Jaywon Lee Aaaaaah that was so AWESOME!

Great point, a very nice little story beat there. Ties everything else in very nicely thematically and developmentally.

You seem to overlook that in season 2 Ling held off Bradley WHILE CARRYING LAN FAN. It was a bit of inconsistency with Ling and Bradley's skills. Still love the show though.

@@nativenight I am saying Lol he wasn't weak against him

@@nativenight Ehm, no. Nothing inconsistent about that. You take Bradley not going all out and using his eye to defeat him in a second and Ling just dodging too serious.

What about Hughes

same I legitimately went through the 5 stages of grief and ended up crying over it Greed is the only character I've ever cried over and probably is the only one I'll ever cry over

I found Hohenheim’s death (or however you spell it) pretty sad

@@eastonbarbour6413 what about bary

@@sadlysunday2866 Ehhh don't get me wrong I liked him but I wasn't that upset or devistated that he died

sameee

Wrath and Greed were by far the 2 best hommuculi imo & I loved that scene with Roy inches close to slaughtering Envy. One of my fav underrated characters is the panda lol!

Steve Ing my top 3 characters are 3 scar 2 greedling 1 roy mustang

spartan kitty games There were so many great characters from that series. The teacher whose name eludes my memory was my fav character for such a long time.

Steve Ing yeah she is pretty cool

Steve Ing Do you mean Izumi? I know I am one month late, I hope you dont mind

That's what makes greed so likable and relatable personally. This plus the fact that he acted as an individual mak s him the only good humunculus

This looks like what Truth meant when he told Homunculus that he had to have seen what he was supposed to do "through Your (his) own eyes." Greed didn't embody greed as a concept, but the greed of Homunculus, who wanted human affection. When he gets rid of his emotions, branding them as "sins," he is trying to become perfect, but is becoming more imperfect, and this leads to his death and punishment by Truth.

Yeah letting go of greed may have been his greatest mistake.

@@tzaphkielconficturus7136 I think the opposite is true, greed does not represent the homonculae of greed but rather he is a gestalt being of souls who's core aspect is their greed. Human souls. Same thing with wrath, these become more complicated because the souls that make them up may have their "sin" in common but they were full human souls. Father failed to see that the wrathful and the greedy would have other things in common enough so that the gestalt being of those souls would take on much more complicated traits and behaviours.

That's the tragedy of the dwarf. It could have been undefeatable, had it kept its human desires. Yet til the very end, it still denied its true wants ( Greed's rejection of Father in favour of defending his human friends).

Hawkeye is best girl P.s. I love them all

Riza

Mmmm that’s a hard one though. FMA has a number of very interesting and likeable females..

Lan Fan is..... Best 👏 Girl 👏

@@p2Universe *winry is best girl

hahahahahhahahahahaha goddamnit

Shrimp full metal alchemist

Ouch

Thank you for this comment.

For sure, I should've taken a minute or two to emphasize that more than I did.

I would have enjoyed that--I do notice that it tends to slip by a lot of people who aren't as big of fans of him, and therefore it's something I try to emphasize myself when I can. Greed seems to be one of those characters that you need to pay some attention to in order to get a better look at what he's actually like. I wouldn't necessarily say that all the clues we see are subtle, exactly, but individually they aren't as in-your-face as, say, Ed and Al's many, many moments showing they care for people. So I think a lot of people listen to the loud, hammy speeches about wanting to be king of the world and take that on its face, rather than seeing how much his actions and general treatment of people belie the apparent "it's all about me" attitude. Some of that might be Greed's inability to recognize or properly contextualize his feelings towards people; he may have decided his caring about people stems from his desire to have them be HIS people, and you take good care of things that belong to you, right? (overlooking that a great many people actually don't), or he may think that he does want the whole king of the world thing and just doesn't notice how much he cares about others' lives and wellbeing, or maybe a mix of both. tl;dr I have way too much to say about Greed's character and part of that is because a lot of people seem to miss things. Love your videos, hope you feel like doing more FMA talks in the future. :)

@@YaminoBakuraotaku Thank you for the analysis. Actually all the characters of this show are damn interesting, it's quite hard to go deep in all of them at the same time. I read the manga 5 months ago then saw the anime (FMAB only) and just didn't stop since then and I still discover new details almost every day ...

This should be a good info essay if you could choose a subject

Homunculus*(homunculi is plural)

Me too

Legendary Legend he’s speaking as greed as an individual dumbass

Greed was one of my favorites in the dub

@@AirC4523 Troy Baker did him hes a fantastic VA and is in all sorts of video games like bioshock infinite

Yeah greed was easily one of the best voices in an already amazing dub

Mr.L FMA is better in the dub in my opinion

In the brazilian dub, Greed's voice actor was great as well. I love how the 3 languages i am most familiar with did so great with Greed's voice acting.

ya i questioned that as well :)

At least you mentioned it, most people wouldve tried to play it off. god on you!

I just wanna know where you got samurai from? :P He uses a scimitar and ninja type weapons

I'm pretty sure he's using a dao, not a scimitar. He seems to be a combination of ninja (which doesn't make much sense, since he's from pseudo-china, but whatever, fantasy) and Chinese martial arts.

Torrin Maag Ninja tactics and espionage originated in China but was popularized in Japan.

I adored Mustang and Hawkeye as well. Some great duos in Brotherhood, for sure.

Will you be doing a vid on Roy and Hawkeye?

I love the relationship between Mustang and Hawkeye, but I also remember being horrified in the episode where Ed, Scar, and Hawkeye are trying to convince Mustang not to let his wrath consume him. The thing that got me was Hawkeye saying that if she has to shoot Mustang, she'll kill herself after the battle is over as she will have nothing left to live for. While this is often played as romantic in fiction, in real life this would count as dangerously dependent.

@@deborahkargher4175 Not necessary , the only reason why Riza wants to live is to make Amestris a better place , if Roy would die then that can't be achieved, she would have killed herself because of her guilt from Ishval a long time ago without that goal

How about Alex Armstrong and Sig Curtis?

That's a great way to describe it! Both realized the value of the relationship by the end, and I really thought it was quite beautiful. And I think Ling is technically an Emperor but I'm not the right authority on that since I use the terms basically interchangeably.

Aleczandxr senpai noticed me

Deity Saturn :)

Super late I know, but I disagree on Greed's true desires. He CLAIMS to want money, sex, women, etc, but we never see him pursue those things. By the time the series introduces him, he's running a bar, and perfectly content, except for wanting to know how Al's body works. He's lived for who knows how many centuries, if he truly wanted those things, he would have had them, but when the heroes and the reader meet him, he's content, because he already HAS what he wants-friends (even if he won't admit at the time). His fusing with Ling, and seeing/feeling the bond he has with Ed, Lanfan, and Fu reminds Greed of what he really wants, and what he's willing to die for.

Aleczandxr Deity Saturn Ling doesn't become an emperor until the very last episode. Both Ling and Mei were from different clans, and they were searching for immortality to present to the then Xingese emperor to ensure the protection of their respective clans. Mei had the most to lose, since her clan was very weak compared to Ling's clan.

they're both excellent and beyond good but you fools need to stop comparing. Obviously greed's death is better because we're given time with him more but you don't compare like that.

Yeah, I've had the Chinese/Japanese thing pointed out to me. Mistake on my part, for sure, I shouldn't have double-checked before saying Samurai. Thanks for pointing it out though!

The honor cand chavalry thing in general was usually to prevent uprising, and didnt extent to not nobility anyways. So even if ling had that, it wouldnt extent to commoners if he didnt want to. Ling is a good person thats more amazing.

actually the original samurai tradition started in mainland asia but moved to japan and in fact the ninja are the og japanese fighters not the samurai even though the samurai were arguably way more influental in japanese politics than ninjas although the ninjas still played a major part its really cool to look at the history of japan because of both of them though the counter techniques each developed to combat each other are so varied and unique

sorry i love history and fuedal japan they're so cool

*scribbles notes* that’s the most useful bit of info I’ve gotten in weeks lol

In other words Ling has Hypoglycemia

Great minds think alike ;) although it really doesn't take a great mind to appreciate those works of art!

hmmmm ok ok i go watch monster now! hope its good :)

Aleczandxr email me. I have an idea and I was wondering if you could help with it.

I mean, those are some of the generic defacto top shows to a certain, quite common taste... Not exactly the biggest coincidence

No. Hunter x hunter is boring as fuck characters the main characters 2 characters is generic on episode 9 and i might drop this series just boring

He is a perfect character in what he meant for the plot and story as his arc ONLY works for him as he wants everything from money, fame, glory vices, to even the beauty of friends. That's perfect as it ties the story main theme/lesson perfectly making him the perfect character.

Understandably. He's awesome.

he is one of the best with wrath and kimblee

Odera Uwaezuoke I know a person who likes gluttony As their favorite

This statement is false Nothing is true what’s their reason ? lol

zbrown02 he’s a man child thing or something

Nicely put!

To be fair, Father was mainly happy at the prospect of being able to use Ed and Al for sacrifices.

Greed without pride or envy is just aspiration. Without envy he can easily relish in the success of others especially if he helped bring it about.

Thanks so much man. I'm really glad that you're able to enjoy, I'll try to keep it up as best as I can. And just the fact that you mention a Patreon means more to me than you know. I'll definitely look into it in the future.

^_^

They're such a great partnership, love em both.

Thanks dude. They were mine too, the series wouldn't have been the same without em.

Low quality pranks I love it u PIECE OF SHIT

@@dannyh.s.1936 bad news: you have shit taste

P R E A C H

Agreed

there's no point in saying weather you like it or not if you don't add why. Plus, what does SAO have to do with Greed/Ling

​@Yuri Markov Can you please shut up and stop acting like a punkass towards people. You just seem more and more like a piece of garbage every-time you talk. The show IS complex and interesting and talking about it doesn't make anyone a "smartass". Please shut up, every time you talk you are PAIN to listen to.

I was GOING to like your comment intill you said "where it falls short" and the rest of the crap you spewed out because everything you said was entirely just WRONG! There is no "potentially poignant narrative results", that's just you being massively stupid to see the brilliance of what's going on in the story and everyone sees the brilliance of the story except you! ALL the other crap you said about the other homoculi is 100% and not at all valid. Freed isn't redeemable at all and the only reason why his character works is because he wants everything, from both good and bad. That means eve wanting Friends so that's why his arc makes sense only for him and no one else. "his emotional basis is very simple, but it nevertheless creates a complex character who changes, learns, and grows over the course of the show while being compelling throughout." Yes and it ONLY works for the character named GREED, whose wants everything. He changes and grows because greed wants everything so og course he's going to rebel and want to do whatever he wants. That can ONLY work for his character and no one else. And Greed isn't an "emotion", it's an action and want. How stupid are you? A villain doesn't have to "change, learn, or grow" throughout the course of the show, thy just have to have nuanced depth which plenty of them do which you are too naive to notice. You can be a massively compelling villain character without having to be a good guy you pathetic moron. "None of the other homunculi really get this level of depth" They don't have too because they're characterizations for the story is perfectly well written for as it is in serve to the story. Only Greed's story arc works for his character and no one else. And Wrath have more depth than greed does so WTF are you even talking about at this point? How stupid can you be. They're are no "perhaps except pride or envy" they DO get enough depth and nuanced in serve to the story and what they're character is supposed to entill. Not all the villain characters have to have insecurity to humans just to please your moronic self whose too stupid to notice they're depth that they have. apparently in your eyes, characters have to be "all good" in order for them to please your moronic self which is FAR from the truth. These are the embodiment of sins themselves so thinking that any of them need to have "super depth" is foolish and narrow minded and even without having this "redeeming" crap that you are babbling on about. "Lust dies before getting much character to service the reveal, tension, and establish that they can be killed" WTF does that even mean? What? She doesn't need to get much character because her character is supposed to be bloodlust incarnate and her physical body is supposed to be lust for others to find appealing like jean havoc. Her entire set up is do Greed being killed by being dipped in boiling oil and drank down by father was supposed to showcase they can be killed and Lust's death was perfect to showcase they CAN be killed after dying enough time which was done beautifully by mustang. The "reveal, tension, and establishment" that all the homunculi can all be killed was all there, you were you conceitedly stupid to notice it all. "Gluttony gets an extra dimension by being seen as childlike when commanded not to attack the brothers but this has little relation to his emotion" At this point, you've proven not to make any sense at all. And the nonsense you said about Gluttony is beyond stupid, like are you for real right now? Gluttony isn't a "emotion", it's a action and a SIN. These characters have SINS they embody. That fact you don't know what proves your stupidity. The whole point of gluttony's character is supposed to be a man child who doesn't think critically and all he wants to do is eat. All he wants to do is satisfy his hungry and nothing more in childlike manner. That "dimension" you call it is supposed to be the entirely of character, a creature that only wants to eats. Him having And what does not attacking the brothers when commanded not to have "little relation to his emotion" what? That doesn't matter any sense. He doesn't attack the brothers when he's told not to, that's all there is too it. It doesn't have to relate to his "sin". Gluttony still follows orders of his superiors whenever they tell him too. You're not making sense and proving you don't know what you're talking about. Don't know what you're even whining about at this point as it's irrational. The fact you think every one of the main villains needs a sappy sob story is just moronic and prove that people can't take anything you say saying. No wonder your channel is died. And the worst take out of everything you said is what you said about wrath. Also saying Wrath just "overwhelming tactical" instead of a meaningful character is one of the dumbest most idiotic, the most braindead claim i've ever since. Wrath is one of the best villains of all time brimming with character and nuanced yet you're too stupid to see his brilliant characterization through from being angry man whose internally angry and pissed at his life being controlled by everyone and pissed at humans never doing what they're told but ultimately finding solace in them because humans gave him a reason to fight and find purpose. All the while Wrath has to put up with the fact that everything in his life was manufactured for him EXCEPT his wife that he choose on his own which has nuanced depth to show he has some humanity inside him on that he's glad he made one choice on his own. THAT'S character depth, THAT'S a meaningful character that's explored throughout the show/manga throughly. There is NO "etc" this is just you moronic not looking at things all the way though. This IS character moment, you fool! Is IS depth to wrath and actually explores it in subtle and nuanced way. You're too blind to see it and saying all this stupid crap about saying "oVeRwHelMInG tACTIcAL ObStAClE" "inDiCaTE dEPtH NoT aCtuaLlY eXpLoRE It". It's not anyone else's fault that you're too dumb to know character The show IS a masterpiece in quality from seeing how well done all the Homocunli are and how they all die that's ironic to they're sin title, Lust died at the hands of a man with a reputation as a womanizer but was actually saving the woman he loved but can never physically be with Gluttony was eaten Envy committed suicide out of humiliation after realizing his deep jealousy of humans Sloth died overexerting himself in a fight Wrath died with a sense of peace by a vengeful person Pride was destroyed after attempting to escape into the body of the very thing he looked down upon, throwing away his pride Greed sacrificed himself for the one thing he’s always wanted, friends That's why the homonculi are they way how they are and greed is the way how he is as it ONLY works for him and Wrath dies the way how he died. Everything you said is Wrong, you're just wrong. It doesn't if it's "your opinion", it's an objective fact that the villains are masterclass in this show and they're character stories/arcs are all fitting. "It's this sort of sidelining characters for the plot that is a lot of what keeps me from considering Brotherhood a masterpiece, rather than merely quite good." You just never stop talking do you? Because my god is all your comments bad. The show doesn't "sidelining" ANY of the characters at all and you not finding the show a Masterpiece is all on YOU for being too stupid for not seeing how all of it's characters are worth something and all of it's characters do something that keeps the story perfectly well paced and intact. NONE of it's characters are "sidelined" for the plot you idiot, you're just too ignorantly stupid to ss the nuanced depth of the entire cast. The show/manga isn't just "quite good", it IS a masterpiece by you're too stupid to notice as all your terrible complaints are irrationally bad. "iT's tHiS sOrT oF sIdeLinGing" NO! There IS no "it's this sort of nothing", you're just too stupid to see the genius of how everything is well made, you fool. "t's certainly not a surprise for a work that's so "shonen" in structure though, even if it's generally very well-executed." WOW, this is a bad comment right here. Can you PLEASE stop talking like a smug idiot who thinks they know what they're talking about, when they clearly don't. And FMAB is so atypical in "shonen structure" for you to moronic say that it is, is PAIN for me to see anyone make that claim that it's "shonen in structure". Wrong, again, just wrong. It's NOT "shonen" in structure at all you moron. The hell does that even mean? It's so atypical structure and in the genre that's the most laughable and ludicrous claim I've ever seen someone make about FMA. It doesn't matter if it's "your opinion", you're just wrong on all the nonsense you spouted out. Whatever "some other too" you had i'm pretty sure it's going to be terrible because so far all the "problems" and the crap you said about the show so far is absolute pain to listen to that I'm more than 100% certain that they're all horrible points for anyone to hear. Please stop talking. Your "points" are horrid and I'm glad your channel is nothing more than garbage no show that no one cares about. "but I don't know if I can really articulate it properly, especially in a KZfaq comment."

hahahahha holy shit

O_o

can you do squealer from the new world next

Man hunter x hunter is so boring on episode 9 and it just feels generic and cliche main characters sucks hard Man I was hook atomically with FMAB form the beginning but this is kind of boring might drop it soon characters is typical shownen FMAB main character had the right balance but this gone is to perfect and the white haired kid is to fucking edgy for his age I hate them those character or just generic Ps FMAB is better then hunter x hunter and more compelling to well so for

glenroy hodge i know this is a bit late, but i truly hope you continued to watch the show. it's definitely a slow burn, but the build up to its later arcs make the series worth its weight.

Ah, I see you're a man of culture as well.

I love Lan Fan, but... Hawkeye for me

My mistake, thanks for pointing that out.

You’re very welcome!

Steven Peeckford lol yeah

I like your name

No worries, glad you enjoyed!

Same! One of my favourite series, does so many thing right.

vapoo99 I mean there's a little bit of romance on occasion but whenever there is, like with Mae-Chang's crush on Al, it's usually played for laughs.

Are you taking shots at berserk?

vapoo99 Berserk is the only story where that works, especially since it turns out so fucked up in the end

Much appreciated, thank you.

Thank you!

You need to watch Fullmetal Alchemist bro

Hahaha I really appreciate it and I'm glad you like them. You should really check this one out though, it's a great story!

Well I did just finish hunter x hunter so I'll get started on this I'm such a newbie to anime I obviously started on naruto and dbz and randomly stumble on the notebook on Netflix o yeah and fate zero any other suggestions?? Im on holiday from uni so i have so much free time

Ebun321 This is relatively similar to HxH so you'll like it. Fate/Zero and Monster are dark but brilliant. Steins;Gate is a quirky and emotional masterpiece, Psycho-Pass and Ghost in the Shell are great Dystopia stories. I'm watching Gurren Lagann right now and it's very enjoyable. Ping-Pong and the Tatami Galaxy are great if you want something short and unique but deep. Baccano is great if you want pure fun.

Thanks man looking forward to 2017 already with all of these future anime series I'll be watching

Thanks very much, I'm glad you think so and I'm happy you agree! FMA was a very good story but I honestly don't think it would have resonated half as well with me without Greedling. That sacrifice is in my top 3ish scenes from the anime and one of the most impactful scenes in recent memory, all centered around the trait that our wonderful anti-hero is named after, as you say. One of my favourite character(s) in anime, period.

Thank you very much. I'll do my best!

Thanks as always brother. Lan Fan was awesome, haha. I agree, Greed was actually the star for me, the show wouldn't have been the same without him. His sacrifice is one of the top scenes for me, but the feels :(

Much appreciated my friend :)

Ha, no problem. Thanks for checking it out.

Right, and that's a great point. But I really just wanted to use a broad strokes comparison, without getting into the intricacies for reference and use it as a small segue into the tonal comparison between the two shows. They are quite different but I was just making the point that they're both on the side of "the people" rather than the tyrannical opposition they face in their respective stories.

I figured. I also figure you just wanted to mention Fate/Zero a bit? I also think many people misunderstand Rider's ideals in F/Z too. In the banquet of kings, most of what Rider says is a reaction or a response to what Saber says so he's not truly explaining his own line of thought in detail. Saber says "A king must sacrifice anything and everything for their people" and Rider responds "The people must have someone to lead them and to look up to or they will lose their way and fall". The way he phrases it could be construed as him saying the people serve the king one-sidedly but I find that to be a very short-sighted thing to say, especially considering the clear value Rider places on his relationship to his followers and comradery when he reveals Ionioi hetairoi with the brilliant quote: "Behold my peerless army! Their bodies have been destroyed, and their souls have been offered to the world as heroic spirits. Yet, these legendary heroes remain loyal to me! My bond with them is my greatest treasure, my path to kingship!" I just thought that was an interesting thought to express.

RelativelyCriticalGuy Eh, the Fate/Zero references just came up organically, tbh. That is an intriguing take on Rider though. My thoughts on his ideals are somewhat in between the misconception you describe and the side you say that not many see. I do think that he values his people and is touched by their loyalty for sure, but I also believe that he has a little bit of potential for a degree of oppression within him. I would've liked to explore a story in which he is not in a battle or war, as I feel that seeing him during times of peace would be quite revealing to his character (needless to say, I'm talking about the fictional Iskandar, not the real one). I've read the LN and watched the anime multiple times and I still sometimes alter my thoughts on him.

For sure.

If I might add my own two cents on Rider's ideals.. I've always thought of Rider as someone who strives to become the inspiration to his people. His role as king is to be someone his subjects should be someone to look up to and follow. He fills his armies with his dreams of conquest, a dream that people will want to strive for and achieve. I believe that his attitude towards kingship has a tendency to be goal-oriented or more accurately, dream-oriented. I would imagine, that in times of peace (or maybe after reaching his dream of conquest), he would either look for another dream to chase or revel in victory and entertainment.

yeah, in the show ling talks about how he's had to master martial arts from a young age to avoid assassination o_o

@@cc-df1do crazy stuff ling had to go through to survive.

Thanks!

I can't think of another TV show where almost all the characters are as complex and well developed as I'm FMAB. Game of Thrones is pretty close (pre season 8).

@@12jswilson Sorry, never watched that show. I know nothing about it except that it has murder, incest, murder, a dwarf guy, murder, some dragons, murder, zombies & murder. I have, however, recently marathoned Braking Bad, & that seems awesome!

@@WillOfMyD Breaking Bad is a great show, possibly my favorite of all time, but it's more about following the path of a handful of characters (Walt, Jesse, Skylar) and most of the other characters are fairly 2 dimensional or not as well developed imo. GoT has an untold number of extremely complex characters that all have their flaws. Lots of antiheroes, redemption arcs, tragic stories, and some characters where even after it's all over, you're not sure quite how to feel about some of them. The plot was definitely rushed at the end though which is disappointing and I'm sure you've heard that most people weren't satisfied with the ending.

Bradley was better in brotherhood though lol.

I actually haven't seen 2003 but from what I've heard, the homunculi have more characterization. I like that, especially since that was a bit of a complaint for me in this one with the exception of Greed, Wrath and Envy. Pride was alright too, I suppose.

Aleczandxr Yeah, but them being sins doesn't really make as much sense as it does in brotherhood. Plus I'm pretty sure you heard but the original did become very convoluted after ep 28 when it deviated from the manga. It's still good and it had more mature and complex themes handle more maturely but the series is a solid 7.5. The one thing ill say is rhat you'll definitely liked some characters more the main one being Edward Elric but they tend to drop the ball with Al. He's better in brotherhood.

crzyboy190 I did hear that it gets convoluted. That's a bit of a shame. It's good to hear that it's solid though, I think I'll eventually take a look at it.

DieterGebieter: Reviews, War Thunder und mehr I agree. The beginning of the 2003 is freaking great.

Thanks very much, I'm happy you enjoyed :) They were one of the best parts for me as well.