Fullmetal Alchemist 14
October 2, 2007
Wow. What a terrible weekend I had. I’m sorry I didn’t post. It would have been a better use of my time. Anyway.
Whoo-hoo! Things didn’t go quite as you’d been lead to believe last volume. There’s some serious flow going on plotwise, and while there’s not a lot of action here, things are set into motion and you can see that we’ll be getting to the end eventually after lots more cool stuff happens. This is still probably one of the most tightly plotted and strongest stories I’m reading right now. It’s quite good, and I think it earns all its popularity.
There’s a ton of omake at the end of this volume. I always wind up reading it first, because she’s so good at drawing hilarious gags about various past scenes. Her extras are the best in any manga, ever. One of the gags is her receiving a letter about how someone liked her extras better than FMA, and she said her dream had finally come true.
The prince, who was not a great favorite of mine, loses what little of my respect he had by being… well, greedy. We learn a bit more about the Homunculi (or whatever), including the interesting detail that sometimes their bodies fall apart if they regenerate too much. Not that big a deal since… well, there’s a solution to that, but perhaps useful knowledge for down the road. Ed and Al also begin to touch on the other types of Alchemy. I want them to be true Alchemy masters, better than Scar and the little girl at their stuff, too.
Basically, I want them to win. I want Ed and Al to win so bad.
October 2, 2007 at 11:39 am
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