In his days of forest-dwelling, he grows a beard and finishes a dilapidated house. As he sits next to a bonfire, Ikem turns around one night to spot a mysterious, glowing wolf drinking water from a pond. Azula burns Ursa 's letters, much to Zuko 's shock and horror. Back in the Fire Nation Capital, Zuko pinpoints his sister's location and accesses a secret bunker that Azula entered moments earlier. He finds her rummaging through a chest of Ozai's possessions and mumbling to herself about how he had managed to break off Ursa's control and tell her the truth. She explains to Zuko that within the chest is a wealth of letters that their mother had written a few years prior.
As Zuko approaches her in the hope of reading the one in her hand, she burns it to ashes, covertly sneaking the actual note behind her back and slipping it between her sash and her robe; Zuko, having been distracted by the letter going up in flames, does not see this and asks what is wrong with her, prompting her to suggest he take that question to "her", who would be happy to answer it. Gaining a clear mind once more, Azula admits through gritted teeth while squeezing the sides of her head that she wants to find Ursa too, and that she will tell him what was written in the note on one condition.
At her wedding reception, Ursa and Ozai look at her parents from afar. He tells her how lovely they are and promptly advises her to choose her last words to them well — as Fire Princess, she will have to abandon her former life and never mention Hira'a again. She must attend her duties as royalty now, since she now belongs to the Royal Family and to him. Iroh greets them and alerts Zuko of their arrival. After learning some news about Toph , who was unable to attend in order to teach at her metalbending school , Zuko proceeds to explain that he has discovered the location of his mother's hometown and hopes that going there will heed answers for his search.
However, since Azula was the one who coaxed the information out of Ozai, he agreed to let her travel with him unbound; before he could relay this information to the gang, however, they saw Azula lurking in the shadows and attacked. Aang admitted that he thought the plan was ludicrous, but he agreed for the group to go with him to Hira'a and help him find his mother.
Zuko , Katara , and Avatar Aang apprehend Azula. The next day, as everyone is loading his or her luggage onto Appa, Azula insults the bison and the others by telling them to bring her things onto the "shaggy beast". Zuko assures everyone that such treatment will only be temporary, but until they find Ursa, someone will have to be watching his sister at all times. Sokka volunteers for first watch and, though Zuko would prefer the job were given to the benders, he wants to show her what he is made of and tells her to get onto Appa, waving his boomerang in her face.
She zaps it out of his hand with lightning, putting Team Avatar on the offensive as Aang binds her feet with earthbending and Katara encases her hand in ice. Sokka backs out of the job, suggesting someone else take it instead. As they fly away, Iroh theorizes that for the past hundred years, the Fire Nation has had too many weapons and too little tea, declaring to Suki and Ty Lee that he will instate National Tea Appreciation Day. On Appa, Sokka watches in disgust as his sister and Aang kiss in front of him.
After Aang notes that instead of Toph, they have Azula for company, she questions them as to which one of them was first approached by her mother, believing that they had conspired against her with Ursa. Zuko manages to snap her from her lunatic rant before it gets out of hand, with Sokka sighing that he misses Toph. Aang senses the presence of a spirit in his face. Zuko mentions that he believes Hira'a is just up ahead, but proposes that after they land, they set up camp if they cannot enter the village before sunset.
Meanwhile, Aang's face contorts to an angry-looking glare; he tells the group that he is not trying to make it, but that he feels the presence of a spirit with his face. Looking below, Aang spots a wolf spirit running along the path Appa is flying. While Sokka and Katara bicker, Zuko tells Aang that there is nothing down there despite his witness to the spirit and orders Azula, who has stood herself on the ledge of the saddle, to get down.
She instead jumps down so she can get to Hira'a first, but Aang catches her with the aid of his glider. She swiftly burns a hole in glider and causes the two of them to crash. Zuko tells the others to check on Aang while he chases after his sister. Azula jumps over a stream in her escape route, but before she can get any further, she hears her mother's voice speaking from the water and sees Ursa's reflection in the current, telling Azula that she is the one hurting herself.
She once again ignores this part of her hallucination and asks Ursa how she managed to make everyone close to her turn on her and take her down. She tells her mother in triumph how Ozai broke free of her hold and led her to the letter that will allow her to take the throne, but she knows she cannot do this while Ursa is always working against her, vowing to end her mother's meddling for good. Zuko interrupts Azula's confrontation with the Ursa hallucination, questioning from across the stream to whom she is speaking.
His sister responds that it does not concern him and that she no longer needs his help to find their mother. Katara forms ice that encases Azula's arms and torso, stopping the siblings from the impending battle.
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Zuko thinks there is something wrong with Aang upon noticing his countenance, but he tells Zuko that it is the wolf spirit's presence that incurs his expression. The spirit makes itself visible right after Aang says this, frightening the team and making Sokka believe they are finally respecting the power of his boomerang. Ursa caresses Ikem 's dragon mask. Back in the flashback, Ursa sits down at a desk and composes a letter that she hides in her robe. Afterward, she removes a family portrait from the wall of the room, looking at the masks she hid there and giving special attention to her past love's dragon mask.
She covers the collection back up with the painting and answers the knock at her door to find a young Zuko afraid to go to sleep. After he explains his nightmare that featured Azula, Ursa tells him to hold onto the good dreams, not the bad ones, and tucks him in.
After she leaves her son's room, Ursa walks to another room of the palace and delivers the letter she wrote to Elua , who has delivered secret letters on Ursa's behalf in the past. Unbeknownst to the princess, however, Elua has not gotten them to Hira'a as requested, but instead has filed them for Ozai. After reading through this particular letter, Elua takes it directly to the prince, who is practicing his firebending.
Upon skimming its contents, Ozai crumples the note in his hand, bewildered. In the present again, Aang orders that his friends be respectful to the wolf spirit, who he believes has to have left the Spirit World for something important. Zuko and Katara slowly realize that the markings on the spirit's fur resemble the face Aang could not help expressing.
At this he tries to reason with the spirit, recognizing what the spirit may have taken offensively and apologizing for the team, but this tactic does not work and he attacks again. Katara, Sokka, and Zuko attempt to defend themselves with their weapons, but Katara and Sokka's ice and boomerang are deflected and the spirit consumes Zuko's fire.
Next comes Appa who, with Momo resting on his head, lunges at the spirit and gets the upper hand when he knocks the spirit off his legs, despite Aang telling Appa to go easy. Azula saves Team Avatar from the moth wasps. After regaining his footing, the wolf spirit turns the tables on Team Avatar by emitting a profuse number of moth wasps from his mouth, all of which fly immediately to the members of the group and begin to cover them from head to foot, making it hard for Katara to breathe and causing Sokka to lose sight of his arm.
Due to Aang's badgering, they do not hurt the spirit animals, but Azula tells Zuko that if she is set free, she will take care of the moths, mentioning her regret for having run off and breaking their deal. Zuko unbinds her from the ice and she shoots a ray of lightning in the direction opposite the one they are traveling, causing the moth wasps to fly toward the light and the wolf spirit to run and catch up with his insects.
Night has fallen and everyone has gone to sleep but Azula, who is mumbling to herself about Ursa, Zuko, and Sokka, who worries about leaving Azula's hands unbound despite the trouble she caused throughout the day. Zuko calls attention to the way Azula saved them from the moth wasps, telling Sokka that he wants to give her a chance. The two begin to talk about Sokka's relationship with Katara, how he does not become angered by the snowballs Katara throws at him all the time. Although Sokka tells him that annoying her often enough makes things even, Zuko does not understand why he takes the worse side of the bargain.
The use of background action really adds to the immersion experience, and the character voices are spot on to the way the characters speak in the TV show. I estimate by the changes in the character models that Aang might be around fourteen or fifteen in The Search. I also love the relationship between the softer Zuko I have a thing for reformed bad guys and his certified insane sister Azula, whom I love to hate. Overall this novel is fantastic for fans of Avatar.
I am dying to know what really happened to Ursa, and if the hints dropped in this novel are really true. Thanks to Dark Horse and Netgalley for providing this advanced reader copy for an honest review. Jul 20, Iryna semi-hiatus Book and Sword rated it it was amazing. No, it's cool, it's cool.
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Not like I need my heart or anything. I am either being overly emotional today, OR, this was just that good?? This IS Avatar , so I'm going to go with the second option. The first pages were amazing. My little heart couldn't handle them! The rest of the pages were just as amazing. I am just blabbing now. To put it simply - read this.
It has amazing art. It has an amazing storyline. Sep 15, Anton rated it it was amazing Shelves: Love the art as always, and the characters that's a given! So excited to be starting the next Avatar comic book series after reading The Promise! I am glad I found out that there is an order to read the graphic novel series in, otherwise I would have not understood some of the references this volume made to the events in The Promise trilogy. Was interesting to have Azula back in action, and to see the new way in which her mind has been twisted.
I feel like this series is going to make her a mu Love the art as always, and the characters that's a given! I feel like this series is going to make her a much more complex character than we are led to believe she is from the animated series.
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Looking forward to it! I really wanna read the next part in Avatar The Last Airbender: Nov 04, April Aprilius Maximus rated it liked it Shelves: Jan 17, Aleksandra rated it really liked it Shelves: Some of the lines were a bit cringy, but the ending tho. Mar 24, SJ rated it liked it Shelves: We have waited SO long to find out what happened to Zuko's mother, and this book just feels like someone is trolling the ATLA fandom, merrily laughing in the shadows at our continued consternation as more questions are raised than are answered and a possible plot twist is raised that, if it turns out to be true, will seriously cause me to try to think up arguments to reject the canonical legitimacy of these comic books.
And if it's NOT true, well then, that will just support my trolling theory. If the parentage twist turns out to be true, then Zuko really shouldn't be Firelord, but we know from Legend of Korra that he does remain in power, so does that mean we're gonna go with a "but he's a good guy and Azula's crazy so never mind laws of succession"??!! Part 2 or Part 3, then I won't be "glad" so much as "less angry. Apr 07, Megan rated it it was amazing Shelves: This was so awesome! I loved seeing the old gang back together except Toph, but she is off being her badass metalbender self.
As I was reading it, I could hear their voices in my head and my heart started to ache for the TV show that I grew up with. Why can't Part 2 come out Talk about a cliffhanger! It has left me reeling and squealing and acting like a total fangirl. Now, it's time for me to go on an Avatar bender. Excuse me while I completely immerse This was so awesome! Excuse me while I completely immerse myself in Netflix.
Part One is amazing! My brother and I flew through it! He is just too adorable! In treating his own family wi 4. In treating his own family with dignity, a ruler learns to govern his nation with dignity. Jun 06, Jessamyn Leigh rated it really liked it Shelves: Daang these really don't hold back. Feb 18, Macarena Yannelli rated it it was amazing Shelves: Apr 08, Aleksandra rated it really liked it Shelves: Oh damn, I didn't see it coming!!! It explains so much! Oct 02, Swankivy rated it really liked it. While I'm a little disappointed that the overused "peasant was whisked away to marry a prince" trope got used here, it at least did so in style, and one relationship I hadn't thought about before came up here: Zuko and Sokka talked about having sisters.
It was really touching to see how Sokka's antagonistic relationship with Katara is really an expression of love that they e Well imagine my delight when I found out we were FINALLY going to explore the abandoned plot line of Zuko's missing mother! It was really touching to see how Sokka's antagonistic relationship with Katara is really an expression of love that they engage in consensually, while there is nothing at all good-natured about Zuko's relationship with Azula.
She exploits this all the time, and he is so easily manipulated that it irritates me, but I have to remember he has no positive family relationships to find his roots in outside of his bond with his uncle, which is also complicated. Seeing Iroh babysitting the Fire Nation and declaring a national tea appreciation day was super special, too. He'll never be free of it. Even though Toph isn't in this book booo! Makes way for the segue to the next animated series, with a metalbending police force.
Also, it's cool to see Aang and Katara's relationship developing, and the bit with Ty Lee pointing out that she still hasn't lost her fear of Azula is a nice callback. It kinda irritates me that Azula, who was so completely undone by her own ambition and power in the animated series, is so competent though maybe occasionally prone to misjudging the abilities of our heroes , especially after being institutionalized for so long. From how they present it, Azula is heavily restrained all the time in her institution.
She shouldn't really even have much muscle strength by now. But she's always been a determined lass, and I guess she wouldn't have much to do but plot. I'll look forward to finding out what happened to Ursa, what they're going to do with that big revelation at the end of the book regarding Zuko's parentage, and what other nonsense Azula has up her sleeve.
Jan 31, Kristen rated it it was amazing Shelves: I fricken love these graphic novels. I've always been super curious as to what happened to Zuko's mother. So this is a series that I'm very excited about. The characters were still great in it, though that whole "sweetie" thing still kills me. Toph wasn't in this one, so I missed her witty sayings, but at least Sokka was there to give us several laughs.
What was mostly interesting about this one is that Azula is a big part of it. And it's fun watching her because she's still pretty insane. I' I fricken love these graphic novels. I'm interested to see if they find their mother what will happen to Azula? Will she go even crazier?
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Or will her mother be able to bring her back to the sane world? Azula was pretty evil even when her mother was around, so I'm not sure what will happen.
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There was actually quite a back story on Ozai and Ursa's relationship too. I always wondered how a sweet person like Ursa ended up with an evil Fire Prince like Ozai.
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I did not see that coming until the last few pages!! Wasn't the point of Zuko's indecision about what side to be one explained because he was related to both Firelord Sozin and Avatar Roku? That totally just blows that all out of the water! But it also explains why Zuko and Azula are so very different, even though they were both raised by Ursa - until she disappeared anyway. If you're a fan of Avatar, this is a must have for your bookshelf. And I'm still anxiously awaiting the second season of The Legend of Korra! Mar 09, Michelle rated it it was amazing.
I liked the Promise because it was Avatar. However, the Promise lacked the depth of the TV show. The search is different. It felt like it was going somewhere unlike the promise. It answered questions and gave us some new ones. I guessed the ending, but didn't think that they would do it. When I read the last panel I was like and when I read that the next book wasn't coming out till July I was like.
May 27, Raha Shirley rated it it was amazing Recommends it for: Avatar fans , Zuko lovers. Siriusly It's the best. We always wanted to know. We always asked for answer. This is the answer! It starts When firelord Zuko with his close friends and his mad sister, Azula starts a journey to the past to find his lost mother!
But basicly its full of flashbacks of royal family of the fire nation's life which means Search is full of Zuko's past, don't miss this for anything! Jan 12, Ree rated it liked it Shelves: Oct 18, Ashley rated it really liked it Shelves: This was one was so much fun. It got all the characters voices just right. And Zuko's mom flashbacks! Apr 27, Zohal rated it really liked it Shelves: