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anthropwashere · 3 years

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ROYGETSAUTOMAILFIC

LSH:SHSG:SLKDHFS:

@x-rainflame-x I JUST said I wrote myself into a corner with this one! There's actually 26k to it, not 22k, and I didn't even get Roy Stupid Mustang into an automail clinic because I got too dang hungup on details and shelved it in favor of... jeez. I think another shelved FMA wip where I had Ed lose his right arm again for keepsies? I'm... I'm not good at finishing things....

What the Roy gets automail fic WIP covers, in no particular order:

surgery/recovery/initial PT for his hands to include a scrapped aside where he had to get a second surgery because the first wasn't enough (this was going to be a deep medical rabbit hole I would've fallen into, so I opted to cut it)

the initial etchings of the absolutely massive political vacuum that would exist post-PD

an intention to cover at least a small amount of murmuring from the neighboring countries

secondhand accounts of the fallout of having Central Command laser-sploded out of existence; building up a vague scaffold of where the rest of Central military buildings are located and where all the politicking could be handled (we know the Intelligence offices are located down the block from CC thanks to a single throwaway line, for example)

Havoc being healed (although this was something I strongly considered scrapping in favor of him refusing to use the Stone's souls for his own selfish gain now that he knows firsthand what exactly those souls are experiencing? I like the version I wrote where he was healed, but I'm also a big fan of post-series fics where Havoc remains disabled because the literal magic fix for disabilities is always a bit :/ for me personally

Mustang going to the Gate and talking to Truth in a scene that is like, 92% identical to the one in the HP/FMA xover fic Colours of the World which I swear I didn't read until like a year after I wrote it. One the one hand yayyy, I clearly know what I'm doing with Mustang's characterization! On the other hand I'm still laughing at how much it'll look like I ripped their story off if/when I do ever finish this dang thing

Izumi and Mustang bonding

no shortage of jokes about how exhausting the bureaucracy of military medicine is FOR NO PARTICULAR REASON NO SIR, I DO NOT HAVE EXTENSIVE PERSONAL FEELINGS REGARDING THIS WHAT A RIDICULOUS NOTION

and most of all a frankly unconscionable amount of Mustang navel gazing, my god this man is playing 5D chess with himself and losing

There were plans for:

Mustang to have the surgery/rehabilitation done in Central (with a fun OC mechanic for a scene because when will I not take an opportunity to make FMA OCs)

but an assassination attempt would have Grumman pretty much order him to clear out, so obviously he goes to Rockbell Automail

and I was gonna force the timing to work out so he, Hawkeye, and the Elrics all traveled together for maximum :)

it was gonna get nothing short of domestic AF while he was recovering, with lots of quiet scenes and silly scenes and gentleness freely given between everybody

I'm talking drinks and stories with Pinako (before surgery, and after he's recovered a fair bit)

Ed telling harmless jokes and anecdotes while Mustang can barely breathe from the pain

Mustang and Al talking recovery/PT/ how irritating it is to be treated like they're glass/useless, also walkies with Den

Mustang, Pinako, and Al relentlessly teasing Ed and Winry

Madame Christmas and some of the girls were gonna turn up about halfway through his rehab for a visit

a crumb of serotonin for you: Ed AND Al hearing her call Mustang "Royboy"

lots of rehab scenes with Winry, and just exploring how eye automail would potentially function and how you adapt to all that extra weight on your neck

discussions about Hohenheim because I love one square dad and I will harm on him at every opportunity

This is an older WIP at this point that got shelved about 6 months into my migraine hell, so I was ABSOLUTELY gonna inflict this crap on him to go with his messed up hands and torso

first time he sees with the automail Hawkeye was gonna be the first person he saw because of COURSE

phone and visit shenanigans from various military folk keeping Mustang in the loop with how things are progressing, so lots of fun bits with various members of the team

Major General Olivier Mira Armstrong being a boss bitch in every scene because I'm love her

an epilogue scene several years down the line for exactly 2 reasons

1. I get to continue the joke of Mustang threatening to name the new Central library after the Elrics

2. I got this image in my head of Mustang's oil portrait hung up somewhere automail and scarred hand and one glove and all, and Ed making fun of it

ANYWAY yeah. I have *waves hands wearily* SO much of this thing outlined and a lot written, but I swore ages back I wouldn't touch it again until I finished both the Hohenheim and the ghost!Al fics

so you can expect to see this in 2067, probably

#fun #my writing #gifs #fma #did i name this fic after a poem for maximum pretentiousness?#of course i did what kind of question is that #i have so many fun FMA ideas I want to burden you all with but my brain is just. oatmeal.#i'm like MAYBE 1k away from wrapping up a DP fic and have been for like a month #i just.... the words do not happen :(#the upside to spending innumerable hours wracked with pain in a dark room means you get to do a lot of brainstorming?

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bestbonnist · 4 years

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Chapter 128.2

OK this was a set-up chapter, so there’s not a lot of important plot stuff. The fan translations from Sense-Scans came out about an hour before Crunchyroll’s, so they’re officially caught up with the manga. Since I have access to both translations at the same time, I’ll be covering any differences between the two as well.

Ricard decided to come with Tonari to school, which is cute, but the kids in her class are a little weirded out by a whole ass owl in broad ass daylight. Either Crunchyroll got the first sentence translated slightly wrong or there was a typo in the original Japanese, the first speech bubble says “I’m about to introduce some transfer students, kids.” But Tonari is in a different class from Fushi so it should be one singular transfer student.

The teacher’s reaction to Fushi saying “alright”/”yeah” makes me wonder if they were using casual speech with her, which is considered disrespectful for students to use with teachers. I, sadly, cannot read Japanese well enough to tell, so this is just speculation. Fushi might know how to use polite speech, or keigo, but chose not to because they’re older than her, I don’t know, but it’s interesting to think about. Tonari’s shaky speech bubbles during her introduction might mean she’s speaking in a way that she’s unused to as well.

Fushi messing around with the mechanical pencil is pretty funny, it made me consider that although they’re being treated as way younger than they actually are, there might be some things that they can learn from school, like history, math, science. If they understood the basic principles of chemistry they could make some pretty cool stuff.

The Sense-Scans translation had the boys in Fushi’s class react in much milder tones to the girls’ excitement. The one whose name we don’t know says “the girls are really taken to him.” And Saji, who likes Mizuha responds with “It is what it is.” In the Crunchyroll translation the dialogue goes “Those girls are kinda creepin’ me out, man,” and the response is “So? Let them have their fun.”

I like how Fushi describes themself as from “the north” although they’re not entirely sure where. Referring to wherever the Nameless Boy was.

Interestingly, now is when we find out that Mizuha was previously in their club before she joined the Occult Club. After she announced that she quit the Naginata Club, those same girls approached Hanna and told her that Mizuha was bad news. Apparently Mizuha doesn’t last long in different clubs, she says it’s because she loses interest interest but it’s more likely that she gets ostracized. Those girls told Hanna that she quits clubs because of boys, but that’s only partly true.

While the girls in their class are asking them questions, Fushi tries to include Mizuha in the conversation, which is very sweet but also shows their complete inability to read social cues, resulting in a misunderstanding. Everyone now thinks they like Mizuha, which ain’t good for either of their friend-making prospects.

When Saji asks Mizuha out, Crunchyroll has him literally say “Then go out with me sometime.” In Sense-Scans he takes a more roundabout approach by saying “How about next time, you and I hang out?” After this, the girl who likes him (I don’t think we know her name) has a really bitter look on her face, so I predict further conflict between her and Mizuha, and also something with Saji and Fushi.

The final major translation difference is when Hanna tries to tease Mizuha about her crush, who she thinks is Yuuki. In Sense-Scans Mizuha says “I’ll stop being friends with you!!” if she tells, in Crunchyroll she goes “I guarantee you’re wrong anyway!!”

The final bubble is an ominous message about Izumi being completely different, but Mizuha doesn’t seem to suspect anything shady at work.

All in all: a fun chapter! Lots of bullying, always glad to see kids pushing their insecurities onto others!

#fumetsu no anata e #to your eternity #to you the immortal #fushi #mizuha #saji #that one girl who likes saji #fnae #fnae spoilers #fnae manga #fnae anime spoilers #volume 14 spoilers

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thenichibro · 7 years

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Fall 2017 Anime First Impressions

And so here I am again, three weeks late because I can never keep up. Fall 2017 thus far doesn’t seem too, too bad, but I’m sure that will change, considering the multiple original shows on my watching list. Luckily there’s plenty of cute girls doing cute things shows, which is all I need, really. As usual, here’s what I’m watching, with MAL links and original shows marked: Osake wa Fuufu (MAL) Starting off with a short show this time. Osake wa Fuufu follows a wife, Chisato, and her husband, Sora. Sora likes making drinks, and Chisato likes drinking. Match made in heaven, if you ask me. The show even includes drink recipes depending on the featured drink, and a food pairing with it. It's a three minute show about a cute, drunk wife. What's not to like?

URAHARA (MAL) Taking a sharp departure from the calmness of Osake wa Fuufu, URAHARA involves three fashion-loving Harajuku girls saving the planet from aliens. This show is Harajuku personified. Everything from the character design to the OP explodes with a bubbly, colorful atmosphere, wrapped up in a beautiful watercolor aesthetic. ORESAMA's fantastic brand of electropop is the exact cherry on top the art style needed. Rito is the skateboarding, soft-spoken girl with demon horns, Kotoko is the peppy blonde kemonomimi, and Mari is the twintailed idol who also owns the clothes shop the girls work at. After aliens sucking up cultural landmarks appear, an American girl wearing a talking fried shrimp shows up, gives them "physical manifestations of imagination," and they promptly transform into magical girls and fight the aliens, making them explode and turn into donuts. Sure, that made no sense at all, but everything's so colorful. Capped off by a similarly bubbly ED, this show is just outright fun. If it stays about three cute girls happily fighting fashion-stealing aliens, I'm in.

Dies Irae (MAL) Just as an FYI, Dies Irae aired an episode zero prequel, but I've waited until the formal episode one before doing any impressions, seeing as the prequel was a complete clusterfuck anyway. Now then, after the prequel involving Nazi supermen, Dies Irae's main series cuts to the future and the protagonist Ren, a solemn oft-hospitalized teen. Plenty of mysteries abound - a sudden murder, a strange vision at a museum, a runaway friend, a girl calling him Cagliostrio in a dream - interspersed throughout an otherwise thoroughly boring slice of life. Following that, the episode alos teases plenty of the insane bullshit the prequel was few of. In one line, one character drops 5 proper nouns we have had zero interaction with, with the off mention of one name from the prequel episode. Foreshadowing is fine; introducing three characters in the span of 15 seconds and then talking about 5+ more of them is a bit much. The art is nothing special, and the orchestral soundtrack is unique enough, but if the prequel was any indication, this show is going to get insane, really fast. And not insane like the fun, rollercoaster ride kind. More like the trying-too-hard, unnecesarily edgy, impossible to actually follow kind.

Net-juu no Susume (MAL) Ah, the MMO spin on the isekai genre. Net-juu follows Moriko, a NEET woman living alone who devotes her time to playing a guy (Hayashi) in an MMO. She meets with an amazingly cute girl, Lily (who later we see to be a guy IRL), and they start adventuring together. Cut to 70-odd levels of grinding, joining a guild, and an upgraded PC later, Moriko/Hayashi has settled in just fine. First off, Lily's VA is the fucking cutest, holy shit. My reactions about echoed Moriko's anytime she was being cute. Other than that, the first episode was surprisingly sincere. Relatively light on the "MY REAL LIFE IS ON THE INTERNET!!" in favor of Moriko just being more of an awkward, lazy video game nerd. Using video games to not have to deal with real life is nothing new, but the heart with which Hayashi/Lily meet and grow in just one episode impressed me. This could go either way, and I'm hoping it stays a interesting vignette on the trials and tribulations of the two lives Moriko lives.

[ORIG] Just Because! (MAL) Next up, Just Because sees Eita Izumi returning after four years to his locale's high-school, reuniting with people he lost touch with. The first episode sees a wonderful moment of return, as Eita practices with an old baseball friend, leading the practicing band to strike up into the chorus they played at games, seeminginly on their own. The trumpets flowing into the full orchestral matches the rising tone perfectly. Juxatposed with a Photography Club facing termination and a former class prez buried in obligations, a web of connections lies in wait, ready to reaccept Eita. The art is quite muted, and even with complaints about the hot weather, the sun is behind clouds and the cityscape is grey, as opposed to the beating sun we often see. Just Because's first episode, while not telling much, showed plenty, and indicated what the main issues would be and who would be involved, and that's exactly what a first episode should do. If an original work is showing that early on, maybe it has more direction than most - and that's a very good thing.

[ORIG] Two Car (MAL) Sidecar racing is something I haven't seen, for sure. The island of Miyakejima, with its uncontrolled speed limits, is home to famous sidecar racing, or "kneeler racing" competitions, and the show follows the endlessly arguing but amazingly similar local team of Yuri and Megami. A bouncy pop soundtrack plays over the high-speed racing, creating a light yet competitive tone that perfectly fits the colored visuals, featuring the same artist/production company as Masamune-kun no Revenge from a few seasons ago. Discord has cropped up between Yuri and Megumi due to their beloved coach leaving for greener courses and the feelings they had for him as he left. The cuts between the high-speed raising and the melancholic, reflective flashbacks does quite well in explaining their movements throughout the race - catching us up to speed, so to speak. The tone of the show comes across perfectly as the episode closes, backed up by the fantastic soundtrack and beautifully done OP and ED. You just feel this show is time spent on an island, split between relaxing and racing. It's wonderfully done. It remains to be seen if this show will echo others like Minami Kamakura and Bakuon and go really into the mechanical aspect of sidecar racing. However, this show is a surprisingly emotionally-based piece where emotions are expressed on the race course - and I'm interested in more.

[ORIG] Animegataris (MAL) Minoa is our orange-haired, ahoge-sporting protag, called out by the school princess Kamiigusa to talk about anime, of all things. Go figure. Coming off the trash that was Gamers last season, the blonde perfect girl actually being a huge nerd is already tiring. Minoa is looking for the name of an anime that moved her as a kid, and to do it suggests to get the anime club back in action, then promptly gets roped into leading it. Her endless optimism isn't original but it's always refreshing, and the use of anime to let Minoa see "more of Kamiigusa's faces" is a bit better than just having the red face of a normally "perfect" girl besmirched by the recognition she likes anime. Also there's a huge-headed cat and a somehow magical beret, which came out of the blue just a bit. We get a sneak peak of the future members, ranging across all archetypes and social cliques, and then the magical beret comes back and the cat now talks. Interested to see where the hell any of that goes, but if this stays more comedy and less Gamers romance-misunderstanding bullshit, I'll be satisfied. Also, both the OP and ED (especially the OP - GARNiDELiA is so good) are great. Some very strange plot choices, especially worrying in an original work, but if they pay off this will be enjoyable. Let's just hope they do.

Mahoutsukai no Yome (MAL) Backing off the slice of life, Mahoutsukai imagines a modern day world intertwined with fantasy - beastmen, magic, and the few humans who can see it - one of them being Chise Hatori, ostracized for her power until she is bought at an auction by a legendary mage, Elias, who aims to make her his apprentice. Chise is actually a "Sleigh Beggy," a rare being that attracts "faries and mysteries," whatever that will eventually entail. Mahoutsukai thus far gives off a kind of Uchouten Kazoku vibe as Chise moves into Elias' tranquil house. An ostensibly normal-looking environment inhabited by mystical beings, and a duality of calmness and turbulent themes below echo Uchouten's politics. The juxtaposition of the forcible buying of Chise versus the welcoming environment she is brought in creates an interesting dynamic that I'm interested in seeing played out. The animation is beautiful, and the small switches to a more chibi style aren't disruptive in the least. Aside from some confusion about the initial setup of the world, if this show becomes a magical slice-of-life with even a fraction of the heart of Uchouten, I'm in.

Shoujo Shuumatsu Ryokou (MAL) Two girls in old-school fatigues, cruising around a cold, apocalyptic, industrial wasteland. Sounds cool to me. Chito is the collected, tired foil to Yuuri's galavanting, charismatic self. The animation is a bit divergent, in that while the landscapes are detailed in their greyness, the art of the two girls echoes something like Hidamari in its style. While initially strange, it didn't become anything more than just "noticeable." The muscial backdrop is a flowing, airy tone that fits well with the girls having fun praticing shooting or walking around looking for supplies.The music and the attitudes of Chi and Yuu create an atmosphere to the point that doesn't feel like a depressing, sober look at war. Seeing it through the eyes of two children also puts the concepts of war and conflict in eerily simple terms, providing a new look at a concept done to death, so to speak. There's a strangely relaxed feel despite the landscape and color scheme. It remains to be seen if this will go the route of Made in Abyss, especially with an out of place scene at the end of the episode, but while MiA was fucking phenomenal, I could do with less bawling two seasons in a row. This is a strange one, but the simple story of Chi and Yuu trudging across the snowy landscape is appealing.

Konohana Kitan (MAL) Cute fox girls working at a traditional Japanese hot spring hotel? I'm in. Yuzu is the nervous newbie, Kiri is the charismatic head attendant, Natsume is spunky and atheletic, Satsuki is responsible to a fault, Ren is the doll-like one whose personality doesn't match her cute exterior, and there's the diminutive, quiet Sakura. The personalities of the girls are varied and interplay nicely, and I look forward to seeing how Yuzu fits in. Moreover, the art is fantastic. The character designs echo perfectly the individual personalities, and the landscapes of cherry blossoms are stunning. I personally love the traditional Japanese aesthetic the inn and surrounding town embody, and it obviously fits well with the fact that the girls are all kitsunes. Konohana seems to me like a slightly less energetic/comedic Urara Meirochou, which is a good thing. The aesthetic is great, the girls are cute - this is a show for healing, and I need it.

Blend-S (MAL) Maika, a perpetual job hunter with her naturally scary eyes, finds her home at a cafe where all the waitresses are archetypes, as the sadistic one. Blend-S is almost like a more overt version of the varied personalities in Working!, with all comedy and less romance. I quite like the juxtaposition of the girls' normal personalities when talking to each other and their work personalities (especially when the line blurs). While usually its a cute girl who's actually evil or something and used as boring shock value, being the point of the show pivots the concept into a new way I enjoy. Even moreso, Maika especially has plenty of quirks that bely her role as the "normal" main character. The art is clean and sharp, and the girls have great character designs - I really like the facial designs. The OP, by the VAs (which is always a plus), is fantastic both in design and music, and compliments the more relaxed ED (which is also by the VAs). Overall, this show is friendly and the girls are cute. Sounds good to me.

Boku no Kanojo ga Majimesugiru Sho-bitch na Ken (MAL) Adaptations with stock character protagonists and plenty of overt fanservice. Yay. I'm amazed this isn't from an LN, because it is exactly that kind of show. Shobitch begins with our MC Shinozaki confessing to Kosaka, which she accepts. Then she learns "how to be a good girlfriend," which far more often than not involves plenty of fanservice. Also, despite him having a girlfriend, there's a whole variety of other girls interested in him - the childhood friend and imouto get ticked off the list int he first six minutes. On the bright side, the art is great. Character designs aside from the protag are varied and well-drawn. Kosaka's earnestness with which she wants to be a good girlfriend is endearing in itself, but the 100% focus on sexual themes is just a bit tiring. Sort of like how Kuzu no Honkai went from seriously emotional to reducing any character motivation to "the only way I can be loved is physically." Regardless, you know exactly what you're getting into with a title like this show. There are some genuine emotional moments, but they are few and very far between. Otherwise, Shobitch is a well-drawn yet bland ecchi definitely-not-LN adaptation.

Inuyashiki (MAL) Last but not least, adding to the limited action slate I'm watching this season, we have Inuyashiki. Inuyashiki is, for lack of a better term, strange. It begins with nearly all CG, but then transitions to a mix of normal animation and CG for the rest of the episode. The first half of episode one is one of the most solemn, depressing sequences I've seen, and that's blown away by a whirlwind of aliens, body-swapping, and mechanical bodies. While the tonal shift is quite jarring, the change wasn't anything completely incomprehensible. The problem will be where this will go, now that Ichiro, our man with months to live, is now equipped with alien technology. I'm hoping that within the mix of action there will be a sense that Ichiro, now unshackled by sickness, can make concrete steps to make his life better. While the action shots were nice-looking, and the CG actually doesn't look half bad, with how emotionally powerful the first half of episode one is I want to see more of that as well. Either way, Inuyashiki has my attention, and I'm eager to see where Ichiro goes.

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candescencearia · 6 years

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Fullmetal Alchemist - A Sorta-Review/Summary

So I ended up rewatching Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood not long ago, and all of a sudden I feel like doing a semi-review summary of it, the original manga and the original anime series, and my thoughts on the differences between both anime, because they’re so different. In general, it’s a great series, and the whole thing is absolutely worth diving into, but it’s a bit more complicated than “just watch it”. There will be spoilers, but only after the jump.

If you don’t know the premise is, for whatever reason, the story of Fullmetal Alchemist takes place in a world similar to our world when it was roughly in the 1910s-1920s, but with a major difference - alchemy is a valid and useful art in and of itself, rather than it being merely the predecessor to modern chemistry, and is basically a form of magic, using the law of “Equivalent Exchange” as its core principle - whatever you create, you need something of equal value to exchange it with. It stars two teenage brothers, Edward and Alphose Elric, who tried to bring their dead mother back to life via the forbidden art of “Human Transmutation”, but they end up paying a huge price for it - Ed loses his arm and leg, and Al ends up losing his entire body, only staying alive through being bound to a suit of armor, though Ed gains the ability to perform alchemy without being able to draw a transmutation circle as a result. This incident causes one Colonel Mustang of the Amestrian military, a ‘State Alchemist’, to come knocking and decides to nominate Ed for the position of a State Alchemist as well, feeling pity for the boys, and giving them hope that they might be able to return to their original bodies. Ed, with the help of his childhood friend Winry, a mechanic, gets a pair of robotic limbs called ‘automail’, and the brothers set off to discover the hidden secrets of alchemy and figure out how to return to their original bodies, with Ed now a State Alchemist under the codename “Fullmetal”.

The original manga was written and drawn by Hiromu Arakawa, a female mangaka who has long finished the series and has gone on to work on Silver Spoon, a rather delightful slice of life series in its own right. It started in August 2001, and didn’t end until June 2010, but long-running series isn’t something manga fans are strangers to. This is also the reason why there are two seperate series - in 2003, the anime studio Bones (also known for Space Dandy, Soul Eater, Ouran High School Host Club and more recently My Hero Academia) started producing an anime adaptation. The problem was, it was a monthly manga, and both they and Arakawa knew they’d overtake the manga pretty quickly. So Arakawa asked them to take the premise and plot up to a point (aka, the start of the Fifth Laboratory arc), before taking the whole story in a completely different direction.

To its credit, Bones did a pretty decent job on the original series. Some characters from both adaptations are fleshed out a bit more, and it has its own original interesting ideas. That being said, the mood is a lot more depressing than the manga and Brotherhood did, and, frankly, towards the end it basically ended up going batshit insane. It was one hell of a trip, but the second half of the series is somewhat divisive, though not mediocre or even outright bad, in my opinion.

When the manga was getting close to finishing and Arakawa had a pretty damn good idea of when she’d finally finish, Bones started a second adaptation, Brotherhood, following the story much more closely. It’s a much more consistent and satisfying experience than the original series, in my opinion, and includes some great characters that were completely absent in the first adaptation, nevermind giving certain characters who basically disappeared from the plot in the first anime bigger roles. It doesn’t have the filler stuff that adds some extra character depth, but frankly, it seemed Bones assumed that most viewers would’ve watched the first anime anyway.

If you want me to tell you which to watch first? Read the manga first, then the first anime, then Brotherhood. I know a lot of anime fans would say this, but it works best in this instance, the manga is a fantastic piece of art in its own right, doesn’t skip over anything like Brotherhood does, and your experience won’t be colored by the completely different direction the first anime takes. And once you get to Brotherhood, reliving those cool moments from the manga will be all the sweeter.

Spoilers after the jump, you have been warned.

So the first big difference is the Homunculi - two of them are completely different (though I suspect Arakawa told Bones that Pride was supposed to be Selim, so they also made Wrath a kid while giving Bradley the ‘Pride’ monkier deliberately in the first anime) and Bradley is Pride rather than Wrath. While the “clones created from human transmutation” thing is a pretty cool idea and works well in the context of what Bones was going for, the ‘deadly sins’ connection becomes much less obvious for anyone other than Greed, Glutonny and Lust, mainly because, in the original, the Homunculi are literally manifestation of those aspects of Father given flesh. So it trades one interesting conceit for another, which isn’t too bad. It also at least forced the Elrics to confront the evil clone of their mother and have to deal with Izumi’s reincarnated child, which were interesting plot points in and of themselves.

Still, the first anime is missing some great characters - anyone from Xing (especially Ling, Greedling, Land Fan and Mei Chang), really, both Pride!Selim and Sloth are awesome, and holy shit, it is an absolute crime that the original anime didn’t have Olivia Armstrong.THE NORTHERN WALL OF BRIGGS. Yoki somehow becomes a supporting character (yeah, you all thought he was just a filler villain!), and Marco isn’t unceremoniously killed off, nevermind his awesome moment against Envy. On the flipside, Lust dies surprisingly quickly in Brotherhood, which is a bit of a shame, even if the way she dies is incredible.

The first anime’s choice of characters to make more prominent however, highlights the darker tone that it takes as it goes on. For starters, Shou Tucker survived longer than he had any right to. Also, poor, poor Rose, did they really have to do that to her? Nevermind making Scar’s brother a complete lunatic...

Still, to its credit, the first anime having Roy be the guy who killed Winry’s parents (and regretted it for the rest of his life) worked well - like Scar, he has to handle being confronted by the girl he orphaned.

Also, Dante was sort of an interesting character, but she simply doesn’t hold a candle to Father.

But in general, again, while I don’t believe the first anime is bad, the difference between their final arcs couldn’t be more different. The first anime’s second half is bittersweet at best and a bit of a mess, while the manga/Brotherhood is more optimistic and ends in a more thematically consistent manner. It’s just a better overall story, in my opinion.

#fullmetal alchemist #fullmetal alchemsit brotherhood #anime #summary

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