And this is the point where Brotherhood becomes completely different from the original series. There were a few similarities here and there, like Greed’s henchmen getting mercilessly slaughtered and King Bradley having a son, but the differences by far outweighed the similarities here. To start with, it’s Bradley of all people who goes after Greed and brings him in. He’s definitely shown to be much more than the nice grandpa that the first series turned him into.
And ZOMG, instead of being Pride, he’s Wrath! The first series really scrambled around with the definition of homunculus, didn’t they? Sloth also turned out to be just about the complete opposite of the Sloth in the first series. And really, it does make much more sense this way. I always wondered why Ed and Al’s mother, of all possible people, would be called Sloth. That just leaves the question of where Pride went, seeing as the other homunculi never mentioned him (or her), while they did mention the absent Sloth. Also, why did their master this time look like a grown up version of Hohenheim? Did he suddenly age fifty years since he saw Ed and Al for the last time or something?
The thing that I’m most curious about right now is how different the homunculi actually are, especially when they start developing. Quite a few of them actually devolved in the original series: Lust became sympathetic, Gluttony became crazy, Pride became much less careful, Envy became obsessed with getting revenge on Hohenheim and Wrath… he just became more and more emo as the series went on, it seems (at least, if my memory isn’t mistaken, which it has been for quite a few times with this series…). I really wonder what kind of path the original manga went into in terms of their development.
Rating: ** (Excellent)
Excellent fight and finally we get to the point where the two stories completely diverge
The identity of Pride is one of the biggest spoilers of the series and knowing it beforehand is really not recommended :p
You are very right jiv, in fact when I read the blog and when he mentioned Pride I couldn’t help laughing.
Indeed Mr. Blogger you ask nice questions and the answers are part of what makes the manga story sooo much better. As for the humunculi, they in ways both are and aren’t nearly as human as they were in the first series. Aren’t in that their weaknesses are quite different, are in that you come to really (and i mean Really) appreciate their names. This series has the best villains by far in my book.
Father and every single homunculi appeared in this episode, just so you know.
Yep Pride’s identity is a big spoiler so I hope no one ruins it for you. All your other questions will definitely be answered by this series as well over time.
That was one brutal episode…
“Father and every single homunculi appeared in this episode, just so you know. ”
Thanks for the spoilers.
Please avoid even any hints!
Psgels, I would recommend you to request not to hint at any of the spoilers, like you did for one of the previous FMA blogs
About the homunculi, their characteristics are similar to their names, which is why Bradley is Wrath- he has more of a temper compared to the others.
Yeah keep that kind of stuff to yourself TJ. You gotta be more subtle than that.
i cant wait for envy’s and gluttony’s real forms
It’s interesting that next week’s previews didn’t show anything about what happened with Mustang at this point in the manga. I’m not the slightest bit surprised that they skipped it this episode, but it’s fairly significant to the story on a number of levels, so I can’t see them skipping it entirely.
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I also rather liked Barry as a character, and he had one of the more interesting deaths.
Plus, seeing his body return later is a huge plot point towards them finding Al’s body
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Ah, never mind. There’s a short cut of Hawkeye. Looks like they are going to visit that scene next week.
Yeah I guess that was giving away a little too much. Should have put some spoiler tags.
Well
we have seen all seven homunculi already (in this series)
I’m confused with all the homunculi. Exactly, how many are there in the REAL manga? and how many are there in the first and second remake (Brotherhood). And is Wrath and Pride the same person = King Bradley?
Sorry if im asking too much. 🙂