When the businesswoman revealed that she had been worried when Korra informed her that she could no longer go into the Avatar State, Mako asked when Korra had told her that. Bolin jumped out of the car and began following Skoochy through one of the alleyways, as Mako turned around and went through the other side. Mako is the second known person to use both lightning generation and lightning redirection, the first being Iroh, and the third is Azula. After Zaheer murdered the Earth Queen, ushering a period of anarchy in the capital, Zaheer allowed every prisoner to escape except Mako and Bolin. As Bolin attempted to trap him through a rock wall, but Skoochy climbed over, only to run into Mako who grabbed him by his shirt and said it had been a while, and asked how he had been. While the brothers were collecting bets at a pet shop, a fire ferret escaped and was restrained by its owner, Mr. Feng, because it was to be fed to a pythonaconda.
Bolin’s lavabending makes him pretty good, especially against other earthbenders and Mako is typically just called a weaker Zuko, but there are a lot of good things that he has over Zuko. [22] Mako and Asami's relationship grew tenser and tenser as he spent more time with Korra doing reconnaissance work by spying on the Equalists. As a police officer, Mako uses a motorcycle as his vehicle of choice, displaying great skill with maneuvering it over slick terrain and even incorporating his firebending as a booster to extend the distance of his jumps and to stabilize after a near crash. According to his grandmother, Mako takes after his grandfather. Mako looked on as Kuvira was imprisoned in a platinum pod aboard Asami's airship.
[6] Mako, with the help of his teammates, was able to lead the team to second place in the championship. Promising to get out as soon as he could, he fired a continuous bolt of lightning, causing the power core to overload and explode. Returning to the Southern Water Tribe to find it overrun with Northern Water Tribe soldiers,[25] Mako was forced to sit by helplessly as he watched Tonraq and several other Southerners be sentenced to life imprisonment for their attempt to kidnap Unalaq. However, he was stopped by Amon and was on the verge of losing his bending, when Korra saved him with her newly unlocked airbending. As they discussed the details, Mako got a call from Lin Beifong calling for all police members to head to the police depot, because it was under attack by the Triple Threats. Triple Threat Triad (formerly)Fire Ferrets (formerly)Republic City power plant (formerly)Team AvatarRepublic City PoliceGuan's army (brainwashed, formerly) After the Anti-bending Revolution, Mako started as a beat-cop for the Republic City Police Force. To make an insecure Avatar feel better about herself, Mako formed a team with her and the others to actively do something about the Equalists in the city. After Korra revealed that Amon, the leader of The Equalists, was a Waterbender and a Bloodbender, Korra and Mako engaged the terrorists/freedom fighters in battle.
Mako firebent at Kuvira, giving Guan and Sheng enough time to remove the brainwashing helmets, and the two brothers ran outside the camp while bending at Kuvira. Mako is very dutiful in his job as a cop, having arrested several triad members since joining the force, and was on the fast track to becoming detective.
Wu warmly embraced Mako after both realized that the brainwashing had been undone. [1] Mako went through a number of design changes. [29], Season Four began with Mako appointed the bodyguard of Prince Wu, who was next in line for the Earth Kingdom throne. Mako and Bolin fought with Dai Li agents underneath the Earth Queen's Temple. As Skoochy left, Bolin remarked to Mako that he would not have guessed it, but he was the bad cop after all. [51] Zach Blumenfeld of Paste ranked Mako as the 11th best character from the Avatar universe, noting that Mako has "a heart of gold, the rare cop who shows tough love and sympathy in every situation. [38][39][40][41] Firebending represents the element of power,[42] and is categorized as the most aggressive of the "four bending arts". Nickelodeon. Being reminded of how he used to be, Mako was doubtful about Kai's sincerity. Hedrick, Tim (writer) & Heck, Colin (director). He proposed an alternative for dealing with the Triple Threats by going behind Lin's back.
The nimble gang leader easily evaded the blast, however, and used his hook swords to launch Mako through the air. After his breakup with Korra, Mako occupied himself by reading Jinora's books. Power plant worker (formerly)Pro-bender (formerly)Police officer[4]Soldier (brainwashed, formerly)[5] After Team Avatar returned to Republic City, Mako attended the rest of Kuvira's trial, and saw her take responsibility for her actions by pleading guilty. [33], Shortly after Harmonic Convergence, Mako rejoined the Fire Ferrets and took part in a charity championship organized to help rebuild the city following the damages caused by the Unalaq Crisis. Mako is the only member of the new Team Avatar to have never been seen crying. When it became clear that the old healer was unable to and a heartbroken Korra ran off to grieve on her own, Mako confessed his love to her, though was shot down.
When Bolin asked how Korra and Asami's vacation had been, Mako noticed how the women turned to each other, conversing in hushed tones, and called them out on their strange behavior. Mako's dark childhood is similar to that of. Bolin angrily grabbed Skoochy and demanded he stop lying and answer Mako's questions, to both Skoochy and Mako's surprise. Mako encouraged his brother to metalbend them out of there, though Bolin failed. The group made their way to Zaofu, home to the Metal Clan, where they met Suyin Beifong and her family. Despite having his arm burned by the strain the lightning put on it, Mako kept up his attack and started to move out. That night, Mako and many other police officers raided the abandoned warehouse. [5][6] During production of the second season, wherein Mako becomes an officer in Republic City, the design for his police uniform went through several concepts before its final design was settled on, all of which having his trademark red scarf tucked into his jacket. When Bolin expressed his disappointment about seeing Toza act this way, Mako became upset – Toza should be happy about being paid, Mako opined; after all, there had been no one to mourn for their losses when their parents died and had left them to fend for themselves, and that one must "hustle or be hustled". They'd have all been toast without him. Mako is always ready to deliver astounding results when the situation calls for it. In an attempt to prevent Unalaq from merging with Vaatu, Mako and Bolin fought him outside the Southern spirit portal. [23] While in the capital Mako and Bolin reunited with their extended family, who resided in the city. Main graphic novel characters (Legend of Korra), History of Mako (171 AG - Harmonic Convergence), bombing of the Southern Water Tribe Cultural Center, The Adventures of Nuktuk: Hero of the South, The Legend of Korra—The Art of the Animated Series, Book One: Air, The Legend of Korra: 'Republic City Hustle, The Legend of Korra Press Site - Character descriptions, https://avatar.fandom.com/wiki/Mako?oldid=2832606, Private in the military of the Earth Empire. Mako witnessed Kuvira try to confront Guan, before Asami applied and electric shock to her. When they inquired about new airbenders in the city, Chow and Tu told them there was a rumor that Earth Queen Hou-Ting was retaining them for experimental purposes. However, they were double-crossed by the gangsters. He knocked out P'li, the Combustion Bender, by very accurately shooting a rock at her third eye and the resulting blast took out Ghazan and Ming Hua, helping the Beifong sisters swoop in and save Korra.
As they were leaving, one of the security guards asked if Wonyong was in any trouble, and mentioned that he had not been at work or at home in days. [12] Mako - along with Asami and Bolin - later joined Korra in fighting the Equalists. Mako accompanied Korra and the rest of Team Avatar toward the Southern Water Tribe in an attempt to break through the Northern forces guarding the Southern spirit portal and get into the Spirit World. Mako and Bolin posed with their parents for a photo. That night, after Bolin broke into the pet shop to steal the fire ferret, he was strangled by the pythonaconda, but Mako arrived and yanked the snake away.