Short review: Fullmetal Alchemist is little step up your average shounen action-adventure series, creating a unique world with memorable characters, lore, and legend. Overall, I still say read FMA if you want a memorable and iconic experience to shonen genre. I say the main theme is that Hope/Friendship is still relevant esp in nowadays but the manga-ka never hits the readers so heavy-handed that it becomes trite than significant. It's interesting to see how the main characters grow from inexperienced kids to relatively confident teens and happier adults. The series does have a rough start as we're not exactly sure how a child can enlist in the army and become a soldier but everyone does treat Ed and Al like kids which is much better than say small adults. I feel like it aged pretty well other than some of the physical gags/jokes which feel out of place now and the omake added some comedy to otherwise dark scenes. Although FMA's cast is pretty large I managed to keep everyone's face and histories apart which is impressive and I can see how their lives changed for the better or worse due to the events. I liked how even minor characters were noted and had different designs vs just NPCs. Also, no creepy scenes b/t them and the male characters which is awesome. I feel that most of the main story beats still hold up and avoids some of the traps of long shonen like a meandering quest objective, no real ending, or too many similar cast members that go nowhere.Īlso, how the manga-ka handled all the female characters who all had agency in her life and actions was great compared to some modern stories. Anyhow, just wanted to point out that the manga, at least to me (and i don´t fit any of the two categories you point out) is not that great.It's been almost two decades since I first completed FMA series back when I started in JR High and it was an amazing exp to grow up with the Elric brothers from their mistakes and how they managed to resolve to get their bodies back. Also, alchemy is not really explained in detail, it is said that in order to recieve something yo must give something of equal value but alchemist bend matter without giving anything in return (one could argue they are moving molecules from other parts of the same element not scene on screen, but that doesn´t change the fact that reshaping is indeed something worth an exchange). Also i never felt Alf and Edward develop in their alchemy, they sure as hell develop as persons, but not so much on the fighting mechanics. Some parts just felt like cheap retelling of real life events, particularly the whole Russia, Germany, the whole Midle East, China deal. It is really really good, just not god level good to me. I liked FMAB a lot as an anime, but i didn´t found it the glorious master piece everyone sold it to me. i found the manga "ok" the first time i read it, and i am an avid manga reader (at least two a month). I know this is an insanely late response, but i was just recently skimming through this kinda posts cause i was contemplating reading FMA again.
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