March 08, 2004

Fullmetal Alchemist Episode 20

Fullmetal Alchemist

"Guardian's Soul"

It kind of bothers me that whenever Edward gets into a fight, his first reaction is to transmute his automail arm into that little stabbing glove. He's short (super shorty who needs help seeing himself in the mirror, or something like that) and fighting isn't really his strong suit, but nonetheless, it's always take 'em on hand to hand. Of course, that is more visually exciting. Though I have to say, in this episode Ed makes good use of transmutation during his fight with the other soul-bonded armor.

Plotwise, not much happens other than the revelation that the prisoners were being used as test subjects (not a huge surprise), their souls bonded to suits of armor to serve as guards for the lab. Their unique perspective gives them an opportunity to make Al question whether or not he is who he thinks he is (or if it's just some elaborate conspiracy by Ed and the others). Like maybe he was just some random kid they found, told him that he was a brother that owed a lot to Ed, and figured he'd make a good protector. Kind of hard to believe though (other than the fact that Ed seems like a nice guy), given that everyone else seems to believe Ed's story, and if they could brainwash Al to be anything they wanted just to protect Ed, they'd probably program him to be a little more efficient.

Anyways, this was another entertaining episode of the show, the best in the last handful, and promises to have some more explanations about the Philosopher's Stone in the near future.

Rating: A

Posted by Kei at March 8, 2004 10:38 PM
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BACK OFF MY BABY DADDY!!

Posted by: N/A at November 25, 2004 04:58 PM

i love fulmetal yeah!

Posted by: annie_rex_ic at September 25, 2005 01:19 PM
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