Like and comment on this video or there will be a monster. Somewhere. I dunno where. But there will be one.

You always have to appreciate the loss of braincells Aang and Sokka experience when interacting

When Katara said it was empty, she meant she had gotten all the people out. I think that at least.

I feel like the dialogue in this comic is the first one that TRULY felt like the Gaang. Everyone feels in-character and I read the words in everyone’s voices.

this entire comic series was such a breath of fresh air. the style, the dialogue, the story.. I wish they'd done them this way from the beginning.

I like that Sokka's playing with his boomerang as him and Aang are leaving the council meeting. Also the artstyle is great

This feels like a story that bridges the gap between Airbender and Korra. I love seeing things like that

1:28 I don’t blame them. The avatar suddenly arrives in my town, and immediately spins marbles for my approval. “Unless he’s going to carry my groceries, I don’t give a flying hogmonkey”

Damn this is like really good, especially for the comics, this kind of story line would feel at home in the show I reckon. It's like actually a story that makes sense and flows well, it's an interesting premise and angle to take the story that's actually explored and progressed, they aren't just spending the whole time talking about the exact same thing, the conflict and interest naturally develops and builds off of itself. Pretty excited for the rest of this comic I'd say.

This was the comic that convinced me Aang and Katara could be a good couple. Their dynamic here is SUBLIME. Like, that scene on the island is amazing and most interactions they have on the following two issues are great as well. Its a shame it took this long to get here but this comic finally made their relationship feel natural. I love it.

What im really learning from this series is there are way more comics than i realized

the art style is pretty different but still pretty good imo. still feels like it fits avatar

and when the world needed him most ... he vanished.

I love this art style. It's much more different from the show than the first few volumes while still clearly being Avatar

Is it just me or does toph look super badass in this comic in particular? As an artist, I love the new art style so much, especially the character expressions!

Captains log: day 29 I’ve reached a state of hopelessness since the avatar overanalyzed guy has disappeared. I’ve nicknamed him “good show nerd-ass” as a sign of endearment. I can only hope that he has not perished.

is it just me or is the art kinda hitting more in this one than the others, looks like a different style and the poses/"framing" feels different

i've always been curious about how long the patron section takes to come up with. like, the patron shoutouts could be a series in and of themselves.

goddamn this is a massive quality increase. The art shift alone wins me over, the other stuff really makes it though.

The art for the first 5 comics was done by Girihiru and the writing was done by Gene Luen Yang. For imbalance, and many other recent comics (Team Avatar Treasury and the upcoming Azula and the Spirit Temple) the art is done by Peter Wartman and Faith Erin Hicks. Love the new direction the side content has been going on since 2019.

I like how this comic touches on something I felt was oddly lacking in the show. The fact that Aang is a man out of time. He's awoken into a world 100 years in the future from what he's used to. The only friend he has left is Bumi, who lived a whole life without him. The show doesn't really cover this topic much with exception to minor things like the Oasis looking a bit run down, and Fire-nation artistry culture being all but erased by Azulan (just guessing it was him. it probably was.) The conflict in this one is pretty good when you really do a bit of Overanalyzing, like some of us. Something really early on in the show I enjoyed was just how evenly matched a bender and a non-bender can be. Jet beats a master Airbender, Sokka and the other Water Tribe warriors are massively helpful in the invasion, and the playing field is even more equalized (see what I did there) by the inventions of the Mechanist, with stuff like bombs, tanks, grappling hooks, and probably a bunch of the other tech we see the fire nation deploy. This idea of technology supplanting bending as the dominant power of the world has been long coming. and (not to light a molotov) it's pretty realistic for non-benders to want to be the ones on top in society instead of just being equal after so long being at a disadvantage. Yeah benders can be bested by non-benders, but it still takes a lot of training. Way more than it takes to sling around some fire, or a couple rocks. Take Katara in episode 2. No training, just what she's been able to figure out on her own, and she freezes a couple of trained soldiers in their tracks. One last thing I really admire about these comics as a whole is how it's really showing Team Avatar growing up. You mentioned Aang being taller than Sokka, I think that's probably just an error, but Aang does have a more mature facial structure recently. It's really nice to see since I grew up watching the show. I even really liked the flashback segments in Legend of Korra. At least, the first time I saw them.

I love this comic too! By the way, the writer here also changed: all the previous Avatar comic book trilogies were written by Gene Yang. From now on, Faith Erin Hicks is the writer of Avatar comics. After this, she wrote one-shot comic books called Katara And The Pirate's Silver, Toph Beifong's Metalbending Academy and Suki Alone. But Imbalance remains her best work for me, followed by Suki Alone. I look forward to Azula In The Spirit Temple, which will be released later this year, and it's also written by her!

The new art style is super sick. Makes everyone feel a lot older which I appreciate since... They should be older. Though I feel like sokka should be acting a little smarter than how he acts here. Somehow we shelved his leadership growth he evolved over the animated series. A story like this would be perfect to have him help non-benders understand why benders are good. Putting aang here as the focus feels like an unbelievable waste of sokka.

7:07 This is the perfect Overanalyzing Avatar moment; as if Sokka and Aang's bond is so tight that they can both sense their world being changed by the plot. -Overanalyzing Avatar Overgeneralized

I didnt know that the comic switches artstyles, I really enjoy the new art! To me, it feels that both of these artstyles captured different aspects of Avatar, with the last ones being comedic and bright, this newer art is duller worh more realistic human proportions and it gives everything a more grounded feeling.

I really like this art style. Among other things the shading is way more dramatic and really adds to the vibe each panel is trying to put out. Also the buildings are great, the factories look way more like something that fits the universe than the last time we saw the town. Also I'm less sure about this, but I think this style works better for a comic. The style in the previous comics was closely intimidating the show, which itself is an appealing style. But to me at least, it looks like it's meant for animation and movement (and to make animating easier, less costly etc etc) which is sort of lost in a comic. Where as this style has a sorta static movement to it, characters feel more expressive and seem to lean and bend, not to mention their expressions do a good job conveying the emotion and personality of the characters.

I like the different art style in this book from the previous ones.

Something to mention is that the factories/machinery dont look so out of place anymore. It's a huge improvement imo

2:25 Sokka's "Really? Which Chieftain?" reminded so much of Superintendent Chalmers "Uh huh? What region?" from the Simpsons Steamed Hams incident.

An actually good Post-Airbender content? Impossible. I am actually very surprised and happy about this book because it sounds like something we would spend like 1-2 episode in ATLA.

I much prefer the art style in this one actually. Initially it seemed a little too loose, but as it went on I started appreciating how it actually feels more alive than the other ones. More organic. Whenever you show screenshots from the other comics I can't help but think about how stiff and empty they feel. This has less fine detail but more... heart.

You good my man??? It’s been almost two months. We 100% miss our overanalyzer 😢

probably the only comic alongside the Rift which I'd call outright good. great characterisation and mini-arcs, good dilemmas/themes and excellent interweaving of the two kind of the hallmarks of Avatar's writing at its best.

This comic has made me feel better about the themes as a whole. Not only are we continuing to focus on them, we're finally expanding on them.

4:20 i think its more like its hard for Toph cause the building is mostly wood and crumbling. Cause if it was a lot of pieces of rock falling and thats why it's hard, then Sand Bending should be an insane feat, but Toph recreated The Fire Nation iirc out of sand, and that would be thou'sands' of grains to control. I think that its more like if you were to hold something you easily have a grasp of, but some materials on top being harder to control.

As an artist, I've gotta say I prefer the art style in this comic more than the prior ones. It's much more stylized and the lighting and shadows contrast really nicely.

This art style honestly makes me happy. It's very stylized, like anime is. A lot is left up to the mind, and surprisingly, that's a plus in this case.

Wonder if they changed writers for this one. Really feels like a positive leap in quality, I might actually go out and buy it.

Damn the art style and everything else in this comic is so much better than the others imo

I love this art style so much, I cannot stand the usual style. This is such an upgrade.

This literally seems like it was an episode, the action, comedy character interactions and things are all spot on

When I hear about a show focusing on Aang as an adult, I hope it includes this even though it might be a little to close to the events of the show timeline-wise. It’s an important arc for the franchise and bringing it to animation would be really nice to see.

I’m loving the style of this comic, it’s so damn lively! The facial expressions perfectly get across the character’s feelings, and use of colors do an amazing job creating atmosphere. The panel at 13:22 is probably my favorite uses of color so far.

To anyone wondering where He's been, like I have, check the community tab he gives a little update and *possibly* implies something involving Korra. This was the first thing I commented about him maybe doing Korra. I'm honestly surprised he's doing it, I'm not complaining though.

Liking and commenting to avoid whatever curse you think of for this video!

The style of this Comic is more estranged from the Show than the previous ones. It however does a better Job, the focus remains more on the Characters and is also likely cheaper, a good lesson they could have taken for Korra.

That last minute gag where he cuts himself off about the artstyle being different is great 😂

sokka didn't just notice one lady waterbending at the bender side of the meeting, the lady next to her was fire bending to heat her cup!

Would love to see an underanalysing the comics with perhaps in lncluding a bonus section showcasing all the inconsistencies/weirdness in the comics like the short travel times and extra bending powers

art style is a huge improvement

I literally binged every episode of the overanalyzing avatar comics yesterday, this is a welcome suprise

Assuming your watch along with kora got taken down for copyright claim. You could just record your audio, give the audience a 3 2 1 go, and then we watch both at the same time. I did a star wars watch along with a similar method. PS: if you're still reading, love your videos and I hope this one goes up soon, thanks for doing what you do

Tight story, awesome artstyle, well-done characters? Hell yeah. This is what the comics should be.

Wow this comic got a huge facelift compared to all the ones before it. There was nothing really wrong with the others but they all looked pretty flat. This one is so expressive with the characters faces and more interesting color choice.

I like this art style way better. Feels really fresh idk

The art for this one is a lot more true to the show it seems

You not picking up on the island they’re visiting being Air Temple Island and this being an early Republic City is hurting my soul.

I like the new art style. The characters are really expressive and the way they do lighting is pretty good. I also really like the way Katara is drawn.

7:00 I think the other hint is the firebender lady is heating up her tea. You can see a little bit of red on the underside of her cup.

13:59 “bro, I can literally kill this whole city accidentally. Unless you’re a master, you’ve already lost”

Wow, what a huge improvement in art, dialogue, and story. To be honest, I didn't feel engaged at all on the comics so far, but this one seems to follow and improve on the previous themes very well. I hope it doesn't crumble on the second and third part.

I never read any of the comic's but ive watched all of these videos and this was the first one that actually made me wish that i had read this stuff before.

Always funny/bums me out a bit when I here the "wanna watch two videos early" bit because I'm already a patron and now I'm just sitting around waiting for your next great video

The art, plot, jokes, and feeling are all present for this comic. As of this video it is easily the best comic so far. Feels like the show tbh.

7:07 - a brilliantly executed joke - I'ma save this one in my list.

I'll mention again I think the issue with Toph holding up the bridge was due to her shoes that she was wearing because of the snow. So not only were her feet not touching ground due to the shoes she also wasn't touching the ground due to the snow.

I forgot these comics tied into Korra until I saw the city’s shape 😂

Tension between benders and non benders ? it seems they need a bit more of EQUALITY in this place

"Proud owner of an evil smile" that's a banger of a line 🤣🤣🤣

I gotta say the artist for this one is incredible, the colors and shading, the thick inky line work, expressions are on point. Love it

This one feels the most like an actual episode. Best one yet.

This is such a huge step up from the rest of the comics, I love it!

Just occurred to me the reason aang could've had his own memorial island in a way was to honour lady tienhai with that the land would remain sacred & still raise his kids.Sure crane fish town and yu dao merged to be republic city considering the change over the course of tym but the island remained the only unchanged part even in legend of korra

The first panel of Sokka looks more like his actor from the Ember Island play.

wow aang looks older, it's crazy seeing a cartoon character grow

damn never read this comic before but i can already tell this one is gonna be amazing, as always love the vids keep it up man 👍

When you read the lost stories, you can tell. There are different writers in illustrators this one always had the best stories

Always a great day when you upload

The new art style just looks so good dude

Enjoying the fast humor in areas of this comic. Good on you comic.

Just came here to tell you i like the way you talk and present content I came for avatar but stayed for you Thank you ;)

This comic's artstyle really resonates with me a lot more! And it fits the tone of the comic too; the harsher lighting, warmer colors, and defined bolder linework..it's much more expressive and makes for some really cool shots and angles. Really really good stuff. It's so much more different than the previous ones but it doesn't feel out of place and it's still Avatar. I love it a lot

Omg I loved this Overanalyzing! I have never read a comic in my life (but tons of anime) but with you reading/commenting/describing a comic, I loved it! I would be thrilled to have you do this with any and all comics! Fantastic story telling genius you are! 💙😁😂

I really like the art style of this one

okay when i read that toph line "the only language these guys understand is cracking skulls so get talking." stuff i actually had to stop and and rant about how gas that was like holy i loved it and it felt like something toph would deff say

I love your patron shoutouts by the way. And for some reason, I always need to stick around to check if Supersnipper is still in the list. I don't know, I just like the name.

The artsyle shift is really jarring

Love these videos and love your videos in general.

This one is so much of a refreshment after the other comics

My god whys the art SOOO nice, i was really iffy about the comics are style but this rocks, i kind of want to buy this comic because of the art

The best avatar content. Keep it up!

Love this art style it’s so colorful and defined

The only weird parts are the comic skipping/glossing over some things (like Katara evacuating the building in like 10 seconds), and the villain's daughters both being evil, too. Why can't the 2 lackeys just be other guys?

I remember when I first read this I didn't think much of it. I think I was caught too off guard by the change in artstyle and how this is clearly meant as a throughline between TLA and LoK. But after rereading it...damn, yeah this is one of the best!

This comic feels awesome, I hope it keeps going like this!

8:23 wow the sudden art shift between those two images is jarring

I cant believe how many times ive rewatched all your videos just waiting for new videos. I may have to make a channel overanaylzing overanalyzing avatar or something who knows

I love how the art style improved in this comic

6:20 cities... and the occasional fungus

Ayo the new art style rocks!