Episode 56, "I’ll Defeat Freeza! Another Super Saiyan"
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Reviews
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood – Episode 16 ENGLISH DUB Review
Episode 16, "A Comrade-In-Arms’ Footsteps"
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Synopsis: Edward, Alphonse, Winry, and their Xingese aquainances arrive at Central, where Ling disappears and is picked up by the military for entering the country illegally. Winry goes to visit the Hughes household. Roy has a conversation with Armstrong about the brothers in relation to Hughes’ death. He ends up lying to them about it, but Maria Ross accidently causes Ed to realize it. Ed and Al go visit Gracia and tell her and Winry about Hughes helping them out. Gracia tells them to continue on their quest to regain their bodies. The homunculi discuss current events and decide to keep Roy busy with something. Ross is arrested for the murder of Hughes while Havoc goes on a date with "Solaris", who is actually Lust.
Fullmetal Alchemist Chapter 107 (SPOILERS)
My thoughts on Fullmetal Alchemist chapter 107:
So, wow, I’m just about as late with this review as I was with the last one. Well, I have all the time I want for the next, because it’s the final chapter, which makes this the penultimate chapter of Hiromu Arakawa’s Fullmetal Alchemist!
What have I said about cliffhangers in Fullmetal Alchemist? They. Never. Pay. Off. This is the second or third time Father has unleashed a great blast of energy that envelopes everything and again, our heroes recover, though Al is much worse for wear and Hohenheim isn’t looking good. Not surprisingly, Roy and Riza team up so he can use his flames to fight Father, but happily it does nothing. I like that now he’s using clapping alchemy, since he can, having seen the Truth. (Oooh, having seen it… sorry, Roy.)
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood – Episode 58 Review
Episode 58, "Human Sacrifices"
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Synopsis: Edward finds himself going through the same experience he had when he saw the Gate of Truth as the gold-toothed doctor’s array is activated. Greed and Wrath fight fiercely, until they end up hanging from a high spot. Ranfan grabs Greed’s hand. Briggs soldiers shoot Bradley and he drops into the water below. Helped up by Ranfan, Ling is devestated that Fu is already dead. Central soldier open fire on him. Ling lets Greed come out in full-force by a dying Buccaneer’s request and takes on Central soldiers. Buccaneer dies with a smile on his face. Olivier is informed of the status at the front gate of Central HQ, and decides to continue down the stairs into the basement. In the depths of Central, Edward and Izumi materialize in Father’s lair, where he has disabled Hohenheim. Father is disappointed that a fifth sacrifice has yet to be prepared. The gold-toothed doctor has Riza Hawkeye seriously injured in hopes Roy will peform a human transmutation, and he seems to give in.
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood – Episode 15 ENGLISH DUB Review
Episode 15, "A Messenger From The East"
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Synopsis: Scar attacks and kills a State Alchemist called Joliot Comanche. When he returns to his hideout, he finds Yoki with a little girl, who introduces herself as May Chang, who travelled with her little panda Shao May from the country of Xing. May heals a wound for Scar using Eastern alchemy (Rentanjutsu) and insists on accompanying Scar, in hopes of meeting Edward Elric. Meanwhile, Ed and Al visit Winry in Rush Valley to get Ed’s arm repaired, and end up meeting a prince of Xing, Ling Yao, and his bodyguards. A battle ensues when Ling tries to force info out of the brothers, and Ed and Al eventually overcome their opponents. Ed discovers that Al can do alchemy without a circle now. Ed and Al intend to visit Central, and Ling intends to follow. Scar and Yoki journey, now with May as a passenger.
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood – Episode 14 ENGLISH DUB Review
Episode 14, "Those Who Dwell Underground"
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Synopsis: While Roy arrives at his new post in Central, Fuhrer King Bradley and Alex Louis Armstrong lead a charge on the Devil’s Nest in Dublith. Most of Greed’s chimeras allies are gunned down, with his closest allies killed by the Fuhrer himself. Greed is surprised that Bradley is also a homunculi, and is disabled by him. Bradley kills Martel while she hides in Alphonse’s armor, and shocked, Al remembers his experiences during the human transmutation. Bradley takes Greed to the homuculi’s hideout, where their leader, Father, condemns him to death, and reabsorbs his essence.
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood – Episode 57 Review
Episode 57, "Eternal Rest"
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Synopsis: Running under the streets, Ranfan learns of the return of Bradley. Fu confronts the man who he holds responsible for the loss of his granddaughter’s arm. Olivier and Izumi interrogate one of the generals, who tries to get soldiers to side with him, but fails. Soldiers instead throw down their rank badges. Needing to escape Central HQ before it’s overrun by enemy soldiers, Izumi suggests making an escape tunnel, and the group take the secret path beneath the Fuhrer’s office. Edward, Roy, Riza, and Scar encounter the scientist with the gold tooth who helped Father create Wrath. The man summons the potential Fuhrers that weren’t killed in the experiment to make Wrath, who attack the group. Greed and Fu engage Wrath in combat, during which Ling takes back his body out of concern for Fu. Fu does a suicide attack with explosives, but the Fuhrer cuts the fuses. Suddenly Buccaneer runs his sword through Fu and into Wrath, injuring him. Bradley kicks the two away and they fall to the ground, just as Ranfan arrives on the scene. Izumi decides that she will leave everything up to Olivier and escape herself and the two women discuss Edward briefly. The scientist with the gold tooth activates an alchemy array formed with the alchemy labs in Central. The black hands of human transmutation take apart Edward, Alphonse, and Izumi.
Dragon Ball Kai – Episode 55 Review
Episode 55, "That’s Earth, Papa… Freeza and his Father Strike Back", or "We Can Rebuild Him… We Have The Technology. But I Don’t Want To Spend A Lot Of Money"
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Synopsis: Freeza’s damaged body is rescued from the space around where Namek once was and is rebuilt by men working with his father, King Cold. Freeza declares they are going to Earth next. On Earth, peace reigns, but Kuririn trains, and Vegeta returns from space, having not found Goku. Suddenly, Gohan, Kuririn, Vegeta, and the other fighters sense an enormous ki heading for Earth. A familiar ki. Freeza’s ki. Kaio panics on his planetoid. Everyone speeds towards where Freeza will land. Bulma arrives, too, with Puar. King Cold’s ship lands. They send out soldiers to kill people, but the soldiers are all cut up. A mysterious boy with a sword appears, and tells Freeza that he’s come there to kill him.
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood – Episode 13 ENGLISH DUB Review
Episode 13, "Beasts of Dublith"
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Synopsis: Despite her understanding, Izumi expells Edward and Alphonse for their going against her teachings, but they return to ask for her help. Meanwhile, Roy Mustang prepares to transfer to Central by calling together his subordinates. Scar recovers from his injuries at an Ishbalan refugee camp, where disgraced Lt. Yoki tries to have him taken by thugs for a reward, but Scar fights back. In Dublith, a group of chimera lure Alphonse to them, then subdue him for their boss, a homunculi named Greed. In their hideout, Greed offers to teach Alphonse how to make a homuculi in returns for information on how to attach a soul to something. Edward comes into the hideout refusing to make an exchange of information, and he and Greed battle. Greed uses his ability to harden his body to fight, but Edward figures out the key to it, and the battle comes to a draw. Suddenly, Izumi steps into the hideout, immediately subduing Greed.
Dragon Ball Kai – Episode 54 Review
Episode 54, "Goku Vanishes in Space… Super Warriors, Return to Life!", or "Dr. Brief: Shitty Neighbor"
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Synopsis: Kaio checks the area where Namek was, and detects no sign of Goku. Yamcha decides to deliver the news to Bulma and the group on Earth via Kaio. Bulma blurts out the news to everyone, but despite Yamcha’s admonishment, stays cheerful. She says that Goku can be brought back with the Namekian Dragon Balls. However, Kaio says that Goku died on a planet that no longer exists, so if he or Kuririn were brought back, they would appear in the vacuum of space, where they would die again. Vegeta suggests that they wish their spirits to Earth and restore them from there. Bulma offers to let the Namekians and Vegeta stay with her at Capsule Corp. Chi-Chi arrives where the others are, concerned about Gohan. Time passes, and Porunga is summoned, but the dragon tells everyone that Goku cannot be wished back, as he is not dead. Kuririn is wished back. They then to wish Goku back to Earth, but the dragon says he refuses to return, and will do so on his own accord. Angry, Vegeta blasts off in a spare spaceship. With another wish, Yamcha is returned to life. Over time, Tenshinhan and Chaozu are also wished back and the Namekians are wished to another planet suitable for them. More time passes and things are peaceful.