this was the series that started all the craziness, that plunged me into this world, the turning point that determined how i am now (japan-crazy, as my family puts it, and knowing a lot of interesting things and people). remember when we were a little younger, and relatively stress-free? we spent our breaks rushing through tankoubons, drawing the FMA symbol on the class board, and all over our worksheets and notebooks and any available surface, fangirling like only fangirls can, and enjoying every single minute of it. ahh, the days. the discoveries.
i'm glad i was, and am part of the madness. i salute the people behind it (you guys know who you are).
over these 4 years (yeah, i've not quite graduated from a noob yet), i've gone from the volumes, to zomgfta's scanlations, then to the really fast but really bad scanlations on onemanga when zomgfta gave up. though FMA wasn't the shiniest nor had the prettiest bishies, its emotions were the rawest and its fights were the most interesting. [edit: OMG i forgot - THE MOST EPIC OMAKES EVER. ever.] and i think i'll still be able to draw that symbol 30 years down the road.
so, it's over. (i suppose it's a good thing it didn't drag for long.) i guess i can always read it again. or finally get down to watch the anime. or stalk arakawa-sensei. or save and buy the books.
after all, it's just the beginning of many more good things to come.
harry potter
artemis fowl
terry pratchett
philip pullman
a series of unfortunate events
the chronicles of narnia
neil gaiman
anthony horowitz
james patterson
eragon
dan brown
the doomspell trilogy
suzuki koji
the magister trilogy
tamir triad
the series that started it all for me.
*mourns*
it ended all too perfectly.
but i love the irony - defying the meaning of "fullmetal", then the very meaning of "alchemist" itself.
embarrassing reminiscing stuff.
this was the series that started all the craziness, that plunged me into this world, the turning point that determined how i am now (japan-crazy, as my family puts it, and knowing a lot of interesting things and people).
remember when we were a little younger, and relatively stress-free? we spent our breaks rushing through tankoubons, drawing the FMA symbol on the class board, and all over our worksheets and notebooks and any available surface, fangirling like only fangirls can, and enjoying every single minute of it.
ahh, the days. the discoveries.
i'm glad i was, and am part of the madness. i salute the people behind it (you guys know who you are).
over these 4 years (yeah, i've not quite graduated from a noob yet), i've gone from the volumes, to zomgfta's scanlations, then to the really fast but really bad scanlations on onemanga when zomgfta gave up.
though FMA wasn't the shiniest nor had the prettiest bishies, its emotions were the rawest and its fights were the most interesting. [edit: OMG i forgot - THE MOST EPIC OMAKES EVER. ever.]
and i think i'll still be able to draw that symbol 30 years down the road.
so, it's over. (i suppose it's a good thing it didn't drag for long.)
i guess i can always read it again. or finally get down to watch the anime. or stalk arakawa-sensei. or save and buy the books.
after all, it's just the beginning of many more good things to come.