Very good job! I scanned it, but I loved it! If you haven't seen it, if you type in Avatar: the Last Airbender on , and keep scanning, there's a picure someone did of Aang recieving his tattoos. Your story reminded me of that. Check it out, and try to find my page, write me back and tell me what you think of the picture. Is it almost the same? But great story!
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Very realistic. I haven't had tattoos on myself, but I know who had. And when Aang's tattoo went purple, I was just thinking like--of course it won't going to be bright perfect blue immediately. How come I haven't think about that :P

Anyway I always wonder how did Aang get his all over the body tattoos, and your fic is a good nice explanation for that. I like it!

Good. The only thing I'd like to see is Toph again at the end, wether reacting to the story--was he telling it to her, or simply remembering?--or just saying something. Very interesting and realistic, how Aang was afraid the tatoos had come out purple. I wouldn't've thought of that.

Aw, poor Aang. That's excellent that you did research on a real Japanese process. Nice detail.

Interesting idea to do a fic on. It just seems a little strange to me that Toph, who can't see, cares about his tatooing. I can see Sokka asking the same question and he'd be funny trying to be manly about it. Good prose, though the italics-bold is a bit jarring.

What's funny is the cermony concerning Aang's tattoos was a big question I had about the series. I figured it had to have been very painful, especially since the darn things are all over the place >_O . Poor Aang.

What I enjoy about your stories is how closely they follow the show. This one sounded like a real episode, and I could imagine all the events taking place. Well...if they could show Aang being in that much pain without Nick and all the soccer moms going 'OMG THATS NOT APPROPRIATE!!1'

Awesome job. 100/10.

WOW... Thats all i can say...WOW! I've always wondered about how Aang got his tattoos and this one is very realistic... If the creaters of Avatar will tell the story about Aangs tattoos it will be pretty much like your story! OH THIS IS JUST SUCH A GOOD STORY! But id like you to continue it.. Maybe let Aang open himself to Katara or Toph.. Or maybe Sokka! Id like to know their reactions when he tells then that he fainted(if it was what he did..) of the pain...Especially Katara...

Ooh, I like this story.
It never ceases to amaze me that people never mention the ritual of Aang getting his tattoos. I believe you did it justice; I even had to bite my nails as I read the process (I'm afraid of needles). But anyway, I really liked this and I can't wait for more!

AH UPDATE! fast!
I love this story so much, I always wanted to know how Aang got his arrows and even though I new they were tatoos I never really took in that he actually had to go through the process of getting them. Ah...many...needles.

Yay! ~new favorite author~ I loved how you described this, even if it cemented why i'm never going to have tats done for me! great job

I LOVE this story.

For a moment while reading I thought this was the last chapter, and I was so sad. I don't want this story to end! I loved everything about this chapter; Gyatso's kindness, Aang's initial disappointment, and especially Aang showing off to his friends. I must thank you, too--I always wanted to write about this ceremony, but could never quite make it happen. You have really given it life!

finally you updated! what took u so long? anyways im really looking forward to your next chapter!

Another great chapter! I love the part where Aang was interacting with the other young airbenders. ^_^ Great job, and I can't wait for you to update!

I really like this. At first, I was a little nervous because Toph was the one asking, but I felt better when I saw the slight Aang/Katara. If I'd noticed right away who wrote, I'd have known better!

Slight correction, though: if memory serves, Aang doesn't have tattoos on his back. The ones on his arms begin at the shoulder, the legs begin at the back of the knee and twist around to end on top of his feet, and the main head arrow starts at the back of his neck. That his back is clear is evident when he rides the Elephant Koi fish in Warriors of Kyoshi.

I also found myself interested in Aang's tattoos. Though I didn't go so far as to actually describe the ceremony, which you've done beautifully, I do have him and Katara talk about it in chapter 10 of Avatar in Training. I kind of wonder why it hasn't really been addressed in the show.