all about manga chapter 102


oh. my. god.

aside from the "fuck, Mustang is BLIND" twist, the highlight of this chapter for me were the two Homunculi. Wrath, seemingly facing the end, is still just as boastful and badass as ever (it is looking slimmer and slimmer that my Anakin Bradley theory will play out. but i do enjoy being wrong some times!). Pride had to have the most golden villain reaction I have ever seen to a hero's misfortune, with his "Have you gone blind? Splendid!" fucking cold

and Bradley, finally showing respect to someone in his last hour? I like how they brought back the name issue.

i can only assume the "assimilated" alchemist Wrath said that Pride assimilated was Kimblee? Was he really up on par with the Elrics? (for that matter, I'd never really considered Mustang or Kimblee on that level...) seems to me that the Homunculi should have just been assimilating alchemists starting a long time back... no need to keep all these meddlesome people alive...

of course, this isn't about the Homunculi. it's about Ed and Al. And, man, Al really did make a noble move, returning to the battle in the best condition he could help in, even though he has been trying to get his body back for so long... but, damn. those last words from the body were CREEPY (not to mention those eyes!). i mean, seriously, has the body sorta gone mad? when it was referring to Al's return bringing nothing but ruin and despair, was he talking about the soul returning one day for the body? or just returning to the real world? (how the hell would he even know what is going on in the real world? though i suppose the nature of the gate and the truth could explain that...) either way, the way he addressed the soul as "Alphonse" seems to suggest that the body has taken on some kind of new identity.

all in all, a very bad chapter for our heroes. I LOVED IT!!!