March 29, 2004
Fullmetal Alchemist Episode 24
"Affixing Memories"
There's enough flashbacking in this episode that I could have sworn I was watching an episode of Noir.
Unfortunately, this is one of those filler episodes that Fullmetal Alchemist spits out every once in a while. It's not too surprising, given this series is going to finish at over fifty episodes. It's not terrible, as far as moving the plot, as we get some closure to the Ishbal story (is this really the end of Scar?), and it's almost all worth it for Al to stop complaining about whether or not his memories are his own or not.
I thought they artificially created the story of the two Ishbal boys as a mechanism for getting Al to believe that his memories were not artificially created by Ed, but it turns out they pretty much have nothing to do with each other. The Ishbal boys' story is a little far-fetched too, with the conclusion a little too convenient for me to swallow.
At least Winry is bopping around in little spots in this episode. She makes everything better!
Well, hopefully we can get back on track with the storyline next episode.
Rating: B-
Posted by Kei at March 29, 2004 12:08 AM