* While the canonical Mai/Zuko was already far from the most popular Zuko ship, in part thanks to the popular Zutara (Zuko/Katara) ship -- as well as the Zukka (Zuko/Sokka) ship that emerged in the wake of the franchise's 2010s NewbieBoom -- and because the character herself is somewhat divisive, it still had a big fanbase. However, some that were fond of it began to ditch it following this graphic novel. Continuing on from the series and previous comics, the duo's relationship remained incredibly unstable, with the two [[PoorCommunicationKills failing to communicate]], having [[TheMasochismTango endless fights]], and [[RelationshipRevolvingDoor constantly breaking up]], turning them into a truly [[DestructiveRomance toxic relationship]]. Mai even delivers a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech at one point, telling Zuko how miserable he makes her feel, something that some fans saw as Mai being a {{hypocrite}} who contributed just as much, if not more, to the failure of their relationship. While it still has fans, it lost a lot of them due to the comics.
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* ** While the canonical Mai/Zuko was already far from the most popular Zuko ship, in part thanks to the popular Zutara (Zuko/Katara) ship -- as well as the Zukka (Zuko/Sokka) ship that emerged in the wake of the franchise's 2010s NewbieBoom -- and because the character herself is somewhat divisive, it still had a big fanbase. However, some that were fond of it began to ditch it following this graphic novel. Continuing on from the series and previous comics, the duo's relationship remained incredibly unstable, with the two [[PoorCommunicationKills failing to communicate]], having [[TheMasochismTango endless fights]], and [[RelationshipRevolvingDoor constantly breaking up]], turning them into a truly [[DestructiveRomance toxic relationship]]. Mai even delivers a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech at one point, telling Zuko how miserable he makes her feel, something that some fans saw as Mai being a {{hypocrite}} who contributed just as much, if not more, to the failure of their relationship. While it still has fans, it lost a lot of them due to the comics.
** Maiko (Mai/Zuko) becomes more unpopular as the two just do not work out. Continuing on from the series and previous comic, Mai/Zuko remains incredibly unstable with the two [[PoorCommunicationKills not being able to talk to each other]], having [[TheMasochismTango endless fights]] and [[RelationshipRevolvingDoor constantly breaking up]] turning them into a truly [[DestructiveRomance toxic relationship]], but yet amicable and social enough where they may be BetterAsFriends. The fanbase for the ship has considerably shrunk after the release of the comics due to ShippingBedDeath and [[StrangledByTheRedString not being properly fleshed out in the original series]]. Zuko remains a well-loved character while Mai becomes more unlikable, causing people to reject the Maiko ship.
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** Maiko (Mai/Zuko) becomes more unpopular * While the canonical Mai/Zuko was already far from the most popular Zuko ship, in part thanks to the popular Zutara (Zuko/Katara) ship -- as well as the two just do not work out. Zukka (Zuko/Sokka) ship that emerged in the wake of the franchise's 2010s NewbieBoom -- and because the character herself is somewhat divisive, it still had a big fanbase. However, some that were fond of it began to ditch it following this graphic novel. Continuing on from the series and previous comic, Mai/Zuko remains comics, the duo's relationship remained incredibly unstable unstable, with the two [[PoorCommunicationKills not being able failing to talk to each other]], communicate]], having [[TheMasochismTango endless fights]] fights]], and [[RelationshipRevolvingDoor constantly breaking up]] up]], turning them into a truly [[DestructiveRomance toxic relationship]], but yet amicable and social enough where they may be BetterAsFriends. The fanbase for relationship]]. Mai even delivers a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech at one point, telling Zuko how miserable he makes her feel, something that some fans saw as Mai being a {{hypocrite}} who contributed just as much, if not more, to the ship failure of their relationship. While it still has considerably shrunk after the release fans, it lost a lot of the comics them due to ShippingBedDeath and [[StrangledByTheRedString not being properly fleshed out in the original series]]. Zuko remains a well-loved character while Mai becomes more unlikable, causing people to reject the Maiko ship.comics.
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