Kei's Anime Reviews

Fullmetal Alchemist Episode 04

"Transmutation of Love"

You know, it's always around this episode of a series that I finally remember to comment about a show's music. Full Metal Alchemist's music is definitely good, with some pretty memorable tracks on the rare occasions that it comes out from the background.

Anyways, there's one way to describe the plot of this episode: subtle.

You should *really* see the various plot twists in this episode coming from a mile away. I guess that's more than a little disappointing. I watched the episode hoping that they were going to prove me wrong, but watching the show was like waiting for another person to put a puzzle together. If you can't figure out what's going on while you watch this episode, then I have the feeling you will enjoy it a lot more than I did.

I thought this installment might serve as further exploration of the backstory, with Majhal being one of Ed and Al's father's friends (best friends, according to him), but this is more of an orientation filler episode. Expect the plot to pick up at about... episode twelve.

Rating: B-

Posted by Kei at November 28, 2003 12:36 PM