Avatar: The Last Airbender has taken the entertainment world by storm. The series has become one of the most successful live-action anime adaptations in the world. Also, it has reignited the love fans had for the original series created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko and fans are now eagerly waiting for season 2.
The series focuses on Aang, the last Airbender who is also an Avatar and has the burden of saving the entire world from the fire kingdom. The Avatar is the human personification of light and peace who has a relationship with the Avatar Spirit. They are the strongest beings in the entire world.
Since the Avatar is the only physical being capable of bending the four elements, it is expected of them to become proficient in the four bending arts and use their powers to maintain harmony and balance among the worlds four nations. As the series is based on Aang, it is expected that he is the strongest Avatar. However, there is one other avatar who is stronger than him.
When looking at the entire history of Avatars, the strongest Avatar is probably Avatar Kyoshi. Born in the Earth Kingdom, Kyoshi was the Avatar who came after Avatar Kuruk of the Northern Water Tribe and before Avatar Roku of the Fire Nation. She passed away at the age of 230, making her the oldest confirmed human.
Kyoshi was noted for effortlessly carving apart a portion of the Earth Kingdom. By using water bending, Kyoshi was even able to freeze peoples hearts. Not only is she the tallest and most enduring Avatar in recorded history, but when Kyoshi used the Avatar State for the first time, she boiled the water and caused multiple ships to capsize due to protruding rock from the seafloor.
Kyoshis efforts in helping Aang and her adventures as the Avatar are considered epic. This is why there is no other Avatar that can be put above her in the list of the strongest avatars of all time. It is also stated that she had found the secret to immortality. However, there is one thing that puts Aang above her and even above the very first Avatar.
According to the story, the first Avatar was Avatar Wan. He lived ten thousand years before Avatar Korra was born. Following his exile from his home, he discovered how to live in harmony with the spirits and decided to work toward restoring harmony between them and the rest of humanity.
This journey ultimately resulted in his becoming the first Avatar. Although he was the first Avatar in history, he was not as powerful as Aang. This is because Aang was an expert Airbender before he even realized he was the avatar. In addition, he was the first avatar to discover energy bending, which is regarded as the strongest kind of bending in the world.
This made him one of the strongest Avatars, but he still couldnt catch up to the strength of Avatar Kyoshi. Thus, Aang may not be as powerful as Kyoshi but he certainly is more powerful than Avatar Wan.
You can watch Avatar: The Last Airbender on Netflix.
Recommendation and review posted by G. Smith
