Please post the discussions on episode 15: "The Ishbal Massacre" here.



A great action packed episode, with the introduction of a new important character.

And for those that forgot, remember that Fullmetal Alchemist now airs on a new time on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block. Its now at the half hour instead of top of the hour. IE, it would come on at 10:30 PM if you live in the central time zone. 11:30 PM if you live in the eastern time zone.

This was the most exciting episode yet . Filled with action, storyline, and an at the edge of your seat ending XD

First of all, the new timing kind of threw me off. I don't know if it went to effect last week... Then again, I was kind of celebrating "Singles' Awareness Day" a wee bit too early.

As much as there was a lot of action in this episode, it was also an emotional downturn and a half. Seeing the incident which occured between

Winry's parents, Roy and Marco

left me in a "... Didn't see THAT one coming" kind of mood. I think the whole rest of the episode was just depressing after that point (if you managed to put everything together, that is).

And Roy's "Wet gloves in the rain" incident was good for a chuckle.

At least now I don't have to wait until Thursday, unlike the last two weeks.

Well Blackrose, if you are not yet used to how dark and depressing Fullmetal Alchemist can get...you better stop watching now.
Because... just as a warning, I will say the old cliche, "things only get better before they get worse."

It was a really good episode except I wish the last line was different.
I know it is important to the story but it kind of ruined the moment.
Oh well other than that minor thing I thought the episode was really well done.
Al's VA did a really good job with this one, I was quite pleased with him.

Yeah, Aaron Dismuke did a great job with this episode.

Also the first appearance of Kimbley, the Crimson Alchemist in this episode.
His English voice sounded pretty good too.

This was an awesome episode. Probably the best one yet.
I was getting so nervous at the beginning when Armstrong was fighting Scar.
Part of me was like "There is no way Armstrong will die" but the other part was thinking "This is Fullmetal Alchemist and anything can happen at anytime."

I thought that it was really stupid how Ed was just going to let Scar kill him, good thing Al rung Ed's bell a little at the end there.

Also, you may have noticed that my boy Alphonse got a little scratch in this episode, but don't worry that's nothing a little welding can't fix.

I also didn't like the final line by Al. Just before he said that I thought to myself, "It's there mom."
I kind of like the idea of wondering about it for a week before I find out but I guess that is why she was in Fullmetal vs. Flame.

Finally, was that a young Roy Mustang that shot the Rockbells?

Yes, it was. Oh, I want to explain the end, but no, I'll give the story away if I do...

If you do not know how to do one of the spoiler dealies where we have to highlight the text to read it please do not use spoilers.
I like to let the story tell itself to me while it is going on.
But, if you do know how to do the Spoiler thingy then feel free to explain away.

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You know AlphonseRules, your sig is kind of innappropriate, because Al is too nice to rip someone in half .
ED on the other hand... Well...you'll just have to wait and see.

good episode. i don't understand that last line about their mother, though. maybe i missed something O.o very good episode, nice and actiony. good thing i taped it

(acually, i almost missed this episode. i fell asleep at like 11:15 and woke up at 12:05 and i was all "oh shit" but then i realized that i could just stay up till 2:30 and see it again. i haven't stayed up that late in a long time )

I thought this was a great episode. I was kinda pissed off that Riza interupted the fight between Roy and Scar of course when she pointed out his glove wouldn't have worked in the rain and he would have been dead so my anger died down a little. Al's Va did pretty good in this ep and it's nice to that even though Al is alive and still shows emotions he still a suit of armor that can easily be destroyed.

I don't think the last line was that confusing as I know what Al meant. Can't wait till the next one though.

I thought that it was great when Roy got so cocky that he didn't realize that it was raining and Riza had to put him in his place.
We also found out how Ed transmutes without a circle in this episode.


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Well I guess that's why I'm still waiting.

Al was really cool in this episode.
He got all pissed at Ed and yelled at him, it was so much fun! I thought I was going to cry about

....crap! how do you do that spoiler box?!

....armstrong has a funny voice in dubbed version, i watched it at 10:30 last night wooot haha.

anyways i liked this episode alot even thought i was like nooooooooo when scar almost killed ed.
i laughed when al's rigt arm fell off and started yelling it was cute..
also roy's face when riza told him that his glove has no use in the rain.
what a priceless face lol.

i didn't realize how short FMA episodes are untill now.

Great episode... I think this was one of the most depressing episodes so far.

sharpieaddicted: Yeah, I realised that too. The first commercial (sp?) came by so fast, the next thing you know it was over. ;.;
Never-the-less was it a good episode.

The reason for that is because these adult swim shows only have ONE commercial break rather than a bazillion like most other half hour shows.

Excellent episode. Humor, tons of action, drama.
C'mon, it doesnt get much better then that!
When we found out who killed the 2 doctors and who the 2 doctors were I was like "Whoa! I never even thought of that!".
Very, very good episode. Also, excellent voice acting, Al showed that long overdue 'emotion' he supposedly didnt have...

this was another good episode ^o^ woot!!
i was confused in some spots because i read the manga and was like >_> wait that should not of been there XD
and the last line al said. i know what it means its just one of my questions was answered and now a million more pop up >_>

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check the third opening by UNDO, when he sings "futari ga mujaki ni waratteta ano koro ni modoreru nara..."

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I love that part. Good ol' Al. >:D

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More like someTHING not someONE.

Yeah, that was pretty good. "Wooo hoo!"

Very good episode.
I got pissed at Ed when he was gonna let Scar kill him. T_T
And I was shocked when Al got hurt. O_o
And people who write fanfics are frightening...

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Yes, especially the people who write Roy/Ed and Ed/Al pairing fanfics.

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QUOTE (TheVileOne @ Feb 20 2005, 05:06 PM)

More like someTHING not someONE.

still shows that he's capable of ripping live creatures in half. i assume he'd have more issues ripping a person in half, though.

^ OT: I bet if Al gets pissed off by Ed again, he'll rip Ed in half!(It would be awesome to see)

I cried when they showed Al getting smashed in slow motion.

GAH! I don't remember how to put the spoiler tags onto it! Can someone remind me?!

By the by, spoiler picture below.

I miss Hawkeye's "You're useless in the rain" quote, but that's just a matter of symantics (sp?).
She said something similar in "You can't make fire in the rain," but it took out the humorous portion of that lil exchange.
Though I liked the additional "Stubborn man!" right before the sweep lol

ahh, they didn't include the useless bit? too bad, it's such a big ongoing joke in the sub/raw fandom...

something that i found a little lame in ep 15 was after scar blew Al up and Ed attacked Scar, it looked like he was throwing blind kicks and punches. not one of them hit Scar at all, and i sort of found that a bit anticlimatic


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QUOTE (xrninja @ Feb 20 2005, 07:04 PM)

check the third opening by UNDO, when he sings "futari ga mujaki ni waratteta ano koro ni modoreru nara..."

what do you mean? i looked it up and it means "If we can go back to those days Of when we laughed innocently together..."

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I thought that that added to that part of the episode. Ed was so angry at Scar that he could not think of anything else to do. He was just punching and kicking out of pure rage, trying to hit Scar as hard as he could for what he did to Al.

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in the third opening when UNDO sings that line, al rips a dragon lizard thing in half while ed slices one in two.

This is one of my favorite episodes up tothis point.
It had tons of action and drama, with a little side of comedy.
To think I almost passed this entire series up ! It gets better and better!

I really like what they did with this episode in dub form.
I was a little worry about the Ed/Al/Scar scene, but Al's U.S VA delivered and made the scene as good, if not better than the sub version of the same.

It's sometimes hard for me to feel any emotion coming from sub Al's VA.
It usually seems so forced but I enjoyed dub Al's deliever on that scene alot.

This is episode I feel is the "make or break" one of FMA.
It really gets you excited about what's to come and so far I haven't seen anyone complain about the series.

@Viewtiful - I thought that was the best scene so far in the series.
The only other scene that might be as good is when they find out about Nina and Alexander. The Ed/Al/Scar scene was a lot more suspensful though, which I like.

What do you mean by "make or break" Viewtiful?

@AlphonseRules - I mean if you don't like FMA by the time this episode airs, you never will. That's all.

That was crazy!
Mostly at the end when Ale punched Ed and THEN called him stupid!
I was surprized,but started to laugh whenAl said*Oh great now my arm fell off* With his remaning arm and leg flayling wildly!

I'm looking forward to watching it again, two more times.
Tonight is viewer appreciation night on AS.

ya this ep was good. and that damn iron blood alchemist dies MUHAHAHAHAH
i hated him