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Delay

Aaaand it’s too late to start the movie today. Sorry. Will do so tomorrow.

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Rebuild 2.22: You Can (Not) Advance Post-Credits Scene

Last time, Third Impact happened way, way earlier than in the show.

Now, for this scene! Which is apparently very relevant and important. Three... two... one... 

Start!

We begin with an overhead shot of Th-

what

was that

THE FUCKING LONG LANCE

WHAT

...and just like that, no Third Impact.

...what?

KAWORU? 

OH SO IT WAS YOU YOU MAGNIFICENT FUCKING-

Wait, this time?

Ok is this confirmation this is a post-EoE in-universe reboot? How else would Kaworu have met Shinji and failed to make him happy?

And, stopping Third Impact like that... I don’t know how to feel about that.

Ok, i do. Disappointed. What kind of movie has its post-credits scene completely and entirely negate the meaning and weight of the climax? Of the ending? 

I’m... going to be cautious about 3.33. I hope they make this work.

There’s also the possibility that it just looks like Third Impact stopped, but that’s horseshit.

Well, that’s that. 2.22 was a spectacle through and through, like 1.11, but i didn’t really like that post-credits scene. Here’s hoping they can make it work in 3.33.

Seeya!

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Hey!

Last time, i abandoned this blog entirely because i was getting too antsy to watch FMA: B and said nothing about it. Sorry about that. I’m caught up now.

Now, i’m going to liveblog something completely different. The third movie of the Rebuild series of Neon Genesis Evangelion, 3.33: You Can (Not) Redo. But first, i’ll have to liveblog 2.22′s post-credits scene, which i apparently skipped because i didn’t realize there was one. Whoops.

Starting up in about 1 to 2 hours! I probably won’t get it all done today, but this week at most.

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Fulllmetal Alchemist Brotherhood Episode 5 Liveblog

Last time, pain. Now, for episode 5! Three, two, one, and…

Start!

Episode 5, Rain of Sorrow!

Huh, starting with a flashback. Weird. Or maybe this is a dream?

YEP IT’S A NIGHTMARE LORDY BLORDY NOPE

GAAAAAH

GIVE ED SOME THERAPY 2K17

Hm. Does Al even sleep? If not, what does he do while Ed rests? Just… read?

And now they know X-scar man killed the two of them. Wonder what turn will this take.

Oooh, infighting/withholding of intel between state alchemists. Noice. Love me some political intrigue.

Wait. Didn’t he die? Can one of the sins reanimate dead people and control them? That’d be fucking awful.

I’m astonished so many people are THIS dense, to the point of forgetting that Leto himself said that he basically a huge fraud. What fanatism can do to people is amazing.

“Humans are such simple beings.” Yep, not a human. …Are the sins human? Or were they once human, but no longer?

The “humans never learn, no matter how many times history repeats itself” makes me think these sins can maybe be ageless. Since they would have seen firsthand said history.

Hah, I was right. Envy, eh? The final of the three sins that show up in the ED and OP (which I have to remember to do a liveblog of), who has their tattoo in their… leg?  I predicted  eye because of, y’know, looking at stuff you’re envious of, but ok. He seems cool enough.

“An important human sacrifice.” Hm. For who/what?

Gluttony stop being a gross fuck please

So he’ll go by Scar. Sure.

Fuuuuuuck. He’ll go to Ed, won’t he? Shit.

And here’s the titular Rain of Sorrow. I assume Scar will appear him and the rest of the ep will be a fight scene that ends in a draw or Scar sparing Ed, most likely.

I don’t really see how separating Nina and Alexander would be impossible. Tucker probably could do it. Although I suppose mashing together the two and then trying to separate them with every little organ in the right place would be way harder.

That’s not true. The simple fact that you don’t think you’ve grown, and you regret it, shows you did grow.

“I always thought that rain would wash away these pent-up feelings… but every drop that hits my face just fills me with more misery.”

Get an umbrella, then.

And the rain hits his helmet, making the trails his tear would make, had he the ability to cry at all.

Yo Scar.

NICE QUICK THINKING, AL.

What the fuck is up with his hands?

Ed: RUN AWAY!

So Scar’s power seems to be the ability to explode almost anything he touches. That’s awesome.

AL! NO!

Thank fuck, he’s fine.

Wait.

Ooooh.

His power is just “Destruction”. He has inorganic and organic destruction, it seems. He tried to use organic on Ed’s arm, but he has automail, so it didn’t work. That’s fucking cool.

WHAT THE FUCK

winry’s gonna be piiiiiiiiiiiiiiissed

WHEN DID YOU GET HERE

YOU’RE ALL IN FORMATION???

WHY DIDN’T YOU INTERFERE EARLIER YOU SHITS

Uh. Friend. You’re an alchemist too. Are you one of those “it’s fine when I do it” kinds of people or the “I’ll end myself as well when the time comes”?

Mustang. Babe. It’s raining. You’re as useful as Aquaman in the desert. Don’t.

Oh my god they made a “can’t get it up” joke. Classy.

Oh wow that’s fucking cool. So he just chooses to ignore the recomposition part and explodes everything? That’s awesome.

Oh shit. Now it all makes sense. He was an Ishbalan, which means he took the brunt of the civil war. He then saw the atrocities the state alchemists did and decided to fight against them, having regained hope through and because of religion.

HUGHES

Wait, Hughes isn’t an alchemist? Huh!

Ah, brotherly love.

Ah, suffering.

Yep, y’all are fucked right up.

YAY INFO

…the country is a circle.

The city was also a circle and it became a transmutation circle.

I think I just figured out the endgame.

Fuhrer you fucker.

And it seems I was right. All of Ishbal was exterminated, mainly because of the state alchemists. Fucking hell.

But to do that, you’ll have to go back to the village y’all lived in and get a fixer up, huh?

Yes! TIME FOR WINRY

And that was episode 5! A nice introduction to a new villain, some good emotional moments and a decent fight scene, but not really much else that would make it enjoyable to watch. I rate ep 5 a 7/10.

 See you next time!

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Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood Episode 4 Liveblog

Double feature! Last time, We found a priest with a (possibly fake) Philosopher’s Stone, a minor character that probably won’t get any more screentime but damn I wish she did because she’s cute as hell, Ed saying he was an atheist EVEN THOUGH HE ACTUALLY MET GOD IN PERSON, and the formal introduction of two of the deadly sins, Lust and Gluttony. Now, for episode 4! Three, two, one, and…

Start!

Strange that the narration itself says that the stone was, in fact, a fake, because that’s actually impossible. If it was fake, how was the priest capable of those impossible uses of alchemy, creating shit out of thin air, ignoring equivalent exchange? It’s obvious the stone just ran out of fuel ESPECIALLY BECAUSE AT THE END OF EPISODE 1 LUST HERSELF SAID THAT ISAAC’S STONE RAN OUT CONFIRMING THAT THEY CAN RUN OUT. Christ.

That moon is too big. What the fuck happened to the moon?

MUSTACHE MAN.

Oh hey, here’s the guy I’ve been spoiled on being a villain that turns hero later on. Neat. Also, Iron Blood Alchemist? How does that work?

THAT LOOKS AWESOME AS HELL, DAMN!

So is he just a discount Fullmetal? He seems to be able to only manipulate metal.

LORDY LOO THERE HE GO

Can X guy manipulate explosions or something?

No don’t hurt the Armstrong he is pure

“Traitors”? What makes you think he’s a traitor and not just an independent party, or an ally of an invading/enemy country? Do you know him? You probably know him.

“Havoc”? Well that’s a cool fucking name, damn

Again with the dislike for Roy. Why?

Sewing-Life. Is that similar to Machi’s (HxH) power? Or just chimerization?

Just chimeras, ok.

WHY DO YALL HATE EACHOTHER, THE FUCK HAPPENED?

Does this guy care about ethics at al-

Oh.

Oh no.

This is the episode, isn’ it?

buckle up lads we’re going on a feels trip

Jesus lord.

And there are the dog and girl. Fuck me in the ass.

“A tough past” doesn’t even begin to describe it.

What the fuck are you planning. I mean, I know what you’re planning, but what, why, who, and WHY?

YOU FUCKING BASTARD.

LOOK AT HER, SHE’S SO HAPPY!

AND THE DOG! THE FUCKING DOG!

I’M SO FUCKING PISSED

what the fuck is the dog doing

The mighty Fullmetal Alchemist, defeated. I can’t believe Ed is fucking dead.

I think I have a preeeeeeeeeetty good idea on what the assessment will be.

God fucking dammit.

They look so happy, mother of fuck. I’m so sad and mad and pissed and fucking-

OH HEY IT’S DAD HI DAD HOW ARE YO- and flashback over.

They’re sooo happyyyyyyyyyyyyy

Shou I fucking hate you. Just so you know.

Again with the Ishbal civil war. From what I’ve gathered so far, my theory is that it was a rebellion formed by the aforementioned Ishbal and possibly other states/provinces/whatever that turned into a bloody enough war (see the amount of casualties) that they had to alchemist-nuke the entirety of Ishbal. Let’s see how right I turn out to be.

GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM HER YOU SON OF A BITCH GO DIE

ding dong it’s time for suffering

Oh god their voice. It looks pained and unhuman.

Oh my fucking god. Did he also use his wife? MotherFUCKER!

EDWARD KILL THIS FUCKER RIGHT NOW

YOU’RE NOT THE FUCKING SAME. THE CHOICES WHO STARTED YOU DOWN YOURPATHS MAY HAVE BEEN SIMILAR, BUT ED AND AL DID SOMETHING YOU DIDN’T. THEY REGRET IT. AND THEY PAID FOR THEIR MISTAKE. YOU PIECE OF SHIT JUST KEPT ON GOING WITHOUT GIVING A SINGULAR FLYING FUCK ABOUT THE LIVES OF YOUR WIFE AND MOTHERFUCKING DAUGHTER YOU GINORMOUS PIECE OF DEMONIC EXCREMENT

Yes. Good. Kill him.

Oh god now I feel bad.

Are you fucking serious right now? HE NON-CONSENTUALLY FUSED HIS FUCKING INNOCENT DAUGHTER AND DOG INTO AN UNHOLY ABOMINATION. YOU GUYS JUST KILL CRIMINALS, AT BEST. THERE IS A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO.

Yes good kill him please

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

NO YOU DFUFKMCIGN AFIOENODFIEANS STOP

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

FUCK YOU

ok that was episode 4 fuck everything bye

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Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood Episode 3 Liveblog

Last time, we delved into the Elric brothers’ backstory and ended off with a somber look at the adventure beyond. Today, we (probably) arrive in Liore. Three, two, one, and…

Start!

And we start off with the running gag. Wee.

Episode 3, City of Heresy!

Hey, a lying religious leader using the promise of god to lead the masses astray. Although I guess it’s not really lying, since a Philosopher’s Stone probably would give everyone those boons. However, that would assume everyone gets one, or they can be shared, which I doubt, so most likely he’d just keep his for himself.

Ed………

And there it is. The Philosopher’s Stone. I wonder what will happen that will make the Elrics not get it this time.

Well hello there lady with two completely different hair colors. Will you be a main/intermediate character? Or a villain?

To be fair that’s kinda what praying is to some people. A solution beyond mortal science.

And there it is. He’s forgetting the soul. The thing that makes us a living being and not a mix of substances and material.

“We don’t believe in the existence of God”

YOU LITTLE SHIT LITERALLY MET GOD THEMSELF. DID YOU JUST FORGET? THE FUCK

Christ, again? Will this joke ever end?

Wow, a gun made with metal and spears with metal tips. I wonder how this is gonna go.

But this does make me think that in the future, when Ed and Al are more well-known, people will take the magneto approach and start using plastic or similar stuff in their weapons, as to weaken the bros.

They didn’t even need to use alchemy. lmao

So her name is Rose. Cool name.

So that’s why she believes him. She believes his promises of bringing back the dead. If she gives up hope on that…

I can feel the infamous rushed pacing especially in this scene. I assume in 2003/the manga the brothers spent a lot more time with Rose, so this scene with her hesitating so much to kill them would make more sense. As it is now, it just… doesn’t feel right.

Rose: IS HE OK? Ed: He lost his head. Rose: BUT IS HE OK? Ed: Yeah, he’s fine.

Is Al completely invincible? Or if someone, say, completely melted the armor, would he die or just… inhabit a metal brick for all eternity? Is there a time limit for this thing? Does he even feel pain?

OH HEY CHIMERA COOL

KNOWING WHAT I KNOW ABOUT SOMEONE CALLED NINA THIS IS TROUBLING TO SAY THE LEAST

Holy lord, those scars in his right shoulder look painful as hell. I now understand why the grandma said he’d be coughing up blood if he tried to accelerate the implanting process.

AND SURPRISE MINIGUN OK SURE

Why is everything suddenly so cartoony. What happened to the atmosphere. What

So if you sacrifice yourself or someone else, it should be fine, right? If the one thing y’all were missing was a soul, and you add a soul to the mix… although that wouldn’t work because every soul is unique and without equal, since no one person is the same, so forget that idea.

Where does Al’s voice come from? The neck circle? The helmet? Probably the circle tbh

Random observation time: I love how Ed’s eyebrows are drawn, reminds me a lot of my own zigzag style.

Wow what a shitty evil plan. And Ed agrees.

HOW DID HE NOT NOTICE THAT

Oh dear god his arm

Oh, poetic justice, how I love you so.

And then it ran out. Wow, perfect timing.

No ed bby it’s not fake it just runs out

Good god this is just heartbreaking. This poor woman.

Ed is right, here. You just have to keep walking. Keep going. Keep living.

And here are the two first Sins. Lust and Gluttony, as predicted.

OH CHRIST

Wait hold up.

Father?

Who is this?

Satan?

Good lord Gluttony.

Ok so that seems to be the mark of the sins. And its placement seems to be related to what sin they represent. Lust’s is over her heart, Gluttony’s is in his tongue. If I were to guess, I’d say Wrath’s will be in their arm/fist, Sloth in the belly, Greed in the palm of their hand, Envy in the eye and Pride in the middle of the chest. Let’s see how many I get right.

And that’s the episode! Pretty weak, honestly, at least compared to the other two. Not many revelations, only a few questions raised (who is father? Was the stone a fake or do they run out? Is god a dick?), and the rushed pacing really hurt its emotional core with Rose. I rate episode 3 a 6/10.

I’ll see you next time for more!

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Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood Episode 2 Liveblog

Last time, we got started with a pretty good first episode. Now, onto episode 2, which seems to be delving into the Elric Brothers’ Backstory! Three, two, one, and…

Start!

And we’re starting on a train! A bit of a cold opening, but I can dig it. They did say they were going to this place last ep. Also, High Priest who makes miracles? In a world of alchemy, is that such a weird thing?

It’s alchemy. Kids. Please. It’s obviously alchemy.

Oh, that makes sense. They think that making flowers out of nothing would require a philosopher’s stone. That’s fair.

Where did these kids get that book. How do they know about alchemy to the point of having tried human transmutation? Is it their dad? It’s probably their dad.

Episode 2: The Day It Began.

Well hello there Elric mom. You have the dead anime mom hairstyle. If I didn’t already know their backstory I would be pretty sure you’d die by now.

Yep, it was their dad! Apparently he’s not only a knowledgeable person in alchemy related things, he’s also a person who *studies* alchemy.

And he’s an absentee father. Great.  The kids are also stated to be prodigies once again, if it wasn’t clear already. I’m not against characters who are prodigies and/or complete dumbasses (see: I like both Re: Zero and Hunter x Hunter), so I just hope they do something good with this and it isn’t just a get out of jail free card for the main characters to be able to develop skills “way faster than a normal person could!”.

Everyone in this family is cute as heck, wtf.

And there she goes. Kind of non-chalantly, but hey.

Good god their dad’s a dick. What the fuck kind of person doesn’t go to their SO’s funeral?

Winry. Who are you? You were in the OP, alongside Ed and Al, so I think you’re their sister, but you don’t seem to be part of their family. Whaaaat?...

Ed, what the fucking fuck? Where do you get off?

Oh, she just lives with them in a foster home. That makes sense. Also lel at Ed being insecure about his height ever since he was *as tall as his younger brother*.

The only stew you’re having tonight is a stew of pain, suffering and sadness

Ed please don’t do a necromancy

GOOD LORD

I GUESS GOD GOT THE MEMO SOME DARK SHIT WAS GOING DOWN AND MADE SURE TO ADJUST THE LIGHTING

Huh. A recipe for all the components in a human. Neat. Although I remember having watched a video that debunked this, I’ll just go with it.

I feel the need to mention that purposefully not showing us the children’s eyes really adds to the unease of this scene and was a great cinematographic choice.

JESUS CHRIST RINNEGAN OUT OF THE ASS WHY GOD

JESUS JELLY FUCKING CHRIST IN A PEANUT BUTTER SANDWICH NO

And we’re in limbo

OH HEY BODILESS BEING HOW ARE YOU

…what

I never thought god could be this sassy

W h a t    t h e    f u c k

Wait. No. Back up. Back right the fucking fuck up.

I recognize that body shape.

That’s Gluttony’s body shape.

IS GLUTTONY GOD? WHAT THE FUCK

nope. done. Goodbye

The fucking VA work in this scene is absolutely breathtaking, dear god.

And I guess that’s their story of how they got to this point. Even knowing this ahead of time, the execution was a total 10/10. Loved it.

“We did”

hughes and roy you poor souls what have you witnessed

They certainly have, christ almighty.

They’re just… broken. They had their mother’s return right in their reach, and it was violently taken from them, along with their bodies. This is heartbreaking.

Riza Hawkeye. Nice to have a name.

tbh I thought she was winry until just this moment so uh yeah

The clear overlap between Riza saying that the choice lies in the brothers and Roy’s speech on basically saying “yknow if you go to the army you maybe wont have an absolutely horrible life maybe” shows that they don’t, in fact, have a choice, and I love that.

As an aside, can I just say I love what anime does with the removal of the shine and pupils in a broken person’s eyes? It just looks really appealing to me.

Ed is a fucking determinator. You don’t break a determinator. You don’t stop a determinator. You just briefly delay them.

And here comes the automail. I wonder if there’s a pseudoscience explanation on to how it works or we just gotta take it in stride.

Wait, so their master (which I forgot to talk about earlier, sorry) can use alchemy without a circle. But the following scene seems to imply you have to have seen The Truth in order to do so. Who is their master, and what the fuck did they do to meet God?

Also holy shit I didn’t even think of that. Manipulating metal + metal arm/leg = Cool Shit

I CANT BELIEVE ED IS FUCKING DEAD

“uncute machine freak”

That is the worst insult I’ve ever heard

AL’S FACE,,,, BBY,,,,,,,,, YOU SHIP IT TOO DON’T YOU,,,

Oh hey there Fuhrer King Monarch Leader President Master Man.

Ed why are you lyi- wait I forgot. Taboo. Yeah, you should be lying. Also again with the Ishbal war. What the fuck is up with it?

ED SON YOU DON’T JUST GO CHARGING IN THE FUHRER KING MONARCH PRESIDENT LEADER MASTER MAN’S DIRECTION WITH A WEAPON UP LIKE THAT YOU’RE GONNA GET SHOT

Fucking shrekt

Aw, Winry’s gonna miss them. Cutie.

Ok show the paper was not written in that order at all but ok

And thus, the Fullmetal Alchemist is born.

And with a shot of Liore, along with adventure, looming in the distance, we end things off with the second episode.

Well that was fantastic! Especially the whole alchemy and God segment. This show just got a whole lot more interesting.

I rate episode 2, a 9/10! I’ll see you tomorrow for episode 3.

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Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Episode 1 Liveblog

Start!

Oh, yeah, I think I’ve already seen the… first half of the first ep? I definitely remember this city and the ensuing chase scene.

Ayyy, Roy, my guy. There you are.

“Fuhrer”? So this is based on Germany? Huh. Neat.

Ayyy, Ed, my guy.            

EDUARUDO ERURIKO

Jesus christ Alfonse, your voice does not fit your design. Although I guess that’s the point.

               >using guns in a fantasy setting

You guys deserved to die/be incapacitated. Also, cool arm-thing, ice dude.

Ok THAT guy is definitely dead. Holy shit. Ice can be a pretty fucking scary power in less Y/PG settings.

Aaand dead as well. Huh, so he can also affect boiling.

Hello, exposition. Nice to see you there.

OOOOOH, so Ed can manipulate the shape/form of metal! That’s cool!

Ok, so you need a transmutation circle (probably that drawing in ice guy’s arm thing) to do alchemy, unless you’re uber-cool, like the protagonists and intermediate/major villains.

Oh hell yes prosthetics. They’re also called “Automail” apparently.

Aaaand title drop! Awesome.

And here’s the “IM THE FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST AND NO I’M NOT SHORT FUCK YOU” running gag. I hope it doesn’t get grating after a while.

Damn bro that was slick

So Ed is a bit of the “arrogant badass”. Interesting choice for a shonen-ish protagonist.

“the war”

?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

Yeah, there’s the “fixing your body” thing.

HELLO NEW MAN HOW AR-wait

Fuck

I think this is the guy that is killed by his possessed wife. I recognize his glasses.

Well then, another situation where I have been spoiled on a character’s death from the beginning. Shit.

And, again, the guy confuses Al with Ed. Running gag secured.

Hughes! Ok.

ooooooooh noooooooooooooooooo the pictureeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Rip Hughes. I barely know you.

Please let at least the daughter be ok. Please. p l e a s e

do not angery the Ed

It’s in moments like this i wish i could have images in my posts. lmao

Wow subs, you didn’t even bother translating “itadakimasu”? I fear I may have gotten weeb fansubs. Welpsies.

 And they’re trying to cover for Al, to not let people know he doesn’t really have a body anymore. I wonder why. Is it a weakness somehow?

That guard doesn’t look fine. Is the poor man dead

Well hello there Crimson, nice to meet another villain

Kimblee! I feel like I’ve read that name before. Hm.

Huh, so these villains want to overthrow the Fuhrer’s militaristic rule. A good cause to have your villains fight for, honestly. Makes it easier to sympathize w/ them.

Yep, the guard is dead. Rip.

my heart

al u nugget

Bradley. Is that the fuhrer? I forgot his name.

AND HERE HE IS. THE MAN, THE MYTH, THE LEGEND, ARMSTRONG.

wat

flying armstrong heads

k

bros to the rescue

oh hey, fire and ice. good shit.

DENIED

we summoning satan now boys

oh shit philosopher’s stone LET’S GO BOYS

Although this is the first episode still, so yeah, either it isn’t the Stone of they lose it.

Again with the “you don’t know what this country is doing!” shit. I’m really curious. Is it going to be something generic, or genuinely awesome?

Good lord Isaac, mind the collateral damage.

And here’s what i thought was gonna happen. The city being a perfect circle was way too conspicuous. I didn’t think it was gonna be an ep 1 deal though.

Wait, King Bradley? Wasn’t he Fuhrer Bradley? Is he King Bradley, the Fuhrer? Wow.

Oh, so Al can use metalchemy too! Cool! We had only seen fight CQC so far so i wondered if he even could do it.

And here is the “im an armor my guy lel” reveal. I wonder what they’ll do with this plot point.

And here is the backstory. I sadly already know all this from browsing and hearing anime stuff for years so none of this is new, but it’s still very fucking cool. I wonder why it was so... uneven, though. Why did Ed, the one who actually did the alchemy, only lose two limbs, while Al lost his whole body? Question, questions, questions.

Isaac, you’re fucked.

TUMBLING DOWN, TUMBLING DOWN, TUMBLING DOWN,

OH MY FUCKING GOD WERE THOSE BLOOD SPEARS???? JESUS SHITTING CHRIST

Good god Ed are you okay, that looked like it went very deep.

Guys, you’re mooks in an action anime. You’re virtually useless.

See, that’s what you should do. Wait for a main character to show up and fix shit/make it worse.

Roy: The weather... My only weakness...

Well hello there sudden color pallete and atmosphere change. We’re going horror/thriller now? Ok.

You aggro’d the boss. You’re fucked.

Yep, roflstomped.

Huh, the blood is now gray, but this little orb is the red thing now... Is this the philosopher’s stone?

And it just... evaporated. What the fuck was that? His essence? His soul?

ARMSTRONG WAS LOSING THE SHIRT REALLY NECESSARY

And that guy i forgot to comment on again. Who is this man?

Fuhrer President King Bradley. I’m done.

“A helping hand” buddy you’d have killed him easily even without Ed’s help.

Hughes you beautiful man

“A” philosopher’s stone? There’s more than one?

And here’s the Armstrong i know. Overly Flamboyant Manly Man.

YAMEROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Why hello there villain lady. What’s your deal?

“Oh, so he used it all up.” So that red orb *was* the stone! He just overused it and it “died” simultaneously as he did.

Oh, so these are the sin characters. Gluttony, and i’m willing to bet the woman is Lust based on her design.

“It” will begin? What will?

And episode 2 will be a backstory episode! I’ll probably have less to talk about there because i already know mostly everything (i think) so i might squeeze it in later today.

And that was the first episode! I can definitely see the foundations of a great series. Although it hasn’t yet hit me with the “best anime of all time” a lot of people seem to give. But, HxH also didn’t until late Chimera Ants arc, so i’ll give this some time. I rate Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, episode 1, an 8/10!

I’ll be hanging out over at Zephyr’s discord until i start episode 2, so see you there if you’re there! And if you’re not, what are you doing with your life?

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Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Liveblog: Introduction, and What I Know

As an avid fan of @zephyrthejester, who will today start liveblogging FMA: B, a show I have never watched, I feel like it is my duty to liveblog it before him so as to catch up on it. I will aim for three episodes a day, so forgive me if it’s not as in-depth as you’d wish. I also probably will skip Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, because of schedules and routine shenanigans. Alongside that I will also not use any images in them, because my ridiculously terrible internet can’t handle posts with more than .01 images in them.

Now, onto what I know about the series. Be advised this might even be stuff that isn’t in Brotherhood, only in 2003, so. Yeah. Also, Zephyr, don’t read these. Or else you’ll be spoiled. Probably.

-There are characters/villains based on the seven deadly sins

-Greed is a cinnamon roll and/or a terrible person

-“Big…. Brother……”. You know what I’m talking about.

-The big bad is a woman

-The existences of Roy Mustang and Armstrong

-A guy gets killed by his possessed wife and there’s a picture of his family and blood everywhere and it’s real sad

-There’s this one old(?) guy with an X-shaped scar in his face that starts as a villain but becomes an awkward friend

-The basic premise. Mom dies, Ed tries to revive with alchemy, gets fucked, along with his brother, yadda yadda Philosopher’s Stone.

Let’s do this.

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are you still doing this?

Kind of?... Neither Higurashi or Cucumber Quest really grabbed me so far, so motivation to do it is low. Also the fact that i can’t post images because of my ridiculously shitty internet really messes it up. 

And i’ve kind of lost the reason i actually STARTED the higurashi liveblog in the first place, so...

In the end of the day, it comes down to a few questions: Would you guys be ok with posts with next to no images, like the mini-storm of the room liveblog? Should i continue Cucumber Quest, because it gets better later (although i realize i haven’t got past the PROLOGUE)...

I might look for a new series to liveblog (most likely an anime, and NGE was one i was thinking of doing)

So this ended up turning into an update post. Whoops. Hope i answered your question, though!

[alma-liveblogs]

Storm in the Room mini liveblog

alright ill start mini-lbing it in one comment

WE

and the 2 min segment i already saw, skipping

connie's leg tapping is just. too relatable. i know your pain

ENTROPY MUFFINS

rip connie's mom

connie stop projecting

CONNIE

MY MUFFIN

*oh my god the mindful education meditation*

aw she's still ok. rip my theory.

AS THE ONLY SON OF A VETERINARIAN I CAN RELATE TOO HARD TO THIS.

"so he's back from spa"

"no, i said *space*""huh"

my sides

where are the gems

did he just take that mac and cheese package out of the microwave with his bare fucking hands? jesus christ steven

OH GOD STORM OUT OF THE FUCKING ETHER

mac and cheese rain soup is something i never knew i needed to see

oh boy here we go

surprised it took half the ep to get here. let's see where this goes.

just noticed this doesnt have "and rebecca sugar". im surprised.

rose's...... thighs............................. *sweats*

rip GC. again.

this really is his interpretation of his mom.this is fucking fascinating. almost all his knowledge of her manifesting in this seems to be stereotypical mom stuff, and her "love everything" mentality, manifesting even in sports. you can even notice this isnt a hologram made by rose for him to once see because of her laugh when she's formed; it's not her laugh. the story of steven laugh, the *steven* laugh. it's... fake.

fucking...., charlie brown.............

oh god the Anime Eye Shadow. it returns.

tHIS FUCKING OST,,,,, END MY LIFE,,,,,

"i even thought of dying my hair pink"

show me this

please

and now her "wonderful just how it is" mentality shines through. this episode is fucking good.

steven bby pls no cry. let me hug u. pls

WAIT HOLY SHIT. THE PHONE DOESNT SHOW ANYTHING?

...this... holy shit. they just explained the room. (note i havent played past the part his phone shows up blank beside himself). the room is just an induced hallucination. it doesnt create matter, illusory or not.OH MY GOD DD D D D

THIS SCENE

THIS LIGHTING

THIS OST

BEST SCENE IN THE SHOW GOD FUCKING DAMN 10000/10

THERE THEY ARE THEY WENT TO GET A *FUCKING PIZZA*

also amethyst with the sonic entry goddamn

"they were all out of pepperoni, so i got you mushroom. i hope that's alright"

"it's perfect."

and her "everything is beautiful" mentality lives on, in him. he's everything good rose was, and more. steven is the new leader of the crystal gems; the leader they deserve.

well that was fucking amazing. 10/10.

[alma-liveblogs]

Today's liveblog brought to you by @trashcouch, the best friend in the world, for posting instead of me personally because my internet can't handle 33 MBs worth of tumblr post.

~Alma

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Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni Episode 02 Liveblog

Start!

Aaaand we begin right around where we left off, if my memory serves me correctly. Sadly, this download I used seems to be the infamous dub, however since I’m not patient enough to wait another 5 days to redownload everything again for the sub, I guess I’ll have to use this for now.

OH CHRIST THAT SCARED ME.

“Well fuck me in the ass with a tetane-infused cactus.”

Ah yes thank you for the dramatic close-up, I didn’t notice the HUGE FUCKING SWORD THE FIRST TIME.

What the fuck even is that, a cleaver?

The face of our hero.

…are you telling me she wasn’t really going to kill him, the dark anime eyeshadow was just there as a figment of Kei’s imagination?

Fucking christ.

Ok so intro time again, but… it sounds a bit distorted now… almost like if it had interference.

Huh.

I recently watched a Let’s Play of Oxenfree, so I’m worried.

A festival, huh? Let’s hope it all goes well.

(ahahahahahahahaha)

“So what’s this festival all about, anyway?”

“Oh, we just take all our old, worn-out clothes, blankets and the like and pay our respects to them by throwing them in the river.”

“Well that doesn’t sound very ecofriendly now does it?”

“We don’t really care.”

Once again, Kei is me.

And thus, it begins. For real this time.

Back to this dude I see.

Photo guy, please do not

rena, calm yourself

I agree she’s cute as fuck but holy shit, take a deep breath

“The cotton absorbs all the bad stuff from your body”

Somebody cover all these five children in eighteen layers of cotton stat

Oh hey, a new face.

The main character is asking questions about the weird shit going on

It’s a fucking miracle

“I think it was the same day as today, actually.”

“Oh fucking shit waffles.”

“Oyashiro”? Nah, it was just a bunch of murderous girls. Nothing unusual here.

Either Kei is the new victim or my name isn’t Alma

Well he’s still alive.

You guys can call me Shitty Schedules Mcgee from now on.

“Hey kid. Come into my car. I have some candy there too.”

“Ahahaha no.” 

kei you dumb fuck

Well, I guess they were the victims this year. Rest in peace.

Jesus christ. Well that’s a painful way to die.

Is this fucker enlisting a high/middle school student in a murder case?

What the fuck, old man?

Alright, so: new info.

1.      Tomitake either was hit by the curse or “spirited away by the demon”, whatever that may mean. Knowing what I know about the show and what I’ve seen from the opening, I think this “demon” is, well, a demon, that during the story will possess the main cast and force them to kill each other to survive. However, there’s the whole time loop thing, which I still don’t know how will come into play. I do think it’ll probably be used to make it possible for the main cast to kill each other in various different… “configurations”, I’d say, without lasting repercussions.

2.      Rena believes herself to be next. Myon doesn’t, because Rena “came back”. This could mean that she was out of town and came back to the village, or maybe she was possessed once, possibly being the one to have carried out the first murder. Then, once every year, this demon possesses someone and uses them to kill another person, and/or themselves, possible people who aren’t native from the village who stay in it during the festival. Example: last night, he possessed both Tomitake and the woman, made her beat him and him claw out his own throat, then probably made her dispose of herself, by the river, waterfall or the dump.

3.      The girls are in on it, but… don’t seem to be the actual *causes* of the incidents. They may also just be victims in this whole debacle.

And I guess this Satoshi kid also mcfucking died. Well then. He wasn’t in the list of people dead due to the festival that Tomitake said, so… what gives?

Bullshit radar levels: rising

OH DEAR GOD. FUCK.

Ok so rescinding my previous “maybe they’re actually nice” comment.

Maybe this demon is kind of like… a hivemind? Idfk.

Although my mini-theory I forgot to mention of the reptile eyes being sign of Murder Mode™ seems to be right.

Yeah, nice job being a hypocrite, Kei.

Honestly I can’t even be mad at Rena here, at all. Trust is a two way street and all that.

“Its meaning is no different to the regular spirited away.”

And what would that be?

OOOOOOH! So, in this context, it would mean the people that just go missing, not found dead!

So the whole spirited away by the demon being a possession theory may just be bogus, and they were talking about if he died (hit by the curse) or “disappeared” (spirit away). They did make the distinction of spirited away *by the demon*, so something like that still seems to be a thing.

Neat.

“The village of the demon” I HATH CALLED THEE

A-HA! I KNEW IT!

Alright, so, they were discussing if Tomitake was one or the other. This makes me think that there’s a difference, something that causes one over the other. Maybe there really is possession involved, and they possess one of the two to kill, and then… dispose of the bodies of the killing party? I don’t know.

OH. OH. OOOOOOOOH.

I DON’T REALLY COMPREHEND WHAT THAT’D ENTAIL BUT OOOOOOOOOOOOOOH.

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Is this the time travelling at work?

What the hell

Oh.

Oh no.

Well Kei is fucking fucked.

And that’s the end of that.

This show has… promise, I’d say. It hasn’t hooked me yet, but I’m willing to bet it will at around episode 4 or 5. This episode was pretty full of revelations and a look into the mysteries surrounding this village, which I always like.

See you guys next time!

[alma-liveblogs]

I would just like to note: I know this post was made yesterday, but i’m still working on the liveblog. I decided to do what JIW does and make all the liveblog session a single post. I’ve been working on it since yesterday, because i started a bit late. Hold on, i’m almost done!

*ahem*

So, i think i should explain my absence for the last… two months.

I have no explanation. I’m just terribly lazy and can’t stick with something. 

That being said, i’m trying to come back to it now.

Starting the episode 2 of higurashi liveblog in a bit. 

[alma-liveblogs]

*ahem*

So, i think i should explain my absence for the last... two months.

I have no explanation. I’m just terribly lazy and can’t stick with something. 

That being said, i’m trying to come back to it now.

Starting the episode 2 of higurashi liveblog in a bit. 

[alma-liveblogs]

Well, that's the end of that!

A fairly good first episode, sets up the characters, the mystery, and leaves a good stinger that draws you in.

Color me intrigued!

I'll continue with episode 2 right after finishing the prologue of Cucumber Quest. Until then, seeya!

[alma-liveblogs]

she definitely sings "i wated to fart" here

beautiful