She mentioned earlier that she buckled down and did a lot of research, so props to her, but not only that she maintained the fluency and spirit of Fullmetal Alchemist all the while portraying quite frighteningly the realities of war. Mad might be the only thing that can really describe it.įor me personally, since the war was hinted at being what war is really about, I felt like the curtain shouldn’t be pulled back. I could use words like horrendous, awful, bloody, mad and all the rest of it. So here’s the deal, the last volume reveals a LOT about Ishbal. So far we’ve been given snippets of Ishbal from each character creating a jigsaw of a puzzle that never has all the pieces. The need to flesh out every nook and cranny of a plot can really kill the spirit for me. If Ishbal remained a mystery I’d be perfectly content. We see, just like in Berserk, how we could live in such a sad state of affairs and for Fullmetal we all turn towards the past at a war in Ishbal. My head tilted inwards during those lose last few chapters. Still, nothing I experienced in this volume convinced me not to buy and delve into the next. But, knowing myself, I'm far more attached to the primary characters, the protagonist's inner-circle, the extended family-of-necessity, and slow to embrace the ever-expanding, wildly vacillating community of supporting cast, villains, allies, foils, friends, etc., regardless of how intriguing they may be. I expect different readers value different aspects of the enterprise, and. (Then again, I'm pretty deep into at this point.) At the same time, some of the backstories resonate (with me) more than others, as everyone (and I mean everyone) continues to evolve.
But, as the level of complexity increases, and the conspiracy merges with the ever-broadening elements of fantasy, I find myself less emotionally engaged. This round wasn't one of my favorites, although, to be fair, the pages turned quickly because the momentum was pretty good and I remained curious how each of the successive crises would be resolved. such is the nature of many a long-running serials. but not yet into the home stretch, eh?Įbb and flow, peaks and valleys, crests and troughs, highs and lows. Over the hump, past the half-way mark, there's a light at the end of the tunnel, it's all downhill from here.
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