Asami Sato's relationships

This page is comprised of Asami Sato's relationships with other characters in the Avatar World. Asami is an elegant and intrepid young woman with good judgment and uncompromising loyalty to her allies.

Mrs. Sato
"'I lost my mother when I was very young.'- Asami Sato to Mako in 'The Voice in the Night'"



Asami was very close to her mother. However, when Asami was a young girl, a member of the Agni Kai Triad murdered her mother during a break-in and robbery at the Sato-estate. Hiroshi sent Asami to take self defense classes for her own protection following this incident. Despite losing her mother to a firebender, she holds no grudges against benders, unlike her father. Asami strongly resembles her mother.

Hiroshi Sato
"'You really are a horrible father.' - Asami describing her father after he escaped in 'Endgame'."



Although a businessman and entrepreneur, Hiroshi made sure that Asami always had everything she needed, and enrolled her in self-defense classes when she was of a young age to ensure she would be able to protect herself. Living a life of luxury at the Sato estate, Asami and her father had a close relationship with each other after the death of her mother, as he was now all she had left. Due to this, she was able to get a lot past her father.

When she learned of Mako's monetary issues, she managed to convince her father to sponsor the Fire Ferrets for the amount of thirty-thousand yuans, and she was allowed to invite Mako and Bolin to reside at the mansion without clearing it with him first. When Asami learned that Korra was accusing her father of having ties with the Equalists, she immediately rushed to his side to support him, even defying Lin Beifong and Tenzin. When evidence of Hiroshi's affiliation with the Equalists surfaced, she still refused to believe that her father had anything to do with them. However, when she witnessed the truth herself, she was crushed. Hiroshi attempted to persuade her to join him and trustingly offered her one of the electrified gloves he was using to threaten her friends. Even after learning that her father was an Equalist, Asami continued to care deeply for him, as she told him she loved him before electroshocking him with the glove.

During the Attack on Republic City, she is captured by Equalists and wakes up in a cell. Her father again asks her to join him, however she is angry saying that she never will and that his anger has consumed him. Hiroshi marches off at which point the group in the cell are freed by Naga and Pabu.



Asami later faces off against her father in the mecha bots, Hiroshi finally severing his ties to Asami after she tells him that he no longer loves her mother, that the anger he feels for benders has completly taken him over, but Sato seeing his daughter as unmovable sees no choice left but to kill her. Assisted by Bolin, Asami marginally escaped death by the hands of her own father but still she hesitated to kill him. Asami electrocuted him once more after he tried to escape on foot, but not before regretfully agreeing with Bolin's earlier statement of Hiroshi being a horrible father.

Mako
"'I feel so safe with you.' - Asami to Mako in 'The Voice in the Night'."



Asami met Mako after she crashed into him while riding on her moped as he crossed the street. Initially, she was apologetic until she realized he was the captain of the Fire Ferrets. She was embarrassed and invited him to go out to dinner as an apology for the incident, which Mako accepted. Their relationship hit off immediately, and she had her father help with the Fire Ferrets' financial issues. They spent a lot of time together the following weeks, during which at some point Asami bought Mako a new silk scarf. While enjoying a romantic carriage ride through Republic City Park, Asami noticed Mako was still wearing his old red scarf, and he informed her that it was the only memento he still had of his deceased father. After Asami told him that she had lost her mother at a young age as well, they locked in an intimate embrace, with Asami saying she felt safe with Mako.

For the following weeks, Asami and Mako began referring to each other by affectionate nicknames like "sweetie". Asami would visit Mako during practice as well as before and after matches, and would watch the Fire Ferrets's matches from the stands. Before the final match of the tournament, Asami and Mako blew kisses to each other. Asami invited Mako and Bolin to stay in the Sato estate after the Pro-bending Arena was closed down following the Equalists' attack. When the Sato mansion was investigated based on Korra's suspicions, Mako defended Asami against the allegations against her father, even going so far as threatening to end his friendship with Korra if she continued to berate Asami. After it was proven that Hiroshi was working with the Equalists, Mako comforted the distraught Asami when they left the Sato estate.



When Asami found out that Korra had a crush on Mako, Asami began having suspicions while watching Korra and Mako interact, glaring at them from her rear view mirror as Mako helped Korra into the back seat. After Korra was abducted, her suspicions grew upon witnessing Mako's suddenly overwhelming worry following Korra's disappearance. She had an angry and upset reaction once a frustrated Mako coldly told her of him leading her search. Questioning Bolin over the nature of Mako and Korra's relationship, she found out the two had kissed sometime prior to the finals of the Pro-bending Tournament, and was visibly upset and angry over this new development. Later, as Mako lovingly carried Korra to Oogi, Asami looked toward them with a crestfallen look on her face.

After returning to Air Temple Island, Asami and Mako started to drift apart; she watched from a doorway with a dejected expression as Mako sat at the bedside of an unconscious and injured Korra, holding her hand. While eating dinner with Tenzin and his family, she sat as far away from Mako as possible. She continued to act unpleasant to him when he entered the kitchen asking for hot water so he could give Korra tea. She snapped at him, telling him that as a firebender, he should boil it himself. She then continued to drill him about his feelings for Korra, stating that she noticed his constant doting on her and that she knew he had shared a kiss with her during the Pro-bending Tournament. He was unable to give her an answer regarding his feelings for Korra and placed a hand on hers, saying that they should talk about their relationship when the conflict in Republic City was over. Enraged and feeling betrayed, she yanked her hand away and stormed out of the kitchen, stating that there "might not be a relationship to talk about". Asami barely keeps the alliance with Mako, even begrudging Mako during the attack on Republic City. For example, when he tried to sit in the front seat of her Satomoblie next to her, she told him off, disdainfuly telling him to sit behind with Korra. As Team Avatar watched the invasion of Air Temple Island from afar, she gave unkind looks from the corner to Mako who had his arm around Korra and was comforting her.

After their return to the Water Tribe, though not enunciated, Asami and Mako appear to have broken up. She has, however, eventually warmed back up to Mako. Afterwards, the latter apologized about how their relationship got out of hand. He admitted that he would always care about her, although it hurts her knowing he loves Korra. She pecks his cheek and admits she will always care about him too, implying that she trusts Mako again. It's unknown how she felt after Mako and Korra admitted their love for one another.

Bolin
"'What do you know, Bolin? Come on, spill it.' - Asami to Bolin in 'Out of the Past'."



Asami first met Bolin when her father became the Fire Ferrets' official sponsor, an action Bolin was very grateful for, as well as her invitation to Mako and his brother to take residence at the Sato estate after the Pro-bending Arena was shut down.

Albeit friendly toward one another, Bolin and Asami never interacted significantly until they set out to find Korra who had been supposedly abducted by the Equalists. Worried about Mako's overprotective reactions and eagerness to find Korra, she asked Bolin if her boyfriend liked Korra as more than a friend. Seeing right through his evasive answers, she told him flat out to say what he knew, and learned that Korra and Mako had once shared a kiss during the Pro-bending Tournament.

After Asami told Mako that she knew about the kiss Mako and Korra had shared during the Pro-bending Tournament, the latter angrily asked if Bolin had told her, but Asami shot back that he shouldn't be angry at Bolin for being truthful to her.

Bolin later saves her life when Hiroshi is attacking her, hurling rocks at Hiroshi's mecha bot.

Korra
"'Great job! What a comeback, Korra. I've never seen a hat trick like that.' 'Thanks! But, if it hadn't been for you and your father, we wouldn't have the chance to play. So, thank you.' - Asami and Korra in 'The Spirit of Competition'."



Asami initially had little contact with Korra directly, leaving her to develop unfair assumptions on Asami's personality. Asami, nonetheless, continued to act friendly toward Korra, complimenting her fervently after the Avatar's comeback in the pro-bending semifinals.

After Asami invited Korra to race with her at the Sato estate, the two bonded and Korra finally warmed up to Asami. However, Asami was frustrated with Korra when she accused her father of working with the Equalists, putting a damper on their newfound friendship. When Asami found that the Avatar was telling the truth, she retracted her aggressive attitude and Korra even invited her to live on Air Temple Island alongside Mako and Bolin. After Ikki told Asami that Korra liked Mako, the former reacted with surprise before being dragged away by a panic-stricken Korra.

When finding Korra doubting herself, stating she was the "worst Avatar ever", Asami was quick to help cheer her up, refuting Korra's statement by saying that she "was amazing". Bolin proceeded to emphasize that even though the Pro-bending Arena was shut down, they were still a team, something Asami eagerly agreed to.

When going looking for kidnapped Korra, Asami questioned Bolin whether Mako had ever displayed any further affections toward each other. Bolin, forced to confess, told Asami of the kiss the two of them had shared during the Pro-bending Tournament. Despite this, however, Asami stated that she still likes Korra, and blames only Mako for keeping his feelings a secret from her.

Equalists


After Asami discovered Hiroshi's affiliation with the Equalists, she turned on him and chose to help the Avatar. Her years of self-defense training made her a worthy opponent, and she was able to easily incapacitate the Lieutenant, who attacked after Asami had electroshocked her father. Together with Korra, Mako, and Bolin, they formed the new Team Avatar, dedicated to patrolling Republic City and thwarting the Equalists' schemes. During their tenure, Asami served as the driver of the team and fought off the Equalists with one of their own weapons, an electrified glove.