Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood

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Berhubung belum punya bahan untuk posting, ini sekedar repost dari Tumblr gue ;) (link ada di page sebelah kanan). Isinya kesan dan pesan setelah namatin Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood. Yesyesyes I'm an otaku for this series :)))

Whoaaa~ what a wrap! I just finished the tearful road of watching Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood and it was such the best anime I’ve ever watched! I am not an anime nerd but when it comes to FMA Brotherhood I’ll give no doubt: I am this anime’s biggest admirer XD This anime is extremely good. If I have to describe it in words, it will be like TOUCHING, BRAVE, HEART-BREAKING, EMOTIONAL and, of course, AWESOME!!!

                For me, this is a memorable time since it was not easy for me to catch this anime up until the ending. It began when I was in senior high school; maybe on the second grade to be precise. I had TV cable in my house and I knew FMA Brotherhood through Animax. At first, I knew nothing at all about this anime. The ads said that this was the most anticipated anime in year 2009. Then my curiosity led me to start watching. Since then, I tried to never miss the broadcast of this anime in TV. In short, this anime captured my heart. Perhaps it’s because of the cuteness and great spirit of Elric brothers. I LOVE them so much. Besides that, I always love action. Since this anime offered me big portions of it, there’s no way for me not to fall in love.

                Then, this unfortunate event came. My father accidentally changed the TV cable package, which did not include Animax channel!!! It was devastating (really) and it made me so upset. He refused to switch the package again even though I begged for countless times…  I only watched the episode up to twenty-something; still a long way to finish. It upset me more when I saw the TV schedule and there was FMA Brotherhood airing but I could not turn on the channel T-T

                However, that was not the end of my journey. I started to go to comic rental and rented the manga version of FMA Brotherhood. It has the exact storyline as the anime, so it was really relieving. The period of me renting the mangas was around the end of my second grade until the mid of my third grade. After that, because I have to prepare for exams, I did not have the chance to catch up. And so, thanks to my busy life in campus, I never had the time to continue reading. Luckily, I have a good friend of mine who has the complete episodes of FMA Brotherhood anime!!! It happened in the end of semester 2 in my freshman year. I tweeted about FMA Brotherhood and he said he has all the episodes! Then, I copied them to my laptop and wait for holiday to come.

     After doing many activities and duties during this long holiday, thank God finally I have real holiday. My willing to finish watching this anime was also triggered by my juniors and a colleague (who are also fans of FMAB) and pursued me to continue watching. Indeed, one thing that made me  put off watching FMAB is because I’m not ready to face the sad ending (in case, it has one). They convinced me that it does not have sad one. Therefore, starting from the August 10th until 11th in the midnight (00.00 or more), I successfully finished it! XD The first day was for episode 28-42 and the second day for 43-64(end). I completely did not go outside my house during those two days. I stayed from bed to bed, sometimes covered in blanket, and watched it in my laptop. Kinda isolated, but that’s perfectly okay XD

Well then, that’s my three years journey. It put a lot of efforts, didn’t it? But it was all worth it!!!  Why? Because FMAB is AMAZING~ I think it’s rare to find such great anime like this nowadays. I mean this is good in almost all aspects: the characters, storyline, the artwork, the effect…  What makes me so faithful in this anime is the characters. Where in the world will you find such brave, mighty, generous, funny, kind-hearted characters like Al and Ed?? I also love some other characters, for instance, Hohenheim, May, and Mustang. They made the story alive. I can imagine the painful road Al and Ed had to go through because of the path they chose… Perhaps I’m being too sentimental, but FMAB is so meaningful for me. It teaches about courage, affection, faith, and to never give up whatever the condition is-no matter how devastating life is. What a story! I mentioned the tearful road before, and it’s true. I cried during the last episodes, especially when Al sacrificed himself for Ed, Al returned to his body, and Ed saved Al and brought him out of the Gate (well, that’s plenty XD).

Even though the whole story is a tragedy, I am satisfied with the ending. Al and Ed accomplished their mission to recover their body (except for Ed’s leg) and damn! Al was so cool and handsome when he fully recovered XDD When Al’s soul returned to his body, I was like “Finally…” and tears streamed down my face T-T My other favorite part is when Al, Ed, and Winry reunited again… Welcome home, Al, Ed :D However I expected there will be something more between Al and May, they’re sweet couple X”D

Anyway, it’s an epic conclusion. I’m glad I also accomplished my mission to watch FMAB till the very end. I hope I can watch the OVA too (still searching for available download links). So sad but also happy knowing that it’s over, but hey, I still can continue the story in my mind the way I want it to be, right? Imagination, let’s play :p I also plan to read the ending part of manga version to find whether there are extra stories (hopefully there are!!!) and to browse the FMAB cool pics to collect~

Touching, beautiful, and unforgettable… Thanks, Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood!!! :D  Alphonse and Edward Elric, aishiteru yo!!!!!!

 

August 12th, 2012

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