Zuko Sees Ozai Die in Front of Him 

Stubborn from the beginning of imprisonment to the very end. In contrast to Uncle Iroh who passed away a proud father, Ozai passed away a stubborn and broken man.

During his time in prison, Iroh fooled everyone by pretending to be broken. Ozai wasn't fooling anyone by pretending to be strong.

Ozai: *Dies* Zuko - "...." *Later Zuko is visiting Uncle Iroh's shop* Zuko - "Father died today..." Iroh - "Oh, that's very inconvienient....here nephew, have this churro. It's on the house." Zuko - "My father died and all you're giving me is a free churro?" Iroh - " Yes" Zuko - "....thanks, uncle."

Ozai: "All my money was in that mattress!" Zuko: "Wha... Haven't you ever heard of a bank?" Ozai: "NOOOOO!" *dies of heart attack*

When you think about it, Aang taking away Ozai's bending was such a better punishment than killing him. A death it battle would have been too quick and easy for him, and could have turned him into a martyr for fire nation extremists. Leaving him to wallow in his cell without any of his precious power was a far more fitting punishment.

Love how Zuko literally had no fear of Ozai after the show. Ozai: "Well...isn't it an honor to be visited by the Fire Lord?" Zuko: "You should be honored the Avatar let you live."

Aang took Ozai's bending. Zuko took Ozai's throne. Ursa took Ozai's pride.

plot twist:this was the happiest moment of zuko's life

Ozai: Dies* Zuko: *ITS THE BEST DAY EVER*

Zuko watching Ozai die was an end of an era.

I think the saddest thing about Ozai is that he’s a perfect example of people who can’t be saved from even themselves. Like Azula, his own daughter after him, he is in actuality and ultimately his own worst enemy. He doesn’t even realize it, though. Probably not even before he dies. Here’s hoping that Azula didn’t meet the same fate, though.

Zuko wasn't Ozai's favorite, but he did succeed Ozai as Fire Lord in some ways.

That's actually a great ending for Ozai. It sounds like what would happen in the canon ATLA comics. I wonder about Azula.

Zuko must've partied when Ozai died.

I like how the comics exploited how hard the job of being Fire Lord was.

The big problem is that Ozais backstory has never been explored the way it was with Iroh Zuko or Azula. There is a lot we do not know about his childhood.

I knew Ozai's gonna die in the old age due to him being old but the fact he died in front of his son whom he hated the most is just pathetically sad

Ozai's mental health deteriorate over time when he's defeated, all alone in prison and became a mockery after Zuko undo his father's sins as well as the Fire Nation's horrible reputation. That comic page must have taken place like at least a few years later when white hair has grown and the brain has taken too much from the isolation & depression, in the end, dead.

Honestly, If I were Zuko I would've been super petty... "You will learn Ozai. You will learn compassion, temperance, love and above all you will learn respect for life! And Suffering will be your teacher" Conjure a flame in my hand and press it against Ozai's face. Poetic justice.

"The love you make equals the love you take." In conclusion, he has no sense of love.

Ozai die with his pride. He was stubborn to change. His will is amazing, spending so much time in jail alone didnt shake his belief and will.

All he has ever been is a selfish, stubborn, arrogant man who has no honor, dignity, and love.

And it was at that moment that Zuko finally learned to respect his father, as Ozai tried to teach him.

Feels realistic. Some people dont have redemption arcs, they are just plain evil, and wont change, no matter what.

I believe Ozai and Iroh are two different aspects of flame. Iroh is the gentle warmth, like a campfire, inviting the cold and weary to sit and rest. a wavering flame through the wind, capable of change when needed, but always resilient. Ozai, on the other hand, is what happens when fire is given to much fuel. it reaches a point in which it is almost impossible to be quelled. the raging inferno destroys countless innocents in its path to burn everything around it. it has no motives, but to ruin. it is too unbearably hot to stand around, and thus repels all who approach. however, when the embers die down, the dirt becomes even more fertile than ever before, and a new land is sprung from the ashes.

I kinda love that he muttered "but" three times in the row. He was actually taken back by his wife's words even if it was just for a second and then his pride and ego couldn't allow him to face the truth.

Who else reads the comics with the voice actors voices?

can we just take a moment to compliment how Ozai's beard remained coof af even after years in prison.

As an Australian man myself born in 1998 who likes watching Avatar: The Last Airbender because it is such an awesome entertaining unforgettable show. In my honest opinion Ozai is a seriously messed up character. He is a terrible son when he poisoned his father Azulon to death while he is a sleep to become the next Firelord, he is a terrible brother when he imprisoned Iroh by falsely accusing him as a traitor to the Fire Nation, he is a terrible uncle when he showed no empathy for the death of his nephew Lu Ten who got killed during the 600 day siege of Ba Sing Se, he is a terrible husband when he forced Ursa to break up from her fiancé Ikem also known as Noren so he could marry her for himself plus he mentally abused her with domination after that he banished her, he is a terrible father by using his daughter Azula as a weapon after that he abandoned her despite her loyalty plus he told a younger Zuko that he was lucky to be born plus he tries to sacrifice Zuko when he was a little boy plus he challenged him to an Agni Ki by humiliating him in front of the Fire Nation when he was just 13 years old after that he burned him on the side of his face by leaving him permanently with a scar after that he banished him plus he also tried to kill him with his lightning ability, and he is also a terrible Firelord by forcing the Fire Nation to engage in many ruthless battles by colonizing plus burning down the entire Earth Kingdom during the 100 year war with the power of Sozin’s comet so he could become the Phoenix King. Ozai is literally a demon in shape of a human.

To be fair, you can call it 'manipulation' and it probably was, but it wasn't bad advice, especially for someone like Zuko. As the Fire Lord not every decision will be cut and dry, a choice he makes can be the difference between starving one group of people in order to save another (the hawk and the turtlecrab), Zuko needs to realize that he is the only one who can ultimately decide what is 'right' when it comes to those hard decisions, and like Roku told Aang once before the final battle, you have to be decisive. If you sit on a decision for too long the wave will crash down and make the decision for you. Again in Zuko's flashback, he waited so long that a wave swept him out and the crab ultimately got away anyway, leaving the hawk to starve, but it also left Zuko struggling to get back to shore. The problem solved itself but he ended up weak and fighting for air from not taking action sooner.

Zuko: Now we're even.

Ozai gave zuko a guidance when he was little at the beach. Yet even to him, those are the most memorable times in his life, that his son didn't had a chance to choose properly and to let the hawk eats the turtle crab or permanently not let the hawk eats the turtle crab. A leader is a responsibility, it doesn't matter if it's good or bad, and you know there's always a risk to decide.

The fact you played one of Homelander's themes for Ozai and Ursa's interaction is pure gold 😂😂😭

Words can be the most powerful thing out there. All Azula needed was 3 words.. 😢 I love you 💔

Ozai was one of true villains in a series he's motive isn't being right or wrong like he told zuko when you are the leader it is not how you decide that affect other but what you decide is what right or wrong i don't say i agree with but like protagonist who stick to their guts and believes even at their lowest point is the same way ozai is with his belief power before all that is in the end power is always the winner like when aang brought peace by using power he won that battle not by being merciful and ozai hated that cuz he got the test of his own medicine

Moving along now to the subject of this video: Ozai even though evil was partially right because there’s an old saying in England “ heavy is the burden that wears the Crown, which Ozai tried to corrupt his kid with but being an ruler of an kingdom “ rulers must made harsh decisions at times, which some may be right but others seen as evil “ because an example scenario is given ( an pair of citizens come to the palace to argue an dispute where if one is usually Right the other will not like the outcome in many cases) , so an wise king or firelord as he tried to explain if used via wise counsel is to listen to both sides of the argument and be as fair and impartial as possible, though Ozai tried to use an lesson in leadership only to try to corrupt his son, the new king… So he’s partially right and wrong at the same time…

Did anybody expect anything more for the worse villain in animation history. I didn't he got the worse punishment that could have been thrown in his face. His bending is gone, his power is gone, and his family no longer needs him. And any and all Ozai supporters don't you think they would have dropped it once they found out he couldn't bend anymore.

“Did Ozai just die?” “Ya know, it’s really unclear”

Ozai died as he lived, in his cell with his own true loves. Fear and hate

Zuko was more sad of Uncle Iroh’s death more than he was sad of Ozai’s; Uncle Iroh has been a “real” father to Zuko.

Some Ozai loyalists are even ssplit amongst themselves with one faction still supporting Ozai and the other supporting Azula.

He died in his cell right in front of zuko I cannot think of a more better fate the Sun that you banished and didn't take seriously or thought of as your favorite is the one that sees you often the next world the last image that you see before you die basically the last moments of your you with your son the son you never cared about being the last thing that you see kind of the ultimate irony.

These comics NEEDS to be adapted into tv-shows just as GREATLY animated as the 2005 Avatar cartoon & Legend of Korra. Also how old was Ozai when he died. 💙🙏

Part of me wonders if Ozai went through what he put Zuko through; living in the shadow of the talented sibling his father favored while being neglected. Behavior like that is learned.

a fitting death for a peace of trash such as him in the end removing his bending was *THE BEST* thing Aang could of done . Its like Luffy shattering the dreams of his enemies without killing them . I bet Ozai would prefer and if could even beg Aang to had killed him back then ! All these years in a cell , without power , anyone to care or love him , his smelly ass rot there and basically it was a very satisfied punishment for all the crimes he committed I don't see avatar as a cartoon but more of a shonen jump anime !

“Those who don’t give to others, will never receive anything back from them. Just like those who only desire will end up with nothing. Because you can’t create anything. Dying alone sure is pathetic.” - Yushiro

I hope we get to know more about what happened to Azula after ATLA. I hope she finds peace, she's been a horrible person but I don't think she deserves Ozai's death.

"The Sins Of The Fathers" -Ozai -Okumura Kunikuza -Masayoshi Samuel Shido

I love the fact that Ozai’s advice to Zuko is both right and wrong at the same time. That’s actually a sign of really good writing. The key is that Zuko is being indecisive. That’s what happened to him when he was a kid, That’s what was happening to him as fire lord. And it’s that same indecision that got him scarred. ‘Heavy is the head that wears the Crown.’ All the perks, all the benefits, all the praise everybody gives you for being a ruler, and that’s all just the upside‘s to the downside of being a king/emperor/president: the job. any kind of position of leadership needs for that leader to make a decision. And at times they don’t have the luxury to wait to make that decision, by all means listen to advice even change your mind maybe even realize that you make a mistake. But just standing there doing nothing while thinking of all the pros and cons of each decision for to long, Only leads to problems.

Imagine if you were a good person and you watched your dad, who was a monster in real life and was in prison, pass away in front of you. It feel really depressing because of the situation.

I'll give Ozai this much, he never betrayed who he was or gave up on his, by post-comet, delusional ambitions. Even at his lowest and most pitiful point, he stayed true to what he is, a remorseless, unrepentant prick, its sort of something I respect in villains, but that's mainly because I don't like redemption arcs.

Aang: *takes away bending* Some fans: WHY DIDN'T AANG JUST KILL HIM?! Other fans: Because this is worse than death for Ozai due to Aang taking away the only thing that made him special (Ozai outside of his skill with Firebending was a talentless disgrace and Azulon knew that) plus it's funnier 😂

I always had this mental image of Zuko wheeling Ozai in a chair out to the evening sun on his last day. Eventually Ozai raises his hand toward the sun and a few sparks flicker off from his fingertips before he dies laughing/coughing, feeling some sense of triumph as he dies

it's amazingly satisfying. Zuko said it himself that being in jail could send him on the right path. His life as a horrible father and fire lord lead to this moment. It cost him his fire bending, his freedom and his life. He deserved to look into the eyes of his son who he mistreated right before meeting his fate. Now he can die knowing all he did was wrong and has nobody to blame except himself

I hated the comics. How does Sneers non-bender girlfriend overpower Zuko? It’s so stupid.

"Pride and overconfidence is the true enemy." Yoshimitsu (Tekken and Soulcaliber)

Seeing this convinces me Aang should’ve just killed Ozai. He spent the rest of his years in a Cold, Dark, Damp and Isolated Cell without even the comfort of his bending left. Spending the rest of your years till death in essentially Solitary Confinement is a fate way worse than death. It’d literally be a mercy at that point

To me I think ozai has gone from evil to neutral just like Zaheer

I pictured things a bit differently for Ozai: Ozai starts doing what Iroh was doing, he does various exercises and learning to adapt without his bending. Looking back at his back story, I made up an idea that Ozai once visited the white lotus, before Iroh, while under cover, using an alias called Xai Bau. He learned of everything they know. His true reasons on being fire lord/phoenix king is he’d use the resources to cause enough damage to the physical world so the walls between the plane of spirits and the material world will come crumbling down and he'd try conquering both. But those plans were derailed due to the lion turtle’s convenient meddling. There for that’s when he decided to use the methods of anarchy. Ozai still has support from the new Ozai society that Azula is currently leading. I made the assumption that the fire warriors and the new ozai society are cover names of the true organization, the red lotus. Azula knows nothing about it but Zirin does and she’s secretly working for Ozai. Zuko asks a request from Aang in helping track down Azula. He does so using the energybending to track down Appa in the swamp. He does so but something unexpected happens, due to Azula being a descendant of Aang’s past life, Roku, their souls intertwined and have become bonded. This spirit bond allows them to understand each other on an empathy level and they begin to come closer to each other then any other before. Aang tells Zuko where he is, he takes up the blue spirit mantle once again, followers her at ember islands and gives her the same note he got about the dragon catacombs, she goes into those catacombs and reads all about Sozin’s life story. Azula confronts Zuko about this in the bedroom and he tells her that avatar Roku is the their great-grandfather from their mother’s side. Azula is left speechless, but Zuko gives her the same speech Iroh gave him, he then let’s her go and did not set a trap for her capture. Zuko announces that he quits being the fire lord and allows Iroh to take his place which confuses and almost terrifies Azula. After much contemplating, Azula decided if Zuko will not be the warlord she knows and serves, then perhaps Aang will. The two get into a psychological war, Azula tries bringing out the bad in Aang where Aang tries bringing out the good in Azula. And Aang was almost at the winning side. Ozai confronts the lion turtle, he starts a battle with it. It’s the toughest fight he’s ever had, especially since he no longer has any bending. Ozai finally manages to be on top, not only did he actually slay the great lion turtle, Ozai absorbed it’s soul, gaining all it’s powers. It’s then that he reveals himself and the red lotus and they all betray and capture Azula. The gaang come in and rescue her. Aang and Azula go to a private island to work on Azula’s chakras, after they are cleared, their bond grows even stronger. She finds her self to find an affinity for spirituality like Iroh and Aang. After Azula, Mai and Ty Lee make up, they officially become a part of the gaang. Skipping ahead into the climax of Aang’s saga, for real this time, there’s a great battle between the white lotus and the red lotus. Ozai was tough opponent with new found energybending and it took the entire gaang everything they got. Finally, Aang gets the upper hand by using spiritbending with all the elements instead of just water and uses his own energybending to give it a boost. Aang successfully purifies and pacifies Ozai’s soul but his physical body dies in the process, much to Aang’s shame and guilt but Katara makes him feel better. Many of the red lotus and white lotus members have died, including Zirin and the entire fire warriors, with only a hand full of less known surviving members from both sides. Azula and Aang discover some sky bison. Azula, Mai and a dozen fire sages decide to tend to the bison together as shamans. Iroh continues being fire lord until his peaceful passing and Zuko takes the crown again and marries Ty Lee. Aang and Katara also decide to marry.

What was going through his mind what was he thinking🧐💭

Ozai *dies* The fanbase: I see this as an absolute win

I wish I could know more what were his final thoughts💭

If I was Zuko, I’d be celebrating just like when Squidward celebrated when he thought SpongeBob had to move because his house got drunken

I DON’T understand why they did not continued the original story instead of doing Korra… Same as Naruto doing Boruto…

Ozai forgot one of the most valuable lessons in life and power. You Take on What You Dish Out. All that Disrespect and Intimidation Came Back to Bite Him, Now He’s lost Everything and he’s super Bitter bout it.

Azulon disliked Ozai and often belittled him in favor of Iroh.

Homelander music with Ozai is scarily fitting 😭😭

The fact that we never got an animated book 4 covering all the stories from the comics is shameful. Seriously I think we all wanted more but what do we get? A failed live action adaptation in 2010 and a bunch of comic books which not many people even read...

“It’s sad how pathetic Ozai is…” Really, on whose side are you? Would you have preferred to have him burned down Earth kingdom too?

Maybe after years of imprisonment Ozai should've been permanently banished to Kangaroo Island.

Suki: King of the... guys who don't win? Couldn't describe Ozai any better. He couldn't truly win unless he broke the shackles that held him down like Iroh, Zuko, Toph, etc. They all have gone through that transformation while Ozai could not.

I am the first comment I love your videos can you make another video about the legend of Genji

"& goodness knows the Wicked's lives are lonely goodness knows the Wicked die alone it just shows when you're wicked you're left only on your own"

Here what Zuko and Ozai last conversation should be. Zuko: Father, I forgive you. Ozai: Forgive me!?!??! For what, I scarred you for life, I banished you?!??, I TRIED TO KILL YOU WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG AND I STILL WANT TOO?!?!? Tries to attack Zuko but was too weak and ill. Suddenly he dies.

Ozai was like zuko when he was young. His father azulon see him as worthless and favor iroh over him. I guess ozai just wanted to be like his father and see zuko as worthless and favor azula. So this means his father is the reason he became a bad person.

A story what we know and dont know good combination

You know feel a little tiny bit bad for Ozai. Died without ever making it right with his family. You know never apologized or showed any ounces not even a pebble or crumb of remorse for what he did. Died without making it right.

What a tragic end to a sad man I'm sorry he never found redemption.

*Reactions from members of the Royal Family (My theory.):* Zuko: My father's legacy is nothing but a shadow I've long struggled to escape from in my youth, and was finally freed from as an adult. His death may bring a closure to my imprisonment, but it doesn't erase the scars he, his father, and his grandfather left behind, not just the one I still carry. Azula: I looked up to him when I was a child, since he considered me more of a prodigy than my ill-tempered brother. But, as adult, looking back, his legacy is nothing but that of manipulation, abuse, and betrayal, something I too have been guilty of in my life. His death only proves that nobody is invincible, not even me, my mother, my brother, my uncle, my niece, nor my now fallen father, dare I even say his name. Iroh: Ozai's journey and legacy was certainly one of ambition, but also destruction. Something I was guilty of when I was the heir to my father's throne. In death, he shall find peace and redemption that he avoided in life. Ursa: For too long, I once held on to the hope that the man I foolishly married could find his way back to the light, just as my brother-in-law, son, and daughter did during their years in exile. I was wrong. His death as a small hateful man trying to look big, but without room for love or affection, is a reminder of lost chances and the consequences of choosing your legacy over your family. Mai: My father-in-law's death changes very little for me. It won't erase the pain he caused, nor will it bring back those who suffered under both his and his ancestors' rule. But, perhaps we can finally move forward without his shadow looming over us. Izumi: My grandfather's death marks the end of an era. One filled with both triumphs and tragedies. As the heir to my father's throne, and the granddaughter of a governor of a colony named after him, it's my duty to ensure that our nation continues to move forward with honor and compassion, learning from the tyranny of the past.

More like from riches to rags to death 🤣 Great job Dude

Men that's rough buddy

When he He didn’t say or do anything he just collapsed that all

I really like how Ursa stood up to Ozai, he mouthed him off after he insulted her. You could tell he wanted to fuck with her more and she was like nah I'm not dealing with and it really screwed him up. She saw how pathetic he was wasting away in a cell and realized letting him berate her was one of the only things he could do to enjoy his life anymore so she didn't give it to him. The scene in the comic is so badass, and you can tell it was a long time coming. Ozai ruined her life and now she's making sure to ruin his.

Phoenix King indeed. Ozai couldn't have picked a more ironic theme for his "rule the world laughter," cause unlike his family and the world he scorched, he'll never rise from the ashes-HE IS THE ASHES. Hell, his ex-wife epically roasted him.

Even though Azula inherited her father’s evil nature there was still a small part of humanity in her to make her more than just a stereotypical femme fatale the series. Whereas Ozai was just a full out Psychopath filled with nothing but hate and an insatiable ambition. Ozai had no love for anything other than two things himself and power, he couldn’t care for his wife, son, brother or daughter. His children were nothing but blunt instruments for him to use. It’s why he favoured Azula over Zuko, Ozai only cared about her skills as a firebender not her as a daughter and how it was of great use to him. After believing that Zuko killed Aang, Ozai welcomed him back not because his so called ‘honour’ was restored, it was because he believed he finally had another tool in his arsenal that could be at his disposal at anytime.

Ursa: You're just a small man trying to be big. Ozai is definitely compensating for something 😂

My problem with the whole fire lord bending ending is purely that… being the fire lord doesn’t constitute being the strongest bender? Zuko was still heir to the throne despite being a weaker bender than his sister. It’s a monarchy him suddenly not being the fire lord because he lost his bending doesn’t really make sense.

Even though he was a cruel man who deserved it, spending his entire life in that cell seems cruel. To be honest, I probably would have had him serve time there, but after he finished, I’d have exiled him somewhere far away… just like he exiled Zuko. There he’d live out the rest of his days as a non bender and maybe learn some humility.

This is non-canon junk. Ozai definitely killed himself mere seconds after that confrontation with Ursa we saw in the comics.

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Not sure how I like that fan ending for Ozai. While his stubbornness seen in the series so far could easily foreshadow such a ending, I think its too sterilized. One can argue he deserves no better but life rarely plays out "as expected". Keep in mind as "evil" and cruel Ozai was, like Azula, he was a product of his upbringing. On the contrary Zuko is so much more a compassionate, thoughtful and understanding man. I would like to think after many years in solitude and confinement Ozai would break, as humans do, and perhaps then Iroh, or maybe even Zuko through Irohs teachings, connects him to becoming more spiritual and by connecting to the spirit world he meets a spirit guide who helps him reflect on his life and how its not too late to reform and become a more balanced man. Much like the real world Puyi, last of the Chinese Qing dynasty and last Emperor, he reforms by becoming a agriculturalist, helping bring forth life as a penance from the life he destroyed, no longer a figure head nor any want to be one. Keep in mind this is a life long process, not an overnight change. He never stops being a "prisoner of the state" but does gain some freedom tending to his gardens on a estate set aside for him under watch. He retires in old age, and on his last day he has a visit with his son, an older Fire Lord Zuko and his teen granddaughter Izumi, the future Fire Lord, who even now is a Pacifist. As Zuko turns to leave, Ozai says for the first time... "Son, I am proud of the man you have become". Zuko smiles then continues on his way. Then Ozai later shares a tea with his older brother one final time before he passes away, not as a "Phoenix" King, not as Fire Lord, not even as a Noble...just as a citizen of the Fire Nation. His body finally becoming free as his spirit had become many years earlier.

Did Zuko even care?

The Avatarist: The only man that can really help him is Ozai Iroh: Am I a joke to you?

nobody asked but here's my headcanon about Ozai's death Ozai ages rapidly after the series, appearing to be roughly the same age as Iroh if not a little older. around 15 years later, he falls ill. other than a doctor, he is only visited once: by Azula. Azula hears about Ozai's illness, breaks into the prison, and finally lets go of him, disowning him as her father and leaving. Ozai dies on the same day as King Bumi, and is therefore given no attention. he is only found dead the next day when Zuko comes down to see him, because the guards report that he's refusing to eat. His death is publicly revealed and everyone just continues with their lives

I feel like ozai had a bad father or mom that's why he became the way he is. Also many assassins wanted to kill him must of been stressful. Edit: I kinda wish ozai would be a changed man and turn good to be a better father to Zuko and azula.

Openly favoring one child over the other is a good way to create to a abusive asshole

If Avatar had been a more cynical series, Zuko's first step upon taking the throne would be to "clean house", IE purge any and all pillars and supporters of the former regime and with "purge" I mean "massacre". Starting with his father and sister simply to avoid having a resistance against his rule use them to deligitimise his position. So even Aang's act of mercy would simply mean Ozai dies on the chopping block instead of on the battlefield. I mean, a disgraced prince returns by the "mercy" of his father only to betray this mercy by violently overthrowing him with the help of foreigners, that's how things would look for the average fire nation citizen. As I said, if the series was less idealistic Zuko's position would start up so shaky he'd really have no alternative to annointing his rule with the blood of enemies and potential enemies.

Ozai: Preserve our nation…don’t let it fall to…other…na…tions…-dies peacefully

Sometimes I'm morally conflicted if Aang made the right choice by not killing him. Sure its not right to take a life, but knowing that Zuko seeing this evil man rot away in misery without ever wanting the opportunity to change while he had the chance even though he deserved it is just torture at this point. Maybe Ozai would reincarnate to a better person in his next life lol

I like to think Zuko eventually exiled Ozai where he eventually died. The only thing he had going on was the few remnant followers, who I believe are dealt with already in the comics and Azula. But other than that, he's powerless, unless he can trick a Lion Turtle or Aang into giving him back his bending.