A review by jakekilroy
North and South, Part 2 by Gene Luen Yang

4.0

It only just dawned on me that the theme of increasing industrialization isn't just a battle or point of contention for our young heroes. It's how we get to Korra's world. It's the beginning of a lifetime of technological evolution that takes these four nations from villages and kingdoms to metropolises and business empires. I always thought it was interesting how different Korra's world was in a lifetime more or less defined by Tenzin. But that's a long time, given the years it would've taken Aang and Katara to even start a family in the first place. So the debate of progress isn't just for the sake of a story arc; it's the beginning of a new world, coming up through the earth by way of oil here. It connects the dots, and it remains the timeless story of industry giving so much as it takes so much — a giant, monstrous machine presenting a city on a hill with one hand and clawing through the earth to drag a rural community into the sea with the other.