Mai

Mai has a minor role in AMJ and serves in several scenes.

Mai was Azula and Ty Lee's best friend and Zuko's love interest. She was known for being the best knife-thrower in the world.

## Personality

For much of Mai's early life, she was seen as a downer and follower. Mai often just went along with whatever Azula told her due to fear and her friend Ty Lee did the same. Though they all genuinely liked each other, there were times Azula annoyed the duo but they kept quiet to avoid getting beaten up or verbally berated. Mai's nonchalant personality was largely the result of her growing up in a household where her parents paid little attention to her. Mai kept quiet and behaved well which led to her getting whatever she wanted.

However, instead of this leading to her feeling entitled like Alev, Mai began to become bored of having material things. Mai realized a lot of things her peers got hyped about were actually not worth very much and only provided temporary satisfaction. Mai developed high standards for the things she really enjoyed and little patience for things she found boring or irritating.

## Abilities

Mai is incredibly fast. Her running speed exceeds that of other notable fighters such as Ty Lee, Kanna, Zuko, Azula, and Suki. Mai also has sharp reflexes though a touch less sharp than Ty Lee and Azula's. Mai can see further than most other people including Ty Lee and a touch further than Macai. Azula's vision is roughly even with Mai's. Mai also has sharp ears and can hear better than Azula, Kett, Alev, Ozai, Katara, and Zuko. Macai and Rosh have hearing skills that can rival Mai's and Toph exceeds them in that regard.

Mai has rarely used hand to hand knife fighting skills, that she can use to cut opponents up in close range as well as advanced kickboxing skills that she rarely uses. Despite this, Mai lacks grappling skills and prefers to fight her opponents at a distance. Mai also rarely punches foes in combat because she prefers to use her knives. Mai is more likely to kick enemies than punch them if she is unable to use her weapons and Mai has been know for throwing objects at her enemies to improvise in fights even when she doesn't have them.

Mai knows very basic grappling but only when it comes to pushing, tripping, and quickly breaking out of entanglements. If Mai gets in a prolonged wrestling or grappling match then she will most likely be overwhelmed because her physical strength isn't admirable and her grappling endurance is not high. However, Mai's cardio, dodging, kickboxing, and ranged fighting endurance are incredible. Mai can fight longer than Ty Lee, Zuko, and Azula if she fights at a distance and avoids a brawl. Brawling naturally tires Mai out and reduces her elite conditioning. To avoid her weaknesses being exploited, Mai is a master of controlling the distance. She can keep her opponents at bay, evade, use feints, kick, perform flips, rolls, slide, throw objects, and attack from different angles to keep foes from closing in on her.

## Zuko

Mai and Zuko had a notable relationship. The two both understood each other deeply and both struggled with depression in their pasts and cared little about what others thought about them. Some relationship issues arose as Zuko because insecure and worried that Mai liked other guys. This led to them briefly breaking up but the duo got back together after the Hundred Year War ended. Mai dumped Zuko again after being fed up with Zuko keeping secrets from her. Still Zuko's passion for her burned deeply and Zuko was enraged to find she was dating another man after their relationship stopped.

## Fall out with Azula

Mai's love for Zuko became reason her friendship with her friend Azula crumbled. Azula looked to have Zuko killed for being a traitor and joining the Avatar's team. In a moment of truth, Mai turned on her Fire Nation comrades and took down several soldiers before preventing Zuko's untimely death. Azula deemed Mai a traitor and was prepared to kill her. In a twist of events, Mai's other best friend Ty Lee ambushed Azula and decked her with a swift combo. The duo was promptly captured by several soldiers and Azula demanded they would both be locked away for the rest of their lives.

When the war ended, they were both freed and welcome into the amended Fire Nation. Azula was eventually humbled by her brother and Katara and taken into a mental hospital. The former Fire Nation Princess would later escape and cause turmoil within her birth nation. This would later lead to another confrontation between Mai and Azula. However, Zuko intervened and warded Azula off after the conflict.