Nuo Opera is one of the most popular folk operas in southern China. Its most distinguishing feature is the use of ferocious-looking masks with the costumes. The opera is a religious performance intrinsic to the practice of Nuoism, a type of Chinese folk religion. First, he knows that dressing up as a dragon associated with water will confuse anyone trying to identify the Blue Spirit. The reveal was a complete shock for Aang as well as viewers since Zuko was possibly the last person they expected to see beneath the blue mask.
According to showrunners Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, the color of the mask was integral to throwing everyone off.
For these two reasons, the color of the mask was changed to blue and it ended up working spectacularly. However, there is still a Red Spirit that exists in the universe of Avatar. The episode centers around Zuko in his alter ego as he takes on the fire nation himself to prevent Admiral Zhao from pursuing the Avatar.
While Zuko does have some selfish intentions here, many consider this a large turning point in Zuko's overall redemption arc. This redemption arc is considered by many to be one of the main contributing factors to why the show is so great, so it comes as no surprise that fans were severely disappointed when the series ended on a cliffhanger about finding Zuko's mother.
Fortunately though, despite the television series leaving fans to wonder, a series of canon comic books follow up the show with a continued storyline, one of which is the hunt for Zuko's mom. It is in this comic, Avatar: the Last Airbender: The Search , the second of the comic book trilogies, that the origin of Zuko's Blue Spirit mask is revealed. The book follows the Aang gang on their quest to locate Zuko and Azula's mother, but also gives more perspective on their mother through flashbacks.
It is these flashbacks that provides readers with deeper insight into the origin of the Blue Spirit mask.
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