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Over the series run of The Legend of Korra there have been quite a few posts and thoughts regarding the significant changes that bending had undergone in the seventy years that span the gap between it and The Last Airbender. Here, reddit, forums, you name it, somebody has pointed it out. Many of you remember ATLA as having titanic fights with massive feats of bending. And why shouldn’t you? Avatar Kyoshi made her own fucking island centuries before Aang’s time even began.

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Asami’s name, and my feeble attempt to explain it =D

Okay so I’ve gotten a few messages from Korrasami shippers (I assume, lol) asking if I could maybe elaborate a bit on Asami’s name, and why it’s not a good idea to shorten it to “Sami”…

It’s a bit difficult, but I’ll try my best. =D

Before the want poster came out in B3, we all assumed that Asami’s name is:

佐藤麻美

Sa to Asa Mi

Asa = hemp, Mi = beautiful/beauty

Sato = common Japanese last name

Asami = common Japanese female first name

But everything changed when the B3 want poster attacked…

As you can see there, her name is listed as 佐藤麻尾, which makes absolutely no sense.

Why? Because:

1) 尾 = tail (no parents in their right mind would name their daughter this)

2) While 麻尾 is a legitimate surname, it’s read as Asa-o, not as Asa-mi. 尾 can’t be read as “mi” in any way - it doesn’t matter if you apply the on-reading or the kun-reading. It’s either “bi” or “o”.

So… why is the name incorrect on the poster?

Nobody really knows - but here’s my guess and feeble attempt of an explanation: =D

It could certainly be an in-joke.

The “mi” in Asami is pronounced “mei” in Chinese. The character shown on this poster is “wei” in Chinese. They certainly sound awfully similar.

麻美 (Asami) is pronounced Ma-Mei in Chinese

麻尾 (the one shown in the poster, Asao) is pronounced Ma-Wei in Chinese

Again, they sound awfully similar.

So… either it’s an in-joke, or it’s a screw-up by the clueless Earth Kingdom people who had no idea how to write Asami’s name correctly, so they settled for something they thought was right phonetically. In other words, they were just assigning characters to the names as they see (hear) fit, going by the phonetics randomly.

Going back to the original question, why is it a bad idea to shorten Asami to Sami?

Because we know that “Asa” is one character, 麻. Even though the second character on the poster is most likely wrong, the first character is confirmed to be correct.

Since there’s no hiragana or katakana in this universe, there is no way to write Asami as three characters, so it really makes no sense to break up “Asa”.

OK that went longer than I thought… hopefully it was coherent enough. =D

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Avatar Data - Lines, Lines, Nothing But Lines: For Science

Part 2: The Krew

Note: 408: Remembrances contains non-original lines as it’s a clip show episodes. Those lines have been identified and subsequently removed from the line count.

Note: Line/ep count is based on the # of episodes in which they speak, not the total # of episodes of that season.

Mako

B1: 261 lines (23.7 lines/ep)

- Is in 11 (out of 12) episodes, and speaks in 11 episodes.

102: (22), 103: (45), 104: (25), 105: (44), 106: (15), 107: (24), 108: (15), 109: (21), 110: (13), 111: (26), 112: (11)

Most # of Lines - 103: The Revelation

Least # of lines - not in 101; N/A

B2: 207 lines (18.8 lines/ep)

- Is in 11 (out of 14) episodes, and speaks in 11 episodes.

201: (15), 202: (17), 203: (10), 204: (12), 205: (31), 206: (58), 209: (23), 211: (17), 212: (7), 213: (8), 214: (9)

Most # of lines - 206: The Sting

Least # of lines - not in 207, 208, 210; N/A

B3: 189 lines (15.8 lines/ep)

- Is in every episode, and speaks in 12 (out of 13) episodes.

301: (12), 302: (16), 303: (24), 304: (10), 305: (5), 306, (2): 308: (32), 309: (29), 310: (11), 311: (27), 312: (17), 313: (4)

Most # of lines - 309: The Stakeout

Least # of lines - does not speak in 307, N/A

B4: 155 lines (15.5 lines/ep)

- Is in 10 (out of 13) episodes, and speaks in 10 episodes.

401: (20), 402: (3), 403: (25), 407: (35), 408: (30 + 24 non-original lines), 409: (12), 410: (2), 411: (8), 412: (1), 413: (19)

Most # of lines - 408: Remembrances

Least # of lines - not in 404, 405, 406, N/A

OVERALL:

Most # of lines - 206: The Sting

Bolin

B1: 163 lines (14.8 lines/ep)

- Is in 11 (out of 12) episodes, and speaks in 11 episodes.

102: (26), 103: (15), 104: (10), 105: (37), 106: (16), 107: (17), 108: (11), 109: (14), 110: (3), 111: (6), 112: (8)

Most # of lines - 105: The Spirit of Competition

Least # of lines - not in 101, N/A

B2: 191 lines (17.4 lines/ep)

- Is in 11 (out of 14) episodes, and speaks in 11 episodes.

201: (19), 202: (17), 203: (13), 204: (25), 205: (23), 206: (20), 209: (10), 211: (35), 212: (9), 213: (10), 214: (10)

Most # of lines - 211: Night of A Thousand Stars

Least # of lines - not in 207, 208, 210, N/A

B3: 223 lines (17.2 lines/ep)

- Is in every episode, and speaks in every episode.

301: (7), 302: (20), 303: (29), 304: (11), 305: (20), 306: (17), 307: (1), 308: (27), 309: (34), 310: (11), 311: (26), 312: (12), 313: (8)

Most # of lines - 309: The Stakeout

Least # of lines - 307: Original Airbenders

B4: 174 lines (14.5 lines/ep)

- Is in 12 (out of 13) episodes, and speaks in 12 episodes.

401: (8), 402: (4), 403: (6), 405: (26), 406: (15), 407: (23), 408: (12 + 2 non-original lines), 409: (16), 410: (27), 411: (12), 412: (7), 413: (18)

Most # of lines - 410: Operation Beifong

Least # of lines - not in 404, N/A

OVERALL:

Most # of lines - 105: The Spirit of Competition

Asami Sato

B1: 99 lines (12.4 lines/ep)

- Is in 9 (out of 12) episodes, and speaks in 8 episodes.

104: (18), 105: (5), 107: (24), 108: (14), 109: (11), 110: (15), 111: (6), 112: (6)

Most # of lines - 107: The Aftermath

Least # of lines - not in 101, 102, 103 and does not speak in 106, N/A

B2: 87 lines (10.9 lines/ep)

- Is in 8 (out of 14) episodes, and speaks in 8 episodes.

201: (7), 204: (12), 205: (5), 206: (32), 209: (13), 211: (8), 212: (9), 214: (1)

Most # of lines - 206: The Sting

Least # of lines - not in 202, 203, 207, 208, 210, 213, N/A

B3: 99 lines (9 lines/ep)

- Is in 12 (out of 13) episodes, and speaks in 11 episodes.

301: (15), 302: (3), 303: (3), 304: (6), 305: (4), 308: (11), 309: (21), 310: (21), 311: (3), 312: (8), 313: (4)

Most # of lines - 309: The Stakeout, 310: Long Live the Queen

Least # of lines - not in 307 and does not speak in 306, N/A

B4: 72 lines (8 lines/ep)

- Is in 11 (out of 13) episodes, and speaks in 9 episodes.

401: (7), 402: (3), 405: (5), 407: (21), 408: (8 + 5 non-original lines), 409: (2), 411: (5), 412: (14), 413: (7)

Most # of lines - 407: Reunion

Least # of lines - not in 404, 406 and does not speak in 403, 410, N/A

OVERALL:

Most # of lines - 206: The Sting

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Coming up…. Part 3: The Extended Krew

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Avatar Data - Lines, Lines, Nothing But Lines: For Science

Alright, here is the first part of my “For Science - Line Count” series. Please help to reblog this post if you can, because this blog practically has no follower.

The goal is to merely provide a line count for the main characters, as well as to clarify how many lines are spoken, by whom and to whom, in each episode and Book.

I’ll refrain from unnecessary comment or analysis, and let the data speak for itself. You can utilize this data as you like… and hopefully it will shed some light and provide some perspective in regards to some (or all) of these questions:

- Quantification of Korra?

- Are lines/screentime absolutely everything?

- Do lines equal character importance?

- Do certain type of characters just talk more in general?

- Do ____ (insert character of choice) even talk to _____ (insert character of choice) in Book ____ (insert book of choice)?

- Is there more interaction for _____ (insert ship of choice) than ______ (insert ship of choice)?

Please feel free to draw your own conclusion.

In short, instead of using baseless arguments and statements, let’s now use hardcore data to back it up!

All in the name of science, of course. When you make a statement or argument, always, always have data to back it up.

If you notice any error or miscount in this post, please please do not hesitate to let me know. The goal is to have this count as accurate as possible.

NOTE: I have used AvatarSpirit.net transcripts for acquiring the line count - first of all a big thank you to them! Secondly, please be advised that in these transcripts:

“"Dear Korra, I miss you. It’s not the same in Republic City without you. How are you feeling? Things are going well here. I just got a big contract to help redesign the city’s infrastructure, so I’ll be keeping pretty busy for awhile.”“ is counted as one line.

And this also counts as one line: “Korra!”

Without further ado…

Part I: Korra

Korra

Book 1: 454 lines (37.8 lines/ep)

- Is in every episode, and speaks in every episode.

101: (57), 102: (66), 103: (52), 104: (40), 105: (45), 106: (27), 107: (34), 108: (49), 109: (9), 110: (16), 111: (34), 112: (25)

Most # of lines - 101: Welcome to Republic City

Least # of lines - 109: Out of the Past

Book 2: 380 lines (27.1 lines/ep)

- Is in every episode, and speaks in every episode.

201: (38), 202: (40), 203: (46), 204: (47), 205: (40), 206: (3), 207: (8), 208: (4), 209: (33), 210: (44), 211: (12), 212: (25), 213: (8), 214: (32)

Most # of lines - 204: Civil Wars Part 2

Least # of lines - 206: The Sting

Book 3: 355 lines (27.3 lines/ep)

- Is in every episode, and speaks in every episode.

301: (48), 302: (39), 303: (21), 304: (33), 305: (42), 306: (14), 307: (6), 308: (26), 309: (42), 310: (30), 311: (30), 312: (19), 313: (5)

Most # of lines - 301: A Breath of Fresh Air

Least # of lines - 313: Venom of the Red Lotus

Book 4: 328 lines (25.2 lines/ep)

- Is in every episode, and speaks in every episode.

Note: 408: Remembrances contains non-original lines as it’s a clip show episode. Those lines are not included in the total line count.

401: (4), 402: (63), 403: (20), 404: (22), 405: (16): 406: (12), 407: (44), 408: (14 + 19 non-original lines), 409: (53), 410: (7), 411: (30), 412: (13), 413: (30)

Most # of lines - 402: Korra Alone

Least # of lines - 401: After All These Years

OVERALL:

Most # of lines - 402: Korra Alone

Least # of lines - 206: The Sting

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Coming up…. Part 2: The Krew

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Full Commentary Transcript for 4x01

Commentators: Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko, Josh Hamilton, Tim Hedrick

Anything I thought was actually significant/interesting I marked with ***

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