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Lilgnomy said: Damn... why Eclipse is taking so long! Eclipse had a hardware failure probably after their Kaichou release. Their channel says it will be delayed. Mentar said it should be out by Monday. |
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| Episode 58 was more awesome, imho. Someone feed Al a fried chicken leg! |
| Al in the fight thats wassup but damn Roy lost his sight and i hope Bradley dies slow! 9000/5 |
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| Is Al the biggest freaking Woobie ever or is it just me? D: I've been waiting for this episode for so long x3 I don't know if anybody else feels this way, but seeing Mustang tripping helplessly is just...heartbreaking. |
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| very cool episode the fight between scar and bradley the nameless ones are cooly animated |
ffIX-vivi said: Kracksickles said: oh okay. I just thought that in order to be one of the sacrifices you have to perform human transmutation. Oh but hohen did perform human transmutation...on the whole xerxes nation. The homunculus said he used hohen's blood to open the gate, therefore it was hohen who opened the gate, which makes him the 5th sacrifice (or the 1st, if you follow the timeline). lol true....i guess making a philosophers stone is human transmutation but i was still right when i said he didnt try bring anyone back to life :) |
| Lets make it simple , viewing the gate makes you a sacrifice . . Thats it . It doesn't matter if you've done human transmutation , by force or by will . . . Or if you've not done it at all . . |
| But doesn't this mean Mustang is able to do transmutation without drawing circles. Meaning he can also do it without his gloves? I'm not buying that he's completely useless now. Cool that he's the most feared State Alchemist though. Respect to Al for choosing to fight now! And yeah...the polls suck |
Jesuvius said: But doesn't this mean Mustang is able to do transmutation without drawing circles. Meaning he can also do it without his gloves? but instead of finger snapping... Mustang have to clap his hands now right? like Al, Edward and their Master Izumi |
| I got really, really curious because things felt a bit rushed, so I went and checked the manga chapters for this episode. I was surprised to see two major changes in this episode: first, during the rescue scene, and second, after Father lectures the sacrifices on the nature of "God." The rescue scene at the beginning was rather censored here. When Mei and Zampano shot at the guys who were holding Roy, in the manga, the guy on the left got a dagger IN THE FREAKING FACE, and Roy used his sword to stab the guy on the right IN THE FREAKING NECK. But in this episode, the dagger hit the guy's shoulder, and Roy stabbed the other man in the leg. Then, when Roy got to Riza and was desperately trying to revive her, the guy who got a dagger in the shoulder runs up to Roy, very slowly picks up a sword, and very slowly moves to stab Roy until Darius kicks him away. It was stupid, and it wasn't like that in the manga, he was already moving to kill Roy before he even reached Riza there. Secondly, Ed's ranting against God was added for the anime. Based on what he said ("I cannot accept a Truth that is so irrational!") I'm getting the feeling that Father is going to be a mere sideshow by the end, and that the true final battle will be against God. tl;dr version: 1. Violence censor during hostage rescue. 2. FMAB is becoming His Dark Materials. |
| Have to agree that the polls doesn't really reflect this episode. It should be next episode that should be "Uber Epic Super Duper WIN" based on the preview. But I'm really amused at Fai's analogy of FMA and Naruto XD. The explanation about the Truth and the sacrifices' lost body parts and about Bradley and Scar's "nameless battle" didn't have a great effect like in the manga but it was ok. And Mustang's didn't see that coming, forced opening of the Gate XD. I was kinda turned off by KugiRie's voice acting of Al in the gate but it was ok also. Next episode is around chapter 103-104 right? Damn it's neck in neck with the manga. I want to read the posts of the people here next week on what they think when that happens. It seriously gave me goosebumps when I read it. |
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| Wow, I wasn't expecting Mustang to loose his sight! Excellent battle animation with the nameless ones and excellent episode overall. Previews for next one look amazing. |
| Unfortunately, I was spoiled on Mustang's loss by some troll. As for Al's decision... I don't think it was the right one. |
Jesuvius said: But doesn't this mean Mustang is able to do transmutation without drawing circles. Meaning he can also do it without his gloves? I think he's still going to need his gloves, since he uses alchemy to adjust the oxygen densities in the surrounding atmosphere. When he snaps his fingers, he creates a spark that leads to the explosions. He needs the gloves, but not the transmutation circles drawn on them. |
| Great Great episode, Can't wait for the next episode ! |
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| Great episode.. poor Al |
| Whoa, I can't bear this kind of exiting cliffhangers~ and we again have to wait 1 week to know what will happen (at least me, who don't read the manga)... Poor Mustang, it took his vision...I'm gonna cry~ It was an awsome episode~~ |
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| Perfectly average episode, and very anticlimactic at that. |
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| Damn. That was something. I can believe, but didn't want to, that they would force Mustang to open the door. Poor Mustang is blind. Damn. Wow. Alphonse, gave up the opportunity to regain his body because it wouldn't be helpful. Man. You could also really feel the deep bond between Mustang and Hawkeye here. |
cb27dedMay 31, 2010 3:08 PM
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| This was a really heated episode in a different way than the ones before have been (as in no epic fights and such). So many tough decisions all around! Roy choosing not to perform human transmutation, Mei choosing to save Hawkeye, Alphonse leaving behind his body. I really like that this episode had that theme. I still think it's terrible Roy lost his sight. What a blow to a man who wanted to see a country change. On a side note, I adored the Roy/Hawkeye stuff. Makes up for all the scenes they cut out of their relationship early in the anime. |
olivesandwaxMay 31, 2010 3:54 PM
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| Kinda boring since, like probably most of you, i already know what's going to happen with mustang and al. Because really, beside those two scenes nothing was really interesting. Although I hope for next week to be full of action and, I don't know, maybe at last we'll know what reason has Father? To overtake 'Truth' aka 'God'? Would be nice, getting some info seeing how we're closing to the final eps. Also HikaruYuki said: Jesuvius said: But doesn't this mean Mustang is able to do transmutation without drawing circles. Meaning he can also do it without his gloves? I think he's still going to need his gloves, since he uses alchemy to adjust the oxygen densities in the surrounding atmosphere. When he snaps his fingers, he creates a spark that leads to the explosions. He needs the gloves, but not the transmutation circles drawn on them. He needs the gloves and circles. Just like Kimblee tatooed his hands or Scar has circles tatooed all over arm. Well, of course I should use past tense, since he already saw The Gate thus 'understands' how to perform transmutation without cricles. |
NiklaiMay 31, 2010 4:20 PM
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| Yea great episode I liked how some of the things that some of them gave up to save other ppl....and poor Roy......I feel bad for him and next weeks episode is going to be great like always :) I cannot wait to see what some ppl say about the next episode since I already know what is going to happen next but it will be awsome preview looks amazing too :) |
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mundo said: Actually Ed's rant against god was in the manga. You probably stopped reading at 102 where the episode ended. They actually put in the first couple of pages from 103 into the end of the episode, and that's where Ed's rant came from. Oh, how interesting. I wouldn't know, considering I stopped reading the manga at chap. 90. Just for the hell of it, I started rewatching the ep again, and I realized something shocking. HOLY. SHIT. Pride's skin is flaking off! WHAT THE HELL? HOW THE FUCK WAS HE DAMAGED!? I went and rewatched all the episodes where characters fight against him. He's never been harmed before (even though in ep 48, he did say cryptically, "They beat me up good"). This seems to imply that his shadow forms take damage in lieu of his human shell (considering the only parts of Pride that disintegrated were his shadows from Fu's flash bombs). Does that mean, damage to his human shell is far more devastating to him? |
| I guess I'm an elitist this week. Just another episode of 'guess who's not dead yet,' with a side of 'wow, Al really hasn't developed at all.' I was bored. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't good. |
AICW said: HOLY. SHIT. Pride's skin is flaking off! WHAT THE HELL? HOW THE FUCK WAS HE DAMAGED!? I went and rewatched all the episodes where characters fight against him. He's never been harmed before (even though in ep 48, he did say cryptically, "They beat me up good"). This seems to imply that his shadow forms take damage in lieu of his human shell (considering the only parts of Pride that disintegrated were his shadows from Fu's flash bombs). Does that mean, damage to his human shell is far more devastating to him? It will be explained later on. Or you can go read the manga ^^. |
AICW said: mundo said: Actually Ed's rant against god was in the manga. You probably stopped reading at 102 where the episode ended. They actually put in the first couple of pages from 103 into the end of the episode, and that's where Ed's rant came from. Oh, how interesting. I wouldn't know, considering I stopped reading the manga at chap. 90. Just for the hell of it, I started rewatching the ep again, and I realized something shocking. HOLY. SHIT. Pride's skin is flaking off! WHAT THE HELL? HOW THE FUCK WAS HE DAMAGED!? I went and rewatched all the episodes where characters fight against him. He's never been harmed before (even though in ep 48, he did say cryptically, "They beat me up good"). This seems to imply that his shadow forms take damage in lieu of his human shell (considering the only parts of Pride that disintegrated were his shadows from Fu's flash bombs). Does that mean, damage to his human shell is far more devastating to him? he did say....."i didnt want to do this, but were out of time" when forcing roy to open the gate |
noteDhero said: I guess I'm an elitist this week. Just another episode of 'guess who's not dead yet,' with a side of 'wow, Al really hasn't developed at all.' I was bored. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't good. WOW, "not bad but also not good", YOU DARE MOCK FMA??? |
| Roy is blind now, what a tragedy. |
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| Nothing to mock. Things are going too slowly for me. As opposed to the beginning, where the pace was too fast, now it's just not fast enough, and they're centered around the cliffhanger at the end of the episode. |
noteDhero said: I guess I'm an elitist this week. Just another episode of 'guess who's not dead yet,' with a side of 'wow, Al really hasn't developed at all.' I was bored. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't good. And... so you're not completely shocked and disturbed by Mustang going blind? That revelation left me reeling for hours when I first discovered it in the manga. I was still thinking about it the next morning. |
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ArnoldK said: noteDhero said: I guess I'm an elitist this week. Just another episode of 'guess who's not dead yet,' with a side of 'wow, Al really hasn't developed at all.' I was bored. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't good. And... so you're not completely shocked and disturbed by Mustang going blind? That revelation left me reeling for hours when I first discovered it in the manga. I was still thinking about it the next morning. After reading through all the recent posts...I gotta agree with Ronald. Roy is one of the main characters of FMA and Arawaka has set him up as someone to be the Fuhrer after Bradley (or at least set up a democracy) so I was rather shocked when that happened...I hate how the author pushes him to the corner of the last few chapters when he could be in the fight burning everyone. But then again, I think she did that as a way to stretch the fight and not have Mustang's cheap flames pwn the homunculous. |
ArnoldK said: And... so you're not completely shocked and disturbed by Mustang going blind? That revelation left me reeling for hours when I first discovered it in the manga. I was still thinking about it the next morning. Probably because someone spoiled it for him. The top three spoilers nobody can seem to shut up about in FMA are Greed taking over Ling, Pride's identity, and Roy going blind. The guy running Random Curiosity also got spoiled for Roy, so the shock value was zero for him (he called out the assholes who did it, too). But then again, I think she did that as a way to stretch the fight and not have Mustang's cheap flames pwn the homunculous. ROFL, if they just sicced Roy on all the Homunculi from the beginning, this show would probably only be 20 episodes long, he's already got 2 for 2. Well except for Wrath, Roy would be dead in a few seconds fighting him. |
| Nope, I wasn't spoiled. When they said, "I wonder what he'll lose," I automatically went with what would be most ironic--his hands or his eyes. When I saw his hands, I knew it was his eyes. Not surprising at all. |
noteDhero said: Nope, I wasn't spoiled. When they said, "I wonder what he'll lose," I automatically went with what would be most ironic--his hands or his eyes. When I saw his hands, I knew it was his eyes. Not surprising at all. Surprising or not, you don't think that a major character becoming permanently crippled and helpless is a stunning development? To me, seeing Roy stumble around like that was the most emotionally devastating moment since the death of Hughes. |
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This has to be one of the cruelest episodes I've seen in this series. And this series really screws with its characters. Mustang's definitely getting the crappier end of things in this series as opposed to the first. Didn't he only lose ONE eye in the original anime? The best outcome is having everybody Father screwed over (who's still alive) beat him to death. |
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| I'm actually shocked to see so much hate against an episode which is one of the best in this series . This episode had everythin . . Action , drama , , thrill . Everythin . . . Its funny to see some reactions . Can't help but laugh at em . If roy going blind is not emotionally draining for you , then i wonder what is . I don't remember seeing any shounen anime/manga in which a main character is crippled like that. Crippling is worse than killing a character . I don't have to explain why . Great work arakawa and bones . Keep it going , have great expectations from the next episode as well . And the complaint about the pacing is the most ill timed and random complaint . . . You mean riza gettin saved roy forced into breakin the taboo al rejecting his body wrath versus scar father getting all the sacrifices on one spot is slow pacing . . Ha ha . Lol . . . I wonder what kind of pacing you like . |
lafuria_suxMay 31, 2010 10:45 PM
| I thought Wrath was shot in his right shoulder but they showed him bleeding him from his right? O_o; When the Briggs soldier shoots him, it's the right shoulder. You can see no blood on his left arm. Then when he enters the chamber where he meets Mustang, his right shoulder is shown wounded (short red) but he's dripping blood from his left. I guess I'm just confused O_o; It was funny to see May Chang running around to get that philosopher's stone. Ah! Pride :D zOMG! He's so fucking creepy. Until like two second ago, I was happy to see him back but that guy gives me goosebumps, just watching him. Poor Mustang... That is indeed unfair, Edward! lol Alphonse gasped when his body got up xD; Guess he must have seen "something" short and shriveled :P Anyway, just 4 episode left :'( An awesome ride it has been... o.O Some idiot ruined the surprise for me on Facebook... |
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| pretty awesome episode.. i'd like to see the fight with Scar/Bradley.. not just random moments.. and Al's choice was admiring... |
| FFFFFFF I DON'T EVEN. THIS WHOLE EPISODE BLEW MY MIND. |
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ArnoldK said: noteDhero said: Nope, I wasn't spoiled. When they said, "I wonder what he'll lose," I automatically went with what would be most ironic--his hands or his eyes. When I saw his hands, I knew it was his eyes. Not surprising at all. Surprising or not, you don't think that a major character becoming permanently crippled and helpless is a stunning development? To me, seeing Roy stumble around like that was the most emotionally devastating moment since the death of Hughes. I kinda laughed when he tripped...(it seemed like comic relief for one second) But yeah, they should have stretched on Roy's angst a bit more before moving on to Al. It was too fast and I didn't get too much out of it even after downloading it and watching it several times. (and again, the scream was awesome when he was dragged into the Gate xD) @DonKangolJones Yes, it is so far the most cruelest episode I have seen. Not to mention, angsty in a way. (Next to Hughes' death.) Moving on to ArnoldK's comment, yes, I think it was rather shocking that Arakawa would do something like that to a main character, but one of things that have made me rank FMA as top manga is because the author does things her own way. Other manga like Bleach/Naruto feel rather fan-driven sometimes (Man, Bleach has lasted for centuries) and FMA is true to the plot. In fact, I remember reading somewhere that Arakawa already finished FMA on May 6th or something. |
| pretty cruel episode poor roy :( also father is fat |
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smokes said: pretty awesome episode.. i'd like to see the fight with Scar/Bradley.. not just random moments.. and Al's choice was admiring... thats how it was in the manga lol |
| Oh yes . . I agree wit smokes . . I want bradley's fight to be awesomely done . Much better than how it was done in the manga . |
| Let Wrath go out with a bang! But anyways. One more month until the end. I wonder...Will this series have a tragic ending? Like Al never gets his body back but they defeat Father. And Ed goes on living with his Automail. I hope this series doesn't have a happy go lucky ending. It has been amazing those far. (I have read all the current chapters of manga lol) |
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