History Characters / TheLegendOfKorraAsamiSato

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SeychelleGabriel, Carmen Calvell (European Spanish), Jessica Monceau(French), Anna Bojara (Polish)

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* ForgivenButNotForgotten: Asami Sato has this attitude towards Kuvira at the end of the Ruins of the Empire comic book arc. During the crisis where Kuvira was brought in to help stop a former commander named Guan from restarting the Earth empire using the elections being held to decide who will be the new leader of the Earth Kingdom, Asami made it clear to Kuvira that she is furious at her for killing her father and does not trust her. Later when negotiations with Guan went badly because Kuvira lost her temper and tried to attack Guan, Asami knocked her out. At the end of the story, Kuvira helps defeat Guan, takes responsibility for her actions, apologizes, and pleads guilty in court; the other characters forgive Kuvira and make it so that instead of being in prison, Kuvira would live on probation in Zaofu where is she will be rehabilitated. Asami Sato does not oppose everyone’s decision to forgive and rehabilitate Kuvira; however, she makes it straightforward to Kuvira that it will take years, even decades, for her to forgive Kuvira, and while not stated it’s implied that the two of them will never be friends. Showing that while Asami Sato is not opposed to giving Kuvira a chance at redemption and her friends forgiving her, she will never truly forgive Kuvira for the death of her father.

* HeadbuttingHeroes: Not a fan of Varrick, because his past actions included attempting to take over her company , threatening lives during a peaceful demonstration, and attempted kidnapping on the President. Yet ironically, they're teamed up when they need to plan counter-measures against Kuvira.

** ''Turf Wars'' reveals she was actually more heartached over Korra's absence during the TimeSkip than she initially let on [[spoiler: due to both realizing she was in love with Korra yet afraid to tell her out of fear that it would scare her away.]]

** The two needed to escape the Earth Kingdom military after being captured and Asami was already playing the guard to be chained to a weak railing to break free then sucker the same guard by faking an emergency to knock him out and taking the keys, rebuilding the airship after it crashed then used the scrap after a sand-shark ate most of it to rig together a bending-powered sand-sailer to sail back to the Misty Palms Oasis.

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* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: A rare example where she is this to a villain, serving as such to Azula. Both are Fire Nation ethnics and are amongst their most skilled battlers, but that's about it. They both differentiate ''greatly'' from each other with these differences being:
** Azula is prominent in firebending, using the more powerful blue flames, while Asami is a non-bender.
** Both are among the most beautiful women in the Fire Nation as a whole and considered as such InUniverse, but while Azula [[WastedBeauty pushes others away from her]] due to her [[ManipulativeBitch manipulative]] and AxCrazy nature, Asami ''[[HeadTurningBeauty attracts]]'' [[HeadTurningBeauty many people, including two of her teammates]] due to being a straight up NiceGirl despite her appearance being associated with most villains.
** Their relationships with their father were relatively stable and then they eventually shatter. Azula's was due to blindly following Ozai's evil plans and afterwards doesn't even plan on releasing him from jail knowing he's too [[BeyondRedemption far gone to change his ways]]. Asami is ''distraught'' after the truth of her father being an Equalist was revealed but allowed her father to redeem himself by pulling off a HeroicSacrifice.
** They both inherit many tomboyish traits, but while Azula embodies ''absolutely no'' feminine traits at all, Asami is a GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak having as much feminine traits as she does tomboyish.

** Both are among the most beautiful members of the Fire Nation as a whole and considered as such InUniverse, but while Azula [[WastedBeauty pushes others away from her]] due to her [[ManipulativeBitch manipulative]] and AxCrazy nature, Asami ''[[HeadTurningBeauty attracts]]'' [[HeadTurningBeauty many people, including two of her teammates]] due to being a straight up NiceGirl despite her appearance being associated with most villains.

* ForgivenButNotForgotten: Towards Mako. She's just as eager as Korra to be/stay friends with Mako post-break-up, but there's a palpable exasperation in her voice in saying so like she's just ''done'' with him romantically.

** In ''Long Live The Queen'', Asami comes up with a clever way for her and Korra to escape the airship.

* MistakenForTerrorist: At first, Korra dislikes the friendly and considerate Asami for reasons of LoveTriangle, and possibly also other kinds of jealousy. She is ''very'' eager to believe that her father, being [[{{Muggle}} a non-bender]], is somehow involved with Amon and the [[MugglePower Equalists]]. Asami is obviously hurt by these accusations from someone she considers a friend.

* GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak: She is first introduced as [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl very girly compared to the tomboyish Korra]] and remains so for the rest of the series, being a SpiritedYoungLady with {{long|hair is feminine}}, wavy black hair, fine clothes, lavender eyeshadow, and red lipstick. She's also GirlyBruiser and has a love for racing sports cars and [[WrenchWench is talented with machines in general]].

* GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak: She is the [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl girly girl to Korra's tomboy]], being a SpiritedYoungLady with {{long|hair is feminine}}, wavy black hair, fine clothes, lavender eyeshadow, and red lipstick. She also has a love for racing sports cars and [[WrenchWench is talented with machines in general]].

** It's also worth noting the irony that Asami superficially matches the [[TropeNamer trope-naming]] [[Franchise/ArchieComics Veronica]] in looks and background yet is consistently the Betty in personality.

* SoleSurvivor: As of the finale, she is [[spoiler: the last surviving heir of the Sato family, her mother killed by Firebenders years ago, and her father getting killed by Kuvira.]]

* HurtingHero: Asami spends the whole of Book 1 doing the right thing and fighting the good fight. As a result she ends up losing all ties to her life before. By the end she is clearly heart broken by it all, but is still admirably resolute in her choices. By Book 3 she's worked past it. However, Book 4 decides to kick a few more times before it's over in [[spoiler: the woman she loves being AWOL for three years, reconciling with her father ''just'' before watching him die and nearly being completely broken at Korra's presumed death until she emerged from the new portal.]] ''Then'' she catches a break.

* {{Hypocrite}}: While she was so vehemently against her father taking revenge for the death of her mother, [[spoiler:she's more than willing to take as many shots at Kuvira for the death of her ''father'' if it were up to her]].

* NumberTwo: Particularly in Book 3, whenever the foursome splits up the brothers go together (with typical NumberTwo Mako in charge of the B team with Bolin) and Asami as Korra's go-to girl and nominal second-in-command on the A-Team.

* SoleSurvivor: As of the finale, she is [[spoiler: the last surviving member of the Sato family, her mother killed by Firebenders years ago, and her father getting killed by Kuvira.]]

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: In an indirect way, being both the head of Future Industries and a competent asskicker, though the two aren't really related.

* BeautyEqualsGoodness: In contrast to the plain looking, barrel-chested Hiroshi, Asami is extremely gorgeous and is a much better person.

** Finally averted in ''Turf Wars'' as the battle at the end of Part One musses up her hair into a peek-a-boo UnkemptBeauty.

* TheHeart: Of the Krew: Sweet, TheCaptain's love interest and the Girly girl. [[spoiler: In true Chick fashion she also ends up with TheHero, Korra]].

* TheChick: Of the Krew: Sweet, TheCaptain's love interest and the Girly girl. [[spoiler: In true Chick fashion she also ends up with TheHero, Korra]].

* TookALevelInBadass: Not in a physical sense (since as a [[BadassNormal normal person]] physically she can't really get any stronger then she already is) but as an engineer and driver she gets much better over time. While she started out as the [[TheChick Chick]][=/=]BigGuy of the team there was never any indication in Book 1 she had any real skills as an engineer or a pilot beyond what we saw though nothing ''contradicting'' such possibilities given her working with her father. Come the next 3 books she shows the ability to [[BadassDriver drive any vehicle (including Oogi)]] becomes the Krew's engineering SmartGal (able to {{MacGyver|ing}} a sand sailor out of downed airship parts [[spoiler: and help create the Hummingbird suits that were instrumental in Kuvira's defeat]]), rescues her company from the brink of collapse and becomes a Captain of Industry in Republic City for helping to fix its damaged infrastructure. Oh and she did all this over the course of three years. Of course, considering how the previous series/70 years ago, a teenaged hunter-gatherer peasant from the Southern Water Tribe rivaled the tech skills of an establish genius old enough to be his father, this is even more plausible.

* ShesGotLegs: Only shown at the pool scene and the [[AllThereInTheManual design notes to go with it,]] but they definitely fit the rest of her supermodel-esque look.

* GreenEyedMonster: She's a jealous girl. Since learning about Korra's crush on Mako through the ever-talkative Ikki, Asami appears to at least be growing uncomfortable with the closeness of their relationship. Becomes even moreso in the next episode when she questions Mako's intensity in finding Korra, discovering that he and Korra kissed, and giving displeased looks whenever she suspects there is something more to the two's relationship. In "Turning the Tides", she confronts Mako about the kiss and tells him to own up to his actions. He doesn't take this well. In her defense, though, while Asami is annoyed at the ShipTease between Korra and Mako, she admits that she still ''likes'' Korra -- it's Mako she has a problem with. She also doesn't allow it to interfere with their mission.

* HotScientist: Asami is a tech genius who'd make [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]] proud, but she's drop-dead gorgeous and very easy on the eyes.

* TheAce: Asami is a beauty, rich, owns her own company, an expert martial artist, a highly skilled engineer, and can drive anything.

** [[http://awesomeannanymous.tumblr.com/post/105622183978/it-makes-sense-i-just-happen-to-notice-it Another fan]] noticed how she has the same color scheme as ''[[UltimateEvil Vaatu]]'', yet she's still a good guy, with [[LightIsGood Korra's colors being compared to Raava]]. [[spoiler: His comments about them needing each other to have balance seems especially HilariousInHindsight after Book 4: Balance, ended with them as an OfficialCouple]].

* {{Hypocrite}}: [[spoiler:Asami outright ''disowned'' her own father for his ruthless pursuit of revenge. But after ''he'' gets killed, she all but implies she'd want to avenge his death on Kuvira, the mindset she accused her own father of]].

* CryCute: She's cried in every season except "Changes" and it's ''always'' modest.

* ThrowTheDogABone: After being put through the wringer in Books 1 and 2, Book 3 shows Asami having recovered some of her losses and emotionally over others. There are no subplots that involve her suffering, doesn't [[CryCute cry]], and "Long Live The Queen" even lets her show off by being the one to come up with plans to save the day. Season 4 also cuts her some slack; it sees her finally make up with her father [[spoiler:[[BittersweetEnding before his]] HeroicSacrifice]], and ends with her [[spoiler:dating Korra.]]