Korra is basically the next reincarnation of Aang. She was born in the Southern Water Tribe and has a polar bear as a pet. The first season basically introduces her, and follows her through her adventures in Republic City, the new united city founded by Aang. Having mastered fire, water and earth, she undergoes airbending training with Aang's son Tenzin. She also meets her companions throughout the next 2 seasons, brothers Mako & Bolin, as well as Asami. The main plotline in season 1 revolves around the dispute between benders and non-benders, with a pro-non-bending activist called Aman allegedly being able to take one's bending ability away. He is the main antagonist Korra and gang must face in order to restore peace back to Republic City.
Season 2 was a lot more interesting, delving more into the spirit world with a Miyakazi-like influence. We also learn more about the first avatar, Wan, and how he acquired the powers of the avatar. Every 10,000 years, the spirit of light (Raava) and the spirit of darkness (Vaatu) fight to determine who will rule the earth for the next 10,000 years. Wan fused with Raava to defeat Vaatu, trapping him in the time tree in the spirit world. Wan also closed the portals to the spirit world to prevent Vaatu from escaping. However, Korra who did not know about Wan's history, and being manipulated by her uncle, opened one portal thinking she was mending the relationship between spirits and humans. Eventually her uncle fused with Vaatu, but Korra was able to defeat them, and left the portals open so spirits and humans could freely roam each other's worlds.
Season 3 explores the consequences of spirits co-existing with humans, as in the very first episode we see Korra attempting to rid Republic City of huge overgrown vines throughout the city. The aftereffects of the defeat of Vaatu and keeping the spirit portals open means random people were also gaining the ability to airbend, balancing the four elements. Korra and gang travel the world to find these airbenders so they can learn and train with Tenzin, and eventually recreate the Air nation. On the way, she also encounters the Red Lotus group, who are intent on killing all higher powers and the avatar to achieve 'true' freedom. Korra was able to defeat them and save the new Air nation.
Overall, the Legend of Korra was good. The first season was relatively weak compared to the following two, but did improve with time. I particularly liked the fight scenes in season 2 and season 3, and I would say season 2 was my favourite. The artwork was beautiful and it was definitely interesting to learn about how the avatar became the avatar. You really feel like you were transported to a 'Spirited Away' world in this season. It was also nice to see how Aang's generation grew up, and how their families turned out. I would also say the plotlines for all three seasons were interesting and well written, and the artwork was spectacular.
What I didn't enjoy was the constant love triangle between Korra, Mako and Asami. This dragged on and on throughout the series, and was seriously boring. Mako has to be the most indecisive douche-bag in the whole of the Avatar series. It also seems a bit odd (spoilers alert) that Korra was able to defeat the spirit of darkness but had trouble with the Red Lotus group. It was also a bit unbelievable how the leader of the Red Lotus, who was able to airbend after the spirit portals were open, could master airbending to a level above Tenzin, who trained with Aang and has had much more experience and training...hmmm....
I would say the Legend of Aang was better, but Korra isn't bad either. The way they explored how bending existed in more modern settings was definitely innovative and exciting to watch. I look forward to how they will wrap Korra up with the new season coming this October.
Rating: 7/10
Tiny
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