Fullmetal Alchemist Manga vs First TV Series - ROUND FIVE

Volume 5 continues into volume 6 so seemlessly, especially as far as comparisons with the first anime, that I'll have to review the last chapter of this volume in the next round of comparisons. EVENTS: Chapter 17: The Boomtown of the Broken Down/Chapter 18: The Value of Sincerity/Chapter 19: I'll Do It For You Guys! Event(s): Ed, Al, and Winry visit Rush Valley on their way to Dublith and meet Paninya, a girl with automail limbs who steals Ed's pocketwatch. Winry ends up opening up the pocketwatch. Then she delivers a baby and decides to train in town. Episode 26: Her Reason/Episode 17: House of the Waiting Family/Episode 6: The Alchemy Exam Event(s): Ed, Al, and Winry visit Rush Valley on their way to Dublith and meet Paninya, a girl with automail limbs who steals Ed's pocketwatch. Judgement: This bit in the manga is broken up in the first series and used in a lot of different episodes. For instance, the delivery of a baby is done by Ed and AL, and they deliver Elicia Hughes. The pocketwatch opening occurs in the brothers' visit to Risembool. The portion about Paninya and Dominic occurs in a single one-off episode of the series. I prefer that. Spending so much time in Rush Valley bored me, regardless of Winry's development. I'm glad the anime version condensed this. MANGA