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I haven't noticed, but that (the increase in bust size) is certainly not a bad thing. I hope it was intentional as an indicator for the time that's passed since the beginning of the series.
They've also kept Ed's forehead wound from the previous battles, and I'll be expecting it to fade gradually as time goes by (unless it is to remain permament, or we experience a timeskip).
Heh...chest growth as a time line indicator......Sweet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buffalobiian
But yeah I like how they actually kept stuff like that. Shows that characters don't miraculously heal.
Winry, Ed and Al are all at the right age for that sort of rapid physical development. Just think about how much older Al looks sitting at the Gate from when the two brothers attempted to revive Trisha.
I don't think it is unreasonable that Winry has grown, she's still in puberty.
Yeah, I was the one that originally mentioned that her breasts got smaller compared to the original. Now it looks like they went back to normal.
I like general armstrong :) she's a bad ass.
I thought that the ishbalan guy was going to take out kimblee for a sec there, not just let him go.
Is that Ishbalan with the funky sideburns voiced by the same dude as Zoro in OP?
Yeah, Miles is voiced by Kazuya Nakai, the seiyuu for Zoro
there are about 8 mins before the opening so...Quote:
Originally Posted by NeoCybercoin
also there is a scene after the ending again.
all i can say is god i love this anime!
Ahh, Winry is so cute~
I think I played her squeals of delight at the beginning at least 4 times each.
I like her resolve at the end too. Winry is definitely not the type of girl to sit around and be a hostage. She's similar to Hawkeye and even Olivier. She berated herself for being all happy-go-lucky about what had been going on. I wonder if she meant the reason she was so happy is because she got to get a free visit to go where Ed is again. She was thinking it was a delightful treat only to find out she was being used.
Now I am very curious what she is going to do.
As for the other big revelation, I might have actually been surprised if I hadn't been spoiled 4-5 years ago. Thank you various commenters of various blogs. Now that it has finally occurred, the impact has been so lessened I don't even give a shit.
edit: or whenever this manga chapter was, that's when they started
As one who's remained ignorant of the FMA universe for the large part, Salim being Pride was "OMG HOLY SHIT WTF".Quote:
Originally Posted by Ryllharu
I really wonder what Pride's purpose is. So far, it looks more like "she's" simply observing Wrath and his actions.
I think Bradley knows he is homonculi, I doubt he is just being observed. If he ages as well it might be to keep the throne, perhaps wrath and pride trade off being king for the hundreds of years that the country has been around/in the works.
I wonder if Hawkeye is the only reason that the men in that cave lived, and why was pride playing with the two left alive?
I dont think pride was playing with those two last guys. I believe they just lived for so long because there was no light down there
Knowing Selim is a homunculus doesn't mean he can't be/isn't observed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jessper
Pretty sure they said somewhere that Wrath was the first aging Homunculus.Quote:
If he ages as well it might be to keep the throne, perhaps wrath and pride trade off being king for the hundreds of years that the country has been around/in the works.
Seemed like it. It was tossing up between going back, or launching an attack. As for the two guys, they said to turn the lights out of it'll be back because of the shadows right? Perhaps Selim requires you to have a shadow for it to attack. No lights = no shadow = no attack.Quote:
I wonder if Hawkeye is the only reason that the men in that cave lived, and why was pride playing with the two left alive?
edit: deadlydreamx said it already.
Right but it seems too simple. Perhaps like Gluttony and Lust they work as a team. I wonder if maybe Envy and Greed worked together as well. I guess they could be thinking of betrayal after Greed's deal.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buffalobiian
Ya, you're right. So did they just control through manipulation before? Seems complicated. There is always the possibility that while Wrath was the first, that was many bodies ago, but it seems like I'm reaching now... =)Quote:
Pretty sure they said somewhere that Wrath was the first aging Homunculus.
Clearly he has the "Ultimate Darkness" heh. Alchemy creates light, and the others have been able to perform at least their own specific bits of alchemy at will, though he might be unable to do alchemy like they do.Quote:
I dont think pride was playing with those two last guys. I believe they just lived for so long because there was no light down there
If you recall back to the earlier episodes. Old Greed didn't recognize Bradley and Lust introduced him as their new brother. I also remember a few instances where Envy refers to him as "brat" so i'm fairly confident that he is the youngest homunculus.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jessper
i love kimblee, so i loved this episode. there's something that resonates so well with me about a psychopath who knows he is crazy, a dedicated professional who is totally selfish, and a guy who doesn't seem to mind if the human race disappears, but seems to feel genuine sympathy and admiration for the Rockbell family. I love the way he drinks coffee through Ed's comic moment, steps in the second it's time to get to work, and cringes at Winry's stubborn arguing.
why can't all the bad guys be like Kimblee?
first, winry. the scene with her repairing Ed's arm was very funny, as was the one after it. but, on the whole, i can not STAND Winry's character type. lots of "i'm so helpless but i'll try my best to not be a burden" but STILL be a burden characters annoy me more than anything else. going along with Ed and Al just puts her in more danger, means Kimblee has his hostage on hand in case he needs to make Ed do something, and it just is a out and out burden to a team that is going out to find one of the most dangerous guys around, Scar.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ryllharu
sure, she's cute and funny, but, ugh, i just wish they kept her on the sidelines more...
second, Selim Bradley = Homunculi is one of the first spoilers I ever saw from any manga. i don't think i was all that pissed about it when i found out, as i had no interest in FMA at the time. but it would have been nice to have been surprised by it, even if it's a classic Enfant Terrible
The conversation a few episodes back, where Pride questioned why Wrath was letting Mustang live, sure seems to seem that Pride does keep an eye on Wrath, whether he was ordered to or not. Since Father clearly does not get out much, it makes sense for the First Homunclus to be the one to "shadow" the most powerful man in the nation on his behalf.
The Shadows. There is little doubt that Pride's power utilizes shadows. So, it does make sense that the two guys left alive in the tunnel were left alive because somehow all the lights went out down there.
Last point about Pride. When I first saw the scene where he leaves the Briggs men in the tunnel, to go back and stay close to Hawkeye, it left me very confused. Why, just why in the world, would Pride let those guys go? To rush back and fuck with Hawkeye's head? Those guys have serious info on the last unknown Homunculi, and Pride leaves them to spread that info so he can run back to mommy.
To mommy. It dawned on me when I watched this episode with the subtitles. Of course there is a reason Pride races back home. It's because Hawkeye, a very dangerous woman who is clearly not on his side, is at home, while Wrath is not, with Mrs. Bradley. Pride went home to protect her. Of this, I feel little doubt. Hell, Pride's identity is revealed because of Mrs. Bradley's "love of talk". But just exactly why in the world would Pride even tolerate her staying alive, when she does possess knowledge that could out him?
There is no doubt, to me, that one of the bigger themes in this whole story is about parents. We already have tons of stuff going on between Father and the Homunculi, Hoenheim and the brothers (both incredibly powerful people, albeit very lacking in what we come to expect from a father figure). But on the other side there are mothers (physically weak people with divine emotional influence), particularly the things people will do because they love their mothers. (Also, refer to the scene where Bradley comes home and is pissed as hell that the Elric brothers are there, even though Pride is there with Mrs Bradley)
Oh, and the Homunculi order is pretty hard to figure out. Aside from Pride, Wrath, and new Greed (and new Gluttony, I suppose), it is pretty tough to figure out the order. Lust and Envy talked like they had known each other for a very long time (ditto this with Envy and old Greed). Gluttony has been around since the disappearance of that one kingdom, and Envy himself stated that the souls he is sorta made from have been in him for so long that they have lost a lot of their consciousness. Sloth has been digging since the plan to make a big circle out of Amestris was launched, which suggests he might be newer than Gluttony (created as an attempt at a Gate, then used to clean up the mess from the disappeared nation).
because then kimblee wouldn't be awesome and special anymoreQuote:
why can't all the bad guys be like Kimblee?
I believe we all agree that we don't want that to happen
<3 kimblee too
It was pretty "OMG HOLY SHIT WTF" to me as well despite being a watcher of the old series.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buffalobiian