This Post Pretty Much Explains Why I Prefer The Manga.

This post pretty much explains why I prefer the manga.

15 things about Ishval that Brotherhood cut out

After rewatching Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood recently, I was once again extremely disappointed at the amount of content the anime cut out when it covered the Ishval war in episode 30. Volume 15 of the manga (which was entirely dedicated to showing the war in detail across four chapters) still remains my favourite volume of the whole series, so I wanted to talk about 15 things that Brotherhood cut out. Some of them are minor scenes and some are more major plot points.

The images I’ve included in this post have been taken directly from the Viz Media manga, as I really dislike the poor quality scanlations of FMA that are out there. I would highly recommend buying Volume 15 for yourself, even if it’s the only volume of FMA you ever own.

The things I’ll be covering are:

Neighbouring country Aerugo’s role in the war

The Ishvalans as people - their lives and strengths

The Rockbells’ extra scenes

The military’s order to kill the Rockbells

Roy, Hughes, and Hawkeye’s extra scenes

Hughes’ extended scenes as a squad captain

Corruption of high-ranking officers and internal assassination

Armstrong’s extra scene

Torture & human experimentation of Ishvalans

Doctor Marcoh & Doctor Knox’s extra scene

Roy’s role as the Hero of Ishval

Scar’s brother’s scenes

Roy’s squad

Children as the victims of the war

The overall portrayal of the war, and how Volume 15 was written/illustrated

** VERY LONG POST UNDER THE CUT, VERY IMAGE HEAVY **

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I wish there was a chapter or OVA about this.

That one thing that everyone loves to ignore because it’s awful and there’s no way to twist it into being not-awful: Riza had outright stated that part of Roy’s plan–once democracy has been instated and a general state of peace achieved–includes having him, Riza, and the others tried for their war crimes in Ishval. And considering the sheer magnitude of people Roy and Riza killed, they probably wouldn’t fair well.

Even with Ed loudly protesting against that as a stupid idea, Riza pretty much just maintains that she and Roy no longer have the right to decide when they die, after having taken the lives of so many. That this is about justice

Like man I all but forgot about that because no one ever wants to talk about it. Damn. I mean fuck me you know. And we don’t hear anything past that. If it’s something they ever tried to go through with. …just don’t know…

Who wore it better?

➥ Vocabulary Tips - Verbs Part 1

「voice」

say -  speak, utter, pronounce, give voice to, declare, state, announce, tell.

answer -  reply, respond, retort, sass, react.

ask - request, demand, solicit, seek, call for, beg.

whisper -  murmur, mutter, mumble, speak softly, breathe, hiss, susurrate.

yell - cry out, call out, shout, howl, scream, shriek, screech, yelp, squeal, roar, utter, exclaim.

sing - treble, harmonise, croon, utter, choir, vocalize, quaver, intone, intonate, harmonize, descant on, hum, vocalise, warble, chirp, chant, sing along.

laugh - chuckle, crack up, cackle, giggle, guffaw.

mock - deride, scoff at, sneer at, make fun of, poke fun at.

「move」

walk - stroll, saunter, amble, trudge, plod, dawdle, hike, tramp, tromp, slog, stomp, step.

run - sprint, race, rush, dash, hasten, hurry, jog, speed.

drag - haul, pull, tug, yank, force.

jump - leap, hop, skip.

dance - sway, whirl, pirouette, gyrate, boogie, shake a leg, belly dance, tap dance, foxtrot, twist, tap dance, mambo, disco, conga, samba, square dance, boogie, tango, bump, grind, kick, waltz, break-dance, waltz around, quickstep, shake, twerk, wiggle.

「face」

frown - scowl, glare, grimace, make a face, look daggers, give someone a black look.

observe - look at, observe, view, gaze at, stare at, contemplate, glance at, watch, keep an eye on, keep under observation, make eyes at, have/take a gander at, check out, size up, behold.

wink - blink, flutter, bat.

smile - beam, grin, smile from ear to ear, dimple, twinkle, smirk, smile smugly, simper, snicker, snigger.

cry - weep, mourn, wail, burst into tears, snuffle, sob, sniffle, blub, tear, bawl, pule, snivel, whimper, mewl, blubber, weep, wail.

「violence」

fight - exchange blows, attack each other, assault each other, hit each other, punch each other, struggle, grapple, wrestle, scrap, have a set-to, roughhouse, engage in fisticuffs, battle.

punch - inverted punch, uppercut, jab, cross, front punch, kumite bunch, concussion strike, hook, bolo punch, and my favorite, the haymaker. 

hand strike - backfist, tiger mouth, tiger claw, thumbknuckle, snakehand, palm smash/palm heel, inside outside down back hammer fists, 2 and 4 finger eye strikes, single interknuckle strike, middle interknuckle strike, inter knuckle (4 finger) strike, inside outside shuto, spear hand, uppercut wrist strikes (usually to the jaw and temple).

kick - snapping front, Teep, snapping side, breaking side, back kick, spinning side kick, 3 variations of roundhouse (striking with the chin (breaking roundhouse) striking with the instep, striking with the ball of the foot). Inside and outside Crescent, Axe kick, Stomp, butterfly, half moon (inside, outside) heel rake.

elbow - 12-6 elbow (Down elbow) uppercut elbow, 45 degree uppercut angle, 45 degree downward angle, inside elbow, outside elbow, rear elbow, lunge elbow.

knees - uppercut knee, drop knee, thrust knee, roundhouse knee, inside knee slap, outside knee slap.

➥ Vocabulary Tips Masterlist

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Here are the edits of some Roy and Riza wallpapers. I do not own the wallpapers they belong to their respective authors but I do own the edits. Please tell me if you like them

Third picture: Wot in tarnation

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