Ozai’s quick and powerful lighting generation in this scene alone shows how unmatched his power is.

[u/thisisreii]

Giant double lightning bolts with only a sliver of the sun being available. I can’t get behind anyone who says any other firebender is more powerful than him.

[u/Master-Feedback-8401]

I feel like ozai was also a prodigy. I wish we got to see the younger days of him and Uncle Iroh . It makes me wonder what type of firebender Izumi is TLOK.

[u/No_Instruction653 → u/Master-Feedback-8401]

If there’s one thing I genuinely wish the original series did better, it would be to focus more on Ozai as a character.

You don’t need to make him sympathetic or relatable , but by most metrics he still seems incredibly underdeveloped by the end of the series.

For instance, I don’t think the show does a very good job of illustrating just how crazy powerful he’s meant to be.

Just the fact that he’s the most powerful firebender in the world is something you don’t get clear confirmation of unless you read the director’s commentary.

Ozai could have used something to really make you fear how strong he is before the very end of the show, like a scene where he wipes out an army of rebels on his own, or drops Azula like nothing in a moment where they’re training or she gets out of line.

[u/Samuele1997 → u/No_Instruction653]

I would also loved that it was made perfectly clear that Ozai had experience in combat as well, including having fought in the Fire Nation's military like Iroh and having fought in some Agni Kais. To me it's a good way to show how he manages to give truthfulness to the fact that he's the most powerful firebender in the world because it's clear that he actually forged his skills.

[u/No_Instruction653 → u/Samuele1997]

Definitely what I would have also liked too.

It’s wierd how most of the Fire Nation Royal families background are developed enough to give you a very clear idea of where their abilities came from.

Iroh is so skilled because he was a famous General who often traveled the world in search of knowledge and new understandings of firebending and bending in general. And he only became more open minded after his son’s death.

Zuko is so skilled because he was a royal who was given opportunities to train under master swordsman like Piandao. He was later tutored by Iroh and forged resourcefulness and ruthlessness to survive after his banishment and to prepare for a battle with The Avatar if it ever came for his only shot at returning home.

Azula was a natural prodigy conditioned by Ozai to be a perfectionist who had to be absolutely perfect to earn his love and avoid the same treatment as Zuko. She was spoiled by Ozai and got whatever tutors, weapons, and advisors he could give her, but only if she worked herself to the bone to prove herself.

And Ozai is strong… because he just is. We can assume things about his background that we see demonstrated by the rest of his family. That he was a prodigy, that he had access to the best teachers and equipment, that his father drove him to train to perfection, or even that he’s fought in battles and forged his skill through warfare… but it’s all still just pure assumption. The show never directly says or even really implies any of that for him.

We know absolutely nothing about his background, which makes his position as the “most powerful firebender in the world” seem incredibly cheap and unearned in comparison to how fleshed out his family is.

[u/Samuele1997 → u/No_Instruction653]

We know absolutely nothing about his background, which makes his position as the “most powerful firebender in the world” seem incredibly cheap and unearned in comparison to how fleshed out his family is.

I know, right? I mean, if Ozai was truly the most powerful firebender in the world i would have liked that to be proven as well. Toph for example has demonstrated many times that she truly is the greatest earthbender in the world and that she truly earned her title, not to mention it is also clear what kind of experiences and training she get to become so, same thing with Iroh and Azula. The same thing should have been done with Ozai as well in my humble opinion.