i dont get the comments about fma’s portrayal of war crimes and genocides and how it weirds them out when it’s an incredible anti-war animanga. how can you read/watch this series and think “hmm i think they’re taking it too lightly” when the entire plot line revolved around an racial extermination/genocide and how the soldiers who took part in mass murder are facing punishment by becoming sacrificial goats themselves.
do yall remember that olivier scene in the briggs summit where she said she enjoys the scenery because it’s almost in black and white? but bucaneer told her to look up at the blue sky and see that things are just not black and white? i think that yall are missing that part too.
one thing this series made obvious was that it is ANTI WAR. there’s no ifs and buts. the military in this verse is incredibly frowned upon despite being a military state, and the plot progression definitely showed why it should be. it revealed that every blood shed in amestrian history was instigated by the military. it couldn’t be MORE ANTI FASCIST THAN THAT.
but it gets complicated when it comes to characters like the soldiers who took part in the extermination and scar who killed in the name of revenge. this is where the gray areas come in. this is where characters like riza and dr marcoh who have a very complicated view on their life post-ishvalan war really gets you thinking. because these military dogs are as worse as their superiors but they hated what they did and they will carry their sins until they died. this is where characters like scar make shit even more complicated. because as a survivor of an extermination, I can’t help but root for him to see through his goals. but then he started targeting ed and al who had nothing to do with the ishvalan war. and then it gets revealed that he was the one to kill the rockbell doctors. and the three childhood friends had to live with the fact that the bad man who killed winry’s parents was a product of an never ending cycle of hate. and that he couldn’t be faulted for what he’s done but they still hated what he did. do yall get what i’m saying?
i have too many words for this incredible series but i think i might have to ponder my beans about it for now. one thing i can say is that: in no way does it take war lightly. it looks down on war crimes and paints fascism in no other way than a human’s greatest pit for their downfall. that’s the overall view. but if you micro-analyze the characters that put that overall view together, you see that things aren’t always black and white. it gets messy in a human’s mind, especially if you witness the horrors of a war. you kill, you feel guilt, but you have no choice but to go on and suffer in silence in consequence of the lives you’ve taken. we don’t even have to get to the debate on whether or not the amestrian soldiers are redeemable. the series more so focused on these character’s emotions and feelings about their crimes. as if the character themselves know that they’re far from redeemable. and they could only define their actions now that they’re picking up the pieces after bradley’s reign.
i like it so much! i wish we can get a FAT BUNCH of side stories because they were so cute! the slow burn was kinda BURNING so i think i do deserve a treat like 100 episodes of side story perhaps? BUT! it left out so many details that I wish I could see!
1) hyeon being st@lked by a guy in middle school? WILL YOU NOT ELABORATE?
2) the confession gifts to baekya? LIKE? are we not gonna see them at all?! was the only point of those to show that baekya is lowkey popular? understandable BUT PROCEED TO MY NEXT POINT
3) idk it this is an upload error BUT WE WEREN’T SHOWN ANY CONTENTS FROM THE LETTERS?! baekya and hyeon’s letters NOTHING. the gifts NOTHING. the blue haired guys letter to baekya NOTHING.
i truly wish that we can see those! BUT i can also acknowledge the possibility that this series’ storytelling technique relies greatly on the character whose POV is being shown. for example, in baekya’s POV, he’s shown to be more feral and expressive. while in hyeon’s, baekya looks calmer and more put together. I saw that pattern and figured that maybe the details were left out because the narrator of the story simply doesn’t GAF about those details. kind of like an unreliable narrator? which I can respect if that truly is the intention, because i already clocked it from a mile away. still, i wish we can see those details for the sake of extending my experience of reading this story!
I think his stalker incident might be a misunderstanding on hyeon part, with the alleged stalker being baekya. That’s why he randomly got slapped in middle school idk random guess
but baekya was slapped by a drunk (?) guy with a stubble i think. but yeah, i also thought that there was a connection in their random backstory so i was hoping for a clarification!
I had the same questions. I wonder if they were intended or points that were later just dropped to complete the story. At least the stacker one had relevance with the fact that it made the ML effect on his behavior and apologize for his actions (kissing without consent). But the confession letters had no relevance for how often they were mentioned.
since byul wants to act like a know-it-all, someone please tell him that his dad is a rapist as well who baby trapped a newly awakened omega who was forced to carry a baby to term and birth said baby at 18 YEARS OLD. AND NOW YOU WANNA SIDE WITH YOUR FUCK ASS GRANDMA AND FOLLOW YOUR FUCK ASS DAD’S FOOTSTEPS IN HARBORING A RELATIONSHIP WITH HER? don’t make me laugh lil boy
he was actually 20-21 when he gave birth to byul but still that was super young and I’m not sure how the author will write this situation…
He was 20 and that was according to old Korean age system. That means he was 18 or 19 at most.
And he was likely 20 only to avoid underage sex, which can be a nono with publishers, he's drawn and looks more like 12, even now, when he's supposed to be mid 30ties (and even his teen son look older than him), so it looks like the author wanted to make him as young as it is acceptable.
not the author timing their first kiss minutes after byul ran away from home for disrespecting his mother. THIS GUY STINKS!
to the people removing the blame from byul just bc he’s a “child” and that he has some “form of trauma” please shut the fuck up because hyesung did everything in his power to make up for leaving him post-partum. HE MADE IT UP TO BYUL AND EVERYONE, INCLUDING HIS FUCK ASS HUSBAND. Hyesung never did ANYTHING that will give byul the impression that he abandoned him because he doesn’t love him. I can consider his reaction as a sign of his immaturity BUT DON’T ACT LIKE HE’S THE VICTIM OF THIS SITUATION. even byul knows himself that HE HURT HIS MOM.
comparing hyesung to his mother IS SO FUCKED and Byul KNOWS that. I don’t fucking care what her side is bro. she abandoned hyesung and made late and shitty attempts at reaching out. while hyesung married his rapist so byul can never go without ANYTHING. I NEED BYUL TO WAKE THE FUCK UP AND UNDERSTAND.
FUCK YOU DOJIN FUCK YOU DOJIN I NEVER LIKED YOUR ASS YOU RAPIST BABY TRAPPER LIL BITCH
how much are yall betting that the author will pull some shitty filial piety excuse out for their ass to justify dojin’s relationship with hyesung’s mom. LOLOLOLOL
Yes, thank you! Even though Byul doesn't know the whole story he knows his mom was abandoned. I don't understand these "He's just a child" comments, he's a teenager and a teenager who truly loves his mom wouldn't do something that would deeply hurt his mom. He knew Hyesung would feel hurt but he did it anyway.
dojin for once if your fucking life, stop ruining hyesung’s happiness i fucking hate u on god
bro what the fuck. i finally picked this up bc i saw how good and fluffy it was just to read the comments. what the fuck do yall mean? im on chap 40 bro WHAT THE FUCK DO YALL MEAN.
nevermind it was about haebom’s dad. WE BALL
WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN PHANTOM BUSTERS’ AUTHOR DREW THIS?!/₱3₱&3
YES GAWDDDDDD YES GAWDDD YES GAWD