[Manga] Fullmetal Alchemist: Manga edition

Originally Posted by Enkidu

Well, a new chapter has been released by Evil Genius recently, and although the qualiy is only so-so

How do they compare to ZOMG Fruit Tree Alchemist 's release?

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Gluttony's dead, just like I thought. Curiously, Father seems intent on recreating him with his memories intact contrary to what happened to Greed/Ling. The lack of loyalty of the previous Greed is probably the reason his memories are missing. Father doesn't want to repeat that mistake again.
The whole Father vs. the Elrics thing has wrapped up surprisingly "peacefully", no great battle, no exposition on who/what Father really is... just a shower and a little chat with Wrath & Roy. And an Ishvarian is about to meet another alchemist veteran from the war.

Chapter 57 in about a week, looking forward to it...

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Excellent, a new chapter released & scanlated in less than 24 hours.

Arakawa does it again. A lot of stuff happening and another plottwist ending to have us agonising for another month. I think the entire FMA fanbase exploded after seeing that last page

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About that last page: WTF?!! A gigantic, scarred array tatoed on her back and she never told us? Why would a non-alchemist need it anyway? So many questions...
Great events :
-Finally the travellers from the East meet, shame Dr. Knox had to break it up.
-Gluttony is back, more or less. Father sure looks happy sitting on his throne.

How ya doing, buddy?

It's that time of the month again... Chapter 59 has been translated and released by some fruit tree alchemists.

Continuing from last month flashback, we now come to one of the darkest chapters of FMA's history, the Ishval Annihilation and its effects on our heroes in the military.

Highlights:

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- The creation of the philosopher's stone, witnessed by some "old friends".
- A young (moustache-less) Armstrong, breaking under the stress of mass murdering innocent people.
- Finally seeing Kimbley a lot more, not just a shadow or a glimpse
- HUGHES!!! Good to see him back again.
- Riza earning her last name.
- And Scar's brother has discovered something odd about Amestris' Alchemy

Hilarious and tragic at the same time:

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Roy: Hughes...I'll give you one word of advice.
It's a common pattern in movies and novels.
Guys who talk happily about their family or lovers on the battlefield have a high chance of dying! Stop it right there!

Apart from the story, it's great to see so many dead characters make a cameo in this chapter. Even the Silver Alchemist was shown and he only got 1 chapter iirc.

And now... another month of waiting for more answers/questions in chapter 60 (5th year-anniversary???)

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Gechmir

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Who's Kimbley again? And why do I keep thinking I've heard of the Crimson Alchemist before... =( Been so long since I've read FMA through.

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Kimbley AKA the Crimson Alchemist was featured heavily in the anime adaptation, joining with Greed and later with (anime-only) Archer. His alchemy specialty is explosives using 2 arrays on his hands. Unlike the anime, he was only seen briefly in a few chapters of the manga and it still doesn't look like he'll play a bigger part.

How ya doing, buddy?