Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

[masamuneehs]

this was one of the best episodes we've had in a long time.

superb fight scene with Wrath and Greed. very important developments with GreedLin. badass hilarity with the Armstrongs (how fucking funny is that whole family?). fast paced organization with the allies (Grumman looks like he's totally on board). Envy scheming, Mei being too nice, and Ed joining up with Greed.

had all the right blends of humor and seriousness. i love what they did with the message passing toward the end of the episode. really. i can't say it again, this episode was a work of art.

however, i was quite disappointed with Eclipse's translation. i suppose i'm getting to that very dangerous level of knowing just enough Japanese to pick a bone with translators, but not being able to translate myself. but i thought they did a poor job translating the two scenes with Greed, particularly the part about "join us" (lit. Why not become allies/comrades?) to which Greed laughs, "Comrades? Comrades, huh? That'd be nice (sarcastically)". They also did some shit with the scene with him and Bradley, but I suppose, since he was talking in such broken thoughts I can see them having to play with it a bit to get it right.

I dunno... I'm generally always pleased with their work. They're heads above Raze/TMD partly because they don't usually do literal translations. Guess I just need something to bitch about, because the episode was fucking gold.

also really liked the shots they put in at the ED.

[Buffalobiian]

had all the right blends of humor and seriousness. i love what they did with the message passing toward the end of the episode. really. i can't say it again, this episode was a work of art.

Yeah. The whole "shit's about to get epic" feeling was great.

I recognised Eclipse's liberal subs this time too (only because "nakama" gets used rather frequently), but I wasn't put off by it really. I think in this example, I'm able to recognise that they're trying to play the whole comrade thing with Greed, but also let slide that the English subs lessened the impact of the word for better flow.

Maybe if it was more stark, less necessary or simply poor rewrite it would have triggered a more negative result. (see my rants on gg's Kobato subs for details).

I'm hoping May's trying to help everyone out on her own accord (thanks to Envy's reminder) rather than running back to Central because Envy told her to. It'd sadden me to see her character used as the naive-girl-who-screwed-shit-up-for-everyone-because-she-listened-to-the-bad-guy just so they can introduce an "everything is NOT according to plan" scenario.

Mustang throwing the note away totally tricked me into thinking he screwed up.

[Harima Kenji]

Really nice episode indeed. The whole information spreading thing was amazingly done. I hope it's not gonna end up as a "we knew you were doing this all along" thing from the homonculus side.. that would take the epicness away from it.

Really interested how things will work out with GreedLin + Ed. It's really building up for awesomeness, that's for sure.
I really hope they don't screw it up story wise, though. But given the fact the show is almost over (for now, apparently), I think we will get some epicness really soon.

[DarthEnderX]

Was totally an epic episode. That's for sure. Has a real "end of chapter" feel too it. Just like the episode where Ed went back to the gate and saw Al's body.

[Cal_kashi]

This was a great episode, and again had the feel of being done way too soon. A simple disbelief that over twenty minutes had passed, when surely it's been only ten.

[depthcharge]

I just want more of Hohenhiem and his kickass living sorcerer stone. The guy should be transmuting everything he set his eyes on.

[Ryllharu]

Be advised that numerous broadcasters of episode 46 had the tsunami warning plastered on the screen for the majority of the episode. It flashes non-stop with a variety of colors.

[masamuneehs]

Be advised that numerous broadcasters of episode 46 had the tsunami warning plastered on the screen for the majority of the episode. It flashes non-stop with a variety of colors.

I haven't gotten to see it yet, but every time I glanced at a TV yesterday it was full of those warnings. Eclipse says they'll release a v2 when they can get a clean RAW

Eclipse - FMA Brotherhood Episode 46 (tsunami warning) - mkv

Eclipse - FMA Brotherhood Episode 46 (tsunami warning) - avi


important scene after the ED

[Jessper]

you get this for the entire episode, doesn't ever fade away or anything just hangs out over everything:



Pretty important scene after the credits.

[DarthEnderX]

Gosh. How inconvenient for that natural disaster to interfere with your stealing television.

[Jessper]

Gosh. How inconvenient for that natural disaster to interfere with your stealing television.

I know right? If this stupid Tsunami could have just waited a few days this wouldn't have been an issue. Nature is so inconsiderate, and it isn't like some people where they are only inconsiderate sometimes, nature is ALWAYS like this, what a jerk.

[Sam98034]

Wow. Lots of stuff is about to go down.

[Buffalobiian]

So Selim can move around anywhere he wants as long as he's physically there, I take it. Hoenheim's previous explanation was that he could only move around in the middle of Central and the tunnel.

[masamuneehs]

Another awesome episode. I remember being so pissed when I read "everything will go down next spring" and then elated when the next chapter was just "yeah, so, that's where we pick it up"

This show is so full of small little bits of awesome, even guys like Grumman can have a day in the sun (literally). Sheep and some well leaked news. Absolutely ridiculous for him to trick Bradley (he can see everything, but he sure can't know everything) when the guy showed up. Scar and Marcoh haven't gone away either, and even the new characters from the Briggs arc are showing up in important spots (or just for comic relief)

The little scene with Olivier and Mustang was pretty amusing, too. A challenger for Hawkeye? Better watch yourself, Riza. Of course, the funniest was the undressing scene. That was made of gold.

Alphonse never stood a chance. Pride is tough, but with Gluttony there, too... Hoenheim did say that Pride can move through the tunnel and in Central, but when I think about it, I think he only said the part about Central because that's the space Selim's actual body can travel in It really looks like he's reliant on the shadows, and unless it's the tunnel, he can't reach further than the amount of shadow he can call upon.

Grumman and Mustang took down Bradley (those were Mustang's men in the woods, right? They talk about "the Colonel", and he's the only one who holds that rank that I can think of), but now the Homunculi have two key hostages (I don't care how strong she is, with Father there, Olivier is not much more than a hostage. Greed does come back to bite you in the ass, huh), one to check the rogues (at least Ed) and one to check the military (at least Briggs)

next episode: Night Fight. Bring the ruckus.

[NeoCybercoin]

And I only noticed it today or it was just me but..Ed is now taller then Winry?

[Kraco]

Of course, the funniest was the undressing scene. That was made of gold.

Winry's sixth sense has a small lag, it seems, but at least it saved her just in time. It certainly was a funny scene in any case.

It didn't seem like Al had any part in the bigger plans so getting caught will only cause some unpredictable difficulties later on, if anything. It would have been a different story if they had counted on him doing something. Although who knows how solid their plans are nearing the end. These initial phases were smart for sure but it's not like they really know their enemy inside out and could thus plan for everything.

I don't know how much of a hostage Olivier is, though. Certainly she might not be trusted by Father or the others as such but she's somewhat detached from the main insurgents and will absolutely not act like a hostage. If the Briggs folks stop when she's threatened, she will never forgive them anyway. She would view her own position as her own fault, undoubtedly.

[kyubisrage]

I am willing to put money on the fact that when Gluttony opens up the "Fake" Door ED/greed will somehow launch pride into it.

[Prof. Chaos]

And I only noticed it today or it was just me but..Ed is now taller then Winry?

Yes, Ed has slowly been growing throughout the series.

I want my FMA fix, but I think I can wait a few more days hoping for one without that mark on it.

And thoughts about Pride. The large transmutation circle would be the bounds of his container. So his main body can still move around, just that he can't leave the area. Also his shadows are able to extend in the tunnel without his main body being there, everywhere else he still needs some close proximity or the shadows lose their powers.

[Sam98034]

And I only noticed it today or it was just me but..Ed is now taller then Winry?

Yeah, I noticed that, too. He's starting to look more and more like his dad.

[Ryllharu]

I loved the scenes with Ed and Winry, and he looked decidedly more manly than he has in the past. The two of them fit so well together. They both possess a maturity now that they certainly didn't have when the series began. I was kind of surprised he didn't give her the earrings back, but I did like how easy it was to see through his lie of why he was eating in her room. Fangirl gushing and Winry underboob aside, this was a good way to start a finale.

Grumman is quite the strategist. He's always looked fairly incompetent and foppish, and only now reveals how very talented he is. Layers within layers within layers. He feigns innocence, prods one way, and stabs from another.

The parts with Al didn't really do a lot for me. They were a bit obvious given his recent troubles, and it is a disappointing set of developments given how much showing off he had done the past twenty or so episodes. It isn't that serious parts with Al are bad, but they just seem a bit melodramatic.

Two things are still hanging out there for me. Where is Lan Fan with her (hopefully) new arm, and how are they going to tie in the tattoo on Hawkeye's back with a major powerup for Mustang? They mentioned all those episodes that her mangled (post-Ishval) tattoo contains her father's secrets to the ultimate flame alchemy, and I'm hoping at some point they bring it back into the fold. It just isn't clear to me how Roy might figure it out through the scarring. Maybe he has just never seen it? The same goes from Lan Fan. She and her grandfather were going to get her automail and come back, and it has been quite a long time.