The Panelists are back with episode 2 of our Fullmetal Alchemist readthrough. In these volumes, we learn so much about how the world of Fullmetal Alchemist works behind the scenes, the darkest plans of our villains, the atrocities committed by our heroes, and which characters make for the best horny fanart.
We spoil volumes 1-9 in this episode. Check out our episode on those volumes here!
- (00:00) - “Fullmetal Alchemist” by Hiromu Arakawa
- (02:33) - Spoiler-free summary
- (03:21) - Impressions vs last time
- (07:59) - Spoiler Zone
- (11:52) - Spoilery Summary
- (15:13) - Matt was late on his reading
- (15:45) - The Pride Reveal
- (17:30) - There’s a lot of war crimes going on here
- (30:25) - The openness of the big bads
- (35:14) - Brotherhood differences
- (37:35) - Arakawa loves big boobs
- (38:33) - Some FMA ships
- (41:42) - The chess pieces
- (43:38) - Scout’s favorite Elric brothers moments
- (47:55) - BIG ENVY
- (53:56) - 2003 differences
- (55:36) - Al’s body
- (56:13) - Hughes!
- (57:02) - Greedling
- (01:01:24) - Sloth’s transmutation circle
- (01:07:15) - Arakawa’s planning
- (01:09:22) - The human sacrifices
- (01:12:33) - Winry and Scar
- (01:22:12) - Dr. Knox
- (01:26:29) - Listener Questions
- (01:31:51) - Further Reading
Further Reading- You can find more of Hiromu Arakawa’s work in her completed series Silver Spoon and ongoing series Daemons of the Shadow Realm (second of which has recently begun airing its anime adaptation!)
- If you find yourself thinking “man, these fight scenes are pretty cool, I wonder what they’d look like if someone animated the hell out of them,” Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood can be found on many streaming services
- If you find yourself thinking “wow, I’m really enjoying how this shonen adventure story is also about the horrors of war and government corruption”, I would recommend Hunter x Hunter by Yoshihiro Togashi
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Scout
Matt
Jillian
Editing this week by AJ Fillari.
Cover art by Scout Wilkinson.
Intro/Outro music by Boqeh.
