![]() ![]() what, exactly? Satisfying the viewer's bloodlust (er, flamelust)? I know this is going to be an unpopular opinion, but since I read this part of the story in the manga, I have had huge problems with this fight on several fronts. ![]() Or really, I should say it was a one-sided slaughter of Envy by Roy for the purposes of. Then there's the battle between Roy and Envy. It doesn't make sense to impede the momentum of the story at this point. Is it all right at this point to slow down and spend all this time around characters who do nothing? They could easily have cut this bit down from seven or eight minutes to four or five and nobody would have lost anything from it. At a certain point, the lingering just slowed down the enthusiasm I had for this arc, which had been steadily building. They spent way too much time with the radio broadcast segment of the episode. Really, in some ways, this was one of the best episodes since episode 19.īut, on second thought, story-wise, thematically, and the like, it wasn't very good at all.įirst of all, though it was appropriate to show the reaction from Amestrians, especially people in Central, to the happenings of the past few episodes, they spent way too long showing this. The art and animation were excellent throughout, the music was well-utilized, and the voice acting was the best it's ever been from several characters, especially Minami Takayama as Envy, the character at an all time high of wickedness. Wow, it was a beautifully done episode, wasn't it? Production-wise, this was an extremely strong episode. Having been separated during the fight, Roy and Riza reunite, but Riza points her gun at Roy. Envy slips away and tries disguising himself as Hughes, but Roy doesn't fall for it. Roy easily injures Envy repeatedly using his flame alchemy, even when Envy transforms into his larger form. Roy tells Ed, Scar, and the others to go ahead, as he will handle Envy on his own. Roy demands to know who killed Maes Hughes and Envy eventually admits to it, showing him how he transformed into Hughes' wife to catch him off guard. Mei and Envy, the latter chasing the former, end up in the same room, where Envy sees the unlikely partnership between State Alchemists and Scar and comments on it. Meanwhile, underground, Roy and Riza arrive to help Ed's group and Roy easily dispatches several homunculi zombies with his flames. The Central command officers are surprised to see tanks attacking HQ. Hearing Maria Ross on the program, Denny Brosh realizes that she's still alive. Mustang's group uses this to gain support of their countrymen, who believe that a coup has been started to overthrow Bradley and Mustang and his group are defending the status quo. Synopsis: Citizens around Amestris tune into Radio Capital, a station in Central where several Mustang's subordinates are at as the Fuhrer's wife is being interviewed about the attempt on her life.
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