Hm, it´s still rather hard to watch for me.
I dont like Edward, he just...seems out of place for a main character of a shounen series.

What i really hate, though, is that they call this alchemy. What they´re doing is magic, nothing else. They talk about how you need to give something to gain something, but Edward simply puts his hands together and puts a spear out of the ground.
Alchemy is chemistry, just with the distinct goal of chaning material into another kind of material (making gold, for example).

I will keep watching, but so far i cannot understand the popularity of the show.