Originally Posted by Archangel
Yeah I agree about the pacing. In the original FMA the pacing was amazing, but now on FMAB they revealed alot of stuff much quicker such as the ingredients for the Philosophers stone being humans. In FMA they didn't find out until episode 19 I believe.
So far I like FMA much much more the FMAB.
Let's just hope that when we reach the point where the story is new they're going to slow down, I'm pretty sure they will though.
It's logical to make the pace high now since they've already made the story, IIRC it's the same studio after all... so basically it's all for FMA newcomers to not get confused too much.
Of course, they do miss out anyway, but they can always watch the original series if they don't feel satisfied
Good action episode. My favourite part has to be when Al took off his helmet and the Butcher freaked out.
Otherwise, that sword/shapeshifter fellow is being awfully nice to a guy who keeps foiling their plans...
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
You can call him/her Envy if you'd like. Lust said her name back in episode 5 (I stick with with the 'her' pronoun usually, only because the VAs have been female both times, but Envy is meant to be completely androgynous). I think Minami Takayama plays her better in this series than the previous VA did. There is more of a flippant and playful attitude to her this time around. Maybe because a shapeshifter's twisted, lying, and slightly evil personality perfectly matches that of a character like Nabiki Tendo (Ranma 1/2).
One thing I always liked about FMA is that instead of doing something like train for two weeks straight in woods or a dojo to "power up," the Elric brothers usually accomplish that by spending four days straight in the library.
One of the best parts of this episode was Ed using the power the alchemist killer had been using all the time. Otherwise his fight was pretty miserable, to be honest. Al listening to the words of an enemy trying to kill him was also annoying, but then again he's a somewhat naive guy so I suppose it was believable to a degree.
Kind of surprising Envy and Lust showed themselves so openly, suddenly.
About that, I noticed Ed still put his hands together (for what I'll assume is the formation of a transmutation circle) before using Destruction. I don't remember Scar doing that, so either it's out of habit, or Scar's encountered further Truth.
Oh, and thanks for the names Ryll. I remembered it was a sin of some sort, but not the specific one.
That's part of why I was surprised at Envy's actions as well. Given how secretively they've been acting, I wasn't expecting them to knowingly leave witnesses.
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
Yeah, he is like, 12.
wasn't he 14 and Ed 15?
tomatoe tomottoe
Or Scar has a circle drawn on his body like Mustang's gloves or Armstrong's gauntlets or Kimbley's tattoos. I actually find it rather odd that Al doesn't have any circles pre-etched into his armor or something to let him do stuff without needing to chalk out a circle. Maybe etching circles onto his body would have a bad reaction with his soul seal or something though.
As someone who has read the manga, I can't complain about the pacing. The original anime really drew things out, and had plenty of filler even early in the series. The example is that this anime hasn't skipped anything yet in the manga and is just following its path with no filler (with one exception.)
I'm not saying the original is inferior, I just think that this series hasn't gotten to what sets it and the original anime apart yet.
They showed Envy's true face in the last Anime, didn't they? I haven't read the Manga, but are you saying they don't show it there? And I don't think that's a spoiler or anything, not much plot is involved in Envy's sex, I don't think.
Envy looks like a guy to me
"Leaving hell is not the same as entering it." - Tierce Japhrimel
Envy looks like a tomboy to me.
I'm siding with a boy, mainly because of muscle definition, and that he sounds like one, from memory.
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
Depends on whether you remember Minami Takayama more from Ranma or from Dectective Conan. Irene from Claymore, or Dilandau from Escaflowne?
Envy will always be a "she" to me.
Fresh as can be.
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Edit:
I don't think theres anything bad i can say about this ep at all, i really, really liked it.
The humour was great, the emotional parts were great, and the music was damn near perfect, i don't know if it was just me paying more attention to it than usual but it really fit perfectly.
Excellent episode.
Last edited by Penner; Sun, 05-31-2009 at 06:20 PM.
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As much as I like Winry's half naked repair uniform, her skirt+cute jacket combo is that much better!
There was a very relaxed pacing to this episode as well. A nice change from the more hectic rush mode they've been in.
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