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Avatar: The Last Airbender Comics #10
Ashes of the Academy
An all-new stand-alone Avatar: The Last Airbender graphic novel!
Kiyi, half-sister to Fire Lord Zuko, enrolls at the Royal Fire Academy for Girls! Known for its strict curriculum and even stricter instructors, Zuko worries for Kiyi.
When things take a turn for the worse and a seed of doubt about the new headmistress is planted, Zuko takes action by installing one of the people he trusts most, Mai, as an academy teacher. Can Mai keep a watchful eye over Kiyi and keep her on the right path, or will the academy’s cruel culture shape her footsteps into those of her other half-sibling, Azula?
Faith Erin Hicks, Peter Wartman, and Adele Matera are back with another new adventure in the world of Avatar: The Last Airbender. Written in consultation with the co-creators of the animated series, Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko!
Kiyi, half-sister to Fire Lord Zuko, enrolls at the Royal Fire Academy for Girls! Known for its strict curriculum and even stricter instructors, Zuko worries for Kiyi.
When things take a turn for the worse and a seed of doubt about the new headmistress is planted, Zuko takes action by installing one of the people he trusts most, Mai, as an academy teacher. Can Mai keep a watchful eye over Kiyi and keep her on the right path, or will the academy’s cruel culture shape her footsteps into those of her other half-sibling, Azula?
Faith Erin Hicks, Peter Wartman, and Adele Matera are back with another new adventure in the world of Avatar: The Last Airbender. Written in consultation with the co-creators of the animated series, Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko!
80 pages, Paperback
First published March 25, 2025
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Faith Erin Hicks
117 books1,642 followersBorn in the wilds of British Columbia, the young Faith frolicked among the Sasquatch native to the province before moving to Ontario at age five. There she was homeschooled with her three brothers, and developed an unnatural passion for galloping around on horseback, though never without a proper helmet (because you only get one skull). After twenty years of suffering through Ontario’s obscenely hot summers, she migrated east, and now lives beside the other ocean in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She worked in animation for a bit, and now draws comics full time. She’s not sure how that happened either.
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March 29, 2025
Three and a half stars. I have mixed feelings about this one! There were things I really loved, and things that I felt hindered the narrative.
I'll start with the things I loved:
1. The art is beautiful.
2. Zuko's portrayal is generally great. There's a sense he's getting comfortable with his position as Firelord, and I love his protectiveness over Kiyi, which harkens back to the big brother role he adopted with Aang in the later ATLA episodes.
3. I liked a lot about Mai's portrayal, too. I like the fact that she's evolving, and that she found a career she's unexpectedly good at. Death to one-note character portrayals!
4. My baby Ty Lee! She's a ray of sunshine. There are certain panels when she is, for lack of a better term, skulking around while Mai and Zuko argue with a pleased, intrigued expression, and it's hilarious.
5. Kiyi. Some people might think she falls into the "annoying kid" trope, but her relationship with Zuko is really charming and allows one of his most endearing attributes - the fact he's unexpectedly good with kids - to shine. I love the fact that she's simultaneously incredibly proud of Zuko and also seems to think he's a huge loser, which is a pretty common younger sibling attitude.
6. Baby Azula? Mixed feelings about this. But I love her ruthlessness and the fact that her fear of vulnerability (and instability) was on display so early on.
7. Discussions of classism and kids from non-noble families getting unfair punishments compared to kids from noble families. I wish we'd seen more of that!
8. The fight scene. All the major characters were at their normal level of competence (despite Mai not having knives, which - I don't know, I don't think real teachers should bring knives to school, but I just think Mai would), and it was nice to see them work together to eliminate a threat without any of their skills being diminished for plot purposes.
9. The kids getting to play outside while learning! This is personal, but I think kids spend way too much time indoors in most forms of organized education. More outside learning for kids!
10. Zuko including Katara's monologue in the Fire Nation curriculum! Their friendship is a beautiful aspect of ATLA, so I love when comics do it justice.
Alright, those are a lot of things I like! So why does it only get 3.5 stars? Let's go into things I don't like:
1. Unlike Gene Luen Yang's comics, this book often felt like it was talking down to the viewer. Yang's writing asked tough questions, and respected both the characters and the reader enough to let them consider both sides of complex issues. In this book, there are definitely Goodies and Baddies, and it's spoonfed almost painfully at various points which side is Right and which side is Wrong.
2. The perspective of this felt very...Western. The show and the Gene Luen Yang comics allow the viewer/reader to consider complex, topical issues by making them feel timeless and universal, placing them in a carefully constructed world with its own history and politics. In this, a lot of the classroom scenes felt like American or Canadian classrooms slapped into a Asian-inspired fantasy setting, with not enough consideration for the established culture of the Fire Nation or its historical inspirations.
3. A propagandized Fire Nation school teacher probably isn't going to react to a curriculum exposing previously covered-up war crimes by saying, "That was a long time ago, and it makes me feel bad!" It irritated me to have the reaction feel so...familiar, when there was so much potential to show the teachers really grapple with history they themselves weren't taught.
4. The comic also kind of ignores how much Ursa and Mai were propagandized. Throughout the events of ATLA, they weren't rolling their eyes at the silly traditions and lies of the Fire Nation. Ursa laughed along with her small children as their uncle joked about burning a city to the ground. Mai accused Zuko of being a traitor when he left to help the Avatar. One of the most loved attributes of Zuko's character is his wonderfully complex journey to understanding and redemption, and denying these female characters similar flaws means denying their capacity for growth.
5. Similarly, a lot of Mai's ruthlessness is glossed over at the expense of her agency and complexity. In the show, at Azula's behest, Mai called off a hostage exchange that would have secured the return of her infant brother. Yes, it was really all she could do in that situation, but her readiness to do it shows how cold and calculating she can be. I would have LOVED to see her start out that way in her interactions with these kids, and then EVOLVE.
6. Similarly, if Mai started out approaching the curriculum with more ruthlessness, it would have been more heartwarming when she began giving the kids more freedom, or showed her endearing love of bugs. In a similar way that it was so heartwarming when Zuko began being kind and brotherly to Aang after pursuing him for so long.
7. Lines like "I'm going to teach these kids to love bugs, not war" are just...way too on the nose for me, and ignores any complexity about how the Fire Nation formed its cultural values. Just because a series has an intended child audience doesn't mean it has to condescend them, and personally lines like that feel better suited for a knockoff My Little Pony.
8. I feel like the writing doesn't understand exactly how a school culture can become militaristically traumatizing to students. Obviously, due to the target demographic, they're limited in what they can show, but the show mostly did an excellent job of conveying complex issues without outstepping its target demographic. The headmistress is too nice and too easily convinced, and the writing doesn't do the work of showing how or why.
9. The most authentic parts of the school culture came from the power imbalance between incoming, potentially commoner students and the upperclassmen. Not enough of that! It would have been a great way to show the culture clash in the Fire Nation's evolving culture.
10. The narrative depicted Mai and Azula's friendship as being very one-note, largely defined by Mai's fear of Azula and her reverence for her power. Azula is a vicious, unstable, often sadistic person, but she IS capable of her own brand of tenderness, as we sometimes see with Zuko. I would have loved to see more of that, while still showing how Mai is understandably traumatized by her friendship with Azula.
That just about sums up my thoughts. I've seen some people complain that Zuko is too mean about Azula, which -- no. It's understandable he'd have some negative feelings about a sibling who Tried To Murder Him With Lightning, and - while still being a victim of abuse herself - did very much abuse and torment him for much of their childhood. Azula deserves help from the adults in her life, but it's perfectly fine that her brother (who's less than two years older than she is) struggles with knowing how to interface with her.
Ursa is a victim of abuse and forced marriage herself, and the circumstances of her children's birth play into her struggles to connect with Azula. That said I do wish that was more heavily explored as well. I understand why some people critique Ursa's seeming dismissiveness of Azula.
I could write about this a lot. Ultimately, I liked this comic more than I disliked it, but it's not my favorite by far.
I'll start with the things I loved:
1. The art is beautiful.
2. Zuko's portrayal is generally great. There's a sense he's getting comfortable with his position as Firelord, and I love his protectiveness over Kiyi, which harkens back to the big brother role he adopted with Aang in the later ATLA episodes.
3. I liked a lot about Mai's portrayal, too. I like the fact that she's evolving, and that she found a career she's unexpectedly good at. Death to one-note character portrayals!
4. My baby Ty Lee! She's a ray of sunshine. There are certain panels when she is, for lack of a better term, skulking around while Mai and Zuko argue with a pleased, intrigued expression, and it's hilarious.
5. Kiyi. Some people might think she falls into the "annoying kid" trope, but her relationship with Zuko is really charming and allows one of his most endearing attributes - the fact he's unexpectedly good with kids - to shine. I love the fact that she's simultaneously incredibly proud of Zuko and also seems to think he's a huge loser, which is a pretty common younger sibling attitude.
6. Baby Azula? Mixed feelings about this. But I love her ruthlessness and the fact that her fear of vulnerability (and instability) was on display so early on.
7. Discussions of classism and kids from non-noble families getting unfair punishments compared to kids from noble families. I wish we'd seen more of that!
8. The fight scene. All the major characters were at their normal level of competence (despite Mai not having knives, which - I don't know, I don't think real teachers should bring knives to school, but I just think Mai would), and it was nice to see them work together to eliminate a threat without any of their skills being diminished for plot purposes.
9. The kids getting to play outside while learning! This is personal, but I think kids spend way too much time indoors in most forms of organized education. More outside learning for kids!
10. Zuko including Katara's monologue in the Fire Nation curriculum! Their friendship is a beautiful aspect of ATLA, so I love when comics do it justice.
Alright, those are a lot of things I like! So why does it only get 3.5 stars? Let's go into things I don't like:
1. Unlike Gene Luen Yang's comics, this book often felt like it was talking down to the viewer. Yang's writing asked tough questions, and respected both the characters and the reader enough to let them consider both sides of complex issues. In this book, there are definitely Goodies and Baddies, and it's spoonfed almost painfully at various points which side is Right and which side is Wrong.
2. The perspective of this felt very...Western. The show and the Gene Luen Yang comics allow the viewer/reader to consider complex, topical issues by making them feel timeless and universal, placing them in a carefully constructed world with its own history and politics. In this, a lot of the classroom scenes felt like American or Canadian classrooms slapped into a Asian-inspired fantasy setting, with not enough consideration for the established culture of the Fire Nation or its historical inspirations.
3. A propagandized Fire Nation school teacher probably isn't going to react to a curriculum exposing previously covered-up war crimes by saying, "That was a long time ago, and it makes me feel bad!" It irritated me to have the reaction feel so...familiar, when there was so much potential to show the teachers really grapple with history they themselves weren't taught.
4. The comic also kind of ignores how much Ursa and Mai were propagandized. Throughout the events of ATLA, they weren't rolling their eyes at the silly traditions and lies of the Fire Nation. Ursa laughed along with her small children as their uncle joked about burning a city to the ground. Mai accused Zuko of being a traitor when he left to help the Avatar. One of the most loved attributes of Zuko's character is his wonderfully complex journey to understanding and redemption, and denying these female characters similar flaws means denying their capacity for growth.
5. Similarly, a lot of Mai's ruthlessness is glossed over at the expense of her agency and complexity. In the show, at Azula's behest, Mai called off a hostage exchange that would have secured the return of her infant brother. Yes, it was really all she could do in that situation, but her readiness to do it shows how cold and calculating she can be. I would have LOVED to see her start out that way in her interactions with these kids, and then EVOLVE.
6. Similarly, if Mai started out approaching the curriculum with more ruthlessness, it would have been more heartwarming when she began giving the kids more freedom, or showed her endearing love of bugs. In a similar way that it was so heartwarming when Zuko began being kind and brotherly to Aang after pursuing him for so long.
7. Lines like "I'm going to teach these kids to love bugs, not war" are just...way too on the nose for me, and ignores any complexity about how the Fire Nation formed its cultural values. Just because a series has an intended child audience doesn't mean it has to condescend them, and personally lines like that feel better suited for a knockoff My Little Pony.
8. I feel like the writing doesn't understand exactly how a school culture can become militaristically traumatizing to students. Obviously, due to the target demographic, they're limited in what they can show, but the show mostly did an excellent job of conveying complex issues without outstepping its target demographic. The headmistress is too nice and too easily convinced, and the writing doesn't do the work of showing how or why.
9. The most authentic parts of the school culture came from the power imbalance between incoming, potentially commoner students and the upperclassmen. Not enough of that! It would have been a great way to show the culture clash in the Fire Nation's evolving culture.
10. The narrative depicted Mai and Azula's friendship as being very one-note, largely defined by Mai's fear of Azula and her reverence for her power. Azula is a vicious, unstable, often sadistic person, but she IS capable of her own brand of tenderness, as we sometimes see with Zuko. I would have loved to see more of that, while still showing how Mai is understandably traumatized by her friendship with Azula.
That just about sums up my thoughts. I've seen some people complain that Zuko is too mean about Azula, which -- no. It's understandable he'd have some negative feelings about a sibling who Tried To Murder Him With Lightning, and - while still being a victim of abuse herself - did very much abuse and torment him for much of their childhood. Azula deserves help from the adults in her life, but it's perfectly fine that her brother (who's less than two years older than she is) struggles with knowing how to interface with her.
Ursa is a victim of abuse and forced marriage herself, and the circumstances of her children's birth play into her struggles to connect with Azula. That said I do wish that was more heavily explored as well. I understand why some people critique Ursa's seeming dismissiveness of Azula.
I could write about this a lot. Ultimately, I liked this comic more than I disliked it, but it's not my favorite by far.
June 2, 2025
Yesssss that’s what I’m talking about! My favourite one since Toph’s Metalbending academy!!!
December 5, 2024
super grateful to have read the ARC of this! this is perhaps my favorite standalone ATLA comic. i really loved seeing them explore how education plays a role in shaping a country/the perpetuation of fascism
April 3, 2025
Mai is such an amazing character, so I absolutely loved this book. Seeing how she is helping Firelord Zuko rebuild the Fire Nation is so cool!
I also loved the message. It is so important to acknowledge the past and learn from it.
I also loved the message. It is so important to acknowledge the past and learn from it.
May 13, 2025
Wow! I wasn't expecting much from this because some of the more recent Avatar comics have been pretty filler feeling, but this was an amazing exploration of the Fire Nation recovering from their awful ideals, and it felt so timely. Mai was also the main character, which was interesting to me, shockingly, as I'm not a big Mai fan; but here was the first time I truly *liked* Mai. This story made me understand her, and seeing her growth after the show was so nice. This story also shed a lot of light on Azula as a child, how she was made/allowed to be so cruel, and we saw how Mai and Azula became friends, which also added a lot to Mai's character. I can't recommend this enough to Avatar fans, especially those that have fallen off the comics in recent years. This one is worth checking out! 5/5 stars.
April 14, 2025
I liked this but I have some notes…
It’s a continuation Kiyi’s story and later also a continuation of Mai’s, which I thought was nice, but Kiyi’s part of the story kind of fell in the background as we followed up on Mai and got more on her background as a child. That was cool, but in perspective also a tad messy…
This was also a story of a country trying to break from there old traditions and customs as they pick up the pieces after a lost war, which I thought was brilliant! I do, however, think that this would have panned out a lot better if they would have made this a three part story instead of trying to contain this in one issue, because this is a much bigger story. It felt like it was only beginning as it read ‘the end’.
Great premise and cool background story for Mai, everything else was unfortunately not well enough executed in my opinion…
It’s a continuation Kiyi’s story and later also a continuation of Mai’s, which I thought was nice, but Kiyi’s part of the story kind of fell in the background as we followed up on Mai and got more on her background as a child. That was cool, but in perspective also a tad messy…
This was also a story of a country trying to break from there old traditions and customs as they pick up the pieces after a lost war, which I thought was brilliant! I do, however, think that this would have panned out a lot better if they would have made this a three part story instead of trying to contain this in one issue, because this is a much bigger story. It felt like it was only beginning as it read ‘the end’.
Great premise and cool background story for Mai, everything else was unfortunately not well enough executed in my opinion…
March 28, 2025
I love having a Mai-centric story. I didn't know how much I would appreciate her part, but it was done wonderfully. Seeing Kiyi grow more into her new family is just amazing and she is a fiercely loyal friend. Ursa is doing a wonderful job raising her. The comedy flowed wonderfully throughout this story, and I am proud to say it was my favorite part. I am a huge fan of Faith Erin Hicks at the helm of these girl-led ATLA stories. I'm 100% confident Hicks could write amazing stories for all of the characters, but I am certainly loving the development she brings to our favorite women in ATLA the most. Bring me more, please. Also! It was nice to see how certain relationships are developing at this point in the overall pre-Korra story. I mean... some of those characters from TLOK are bound to be born along this journey! Right? Hello?
March 29, 2025
مگه زوکو خواهر کوچولو داشت؟!😕
June 20, 2025
great read as the Royal Fire Academy for Girls gets a revamp...which is a problem as they retain some very strict instructors with their own problematic ideas
September 26, 2025
i fweakin wuv fire nation stowies
December 5, 2025
Really enjoyed this one, Kiyu was so funny and so brave, and I loved seeing Mai again. This was a really fun comic and I’m glad I read it.
May 23, 2025
huh, a story about propaganda during history lessons in schools isn't relevant at all right now... right?
November 28, 2025
4.5 ⭐️
April 7, 2025
I really enjoyed this comic. I wish they'd go back to the longer stories, though. I love Mai and I enjoyed her arc in this comic, it was unexpected but fun. I do wish they put a bit more nuance in Azula's portrayal, especially as a kid. I think there is a lot of room to explore more than one-sided 'she's evil' that the comics are doing now, which is a shame.
March 30, 2025
This was one of the more heavy-handed graphic novels in the series, and in my opinion, one of the most important!
The opening few pages are incredibly necessary, and is the type of thing that should be read by anyone who belongs to a nation responsible for colonization.
The opening few pages are incredibly necessary, and is the type of thing that should be read by anyone who belongs to a nation responsible for colonization.
March 25, 2025
Really enjoyed this! Mai is my favorite side characters and I grasp at any new background on her. Her allegiance to the fire nation, her friends, and Zuko, have always intrigued me.
The plot focusing on the Fire Nation’s propaganda felt very adapt for today’s political climate. So I liked how they touched on that.
However, they water down her character too much to be likable. Mai was a villain for majority of the show, and I would’ve liked a little dive into her feelings during that time.
Still a good read! Maiko for the win.
The plot focusing on the Fire Nation’s propaganda felt very adapt for today’s political climate. So I liked how they touched on that.
However, they water down her character too much to be likable. Mai was a villain for majority of the show, and I would’ve liked a little dive into her feelings during that time.
Still a good read! Maiko for the win.
June 5, 2025
Me faltó que saliese Aang 😔
December 4, 2024
Thank you to the publisher for this free eARC! All opinions are my own.
Zuko asks Mai to become a teacher at her old school where Kiyi is now attending to make sure the children are being taught the truth. Mai discovers a love for teaching. #Edelweiss+
Zuko asks Mai to become a teacher at her old school where Kiyi is now attending to make sure the children are being taught the truth. Mai discovers a love for teaching. #Edelweiss+
June 26, 2025
WILL NOBODY THINK OF THE CHILDREN?!It's funny because the LAST Avatar comic I read seemed to focus on characters stuck to the old ways, as if the mindset of the Fire Nation's imperial past was really the best, like some kinda golden age to aspire to.
And this time, more people clinging to the past, but this time with THE EDUCATION SYSTEM!
So looks like the old Fire Nation Royal Academy for girls was partially to blame for how Azula turned out as it fostered an environment less for learning and more manipulation, scheming, backstabbing, and actual violence in the name of HONOR. Determined to NOT make more Azulas, Zuko does some sweeping education reforms, and the new headmistress ain't having none of it. Since Zuko is leader of a whole dang country tho, he can't always keep tabs on that school, instead sending his best undercover agent: MAI! (you can't beat a poker face like that!)
With a lot of reflection for her own time at the academy of bloodthirsty kiddos, Mai takes a very laissez-faire approach to teaching, showing her wards there's more to life than HONOR (like the fascinating life cycle of cicadas!). When the new headmistress starts to shift her paradigm more towards a more nurturing environment, the old headmistress decides to make her change back...by force! Unfortunately said force comes on the same day Zuko & Ty Lee decide to pop by to check on their grumpy friend. CLASH!
Really seems like the name of the game for the past couple of graphic novels seems to be "old ways bad; let's change their minds one at a time so that the rest of the world will stop hating the Fire Nationals." Down for that.
April 1, 2025
Popravde som bola zvedavá, aký presne príbeh by mi mohla vyrozprávať Kiyi. No ukazuje sa, že napriek tomu, že na obálke stojí v popredí, tak je tento komiks o nej skôr tak okrajovo. Miesto toho je o Mai. A je veľmi podobný tomu, čo sa pokúsili tvorcovia urobiť v Suki, Alone pred štyrmi rokmi. Keď chceli predstaviť naraz Suki v príbehovej súčasnosti a jej minulosť, no tieto dve línie sa takmer nepretli, aj keď sa obe týkali práve Suki. V tomto prípade sa im to však podarilo.
Mai ako postava je pritom obdobne zaujímavá ako Suki a hoci dostala o niečo viac priestoru ako Suki, stále o nej nevieme toľko, ako by sme potrebovali. Tento kratučký komiks dáva jej osobnosti ďalší rozmer a zároveň pridáva ďalšiu vrstvu jej vzťahu so Zukom, ale aj s Ty Lee alebo Azulou. Nehovoriac o tom, že vykresľuje aj to, ako sa národ ohňa musel transformovať a aký pomalý proces to bol a prečo.
Ale áno, čo sa týka deju, stále sme sa nikam neposunuli. A už si naozaj začínam myslieť, že všetky tieto komiksy majú slúžiť ako odrazový mostík pre ten chystaný film. Tak sa budem snažiť byť trpezlivá. Veď aj napriek tomu to bolo zaujímavé čítanie.
Mai ako postava je pritom obdobne zaujímavá ako Suki a hoci dostala o niečo viac priestoru ako Suki, stále o nej nevieme toľko, ako by sme potrebovali. Tento kratučký komiks dáva jej osobnosti ďalší rozmer a zároveň pridáva ďalšiu vrstvu jej vzťahu so Zukom, ale aj s Ty Lee alebo Azulou. Nehovoriac o tom, že vykresľuje aj to, ako sa národ ohňa musel transformovať a aký pomalý proces to bol a prečo.
Ale áno, čo sa týka deju, stále sme sa nikam neposunuli. A už si naozaj začínam myslieť, že všetky tieto komiksy majú slúžiť ako odrazový mostík pre ten chystaný film. Tak sa budem snažiť byť trpezlivá. Veď aj napriek tomu to bolo zaujímavé čítanie.
April 27, 2025
I actually rather liked this comic! They capture the sibling dynamic between Zuko and Kiyi in a way that feels accurate. She admires him but is also going to dunk on him at every opportunity. Love the themes around propaganda and how our schools will perpetuate a cycle of misinformation and fear if we don't fight it... unfortunately relevant right now. Exploring Mai's past and our growth in here was also interesting, if a little simplistic. I can see this working even better as a longer series and taking the time to really grapple with the ideas presented. Overall, one of the stronger comics for sure.
June 1, 2025
I loved this. One of my favorite things about ATLA is the conversations they have about history and tradition and how to teach the truth in an area that has been fed propaganda for years and years. This book covered all of that.
It was great to see some of the characters again (especially the loml Zuko). I loved seeing Mai grow and seeing her evolve into a great teacher.
This made me so excited for the new show we’re getting.
It was great to see some of the characters again (especially the loml Zuko). I loved seeing Mai grow and seeing her evolve into a great teacher.
This made me so excited for the new show we’re getting.
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June 2, 2025A book that teaches young readers a HUGE lesson on moving on when your intimate society was the bad guys.
It was a little funny reading this as an adult and how quickly the elders changed their opinion from a conservative thinking into a progressive one lol, but it is a kids book so I cannot blame the writers.
Honestly a really good story about how we should talk about atrocities to the next generation.
It was a little funny reading this as an adult and how quickly the elders changed their opinion from a conservative thinking into a progressive one lol, but it is a kids book so I cannot blame the writers.
Honestly a really good story about how we should talk about atrocities to the next generation.
April 15, 2025
Not long enough for me to comfortably rate it higher, but I’m never let down by an ATLA graphic novel (that I’ve read so far at least). Loved seeing how Zuko started implementing his vision for the Fire Nation and with the way things are looking in this country at the moment, it was very nice to see a push for children to be taught the truth and not more propaganda in school.
July 30, 2025
I didn’t expect a children graphic novel to portray the propaganda taught in history lessons more than most media these day, but then again ATLA has always been extremely relevant with their topics.
On a more serious note, I am still hoping that Zuko and Mai will get back together lol
On a more serious note, I am still hoping that Zuko and Mai will get back together lol
April 12, 2025
Entertaining read, nice to see the fire nation from a different perspective.
May 14, 2025
so cute 😭
June 1, 2025
3.5 stars. Love a school arc.
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September 9, 2025Something about Mai and I both finding joy in being teachers after spending years being depressed really hits.
April 14, 2025
This was really excellent. The one-off Avatar graphics have been a little hit or miss for me recently, but I think the issues tackled in this one are timely and important, and this one was a big hit. I loved seeing more of Mai and getting to see a bit more of her early relationship with Azula and how she got to where we meet her later in the series. I hope these continue forever; that would be more than cool with me.
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