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Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Rift #2
Avatar: Der Herr der Elemente Comicband 9: Der Spalt 2
The Past Returns!
Avatar Aang and his friends seek answers to the mysteries surrounding a refinery on land sacred to the Air Nomads. As Toph discovers a startling truth about her father's involvement with the refinery, Aang travels to the spirit world, discovering a secret as surprising as it is dangerous. Soon, Team Avatar realizes that they may be facing a threat more dire than they could possibly have imagined!
Avatar Aang and his friends seek answers to the mysteries surrounding a refinery on land sacred to the Air Nomads. As Toph discovers a startling truth about her father's involvement with the refinery, Aang travels to the spirit world, discovering a secret as surprising as it is dangerous. Soon, Team Avatar realizes that they may be facing a threat more dire than they could possibly have imagined!
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First published July 29, 2014
About the author
Gene Luen Yang
374 books3,469 followersGene Luen Yang writes, and sometimes draws, comic books and graphic novels. As the Library of Congress’ fifth National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, he advocates for the importance of reading, especially reading diversely. American Born Chinese, his first graphic novel from First Second Books, was a National Book Award finalist, as well as the winner of the Printz Award and an Eisner Award. His two-volume graphic novel Boxers & Saints won the L.A. Times Book Prize and was a National Book Award Finalist. His other works include Secret Coders (with Mike Holmes), The Shadow Hero (with Sonny Liew), Superman from DC Comics (with various artists), and the Avatar: The Last Airbender series from Dark Horse Comics (with Gurihiru). In 2016, he was named a MacArthur Foundation Fellow. His most recent books are Dragon Hoops from First Second Books and Superman Smashes the Klan from DC Comics.
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February 17, 2019
"Bad things always happen to my poor cabbages when you're around!"
And the cabbage man is back! This dude always makes me laugh. Poor man though, his cabbages are always suffering XD.
I'm still pissed with Toph's attitude, but well, nobody is perfect I suppose. I feel bad for her because her dad is an idiot.
I hope we have more action in the next, and last, issue.
And the cabbage man is back! This dude always makes me laugh. Poor man though, his cabbages are always suffering XD.
I'm still pissed with Toph's attitude, but well, nobody is perfect I suppose. I feel bad for her because her dad is an idiot.
I hope we have more action in the next, and last, issue.
March 22, 2019
I loved all of the different story plots in this issue!
Toph had to deal with her past as Aang tried to preserve the traditions of his nation.
We saw a couple of bad-ass Katara moments as well as seeing Sokka shine!
I love when the present coincide with past events (which happened in the last story line as well).
I'm always happy to learn more about Air Nomad history and while this doesn't have quite the same exciting mystery as The Search had, it is still compelling.
The last page of this issue was incredible (the artwork - the content was a bit concerning!)
I am so ready to learn what happens next!
Toph had to deal with her past as Aang tried to preserve the traditions of his nation.
We saw a couple of bad-ass Katara moments as well as seeing Sokka shine!
I love when the present coincide with past events (which happened in the last story line as well).
I'm always happy to learn more about Air Nomad history and while this doesn't have quite the same exciting mystery as The Search had, it is still compelling.
The last page of this issue was incredible (the artwork - the content was a bit concerning!)
I am so ready to learn what happens next!
August 12, 2017
The Rift: Part Two is yet another fantastic Avatar: The Last Airbender graphic novel! The artwork by Gurihiru continues to be my favourite feature!
The Rift: Part One
★★★★✩
Book Review
The Rift: Part Three
❝No! This isn't possible!❞
❝What you haven't heard? I invented metalbending.❞
❝You guys have got to stop worshipping the past and start worrying about right now! Otherwise you're not gonna have a right now to worry about!❞
— Toph Beifong, the greatest earthbender of all time
❝If you separate yourself from those who came before, you will inevitably repeat our mistakes.❞
❝I am the Avatar. I stand on the border between the spirit and human worlds, to ensure that border never grows into a rift. Peace is possible. Balance is possible.❞
— Avatar Yangchen
The Rift: Part One
★★★★✩
Book Review
The Rift: Part Three
October 25, 2016
4/5 stars.
Whoa man....shit is happening.
Must...read....next...one....now.
Whoa man....shit is happening.
Must...read....next...one....now.
October 11, 2020
Toph es el personaje de Avatar que más admiro!
September 6, 2014
I liked this one more than the first! It actually made me laugh a few times. As in Part One, I appreciate how mature the themes are, from conflict between tradition and modernization, to the nods at industrialization.
May 6, 2023
I love Toph!
November 18, 2020
This one is definitely much better than the first one.
Toph feels more in-character, and Sokka is actually doing smart stuff this time around. I also really liked Yangchen's story; that was neat. And, as I did in the first volume, I really liked the Air Acolytes. I think that the minor splitting of Team Avatar let them each develop into themselves more. 4/5 stars.
Toph feels more in-character, and Sokka is actually doing smart stuff this time around. I also really liked Yangchen's story; that was neat. And, as I did in the first volume, I really liked the Air Acolytes. I think that the minor splitting of Team Avatar let them each develop into themselves more. 4/5 stars.
July 4, 2014
Highly enjoyable chapter. I deeply appreciate the way that this series has been wrapping up loose ends from the show while expanding the mythology.
This volume increased the conflicts and risks to the characters, though little was resolved. I feel like the final volume will probably get the 5-star rating, the usual curse of the second entry in a trilogy.
Hopefully, developments here will be seen in Legend of Korra.
This volume increased the conflicts and risks to the characters, though little was resolved. I feel like the final volume will probably get the 5-star rating, the usual curse of the second entry in a trilogy.
Hopefully, developments here will be seen in Legend of Korra.
August 4, 2026
— wow i loved learning more about yangchen!! she’s one of the lesser known avatars and seeing a bit of her time as avatar was so intriguing.
- no zuko 💔💔 i was grieving my man the entire time
- toph’s dad is acc such a bitch i’m so glad she left him. i feel like he’ll apologize tho so i’m excited to see that
- OMGOMG my queen toph saving everyone at the end 🤭🤭
- i feel like the spirit that yangchen made a deal with is gonna come back bc the terms of their agreement were broken. it wasn’t said what they were but i just know we’ll find out next part
- no zuko 💔💔 i was grieving my man the entire time
- toph’s dad is acc such a bitch i’m so glad she left him. i feel like he’ll apologize tho so i’m excited to see that
- OMGOMG my queen toph saving everyone at the end 🤭🤭
- i feel like the spirit that yangchen made a deal with is gonna come back bc the terms of their agreement were broken. it wasn’t said what they were but i just know we’ll find out next part
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June 23, 2025
The industrial revolution continues... and so does Toph's struggle with her dad – seriously, this family needs therapy!
The Rift: Part 2 ups the ante with more spiritual shenanigans and the realization that even the coolest bending can't fix communication breakdowns.
Aang gets to play reluctant eco-warrior... while we all just wait for someone to suggest a group hug. It's an intense middle chapter and there is no peace... because of the involvement of the spirits...
The Rift: Part 2 ups the ante with more spiritual shenanigans and the realization that even the coolest bending can't fix communication breakdowns.
Aang gets to play reluctant eco-warrior... while we all just wait for someone to suggest a group hug. It's an intense middle chapter and there is no peace... because of the involvement of the spirits...
April 1, 2014
4.5 stars.
This installment was fab. Not only do you get to be with the Gaang again, there's a cameo from a very dear and special character, baaackstory, Sokka being priceless, and a stupid cliffhanger to boot. Not a whole lot more you could ask for, to be honest.
This installment was fab. Not only do you get to be with the Gaang again, there's a cameo from a very dear and special character, baaackstory, Sokka being priceless, and a stupid cliffhanger to boot. Not a whole lot more you could ask for, to be honest.
July 23, 2018
Okay I actually enjoyed this one a lot more than I did the first part!
It does have me wondering a few things it mentios that the Southern Water Tribe 'hasn't been doing all that well' but at the end of Book 1 Master Pakku and other benders were going to fix the broken bonds between both tribes. We also know that Master Pakku went because of what happened when we see the White Lotus. So this has me confused as to what happened in the Southern Water tribe and am also intrigued with the next story line.
Also Lao was just such a mean father I mean Toph has separated from them but she has accomplished so much! Am intrigued to see how this wraps up!
It does have me wondering a few things it mentios that the Southern Water Tribe 'hasn't been doing all that well' but at the end of Book 1 Master Pakku and other benders were going to fix the broken bonds between both tribes. We also know that Master Pakku went because of what happened when we see the White Lotus. So this has me confused as to what happened in the Southern Water tribe and am also intrigued with the next story line.
Also Lao was just such a mean father I mean Toph has separated from them but she has accomplished so much! Am intrigued to see how this wraps up!
August 24, 2023
Dude the layers! The layers are so unexpected but I am loving it. The Rift is such a simple and unassuming title that it makes it seem like this is just gonna be a simple story. A filler episode if you will. Which in ATLA even the filler episodes are excellent (I'm looking at you Ember Island Players). But there's already so much depth. Sorry for the vagueness but that's all I can say without spoilers.
June 6, 2020
I love Toph. I love that we’re getting more about Avatar Yangchen, and I super love that they’re continuing the whole use a different style when telling a story technique.
July 31, 2020
YANGCHEN
January 2, 2021
3.5 🌟
El chico de las coles fue el mejor cameo de esta parte jajaja.
Hubo un poco más de acción que en el primero, sin embargo, va avanzando un poco lento.
El chico de las coles fue el mejor cameo de esta parte jajaja.
Hubo un poco más de acción que en el primero, sin embargo, va avanzando un poco lento.
December 24, 2021
THE DISRESPECT THIS PEOPLE HAVE TOWARDS THE AVATAR!! I want them in jail. Kyoshi would have them on their knees for far less.
July 19, 2015
Review for all three parts under the cut.
February 24, 2018
"Your past lives aren't meant to bind you.We are meant to guide you.If you separate yourself from those who came before,you will inevitably repeat our mistakes."
AMAZING
this is the best graphic novel i read from the Avatar series!no way to explain,JUST READ IT!!
+THE CABBAGE MAN IS BACK!!
AMAZING
this is the best graphic novel i read from the Avatar series!no way to explain,JUST READ IT!!
+THE CABBAGE MAN IS BACK!!
October 29, 2019
A wonderful middle volume to this story about the world adjusting to its new status quo!
What's happened: Since the last time we saw our heroes, they've been trying to convince a refinery that they're causing pollution and need to stop. Aang is finding his feet as an Avatar who still misses a way of life that's gone, so he's throwing himself into instructing the Air Acolytes, while Toph is charging forward into a new scene that changes the rules and embraces metalbending as the way of the future. Aang wants balance and peace, but sometimes that comes at a cost.
Confronting Toph's father at the refinery feels like a mistake. He spurns her, pretends not to recognize her, and turns away. She and Aang don't want to leave the refinery until they accomplish their mission, but now they're being confronted by the Rough Rhinos--the muscle that will handle them if they don't comply. The refinery's management just wants to start production up again after the earthquake that just hit and now these kids are making it hard. Sokka, Katara, Aang, and Toph, with the Air Acolytes, must face these guys.
Aang finds himself instructing Toph not to be so rough because the way she's taking her anger out on her opponents seems dangerous to him. She doesn't want to be talked to like she's one of his acolytes and is super offended. She tosses out a funny about "didn't you hear I invented metalbending?" when a hoodlum seems baffled when she can use a chain to trap him. Toph becomes angry when one of the Acolytes listened to Aang and stopped using heavy machinery against their opponents because it might hurt them. She believes the peaceful ways Aang is teaching them are from a world that doesn't exist anymore in a world that's changed. Once the threat is dispatched, Aang decides he's going to do what he came to do: take his Air Acolytes and celebrate the festival of Yangchen.
Yangchen was the last Air Nomad Avatar in the line before Aang. He's been having trouble communicating with her lately but this ritual should help. Unfortunately the tree he remembers incorporating into the ritual when he last did it with Monk Gyatso is now a stump. They enter a restaurant, which turns out to be owned by the good old Cabbage Guy! And he is NOT thrilled to see them, and also doubly offended that they brought their own food. (They agree to buy cabbage cookies for use of the space. Cabbage Merchant is still suspicious that something bad will happen to the cabbages because the Avatar is here.)
Meanwhile, Toph is having it out back at the refinery. Satoru, who works for his uncle there, defends his "flunky" actions by saying his uncle was there for him in a way Toph wouldn't understand. She seeks out the boss and gets in to see her dad. He again denies her and says she's not the daughter he raised. She says she can't believe he could be so blind (I didn't really like that, even though it was supposed to be said by a blind person; usually blind people aren't so find of blindness being used as a synonym for willful ignorance or obliviousness). They discuss their issues and his refusal to acknowledge her amazing contributions to training the Avatar and starting a metalbending school.
And also meanwhile, Sokka and Katara have defeated the Rough Rhinos partially through the use of ice in waterbending, and Sokka throws away a stick of dynamite that ends up exposing a secret passageway that they investigate. It's an underground mine that's been the source of the pollution and the earthquakes! But for some reason the dangerousness isn't making the workers leave. Some of them are displaced Water Tribe folks and they're pretty sullen about how things have gotten worse for them, and Katara was oblivious to it as part of the Avatar's golden team. They are forced to face dangerous conditions to make a living.
Aang finally gets to have his meal in honor of Yangchen and manages to connect with her. She explains that their connection was patchy because Aang refused to take Roku's advice that one time and now their relationship is damaged, so his relationship is damaged with the whole line. This is Yanchen's festival, though, so he can connect with her. Yangchen shows Aang a flashback with her confronting a grieving spirit that attacked the city, General Old Iron, and she had to deal with him. This spirit was very close with another spirit, Lady Tienhai, and she rejected him after he didn't approve of her closeness with and protection of humans. Then over time allowing humans to have their way with the land led to Lady Tienhai's death. So General Old Iron wants to destroy humans, leaving Avatar Yangchen to negotiate with him. They came to an agreement way back then, and the ritual of Yangchen is one of the agreements they made.
Sokka interrupts Toph's discussion with her father and demands that they order the mine workers out of the dangerous conditions. Toph's dad didn't even know about the mine until he goes down to investigate. But it's too late; disaster strikes (and the jerk in charge of the place indirectly contributes). The mine collapses. Sokka escapes with one of the Water Tribe women, but Katara and Toph and many others are trapped. Iron is pressing down on them and Toph's metalbending is all that's keeping them alive.
I LOVE that a battle between old ways and new ways isn't so simplistic as it sounds and does not involve a guided lesson to make everyone only respect one perspective more than the other. There is so much nuance here and I love that these heavy, confusing issues are being tackled by teens who have to speak truth to power.
What's happened: Since the last time we saw our heroes, they've been trying to convince a refinery that they're causing pollution and need to stop. Aang is finding his feet as an Avatar who still misses a way of life that's gone, so he's throwing himself into instructing the Air Acolytes, while Toph is charging forward into a new scene that changes the rules and embraces metalbending as the way of the future. Aang wants balance and peace, but sometimes that comes at a cost.
Confronting Toph's father at the refinery feels like a mistake. He spurns her, pretends not to recognize her, and turns away. She and Aang don't want to leave the refinery until they accomplish their mission, but now they're being confronted by the Rough Rhinos--the muscle that will handle them if they don't comply. The refinery's management just wants to start production up again after the earthquake that just hit and now these kids are making it hard. Sokka, Katara, Aang, and Toph, with the Air Acolytes, must face these guys.
Aang finds himself instructing Toph not to be so rough because the way she's taking her anger out on her opponents seems dangerous to him. She doesn't want to be talked to like she's one of his acolytes and is super offended. She tosses out a funny about "didn't you hear I invented metalbending?" when a hoodlum seems baffled when she can use a chain to trap him. Toph becomes angry when one of the Acolytes listened to Aang and stopped using heavy machinery against their opponents because it might hurt them. She believes the peaceful ways Aang is teaching them are from a world that doesn't exist anymore in a world that's changed. Once the threat is dispatched, Aang decides he's going to do what he came to do: take his Air Acolytes and celebrate the festival of Yangchen.
Yangchen was the last Air Nomad Avatar in the line before Aang. He's been having trouble communicating with her lately but this ritual should help. Unfortunately the tree he remembers incorporating into the ritual when he last did it with Monk Gyatso is now a stump. They enter a restaurant, which turns out to be owned by the good old Cabbage Guy! And he is NOT thrilled to see them, and also doubly offended that they brought their own food. (They agree to buy cabbage cookies for use of the space. Cabbage Merchant is still suspicious that something bad will happen to the cabbages because the Avatar is here.)
Meanwhile, Toph is having it out back at the refinery. Satoru, who works for his uncle there, defends his "flunky" actions by saying his uncle was there for him in a way Toph wouldn't understand. She seeks out the boss and gets in to see her dad. He again denies her and says she's not the daughter he raised. She says she can't believe he could be so blind (I didn't really like that, even though it was supposed to be said by a blind person; usually blind people aren't so find of blindness being used as a synonym for willful ignorance or obliviousness). They discuss their issues and his refusal to acknowledge her amazing contributions to training the Avatar and starting a metalbending school.
And also meanwhile, Sokka and Katara have defeated the Rough Rhinos partially through the use of ice in waterbending, and Sokka throws away a stick of dynamite that ends up exposing a secret passageway that they investigate. It's an underground mine that's been the source of the pollution and the earthquakes! But for some reason the dangerousness isn't making the workers leave. Some of them are displaced Water Tribe folks and they're pretty sullen about how things have gotten worse for them, and Katara was oblivious to it as part of the Avatar's golden team. They are forced to face dangerous conditions to make a living.
Aang finally gets to have his meal in honor of Yangchen and manages to connect with her. She explains that their connection was patchy because Aang refused to take Roku's advice that one time and now their relationship is damaged, so his relationship is damaged with the whole line. This is Yanchen's festival, though, so he can connect with her. Yangchen shows Aang a flashback with her confronting a grieving spirit that attacked the city, General Old Iron, and she had to deal with him. This spirit was very close with another spirit, Lady Tienhai, and she rejected him after he didn't approve of her closeness with and protection of humans. Then over time allowing humans to have their way with the land led to Lady Tienhai's death. So General Old Iron wants to destroy humans, leaving Avatar Yangchen to negotiate with him. They came to an agreement way back then, and the ritual of Yangchen is one of the agreements they made.
Sokka interrupts Toph's discussion with her father and demands that they order the mine workers out of the dangerous conditions. Toph's dad didn't even know about the mine until he goes down to investigate. But it's too late; disaster strikes (and the jerk in charge of the place indirectly contributes). The mine collapses. Sokka escapes with one of the Water Tribe women, but Katara and Toph and many others are trapped. Iron is pressing down on them and Toph's metalbending is all that's keeping them alive.
I LOVE that a battle between old ways and new ways isn't so simplistic as it sounds and does not involve a guided lesson to make everyone only respect one perspective more than the other. There is so much nuance here and I love that these heavy, confusing issues are being tackled by teens who have to speak truth to power.
November 2, 2015
AHH I CAN'T HANDLE HOW MUCH I LOVE THESE
May 5, 2016
To zelí mě zase dostalo!
June 27, 2018
Same as my last review. Just deeper. More history. More lore. More awesome.
June 24, 2020
Toph!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
October 8, 2021
not a lot of zuko :/
June 21, 2019
El segundo tomo, como ya es tradición en las trilogías de Avatar, es el más emocionante y el que construye mejor a sus personajes.
Este tomo se centra en Aang y Toph, en la relación de ambos y en las relaciones que tienen con el pasado y el futuro y qué representan para ellos. Me gusta mucho el simbolismo y el trasfondo de los comentarios de los personajes. Cualquier cosa que dicen puede ser relacionada directamente con los conflictos con los que están lidiando en ese momento, por un lado Aang tratando de rescatar las tradiciones que se perdieron con el Avatar Yangchen y Toph la relación con sus padres y lo esclavizante y asfixiante que puede ser obedecer tradiciones sin cuestionarlas. Un conflicto claro que incluso este tomo profundiza y el título de la trilogía adquiere nuevas dimensiones: por un lado tenemos la brecha bajo el pueblo de Yangchen, por el otro lado tenemos la brecha entre el pasado y el futuro y por un lado más tenemos la brecha entre Toph y Aang.
Mi mayor problema con este tomo es que los demás personajes son trasladados a roles secundarios y que de nuevo se introducen a los espíritus como un tipo de Deus Ex Machina. Si bien vimos esto en los últimos volúmenes de la trilogía anterior, La búsqueda, aquí lo vuelven a hacer.
Narrativamente es interesante el tomo, Avatar se conecta con Yangchen y le cuenta su historia, que dentro tiene otra historia. Esto hace que la trilogía presente sea un poco más compleja de lo que vimos en La Promesa.
La portada del tercer tomo adelanta un poco el conflicto final y eso no es tan bueno porque más o menos imaginas qué sucederá. Espero los autores puedan darnos una sorpresa más antes de que termine el tomo.
Esta trilogía es recomendable, siempre es bueno poder seguir las aventuras de Aang y su equipo y más cuando estos cómics se mantienen fieles y de cierta manera elevan la calidad y la profundidad de los temas a tratar.
Este tomo se centra en Aang y Toph, en la relación de ambos y en las relaciones que tienen con el pasado y el futuro y qué representan para ellos. Me gusta mucho el simbolismo y el trasfondo de los comentarios de los personajes. Cualquier cosa que dicen puede ser relacionada directamente con los conflictos con los que están lidiando en ese momento, por un lado Aang tratando de rescatar las tradiciones que se perdieron con el Avatar Yangchen y Toph la relación con sus padres y lo esclavizante y asfixiante que puede ser obedecer tradiciones sin cuestionarlas. Un conflicto claro que incluso este tomo profundiza y el título de la trilogía adquiere nuevas dimensiones: por un lado tenemos la brecha bajo el pueblo de Yangchen, por el otro lado tenemos la brecha entre el pasado y el futuro y por un lado más tenemos la brecha entre Toph y Aang.
Mi mayor problema con este tomo es que los demás personajes son trasladados a roles secundarios y que de nuevo se introducen a los espíritus como un tipo de Deus Ex Machina. Si bien vimos esto en los últimos volúmenes de la trilogía anterior, La búsqueda, aquí lo vuelven a hacer.
Narrativamente es interesante el tomo, Avatar se conecta con Yangchen y le cuenta su historia, que dentro tiene otra historia. Esto hace que la trilogía presente sea un poco más compleja de lo que vimos en La Promesa.
La portada del tercer tomo adelanta un poco el conflicto final y eso no es tan bueno porque más o menos imaginas qué sucederá. Espero los autores puedan darnos una sorpresa más antes de que termine el tomo.
Esta trilogía es recomendable, siempre es bueno poder seguir las aventuras de Aang y su equipo y más cuando estos cómics se mantienen fieles y de cierta manera elevan la calidad y la profundidad de los temas a tratar.
October 28, 2017
Damnnnn dit wordt goed
February 24, 2018
You are my addiction!
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