Hmm. For some reason this didn't feel very epic. Story-wise it was certainly on a planetary scale, but it didn't induce the seat-gripping emotion to finish it off.
Scar had a good card up his sleeve, but he'll have to thank everybody who's had a go at Wrath to wound him like that. Looks like all that "Creation is blasphemy against God" shit was an excuse after all.
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Quite honestly, it was a little more epic in the manga. I thought to myself, "Wow, this is gonna be ridiculous when it's animated!" And as I watched, it just didn't pack the same punch it did on page (or in this case, on the computer screen). The fact that we were expecting this, however, probably contributed to the lack of epic-ness; at least in my opinion. If there hadn't been so many "with this power, I will no longer be tied down to your so-called God" hints, it might've been a little more surprising. The events leading up to another Xerxes catastrophe was obvious. The fact that Father's been attempting to capture the power of God was just as, if not more so when putting together all the telltale signs. *shrug*
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That is one big ass gate. So the big gate is for the dog and the small gate for the cat or the other way round.
I'm not getting you.Originally Posted by depthcharge
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I'm confused about the dog and the cat.
Remember the scientist that open up 2 holes in his door for his dog and cat?
Well, the scenes in this episode of the gates(plural) opening reminded me of that.
First the father put his hand that activated the small xmutation circle for the small gate, then the city-wide gate open followed by the country-wide gate.
I assumed that the different sized gates were for different "entities"
In this case, a gate big enough for God. (depending on whether you like cat or a dog heck even a lion, could materialize from the gate, ^^^more like a manufactured fantasy for the God to be formed like a Cat or Dog, blame it on weed smoking and other intoxication but I had a weird connection there.)
As someone who's not a manga reader I can say that the fact that Father's plan is never really clear contributes to the lack of epicness.
They've never really established the thing beyond the gate is supposed to be God before now. Not only that, but supposedly Father wants the power of that God, but what power is that exactly? The only power the thing in the gate has ever shown so far is taking body parts from people. Pretty sure Father could already do that without going to all this trouble.
Also taking away from the epicness is the fact that they make it look like everybody just died. Pretty sure they aren't unless the rest of the series is just Father wallowing in his epic victory, but you kept waiting for whatever the good guys were gonna do to kick in, and it doesn't in this episode.
I'm really curious how the hell the good guys are going to stop this now...
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I'm guessing the Ishbalans will activate their anti-circle and it will help.
I'm still waiting for them to show the significance of the 5? souls Hoenheim leaked into the earth before all this happened.
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See, in the Manga, they didn't allude to the Ishbalans plan that much. In the anime it wasn't subtle at all! Also, we all assumed that they would all die once they were sacrificed. Everyone figured that they were going to stop Father before he did any of his crap. No one expected everyone to be sacrificed. In the Manga it seemed more GAME OVER once all of this happend. It had more of a "OH SHIT! What happens now?!?!" moment to it. In the anime almost everyone is assuming that it's all gonna be a happy ending still.
Kinda anti-climactic considering Hohenheim just fixed everything up, but I am satisfied since they did lay the foundation for his counter attack pretty well.
I originally thought that 'Father' got himself a buffed up version of Al's body, but i guess not, is there any specific reason his 'god' form looked like Edward/Young Hohenheim? That old man voice didn't suit him.
Wrath's end was pretty much a fluke, stupid light
The real treat in this episode for me was just the return of Kimblee, man i wish his character stayed around longer, he is simply badass, and that line about him enjoying the cries of agony like lullabies haha. awesome.
With Pride's downfall, that's the last of the homunculus (except greed), things are starting to look awfully one sided again, i wonder what tricks father has left to pull out.....
I actually thought the return of the souls with Rain playing in the background was pretty damn climatic - and much more so than watching Father take in God last episode.
With 3 episodes to go, it's hard to imagine how they'd be able to top this with the "true" climax - the final confrontation will probably work its way back to Ed/Al duking it out with Truth again.
Finally, the "Perfect Being" was rather good looking.
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Wow, amazing episode. The wrath fight ended well, pride's death was good, and Hohenheim lived up to all the expectations I had. Top notch. Oh ya, and Father creating a star in the palm of his hand was awesome as well.
I hope we get to see Riza laying some punishment into father with a sniper rifle, someone's gotta pay him back for Mustang's loss of vision.
It sure seemed like the fight with Father down below before he decided to head top side was rather short. It just had more of an epic feeling in the manga.
Kimblee is a badass, and sorta more likable now. Amazing.
When man invented the bicycle he reached the peak of his attainments. Here was a machine of precision and balance for the convenience of man. And (unlike subsequent inventions for man's convenience) the more he used it, the fitter his body became. Here, for once, was a product of man's brain that was entirely beneficial to those who used it, and of no harm or irritation to others. Progress should have stopped when man invented the bicycle. ~Elizabeth West, Hovel in theHills
Damn Bradley is one badass fighter, already being heavily damaged from a bunch of previous fights, then having his arms removed and still he's stabbing people with a broken sword using his mouth, fucking hardcore!
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What impressed me the most about King Bradley was the fact that during this whole fight to the death he had the chance to use the philosophers stone and add all those lives but didn't and duked it out to that level without his ultimate eye.
You are here alone again
In your sweet insanity
All too calm, you hide yourself from reality
Do you call it solitude? Do you call it liberty?
When all the world turns away to leave you lonely
I wonder if it would actually add any benefit to him. So far, he hasn't been shown to have any regenerative abilities at all - and hence he can't "use up lives" like the others have been doing.
Since aging is the inability to regenerate yourself properly, I doubt having it would grant him anything.
Scar, on the other hand, may benefit from it since he's actively using Alchemy, so bringing a philosopher's stone to his attention may not be the best choice to make.
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