Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

[Kraco]

I'm usually greatly disturbed by characters not acting like I'd expect them to logically act, but in this episode I had no such troubles (unless you count Ed not revealing to the stupid chainsaw gorilla right from the start he's a state alchemist). Kimblee no doubt fought like he did because he wanted to see Scar suffer and because it has been so long he has been in a good, serious fight. He realised too late things aren't going to go like they did back in Ishbal.

In any case it's no wonder the train stopping pissed him off: Getting into a hospital is that much farther away.

[Testarossa Autodrive]

Also, every time I hear Garfield (the queeny gay automail tech who Winry is studying under) speak, it amazes me that the same guy is doing both he and Scar (who was freaking shouting off his rocker this episode).

That's Scar?! Haha, I never knew! xD Jesus, I love Garfield, so it's interesting to know who's actually doing his voice.

[DarthEnderX]

Man, the end of this episode is giving me serious Song of Ice and Fire flashes.

[itadakimasu]

Somebody feel free to post a working link since the one I found was ep 33

I wound up going to google and animelime was the first site I clicked on.... so i watched it via stream there.

Im a little confused why ed wouldn't give them any information... I would think he was sent to the north because the general can be trusted?

[LaZie]

Sorry to burst your bubble but 33 was last week's episode, which has already been posted.

[RyougaZell]

Worst of all? Itadakimasu did last week's thread.

[itadakimasu]

sorry... i fail

[Sam98034]

34 is out by AnimeLink, but I stopped watching about half way through because the translation was so bad.

[Cal_kashi]

34 is out by AnimeLink, but I stopped watching about half way through because the translation was so bad.

It was just awful, almost so bad as to be funny... almost.

[Kraco]

Thread renamed and Eclipse's 34 added to itadakimasu's original post to confuse people.

[Buffalobiian]

There wasn't nearly as much fighting this week as what I was expecting. Miles seems like a cool character to have around. I'm sure Olivier is as well, but she's not appealing to me much at the moment, especially with those "Are you a Drakma spy?" accusations.

They just seem really...stupid. I'm sure being careful has lead to the current unbreached Northern border, but it doesn't make it any less annoying to hear.

Ed's facial expression great. His agony, frustration, and perhaps determination was written all over it.

[masamuneehs]

can't say i liked this episode very much. as much as I like Olivier as a character, I didn't think we needed flashbacks to figure out for ourselves that she's a shrewd badass. and i do like Miles as a side character, but, just that, a side character.

the battle was boring, the animosity between the Elrics and the Briggs people got stale quickly. Sloth is good because he lives up to his name, and the best moment was Falman's "running away in tears" gag.

it's strange, because after the lightning quick beginning this show had, it's like the pacing has been thrown to fuck recently. i thought they were trying to do this in 50 episodes? i don't want them to rush later on...

[ForteCross]

right now they are about chapter 64 on the manga. while the manga has not finished yet, and has only 101 chapters.
if they keep with a fast pace they might catch up with the manga way to fast. on the other hand if they are trying to make a 50 episode's anime they might need to rush it alittle.

[Marik]

Somebody feel free to post a working link since the one I found was ep 33

Thread renamed and Eclipse's 34 added to itadakimasu's original post to confuse people.

Umm, you removed the Episode 34 link that Kraco added to your original post.

[Eclipse] Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood - 34 - HD | SD

[Kraco]

Heh. I guess Itadakimasu isn't the most observant gotwooter ever...

I partially share Masa's impression of this episode. It seemed a bit lackluster, especially when I still thought things were pretty intensive. But then again, Kimblee is finished for now and the brothers were admitted into the fortress, so I guess it made sense. At least Sloth (with Zaraki Kenpachi's voice actor, no less) appeared to make things again interesting. The extremely wannabe hard boiled atmosphere of the border fortress would have been too annoying otherwise.

[Cal_kashi]

Im a little confused why ed wouldn't give them any information... I would think he was sent to the north because the general can be trusted?

I got the impression he could say nothing because he was ordered to silence by someone of higher standing in the military than Armstrong. If Bradley ordered Ed to shut up, the Major General can't force him to disobey that order.

[Testarossa Autodrive]

I don't see how they can finish this in 50 episode. Where was that information given? o_O

[Ryllharu]

The episode was okay, better than some of the past dozen that have been on average, weak episodes, but a bit less repetition in the lines would have been nice.

The scene I actually enjoyed the most was right at the end when Ed was responding to Olivier's questions about what Sloth is with very terse responses. Giving her only enough information that won't get the people Wrath is threatening Ed and Al with killed. The tension in that scene started to raise exponentially as she got closer and closer to answers that Ed is not allowed to say. Making it worse (or better from our viewpoint) was that Olivier seemed like she was starting to understand the implications of why he was refusing.

I just hope what the doctor implied Ed needed to do turns out to be true, and Winry comes up there, particularly if she comes furious that he didn't tell her he was going to sub-zero territory beforehand. I could use another wrench remotely applied to Ed's forehead scene.

[itadakimasu]

I don't see how they can finish this in 50 episode. Where was that information given? o_O

Agreed... I think there is way too much stuff to wrap up in 16 episodes.

[Buffalobiian]

Im a little confused why ed wouldn't give them any information... I would think he was sent to the north because the general can be trusted?

Trustworthy or not, the fact is that if anything goes wrong, off with Winry's head. It's not like she's giving him the impression she trusts him anyway. Alex just said if they were going North, they should greet Olivier.

The whole "I cannot say" thing was also played before when Alex was questioned by Mustang. He seems to get the hint quite quickly.