Full Metal Alchemist part 2
I continued to enjoy Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood through episodes 5–10. One thing that stood out to me was how much Edward and Alphonse are forced to question what they believe about alchemy. Scar is especially interesting because he sees State Alchemists as enemies and believes that what they are doing is wrong. At the same time, Edward and Alphonse continue searching for a way to get their bodies back, even after learning more about the Philosopher’s Stone and how it is created. I thought the Fifth Laboratory episodes were especially interesting because they showed how dangerous their search is becoming. Alphonse also begins to question whether his memories are real, which made me think more about how much of a person’s identity comes from their body and memories. I like that the show continues to make alchemy connected to larger moral questions instead of only using it for action scenes. There were also more Japanese words that I could recognize while watching. Words like 先生、父、...