Vivaldi wrote:Hmm, In episode two, you really can feel the "review episode" vibe, what with the way they tried to cover so much ground so quickly. I enjoyed the new scenes, there's only one thing I had a beef with.
The state alchemist exam was fucking stupid.
You preform a fairly mundane transmution, the only notable thing being you used no transmutation circle, then you attack the Führer, makes some smartass comment about it being too easy to kill the Führer, Führer makes snarky comment back, Ed passes exam. Yeah...sure. The way the state millitary is depicted, Ed would've been executed quickly, possibly on the spot, for high treason or somesuch.
Also, I thought the Führer's sword skill was supposed to be a secret (owing to the fact he's a homunculus), not something he casually shows off in front of his staff, it's supposed to be a ceremonial sword ffs.
The Fuhrer's sword skill isn't supposed to be a secret.He's the head of a nation,he ought to be the best at something and he frequently uses his leet techniques in the manga even in public...
And about treason,manga's Bradley is rather easy-going to just kill someone for a comment like this.
As for my complaints about Trisha short screen-time,checking from manga chapter 21 again - the chapter with Elric's past - the directors followed exactly the manga.It only had 2 pages with Trisha and the exact same words about epidemic.