Title: Avatar the Last Airbender: The Promise Part 2
Author: Gene Luen Yang
Artist: Gurihiru
Genre: Comedy / Action / Adventure / TV series
Year Published: 2012
Year Read: 2013
Publisher: Dark Horse Books
Source: Purchased
Content Rating: Ages 8+ (Some Intense Moments)
Introduction:
After reading part one of “Avatar the Last Airbender: The Promise,”
I was excited to check out the second part of this fantastic series and I was
definitely not disappointed by the results of this volume!
What is this story
about?
In this volume, after Fire Lord Zuko turns down the Harmony
Restoration Movement for the Earth
Kingdom, there seems to
be an impeding war brewing between Zuko and Earth King Kuei and it is up to
Aang and Katara to prevent that war from happening! Meanwhile, Toph and Sokka try to train Toph’s
bumbling students in the art of metal bending in order to defend the school
against a class of fire benders!
What I loved about
this story:
Gene Luen Yang’s writing: Gene Luen Yang’s writing continues to amaze me with its faithfulness
to the legendary TV series! I loved the
way that Gene Luen Yang continues to
develop each character, especially Aang and Katara’s relationship with each
other, which actually fully reached its “CUTE
AND HAPPY” and not the “WILL THEY OR
WON’T THEY” status at last! I was
also sitting on the edge of my seat whenever Zuko confronts his father, since
it seems that Ozai has an ulterior motive up his sleeves as he is always
smiling slyly whenever Zuko visits and it makes me wonder just what kind of
impact Ozai still has on Zuko and how it would affect Zuko’s ruling as the new
Fire Lord. We are definitely seeing Zuko
starting to crack under the pressure with his present ruling of the Fire Kingdom
and I loved the way that Gene Luen Yang
portrayed that as it made the situation even more interesting to watch! I also loved the side story about Toph
starting a school for metal bending and how she tries to teach her bumbling
students how to metal bend. It was such
an enjoyable experience to see Toph actually teaching students her abilities
and I am interested in seeing how this will all play out in future volumes!
Gurihiru’s artwork: Gurihiru’s
artwork continues to remain faithful to the characters’ designs and I
really loved the images of Sokka continuing to be the comic relief in this
series! My favorite artwork of Sokka in this volume was when he and Toph jumped
off of Appa to land at Toph’s new school at the beginning and you can see Sokka
panicking throughout the whole ordeal!
What made me feel
uncomfortable about this story:
Not really a big deal, but the only problem I had with this
volume was that there was not that much action in the story like the first
volume. Even though this volume does
have comedic situations happening to the characters, such as Toph and Sokka
trying to teach three students how to metal bend, I actually did wanted to see
some battle sequences in this volume.
But, I did enjoy the rising tension with Zuko caving in to pressure of
being the new Fire Lord and the possible battle that is about to come between
Zuko and Earth King Kuei.
Final Thoughts:
Overall, “Avatar the Last Airbender: The Promise Part Two” is a brilliant
continuation of the first volume and I cannot wait to see more adventures from
Aang and the gang as they try to undo all the harm that the Fire Nation brought
to the world!
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