The Last Agni Kai but it has the Violin Opening you've been looking for

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If this performs as good as the original release I'll do a track based only on that violin intro.

[Hitokiri]

"I'm sorry it has to end this way, brother."

"No, you're not."

[BlueShellshock]

Zuko: "I know, she's my sister, and I should be trying to get along with her."
Azula: "I'M ABOUT TO CELEBRATE BECOMING AN ONLY CHILD!"

[CrimzinEclipse]

I love how sad the music was for this Agni Kai. They could have had some epic, dramatic theme about a hero defeating a villain.
Instead, they really capture how this was a tragic fight between a brother and sister, who’ve both been irreparably scarred by the same terrible father.

[damonrichardson]

This is what Zuko's final test in his adventure with the Avatar was: facing his own nation and returning it to glory with the humbling lessons he learned since season one. He wasn't fooled into thinking the Fire Nation was so perfect because he knew its brutality firsthand. It was a test to see if he could truly face his sister, his father, and everything they stood for. It was even more climatic to me than Aang vs Ozai because Zuko fought his inner demons only to face Azula in a devastating battle between siblings that shouldn't have happened.

[HollowAvarice]

Everyone talks about how Zuko's evolution and growth is one of the best stories in Avatar. Not enough people talk about how Azula's slow devolution and fall into loneliness and insanity is one of the best villain stories in Avatar.

[spectre]

Often you forget that Azula was just 14. Zuko was 16. These were just kids being forced to compete against each other pretty much since they were born. The show made a great choice depicting this scene as the tragic thing it was.

[Sinewmire]

"Look at what you've done to your kids!"
This fight is Ozai's cruellest crime.

The quote is from LM Reactions, I really liked it as it pointed out the juxtaposition of Ozai peacocking and the utter ruin of his family, embodying how he has ruined the Fire Nation.

[snips]

This scene really proves Avatar wasn’t just a kid’s show. The kid in you wanted to see Azula go down…but that was what Ozai’s fight was meant to be. This scene was just tragedy. Original take, I know, but many kid’s shows wouldn’t dare do this now, breaking Azula down this hard because of how dark it is. And keep in mind she was only 14.

[Kuro___]

Azulas voice actor said in an interview that to interpret this scene was really hard for her because in order to get those screams when she was defeated She said that had to look inside her saddest and darkest memories to bring those emotions to the character.

I honestly feel pain when I hear azula scream and the emotions that the voice actress brought to her it really speaks of how far this professional was able to go to get those emotions and bring something pure to her character.

Azula will always be my favorite character.
I'm looking forward to read the comic about her next year 2023. I want to understand this character better. I believe she has good in her but she doesn't know it.

This show is a masterpiece

[oteragard]

I'm so fucking happy the creators of ATLA chose a theme for this battle that was somber rather than exhilarating. It deepens the connection we created with Zuko by calling attention to how inevitable this battle was, and how hard it was on all three of them

[fiaghost]

Azula was fourteen... Ozai screwed over her entire sense of right and wrong, made her believe that power was the only thing that matters, turned her into a cold and ruthless manipulator, unable to understand love. And she was just fourteen.

[RationalOrc]

The whole point of challenging Zuko to Agni Kai was to neutralize Katara and keep her out of the fight. Katara points this out herself. Azula is in essence sabotaging her own clever plan by taking a shot at Katara.

We know that Zuko can redirect lightning (We've seen him do it successfully to his father already), so we don't really need to see Zuko do it again. We already know he can win with Iroh's redirecting lighting trick. Odds are Azula knows that too.

Ultimately. Azula's tragedy is that she was in a no win scenario. If she fires on Zuko, he redirects and hits her for big dmg. If she fires on Katara, she violates the duel and frees Katara of her obligation to stand by and do nothing. For a true perfectionist, the real nightmare is realizing that there is no perfect move to make. Sometimes, you just can't win no matter how clever you are. She's betrayed every friend she ever had and now finds herself outnumbered, outgunned, and outclassed. It's the final push towards to full mental breakdown.

[colt]

I will never forget Azula's stare when Zuko unleashed that swirling fireball at her. Stunned by her brother's immense power and experience;
I will never forget Azula's sobs of agony and despair, how she flailed around. Betrayed by her best friends, disposed by her father, and believed an abomination by her own mother.
Azula's psychosis is a grim reminder that sometimes your biggest opponent is yourself.

[hiroshiramasendjews]

As a kid you don't understand how sad this fight is, Avatar may have been a cartoon, but its fights like this that made it stand out from the rest. I think this is the most tragic battle in Avatar. It may not be the most important, but it definitely is the best.

[RealCoolstriker]

“You can’t take her alone.”
“Yes I can. I can’t explain it but she’s slipping.”

I love how their shared history as siblings gives Zuko the insight to immediately pick up on Azula’s fracturing mental state.

[GrandmaNUT]

This is my favourite soundtrack in Avatar, it gives that tragic feel of their torn relationship. I also love that during the fight, the firebending was muffled, the muffle makes the audience feel like they are covering their ears as this is not a fight that wants to be heard, brother and sister fight to the death to gain the throne.

[clydesdale]

I used to think that Katara finishing this fight was a cop out and that Zuko should have been the one to win, but now I am older I see that it was the perfect completion of both their arcs.
Zuko's honor wasn't restored by winning an Agni Kai, it was restored by sacrificing himself for another.
Meanwhile Katara finally gets an honorable vengeance on the fire nation for what they did to her family and people.

Edit: as someone commented, vengeance is not the culmination of Katara's arch. Instead it is justice (which is what I think I was trying to say with "honorable vengeance"). Katara served justice for her people when she symbolicly defeated the Fire Nation (represented by Azula, the new Fire Lord)

[_ebony]

Azula's character was simply a masterpiece, in my opinion, at least
At the start, she looked like she was normal, just a daddy's brat and snotty child. Yet, at that time, she didn't need to be this out of control
It is clear she's a perfectionist, so she needed to control and manipulate people to get what she desires.
Thanks to her father (and everything else), the only way azula knows with people is fear. Her position as the Princess, her father, and her vengeful and low temper are things that mostly scare people. So no one really said no to her.
If anything was not the way it should, she always brought it back; by using fear. So she didn't need to be angry.
But as we near the end, her 'friends' betray her, her father abandons her and everything is out of place. So she snaps.
The insanity was always there. It just found a reason to show itself.

[one_for_one]

This song is composed of the "friendship" strings used when team avatar are caring for eachother, and the fire nation drums. Just thought yall would wanna know that