Kei's Anime Reviews

Fullmetal Alchemist Episode 02

"Body of Taboo"

The first episode of this show felt a little uneven, but this one has a much more reasonable pace that I think the rest of the series will follow.

I really wasn't crazy about the overall plot in this opening story, with the method that Edward uses to unmask the high priest's conspiracy being a little overdone, and a little stupid. What was a lot more gratifying, though, was watching Roze's reactions to having her beliefs being systematically destroyed by Edward (no malice intended, of course).

When Roze discovers that the priest's miracles are a sham, she reacts with the expected horror and anger, but then proceeds to direct it to Edward for popping her (and the town's) bubble. These are all very realistic and believable reactions, and it comes off fairly well.

This show is entertaining enough, and has good production values, but we'll have to see where it goes from here, as we hardly know anything about the world, and have really only been introduced to a few characters (and barely introduced to the requisite mysterious villains).

Rating: B-

Posted by Kei at November 24, 2003 09:04 PM