| Title | : | Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 2 (Fullmetal Alchemist, #2) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | |
| ISBN | : | 1591169232 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9781591169239 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 182 |
| Publication | : | First published May 20, 2002 |
There are many types of alchemy in the world. Edward's commanding officer, "Flame Alchemist" Roy Mustang, can control fire. Shou Tucker, the "Sewing-Life Alchemist," specializes in the most difficult alchemy of all...biological transmutation, the ability to alter the tissue of living things. But no matter what their power, alchemists are still human. And when a mysterious killer begins stalking state alchemists, no one can escape his vengeance...
Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 2 (Fullmetal Alchemist, #2) Reviews
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3.5
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2020 The Reading Rush day 3: Read a book completely outside of your house.
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Buddy read adventures with
Bhavik AKA Roy Mustang
Haha. I just realised which volume this is.
Oh no.
Chapter 5: The Alchemist's Suffering" (錬金術師の苦悩 Renkinjutsushi no Kunō
Mega spoilers for those who haven’t seen FMA or FMAB/ read the manga
First: in all honesty, the original FMA made this a hell of a lot sadder.
I absolutely love the relationship between Ed and Mustang. Their dynamic makes me happy.
In this volume, Roy owes Ed for apprehending some baddies. And so, Roy introduces them to Nina and Tucker . TuckerAKA single dad with glasses syndromeis a state alchemist (known as the life-binding alchemist) who is trying his best to create chimera that can speak.
And so the tears begin.
Alrighty. So Alexander and Nina are the sweetest beings on this earth. And to top it off, the time they spend with Ed and Al is awesome.
There are a lot of questions in this one: is what Tucker did just as bad as what Ed did? Well, I don’t think so.
And so enter Scar.
Chapter 6: The Right Hand of Destruction" (破壊の右手 Hakai no Migite
Okay, more feels.
We finally get to see how Ed and Al were with their mother. We also experience the PTSD from which Ed suffers.
But Hughes! My favourite FMA character of all time (other than my other favourites of all time). Also Major Armstrong, who is always great.
We find out a little about Scar and his motives behind killing national alchemists. Scar reminds me so much of The Crow
There is so much introspection in this chapter, as well as kick-ass fight scenes.
Chapter 7: After the Rain" (雨の後 Ame no Ato
”We’re all beat up. There’s no way we can suck this much. But we’re alive. We’re alive.
This is an INTENSE chapter where all our favourite national alchemists gang up against Scar, and we get awesome humour as always.
This chapter really made me appreciate the gorgeous artstyle of this manga. And then BAM! Roy Boy is back in town.
And Riza shows off her skills!
But Armstrong shows off his muscle and Maes shows, his smarts.
Chapter 8: The Road of Hope" (希望の道 Kibō no Michi
This is when admit to you guys that I have a dog named Winry. She’s adorable, but also crazy and fierce. So she’s aptly named.
This is a good chance at enjoying some humour after hectic events. We really get to see the sweet and loving side of Armstrong.
Wait. Never mind. It gets emotional and intense again.
We finally visit Ed and Al’s hometown of Liesenburgh.
And Pride, Gluttony and Lust are always at play. The plot is really starting to come together, and all the loose pieces are tying up.
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Tehlu misericordioso ¿Por qué?
¿Por qué?
Esto es perturbadoramente insuperable, es monstruoso, e imperdonable, hay poco que pueda decir sin hacer spoilers, pero les digo que Fullmetal Alchemist tiene elementos psicológicos que paran los pelos, y que en este tomo hacen llorar a cualquiera.
Para saber porque deberías empezar a leer este grandioso manga puedes ver mi reseña del primer tomo de Fullmetal Alchemist #1
Aquí
No lo lamentaran ;-)
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4.5 stars.
“To put it bluntly, all State Alchemist are nothing but the military’s human weapons. We do what they want, we obey orders, and we don’t complain if our hands get dirty in the process. My point being that when it comes to messing with human lives [redacted] actions aren’t so different from our own […] But the path that he’s chosen will no doubt lead to hardships greater than he faced today. He has to move forward… even if it means forcing himself to understand.”
If I were to describe this volume in one word it would probably be despair and depression because of all the things happening here.
As much as some of them are, probably, isolated stories that got solved fast, well, we are already seeing some of the far-reaching ramifications and influence it's gonna have. The fact that trauma is actually explored is really nice.
Even though there is rather a lot of pain in this volume we can also see some hope at the end of the tunnel and a lot of plot-furthering events that seem rather exciting and momentous.
How I'm loving the little details that the manga has! I'm having so much fun with all of them.“Alchemy is the reconstruction of matter in new forms based on the knowledge of natural laws. This world flows by obeying these laws. Death, too, is a part of that flow. Accept the flow of the world.”
One of the things I love the most about Fullmetal Alchemist is the way it deep dives into the comparisons/relation between alchemy and religion and what it all means. The complexities and meaning of power and the duology and danger of incessant knowledge wrongly pursued and wanted.
It deals with such complex and multifaceted themes that I must absolutely take my time to go through it all and fully comprehend it because it deserves to be carefully handled.
The way it all reflects and appears in Ed and Al's lives and how deeply they can connect and relate to all of it it's super interesting to explore as well. Especially in the way everything is connected, to a degree, and relates and makes the story become much more fleshed and human.“You’re right. People may call us dogs or devils, but Al and I will get our original bodies back. But we’re not devils or gods. WE’RE HUMANS.”
The expansion of both the plot and the cast was great and I already love most of the new characters... though I do not understand a few and would like to get a much clearer read on them.
I'm still getting used to the manga format - which rather confuses me during fights - but I do have to say that is a different experience that goes well with the story. The art and the way Arakawa draws it makes it dynamic and conveys so much emotion and intensity, which is always satisfying to see.
This world seems rather huge and the little glimpses of it we've gotten so far are very enticing. With the added bonus of the story moving forward, well, I would say a little too fast. Honestly, with things as they are, what are we gonna be discovering from now on?“What destroys, can also create! And what creates, can also destroy! Destruction and creation are two sides of the same coin! We must tear down in order to build! That is the great law of the cosmos!”
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Really, this is just too good.
RTC.
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I swear, I'm way too obsessed with this manga. I haven't been able to think about anything else for days, even though I really tried to start another book that I really wanted to read, and I don't think it's going away any time soon.
So, as the responsible person I am, I decided to just feed that obsession until it's sated and I can go on with my life. Yeah, that's right, I'm surrendering to it.
The good thing is there are 27 volumes and this is just the second one... I have about a month of content or more, and that is a nice thought. -
“Riza: Without his Alchemy he's just...
Jean: A little brat who swears a lot
Maes: An arrogant pipsqueak
Roy: Useless. Just useless
Alphonse: Sorry big brother, I don't know how to add to that...
Edward: *starts to cry* YOU'RE ALL PICKING ON ME!!!” HAHAHAHA I LOVE IT WHEN PEOPLE RIDICULE EDWARD CAUSE...WHY NOT?!
I loved this! Wasn't as thrilling as the first book of course but I like where the story's going! So the Fullmetal Alchemist A.K.A Edward Elric and his brother Alphonse Elric try to restore their bodies back and they need a philosopher's stone to do that. But acquiring it is not so easy with an alchemist killer on the loose who's trying to wipe out the alchemist population. Curse him!
I absolutely loved the sense of humor and it's very entertaining and didn't bore me even one bit!
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Well, ouch. I picked this up looking for an fun, action-y read in the style of volume 1. I did not expect it to perforate my heart quite so quickly, or to haunt me for so long afterwards. The story still has its cute and slapstick moments, but their ephemerality is painfully evident. There's now little doubt that the stakes are high, and that the unthinkable is actually very thinkable for certain people. The early part of the story is so chilling that it kinda overshadowed everything that came after. However, there is more of a continuous storyline compared to the episodic style of volume 1, which I thought was an improvement.
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Second volume is better than the first one!!! We get to see more emotion from Edward and we also get to see the strong bond between the Elric brothers. I really love these two boys so much and I just want them to be happy!!! Definitely reading the next one soon!
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The events in this Vol picked up where the previous volume ended. The plot is finally coming together.
The chapters in this Vol are one of the saddest I've ever read. Just when I thought the characters would get relief, things got worse for them.
There were some new characters here that I liked, and I really like Mustang, Armstrong, and the other alchemist. I can’t wait to see more of
them.
The Elric brothers are as cool as ever; there were more revelations about them; I can’t wait to read more.
There were many revelations in this, and I now know who the main villains are, though I don’t know their endgame yet. I hope our protagonists discover that soon. -
EN RESUMEN
Ed y Al siguen buscando una forma de regresar sus cuerpos a la normalidad y se encuentran con un muy agradable alquimista quien les va a enseñar más sobre la transmutación biológica.
ACLARACIÓN:
Todos estos puntos están de alguna forma influenciados por conocimientos y opiniones que ya tenía sobre la historia gracias a la adaptación del anime, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood.
ASPECTOS POSITIVOS
- El mundo se expande de una manera increíble. Aprendemos más sobre cómo funciona la alquimia y sobre el sistema de gobierno/Ejército. Arakawa no pierde tiempo en introducirte la trama principal y, más allá de unas pocas escenas de humor, el tono es completamente diferente al del primer tomo.
- La gran cantidad y variedad de personajes nuevos hacen a la trama mucho más dinámica y divertida. Scar, Hughes, Armstrong, Roy, etc. Sumále a que ya tenemos un acercamiento a nuestros villanos principales y prometen mucho. Además Ed y Al siguen siendo bellos, como protagonistas y cómo personajes individuales (porque aquí también acentuamos mucho lo diferente que son el uno del otro). Se hace hincapié también en su relación y no se si lo dije ya pero los amo demasiado.
- El foreshadowing. Como conozco la historia gracias al anime me pude dar cuenta y LPMMMMMMMMM. Arakawa nos dio las respuestas en un mismo tomo y no nos dimos cuenta. No pude evitarlo: me emocioné. Eso demuestra que conocer de prepo cómo se va a desarrollar la historia no quita el hype que te da.
ASPECTOS NEGATIVOS
- EL ÚNICO ASPECTO NEGATIVO QUE LE PUEDO ENCONTRAR ES QUE ESTOY TRATANDO DE NO COMERME TODO LOS TOMOS DE UNA Y LEER LA HISTORIA DE A POCO ASÍ QUE NO PUEDO LEER EL VOLUMEN 3 AHORA.
CONCLUSIÓN
Arakawa hace un cambio radical en el tono entre el volumen 1 y el 2 de una forma espectacular. Todo se expande y adquiere más sentido, al mismo tiempo que sienta las bases para una historia muchísimo más oscura. -
Pero qué brutalidad de manga 😭
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At the end of every volume of FMA is a very small panel depicting all the characters who died with halos over their heads and wings on their backs, ascending to Heaven.
It's worth noting that Shou Tucker is shown wallowing in Hell. Even Father gets to go to Heaven, but Tucker goes to Hell. That makes me bizarrely happy, because I hate Tucker more than I hate any other character in the series, bar none - not Pride, though he creeps me out; not Envy, even after all he's done; not even Kimblee, who's almost as much of a human monster as Tucker is.
The events that he's involved in break my heart every single time. To be honest, if they don't make you feel something, I worry about your emotional range. It's horrible, and at the same time that I'm sick with rage and sorrow, I can't help but take a step back and admire it, because really - it's a brilliant piece of writing to evoke such emotion.
Oblique spoiler for Volume 4:
My favorite and yet least-favorite moment
The second half of the volume, which deals mostly with Scar, really pales next to the first, even though it has its own fair share of rich moments. The way Ed and Al react to things feels very real, true to their experiences and their age - they may act like adults, as Hawkeye says, but they're really just children, and here we see that in action as that uncommon maturity fails. At the same time, despite everything, they have an incredible internal strength - they turn pain into determination and just refuse to back down; I can't help but admire them.
I actually don't remember exactly what happens in Volume 3, so I'm looking forward to re-reading it. Not, however, to Volume 4. That one is going to hurt. -
While the first volume establishes the essentials in Fullmetal Alchemist, volume two expands this industrial-mechanical world as it introduces evem new characters and storylines.
Volume 2 also does not veer away from elements which are pretty much hard to stomach, alchemy and political issues that display the dark side of this world. Kudos to Arakawa for being bold im writing these darmer elements.
But FA is not Attack of Titan. It may be heavy on certain scenes, but the humor and the deliberate goofy art are abundant! This volume is very much balanced in action, comedy and drama. -
This was wildly entertaining and a particular moment had me *shook* with me immediately thinking "yeah... probably a 5 star read."
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"This is because humams are so very simple. Bloodshed begets bloodshed, hatred begets hatred... No matter how many times they repeat it, they're unable to learn from it. Humans are such stupid and sad creatures."
I consider the day over only after I've had at least a couple of good existential quotes to contemplate 🧐
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Woow! The coolness of this volume was impressive! I loved how it can be both funny and dark...Really liked Elric brothers))
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3.5
Vale. Estaba siendo un poco escéptica. Pero, ya en este tomo se pone se pone bastante interesante. Va a ser un manga que me va a encantar y mucho. -
Dajem 5, iako nije za 5. Ali mnogo više mi se dopalo od prvog dela i fore su urnebesne 🤣
Obožavam Edvarda i sve face koje pravi 🤣
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از اولی بهتر بود.
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This was a pretty good volume!
As Al and Edward are searching for the Philosophers stone they meet the guy named Shou Tucker and his daughter but as things transpire and what he does to create chimeras is shocking and at that moment Ed realizes the inhumanity that some men have and its a lesson to him. In some other place a Alchemist hunter named Scar is hunting them and he has to deal with him with the aid of other state alchemists and we come to know about Ishbalans. They go to their hometown Resembool for repairs but meet another man named Dr Marcoh and the revelations there that happen.
Great volume as it continues the story and the boys attempt to get their body back and I love how the author is able to weave in future villains and story elements that will become big in the future. The villains in the background sure are something but its also good to see that Ed wont compromise his principles and convictions for gaining the stone. Its a great book about sacrifice and discovery and what we often do to get them but some persist. The artwork is simple and suits the book and I like it. -
Hawkeye is my favourite and I wish there were more girls.
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I :) am :) perfectly :) fine. :)))
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ANOTHER great volume! I loved learning more about our two main characters as we get deeper into the story. I haven't watched the anime so all of this is new and exciting for me and I AM LOVING IT.
Meeting new characters was a lot of fun, especially Roy Mustang because I've heard a lot about him. It was really cool as well to meet a villain character and see some awesome fight sequences. Scar seems like he'll be a really interesting antagonist. The art style is still great and I found fights easy to follow (which isn't always the case with fights in mangas so wooh). On to volume three!! -
This was good!! I’m exited to get more into the series!
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ja kiedy plakalam ze smiechu czytajac tom 1, a potem ten tom 💀
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This volume really starts to kick everything off.
I read the Fullmetal edition of volume one which had the first two chapters in so only chapter 7 and 8 were new to me this time.
Chapter 5 and 6 were my favourites of the last edition I read though. The story of Nina will always he haunting. It's heartbreaking and creepy! It really exhibits how dark this series goes at times.
Chapter 6 and 7 go hand in hand as we're introduced to Scar and the war with Ishbal. It sets up the tense political situation and moral questions that this series asks. It does this while in a battle between the alchemists, demonstrating the powers that are unique to them as well as exploring the dynamics within the military.
I love the relationship between Mustang and Hawkeye, as well as with Maes and Armstrong and how they come to all protect Ed and Al.
Chapter 8 takes us deeper into the search for the philosopher's stone as we are introduced to Marcoh. This chapter is was great for all the interaction between Ed and Armstrong, as well as furthering the mystery of the philosophers stone and Lust.
I can't fault anything in this volume. The plot was consistently interesting and building up more questions. The world and polictial climate was intensified. I adore the characters and all the interactions between them. Theres so many great snippets of humor, which makes he think this author is super funny. I also have that attachment feeling to this when you really really love a series, which just shows that is is a favourite!
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After the slow-paced and mellow first volume, volume two kicks into high gear almost right outside the gate. The main storyline triggers properly and breaks an arm. In the span of a few pages the pace goes from zero to hundred... which is a bit of a problem, really. I think it could have used another whole volume at least, maybe two, of short single-chapter stories, to establish the characters and the setting and give us some time to breathe and get our bearings before bringing out the big guns.
Upon further reflection, the problem I think is the introduction of Dr. Marcoh, which is what gets the main plot going more than anything else here... and which was introduced to us essentially at random, in the middle of the characters trying to do something else. I believe it would have been better to move it a little later into the story - another two or three volumes in, with a couple filler chapters to pad up the middle - and make it less reliant on chance and more deliberate.
Still, the pacing gets very good in the climactic battle against Scar, and we're also introduced to some more of the most memorable cast members and antagonists, especially Armstrong. So it could have gone a whole lot worse. -
Even as the world of Fullmetal Alchemist is shown to be increasingly dark down to its roots -- religious conflicts, civil war, genocide, martial law, human experimentation, religious extremist serial killers -- Arakawa brings more humor to the character interaction. It's a battle manga with a quest for the Philosopher's Stone at its center, but I'm hoping the characters will become more human as the story progresses. It's on the right track at the moment.
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Estoy muy sentimental
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Tuhle mangu, to já můžu!
