I disagree that Toph only embraces neutral Ying is usable when she discovers metalbending. She's blind, and as we have seen in her fights and seismic sense, she ALWAYS waits. Because she has to. She's the Neutral Ying master.
@@timrodriguez5076 It's probably a lot easier, though. It may take more concentration to tell what's all going on within a certain radius using her bending, especially as a beginner. She can't sense anything she isn't in contact with vicariously through her element, so she may need to pay attention if anything/one lifts off the ground. & she's been hinted at having low detail perception in some cases, so she may not be able to read body language or as precisely tell where idle people are & finds it easier go by movement. She grows in those areas over time though, as she has more reason to practice & experience relying on bending. At least at that stage in her life. ATLOK shows her being able to sense a lot more than when she was a kid, for which I have mixed feelings as a bl!nd (YT dislikes me saying it) person who likes ATLA Toph's portrayal.
agreed, i feel like most times when we get a “toph pov” during a fight, we always see her patiently waiting for her opponent to make a move, then immediately strikes when she spots an opening - exactly what bumi described it as. It’s a small version of bumi’s display of neutral Ying: waiting in prison for the perfect opening, then striking instantly when the sun gets blocked out and taking back his city in under 15 minutes like a legend
18:45 I know it wasn't treated the same in Korra but air is the seemingly most spiritual element of the 4 which is the part of being the avatar she's always had trouble with growing up so it passes in my book
Yeah I disagreed with him, because he made it seem like an avatar’s personality is directly symbolized by their principal bending thingy, but we can see Korra being very fiery, while dominating earth and water, air is the opposite of her personality
Yeah, Korra is headstrong, stubborn, and already has a rather fiery personality. Of course Earth and Fire would come naturally, and obviously she was born and raised for Water. But she does not start out very in touch with spirituality
@omri.d korra did say that every time she tries airbending, nothing happened. Plus, you're forgetting that avatars mastering elements takes place over years. The only exception was aang, who had a literal fire under his ass, so after korra mastered the other 3 bendings she was good at they were going to Start training her in airbending eventually as there was really no rush to do that as the world was in relative peace compared to aang.
I love how Iroh uses fire bending inspired by other nations’ bending. The foundation or stance he taught Zukp from Season 1 is based on earth. The lightning redirection’s flow is based on Water. Finally his giant fireball in Season 3 is based on Air with his intense breathing and funneling he does with fire to create it.
My fav episode of the series is the library! such a beautiful moment with the realization that there was gonna be an eclipse, that scene was what made me re-watch this series
That tier list seems pretty fair for Season 2 as pretty much all the episodes of Season 2 are all good to wonderful. I think ATLA has 2 or 3 episodes that I might say skip. World/lore building episodes tend to be slow & not as referred but they are very necessary for the big moments
For sure, just like I said in another comment - I think, in terms of quality, Avatar is extremely consistent. Personally, even 10s of rewatches later, I still wouldn't skip even the infamous Great Divide. Though I am EXTREMELY biased towards this series, so that may just be me 😄
18:46 i think LoK shows that it never had anything to do with the elements and more with the user's personality Aang is completely in line with the teachings and ideals of the Air Nomads and Airbending in general with his calmer, more avoidant, pacifist and spiritually aligned personality Korra on the other hand has a more brash, impulsive, action over planning, materialistic personality which is basically completely in opposition to Airbending and it's teachings and therefore needed to put in more effort and develop throughout the first season to be able to start using airbending. at least that's how i interpreted it after watching LoK even though yeah ATLA did say that it was because Aang was an airbender
I cannot wait for season 3 I do not want it rushed out but I would love to see it soon because if i'm being honest this is the only show you've covered I truly connect with and enjoy so seeing you do your third video is what I am personally waiting for. Wish you luck and thank you for the entertainment.
If you're interested in anything Avatar, believe me when I say that the channel will be flooded with everything Avatar Studios and the Netflix live action version once we get more info on it. 👍 As for the book 3 video - it's in the works, but as I like to approach content with some variety and I'm super stumped for time, it will take a while :)
Just recently finished Avatar and watched your first video of this kind and now i see this, awesome. And while book 1 was great, book 2 started going into incredible imo Edit after finishing the video: If there is no jasmin tea, Iroh can make lemon tea.
Honestly, I think Avatar is one of the most consistent in terms of quality, so I'd have a very hard time ranking the books themselves. Happy to see new people still watching the series for the very first time! Ohh what I wouldn't give for that experience 😅
@@Koroto Yeah the consistent quality is really remarkable, really reminds me of shows like Breaking Bad and Attack on Titan where nearly every episode is a masterpiece (at least for me)
Wow I can't believe I missed this video. I can see why this was so tough for you to make. First, it is February of 2023 and I now watch your Attack on Titan retrospective episodes when they come out (we are midway through season 3 atm.) So I found myself constantly thinking about minor points you missed in each episode here, assuming we should have been in "Overanalyzing" territory. Second, it shows how much I absolutely love this show too much that even with your ridiculous handicapping/scaling of the "tier list" format that I kept on thinking that the "lower" episodes should have been higher. Good work taking the lemon of a list format and changing it practically to breaking point to make it fit a group of episodes too good for such a format. As they say, if "life gives you lemons, make lemon tea" 😂 (Uf, that *was* stretched to breaking point...sorry I suck.🤗)
This was an incredible video and by far one of the best videos I've seen covering Avatar The Last Airbender. I didn't agree with all of your tier list, but I loved your breakdowns of what you liked in each episode. It really helped me understand where you're coming from, which is the whole point of a such a video format. Upon reflecting on where I'd rank certain episodes, I think I likely enjoy episodes with earthbending action and political complexity more so than episodes with worldbuilding. That being said, I still love a lot of the heavy worldbuilding episodes in Season 2. I wish we got to see Iroh's tea menu. It could've had so many kinds of tea, like jasmine tea, lemon tea, and green tea.
Was sipping on some lemon tea and I was wondering if a collab with Overanalyzing Avatar would be something we might see in the future? Both big fans of Avatar and his channel has been growing like crazy. Love the vids keep up the great work
His channel has popped up in my recommended quite a bit recently, though he is a much much bigger creator, so not sure how realistic that is 😅 Thank you for taking the time to watch the entire thing! :)
Not only dose toph master sand bending, she specifically shows aang, I see it as her showing him she is working to be more reliable and enforcing her transition into being a team player
Just discovered your channel. Love your videos on Avatar and The Walking Dead!!!! Super detailed and interesting content. Great rating of episodes! I would personally move The Chase hirer but to each their own Lemon Tea 🤪
I'm currently rewatching the series and I was definitely crying through The Tales of Ba Sing Se and Appa's Lost Days. Pretty brutal to have those two back to back! I agree with this list for the most part too! Personally I don't think The Tales of Ba Sing Se is quite as good as others say. I think I'd put that one maybe in A or high B tier. Which would bump up Zuko Alone to SSS. It's good for the Iroh and Momo shorts but the other segments are just fine imo. Everything else is really spot on for me.
I think the avatar struggles with the element that is opposite to their personality not the element that they were born into use fire, bending and earth, bending a lot more than water and air. so i feel like that’s why she struggled so much with air.
I liked the old rating system better; especially with your "favorite moment" segment at the end of each episode. Also, tier lists are overused. Your design was way better than the boring tier list spectrum
The library is just one of those absolutely crazy and amazing things of the original show that are slightly ruined by Korra (not a Korra hater, its just an opinion jaja). Lemon tea ❤ jaja
Limits feel a bit arbitrary. If you have to add them, it makes more sense that they would just be sequential. SSS - 1 MAX SS - 2 MAX S - 3 MAX A - 4 MAX B - 5 MAX
man i lose my shit at tales of ba sing se every time. and to see aang be taken down by someone who isn’t even supposed to be his biggest threat just a few weeks before he’s supposed to save the world is genuinely terrifying when it comes to what that could’ve meant for the series’ future. i absolutely adore zuko alone, i think it’s one of the best episodes in all of media and is hands down the best solo adventure of its nature. but, i have to agree that tales of ba sing se and the crossroads of destiny are purely better episodes in regards to the season and series as a whole
First lol your voice is not annoying second, this was the first cartoon that I got a real emotional feeling out of, opening the door to things like naruto ect. Oh expect when ask dies in the first pokemon movie lol.
Unpopular opinion but Tales of Ba Sing Se was A Tier at best, I personally feel the whole episode is incredibly boring, and the only redeeming quality is Irohs story, which is why everyone loves it
I don't think Mei actually cared she is so nonchalant and also annoying brought back the kid because it made no sense keeping him since king bumi decided he wanted to stay
Ahhh, just noticed the editing error in 219, that's my bad. Hope you can look past it 😅
Sokka's poetry battle is one of the funniest moments of that season, definitely worth a SSS lemon tea just for that.
Kudos to the art team for putting the lighting exit wound on the bottom of Aangs foot
Watching this makes me want to re watch the series for the 100th time lemon tea
Same
I disagree that Toph only embraces neutral Ying is usable when she discovers metalbending. She's blind, and as we have seen in her fights and seismic sense, she ALWAYS waits. Because she has to. She's the Neutral Ying master.
She can sense people breathing and their heart beat so she doesn’t HAVE to
@@timrodriguez5076
It's probably a lot easier, though. It may take more concentration to tell what's all going on within a certain radius using her bending, especially as a beginner. She can't sense anything she isn't in contact with vicariously through her element, so she may need to pay attention if anything/one lifts off the ground. & she's been hinted at having low detail perception in some cases, so she may not be able to read body language or as precisely tell where idle people are & finds it easier go by movement. She grows in those areas over time though, as she has more reason to practice & experience relying on bending.
At least at that stage in her life. ATLOK shows her being able to sense a lot more than when she was a kid, for which I have mixed feelings as a bl!nd (YT dislikes me saying it) person who likes ATLA Toph's portrayal.
agreed, i feel like most times when we get a “toph pov” during a fight, we always see her patiently waiting for her opponent to make a move, then immediately strikes when she spots an opening - exactly what bumi described it as. It’s a small version of bumi’s display of neutral Ying: waiting in prison for the perfect opening, then striking instantly when the sun gets blocked out and taking back his city in under 15 minutes like a legend
I'm glad someone agrees that Crossroads of Destiny is freaking awesome.
18:45 I know it wasn't treated the same in Korra but air is the seemingly most spiritual element of the 4 which is the part of being the avatar she's always had trouble with growing up so it passes in my book
Yeah it sounded like his takeaway was thay the opposite element was of their native nation rather than their personality.
Yeah I disagreed with him, because he made it seem like an avatar’s personality is directly symbolized by their principal bending thingy, but we can see Korra being very fiery, while dominating earth and water, air is the opposite of her personality
18:45 its not about the opposite element its about the elemt most opposite to the avatars personality
And is consistent with both aang and korra
Yeah, Korra is headstrong, stubborn, and already has a rather fiery personality. Of course Earth and Fire would come naturally, and obviously she was born and raised for Water. But she does not start out very in touch with spirituality
I agree with you both. But Korea didn't actually learned air bending at the start. She treated the art as fire bending but with a different alement
@omri.d korra did say that every time she tries airbending, nothing happened.
Plus, you're forgetting that avatars mastering elements takes place over years. The only exception was aang, who had a literal fire under his ass, so after korra mastered the other 3 bendings she was good at they were going to Start training her in airbending eventually as there was really no rush to do that as the world was in relative peace compared to aang.
I can’t tell u how much I laugh when Zuko hits iroh’s tea away
I love how Iroh uses fire bending inspired by other nations’ bending. The foundation or stance he taught Zukp from Season 1 is based on earth. The lightning redirection’s flow is based on Water. Finally his giant fireball in Season 3 is based on Air with his intense breathing and funneling he does with fire to create it.
My fav episode of the series is the library! such a beautiful moment with the realization that there was gonna be an eclipse, that scene was what made me re-watch this series
That tier list seems pretty fair for Season 2 as pretty much all the episodes of Season 2 are all good to wonderful. I think ATLA has 2 or 3 episodes that I might say skip. World/lore building episodes tend to be slow & not as referred but they are very necessary for the big moments
For sure, just like I said in another comment - I think, in terms of quality, Avatar is extremely consistent. Personally, even 10s of rewatches later, I still wouldn't skip even the infamous Great Divide. Though I am EXTREMELY biased towards this series, so that may just be me 😄
watching this makes me wish I had some lemon tea to drop all these feels abt the momo/appa episodes into.
18:46 i think LoK shows that it never had anything to do with the elements and more with the user's personality
Aang is completely in line with the teachings and ideals of the Air Nomads and Airbending in general with his calmer, more avoidant, pacifist and spiritually aligned personality
Korra on the other hand has a more brash, impulsive, action over planning, materialistic personality which is basically completely in opposition to Airbending and it's teachings and therefore needed to put in more effort and develop throughout the first season to be able to start using airbending.
at least that's how i interpreted it after watching LoK even though yeah ATLA did say that it was because Aang was an airbender
Book 2 is my all time favorite book. It's crazy that starting from episode 6, everything feels cohesive
I cannot wait for season 3 I do not want it rushed out but I would love to see it soon because if i'm being honest this is the only show you've covered I truly connect with and enjoy so seeing you do your third video is what I am personally waiting for. Wish you luck and thank you for the entertainment.
If you're interested in anything Avatar, believe me when I say that the channel will be flooded with everything Avatar Studios and the Netflix live action version once we get more info on it. 👍
As for the book 3 video - it's in the works, but as I like to approach content with some variety and I'm super stumped for time, it will take a while :)
We live for the lemon tea. We love the lemon tea. We lie about the lemon tea.
i always remember avatar day as a season 1 episode for some reason
YESS I WAS JUST LOOKING FOR THIS VIDEO. Please make book 3 possible. These are awesome
Glad you enjoyed it, Book 3 (and all of LoK as well) is definitely coming :)
Plenty of Avatar content planned for the future on top of that too.
@@Koroto I’m excited for it. Good work on book 2 😁
This is a cool brew of lemon tea!
Just recently finished Avatar and watched your first video of this kind and now i see this, awesome. And while book 1 was great, book 2 started going into incredible imo
Edit after finishing the video: If there is no jasmin tea, Iroh can make lemon tea.
Honestly, I think Avatar is one of the most consistent in terms of quality, so I'd have a very hard time ranking the books themselves.
Happy to see new people still watching the series for the very first time! Ohh what I wouldn't give for that experience 😅
@@Koroto Yeah the consistent quality is really remarkable, really reminds me of shows like Breaking Bad and Attack on Titan where nearly every episode is a masterpiece (at least for me)
38:07 *The Owl House theme plays*
Wow I can't believe I missed this video. I can see why this was so tough for you to make.
First, it is February of 2023 and I now watch your Attack on Titan retrospective episodes when they come out (we are midway through season 3 atm.) So I found myself constantly thinking about minor points you missed in each episode here, assuming we should have been in "Overanalyzing" territory.
Second, it shows how much I absolutely love this show too much that even with your ridiculous handicapping/scaling of the "tier list" format that I kept on thinking that the "lower" episodes should have been higher. Good work taking the lemon of a list format and changing it practically to breaking point to make it fit a group of episodes too good for such a format. As they say, if "life gives you lemons, make lemon tea" 😂
(Uf, that *was* stretched to breaking point...sorry I suck.🤗)
This was an incredible video and by far one of the best videos I've seen covering Avatar The Last Airbender. I didn't agree with all of your tier list, but I loved your breakdowns of what you liked in each episode. It really helped me understand where you're coming from, which is the whole point of a such a video format. Upon reflecting on where I'd rank certain episodes, I think I likely enjoy episodes with earthbending action and political complexity more so than episodes with worldbuilding. That being said, I still love a lot of the heavy worldbuilding episodes in Season 2. I wish we got to see Iroh's tea menu. It could've had so many kinds of tea, like jasmine tea, lemon tea, and green tea.
The format of this video was genius, I can’t wait for book 3 review
Excited for the inevitable Book 3 one
Solid video man! I’ve been watching this and your walking dead videos so I’m pretty hooked lol.
Lemon tea!!
Was sipping on some lemon tea and I was wondering if a collab with Overanalyzing Avatar would be something we might see in the future? Both big fans of Avatar and his channel has been growing like crazy.
Love the vids keep up the great work
His channel has popped up in my recommended quite a bit recently, though he is a much much bigger creator, so not sure how realistic that is 😅
Thank you for taking the time to watch the entire thing! :)
Yikes, thats why I avoid responding to comments from a phone. O and P are too close 😂😂😂
@@Koroto doesn't hurt to reach out and try. I think a cameo in your book 3 ranking would be awesome and also you on some of his upcoming vids
Nice bro hope you keep doing this tier list anime!
Road to 20k subs bro 😄
Avatar Day is mad underrated. It's legit hilarious.
Please do Book Three lemon tea (it rhymes!)
Happy to see more people think that The Library is a very underestimated episode.
Great video my guy.
Not only dose toph master sand bending, she specifically shows aang, I see it as her showing him she is working to be more reliable and enforcing her transition into being a team player
I'd put 'City of Walls and Secrets', one of my favourite episodes of the series, above 'The Blind Bandit' and maybe above 'The Library'.
"leave a comment whatever it might be and use the words lemon tea"
LEMON TEA. I NEED ONE FOR SEASON 3.
The greatest cliffhanger, huh? 😂😂
I promise, its coming soon™️😂
Just discovered your channel. Love your videos on Avatar and The Walking Dead!!!! Super detailed and interesting content.
Great rating of episodes! I would personally move The Chase hirer but to each their own Lemon Tea 🤪
Zuko! Drink some lemon tea!
I'm currently rewatching the series and I was definitely crying through The Tales of Ba Sing Se and Appa's Lost Days. Pretty brutal to have those two back to back!
I agree with this list for the most part too! Personally I don't think The Tales of Ba Sing Se is quite as good as others say. I think I'd put that one maybe in A or high B tier. Which would bump up Zuko Alone to SSS. It's good for the Iroh and Momo shorts but the other segments are just fine imo. Everything else is really spot on for me.
Well, this was a pleasant surprise.
Honestly I liked the old format more. Especially the little graphics with epsiode number and your personal highlight😁
need the season 3 every episode video🙏🏼
I think the avatar struggles with the element that is opposite to their personality not the element that they were born into use fire, bending and earth, bending a lot more than water and air. so i feel like that’s why she struggled so much with air.
I prefer some calming jasmine tea over lemon tea.
I liked the old rating system better; especially with your "favorite moment" segment at the end of each episode.
Also, tier lists are overused. Your design was way better than the boring tier list spectrum
Thank you for the feedback! Perhaps I can look into combining aspects of both.
Though I myself am a big fan of tier lists, RANK EVERYTHING 😄
The library is just one of those absolutely crazy and amazing things of the original show that are slightly ruined by Korra (not a Korra hater, its just an opinion jaja). Lemon tea ❤ jaja
Iroh using neutral jin in crossroads of destiny.
37:39 and by a double S episode you mean sensational sobbing 😭
The Avatar State is an S tier Episode. Putting it as low as the Secret Tunnel episode is verifiably insane.
Ah dude, the first video was alright. You didn't need to add a teir list.
Everything is at least 7.32% better with a tier list. It is scientifically proven.
@@Koroto Fair eough
Limits feel a bit arbitrary. If you have to add them, it makes more sense that they would just be sequential.
SSS - 1 MAX
SS - 2 MAX
S - 3 MAX
A - 4 MAX
B - 5 MAX
man i lose my shit at tales of ba sing se every time. and to see aang be taken down by someone who isn’t even supposed to be his biggest threat just a few weeks before he’s supposed to save the world is genuinely terrifying when it comes to what that could’ve meant for the series’ future. i absolutely adore zuko alone, i think it’s one of the best episodes in all of media and is hands down the best solo adventure of its nature. but, i have to agree that tales of ba sing se and the crossroads of destiny are purely better episodes in regards to the season and series as a whole
There are actually 3 times we see lava bending in the original
Kyoshi does it
That guy in this video and then roku in the final season
Doesn't Roku do it in Winter Solstice Part 2?
First lol your voice is not annoying second, this was the first cartoon that I got a real emotional feeling out of, opening the door to things like naruto ect. Oh expect when ask dies in the first pokemon movie lol.
did he not make a book 3 list?
Just curious if you're planning on going over the third season
what an amazing video
How dare you put 'The Swamp' above 'Return to Omashu'?
i never understood the hate for the swamp
I can't wait for part 3. Lemon tee
Honestly i prefer the old format, not a huge of tier lists and how arbitrary they always feel and how polarizing they are.
Lemon Tea
Unpopular opinion but Tales of Ba Sing Se was A Tier at best, I personally feel the whole episode is incredibly boring, and the only redeeming quality is Irohs story, which is why everyone loves it
lemon tea
Personally I'd switch 'The Library' with 'The Blind Bandit'.
I'm not a fan of lemon tea...all tea tastes like marinated leaf water
I don't think Mei actually cared she is so nonchalant and also annoying brought back the kid because it made no sense keeping him since king bumi decided he wanted to stay
#lemontea 🎉👏🏾👏🏾 my FAVORITE series
Tell me you're gonna do se3
for all intents and purposes
oh no... 666 likes!!!!
Lemon tea
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Yessss!!
Youre voice is everything but annoying, dude. ^^ I love how you talk about this series
50 min video :D
Avatar Day is worse than The Great Divide. Absolute filler episode, the only episode I ALWAYS skip on rewatches.
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