Estoy muy sentimental ( )

Too much! Oh, the feels! Very few series manga or otherwise, make me feel so much so soon! I never forgot my first time watching this one, and even hearing the name Tucker and Nina together still get me. Wah! I have a love/hate reaction to this one every time. It does what few can do, and leaves me heartbroken every time! Just thinking of it always gets me. Ugh, the feels! ( )

[b:Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 2|873|Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 2 (Fullmetal Alchemist, #2)|Hiromu Arakawa|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1348990451l/873._SY75_.jpg|2276648] sees the introduction of a number of the other National Alchemists, with their ridiculous names



Along with a new baddy Scar who doesn't do the whole tear things apart and put them back together again... he just tears them apart:



And of course, the creepy old baddies are back again:



We're starting to get hints at just how horrifying the world of Fullmetal Alchemist can be, from--well, the above, to someone that figure out how to transmute people into little bitty bits and then another that merged his daughter and dog together. Oy. Just oy.

Wonderful story, in a sometimes gritty and violent sort of way. Worth the read. ( )

After the first volume , I am glad I stuck along. This volume was amazing. It had everything , amazing moments that clearly proved not to take this world lightly. The arc with Dr. Tucker kept me in a state of horrific suspense. Surprisingly , I enjoyed the fight sequences to a great extent. The entry of the 's philosopher's stone, the Ishwarite's history the world this writer is building up is interesting.
This is one of the first times I felt a manga was able to portray subtle emotions (of horror or desperation) beautifully. The despair in the face of Dr. Tucker set the mood of the coming horror and the sudden shift of the scenario during Edward Elric's dream were amazing moments.

The only complain I have of the writer , not necessarily for this volume , is the character sketch of Lust. Unlike gluttony , her behavior sans her looks does not match up to the sin she is portraying. I would have loved this series even more if I writer was able to show that or surprised me by his interpretation of lust. Right now she is just a amazing villain nothing lustful in her except her looks (which I find to be very juevenille attempt to show her as LUST). ( )

Even as the world of Fullmetal Alchemist is shown to be increasingly dark down to its roots -- religious conflicts, civil war, genocide, martial law, human experimentation, religious extremist serial killers -- Arakawa brings more humor to the character interaction. It's a battle manga with a quest for the Philosopher's Stone at its center, but I'm hoping the characters will become more human as the story progresses. It's on the right track at the moment. ( )