's healthy, brothers 👍🤙🤝
Zuko has one of the best redemption arcs I’ve EVER seen period. Probly only 1 other I’d personally put above it and it’s from ANOTHER GOATED show too so that’s STILL saying something about how good Zukos is🤣😭🙌
Ive seen this show over and over, time and time again. Every time it makes me learn something new. The values and morals of this show are timeless. This show is truly one of a kind.
You are so right about how this show can teach you great life lessons. One of the greatest shows of all time, imo. Thanks for all the work you put into getting these to us
I don't trust people that don't cry at the Zuko and Iroh hug 😢
It's nost just hard for him because Aang is a kid, its also because he's a monk.
lets FUCKING GO
Are you guys going to start Legend of Korra because it still continues the story??
Was about to comment the same thing
tlok so good idgaf what ppl say, i love korra so much
Do not watch Korra you know why with the shipping
@@raquelleleahman525and? Honestly I feel like they will fuck heavy with Korra, character and all. It’s a fun ride and Nickelodeon we’re too big of cowards to finish jkjk
They haven’t even finished atla yet
There needs to be a prequel series that shows the lives of the 6 named Avatars who came before Korra & Aang; Roku, Kyoshi, Kuruk, Yangchen, Szeto, & Salai! I like how the novels & comics have given them more backstory & we got a few episodes featuring some of them, but I want to see the 6 of them in an actual tv show.
Who are Szeto and Salai?
You're forgetting Wan Gun and Zalir
I've watched this show 1000 times and every time I learn or see something new about the show, its so good lol
It's impossible to get through the Zuko/Iroh reunion without tearing up. One of the best moments in the entire series.
This show is a masterpiece, a classic, a gem. There are so many good things about it, and I am surprised how a cartoon can make you have these strong feelings about the show. This show is for everyone to watch. Rewatching this show and 3x19 several times makes this episode so epic and hype. I am hyped to see the final showdown of this great series!
The fact that you guys didn't upload all 4 is WILD
How so? We watched the last 4 episodes over the course of 2 days, 2 episodes each so that's how it's being uploaded.
@@StruggleNation Please watch Legend of Korra next, u guys are in for a treat. 🙂
@@StruggleNation we just thirsty for the big finally yall. keep doing what yall do best! lol
@@StruggleNation Probably because you guys could wait. I would have have binged tf out of it! 🤣
@@b__w_4565 exactly
Here we are, it’s been a ride, like the 8th time for me. But what a series finale, what a series, one of the greatest animated series to ever grace out entertainment
25:13 Now this, puts a smile on my face 😌
Absolutely incredible!! 🙏🏽💪
Pay attention when they talk about White Lotus. They become a big part of the story in Legend Of Korra
As the Comet Approaches, the final preparations for the final battle MUST BE MADE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No matter how many times I see it, Unc always gets the waterworks going 🥹🥹
That's Tearbending
It's been great watching your honest reaction to one of the best animated shows ever made. I cannot wait for you to get to the finale.
This Zuko redemptions arc is the one of the most best carachters arcs of all shows, bro watch the first episode, saw where we were then e where we are now, thats crazy
5:00 “Aang you must defeat the fire lord before the comet arrives”. He should’ve listened to Roku
Aang doesn't realize he'll be at his most powerful during the comet too.
First, big 'Thanks' for reacting to this series. Without question, one of the greatest series EVER created...no matter what genre or medium. Second, much respect for keeping it real and not being embarrassed and or afraid to let the feels hit at some of the best moments in the series. I'm a 46 yr old father of 4 who watched the series when it originally aired on Nickelodeon with my kiddos, and, thoroughly enjoyed every part of it. Get ready for a wild ride of an ending.
The legendary Lion Turtle
Can’t wait for them to learn more about them in The Legend of Korra
Yall might as well have finished the season don’t make us wait😂😂
The Zuko and Iroh reunion always makes me cry
Aang just lied through his teeth to Yang Chen. "I always solve my problems by being quick or clever, I only use violence for necessary self defense, and I've certainly never taken a life."
When Appa was taken, he didn't hesitate to attack the sand benders and he killed the buzzard wasp that was running away and no longer a threat. Maybe if he cared about the millions of people about to be killed as much as he cared about Appa, he wouldn't be so troubled.
Bro he's a 12 year old trying his best. His emotions got the best of him in the desert, but that likely stuck with him and made him want to do better and uphold his lost culture's values as he is the last Air Nomad and if he doesn't do it, no one else will
@@pabloc8808 But he preaches as if he's a wise old man.
@@Ultimaniacx4 Because there are no more monks, there are no more Air Nomads. He's the last remnant of his people's philosophy, he's trying to emulate that wisdom because if he doesn't, no one else will
@@pabloc8808 Trying is the key word. He fails because he doesn't realize or acknowledge his own hypocrisy. Trying to emulate wisdom is a fallacy to begin with.
@@Ultimaniacx4 Again, and I can't emphasize this enough, we are talking about a 12-year-old who has to bear both the burden of being the Avatar, and the burden of being the last remnant of his people after a genocide. People are fallible and Aang doing his level best when it comes to this is realistic
Damn man this show its so amazing
I feel like is a masterpiece of our generation, the beetohven´s 5th, bohemian rhapsody, avatar the last airbender
Shit i cry every time watching that Zuko-Iroh reunion. 😭 😂
I've been waiting for this one!
I was waiting for this video, meanwhile I was watching your videos. I'm from Georgia (country in east Europe) and I love your reactions, keep going and good luck at everything ❤❤❤
so, the reason Nyla couldn't sniff out Aang is because the Lion Turtle is so old and has been all over the world, so it completely masks Aang's scent.
3:03 Well, would you look at that. Zuko finally caught the Avatar.
I can’t believe yall are almost done with this show 😭 Please watch Korra after!!
FINALLY! Was just looking for something to watch
Awesome reaction guys, hope you watch Legend of Korra next, it's a great continuation of this show. 💯😃
Can’t wait for you to see the ending, but make sure that you go to Kora next because whoa oh🌟🌟
Mark Hamil as Firelord Ozai is HE BEST
This was awesome. Can't wait for the next one.
If you're interested in a movie with a child protagonist training for war in a Fate Of The World kind of stakes, I would like to suggest Ender's Game with Harrison Ford, Alfre Woodard, and Ben Kingsley, an Indian-British actor who played Ghandi and I think he was the lead in a smaller but well rated movie called Sexy Beast.
The young actors they chose were very good as well.
It's based on an extremely popular young adult novel of the same name by science fiction writer, Orson Scott Card (who's kind of an a-hole, but I guess it works for you if you're amazing at your craft)
Unc Iroh and Uncle Phil share the no. 1 father figure in television spot
u guys try to read kyoshi novels, and if it's interested u, yangchen novels, too. Both are fvcking phenomenonal
The novels are so damn good, i ordered the Roku novel a couple days ago. Excited to check it out too.
25:40 who's cutting onions 😥
After you guys finish the series, I'd recommend to listen to the Avatar mix tracks made by Samuel Kim. He killed it!
25:20 onion ninjas.
I Was 10 Year's Old When ATLA Ended Now I'm 26 Time Really Flies Doesn't It 🤦🏿♂️
You've got to watch Legend of Korra next
Here we go!
I can’t wait for yall to watch The Legend Of Korra 😮💨🔥 real ones know
Oooh if you guys decide to react legend of Korra after you are done with Aang, I can’t wait until y’all meet Wan from Legend of Korra. His story arch was amazing and incredible!
I hope you two react to the Legend of Korra
🔥🌪️🪨🌊 LET’S GOOOOOOOOOOO!
I wish I had a 1/4 of the rizz that Sokka has
Maybe this has been said before, here or on other channels - but if Zuko isn't on the spectrum, I will eat my ENTIRE ass.
Im gonna be honest with yall.... im still hung up and thinking about Deadpool and Wolverine 😅😅😅
A lion turtles creatures that gave to people a bending power, and it's better explained in Legend of Korra
Финал грядет!
Korra next
@Gaminglife325 hahah agree 👍 🤝
@Gaminglife325 yes its not better then this but it'll be good
this is all ways going to be one of my favorite show to wish amazing aver time obtw is fine 2tup
I hope you guys watch legend of korra after
while I understand where Aang is coming from, he's outrage at his friends over killing Ozai is a bit much. Zuko has definitely killed some fools, Sokka for sure has killed before, Toph would if the chance arose, and Suki too. The only one I'm pretty sure hasn't killed anyone on purpose is Katara and that "on purpose" is very heavy. I mean, Aang sure as shit has killed people or at least left them for dead. Yelling at his friends like they don't understand the weight of killing is just bad form given that they're all fighting in the same war. I get that he's a kid, kids are prone to outbursts, and the show itself is trying very hard to walk a specific tightrope about the morality of killing, but that scene has always rubbed me the wrong way and Aang never apologizes for it, for acting like his integrity, his soul, his morality was more important, more sacred than theirs.
It's also smn that annoyed me when I was younger watching the show. I think Aang's argument would've been stronger had he never killed, but ig the fact that he had killed (like while in the avatar state during the end of s1) bothered him immensely since.
Him not wanting to kill ties with his culture and the monks that raised him. This show isn't just Avatar. It's avatar: the Last airbender. If he went back on their teachings as the sole representative of people who've been wiped out, it'd be like the Air Nomads died twice. Even with the advice he got from the past lives, they never dealt with what he had. He's a totally different avatar and came up w a solution that he feel would've honored his people.
Never in the show was it ever said anyone in the Gaang killed someone.
@@evrdraws1126to be fair in the case of season 1 I think that was more the ocean spirit using him as a conduit not so much aang's actions.
@@evrdraws1126 He didn't come up with a solution. It was handed to him. He was not bothered about killing Ozai on the Day of Black Sun and was willing and eager to do it. And he is the Avatar, he is supposed do do whatever he needs to do bring the world peace and was supposed to go above his own personal wants,
@@joshheralal8758 It's a cartoon. They aren't going to show actual death. But anyone above a certain age is naive to think that the many times they attacked FN soldiers (and maybe members of the Dai Li) that many of them died in battle, or left behind to die. And if you believe that because they were FN then they deserved it, the same should go for Ozai.
Please tell us yall watch The Legend of Korra next. Also Batman Caped Crusader is the truth
👇🏿 Who's Cutting Onion's 🧅
Yessssd let’s go
please watch the legend of korra next
Fire 🔥😎
Bloodbending is unnatural. It's so twisted normal people won't do it even if it could end a war. It's like gangraping your opponent to break him. You can do that but can you justify it?
Well you also need a full moon in most instances
Bloodbending could be used for healing. It could be used to move someone out of the harms way. It could be used stop someone from causing harm. Bloodbending is no more inherently evil that firebending is. It is possible to kill people with all the forms of bending actually, but only Katara's sub-bending is the one that gets demonized.
@@bkwrm water bending is already used for healing and bloobenders typically don't have the medical equipment we do. If they can't see what they're doing they could potentially do more harm than good
@@MrPsych77 It's a fantasy show where people use a form of magic. If they can see each other's chi with their bending, it's possible that bloodbending can also "see" into the body.
And the logic of waterbending already heals so no medical advancement is necessary is a weird take. That's like saying here in the real world, we should have stopped all medical advancement after, idk 1800's.
@@MrPsych77 This is a fantasy show that uses a form of magic. If bending could be used to see someone's chi, it's not that big a leap that the bloodbending can also be used to "see" inside someone's body.
Also, "waterbending is already used for healing so no other strategies or advancements are needed" is a weird take. That's like saying that in the real world, there shouldn't have been any medical advancements since, idk, the 1800s.
The only reason this war didn't end sooner is because Aang is a pacifist
What an odd way to put it. I would rather say that the only reason the war ended was because Aang took Ozai prisoner rather than kill him. People in the Firenation would have felt they should revenge Ozai if he had died. By defeating him without killing him, Aang humiliated Ozai in the eyes of his people and they had to accept their defeat.
Which shows an ineffective an Avatar he is. The Avatar is allowed to be above such things; he is supposed to do whatever needs to be done to bring about balance in the world. Even the previous AN Avatar said so.