Eeeee~! I am so excited! You are reading FMA! And I just read all 24 volumes published so far!! (How many are translated?)
I promise not to spoil anything ever, because you're right - Arakawa does brilliant storytelling, and the twists and turns is one of the best thing about a series that has MANY bests!
I'm like you - I was feeling kind of so-so about the manga for the first couple of volumes, and then somewhere around 5 or 6 the pace picked up and I found myself glued to the edge of my seat.
I haven't come unstuck yet. XD
And I, too, find Roy & Riza to be fantastic together in all sorts of capabilities. Um. Sorry I can't help you out with fic or anything - I haven't really felt up to dealing with fandom yet, not with so much canon to digest. But if you find stuff, I'd love recs, I think. ♥
Oh, the fight with Lust is EPIC - Roy is as badass as badass can be, and especially following his moment freaking out about Havoc (ordering people not to die!!) and then Riza freaking out about him and. Awwwwwww~!
The fight itself is... kind of gruesome. She does that well, Arakawa does. Fighting is cool, sure, but it's also horrible. Killing is horrible - even when the enemy is a monster.
And I am so happy that you love all of the characters! Yay! Me too~!
I think one of the major differences between FMA and the manga/FMA:B is that the manga has more humor. And it is far better for it! FMA really took the angst and ran with it (ran a whole marathon, dragging your heart over broken glass for half the way), but in the manga - sure, the angst is there, but there's a lot of other things, too. There's more... hope, maybe? more lighthearted moments. And less rubbing the reader's face in DRAMATIC ANGSTY DEATH!! DRAMATIC ANGSTY MOMENT!! FEEL THE ANGST!!!
And I say this as someone who loved FMA the first time around.
Okay, I will stop flailing excitedly at you now. ^^;;
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I promise not to spoil anything ever, because you're right - Arakawa does brilliant storytelling, and the twists and turns is one of the best thing about a series that has MANY bests!
I'm like you - I was feeling kind of so-so about the manga for the first couple of volumes, and then somewhere around 5 or 6 the pace picked up and I found myself glued to the edge of my seat.
I haven't come unstuck yet. XD
And I, too, find Roy & Riza to be fantastic together in all sorts of capabilities. Um. Sorry I can't help you out with fic or anything - I haven't really felt up to dealing with fandom yet, not with so much canon to digest. But if you find stuff, I'd love recs, I think. ♥
Oh, the fight with Lust is EPIC - Roy is as badass as badass can be, and especially following his moment freaking out about Havoc (ordering people not to die!!) and then Riza freaking out about him and. Awwwwwww~!
The fight itself is... kind of gruesome. She does that well, Arakawa does. Fighting is cool, sure, but it's also horrible. Killing is horrible - even when the enemy is a monster.
And I am so happy that you love all of the characters! Yay! Me too~!
I think one of the major differences between FMA and the manga/FMA:B is that the manga has more humor. And it is far better for it! FMA really took the angst and ran with it (ran a whole marathon, dragging your heart over broken glass for half the way), but in the manga - sure, the angst is there, but there's a lot of other things, too. There's more... hope, maybe? more lighthearted moments. And less rubbing the reader's face in DRAMATIC ANGSTY DEATH!! DRAMATIC ANGSTY MOMENT!! FEEL THE ANGST!!!
And I say this as someone who loved FMA the first time around.
Okay, I will stop flailing excitedly at you now. ^^;;