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Fullmetal Alchemist: Under the Faraway Sky by Masumi Washington, Hiromu Arakawa, Makoto Inoue

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adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0 

This is split into two parts, the first being with Edward and Alphonse Elric and the second part focusing on Colonel Mustang, Major Hughes, and Major Armstrong. 

I loved both stories. Ed and Al's focused on the brothers being stuck in a village after Ed comes down with a bad cold and they run into a childhood friend apprenticed to a doctor there. It was fun to see the brothers interact with another friend from Risembol that wasn't Winry. And the story with Mustang, Hughes, and Armstrong was just as fun because while it had serious aspects to it, it was mostly a lighthearted moment with the men, getting to have fun with the village children and not just being members of the military (I know we get a lot of Hughes with his wife and daughter, which we still got, but this was great). 

The book does a really great job at pointing out how in the story of Fullmetal Alchemist, children are largely forced into adulthood or adult responsibilities while they are in fact still children, which is something that always stuck out to me in the original media. 

The only thing that stood out as weird to me is that one of the characters in part two was named Rose and there's a fairly prominent main character in the shows named Rose. I know in real life people have the same name, but not usually in media unless it's for a reason and it wasn't ever mentioned.

Thank you to NetGalley and VIZ Media LLC for making this available in exchange for an honest review!

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