Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise Part 2 Kindle & comiXology

Tension is gradually building for Team Avatar. I like that while it's safe to call the lot team Avatar still. The history of the characters has also evolved since the end of the war, and the writers waste no time throwing the readers right into the grittiness of what it means to invoke change.While Avatar Aang's primary duty is to serve as the balance between the natural and spirit world, this portion of the tale places Aang in the middle of a strong political conflict. The weight of his coming decision serves as a good point of interest to move the plot.It feels like a breath of fresh air when the attention is shifted between Aang and Katara and Sokka and Toph. I am a huge fan of the Sokka and Toph dynamic, and I love that the authenticity is still alive and captured with clarity.

My 12 year old daughter loves this series! She started out watching the series, then wanted to read these for the rest of the story. If she has money to spend or someone is buying a gift for her, this is what she asks for.

Toph struggles with her metalbending students (and a possible hostile takeover), and Sokka pitches in to help them out. Meanwhile, Aang and Katara go to see the Earth King to talk about the uneasy alliance between the Earth Kingdom and the Fire Nation, hoping to come to a resolution. And, of course, Zuko struggles with the increased pressures of being the Fire Lord, continuing to consult his imprisoned father for advice on how to cope.First, I of course love Toph--how she sometimes seems like such a stubborn jerk but has all these layers underneath, and how she has a real calling for teaching (and yelling at people), and how she comes to realize she may be trying to groom her metalbending students into something they really aren't . . . just like her parents did to her. And I liked that she asked Sokka to evaluate her ability to roll her eyes properly so she could roll her eyes at him. And her students were kind of hilarious, even though they were each pretty one-dimensional--the fearful doomsayer, the shoe-obsessed spoiled brat, and the goth-type kid who hates everything because someone gave him a terrible name. It was cool that they wanted to be more, but they . . . kind of weren't, at least not in the story.Katara and Aang make a very cute couple, and I liked that Katara got so jealous of the Avatar fangirls. (I didn't love how they were stereotyped, though--as vacuous, predatory girls who threaten Katara's relationship.) I did like that Aang was pretty oblivious to the whole thing, enamored instead with the feeling that someone tried to recreate his home by modeling the fanclub headquarters after the Air Temple he'd grown up in.And the complexity of Zuko continues to impress me. His father insists that a Fire Lord doesn't choose what's right; he MAKES things become right THROUGH the act of his choosing. (Wow, we've got some theory of knowledge philosophy lessons going on here! They were talking about that back in Ancient Greece!) Zuko rejects this idea of goodness being defined by HIS choices; he believes that good is bigger than everyone, and that Aang can help him find it. But the Earth King--determined to force peace, even if it means war--is about to ruin the tentatively forged balance that the Avatar worked so hard to establish.

The biggest surprise that I found about The Promise part 1 was how well it captured the spirit of the show so perfectly that it felt like a natural and seamless continuation of the series, which can also be said of Part II. However, even though I found it enjoyable and to be another well crafted story I do have some minor complaints about this one. The story is split between three different sections (Aang and Katara, Sokka and Toph, Ozai and Zuko). Each sections are well done and have moments I found quite enjoyable, but my biggest problem with this 2nd act int he series is that it felt to be somewhat like filler. As I have said these stories are interesting, well done, and expand upon the Avatar universe and background positively, but I felt that most of the Aang/Katara and Toph/Sokka sections didn't really have much to do with the major arc of this series, which is quite short to begin with. I wouldn't find that to be a problem if this was a longer series but there is only one volume left. I would have liked if more time was spent dealing or making progress with this major arc. I loved the stories but maybe they should have been saved for a "The Lost Adventures" type of comic or maybe a future series that has more time to build the universe and the characters. Having said that, I thought the author did a great job telling stories that were interesting and thoughtful. He captures the characters so perfectly and there was never a moment where I questioned whether or not a character would have said or done something different based upon what we know of them from the original series. Even though some of the jokes I found became somewhat repetitive I still chuckled multiple times and was grinning for most of the time I was reading this. As a stand alone Avatar graphic novel I really enjoyed it. I am eagerly awaiting Part III which has the potential to be quite epic. I definitely recommend reading this of course.

Easy and nice read. Nervous about the upcoming twist with the fire Lord. And on the other hand is not were I thought it would go

Any gripes aside, I think this is a really interesting ethical/moral dilemma. I was actually impressed they talked about this in a kids comic. You could extrapolate this scenario to other real world topics of you wanted, and I think that is important. For that, I think this book is worth your time and your kid's if they are a fan.

I Iove ATLA.Again it shows how it connects each book and I love the part were they meet ants fan club cause it made him feel like he was back in the temple with his people.The authors did an amazing job.

The story is going good so far, BUT ZUKO AND MAI BREAKING UP!?! What the crap!?! Luckily thanks to the internet and comic con, Izumi is reported as Mai and Zuko's kid. So, there you go. Wish they'd put that in a comic.

Awesome book and answering so many questions of the link between Atla and tlok really do miss the shows but at least this is something to keep us immersed

The book is a great bridge to what happened from the first 3 seasons to the new series. the original series is very apparent in the books but new addaptions have been made to show passings of time. it is a great little read and the art keeps well with the original which also helps keep everything fluid from the first series to the second.

Good

Bought for my son - he had no complaints.

It is a very interesting comic, the writers cleverly found a way to make the story continue after the war. I think this comic (part 2) is just building the storyline for future parts but it is still very good as it contains humour and Kataang + maiko :P but i perfer part 1 of the comic. I would defiantly buy it but only if you have bought part 1 and are intending to buy future parts.