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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. read more

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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. read more

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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. read more

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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. read more

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Fullmetal Alchemist – Episode 28 Review

Episode 28, "All is One, One is All"

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Synopsis: Izumi leaves Ed and Al on Yock Island, where they remember when they were left there to survive for a month without the use of alchemy. They eventually learned that they were both part of a greater flow and that flow extended to them as well ("All is one, one is all") and when they understood that, Izumi welcomed them for more specific alchemy training. In the present, Ed and Al are being stalked by a mysterious child, who appears when Izumi comes back to get them. read more

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Fullmetal Alchemist Episode 27 Review

Episode 27, "Teacher"


 
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Synopsis: Edward tries to escape from his teacher Izumi, but she subdues him and ties him and Alphonse up to take them to the town of Dublith. On the way there, the brothers remember how they met her as she was passing through Risembool and saved the town from flooding with alchemy. She reluctantly took them on as pupils. After the flashback, Ed, Al, and Winry arrive in Dublith, where Izumi’s husband runs a meat shop. After an incident involved a dead cat, Izumi reveals that she knows what happened to the brothers, and after a beating, hugs them. read more

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Shin Mazinger Shougeki! Z-Hen – Episode 26 Review

Episode 26, "Conclusion! 100 Rapid Shots of Rocket Punch!"


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Synopsis: The King of Hell easily deflects attacks by the Mazinger Corps and absorbs the shots fired from the Photon Power Labs fortress. Kenzo reveals that when he and Dr. Hell found Tristan and Iseult, an acid dripped from their cacoon and ate away at his body. Dr. Hell combined him with a Kedora, which eventually took him over. However, Zeus’ arm saved him and he escaped from Dr. Hell, hiding for years. Still, Tsubasa is unwilling to forgive him. Akokuji and Gamia appear, with Gamia absorbing energy from King of Hell. Inside of Bardos Island, Kouji appears in the Pilder, along with Baron Ashura. Ashura reveals that he learned from the dying Kedora that Tristan and Iseult were found intact, but the acid substance was used to half them, and Kenzo got some on him when destroying the rest of the crypt. Dr. Hell warns Kouji that he’ll regret it if he kills him. He tries to get the Photon Power from the Photon Power fortress. Suddenly, a rocket punch hits the King of Hell. Then several more. All the fallen support robots for the Mazinger Corps turn into rocket punches and attack. Mazinger docks with the God Scrander and transforms into a giant fist. The giant fist destroys the King of Hell. However, the world falls into darkness, and Ashura reveals this was all part of its plan. Dr. Hell wanted Photon Power to fight the gods this whole time. With him dead, Ashura can finally kill himself, his blood reawakening the rest of the Mycenean forces, which he does. read more

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Dragon Ball Kai – Episode 60 Review

Episode 60, "Attacked on Both Sides by an Internal Enemy?! Son Goku vs Artificial Human No. 19"

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Synopsis: Yamucha reveals that the Artificial Humans are capable of draining energy. He flies off with Kuririn and Gohan to warn Goku and the others about it and bring senzu beans to them. Goku and the others land in a deserted area. Tenshinhan notices that Goku’s already out of breath for some reason. One of the Artificial Humans, no. 20, reveals that Dr. Gero had a small robot investigate Goku during many of his major battles in order to gauge his power. However, they didn’t think it was necessary to follow them to Namek, which Goku and his group see as a big slip-up, as they have no idea that Goku is a Super Saiyan. Goku transforms into a Super Saiyan and Artificial Human 19 engages him in battle. The two exchange blows. Gohan and the others arrive, and Gohan and Piccolo notice how Goku is rushing the battle and seems weaker than expected. Goku fires a Kamehameha, which the android absorbs. No. 19 gains ground in the fight. Gohan reveals that Goku’s heart virus is acting up, as he never took the medicine, since it never manifested before now. Even a senzu bean doesn’t help Goku, and 19 pins Goku down, absorbing his energy. read more

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Dragon Ball Kai – Episode 59 Review

Episode 59, "The Pair Who Don’t Leave a Trace! The Artificial Humans Appear"


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Synopsis: Goku and his allies (sans Vegeta) gather near the city where the Artificial Humans are going to attack. There, Bulma introduces her child, Trunks. Yajirobe arrives with senzu beans, but refuses to stay. Yajirobe’s sky car is destroyed in an explosion on its way away from the scene. Seeing two figures fly into the city, Goku and his group investigate the city. Yamucha encounters the Artificial Humans, one of whom plunges his hand through him. Goku and the others fly over, and Yamucha is taken away to be healed while Goku, Tenshinhan, and Piccolo fly off with the Artificial Humans to find somewhere to fight. read more

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Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood – Yet Another Man’s Battlefield OVA

OVA, "Yet Another Man’s Battlefield"


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Synopsis: At the age of 18, Roy Mustang takes part in training in the Amestris military. While in training, he meets Maes Hughes and an Ishbalan named Heiss Clif Arber, and they become friends over a fight to overcome discrimination. However, years later in the Ishbal massacre, Heiss Clif is on the other side. Devestated by the war, Roy looks for 30 seconds peace. After the war, Hughes reunites with his then-girlfriend, Gracia, and Roy acknowledges his comrade’s strength. read more

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