Legend of Korra Book 3: Change
The Legend of Korra is the sequel series to Nickelodeon’s Avatar: The Last Airbender. Book 3 of the series took a turn for the better, allowing all the main characters to travel and explore places from The Last Airbender.
Story
After the events of Book 2, the spirit world portals have been left open. Spirits now populate the physical world, and humans are having trouble adjusting. Korra is tasked with maintaining peace between the humans and the spirits. You know, classic Avatar stuff.
After Harmonic Convergence in last seasons’ finale, the world has been more in balance than ever before. Because of this, certain people have miraculously started to Airbend. Korra and the rest of Team Avatar then tour the world recruiting Airbenders in order to rebuild the Air Nation like Aang always dreamed of.
Cue the villain. One of the people fortunate enough to receive the gift of Airbending was a prisoner named Zaheer. Using his new found skill, Zaheer escaped from his own private prison. Zaheer is a member of the Red Lotus, a group of terrorists that want to overthrow the world’s leaders. Zaheer goes on to free three of his comrades, master benders who were each locked away in their own maximum security prisons.
Team Avatar proceeds to travel the world (mostly the Earth Kingdom) while also avoiding Zaheer and his team, who want to capture and kill Korra. During the finale, the Red Lotus captures Korra and some truly amazing fight scenes ensue.
I thought the plot of this season had a perfect balance. It wasn’t the incredibly complex and lore changing Book 2, but it also wasn’t a straightforward tromp. There were twists and turns, and when the finale came, I was so excited that I got chills.
Voice Acting
Every voice actor is unique to their respective character. All the actors are talented and have a variety of skills. There are actually some great dialogue and monologues in this show, and some of the lines I will remember for a long time.
Art Style/Action
This entire show is absolutely beautiful. The elements especially pop, and the different bending styles are very distinct.
I really love how each bender fights different depending on how they were trained. Mako and Bolin are a great double team, and still fright with their Pro Bending style. On the other hand, Zuko and Tenzin have a more traditional bending style.
Speaking of fighting styles, the fight scenes in this show are incredible. Every major fight scene has a grand scale, and they are all really fun to watch. Seriously, the final fight in Book 3’s finale rivaled that of the one in Avatar’s Sozin’s Comet.
Award Time!
Best Character: Bolin
Best Callback: Zuko
Best Episode: Season Finale; Venom of the Red Lotus
Best Voice Actor: Dante Basco for his performance as General/Admiral Iroh (this award is incredibly biased because Dante Basco played Zuko in the old series.
Conclusion
Although Book 3 isn’t as good as Book 1, it is far better than Book 2 convoluted mess. I give Book 3 of the Legend of Korra a 9.5/10. It looks like LoK will keep up the pattern of skipping forward a period of time between seasons. After all, Korra is wounded and need time to heal.
Anyway, I enjoyed this season and JESUS CHRIST! Is Korra gonna be okay?!? Hurry up with Book 4. Please!
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