Fullmetal Alchemist Manga vs First TV Series - ROUND EIGHT
So, this is it. The final round of manga/first anime series comparisons. After volume 8 of the manga (actually during volume 8), the differences between the two versions of FMA expand into a large gulf. In volume 8, the Xingese characters are introduced. In episodes of the series, there's a return to Lior, where Scar tries for revenge against those who destroyed his people.
It's been fun comparing.
EVENTS:
Chapter 29: Eye of the King/Chapter 30: The Truth Inside The Armor/Chapter 31: The Snake That Eats Its Own Tail
Event(s): Greed and his gang attempt to escape the military, but are confronted by Alex Louis Armstrong. Close behind him Fuhrer King Bradley, who shows know mercy. He subdues Greed using his "Ultimate Eye" then kills Martel as she hides in Alphonse, leading him to remember The Truth. Bradley, who is Wrath, takes Greed back to the creator of the homunuculi, who melts Greed down and drinks the liquid remains.
Episode 34: Theory of Avarice/Episode 40: The Scar
Event(s): Greed and his gang attempt to escape the military, but are confronted by Alex Louis Armstrong. Greed manage s to get away, and comes upon Dante's house, where he discovers that she's dead and a trap has been laid for him. Edward confronts Ed about his missing brother and the two battle, ending with Greed's intentional death, meant to show Ed how to destroy a homonuculus. Ed reunites with Alphonse and along with Winry, they leave Dublith; Fuhrer Bradley unveils his "Ultimate Eye" when Martel threatens him. He kills Martel as she hides in Alphonse and warns him that the Fuhrer is a homonuculi.
Judgement: Frankly, I enjoyed both the manga and anime's take on this material, but I sort of enjoyed that Greed went out in the first series showing Ed how to destroy a homunuculus and steeling his resolve.
MANGA ANIME
Sheska
Judgement: I love Sheska. She's definitely a favorite character of mine. Essentially Yumiko Readman without the paperkinesis, Sheska is a hardcore bookworm and it's funny to see how she is constantly underselling herself, despite her amazing memory. In the anime, they kept her around and made her a bit of a conspiracy nut who was trying to solve Hughes' murder on her own, and then with some help of Winry, who she made good friends with. This showed a more active, likeable side of her.
MANGA
