Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Episode 41 Reaction

Would you watch She-Ra? or do you only watch more eastern animations?

The stakes only get higher from here😁. PRESSURE

God I hope they don’t choose MHA or KNY

I m lost, the episode of today is from Friday? and tomorrow will have 42?

I'm sorry, but it's not as simple as Ed being ready to sacrifice his own life if that's the cost of being merciful. Kimblee is not only a danger to him, he's a psychopatic mass murderer working for the group that has caused so much misery in the world, that they probably are in a league of their own. It's one thing to choose not to kill Kimblee in a fight and another thing to try to save his life. Kimblee loves murder and he will continue to do so. He spent so many years in prison, shackled in an empty cell and he barely seemed fazed by it. He's a beast and Miles knew better than to try to put a leash on him. Does Ed have the right to put Kimblee's future victims in danger, just so he can be comfortable with his own ideals? In my opinion, yes. But it's selfish, not selfless in this situation. Just because Kimblee didn't kill Miles and only made fog from snow, doesn't change the fact that Kimblee is alive because of Ed's reluctance.

What I really like about Edward and this scene is that him maturing through the show does not consist in him trading his ideals for more « realistic » ones or on the polar opposite trying to change the entire world and the people around him so that they could eventually adopt his views. His evolution seems really intimate in a way, it’s simply about him sticking to his ideal but accepting the consequences of said ideals. He never blames Kimblee for what happened to him, he fully accepts the fact that Kimblee has vastly different morals and won’t hesitate for a second to kill him. He just accepts it and does his best to stop him with the tools he allows himself to use without expecting that his mercy will be rewarded and/or that his enemies will eventually give him the same treatment. It’s a very mature way of conveying such a message and that’s why I love this sequence so much (on top of the stellar voice acting, the dub really is top notch)

If Ed hadn't shown mercy and actually killed Kimblee, not only he would not have needed the chimeras' mercy in the first place, but he also wouldn't have had to use his own energy to close his wounds, at the cost of his lifespan. So showing mercy imo did have a net negative effect on his life in this episode, but that is okay, because the show is telling you that sometimes to hold true to your values you must be willing to accept some sacrifice (equivalent exchange)

I noticed that in the manga the other day when I flipped through it completely: The chapter ends with Winry screaming for Ed. That would have been a very nasty cliffhanger in the anime.

With the whole conversation about the "golden hair and eyes" I just realised that Hohenheim, Ed and Al are actually the last people of Xerxes still alive...