HammerOfJustice
Since: Apr, 2013
09/12/2018 00:00:00
I mean, the only ones you\'re supposed to hate fully are Shou Tucker and Father. Every single other villain it is possible to feel some sympathy for, except maybe Cornello and Lust, but we don\'t get to know much about Lust and Cornello doesn\'t last long enough to care.
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jakobitis
Since: Jan, 2015
09/30/2018 00:00:00
^ I think you may have ever so slightly missed the point there.
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KarkatTheDalek
Since: Mar, 2012
09/30/2018 00:00:00
I mean, do you really need to hate bad guys freely? I'd argue that that's a simplistic way of looking at them. Besides, characters like Envy and Father aren't meant to be redeemable or anything - just pitiable.
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I recommend it, but...
…Fullmetal alchemist: Brotherhood isn't perfect.
I am a fan of the series, and I agree with everyone here who praises it. Instead of gushing about the show and adding more fuel to Hype Aversion, I'll take a different route and use Reverse Psychology by telling what’s wrong with the anime. There isn't much to complain about, but I try my best.
PLOT: There are some ridiculous contrived coincidences. A girl walks accidentally into a conversation that concerns her? One of the bad guys appears accidentally where the main characters are? Characters meet because they use accidentally the same hideout at the same time? The series isn't free of Idiot Ball moments, either. One of the bad guys is captured, and characters (who aren't against killing) never think that the baddie could escape from a glass jar?
CHARACTERS: The obvious downside of a large cast is that it's impossible to give characters equal amount of development and limelight. Many interesting minor characters are Out of Focus for a long time.
About villains. Sometimes I feel conflicted, because I'm forced to feel sympathy for evil. I can't hate the baddies freely if they are miserable, pathetic wrecks.
STORYTELLING: There's a problem with pacing, especially in the anime. It's sometimes slow, and sometimes the plot progresses so quickly that plot holes are formed in result.
THEMES: The series is very idealistic, especially in Thou Shall Not Kill aspect. Two main characters are "saved" from killing anyone, because the plot finds alternative ways to kill the villains. The story is all-around Anvilicious in its morals.
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE: The greatest flaw in Fullmetal alchemist, in my opinion, is my favorite character's unbalanced character arc. He is a Recurring Character who is Put on a Bus most of the series, only to become really important and receive the last minute I Just Want to Have Friends realization in the finale. The timeskip doesn't help it, because his supposed character development happens off-screen.
All in all, Fullmetal alchemist: Brotherhood is an awful anime. Don't watch it.