[Manga] Fullmetal Alchemist: Manga edition

Mmm, FMA manga~~

Have you guys seen the cover for volume 13? Awesome shit, man (it's a bit spoilerish though):

http://community.livejournal.com/hag...3.html?#cutid1

As for the current stuff (chapter 56 onwards):

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Greed!Ling is really awesome. I love how he's still there. Hopefully he doesn't die! I also want a Wrath vs. Greed re-match (especially since this new Greed will have Ultimate Shield + Ling's swordarts *heart*)

I wonder who the new Gluttony will be though. I can't imagine any of the current characters as a Homunculus, but, at the same time, I can't imagine Arakawa-sensei to use the whole 'let's-introduce-a-new-character-and-then-make-that-person-a-Homunculus!' idea again. =/

And it seems as though Roy's getting closer and closer to finding out who killed Hughes...

But I seriously can't wait for the Scar and Marco scene. Omigod I wonder what'll happen *__*;;

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Meh:

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I actually got spoiled from someone in the message boards, so this chapter wasn't much of a surprise to me =/

Still, it was really interesting to see a bit of Roy's past (and it looks like he wants power too, like his anime counterpart)

The conversation between Ed and Hawkeye was awesome. The funniest bit was when Ed spit tea/coffee at Hayate when Hawkeye asked if he loved Winry XD

I hope we get to see how Scar got that scar in the next chapter, as well as how he lost his arm, brother, and nation

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Gechmir

God I love this manga. He covers so much ground and so well within each release. Berserk which has a release every two weeks, often longer, takes forever and a day to get somewhere. I am reading Berserk out of blind faithfulness by this point.

But FMA hasn't disappointed. I can't wait to see how 59 will develop.

You do know that Arakawa-sensei is a woman, right? >_>;;

Anyways, another thing I'm curious about is:

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Hoho-papa, and what exactly he's doing in the North. Prehaps his trying to thwart Father's plans or something...ack >_<;;

Oh, and I want the next chapter to mention the Xing group, although it looks like it's going to be a flashback chapter

Oh yeah:

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.....the guy behind Ed looks like Havok, but his left arm has transmuted into a kind of clawed hand.....not unlike the way Greed's powers can coat his body parts with an "Ultimate shield".

Who is that supposed to be?

^^;; It's not really a spoiler, since the character behind Ed on the cover is actually from Arakawa-sensei's other work, something called "Shanghai Demons" or something.

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OMG CHAPTER 60 SPOILERS

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The flashback scene of Mustang and Hawkeye at the graveyard was incredible. I loved how you saw a tiny bit of Hawkeye's tatt on the 4th page.

Kimbly isn't the stupid bastard like his anime-counterpart, nor is Grand (or however you spell the Iron Blood Alchemist's name); they're realistic and not 'evil'. It looks like Kimbly either lost it during the end of the war or held his ambivalent attitude towards everything (he's so godamn cool!). I loved it when Grand shot the Brigadier General and Highes called it a 'stray bullet'. Grand isn't a monster in the manga either; he knows how to fight, but he wants the war to end just like everyone else (who's sane).

AND FUCKIN' BRADLEY. Geez, he's a bastard, but he's incredibly amazing. His God speech makes me believe that Father is definetly planning on bringing God down (or something..ack, it's not right to second-guess Arakawa-sensei!). And it's so fitting for Bradley to be Wrath. Man, that guy is vicious.

It looks like the next chapter is going to be the end of the flashback arc. Even though we already saw the fates of the characters (Hughes, Armstrong, Kimbly, Scar and his brother, the Silver Alchemist, Winry's parents), I know that there's going to be this huge, ridiculous twist! X0

Jesus Christ, I love Arakawa-sensei. TO DEATH.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Just read chapter 63 this morning and~~

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OMFG, I love this manga sooooOOOoooOOOOooo much.

And we get to see Armstrong's sister! That's really exciting! But, unlike Alex, it looks like the "Northern Cliff of Briggs" is much tougher!

We also get to see people from the north, the Drachmans! Wonder how they look like...

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Oh wow, it's been a while, hasn't it?

Yeah, I've been diligently keeping up with the manga scanlations. I gotta say, Fullmetal Alchemist is just too fuckin' cool. All of the characters are so complex!

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I definitely am liking the fact that Roy and the others are setting up a counterattack of sorts. I am SO tired of the whole " 'good' guys doing nothing untill the last minute, and yet somehow, being able to defeat their opponents", you know? The method they're using is so sneaky too! General Armstrong is an utter baddass too; loved how she sliced Raven up, and then admits it to THE FUCKING RULER OF AMESTRIS. She played all her cards so well!

Hohenheim's backstory is really tragic too. I never imagined him to be from Xerxes! So that means that Ed and Al are half Xerxes, half Amestrian...

And he's the fucking Philosopher's Stone! Omg what?!?!

Arakawa-sensei, I know you can hear me, but I love you <3

I hear that this manga is going to end in a few years or something too! I can see how everything's building up to the final event, but I still have no idea how it'll turn out. I wonder if Ed will get his arm and leg back; personally, I don't think so, but....

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I've been getting most if not all of my manga chapters from mangahelpers.com. They usually don't do the scanslating itself, but they provide download links (torrents, rapidshare, to even direct downloads). Really helpful; they're usually the first ones to post manga links after the actual group.

Gah, the chapter'll be out in two days? Then we might be scans by the end of the week! *0*

How ya doing, buddy?

Ok....

....Ok, so I like, just read chapter 76 right now (chapter can be downloaded from mangahelpers.com)

IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THIS CHAPTER YET, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, DO NOT CLICK ON THE SPOILER LINK

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What the hell!?! Kimbly versus Ed was so intense! What the hell is going to happen to the Elrics? Especially since Al's soul is being pulled away! There was no sign of Kimbly, and the two chimeras from Central as stuck in the rubble, so no one can help Ed...!

Damnit, Ed CAN'T die! What the hell! He just CAN'T. But shit, he just got speared by a fallen plank, and injuries in the FMA world is actually realistic (remember Roy vs. Lust fight?). But-but-but~~

Oh geez, this is fucking crazy. And now we kinda know that Hoenheim taught the Xing alchemy, and Father gave his version of alchemy to Amestris...?

Gah, waiting a month for the next chapter to come out is going to be killer *_*

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?