History TearJerker / TheShadowOfKyoshi

* Yun bending away the portraits of the Fire Avatars in the royal gallery, to the point where Zoryu says it will be a blow the Nation will never recover from. Since we never get to see said portraits in [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender the original show]] [[ForegoneConclusion he was right.]]

* While it was necessary since at this point Yun was too far gone Kyoshi and Rangi gain no satisfaction with his death and the two cry together in grief for their fallen friend. Kyoshi even wonders after Yun's funeral if their was nothing else she could have done.
* When Kyoshi sees Yangchen while meditating, she is first disgusted, thinking it's her mother, before finally bursting into tears. Thankfully, Yangchen is nice enough to hug her, which ''reminds her of'' ''Kelsang'', (Air nomad robes) compounding her grief.

* Yun bending away the portraits of the Fire Avatars in the royal gallery, to the point where Zoryu says it will be a blow the Nation will never recover from. Since we never get to see said portraits in [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender the original show]] [[ForgoneConclusion he was right.]]

* Yun bending away the portraits of Fire Lords and Avatars, to the point where Zoryu says it will be a blow the Nation will never recover from.
* Hei-Ran cutting off her topknot, in what is a clear analogue to suicide in response to the fiasco at the Fire Nation party.

** The narration of Kuruk's flashback refers to Hei-Ran, Jianzhu, and Kelsang drifting back to their own lives and ambitions as Kuruk losing "the treasures of his life."

* Hei-Ran cutting off her topknot, in what is a clear analouge to suicide in response to the fiasco at the Fire Nation party.

* When Kyoshi is reeling at Rangi nearly dying, which is bad enough, she is almost suffering PowerIncontinence, as she admits if she opened her eyes she would destroy Yun but it wouldn't saveRangi.

* It turns out that, far from being a happy-go-lucky idler, Avatar Kuruk [[spoiler:spent his youth and damaged his physical, mental and spiritual health dealing with the mess left by Yangchen's favouritism towards humans over the needs of the spirit world, which meant he constantly has to battle with corrupted spirits who drained his life force and caused his early death]]. Yangchen is remembered as one of the greatest Avatars...while Kuruk, who [[spoiler:gave his life helping to ensure that legacy]], is remembered as merely mediocre, even by his friends and successor.

* Yun bending away the [[spoiler: portraits of Fire Lords and Avatars]], to the point where Zoryu says it will be a blow the Nation will never recover from.
* Hei-Ran [[spoiler: cutting off her topknot, in what is a clear analouge to suicide]] in response to the fiasco at the Fire Nation party.
* When Kyoshi is reeling at [[spoiler:Rangi nearly dying]], which is bad enough, she is almost suffering PowerIncontinence, as she admits if she opened her eyes she would destroy [[spoiler:Yun]] but it wouldn't save [[spoiler: Rangi.]]
* When Kyoshi sees Yangchen while meditating, she is first disgusted, thinking it's her mother, before finally bursting into tears. Thankfully, Yangchen is nice enough to hug her, which ''reminds her of'' [[spoiler:''Kelsang'']], (Air nomad robes) compounding her grief.

** Kuruk really did value and love his friends and that love was shared among them as well during the journey's start; which makes revisiting ''Rise of Kyoshi'' that much harder, seeing that circle of friends at each other's throats by the time of the sequel. Compare Rei-Han enjoying Jianzhu's company during Kuruk's flashback with her icy admittance that she would have killed Jianzhu without a second thought earlier in the book.

* When Kyoshi is reeling at [[spoiler:Rangi nearly dying]], which is bad enough, she is almost suffering PowerIncontinence, as she admits if she opened her eyes she would destroy [[spoiler:Yun]] but it wouldn't save [[spoiler: Rangi]]

* When Kyoshi is reeling at [[Rangi nearly dying]], which is bad enough, she is almost suffering PowerIncontinence, as she admits if she opened her eyes she would destroy [[spoiler:Yun]] but it wouldn't save [[spoiler: Rangi]]

* When Kyoshi is reeling at [[Rangi nearly dying]], which is bad enough, she is almost suffering main/PowerIncontinence, as she admits if she opened her eyes she would destroy [[spoiler:Yun]] but it wouldn't save [[spoiler: Rangi]]

* When Kyoshi sees Yangchen while meditating, she is first disgusted, thinking it's her mother, before finally bursting into tears. Thankfully, Yangchen is nice enough to hug her, which ''reminds her of'' [[spoiler:''Kelsang'']], (Air nomad robes) compounding her grief.
* Kuruk really did value and love his friends and that love was among them as well during the journey's start; which makes revisiting Rise of Kyoshi that much harder to see that circle of friends at each other's throats by Shadow of Kyoshi. Compared Rei-Han enjoying Jianzhu's company during Kuruk's flashback with her icy admittance that she would have killed Jianzhu without a second thought earlier in the book.

* When Kyoshi sees Yangchen while meditating, she is first disgusted, thinking it's her mother, before finally bursting into tears. Thankfully, Yangchen is nice enough to hug her, which ''reminds her of'' [[spoiler:''Kelsang'']], (Air nomad robes) compounding her grief.

* When Kyoshi sees Yangchen while meditating, she is first disgusted, thinking it's her mother, before finally bursting into tears. Thankfully, Yangchen is nice enough to hug her, which ''reminds her of'' [[spoiler:''Kelsang'']], compounding her grief.

* When Kyoshi sees Yangchen while meditating, she is first disgusted, thinking it's her mother, before finally bursting into tears. Thankfully, Yangchen is nice enough to hug her, which ''reminds her of'' [[spoiler:kelsang]], compounding her grief.

* When Kyoshi sees Yangchen while meditating, she is first disgusted, thinking it's her mother, before finally bursting into tears. Thankfully, Yangchen is nice enough to hug her, which ''reminds her of'' [spoiler: kelsang]], compounding her grief.

* When Kyoshi sees Yangchen while meditating, she is first disgusted, thinking it's her mother, before finally bursting into tears. Thankfully, Yangchen is nice enough to hug her, which ''reminds her of [spoiler: kelsang]]'', compounding her grief.

* It turns out that, far from being a happy-go-lucky idler, Avatar Kuruk [[spoiler:spent his youth and damaged his physical, mental and spiritual health dealing with the mess left by Yangchen's favouritism towards humans over the needs of the spirit world, which meant he constantly has to battle with corrupted spirits who drained his life force and caused his early death]]. Yangchen is remembered as one of the greatest Avatars...while Kuruk, who [[spoiler:gave his life helping to ensure that legacy]], is remembered as merely mediocre, even by his friends and successor.

It turns out that, far from being a happy-go-lucky idler, Avatar Kuruk [[spoiler:spent his youth and damaged his physical, mental and spiritual health dealing with the mess left by Yangchen's favouritism towards humans over the needs of the spirit world, which meant he constantly has to battle with corrupted spirits who drained his life force and caused his early death]]. Yangchen is remembered as one of the greatest Avatars...while Kuruk, who [[spoiler:gave his life helping to ensure that legacy]], is remembered as merely mediocre, even by his friends and successor.

* It turns out that, far from being a happy-go-lucky idler, Avatar Kuruk spent his youth and damaged his physical, mental and spiritual health dealing with the mess left by Yangchen's favouritism towards humans over the needs of the spirit world, which meant he constantly has to battle with corrupted spirits who drained his life force and caused his early death. Yangchen is remembered as one of the greatest Avatars...while Kuruk, who gave his life helping to ensure that legacy, is remembered as merely mediocre, even by his friends and successor.

Tear Jerker.

Tear Jerker.