Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood - 31 November 8
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Summary:
After leaving Hawkeye’s place, Ed runs into Al, and the two talk about what they want to do after they return to their original bodies. Al wants to eat Winry’s apple pie, and Ed just wants to tell Pinako and Izumi that he’s back. Ed also reveals his realization that Scar and May Chang’s alchemy is different, but when they try to find May Chang the next day, they discover that she’s already left Knox’s home. Meanwhile, Mustang’s former subordinates say their farewells before departing, and Hawkeye pays Mustang a visit to pass along a message from Ed that Scar is still around. Afterward, Mustang reflects on the emptiness of his office and on his subordinates, and he decides to enact a certain plan. He then heads out and finds Ed and Al who have been searching for May Chang. After they tell him what’s going on, he asks Ed to return the money he borrowed, but Ed decides that he’ll pay it back once Mustang becomes Fuhrer. In fact, Ed promises to continue borrowing money and attaching each amount with one of Mustang’s goals for the country. Mustang then drops the brothers off at their hotel and heads to a bar where he has the madam call a special number, that of Lt. General Grumman.
The Elric brothers meanwhile find Fu waiting for them in their room, and they take him to see Lan Fan at Knox’s place. Though angry at her, Fu is also devastated that his granddaughter lost an arm, and he ends up turning down the brothers’ offer to introduce her to an automail mechanic because he decides that they’ll find a way on their own. Both he and Lan Fan thank Knox before leaving, and this plus May Chang’s earlier gratitude has Knox reflecting on his profession. After everyone leaves, Knox receives more visitors, this time his son and wife. His son is actually aiming to be a doctor like him, and Knox invites them in, happy to have family to share coffee with. Sometime the next day, over at the prison, Solf J. Kimblee is suddenly released after having spent all this time incarcerated for killing his superiors at the end of the Ishval conflict so that he could keep his Philosopher’s Stone. The Homunculus are behind his release, and Envy picks him up to give him a mission: to kill Scar and to recapture Marcoh who had likely faked his death and escaped. As it turns out, Marcoh had indeed escaped because Scar still wanted him alive to help decipher some of his brother’s research concerning the strangeness of alchemy in Amestris. Scar also intentionally disfigures Marcoh to disguise him, and he has the newly returned May Chang heal Marcoh before heading North to where the research is hidden.
Preview
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For the most part, this was another decent episode that was light on the action and heavy on the plot. It’s got its share of good scenes though, like the one where Mustang compares his ex-subordinates to chess pieces (with Hawkeye as the queen of course and him as the king), and I found it very curious that he got back in contact with his old boss. Fu also appeared and took Lan Fan away in what was a nice scene, but I found the Knox stuff directly after to be much more powerful. It’s funny too because my initial reaction to his family showing up was that it was really random, but I ended up really liking seeing that side of him.
As for Marcoh, he did survive after all, and Scar has now disfigured him. Poor Marcoh, the man just can’t catch a break. They’re heading North too, so I imagine the stuff in the OP will be showing up soon. On the other side, the Ishval stuff with Kimblee has built up nicely to his reappearance here, and it looks like we’re headed for a Kimblee and Scar confrontation too at some point which should be pretty interesting to see. For whatever reason, I don’t quite see Kimblee as a villain yet (maybe because his voice still reminds me of Allelujah), but I’m sure that can change quickly. I also found it a bit odd that the preview indicates that next episode will be focused on, of all people, King Bradley’s son…
Sol Fury at 4:13 am on November 8th, 2009
Nice to see Kimblee is also getting some screen time - but are they giving away Philosopher’s Stones like breakfast serial prizes now or something?
As far as the focus on Selim goes, I’m not surprised. He’s a good way to characterise the human side of Bradley. As well as giving a unique perspective on other things.
OMG at 4:14 am on November 8th, 2009
kimble look like psycho killer maniac
Darknessheal at 4:15 am on November 8th, 2009
O my looks good
Kaze at 4:15 am on November 8th, 2009
Oh King Bradley’s son
This FMA needs fillers too
or.. DOES IT!?
Dun dun duuuuun
RickyMack at 4:26 am on November 8th, 2009
@Kaze
dunnn dun dun dun duuuuunnnnnn
Exiled_G at 4:33 am on November 8th, 2009
Selim is….. jeng jeng jeng
Espada at 4:35 am on November 8th, 2009
@OMG well his PKM afterall ;D
Charred Knight at 4:47 am on November 8th, 2009
Thank god they kept in the scene with Knox’s family, I thought they where going to get rid of it because they removed the scene where Al found the picture. It really caps an ending to Knox part in the story, and is easily one of the most powerful scenes in the series.
Selim will be appearing a lot more often during the next arc.
Koroshiya at 4:50 am on November 8th, 2009
I think we need an episode that focuses more on Selim don’t you think?
penguintruth at 4:54 am on November 8th, 2009
The scene with Knox’s family… who cares? The character is barely in the story and we’re expected to care about whether his family returns or not? I was insulted when I came across this part in the manga. Arakawa was just trying to wring some tears out of the reader for nothing, and that takes away from her legitimately touching scenes.
Oh, look, an Ishbal flashback that should have been in the Ishbal flashback episode! Nice.
inc at 5:10 am on November 8th, 2009
[quote]-I found it a bit odd that the preview indicates that next episode will be focused on, of all people, King Bradley’s son…[/quote]
you haven’t see anything yet !
wait untill they reveal his true identity
Arnaiyus at 5:29 am on November 8th, 2009
Don’t worry, without giving away anything, I can tell you that Selim is VERY important to the plot.
ciq666 at 5:31 am on November 8th, 2009
It seems a lot of people already know about Selim and since it’s a very big spoiler, I won’t even put in under a spoiler tag.
Things are advancing rather rapidly; I like it
Flappy at 5:48 am on November 8th, 2009
Love the Kimberly Bomb toy scene
Rei at 5:48 am on November 8th, 2009
hehe o selim-kun~
egress63 at 5:49 am on November 8th, 2009
Next episode focuses on Selim?!??? Ugh… Fillers.
Or is it?
liborek3 at 5:57 am on November 8th, 2009
@egress63
Selim’s scene is in the manga
nikson at 7:22 am on November 8th, 2009
@egress63
Show Spoiler ▼
CS at 7:46 am on November 8th, 2009
Wait till you judge Selim… he’s much more than you realise.
Kim at 9:21 am on November 8th, 2009
@INC
Please do not leave hints
@ Penguintruth
You might not care about Knox but I certainly do. I found him to be one of the most interesting minor characters in the story.