Avatar Aang asks his friends to help him honor Yangchen's Festival—one of the highest Air Nomad holidays, which hasn't been celebrated in over one hundred years.
But cryptic visits from the spirit of Avatar Yangchen herself lead Aang to discover a jointly owned Fire Nation and Earth Kingdom refinery—operating on land sacred to the Airbenders! Is this the cause of the pollution Aang finds there, or is a more mysterious menace afoot?
Team Avatar find themselves up to their necks in trouble as mysterious forces threaten to destroy land once sacred to the Airbenders! While Aang journeys to the spirit world in search of clues, Toph faces off against her own past!
The spirits are restless!
As Avatar Aang and his friends confront an ancient spirit determined to destroy a town on land sacred to Air Nomads, Toph and Aang find themselves on opposing sides in a battle of gigantic proportions. If Toph and Aang don't put aside their differences, there's more at stake than just their friendship!
My Review:
I had a really great time reading this graphic novel! It's the first story arc that I'm reading for the first time, and I'm so excited to continue on, see what Team Avatar is doing after the events of the show! Spending time with these characters is just so great!
One thing that I loved, was the return of the Cabbage Man! He was a running gag in the series, and how his cabbages just kept being destroyed by Team Avatar's adventures. So it was really great for him to make an appearance in this media!
This story arc focused on traditions, and why we do the things we do, in two ways-Aang and this festival, and Toph with her dad. The former provided a lot of the external conflict, and the later provided the internal conflict. I loved watching Toph stand up for herself, she's done some amazing things!
The Rift draws it's title from the rift between the Human world and the Spirit Realm, that the Avatar is supposed to bridge the gap. Unfortunately, with Aang's century sleep, things have been forgotten, which leads to the trouble. I loved the message this story gave us about progress, but it is still a bit bittersweet!
These were such great reads, and I can't wait to continue on!
Authors: Gene Luen Yang, Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko, Illustrated by Gurihiru
Series: The Rift #1, 2, 3, Avatar: The Last Airbender Comics #3.1, 3.2, 3.3
Read: January 25th, 25th, 25th, 2023
Source: Online
Reason Why: Love this world so much, and they're Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2023 Books!
Publisher: Dark Horse Books
Published: March 5th 2014, June 29th 2014, November 18th 2014
Authors: Gene Luen Yang, Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko, Illustrated by Gurihiru
Series: The Rift #1, 2, 3, Avatar: The Last Airbender Comics #3.1, 3.2, 3.3
Read: January 25th, 25th, 25th, 2023
Source: Online
Reason Why: Love this world so much, and they're Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2023 Books!
Publisher: Dark Horse Books
Published: March 5th 2014, June 29th 2014, November 18th 2014
The Rift, Part 1:
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The Rift, Part 2:
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The Rift, Part 3:
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