Fullmetal Alchemist, ep. 01-07

[oyceter]

Ok, you can now count me as hooked onto FMA. I was somewhat interested in the first six episodes or so, but not really hooked. A lot of it seemed like any other anime, with the exception of the resurrection scene of Edward and Alphonse's mother.

Anyhow, the series seems to be about Edward and Alphonse Elric, who have done some pretty bad damage to their bodies due to the previously mentioned botched resurrection scene, and are seeking a way to put things right again. I'm really not quite sure what the series is really about, theme-wise, but I'm going to make a wild guess and say that it has something to do with equilibrium and that you can't get something without paying for it in equal weight. At the beginning of every episode, we hear Al's voiceover, reciting the law of equilibrium in alchemy, basically something like Newton's law of the conservation of mass. Everything has its price.

Episode 7 was the real hook. I watched that and thought, wow, this series really isn't going to pull any punches! I am now very excited and interested ^_^.

I wasn't all that interested in the boys' stories... well, I like Alphonse a lot, because he's so sweet and cute and in a giant suit of armor too! I like seeing a giant suit of armor looking really sheepish. And I feel sort of bad for him because it looks like his story is going to be overshadowed by Edward's. Also, I am still slightly irked that all the female characters are perfect mothers or sweet little girls. Ok, maybe except for Winry's grandmother, who I like. And Lust, who is instead the evil sexy woman. But I am interested in her, just because she is evil and sexy, so there. Oh, also, Roy is awesome and manipulative and really really cool.

Comments

[yhlee.livejournal.com]

Bwahahahaha! The series continues not to pull punches; I'll stop there. I have archived my past posts (http://pegasus.cityofveils.com/test/bookslj.phtml) if those are of interest (links, rather; doing a search on "alchemist" is probably faster than paging through the very long index); they don't spoil beyond the episodes indicated.

Yes! Another Roy fan! Yes!

We get some more interesting female characters later on, but the perfect glowing motherhood and sweet little girl thing pissed me off for, ah, idiosyncratic reasons you are familiar with. *wry grin*

[livinglaurel.livejournal.com]

I've seen like 2 eps, and already Al makes me go "AWWW! SO cute. A cute giant suit of armor! AWWW. Nothing bad must happen to Al!"

[cychi.livejournal.com]

Haha, wait till you see this one future female character... I was thinking that I want her house to be MY house! it was so beautiful ;_; You'll know what I mean when you see it ;P

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

So glad you:re gettingintothus best EVAR. Many cool fenale charactyers will appear later.

[stealthmuffin.livejournal.com]

She got you hooked too, huh?

I agree about the too-nice female characters...at least until a little further on. I believe my response was "My God! Boobs! What are boobs doing here?" (You'll know the episode when you see it; it's only a couple more after 7, and no, I don't think that's too spoilery.)

I want to hug Alphonse, despite the armor. Although I do feel very bad for him...I mean, the kid's just hit puberty, which is tough enough if you're embodied. Maybe that's why his voice hasn't changed.