![]() ![]() Compared to most of my "articulate" reviews, these will be a jumbled mess. ![]() Also, it's mostly me rambling and fangirling so I apologise in advance. I've decided to review each volume by chapter, as each chapter has an underlying theme that can't be ignored. It's my first time reading this series and I'm hyped! Tropes show how literature is conceptualized and created and which mixture of elements makes works and genres unique: Better like this review or be my slave forever instead of freely resurrecting. If you excuse me now, I´ll now really have to continue my necromancing lessons because procrastination did already cost me world domination several times. Tricky not to spoiler, so let´s just say that, instead of searching for wisdom, magicians can try to go the, not stereotypical, self destructive path towards more power. Especially imagining that beginning mechanical and magical biomedical research will become nanotech and bioengineering in real sci fi is a funny thought experiment.Īn even better manifestation of escalating evil magic than the whole dark Hogwarts concept. Although I subjectively don´t enjoy the steampunk genre so much, because it tends to be closer to fantasy than sci-fi, this visualization of an ending era and interim makes it much funnier and quicker to consume. But fantasyheads will certainly find similar or maybe even identical concepts, because it´s just so logical to pervert this kind of magic.Įarly industrialization was already dirty, bloody, and exploitative enough, but good old fantasy steampunk makes it even grittier and more disturbing. I´m quite sure that there are high and dark fantasy equivalentsīut because I haven´t read fantasy for years and not that much before that time, I don´t know for sure. If it´s useful to survive or get loads of money, booze, and boys/girls/ animal hybrid chimeras, whatever one is into, the general trend or dogma of an era is something just wrong for dirty troublemakers. To jump into the series, we get a load of background information about the not so loveable protagonist antiheroes, who are another manifestation of the big „What is evil“ question. Trope for expanding towards big wars, inner conflicts of one or some protagonists until the escalation to civil war and revolution or just a fantasy version of 1984 or The forever war unfolds. Military dictatorships are still bad, but cooler with dark fantasyĮspecially if the whole necromancing dark magic voodoo stuff is perfectly organized and integrated into a crazy, trigger happy war machine that breeds Saruman's en masse. The combination of the religious steampunk industrial complex, the degeneracy of faith, and the warmongering and greed, and the splendid protagonists make it an exceptional masterpiece. x 7 1/2-in., 192 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations).Not just full metal, but hardcore death Scandinavian black doom overkillĢ brothers, perversion of religion, and a perfectly finetuned magic system, it may be even a bit hardĬharacterization is top to show the struggle of the pair regarding good and evil, career or own moral codex, and many other questions this series is dealing with, more or less, under the surface. ![]() Like it or not, the brothers must make the biggest decision of their young lives.ĭo they follow orders and expose the secrets of Wisteria? Or will they allow themselves to be seduced by the paradise they've discovered? Veiled in shadows, it appears to be a utopian wonderland ruled not by military command but rather by the very laws of alchemy that guide their own personal fate. Almost immediately, the Elric brothers discover that Wisteria isn't exactly a normal place. Under direct orders from their commanding officer, Edward and Alphonse Elric journey to a remote city deep within the wasteland borders of Eastern Command. Translated by Alexander Smith and Rich Amtower. ![]() Original Concept and Art by Hiromu Arakawa. x 7-in., 232 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). Meanwhile, Edward and Alphonse Elric just can't seem to stay out of trouble, even when they're trying to get noticed for doing good deeds! Her passion and skills are tested when she crosses paths with a boy who lost a leg and can't get back on his feet. Winry, childhood friend of the Elric brothers, is ecstatic to advance her training as an automail mechanic in Rush Valley. And into this world travel Edward and Alphonse Elric-two brothers in search of the Philosopher's Stone, the ultimate alchemical treasure! Somewhere between magic, art and science exists a world of alchemy. Translated by Jan Mitsuko Cash and Asumi Shibata.Ĭomplete the Fullmetal experience with these best-selling novels featuring original stories. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available. ![]()
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