Manga: Fullmetal Alchemist

[Junior]

I finally started getting more FMA manga and I've got up to 9 so far. I'm getting 10, 11 and 12 this saturday (if things go well, I'll get 3 books a week >3)

Anyway, The manga is amazing. It's so much more...intense than the anime. The anime had more sadness and stuff in while the manga feels more grown up. And a tad bit scary.

I count the days til I get more. D: I'm tempted to download it in the mean time since I'll be buying it anyway.

And is it just me, or is Roy more of a bastard in the manga?

[rockmanj]

Depends on how you look at things. I'm not sure how far you're in, but Roy seemingly does everything for a reason, and yea, Al being possessed was kind of surprising. I wouldn't be surprised if he was actually 'dead' now.

[Archangel]

Al being possessed was brilliant! We're gonna see Ed going mad on the next chapter, maybe going for father himself so he can save his brother

[staffcc]

I just read this manga up to the newest chapter!! Its great, even better than the anime. How will this brother confrontation end up?

[Archangel]

I just read this manga up to the newest chapter!! Its great, even better than the anime. How will this brother confrontation end up?

Well Ed is gonna freak out, he won't know how to deal with this. He won't fight his brother we know at least that, so either the possession is only temporary or Ed is going for Father or Ed will try to get help from his own father.

[staffcc]

Won't Al be almost invincible the way he is now? They can't really rub out his soul mark and kill him, and being only armor he can't be hurt either... I guess purging the enemy is most important, but maybe they will restrain him first...the problem is how to do that to something like Al, especially a possessed one. Who knows what kind of skills it has?

[Abdula]

I think you guys are making a bit too much out of this, sure Pride is the strongest but its not like he is invincible. We've seen people, Ed's dad, deal with him and the people in Briggs, plus Greed is there with them so he and Ed should figure out how to negate his abilities pretty quickly. It should make for an awesome battle though.

Anyway I don't think Ed is going to fight Al atleast not in the conventional sense, he can attack him and pretty much do whatever he wants just as long as he doesn't disturb the part of the armor that has the blood seal. I think we've seen Al taken apart enough times to figure out how that works, and I don't think Pride is going to harm Al since they want to use both him and his brother on "The Promised Day"

[February]

hi, I've watched the anime for FMA and I want to pick up the manga. Can anyone point me out to the volume where the anime / manga take different paths for story? I want to try to pick it up from there if possible

[Abdula]

I would recommend reading it from the beginning. There are some differences you'll notice right away, Al's and especially Ed's personality are different for example, among other things, and its not very long. If you're really not interested in reading it from the beginning then I think where they part ways is after volume 7, so you would want to pick it up from volume 8.

[Archangel]

What abdula said is correct but if you don't want to bother with it te manga just really goes completely different the time after the Ed vs. Greed fight

[masamuneehs]

read all of the manga that's out so far. it's very good. i love what they did with Scar, Armstrong and his sister, and the Homunculus as a villain is much more powerful than that Dante bitch in the anime...

Wrath is a much more interesting character as Bradley than he is in the anime. I love the scene where they're 'recycling' the old Greed, and Wrath keeps his back turned, although you know with that eye he still sees. Since he is the one Homunculus who knows for sure he will one day die, it was a scene that got to me. He's the most interesting of the Homunculi to me... I won't be surprised if he pulls some crazy shit towards the end...

Kimblee. Wow. The guy in the anime is your shounen run of the mill psychopath. The character in the manga, however, is really something else, and he might be my favorite out of all of the characters. He's sharp, dedicated, and very insightful. He doesn't deny that he enjoys killing people, but there's more to him than just bloodlust. I love the line during the Ishbal War flashback where he says, "When you kill someone you should look at them. Don't forget them. Don't forget them. They certainly won't forget you."

so, yeah, Marcoh can just kill Homunculi with a touch right now? That guy's got to get killed off pretty soon... Pride being inside of Al isn't going to be a cakewalk, but I agree that they probably won't kill him. That'd be the shocker of all shockers. Besides, I think Pride is more of an end-game opponent, the last one to go before 'Father' (him and Wrath). So I expect it to just be a fight, maybe a few of the more minor good guys get killed off, but sorta a bump in the road.

[Archangel]

Chapter 86 is out

Awesome chapter, we get to see ran fan with an awesome upgrade, Ling is back in action if only for a little while and pride isn't as invincible as we thought he was.

Now i wonder if the lion kind will be able to get rid of pride or at least make him retreat for now. Also, if rei fan's there, that means the old guy isn't too far behind.

[Abdula]

pride isn't as invincible as we thought he was.

Lol, pride was never invincible, if you wanna defeat him all you gotta do is turn out the light. I'll check back after I've read the chapter.

[masamuneehs]

really a pretty good chapter. Gluttony always makes me chuckle, and, as said, Ran Fan is even more badass now.

the most important thing, to me, was about General Gramman (sp?). Pretty clever guy actually, although I still think a very pissed off (and possibly mortally wounded) Wrath is going to personally take revenge on him. But if he's going to 'leave Central' to Mustang... Armstrong is already in a bad spot there because the original homunculus is personally taking charge of things...

i'm confused a little bit. i thought when Hoenheim was underground and encountered Pride, it was pitch black...? But Pride attacked him then.

I was shocked and amazed that those two Chimaera dudes did so well in single combat against a homunculus (albeit situation where their enemy was at an extreme disadvantage). Still, fodder is fodder.

You'd think Pride would carry a lighter on him....

[Abdula]

That was a great chapter, seems to be the norm with FMA now.

really a pretty good chapter. Gluttony always makes me chuckle, and, as said, Ran Fan is even more badass now.

Yeah Gluttony is hilarious."Your head's hard I bet its chewy. Lemme have a bite." and "I'm hungry but no one is letting me eat them" Thats just hilarious stuff. That little exchange between Greed and Ling was funny too and so was Donkey Kong taking out Ed, I'm sure he did that on purpose. This series mixes in the humor really well.

the most important thing, to me, was about General Gramman (sp?). Pretty clever guy actually, although I still think a very pissed off (and possibly mortally wounded) Wrath is going to personally take revenge on him. But if he's going to 'leave Central' to Mustang... Armstrong is already in a bad spot there because the original homunculus is personally taking charge of things...

Clever guy indeed, it seems like everyone with any rank in the military wants to become fuhrer I don't think word has reached Briggs yet about father showing up in central because that just ruins all of their plans.

i'm confused a little bit. i thought when Hoenheim was underground and encountered Pride, it was pitch black...? But Pride attacked him then.

He had a lantern with him which he refused to put out.

I was shocked and amazed that those two Chimaera dudes did so well in single combat against a homunculus (albeit situation where their enemy was at an extreme disadvantage). Still, fodder is fodder.

I was pleasantly surprised too but it isn't really all that amazing these guys are good at combat and as you said both their opponents are at a severe disadvantage. Also this isn't the first time we've seen people do well in combat against homolculi, Greed is the only homunculus I've seen that actually cares about defense, him being the ultimate shield and all. Homunculi seem all too willing to let their opponents get a few shots in. I guess because its all the more demoralizing when their opponents accept that they don't have what it takes to kill them. I mean look at Pride, Lion King is attacking him from behind and Pride is leisurely complimenting him , he didn't even change the bored expression on his face.

You'd think Pride would carry a lighter on him....

Lol. You can see why thats not a workable option though.

[rockmanj]

Great chapter...unlike some series, there arent really any complaints to be made. even though there arent as many chapters, I enjoy this series as much as One Piece. By the way, what was Hoenheim up to? Just protecting the villagers, or did he not know what was going on?

[Junior]

Waaah! I'm finally up to date with the manga! And it's freaking amazing, bit better than the anime...

Did Ran- Fan get automail already? I mean, it seems really soon...or maybe it's prosthetics.

[masamuneehs]

they are adapting another FMA anime, this time off of the manga. perhaps 'remake' is a better way of phrasing it than 'sequel'? not enough info is out about it yet, aside that it will be based off of the manga...

they'd have to scratch a shit ton of the old anime to make it true to the manga, so i don't see how this can be called a sequel at all.

http://forums.gotwoot.net/showthread.php?t=16371

[masamuneehs]

bump for new chapter

Chapter 87 on Onemanga

[Abdula]

Freaking badass chapter. So Pride ate Gluttony and acquired his abilities. Seems a bit convenient to me but whatever. Mustang and his group are making their move and they still don't know that father and sloth are in Central and it looks like Hohenheim is going to have to help take down Pride. Things are really developing nicely.