Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

Yep!

Those two are a match made in heaven. It will be glorious.

Provided that the original Ling still has some input, of course.

Speaking of which, I wonder what he saw at the Gate?

Solf Kimblee, Ace Detective? Wouldn't have expected it coming off of '03.

edited 6th Dec '16 11:00:52 PM by LinkToTheFuture

Wait, I forget. Why can't Ed just tell Gen. Armstrong that Sloth is a Homonculus?

EDIT: I'm stupid and have a shitty memory. Never mind.

edited 7th Dec '16 6:57:16 PM by LinkToTheFuture

He's afraid that Central will get wind of it and, seeing how Bradley is Wrath, Ed's afraid that Bradley will take out his displeasure on one of Ed's loved ones.

This Kimblee is a smooth criminal.

I realized in between my posting and editing of that comment.

And yes, Brotherhood Kimblee got that slick-ass suit. It suits him nicely.

I like to imagine that Drachma is essentially FMA Canada.

Its more like FMA Russia I think.

Drachma is the only neighbor country that has any canon appearance and even then they only have 2 minutes of screentime.

Aerugo appears in the Wii games and Creta appears in the movie.

So that means no Xing? That's sad. I really wanted a full arc set there.

Xing is not a neighbor country, but it does appear in some extra material.

Maria Ross saves the Xingese emperor there.

If you count Xerxes as a neighbor country, then it will have plenty of screen time in the future.

edited 7th Dec '16 7:34:49 PM by RAlexa21th

Sorry if this is dumb, but how does Ed make the logic leap from "this is one weird big tunnel" to "the whole country is a transmutation circle"? Definitely a cool plot development though.

edited 7th Dec '16 7:39:21 PM by LinkToTheFuture

He has seen the transmutation circle for philosopher stone, and the points of the circle matches with the blood sheds on the map. The tunnel also moves pass Briggs, which is the final point of the circle.

edited 7th Dec '16 7:49:17 PM by RAlexa21th

Makes sense, but how does he know what to look for? He knows that the tunnel forms a circle because he can tell the alchemic power, and knows Ishval is a place of bloodshed, but how did he know how to make the connection? I'm having a bit of a hard time.

I don't understand the question.

Okay, what episode are you at?

edited 7th Dec '16 7:52:11 PM by RAlexa21th

He can tell the tunnel is a circle, and he knows that Ishval is a place where a war happened. How does he know that the tunnel and the wars are linked?

He noticed the oddly precise locations and symmetry and literally connected the dots.

edited 7th Dec '16 7:55:01 PM by LordVatek

Ishval is not the only war that happened on Amestris. There has been conflicts everywhere including the borders and random riots. Liore is the latest blood shed.

Looks at this picture. Every dot here has been a location for blood shed in Amestris, except Briggs. And everyone points out that Briggs would be next.

How Hughes learns about this without seeing the transmutation circle first, I don't know.

edited 7th Dec '16 8:03:05 PM by RAlexa21th

Oh, right. Sorry, my own failure to pay proper attention strikes again.

That being said, i was unfortunately spoiled on the nation being a giant transmutation circle, but this is still some "holy shit" level stuff. That and the "legion of immortal soldiers".

re Hughes finding out: I guess even the great FMA isn't immune to the occaisonal Plot Hole.

edited 7th Dec '16 8:00:41 PM by LinkToTheFuture

What episode are you at, because nationwide circle is roughly ep 35 and immortal legion is roughly ep 40.

Episode 36 now, because in 35 we find out about the circle and Raven mentions the legion to General Armstrong during their little meeting.

That far huh? You'll know the moment when you get there. Pretty much what Handsome Rob said.

I should try rattling off the periodic table when I get flustered sometime

@Nationwide transmutation circle: Because as Hughes (God bless his soul) found out, all those conflict surrounding Amestris happened conveniently around edges at specific point and specific time, and at that time also realizes that his country is conveniently shaped as circle. He, being a citizen, just accept that this is his country, but when everything adds up, it makes you question things. You don't make a country build upon concentric form; you make them by making lines around plains or by natural barrier like mountain or river.

Hughes, while not an alchemist, is a friend of one, and already picking up some stuff, basic stuff like "alchemical formula is based on circle".

edited 8th Dec '16 12:52:17 AM by RBomber

I'm honestly not quite sure which bit with Bradley we're talking about here. That said, I can only think of one...

It's the tank, right?

I've really liked every opening so far except for Hologram. Again and Period are epic as hell and Golden Time Lover worked surprisingly well and has been stuck in my head for the past 2 days