FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST: BROTHERHOOD 1x12 One is All, All is One Reaction and Commentary
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- The Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood reaction continues with season 1 episode 12: One is All, All is One
In Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood 1x12, One is All, All is One, we get one of the most packed episodes in the series so far.
Ed and Al head to the home of their alchemy teacher and in the process we get backstory on The Elric Brother's father, their teacher, and their training, as well as a glimpse at the theory behind not only alchemy but the entire universe: One is All, All is One.
Synopsis: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood is an animated series in which two brothers search for a Philosopher's Stone after an attempt to revive their mother goes awry and leaves them in damaged physical forms.
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"she can't have kids"
damn you're observant
“Everyone’s blessed when a baby is born.”
Al says the softest things. I’ll always love Alphonse.
True
All my homies love Alphonse
You boys are up early.
"Yeah, heard the sound of our father abandoning us." Lol, that's great.
This 😂 actually tickled me so deep but nonchalant
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@Marley Colin Yea, have been using instaflixxer for since december myself :D
@Marley Colin Yea, been watching on InstaFlixxer for years myself :D
@Marley Colin Yea, have been using InstaFlixxer for since november myself :)
Goodwin: "Long talk incoming"
Me: *listening intensifies*
Absolutely the same.
This is the content I came here for. (Also absolutely watch Goodwin's commentary on Midnight Gospel, it's really good)
Honestly. Real honestly. I never want to listen to reaction people. I always look for the most emotional people ( to feel validated ). But him ? I WANT to listen. In fact I'm craving more.
I almost feel like... I don't deserve this. I should be paying to hear him say all this.
NON SPOILER ALER: Ed and Al’s mom didn’t kill herself, she died of disease, a plague. Ed is angry at his father cos he left and then afterwards his mom died so he’s kinda connecting the two instances in a way. Like he’s angry at him for leaving her to die instead of being by their side when she did die. Sorry if this comes off as a spoiler to you
a bit more justification is that their father was a skilled alchemist, with books on a wide variety of alchemical fields, who may have been able to help her survive.
Also I mean, he also left his kids to deal with their mom's death on their own. Like you could argue "he couldn't have known" but had he been there, Ed and Al wouldn't have been alone. Maybe they wouldn't have needed to use the human transmutation, you could even push the thought further and say that Ed believes that they would have managed the human transmutation with him. It's always easy to blame the "absent figure" because they're not there, and seeing how young they were and how distant Hoenheim seemed with them (as seen for example in the episode with Nina) Ed probably interpreted it as Hoenheim not caring, about their mother or about them too. Actually, the ending of this episode contrasts with that feeling: Izumi shows empathy for Ed and Al, where they've never gotten it from their own remaining parent, who is absent. That's how you see that Izumi is their parent and has been ever since they've been under her care. These are two kids without parents, and a woman who can't have children. Perfect match and this episode just seals it all.
@@MARYWTHER have you seen the entire show ? Just curious
They said how she died in the second episode.
It goes a little further as well. The disease that killed her was caused by the decay from the war in Ishval. The area where the boys lived was not far from the eastern boarder. The winds carried bacteria and carrion.
"Young Uncle Iroh reacts to Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood While Having Deep Discussions About Life"
Yes Please!
“If I have to worry about the ants I crush beneath my feet, I couldn't even walk around” - Kentaro Miura.
Wow.... that's powerful
@@lidyarahmah6307 Its from Berserk
The previous episode , we had a baby being successfully delivered and it was all goody goody after that . It was about the power of family and relationships over the power of knowledge .
Here , we have Ed's teacher who lost her baby and tried to revive him by her knowledge of Alchemy which backfired terribly .
The parallels in this show blows my mind
In ATLA at the swamp, they talk about how the world and everything on it is One being.
I think my feeling when I watched it was that it was sort of stated without context, explanation, or deeper meaning, like "we are all one," etc. It will be interesting to get back to that episode again now to see if my feelings have changed.
@@AGoodwinTV I remember listening to your discussion on that episode and wanting to write a comment about this episode of fmab. I almost did, but it was getting too long and I changed my mind. Now that you are watching the series yourself, I'm glad I didn't say anything 😆
Yeah well Mike and Brian love fma
The original manga creator is called Hiromu Arakawa and She is the best female manga artist out there. I absolutely love her work including fullmetal and silverspoon, and she created this story all by herself, which makes it even more incredible
fun fact, her birth name was Hiromi but she had to change it to Hiromu which is the masculine version of her name in order to get published.
I always forget she wrote silverspoon XD
@@CallistaZM wow didn't know that
Kitty Evans damn that kinda sucks
@@justincain2702 Its only recently concluded its manga run, and its an absolute joy from start to finish. I learnt so much about the Japanese agricultural industry.
I don't think there is a single episode that doesn't hit you in the feels
It is so satisfying to see someone watching one of your favorite shows with such an open eye
Ed and Al's mom died of a disease that ravaged their part of the country after the Ishvalan War. Ed has no logical reason to hold his father accountable for his mother's death. He's hurt and angry about losing both parents and it's easier for him to assign blame to the parent who walked out than confront those feelings.
Loved your theorizing and how you picked up on how the boys found a mother in Teacher and Izumi found her children in the boys, even if it didn't happen the way either excepted or planned.
This show has more philosophy than any anime I’ve seen. If there is a show that has more, it wasn’t good enough to remember instantly.
Berserk?? Vinland Saga?
@@tawofiqnacanabo8465 they never said how many anime they've seen and FMAB is one of the most popular ever
Psycho Pass (only the first season) is one of my other favorite philosophical/psychological anime.
Knew you'd love Izumi, she's the best housewife
And I think another analogy of the universe growth rant is how water flows. It doesn't think about where to go; it just does, and works around what blocks and channels are available.
That's a great analogy.
I recommend reading the manga after this series.
A small detail changed in the island flashback is that Izumi asked her employer Mason to stay on the island with the boys.
He was in disguise, and antagonised them into trying survival skills. But mostly to protect them at night.
Its a small detail but it shows Izumi's care despite her toughness.
They cut a lot of the finer details about Ed and Al's training, and why Al goes alone to the bar in Ep. 13, for time reasons, since Brotherhood is still in "fast forward, we did this crap already back in '03" mode.
I though that was not canon and only happened in FMA. Thanks for the info.
@@fxzter Yeah, the reason Al is alone is because Ed is back in Central taking his yearly Assessment Day test thingie, making it more relevant to the Manga's plot and not just the thing that drives Shou Tucker over the edge and then never mentioned again.
This is one of the most memorable episodes and one of my favorites
I will never forget this episode
This. This is the episode that made me think "holy cow, this anime is something else"
Yeah this episode is insane. And not just for the island segment and its philosophy. There are so many stories contained within this one episode...
With themes like this it annoys me how a lot of people in the west view most animated shows as childish. I feel like animated and live action shows can be equally as good when portraying adult themes.
Yeah, or better. There really is no built in limitation to how good a story can be in any format IMO.
Most reaction channels I've seen before, the reactions all like "wow" "that's awesome" "I think this episode was good because I like this part" and that's the whole reaction. But the level of analysis and connection to personal thoughts and experiences on this channel makes it the best I've seen. I feel like Goodwin truly understands the deeper intentions behind a lot of shows, not just what's plainly seen and heard. It's like I'm in a philosophy class I actually want to be in. Plus some of my favorite anime and shows are on here so that doesn't hurt either. "Long talk incoming" doesn't mean skip on this channel, it means the best part is coming.
Poor Ed, shorter than Al even back then...
"it's ok to hurt." ok, Teacher 😭 damn you, FeelsMetal
Yes! I'm all for characters confronting and expressing their trauma in healthy ways. None of this "manly restraint/bottle up your emotions" crap in this household.
Seriously though, these boys underwent a horrific event at 10 &11 years old! Thank goodness Izumi helped them grieve together.
Whenever these videos drop it’s impossible for me to have a bad day. ❤️ Also we love the mentor she is an absolute bad ass
She is awesome
The mom had "Anime Mom Hair Disease", thats why she died. 🤔 Come to think of it, I think she's the first documented case.
3:50 They mentioned previously that she just got sick(probably tuberculosis) and died.
Ed blames their father because he was such a smart man/great alchemist that he thinks Hoenheim could have saved her.
Another possibility which would make more since in a different show, is that she died from "heartbreak", and Ed blames his father for leaving and weakening her mental state, allowing her to succumb to illness that lead to her death.
Hiromu Arakawa is the creator of FMA, she's the author that wrote the manga from which the show is adapted.
this episode is one of my favorite probably for the same reason youre thinking of. It spoke to me on a personal and cosmic level like no other episode has in anime
Everytime something emotional happens it's nice to know Melon Lord is there
He's taking it all in, you know? Experiencing all the great stuff the show has to offer
Shoutouts to the citizens (villagers?) of Dublith who wake up to see the local butcher’s wife beating up two kids on her front lawn and just... keep walking.
I'm sure they're used to Izumi by now
I grew up in a preachers home and my view of the world and universe has changed a lot since I was younger. I'm more in line with an Edward now on most things spiritual. I feel like my world expanded so much when I started learning more about the universe.. it made things more scary, but also so much more interesting. People like Carl Sagan in his Cosmos series helped me step back from my own perspective and start to question or see things differently. I feel like it's hard for a lot of people to break out of their initial bubble.. It's so comfortable and we have many people around us that believe similarly, and processes in our brain which tend to confirm the beliefs we start with. We always have to be vigilant we don't fall into comfort, and constantly push to learn more and understand.. It ends up helping us greatly in my view. Love your channel, thank you for your commentary and reactions.
A background on the mangaka Hiromu Arakawa, she grew up in a farm surrounded by tough women and knows first hand of the interconnectedness of existence. This is shown with her anime/manga Silver Spoon.
When you said that we are the universe looking at it self as an "off shoot" i was like yeah the truth always says that he is the person veiwing it as well as the universe.
It is the all and the one, because if the one is not contained in the all then its not all... at all
The truth: "i am the universe i am the truth i am god... and i am also you"
Dude, I live for your commentaries. You're so observant about all the little details and ideas being pushed in any given show. It gets me excited thinking about how you'll react to specific scenes/episodes in FMAB knowing that you'll give some damn good, in-depth analyses.
Thanks 😀
Find a teacher that cares about your future as much as Ed and Al's, cause just someone that really cares about you would put you in a island to make you learn
I've been looking my whole life. Why has no teacher ever abandoned me on an island like this?
@@AGoodwinTV The manga shows that the employee/apprentice of the butchery (because Sig is a butcher, thus the knife and the bloody apron) was actually watching over them (and was the 'savage masked guy' harassing them that *wasn't* adapted on the anime), so they weren't in any _true_ risk (though Ed and Al didn't know that, of course).
Re: your long rant. I agree with the broad strokes, even if they are details I disagree with. And, specifically on the subject of 'no purpose', there's a formulation I've liked regarding accepting the axioms of nihilism but rejecting its conclusions, i.e. anti-nihilism : "If nothing we do matters, then all that matters is what we do."
'All for one; One for all.' This really is one the animes that cemented my sense of respect in life. Sure, it's fiction, but I like to believe everything has lesson/s that we can extract and live by. And it's up to the viewer to choose which ones are relevant to their lives. Plus, it doesn't really hurt that the lesson came from a great franchise. 😊
The cosmic questions are certainly good in this series. On a side note, highly recommend watching The Good Place for more of that and morality & philosophy. As for this show, I was quite surprised at the concepts they get into and explore. Also, looking back at this episode with future knowledge, it amazes me how two characters made the same mistake, something I failed to notice the first go around because stuff has yet to be revealed.
Modern alchemy usually typecast it as either being a proto-science (precursor to chemistry) or being a "Magical skill" that turns ordinary metals into gold or makes you immortal. But like with most things, it's far more nuanced than what modern pop culture or textbooks like to describe. The origins of alchemy are deeply rooted into exploring natural philosophical thought-from African, Asian (mostly Chinese), Arabic (the most influential), and European (greco-roman) influences-with a touch of mysticism. So the fact that this series (especially the manga) also has philosophical discussions is just one more reason why I like it so much.
I have this constant though of "yes, he's finally in this episode!"
One thing I trully love about this show is the philosofical level and the ways they explaind it, even if the animation style isn't that good, or if the jokes didn't age that well, this show is still one of my favorites for that.
The whole show is a beautiful exploration of humanity with all its faults and all its glory. Can't wait for you to see the story unfold!😊
Astrophysicist Niel deGrasse Tyson has speech "The Most Astounding Fact", where he explains how atoms that make the earth and life on it, came from stars that had gone unstable, and exploded. From the gas clouds that came from these explosions, came the new solar systems.
I find it kinda funny, how it is basically "one is all, all is one" in universal scale
I think what makes Ed's talk more interesting than the idea that we're all made of the same material is his introduction of the idea of "unseen rules." That opens up a whole can of worms that I think is more directly related to deriving meaning as a human being.
Damn, that ending moment between Izumi and the brothers always hits me in the feels.
the philosophy you discussed in this video has me feeling very optimistic about existence as a whole. ive expressed similar thoughts about life and im happy to hear someone else share these kinds of beliefs as neatly as you did.
I'm glad! It makes me feel optimistic as well. I am also really glad to learn that there are other people who are having these thoughts! It's not the kind of thing that we usually get to discuss often
this is probably one of my absolute favorite episodes of the series (top 3, easy) and I couldn't wait to see your reaction to it. I knew you'd have no choice but to vibe with it lol
I absolutely love how observant you are as well as your wonderful talks and musings. You're so thoughtful and insightful and deep. I don't just love you and your reactions, I f***ing love you and your reactions. I'm so glad I came across your channel and I cannot wait to see you go through this rollercoaster of emotions that is FMAB.
Thank you 😄
This is probably one of the best takes I've seen as a reaction to this show I've seen. Not to talk down about other reactors but most others are focused on the action and the surface plot, but the themes and more subtle nuances of the show tend to go unnoticed the first time someone watches this, myself included. However you really seem invested in those aspects and every episode you do results in a long speech about your thoughts on it. It's actually very enjoyable
it really hits for me when she hugs them and says its ok to hurt
Arakawa is a phenomenal writer. If you have the time, i implore you to read the original FMA graphic novels. There are 3 in 1 versions available that are stupid cheap and consists of 9 volume. The anime due to its format, cuts out a few stuff. The manga has some serious detail and research put behind it. But at the same time, the anime enhances quite a few moments with its visuals. I recently colected all the graphics novels, and I am still blown away by Arakawa's writings and drawings. She is amazing. Since we are on the topic, my one of the three gripes with the anime is that it could never truly capture Arakawa's art style. She has this very rounded art style that looks like a mixture of anime and british comics. It's gorgeous
I could honestly say "I love this episode" on just about all of them, but this one in particular is one of my favorites. I love Izumi and her husband. In a show with a lot of great characters they are certainly in my top 5.
All we are is star dust organized in a very particular unlikely way which probabilities of existing are infinitely miniscule, yet here we are.
humanity might be small proportionally when compared to the universe, but it is not insignificant - that message in this episode so profoundly impacted me when I watched this episode as a teen. thank you for your deep, insightful commentary!
i loved what you had to say about ed's reflection, specially pointing the difference between al's understanding and ed's, its the same concept as umm, when you have an idea but even if you feel like you get it, deep in your heart you know there's something missing, a crack
Can’t wait for the next episode, it’s one of my favourites of the whole series! 😁
13 and 14 are some of the best
@@blimpyou yeah, a great introduction to my favourite character
@@blimpyou Agreed. Things REALLY get rolling after 14.
@@Darkkfated definitely improved the pacing after they got past all the stuff that was in the og anime
@@forgeryyy Amazing what happens when you stop rushing through the story at 2x speed and give each arc the time it needs.
Even us humans are made up from millions of smaller organisms working together to give us life. Cells, bacteria, and other microscopic entities allow us to function. We are like those small microscopic entities within our universe giving it life and meaning
Quickly becoming my favorite reactor. Ever thought about reaching out to other channels on some networking stuff?
Thanks! That is something I would love to do in the future when it's a little easier.
Your talk had me getting teary. Im terrified of death, the finality of it is just painful to think of and i dont really believe theres anything after it. But your talk about being happy having been apart of life was beautiful and gave me a new persoective. Thank you.
In the Manga the Boys weren't alone on the island. An employee from izumis shop was on the island to watch (and scare) the elrics.
The themes and connectedness in this show are crazy man
"long talk incoming"
yes...yES..YESSSS!!!
one of my fave episodes of the series and one I've been waiting to show up cause I really wanted to know what you thought about it. That last part about the different elements of religion, spirituality, faith, and logic being part of this same weave is definitely something to think about.
This is the episode when I really realized how amazing this anime is. Anime is really like the only form of media that explores these kinds of themes
One of the deeper episodes, I love that this show goes into a ton of different areas and does them all really well.. It can be insanely dramatic, but also extremely funny.. Action packed, and also slice of life..
13:03 That was amazing 😂
This was so much more than I could have hoped for. Thank you for sharing.
The mom died of a pandemic, they mentioned it in a previous episode. But Fullmetal feels like his father could have save her if he was there. That is why he blames his dad for her death.
I think the way Alchemy is tied to the Universe and life itself by the author is masterful, it feels so organic and innate.
Ok i wanted to watch the reaction and as a bonus i learned why i love to talk about what i do. You're such a philosopher, man
13:04 man that editing was crazy good 😂
To me, the fact that we're all part of a greater chain is exactly why I'm so pessimistic about the Universe. Basically, my choices don't really matter in the long run because they'll disappear when they get thrown into the mix.
13:03 That simultaneous realization tho 😂
I find it very interesting that you came to a similar observation about you being the best you can be and connecting that to the universe as I did. I believe that those laws of the universe screech into morality and our conscience is that law written onto our hearts. On a side note I love it when you talk about this stuff, it's so rare and even frowned on but I can't get enough of it especially when it's coming from an honest actor like yourself who seems to be doing it not for ideological, political or religious (not that those are inherently bad) reasons but simply because they love understanding.
Late watching and commenting but add me as another person that adores getting to hear your analysis on one of my top tier shows of all time. It's really enjoyable watching someone really dig into the philosophical aspect of FMAB right in the moment.
(My other top tier shows are ATLA and Princess Tutu. Depending on how the rest of Dragon Prince goes, it has potential to join this list.)
11:30
this is going to be way more analysis-ish than usual for me.
they way that i see it, you can't really ask the universe to care about us, because it is not in it's nature. and if reconfiguring that to "the universe cares about all of things the same" helps you, well, good for you.
life is worth living because we don't have anything else to do.
there probably isn't much else to that. no naturally good dids, unless you decide to believe in something.
and in the moment that you start believing in something, suddenly you have something to center the world around.
if we would have had any other choice, we would been able to decide.
(I'm not counting suicide, since there doesn't seem to be an inherent difference between it and living life regularly).
but right now all we can try and do is make our time as pleasant as possible (if it wasn't clear, doing good counts as long term pleasantries).
i mean, if there is a kind of next world, it probably won't really count when you enter it so you basically have about 80 years of good feelings to earn.
and if there's not, well, actually not much changes if you think about it.
This was really great read !
You should definitely do a reaction watching of "Devs". Fantastic mini-series by Alex Garland, and it touches on a lot of philosophical concepts.
I enjoyed early on how you really zeroed in on this idea from a fundamental level. Alchemy is just turning something into something else, which at it's core just means that everything is connected in some way. But as we've also seen it's not all just scientific, there is a deeply spiritual and philosophical aspect to it that you MUST learn. Or, you know, or else.
Also, Ed mentions their Mother passed away due to a sickness and it seems like Ed really just equates his father leaving to all bad things in his life. Which as you pointed out is kind of the child brain just seeing causality and never readjusting their viewpoint. Ed remains furious with his father while at the same time since Al never reassessed his love for his father, never blamed him so even now to him his father is someone he looks forward to seeing again, even if Ed dissuades him from that notion.
Oh my goodness, any chance you could do like, "The Queen's Gambit"? 8 episode miniseries which I think you and your viewers will love. Has themes of addiction, alcoholism, family and friends. I highly recommend
Netflix has been trying to get me to watch it for months 😂
For anyone who's watching Queen's Gambit, I recommend watching the anime called March Comes in Like a Lion. It's a about a young shogi genius but is a lot more introspective
No one mentioned the milk? Ed was eating milk and cereal, with a bottle of milk next to him, when he realized his father wasn't coming back.``
2:18 I apologize for bringing up past shows again but I’d really like to believe that this was the case between Bumi, kya and Aang.
I know how easy it is to get jealous for attention as a child, I’ve been there but it’s never as bad as you think in the moment.
Reaction and philosophy class at the same time :D love it
Oh wait my two favourite characters are coming soon😂 can't wait🥰
Also great reaction as always:)
Why does FMA make me cry so much?
Just found that you did FMAB and gonna binge these. Your insight in the show and outside is so fun to listen to. I know you've finished the show by now but you seeing Mustang's eventual character flaw right after Hughes died as well as a few other spot on reads is great.
As someone who loves philosophy (Christianity in particular), you seem to get very close many times talking about your understanding of the universe.
- 11:13 That chain of reasoning seems valid but assumes value. What does it mean to be the 'best' in a universe with no mind behind it? How can rules or standards of goodness/badness exist where there is no invention, assessment, and enforcement?
- 17:25 You're so close. You even say the phrase 'a common thread' which comes from the Biblical idea of the scarlet thread that appears throughout the Bible in different stories leading to Christ. The symbolism is that the thread is the blood of Christ and Christ is the Truth made flesh. Long story short: The common thread that holds everything together is the Truth.
I hope you can endure a few more of my ramblings if you are reading these and I hope you're not too offput by my perspective. Hope you're well and thanks for your insightful discussions.
The way I see it, it only makes sense that human morality and behavior is tied to the laws that govern the nature of the universe, because that behavior developed within the framework of those laws itself, and the fact that those behaviors have persisted for as long as they have, even if it's just a blip in time, means there's something sustainable about them that isn't so diametrically opposed to the laws of nature that nature has yet to crush us in any absolute manner (although it has gotten close). We've paid attention long enough as a species to know that's what it does to things that stand in it's way. No matter what upper hand humans think they're gaining on nature, there's always a level higher than what we're working on that's ready to smash us into the dirt if we overstep in any significant way, and that may be nature's/the universe's way of saying "wrong answer".
I could talk about this kind of stuff forever. These kinds of subjects have interested me (to a fault at times) throughout a majority of my life.
Very well said and I think that makes a lot of sense. I mean... one way of thinking about it is how could human morality NOT be tied to the laws of the universe? We are born from that very universe and subject to its rules. And one rule seems to be if you can't cut it here, you're out. And so morality is something that formed consciously but also unconsciously and organically along the lines of what aligns us with higher principles.
@@AGoodwinTV Exactly! We know it was formed that way as well, because we've witnessed behavior that is so similar to our own that it's often times familiar in other animals that we observe. Animals that we diverged from evolutionarily hundreds of thousands to millions of years ago. These things aren't just ingrained into us as humans, but they're the mechanisms that seem to drive the forward development of all life as we currently know it. Maybe not all of the behaviors WE have as humans are necessary, but there's something intrinsic about at least a few of them that causes them to manifest in other beings that are sharing this experience with us on this same planet, and, perhaps ultimately, the same universe.
I think it might be safe to say that is why things such as religions ended up coming about. Back then, people may not have had the words to properly articulate a lot of what we know now about the nature of human behavior, but they were still observant, so it seems the info about human behavior was told through allegorical stories, and passed on, with one or more gods coming to be representatives of such things as higher purposes and principals. Many people ended up taking those stories to be literal, but in the absence of a proper means to gain clear understandings of the functions of the world, I don't think I can bring myself to blame them, and I'm an atheist, or a former atheist (perhaps agnostic?), so you would be forgiven for expecting harsher viewpoint from me specifically. I used to be bitter about it, for sure, but in my recent attempts to understand things better, I've reconciled those feelings and have even come to appreciate religion for what it's done to get humanity as far as we've gotten, even despite the many horrible things people have done and still do in it's name.
Just want you to know.
The parts that got taken from her are the parts for giving birth, that's why she wasn't instantly dead.
In the second episode, it is said a sickness came and it took their mom.
third time watching this with you and I'm getting more out of it every time lol. thx for the 5:18 rant
Sig and Izumi are relationship goals, personally think they're the best couple in the show
Someone already mentioned the difference in training between manga and anime, but reunion went differently too, also in manga flashback Izumi specifically tells them not ever to try human transmutation
There's some other details from that chapter that didn't make it to the anime but those are more of character depth than plot
Two of my favourite characters are coming soon and I'm excited, though also salty how much with them was cut in the anime >w>
Few things make much more sense in manga due to how much anime cuts but anime sticks to the main idea and philosophy so overall they did a good job delivering that 🤔
I've been waiting for this episode from the start because I knew you would love the theme and also we get to meet Izumi. You could do a longer separate video of you want to talk about some of it more in depth.
Mr. A Goodwin TV,
I knew that this show would hold some truth for your thought. This magnificent show handles so much ... Continue to Enjoy.
... of course all religion is connected to that deep thread... We look out of ourselves and collectively feel this elusive obviousness.
knew you'd love this one
Hey Alex, I realize its a little soon to be looking at what to watch after FMA:B and Dragon Prince, but I think you would really like Space Dandy. Its made by the same creators as Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo, and delves into some really cool esoteric topics in a great goofy way. It can really only be fully appreciated once you have seen all 26 episodes, which is in no way saying it isn't amazing until then. Also it has an amazing dub.
Now that I think about it, can Kid Alphonse and Kid Edward beat us up?
Look at their fight against Izumi. They are just starting out but they were already doing high jumps and kicks!
Look at Alphonse’a final attack right before Izumi twirled him around!
Could any of us do that?
And that’s a 10 year old Alphonse!
Sig is the kind of husband I want to be. The super supportive while being a dad bod god!!!
Al and Ed's mom looks pretty young next to their dad, or is it just me?
One second in and I think, "damn, I didn't know MHA was this old"
YEsss!! I've been waiting for your thoughts on this episode!! Thanks for going so in-depth! I'm always able to take something away from every video you make and it was awesome to hear your thoughts on one of my favorite world views in anime
I really liked this one.
"Human morality is tied to universal law." you talkin bout Immanuel Kant? Straight up?? So personally, I can't fully subscribe to that because he assumes all humans are rational, and frankly humans are not all that rational. But also, how do you define rationality to begin with? I'm literally writing my final essay for my ethics class on this though, so I'm just gonna stop right there because it'll be an enormous tangent lol
Second last episode of season 1. Also Izumi is incredible
Do you have a background in psychology or philosophy? Your commentary is so insightful for a first viewing, love both seeing your reactions and hearing your interpretations and thoughts along the way.
Fun fact: In the manga, Kid Alphonse was never taller than Kid Edward. That is anime only. In the manga, Alphonse is actually smaller than Edward. At best, he equals Ed during Izumi’s training. But Edward is never actually shorter than Alphonse.
Also, who do you think is cuter? Kid Alphonse or Kid Edward?
Kid Al is pretty damn cute
Seeing hoenheim and Izumi was awesome! She is badass
Gotta love teacher