I absolutely understand why Greg Baldwin refuses to sing Leaves from the Vine. Out of respect for Mako and the fact that he believes it isn't his song despite becoming the new VA for Iroh.

@Sasquatch509

5 ай бұрын

I wonder if it will be sung in the live action version

@DaDunge

5 ай бұрын

@@Sasquatch509They could have it sung off screen as a backdrop for scenes and then use Mako's singing.

@alex377687

5 ай бұрын

I think the instrumental is a possibility but to use Makos OG voice recording is a bit far.

@SoulWolf2852

5 ай бұрын

I sing this to my son so he can go to sleep lmao

@alastorcorvus

4 ай бұрын

that's what they did, they used it as instrumental in the background@@alex377687

RIP to the legendary Mako Iwamatsu

@mrsirqb1793

6 ай бұрын

He was a great voice actor of Iroh from Avatar: The Last Airbender, Aku from Samurai Jack Seasons 1-4, Master Splinter from TMNT (2007), and some many other characters from many shows and movies. 😢😞💐

@MohamadNadi

6 ай бұрын

@mrsirqb1793 luckily he was able to finish season 2 since episodes in animation aren't recorded in order

@michaelamostly

6 ай бұрын

💚

@Corey313

5 ай бұрын

💯💯💯💯

@JJay7042

4 ай бұрын

@@mrsirqb1793WAIT He was AKU as well O_O i had no idea.

Last year, I finally got to bring my mom through this whole series for their first time. On top of Tales of Ba Sing Se being enough of its own emotional gut-punch, it was especially poignant watching it with her. At the time, she was still recovering from an absolutely brutal but life-saving cancer surgery that allowed her to survive a very similar kind of throat cancer to that which took Mako Iwamatsu shortly after he recorded the tale of Iroh for this episode. She was already getting emotional at Leaves from the Vine, but after the episode ended I told her what happened to Mako and that broke the dam. Thankfully, my mom's cancer is now gone and she's close to full health. I had already watched the series before going through it with her, but now, Tales of Ba Sing Se will always have that extra layer of meaning for us. Rest in peace, Mr. Iwamatsu; you are continually missed.

Mako recorded most of the rest of this season. He only missed a few lines thankfully. Such a legend.

@michaelamostly

6 ай бұрын

💚💚💚

When Netflix gets to TALES OF BA SING SE, they'd better get their best writers with a nack for telling emotional stories.

@PelafinaLievre

6 ай бұрын

And just do the instrumental for Mako’s song.

@nicholassmith7984

6 ай бұрын

Unless they're going for a shot-for-shot retelling of the whole series, it'll perhaps be best if they just skip it.

@hasicazulatv2078

6 ай бұрын

​@@nicholassmith7984no. It has to be included

@chrono9503

5 ай бұрын

I hope they make new shorts, not the same ones

@ogy19

5 ай бұрын

​@@nicholassmith7984 they clearly do not go shot-for-shot adaptation, because in the trailer we see the air temples getting attacked, we never saw that in the original series. Also the recent controversy with Sokka and his sexism arc which they plan to exclude sadly

Good for you to invite Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi for some tea time with Toph

@marekren9157

6 ай бұрын

poor

@michaelamostly

6 ай бұрын

lol

@Acolyte316

6 ай бұрын

Hello there

@markdelavega4953

5 ай бұрын

@@Acolyte316 You'll get your rent when you fix this damm door 🙃

@Acolyte316

5 ай бұрын

@@markdelavega4953 This is a free country but it's not a rent-free country. Give me rent

8:26 I also think it's because each story begins at a different hour of the day, Katara and Toph in the morning to Momo's adventure late at night.

@richardparadox163

6 ай бұрын

Yeah I think these are all meant to take place in the same day. Although I think they still could have changed the times slightly and made the order Tale of Toph and Katara, Tale of Aang, then Tale of Iroh, Tale of Zuko, Tale of Sokka, and Tale of Momo and preserved the time element.

@zepherrah5593

6 ай бұрын

I also assume part of it has to do with the fact that Momo’s leads into Appa’s lost days.

i want to hear "i am melon lord!" in live action.

@michaelamostly

6 ай бұрын

me too haha. can't wait

The hill where Iroh sets the altar for his son is identical to the hill shown in a flashback at the beginning of Bitter Work. While Tale of Iroh was dedicated to Mako, Tales of Ba Sing Se wasn't the last time we hear Mako's voice. The last time we hear him was "You've got to get out of here! I'll hold them off as long as I can" in Crossroads of Destiny. And while we do hear Mako in Tale of Iroh, according to Greg Baldwin, they had Greg re-record a line from Mako, so one line in Tale of Iroh was Greg's voice. But Iroh singing Leaves from the Vine was all Mako. They knew he was dying, so they wanted to make the tale extra special as his last recording, and he knew he had to sing it even if he wasn't known for singing. I really like Sokka's tale, not just because it's a fun filler. It really shows how there is a genius behind his silly facade. Everyone there thinks that he is a stupid brute because he is a soldier and makes jokes all of the time, but behind all that he is actually very smart and creative, with the ability to do incredible things such as engineering a submarine based on a whale or, in this case, challenging a haiku master in a rap battle. However, it also shows his need to keep himself levelheaded, as he tends to push his luck and spoil things. We know that his biggest problem is lacking humbleness, and the moments where we see him flourish the most are in fact the moments where he accepts his need for improvement and lets himself be humble.

7:05 Every time. I break every time. 😢 This entire episode encapsulates AtLA so well. It's mostly fun and light-hearted, but it doesn't shy away from deeper, more thoughtful themes. And there are not a lot of movies/shows that can make me cry, but AtLA did and does.

@Clawhead19

3 ай бұрын

Funnily enough, I didn't cry the first time I saw it, but after hearing the backstory, I cried plenty of times when rewatching it.

Yeah, not a single dry eye after the segment with Iroh, R.I.P Mako

4:30 "Tea Time with Toph does not condone violence." But we sure do find it hilarious as hell. XD

The thing that gets me about Toph's confrontation with those girls is remembering how she was BORN blind. She literally does not know what she looks like, and she has no reference for what is considered attractive and what isn't. You'd think, based on her personality and what she says and how she cares for herself, that she wouldn't really care. She can't see her self, so why should she? But when the girls mock her appearance, you see that the notion that she might not be considered attractive does in fact hold some value to her deep down in her soft, squishy core surrounded by rock. To go your whole life not knowing as fundamental an aspect about yourself as just the way you look, it's understandable how a bit of her bravado might come from her trying to cover up and compensate for this insecurity that she holds down deep inside. So when Katara comes in and tells her she actually thinks she's genuinely pretty, and Toph can tell she means it, you can see that it actually does make her genuinely happy. That little bit of reassurance that she actually does fit the mold of what people who can see consider to look good. And to have it come from someone whose opinion she actually does hold in esteem makes it all the sweeter.

Every time. It’s gets me every time. RIP Mako.

You may be aware of this, but to rub salt into the wound, the portrait of Lu Ten is based on Mako at a younger age and the inscription translates, "General Iroh, I will see you again when victory is obtained. Your loyal son, Lu Ten." It is speculated that this was the last correspondence between Iroh and his son before Lu Ten's death in the Siege of Ba Sing Se.

that line "If only I could've helped you" is never not going to be sad. It's just so deep in just a simple sentence.

@grim8080

3 ай бұрын

The burden of regret and self loathing is the heaviest thing in this world, and it reflected deeply when he sang this, the memories of his son and what could've been, truly soul crushing..

I love the detail that the poem that lures sokka in is about the beauty of the moon in the snow

I'm so happy I was one of the kids back in the day as ATLA was being aired on Nickelodeon waiting for each new episode and the excitement. It's weird to think I've known these characters for almost 20 years, and to now be waiting for new series and movies and now even Toph with her own KZread channel!! Can't tell you how much ATLA means to me and to see all the love and passion that everyone has put into it and continue to do.

15:00 And also the fact that he's so frigging accurate with his finger fire blasts. He's super awesome. 15:42 And this might just be me, but I always felt that Zuko didn't want to initiate a relationship; Not just because he didn't want those feelings but there was the complicated situation of him being a Firebender and disgraced prince of the Fire Nation. I always wondered if he was thinking of Mai when he tried to give a kiss in return.

@richardparadox163

6 ай бұрын

I think Zuko also might felt like he was misleading the poor girl who didn’t know who he was. Especially after his experience in Zuko Alone, he’s seen how people turn on him as soon as they find out

Iroh is such an incredible and complex character. He brings joy and help to everyone he can, yet carries a great amount of sadness and grief in his heart. But instead of letting his heart sink into despair, he bestows the love he had for his lost son onto the world.

I think Mako finished out all the Season 2 recordings and then passed. But he knew he was dying and made a point to sing this song. Andrea said this was a tough recording day from her memory.

@tisubasah6241

6 ай бұрын

Yes Mako finished all the episodes in season 2. But Tales of Ba Sing Se is his last episode to record. For this series they don't record their voice in particular order.

This episode doesn’t even need an explanation for why it’s great. The idea of giving each character their own short is simple, yet brilliantly executed. And the tale of iroh makes me cry almost every time. Ultimately this one isn’t essential at all, but I couldn’t imagine the series without it.

@chandler_martian

4 ай бұрын

Season 2 is great in general. Even when it's technically a filler episode, they still do so much character building that leaves us with a better and more nuanced perspective of these characters.

Rip mako, the legendary dragon of the west

Oh man. This episode is a hard one...for obvious reasons. RIP Mako Iwamatsu. You will always be our #1 Uncle Iroh. 🙏Greg Baldwin did amazing but Mako will forever be #1.

One of the very subtle things I noticed is that iroh lights the incense with a lighter, not by bending. Keeping it pure

One thing that will always be true about avatar the legend of aang. Each and every episode, even the ones that arent relevant to the main plot, are entertaining

"Who do you relate to most?" The Cabbage Merchant.

@Clawhead19

3 ай бұрын

The one who's done with everybody and the world? Yeah, same here. 🤣

In the comics, there is a humorous story about Zuko and Mai taking a stroll through the city and running into Jin.

Uncle Iroh would be very happy about Tea Time with Toph, and Mako would’ve been a wonderful guest 🍃🍵

@Clawhead19

3 ай бұрын

I'm sure he'd like catching up with her :-)

The Tale of Iroh never fails to make me tear up. RIP Mako.

Leaves from the Vine is always a tearjerker and we thought it was the saddest part of this season. Then all that changed with the next episode, "Appa's Lost Days." 😢

It was so cute seeing katara and toph having some girl time together! I especially loved the scene where they stand up to the girls who were making fun of toph. 🎵leaves from the vine, falling so slow🎵 😢💔 Jin was adorable!🥰 sometimes I still wish zuko ended up dating her instead of mai! And that moment where he told her to close her eyes so he could surprise her by using his firebending to light up the lanterns for her! Awww! ☺️🥰 They could've been such a cute couple! But he just had to leave! Aww! Momo misses appa! :( A lot of my most favorite moments from the show are from this episode! Especially the zuko and jin relationship that could've been! 😭

@michaelamostly

6 ай бұрын

it's such a beautiful episode! love it

Oh no not the feels of Ba Sing Se

@michaelamostly

6 ай бұрын

🥲🥲🥲

I agree that I think the Tale of Iroh should've been closer to the end cause you can't have us be crying along with Iroh as he mourns his son not to mention his song being the last thing Mako recorded and then go straight to the more upbeat Tale of Aang! 😭 I can't decide if Iroh's story should've been before Momo's or after cause both are quite sad but both also would be fitting as the final tale of the episode.

@richardparadox163

6 ай бұрын

I think the order should have been Tale of Toph and Katara, Tale of Aang, Tale of Sokka, Tale of Zuko, Tale of Iroh, and then Tale of Momo. Tale of Momo at the end just because it leads into the next episode.

@jeremygeller9145

5 ай бұрын

The show was made with a younger demographic, they probably wanted to touch on this somber aspect of the avatar world but not let kids dwell on it, which is why it’s followed up with lighthearted and funny stories

I love this episode, and Mako left an incredible legacy for Greg to continue. Like many others, Iroh is my favorite character in the show.

I think the Soldier Boy song was something he originally sang to his son when he was little, much like how he comforted the kid in this episode. Possibly it’s a common Fire Nation song. Singing it to his deceased son, who is never comes marching home, is just bittersweet. 🥺

Yeah if I could re-order these: 1. Katara & Toph 2. Sokka 3. Zuko 4. Aang 5. Iroh 6. Momo

This is one of my favorite episodes. 🙂

I served in the marine corps and this episode hits me in places I try to ignore. But every time I have to fight back the tears. So many heroes that didn't come home, people that saved me so I can be home today.

Time to absolutely bawl my eyeballs out

I kind of like that they put Iroh's story second. It hits a note that most stories about grief don't-that even when you are the most immersed in your grief, even on the birthdays and anniversaries and everything else that brings it closer, life is still going on around you, and won't slow down or become somber for you, and that's a good thing. Through his whole day on his way to remember Lu Ten, Iroh isn't shutting out anyone or anything, partly to honor Lu Ten's memory and his own regrets, but also because that's just who Iroh is, and now we realize that's who Iroh is all the time even as a grieving father. Then we jump straight into the two goofiest and least consequential tales, and it's sort of a tonal dissonance... but again, that's just how life is. While you're grieving, someone else is having a great day full of crazy energy and shenanigans, and that's good. The meaningful and the meaningless exist side by side all the time. And then we see Iroh again in Zuko's story, and he's okay, and that's really important. If the episode ended with Iroh weeping for his son, or went straight from that to Momo's story, the audience would be 1) devastated and 2) worried on Iroh's behalf. Instead, we get the closure that Iroh IS okay, still puttering around his tea shop and scheming to help Zuko be a well-rounded and happier person. I can imagine this episode helping kids (or grownups) who are dealing with their own grief to reckon with the way the world keeps moving, and most people around them are having a pretty normal day and some of them are even having a fantastic, silly day, and none of that is wrong for happening while they're sad and their life is falling apart; and it's also not wrong for them to engage with life and with other people fully. "Life happens wherever you are"-that was said just one episode ago, by a grieving father newly arrived in the city where his son died.

To date, I have never survived contact with the original "Leaves from the Vine" with dry eyes.

Rest in Honor, Mako.

4:29 “Tea time with Toph does not condone violence against strangers.” - was that a DBZA reference? 😂

@wikidclownchris

4 ай бұрын

We do however find it hilarious

I don't get the feeling that Zuko thinks he needs to be a lone wolf type. He said he didn't want to build a life in BSS, but a girlfriend would be a start to setting roots. Also, what kind of future could he have with a woman that can't even know his real name?😢

I adore you! Been watching your videos here and there when i have the time and your personality is such a light in this world. And while i love the entire avatar gang, Toph is my favorite. As a disabled woman, (I'm 27 now) seeing someone like Toph, who learned to adapt to her disadvantage, and became a strong, talented, witty and sassy girl (and later a brilliant chief of police before retiring to enjoy the peace and quiet of nature, but still a bada** who could beat most people in a fight) inspired who i am today.

Everybody is a tough Motherf'er and then Iroh sings "Leaves Off The Vine" and we're comically butterfly hand drying our tears away. 😂

Just found your channel! I love your content! I LOVE ATLA! Your performance was so amazing. The show meant so much to me.

Lu Teng's death is what changed radically Iroh. If he were still alive Ozai wouldn't ask Azulon to took Iroh's birthright and Iroh would have become Fire Lord 😨

This and Appa's Lost Days are the ultimate tearbending episodes.

This channel brings me immense joy

As expected i cried

"Tea Time with Toph does not condone violence." _Tea Time with Toph condones sending a message_

I'm a lot like Toph in the mornings

@Clawhead19

3 ай бұрын

Aren't we all, in a way? 😂

After learning about over sensitivity issues, the fact that toph senses everything through her feet, that was such an over load when they were doing her feet ugh

14:28 Honestly, that's a major red flag lol But Zuko needed someone to like him unconditionally at this time in his life.

May you continue to rest in peace, Mako. (I can relate to Zuko the most.)

Welp, frickin crying again. The Tale of Iroh always gets me.

The entire Ba Sing Se arc feels like a movie that was split up and tagged onto a season lol

Tales of Ba Sing Se is such a bittersweet episode with Iroh and Momo's being my favorite tales.

Actually I believe we see her cry (or at least a single tear) in the Blind Bandit at the end, as she delivers the line "im sorry to Aang".

I have cried or teared up at every reaction to this episode.

I can tell she was going to say the timing with Mako was perfect but that sounds really insensitive. I can’t come up with the right word either but I know what she was getting at. RIP Mako 🙏

The arrangement of the Tales is perfect. They give you a quick little ride with Katara and Toph...then they inspire you and devastate you with Iroh. And then they have to spend all the rest of the Tales helping you recover from being crushed by the ending of Iroh's tale. If they'd done it any other way, the shock of Iroh's story being first would just stop everyone from watching the rest. Or if it were too close to the end, everyone would finish the episode on a sour note.

Every time huh :D people like Mako , like story writers of this show, makes me Respect so hard. I say to myself " so this is the power of art" after all this years still manages to make me emotional with one scene. I didn't even know he was passed away when I first watched but still had the same effect. Anyways thanks all of you to being part of my childhood. I have literally no words or not capable of making sentences enough to show how much respect and admire I have towards. I want to be like you guys, I hope I can touch people's hearth with my work some day.

I was going to listen to this on headphones during my lunch break at my desk, but this one is going to make me cry, so I'm going to have to come back to it later.

@TheeGoatPig

6 ай бұрын

So I cried while eating dinner instead...

Always related most to Zuko, as cliche as that may be, but my father is a terrible person and it took me the longest time to come to grips with that. Until I realized that, too, I wasn't a good person either, but seeing Zuko overcome his terrible circumstances and environment helped me do the same. It was both relatable and genuinely inspiring. This show came out at the perfect age for me because it taught me how to control my anger and let go of hatred. Also Zuko's got a sick emo look, badass scar, and shoots fire, but that's all bonus points, really.

I could not make it it though bawling while listening to Leaves from the Vine. I cried back then and now at almost 45 it hurts even more.

it's the appa plushy being right under the lil screen when the tree was there, that hit me

Asking if you should become a thief? You’re already “The Blind Bandit”

I wish there were more episodes like this to show their friendships growing

Yeah when this ep premiered! ...goodness this is art.

Tea Time with Toph does not condone violence against strangers - unless it's against Pirates!

those animal("kittens") are called pygmy pumas.

I never cried for a movie or something but this episode is killing me i watched it when i was 7-9 Years old , Uncle Iroh’s song always brings goosebumps and tears to my face .. and i felt so bad for aang loosing appa him and momo suffering made me so sad for months , im 24 now and still tear up watching this again ! much love for this masterpiece 💙

8:19 There are no tears in Ba Sing Se.

I really like the Toph katara vinyet. I like that their relationship fluctuates. It makes them feel like real people.

the tea looks like a bumblebee

I just came from a Lilo and stitch video , another great animation of that time

I was thinking they put iroh second so they didn’t have an entire generation of kids depressed for a week if they put it last.

2:28 WOW! Toph looks so good in her bed hair! 😍😍😍💚💚💚

Zuko and Iroh are the literal heart and soul (respectively) of the show. It's technically about Aang and the others...but Zuko's journey from being abused and passing on that abuse to others, to healing and finding redemption, is just expertly done. And Iroh really needs no explanation. Iroh puts to word and deed all the core values of the entire show. I've seen multiple therapists react to episodes with Iroh, and every single one emphatically praises Iroh's wisdom and efforts. Not a one disagrees with any piece of advice or knowledge he offers up. Iroh is one of the best characters that mankind has ever made up. He's the best of all of us...most of all BECAUSE he's flawed and has made mistakes. And thanks to him, Zuko makes his own way to it as well.

Are we gonna talk about how she does an excellent Momo?

The best episode in the entire series!!!

There's something so poignant about Zuko's response when asked how the date went, just saying "it was nice." This is a kid who's been so abused his whole life, and to finally be shown some kindness and affection, that even though he doesn't fully appreciate it (honestly he might not even understand it), it still impacts him.

What I always love about Iroh's story, among MANY things, is we see Iroh as a father figure throughout the story, and get a sense of how he was as a father at different stages in a child's life. He first consoles a small child, then with older children he teaches the importance of responsibility (or rather how to avoid trouble in a lose-lose situation), and then with the would-be mugger he imparts wisdom and advice that younger man definitely needs to hear. I think it ties his story together so nicely, showing that he couldn't continue to be Lu Ten's father, but his fatherly nature can still be imparted to others.

3:15 Toph is very reluctant to allow anyone else to touch her feet, probably because insensitive handling there would make her deaf to other vibrations and thereby render her helpless (and because they are far more sensitive than other people's feet).

Mako will always be one of my favorites. This is one of the hardest episodes for me to watch because of the song. The emotion Mako put into it hits hard...Doesn't change the fact that I love this episode.

Ahh good ol Lu teng episode. Appa, iroh, zuko and everybody else

As I had just gotten home from work and finished fixing my Dinner to watch this episode, as soon as I saw this about Mako, I felt as a Shadow had passed over my Heart. I went to my computer to find out what happened to Mako and as soon as I saw what happened, I started to have Tears in my eyes. It seemed that I lost a very close Family member. "We miss you, Uncle Iroh/Mako"...

Nah nah... to quote the man himself: And for the love of everything that is holy, MY NAME IS EUGENE!!! but yes, Zuko was definitely pulling a Smolder LOL

I love watching the panels and how much respect they show to mako but I never see anyone ask the voice actors who got to meet him about any storys they have Would love to hear even the impressions they got when meeting him

The Tale of Momo hits me deep in the same bruise left on my soul by the Jurassic Bark episode of Futurama.

@jamesscott2894

3 ай бұрын

😭

@12:50 Casually says Zuko is his favorite character with Toph siting right there. 😅

You can play the first notes of leave on the vine and I’m a SOBBING MESS

No matter how many times I watch it onion ninjas go for my eyes🙏🕯️

Momo is the cat with wings and opposable thumbs that I don’t need but really want…

Iroh's tale was the best and saddest, too.

Toph cries during the blind bandit episode. “I’m sorry too… goodbye Aang” then tears flow!

😂 "He's sniffing his friend." Such a great sentence to have without context. I need to use that at work sometime. Just randomly say it. See how many weird looks I get compared to just, 'oh, it's just her.'