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*flappy hands*
... so apparently I stopped reading the FMA manga right before things got good, eh?
I just mainlined vols. 6-10 tonight (up to the latest one the library had in stock), and
OMG OMG THE FIGHT WITH LUST WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME THIS WAS SO AWESOME *_*
It's pretty rare for me to ship a couple who aren't an established couple in canon, but ever since the beginning of the series I've shipped Riza/Roy liek whoa (though my adoration is firmly rooted in their comrades-in-arms bond, and if they never do anything but save each other's lives for the rest of the series, I'll be a happy camper). The original anime gave me a bunch of happy little crumbs, but the manga is giving me GOLD.
The only part that fell a little flat for me was Riza giving up and deciding to die when she thought Roy was dead (and he was right to chew her out for that afterwards) but other than that, all I really have right now is SQUEE! FLAIL! SQUAIL! Code names and trust and worry and SHE'S dead and then HE'S dead and stabbings and explosions and PRESUMED DEAD WITH NOT-SO-DEAD LAST-MINUTE RESCUES I LOVE IT SO!
... oh, and I guess there was something in there about Ed, too, but I was distracted. XD
(I actually love all the characters in FMA, even most of the bad guys -- and was so delighted that Havoc and Maria survived, though I saw the Maria thing coming from pretty much the moment of her "death", and the Elrics and Winry will never not be adorable ... but OMG, pretty much the entirety of the fight between the Sins and Roy and his people in vols 9 & 10 mashed down my fan buttons SO HARD.)
I shall be off to get subsequent volumes as soon as I can! Please, please do not spoil me beyond vol. 10, which I think is about ep. 20 of Brotherhood (not that I've been looking up episode guides or anything XD ... though with one eye squeezed shut to avoid spoilers). FMA is a series that I really, really want to read unspoiled, because I love those "OMFGWTFBBQ" moments that Arakawa does so well.
Edit: Also, does anyone know of any good Riza gen or Riza/Roy (actually, Riza/anyone, come to think of it) that's not spoilery for post-vol. 10(ish) of the manga? Anything from the original animeverse (i.e. not Brotherhood) is also fine; I've seen all of that. I'm afraid to look up fic or vids for fear of spoilers, but I want more Riza like burning! (So to speak...)
I just mainlined vols. 6-10 tonight (up to the latest one the library had in stock), and
OMG OMG THE FIGHT WITH LUST WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME THIS WAS SO AWESOME *_*
It's pretty rare for me to ship a couple who aren't an established couple in canon, but ever since the beginning of the series I've shipped Riza/Roy liek whoa (though my adoration is firmly rooted in their comrades-in-arms bond, and if they never do anything but save each other's lives for the rest of the series, I'll be a happy camper). The original anime gave me a bunch of happy little crumbs, but the manga is giving me GOLD.
The only part that fell a little flat for me was Riza giving up and deciding to die when she thought Roy was dead (and he was right to chew her out for that afterwards) but other than that, all I really have right now is SQUEE! FLAIL! SQUAIL! Code names and trust and worry and SHE'S dead and then HE'S dead and stabbings and explosions and PRESUMED DEAD WITH NOT-SO-DEAD LAST-MINUTE RESCUES I LOVE IT SO!
... oh, and I guess there was something in there about Ed, too, but I was distracted. XD
(I actually love all the characters in FMA, even most of the bad guys -- and was so delighted that Havoc and Maria survived, though I saw the Maria thing coming from pretty much the moment of her "death", and the Elrics and Winry will never not be adorable ... but OMG, pretty much the entirety of the fight between the Sins and Roy and his people in vols 9 & 10 mashed down my fan buttons SO HARD.)
I shall be off to get subsequent volumes as soon as I can! Please, please do not spoil me beyond vol. 10, which I think is about ep. 20 of Brotherhood (not that I've been looking up episode guides or anything XD ... though with one eye squeezed shut to avoid spoilers). FMA is a series that I really, really want to read unspoiled, because I love those "OMFGWTFBBQ" moments that Arakawa does so well.
Edit: Also, does anyone know of any good Riza gen or Riza/Roy (actually, Riza/anyone, come to think of it) that's not spoilery for post-vol. 10(ish) of the manga? Anything from the original animeverse (i.e. not Brotherhood) is also fine; I've seen all of that. I'm afraid to look up fic or vids for fear of spoilers, but I want more Riza like burning! (So to speak...)
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I've bought up through 18 or so, read through 15 or so, and forgotten huge chunks. That's the problem with series, for me; with each new release, I have to go back and reread all the previous to remember what the heck is going on. I find that with most anything, but especially with FMA, because there's just so much going on.
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When I first got into FMA I was getting them concurrently, though with a lag -- I'd initially encountered the series via scanslations of the first couple of volumes, then started watching the anime as the new episodes were released and fansubbed. At some point, though, I moved and a lot of other things happened, and when I went back and got caught up with the anime via the official releases, I never got caught up with the manga as well. It's interesting because it's the same story with the same characters, and yet -- so very different!
And heh, yeah, I definitely see what you mean about keeping up with the plot! It helps for me that when I stopped reading the manga, it was still following the anime pretty closely -- and I remember the early part of the anime fairly well, so I didn't have too much trouble re-orienting myself. But we're definitely off into new territory now.