Author: Penguin Truth
Fullmetal Alchemist – Episode 31 Review
Episode 31, "Sin"
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Synopsis: Roy and his crew prepare to leave Central for the refugee camp Scar was sighted at. At the camp, Rick and Leo look for Scar, who is in the outcast’s house. The oucast comes in and recognizes his tattoo. In the Southern HQ, the face off is broken when Izumi attempts to escape, but the child is taken from her. Armstrong blocks her path. The lizard man reveals his boss’ interest in the brothers, but they drive him off, along with Kimbley. Envy reveals himself to the child and gives him lesser stones to feed on. The child begins to remember things. The brothers encounter Armstrong who faked injury. Izumi is reuinted with the child again and they escape the building. Going back to the meat shop, Winry reveals to Ed and Al what Sig wouldn’t. On Yock Island, Izumi takes the child where she transmuted her dead child. When it came back wrong, she sacrificed the entire thing to the Gate. In the present, she attempts to kill the mystery child. Ed and Al arrive to the child choking Izumi and attack, but Izumi tells them off. The child is revealed to indeed by a homunculi, born from a failed transmutation. Greed arrives on the island, but Envy is already there. Before they can engage in a real fight, Juliet Douglas, Sloth, arrives as well. Greed and his group retreat. The boy, Wrath, explains he was trapped in the Gate and took posession of Edward’s arm and leg when he sacrificed them years later after Izumi sacrificed her son. However, angry that the homunculus has his brother’s limbs, Alphonse attacks him.
Dragon Ball Kai – Episode 61 Review
Episode 61, "No Chance of Victory Against No. 19! Super Vegeta Arrives Late"
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Synopsis: As Goku has his energy drained from him by No. 19, Vegeta arrives, as smug as ever. After taunting the Artificial Humans, Vegeta transforms into a Super Saiyan, amazing everyone. He explains that during training, he became so enraged at himself for not keeping up with Goku, that his anger transformed him. Vegeta dominates 19, who tries to take advantage of him by grabbing his hands, but ultimately has his hands torn off. 19 tries to escape, but Vegeta fires a "Big Bang Attack" that destroys him. Artificial Human 20 escapes into the high rocks and everyone gives chase.
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Fullmetal Alchemist – Episode 30 Review
Episode 30, "Assault on South Headquarters"
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Synopsis: At a refugee camp, Yoki spots Scar. Scar and Ishbalans are allowed to stay there with the other people. Yoki runs off to tell the military, hoping to gain his position back. Back in Dublith, Ed and Al chase the mysterious boy, but are approached by a strange lizard-man. Lieutenant Colonel Frank Archer and Armstrong arrive in Dublith, looking to find Izumi. After chasing off the lizard-man, the brothers find the boy on a rooftop. Edward figures that if his arm was brought back from the Gate, that Al’s body could be, too. Armstrong captures the boy for Archer, who reveals the homunculi’s identifying mark, the tatoo of the ouroborus. Juliet Douglas recieves word from Yoki about Scar. The lizard-man calls Greed, who has Tucker and Kimbley with him. Greed dispatches Kimbley to retrieve the boy. Izumi angrily chides the Elrics, but collapses and is taken to the doctor. The doctor reveals that Izumi is missing several internal organs, making the brothers realize she committed the same taboo they did. Izumi escapes with her husband and walks into the Southern Headquarters, using alchemy to make her way to the mysterious boy. Sig reveals to Winry that Izumi sacrificed her organs in a bid to bring their son back to life. Ed and Al confront Izumi inside, but then Kimbley and the lizard-man arrive, as well as the Fuhrer (Envy in disguise). In the refugee camp, Scar investigates the home of an Ishbalan outcast, and finds the same tattoo he has on his arm on the wall.
Fullmetal Alchemist – Episode 29 Review
Episode 29, "The Untainted Child"
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Synopsis: The Elric brothers and Izumi don’t know what to make of the mysterious boy who appeared on the island, who is capable of using alchemy without circles. They take him back to Izumi’s home, where he’s fed. During the night, Ed and Al visit the boy in his room, but he reacts badly to their curiosity and fuses with his bed until Izumi can calm him down. Meanwhile, Sheska confronts Roy about his lack of action on Hughes’ death. Ed thinks the child might be a homunculus, but remembers homunculi normally can’t use alchemy. Edward recounts what happened to when he performed human transmutation, having seen the Truth at the Gate and thinks he saw the child there. Izumi goes off to "check something", but Ed and Al can’t stay away from the child, who appears to have the arm Ed sacrificed to the Gate. On Yock Island, Izumi comes upon a familar place.