AANG’S TOPH TRAINING!! AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER Season 2 Episode 9 | 100% BLIND GROUP REACTION!!

[@chance757]

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[@kadavila]

The fact that Raphael repeats his jokes in case you didn't get it is EVERYTHING! 🤣

[@chance757]

isn’t it? dude is hilarious 😭😭

[@aquatus1]

He's going to be a great dad.

[@AkinReacts]

😂😂

[@unoriginalname6354]

Other guys are just jealous they didn’t come up with his amazing joke. Raphael spits out straight fire and we love him for it.

[@seansilence2697]

It kills me every time xD

[@fighteer1]

Zuko’s greatest obstacle to learning humility is being willing to admit weakness. His father taught him that “lesson” and unlearning it is incredibly hard.

[@lucaaz14]

facts

[@TheAdamSmasherMultiverse]

Truth

[@phoebusapollo8365]

That lesson is literally burnt into his face, no wonder he’s struggling so much to unlearn it

[@soulrichy3311]

iroh has to be one of the best mentors/father figures in any animated series i’ve ever seen. zuko would literally be a lost cause if iroh was not by his side

[@AkinReacts]

Iroh really is the GOAT for sure

[@richardsaid973]

That scene with zuko at the end was maad deep and something I lowkey didn't understand when I was watching this show as a kid but now I realize how depressing it is. As if no matter how hard he tries he will never be able to achieve anything, especially unlike his sister azula. "You never held back before" just proof showing the way zuko sees himself and his life. "well I can take it....and now I can give it back"......this really shows that now even when he's ready and can finally show his progression and how much he improved, from his view, not even the world wants to give him a chance to prove himself. Imagine having the world turn against you and throw everything at you and when you trained and your finally ready to face up......it doesn't even give you the opportunity to retaliate for your own honor......it's as if the whole world is against you. Sad.

[@daddybendover69]

I really like this interpretation. I saw it as he is begging the world to attack him and it isn't. Almost like he thinks that the entire universe wants to hurt him and in that moment he realizes that it isn't trying to hurt him. He isn't being personally targeted by the universe. Like the universe is hearing him say "Strike me! You've never held back before." and its replying "We aren't attacking you. The universe isn't your enemy" and he's kind of coming to terms with the fact that all his trauma isn't some grand design, it was just that his dad is an asshole and he can't defeat the universe to get closure he just has to accept what happened to him. I kinda always saw it as he finally cries because he starts to admit to himself that he isn't okay and he does have emotional turmoil, the universe isn't feeding into the lies he tells himself.

[@JAcevedo2580]

I've come to a conclusion. This is the greatest Avatar reaction series of all time. You guys all react in different ways and it's incredible Also I live for Raphael's jokes.

[@gradood]

fr. these guys and LM reactions are my favorites to watch for avatar

[@AkinReacts]

Thanks you so much for this 😊

[@hilarymajor3983]

Who is LM?

[@mathies3598]

@@hilarymajor3983 just look them up. They're very emotional watchers and they genuinely "feel" the series imo

[@richg.3711]

For real. I just stumbled onto an ep and i was dying

[@Jisungs.moving.castle]

I really hope Raphael knows that when he makes a joke, we’re all laughing. Siblings are your toughest audience. We love your jokes!!

[@AkinReacts]

He can’t keep getting away with this 😭

[@nili6124]

Wait they’re actual siblings? I thought when he said they’re brothers I thought that meant like close friends

[@jordanalford5290]

You know Aang is a prodigy when the element he struggles with most he learns in few days

[@yelouch_21]

In a single day actually

[@aquatus1]

Yeah, that cattail Katara threw at him, he used water, but cutting it in half and throwing it aside like that was pure earthbender.

[@AkinReacts]

literally in a day 😂

[@pearlofthedarkage]

I love Raphael's puns! It's even funnier when he thinks that no one gets it, so he just keeps repeating it. Poor baby. **hugs**

[@AkinReacts]

He needs to be stopped 😭😭😭

[@nicole-yo9in]

Not the “hugs” 😂😂

[@AkinReacts]

Toph is a very strict teacher 😳 But now Aang knows earthbending which is sick! Thanks for the support as always everyone (PS Raphael did the title 😂)

[@YT_AKai_]

Do you have someone in your life you think is Iroh-like or do you also go to this character for life advice like me 😂

[@JohannaSarkar]

I would have neeeever guessed Raphael came up with the title 🤯😂

[@Rwhalt]

Q: What do you call a boomerang that doesn't come back? A: A Stick.

[@AkinReacts]

😂😂😂

[@k0k0mlml]

"No, she is crazy and she needs to go down." LEGENDARY IROH QUOTE

[@jordanalford5290]

Also Iroh just say nah Azula's gotta go kills me everytime

[@J.07T]

Plus the way he tosses the tea out the window. Man wakes up from a coma filled with sass

[@Manilove223]

She's crazy crazy 🤣

[@hilarymajor3983]

Remember in season one, the episode about the winter solstice when Iroh gets captured by some earth Benders? The design of those helmets is also a display of what earth bending means: face your problems head on. You move the rock, the rock does not move you. The helmet shields against Firebending meant they could face a blast of fire head first and stand their ground. I love that little design detail.

[@Jojokumpel]

Once again the parallels strike between Zuko and Aang. In this episode they both are evolving in bending/training. And as Iroh speaks about the other elements to Zuko, so does Katara to Aang to help them understand the bigger picture. What I noticed about Zuko in this episode, there are two things: First, he feels guilty. Why? Probably because his uncle got hurt trying to save Zuko. Like Iroh said in the last episode, Zuko needed to travel alone to find his own place in the world. But Uncle stayed near enough to help him, if needed, but far away to not influence his behavior. When encountering Azula and definetly losing the fight, Uncle came and rescued him. But while doing so he got injured. Zuko probably must feel guilty for everything he done in the last days/weeks. He left his uncle alone in a foreign country (even tho Iroh supported his decission, Zuko doesnt know this) and because of his stubberness he got his uncle injured. Zuko was cleary after a rematch with his sister (he tracked her Train of Death thingy). The Avatar wasnt in his mind after the north pole at all. Like uncle said, capturing the avatar wont undo his problems anymore. His father surely wants to see him dead even if Zuko gave him the avatar. The second, Zuko clearly noticed he is too weak compared to Azula. He got roasted by an outnumbered Azula. He wants to improve, to beat her, so he is able to protect Uncle and never let him beeing injured again. How did I see this? Well, Zuko fiercely wants to learn the new moves, like shooting lighting and redirect them. Also, he wants to get hurt. First his failed lighting shots. What person would cause explosion after explosion right infront of your face over and over again? Most would stop at the first failed attempt. Some may try a few times. but Zuko didnt stop. He continued hurting himself (the "never giving up" mind is a fix part of him, like you could see in "Zuko Alone"). And furthermore, he was even going for the thunders. That also may caused him cry at the end. All the guilt and other emotions came up to him after not getting punished in the way he felt he should be. Another thing I noticed right now while watching your reaction (but I am not 100% sure), its the very first time Uncle started to guide Zuko. Until now, especially in book 1, Zuko was the one ordering and Uncle just "float with it". Like he would be the father of a little boy and just wants his kid to have "fun" without intervening too much. But after Zuko left for a while to become a "man", Iroh aknowledged him as a person on the same level as himself. He was starting to teach him more important things and the way Iroh is talking to Zuko is completly different to book 1, as if Iroh is talking with an adult now and not a teenager anymore (atleast i feel this way kinda). In book 1 I felt Iroh was morelikely a "backseat spectator". But I dont know, what do you guys think about this theory? Last but not least, Raphaels humor is on point xD and the way Gabriele and Michael look while Raph even explain his joke xD they both thought "my days, I cant be related to this human. I've got to talk with my parents" xD

[@AkinReacts]

Thanks for the insight on the episode 😁👊🏾 and Raphael needs to be stopped! 😭

[@Jojokumpel]

@@AkinReacts i bet you can do a psychological study exam/work with atla :D and plz no, Raphael shall continue xD

[@playstation4774]

I can’t lie to you bro, this video has 1.7k views right now. NO ONE ASKED

[@Jojokumpel]

@@playstation4774 what do you mean

[@aquatus1]

There is something that is really important to remember here: All of Aang's companions (except Sokka) are prodigy benders. However, none of them are particularly good teachers. Even Katara, the most normal of them, only had her brother to speak to. Both Toph and Katara are essentially self-taught. To be a good teacher, you need not only the skills being taught, but the ability to communicate and to determine whether the communication was successful. To be a good teacher, you need not only the skills being taught, but the ability to communicate and to determine whether the communication was successful.

[@hilarymajor4848]

Good point. Also, that's part of why Jeong Jeong failed to teach Aang. Aang wasn't ready, and JJ didn't know how to teach him.

[@hanmashuji5340]

The scene at the very end where zuko is on the mountain he talks about his father for example when he says strike me you never hold back before that made him even more emotional and that must have been why the tears came.

[@eshw23]

that Zuko scene just shows the amount of adversity and inner turmoil this kid guy has to go through, glad you guys caught that.

[@crixa6120]

Toph times never last. Only Toph people.

[@AkinReacts]

😤😂

[@thundermijo]

10:22 Honestly if they let Toph swear during the series that shit would have been hilarious 😂

[@TheDarkMaj]

I've seen this show many times, but I only just realised that Iroh says 'If you're lucky, you won't have to use this technique at all." And I think that was just the last straw for Zuko, who has been told and is convinced he's never been lucky in his life. I don't think Iroh realises how Zuko has internalised this, but imagine how it must feel for Zuko to have the one person always at his side basically saying he's sure to get shot at by lightning, and then refuse to teach him! So all Zuko hears is how Iroh, whom he trusted, is ready to let him die. (Yes, we all know Zuko isn't in the best place right now, but it explains so much!)

[@deiondre0]

If Zuko actually got struck in that storm he would almost certainly die. He was not in a ready stance and lightning stikes way too fast

[@hilarymajor3983]

That might have been the point. That kid is damn near suicidal right then.

[@somethingtko4439]

nah nah dont stop the puns i love em no matter how dead they are

[@AkinReacts]

I sure ain't stopping 👊

[@hilarymajor3983]

Michael is going to reach over and slap you at some point.

[@michel-manuel]

Raphael's jokes keep me coming 🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@AkinReacts]

😂😂😂

[@briandavi1]

The order in which the avatar learns the elements is there for a reason. As discussed in season 1, trying to skip past an element isn't a great idea. All of the bendings are also martial arts and like any good martial art, they come with their own philosophies. Airbending is always about evading and avoiding, as stated by King boomi. It's corkscrew thinking, it's solving problems in unusual ways. It's why Aang came up with that lie at the end of Great divide. Those people needed an excuse to give up a feud, so Aang lied and it worked. Earth bending is based on facing problems head on. You can't approach it with corkscrew thinking. You have to plant your feet, stand your ground, and say "no, you move". An avatar that starts as an airbender, has to learn water bending before Earth bending. Water bending has some of that corkscrew thinking, it's built on using your opponent's strength against them. But it can be stubborn and rigid, like ice. Water flows but it also erodes. As we saw in this episode, when faced with a projectile, a water bender slices it out of the air, rather than just dodging it. Learning water bending before Earth bending helps an airbender shift their thinking towards stubbornness. All of the avatar elements aid in learning the next one down the line. Fire bending and airbending are both active and energetic, and learning air bending teaches you corkscrew thinking, to help a passionate fire bender become a calm water bender.

[@axelNodvon2047]

They are arranged like the seasons that they are associated with. Winter spring summer and fall

[@gaius5901]

Fun fact about this episode: Aang has earthbended before he met Toph. During episode 2x1, albeit while he was in his Avatar state

[@RavenTheVelociraptor]

"Hey, I forgot how to throw a boomerang once.. Then it came back to me." 11/10

[@AkinReacts]

Thank you 🥺

[@RavenTheVelociraptor]

@@AkinReacts Toph times never last. Only Toph puns last.

[@cedeceekoriresu1792]

"Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard enough" Raphael 2021 (Akin Reacts)

[@hilarymajor3983]

Truth though.

[@Cbay_11]

i love how all of you think different that makes every video special

[@AkinReacts]

Thank you so much 😁

[@chance757]

you guys notice that the things toph took from aang were his “nuts and staff”? 💀💀

[@aquatus1]

That's...dammit...

[@njannah97]

Yesss very subtle hhahaha

[@Jojokumpel]

how could i be this blind. For gods sake, my poor childhood xD

[@AkinReacts]

ERm .... Damn 😂😂

[@sproutedcoconut]

You just ain't no good ma'am, sir. SIR, MA'AM. 🤣💀

[@YT_AKai_]

He Can’t Keep Getting Away With Thissss! 😂

[@AkinReacts]

For real 😂😂😂

[@silvsevie]

Raphael and his Jokes are my heroes, Michael is *SO* fed up. Poor Michael. And I think Iroh is way stronger that Azula, that is why she took him out when he was distracted.

[@aguac6161]

I think you missed it, but sokka fell from a tree and into a hole 🕳 trying to kill “foo foo cuddly poops” who he named after giving up on meat and sarcasm.

[@njannah97]

Can we get a compilation video of Rapheal jokes in ATLA once you guys end? Or like in each reaction video or something? Whichever suits you guys! I'm sure most of us will live for it!

[@AkinReacts]

😂 That would be funny 😂😂

[@hilarymajor3983]

Can we get a companion video of every time Michael side eyes his twin for being an idiot?

[@aquatus1]

Yeah, but Azula's got that psycho strength; I'm not sure that counts as real strength. It tends to be self-destructive.

[@AkinReacts]

She looks unstoppable sometimes !!!!

[@silvsevie]

finally caught up to you guys! Toph is such a drill sergeant.

[@hilarymajor4848]

Uncle, we all love you, but I think you are wrong about something here. I think you are missing something very important about your nephew. Not because you are a bad uncle, or because you don't love him enough, but because you are a different person and have had a very different life. When Uncle started talking about shame, pride, and humility, he forgot a word: arrogance. True humility is the antidote to arrogance, not shame, arrogance isn't the same as pride, and pride isn't always a bad thing. Iroh is the much older first born son of Firelord Azulan. He was the son of the most powerful man in the world, raised with power, had all the best training, groomed and trained to be the next Firelord. He had both the pride of his skill in firebending, and the arrogance of being the firstborn son and crown prince of a colonizing, military nation that was winning a war against the rest of the world. He had both the power and arrogance to believe that it was his destiny to destroy a city that had never attacked his home, when it was his nation, his father and grandfather, who had started and kept going a war against the rest of the world. The 600 day siege of Ba Sing Se, that only ended when his son was killed, Lu Ten, Zuko and Azula's cousin. Not anybody else's son. Not the hundreds of Fire Nation people who fought for him and died, far away from home, crushed by earth benders, just so he could conquer a city, Not the thousands of people who died just because they were defending their home against in invading force. None of that mattered, until it was his son who died. That was the arrogance of Azulan's favorite son, the grandson of Sozin who destroyed the Air Nomads in an act of total genocide. Losing his son broke him. Finally, the humility to see other men, other people's sons, fathers, brothers, and family, as lives that were also mourned and lost. That's what it took to break the arrogance of his beliefs that the Fire Nation, the nation he was the second most powerful person, was not always right. That the other nations had equal value and were worth learning from. And to be fair, not many people in his position could have learned that. He did learn humility, and had the inner strength to re-evaluate every single thing he had believed in his whole life - beliefs that lead him to destroy thousands of other people's lives. Only humility could be the antidote to his arrogance. Zuko, on the other hand, was raised with the arrogance of his place in the Fire Nation royal family, but with shame in himself instead of pride. He was not the firstborn son of the Firelord growing up, he was the grandson of the Firelords younger son. And we saw in Zuko Alone, he was never the favored child compared to Azula. "She was born lucky, I was lucky to be born." "You'll never catch up, dum-dum." I'll come back to this later, but Zuko is ashamed of himself, for never being good enough, strong enough, he can never catch up with his younger sister, or earn his father's love. To resolve his inner turmoil he needs to be proud of himself and what he can do. That pride has to come from within, not based on his father's (abusive, cruel) approval, not by showing up his sister. The pride that is the antidote to shame is honest pride in what he can do and valuing for himself what he is worth. Pride in oneself is not the arrogance to think that one is better than everybody else. Right now, Zuko has the toxic combination of being ashamed of himself as a total failure, mixing with the arrogance of his upbringing thinking that the Fire Nation and fire bending is superior to all the other nations and elements. He needs honest pride to heal his shame, and humility to temper his arrogance. Iroh, who was not raised with shame, and only felt shame about what he did after he lost his son and failed at Ba Sing Se (which was only about 6 years ago) doesn't get the difference between shame and humility, arrogance and pride. He's trying to help his nephew that he loves and can tell is in a lot of inner pain, but he just doesn't have the same perspective to get what Zuko is going through. I think Zuko is the strongest character in the show, because he keeps going no matter how many times he loses. Azula was raised with both pride and arrogance, and she's a true prodigy. But she would break under half the challenges and losses that Zuko just keeps going through. I think that is why so many people love Zuko, because he represents what it takes to keep going even when he is at his lowest point.

[@davidmichaelson1092]

"There is nothing Iroh can teach him to help him beat Azula." You have already seen one thing. And the training happens here. But, that applies more in another situation.

[@thefictionalscholar]

The scene with Zuko crying on the mountain gets me every time. I just feel so bad for him. Love the reaction guys!

[@kernaishaxoxo]

You guys are the siblings that everyone deserves!

[@AkinReacts]

Thank you so much 😁🤝

[@madalynstauffer9592]

Azula has used her nails against Zuko before! S2E1 when we first see her and Zuko fight she scratches him and you can see the claw marks when he pulls away! 💅🏻

[@ooiiooiiooii]

yall missed one of the best lines of this episode! "Pride is not the opposite of shame, but its source."

[@spaghettiman6564]

after a few days I FINALLY caught up with this reaction series. I've watched A LOT of avatar reactions but you guys have instantly become one of my favourites. you guys are so engaged and your commentary is fantastic and fun. you're making me feel like im watching the series for the first time again after 10 years with your hype. can't wait for future episodes and to start watching your haikyuu reactions as well.

[@AkinReacts]

Thanks so much for the support 🙌🏾 and yea the show is honestly insane, we’re excited to see more of it 😁

[@mxyzptlk1616]

That boomerang joke was bro first official Dad joke.

[@Causeimtheflash]

I watch all your reactions just for Raphaels jokes lmaoo, I laughed out loud at the boomerang joke 😂😂

[@AkinReacts]

😭😭😭

[@tazzygirl44]

lets goooo this episode got the hardest name title "bitter work". hope y'all chillin, peace!

[@Twigpi]

The boomerang joke was pretty funny! 😄 Loved that bit about talent vs. hard work, too! Very true.

[@AkinReacts]

Yessir 😤

[@veradrost9654]

You guys look like such a tight group of friends, I'm jealous. AND you get to watch Avatar blind for the first time. WITH FRIENDS. AGHHH I'M JEALOUS.

[@AkinReacts]

We’re blood brothers 😂 but yh the show is already insane 😤

[@TransparentEclipse]

Thanks for the reaction as always guys, u know I appreciate it. Zukos storyline through this episode always made me a bit sad, he’s a really tragic character. Of course uncle is alive, uncle is too much of a beast to die. Also, Raphael never misses 😂. Y’all’s reactions to him are almost better than the reactions to the episode 😂😂

[@AkinReacts]

He can’t keep getting away with this! 😭

[@kauanandre2066]

I think this episode is about facing your problems, not run away from it or redirect and I think Zuko is passing through the same because he hides from his own problems, he want to fight a fight that isnt his so he dont have to fight his own fights

[@rerebella9441]

As somebody who regularly gets Azula full set nails, I concur they can be weapons on the wrong hands LOL! But notice how they give her prescision in directing her lighting and blue fire ;)

[@AkinReacts]

😂😂😂

[@lmao7744]

4:55 Never change Raphael 😂😂😂.

[@AkinReacts]

🤣🤣🤣

[@frenchiekolsson]

I think the nails thing is hilarious but actually in the first azula v zuko fight she scratches his forehead before she even firebends at him Homie TRIPLED DOWN on the boomerang joke hahahah I'm dead

[@AkinReacts]

🤣🤣🤣

[@milesbradshaw6643]

I like to think that Zuko was screaming at God at the end of the episode.

[@silvsevie]

the ending of this episode always makes almost me tear bend a little, poor Zuko just screaming at the universe.

[@AkinReacts]

The world has been nothing but cruel to him 😔

[@CalebG9]

Listen, I LOVE THE JOKES. Lmaooooo

[@AkinReacts]

🤣🤣🤣

[@lilkitty2396]

come on guys yall cant do my mans zuko dirty like that in the thumbnail.... 😭

[@AkinReacts]

😭😭😭

[@cynicallysalty4592]

Thanks for the upload, always makes my day better!

[@AkinReacts]

Thank you so much 😊

[@chooseyouhandle]

Hard work beats talent. This is very true.

[@AkinReacts]

😤😤😤

[@Fire91ful]

Hey I like your bros jokes! Keep them coming

[@AkinReacts]

😂😂😂

[@dwayneluke8984]

Iroh awesome he can also generate lightning.

[@devilishgenius]

Hey you guys are right. Zuko in that end scene was alot like that one vegeta scene. Never seen any reactors make that connection.

[@playhouseofcardsatmyfunera5305]

Raphael’s jokes>>>>>. Never fails to make me laugh 😌

[@AMetalWorld]

Uzumaki literally means ‘spiral’ so all spirals are uzumaki. Fun fact: the little sliced fish cakes in ramen which Naruto was named for are called naruto after the Strait of Naruto, whose most famous features are their whirlpools, hence the uzumaki pattern on the fish cakes

[@mahangshleshin7061]

Like guysss his jokes arent that bad sometimes u can laugh🤣

[@AkinReacts]

🤣🤣🤣

[@ceeeceee8753]

I love how infatuated y’all are with Azula’s nails🤣

[@reeceb1259]

This reaction series is _criminally_ underrated

[@beeEYE]

never underestimate the power of nails!! i still got the scars from a fight with my sister TEN years ago 😭

[@AkinReacts]

😂😂😂

[@blackfalconotaku4392]

Actually Azula did use her nails. When she fought Zuko on her ship she scratched his forehead.

[@livingwaterstream]

Love 😍 you guys reactions and Raphael’s bad jokes! Every time he repeats them like 3 or 4 times with that big grin I crack up 😂. Really cool you all have biblical names like my brothers and sister. Also I love how you guys treat and say Uncle Iroh like he’s your very own uncle. He is one of my favorite and most beloved characters on the show along with Toph and Zuko. Keep up the good job! 👏🏾 The merchandise is 🔥

[@AkinReacts]

Thanks for the kind words ✌🏾 Uncle Iroh is definitely one of our favourite characters! As for Raphael.. He needs to be stopped 😂😂

[@livingwaterstream]

Lol @ “He needs to be stopped” 💀🤣 dang that’s real brotherly love

[@piglatin9]

Sokka tried to get the little moose thing and fell through the hole

[@krimsworld]

Raphael explaining the jokes is like if BoJack Horseman was wholesome 😄

[@AkinReacts]

😂😂

[@Jojokumpel]

What I think of Azula vs Iroh: Iroh is very experienced (even through war, he was a WELL KNOWN general) but already getting old. I think Iroh would win right now, but Azula is young and still learning. A big advantage of hers, she is very agile and Uncle can only beat her with his knowledge of bending and his techniques

[@AkinReacts]

Yh makes sense, thanks for giving us that insight ✌🏾

[@alharairah2214]

Also, about Azula - we saw her use her nails to scratch Zuko in 2x1, where we see them fight - Zuko uses fire bending and she taunts and blocks him until she gets him into position on her ship where she uses fire bending to knock him away and down the steps from the raised deck. Then she uses that distance to prep lightning. You can see the red scratches on his head from her nails. Of course then Iroh grabs Azula's hand and drivers her lightning into the cliff. That is after Iroh has fought off the guards who were supposed to take him and Zuko prisoner. So Iroh's a boss that way. I would also make the argument that in the 6 vs 1 fight, Azula struck Iroh because he was distracted. The camera follows his sightline as he sees that Toph (who he just met on her own) is allied with the Avatar and his friends. So I would argue not only did distraction make Iroh a target, as well as Azula knows Zuko, taking out Iroh would distract Zuko from fighting her.

[@Jojokumpel]

@@alharairah2214 yeah, Iroh is truly a beast. First we saw him defeating Zao's guards at the north pole (i hope i wrote his name right) and after that he cleared the whole Royal Guard of Azula (probably the strongest "regular" firebenders in ATLA universe). Iroh is skilled and he can definetly catch up with his techniques to Azulas agility. Because I think, that this is Irohs big disadvantage - not beeing able to dodge/run/endure long fights. But this is also the regular circle of life, the younger ones mostly superb the eldery :D

[@thundermijo]

There are 3 things I look forward to whenever AkinReacts uploads The reaction 🔥 The series 🔥 and the horrible puns 😂

[@AkinReacts]

He needs to be stopped 😭😭

[@pyfproductions]

That one was actually good😭

[@AkinReacts]

😭😭😭

[@TheAdamSmasherMultiverse]

Rachael's humor is growing on me hehe

[@AkinReacts]

😂😉

[@nicekid76]

fun fact the name of the episode is bitter work. Kung Fu means bitter work.

[@hilarymajor4848]

Raphael you call Zuko weak one more time . . . bro if you had to survive what he's been through, you would be dead. That boy has been through hell and he needs to scream at something. Even the storm ignores him like he's not worth anything. The other kids are laughing at the end, they have themselves, they have friends, they can work together. Zuko has nothing, everything always blows up in his face. All he has is Uncle and all the L's he's had since before the show even started. Him screaming isn't a joke, that boy is about ready to let the lighting end him and quit.

[@Jisungs.moving.castle]

I absolutely love seeing y’all react to Toph. She’s a no bullshit kinda lady and we love her for that!

[@RobinsonLaneScaryNed]

The pun pain is real.

[@AkinReacts]

He needs to be stopped 🤣🤣

[@bawanzeeland6963]

Bro on the right doesnt need to repeat those jokes even once

[@PleasantlyEmpathic9924]

I like how you guys are really ok with Aang not getting Toph because it'd be to awkward, all the while Sokka has been stuck in there from midday to sunset 😅😂 Also, In that part for Zuko in the rain, I think he feels he'll never be able to prove his strong enough, and feels that the lighting represents all he has went through with his father, sister and life and that it doesn't even feel it's worth it to even acknowledge him at all unless it CAN hurt him.

[@uhohmykokoro1616]

19:31 I’m sorry, this scene shouldn’t be funny but it is 😭😂😂😂

[@AkinReacts]

😂😂😂

[@EliFlo7]

Raphael man... him and his jokes!! Gotta love it. and this one really made me laugh. 😅😅👌🏻 that was a good one bro!! the brothers are tired of his jokes man.. haha but we're not. The brother is cool dude! 😀😅😅

[@AkinReacts]

He needs to be stopped 🤣

[@pkr-cf3ey]

raphael w the jokes!!

[@Higsby100]

5:00 is why I am subscribed

[@AkinReacts]

😂😂😂

[@andrewgautron4404]

We’re gonna show up one day and Raphael is just going to be immobilized on the couch with tape over his mouth

[@AkinReacts]

Ain’t no way 🤣🤣

[@tytania3545]

I love your reactions! Sexy guys, with sexy accents and Raphael is BAE! That's why Sokka gets the ladies... Cute with a sense of humor!

[@AkinReacts]

Sokka = 🐐 and thanks for the kind words 😁

[@davidhasselblad3825]

Zuko ain’t weak. He’s… damaged. Confused and hurt. Anyone who screams at the universe to attack them so they can attack back. Is… sad…

[@homicidejingang1726]

😭😂 don't get it twisted iroh would destroy azula if he really wanted to I guess he just doesn't want to kill his neice 😪

[@AkinReacts]

🥲

[@kodilivetv9011]

It wasn't Azula vs 6. It was Azula vs 5 plus Sokka.

[@AkinReacts]

😂😂

[@benzino50]

Raphael jokes are soo bad you actually laugh at it 😂😂, its a boomerang you just throw it and it will come back come

[@AkinReacts]

😭😭😭

[@wt-void1143]

I actually think Raphael's boomerang joke was good. Give him some slack😂

[@gaius5901]

Btw, do you guys have Patreon? I'd love to support you guys with your videos and if you do Korra after A:TLA I'll definitely be staying as a Patron subscriber

[@AkinReacts]

We will be getting one in the future but for now it’s just KZbin and TikTok ✌🏾 Thanks for letting us know, so we can consider making a Patreon soon 😁

[@gaius5901]

@@AkinReacts looking forward to it 😄 plus, Patreon offers so much too that KZbin greatly restrict like uncut, unedited reactions lmao

[@ReactWithRat]

Never stop with the jokes🤘

[@babushka9998]

crying is not weak

[@patrickleroy3672]

Your into makes me want to watch more anime

[@AkinReacts]

Thank you 🙌🏾

[@chance757]

same lol i’ve actually never seen any unless avatar counts!

[@yan4er940]

Why Toph needs slot for eyes if.. 🤦‍♂️Is it fail, or other blind joke?😆What you think?)

[@chance757]

would you want a rock to the eye? 😂😂

[@yan4er940]

@@chance757 I don't know😆But it was sooo weird😆

[@hamzaahmed2416]

When is the new avatar reaction out i cant wait!!

[@AkinReacts]

Mondays and Thursdays 😁✌🏾

[@hamzaahmed2416]

@@AkinReacts have you thought about reacting to 2 episodes each time instead of One?

[@AkinReacts]

At the moment we’re doing 1 episode but in future we could make it 2 episodes 🤝

[@axelNodvon2047]

Katara wasnt intervening too much the second time with the falling boulder. That seems way too dangerous and what if she was a second late and accidentally killed the airbending avatar

[@axelNodvon2047]

Toph was with aang training the whole day. Sokka just got unlucky

[@davidhasselblad3825]

One on one, I really don’t see auzaula beating the dragon of the west.