I was plodding through the first couple eps, valiantly trying to understand a thing of what were saying, and suddenly going, "hm, who's that dark-haired guy, he's interesting." :)
Hee! That is exactly what happened to me; I was pretty indifferent to the manga for the first little while (actually, I'm not sure if I would've kept reading if I hadn't been at a point in my life when I was reading tons of manga -- this was 2003 or so) and then ... Roy happened. :D Roy and his little group are by far the most interesting part of the series to me; I like the others (this is one of those series where I really don't dislike anyone, except the characters who are supposed to be unlikable, and even they have their moments) but Roy and his team are where my heart is. (Riza! ♥)
How does it work, though: I understand that ep 19 of brotherhood = vol. 10 of the manga. And the manga is up to vol. 45? But why is everybody talking about chapter 100-104, are those = vol. 44? So confusing. At least someone explained to me why there are two anime series with apparently conflicting canon...
Aha! Easy question to answer. :) The manga is being serialized in chapters in a monthly magazine in Japan (as most manga are), and each of the books collects several individual chapters into one volume. So 104 is the latest chapter (which I may have, er, downloaded *g*), and the books are up to, I think, vol. 24 or so.
And I'm impressed that you're watching it in Japanese -- without subtitles, I'm guessing? I've actually picked up some extremely limited Japanese just from watching anime (though I realize that the way people talk in anime has about as much to do with the way people in RL speak Japanese as learning English from sci-fi *g*) but there is no way I know enough to make much of it without the subs.
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Hee! That is exactly what happened to me; I was pretty indifferent to the manga for the first little while (actually, I'm not sure if I would've kept reading if I hadn't been at a point in my life when I was reading tons of manga -- this was 2003 or so) and then ... Roy happened. :D Roy and his little group are by far the most interesting part of the series to me; I like the others (this is one of those series where I really don't dislike anyone, except the characters who are supposed to be unlikable, and even they have their moments) but Roy and his team are where my heart is. (Riza! ♥)
How does it work, though: I understand that ep 19 of brotherhood = vol. 10 of the manga. And the manga is up to vol. 45? But why is everybody talking about chapter 100-104, are those = vol. 44? So confusing. At least someone explained to me why there are two anime series with apparently conflicting canon...
Aha! Easy question to answer. :) The manga is being serialized in chapters in a monthly magazine in Japan (as most manga are), and each of the books collects several individual chapters into one volume. So 104 is the latest chapter (which I may have, er, downloaded *g*), and the books are up to, I think, vol. 24 or so.
And I'm impressed that you're watching it in Japanese -- without subtitles, I'm guessing? I've actually picked up some extremely limited Japanese just from watching anime (though I realize that the way people talk in anime has about as much to do with the way people in RL speak Japanese as learning English from sci-fi *g*) but there is no way I know enough to make much of it without the subs.