A review by etekaipaanui
Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 5 by Hiromu Arakawa

3.0

3.5-3.75

These "reviews" are just going to get worse as I go because I'd rather spend this time reading the next volume, than writing this pathetic excuse for a review. If you're looking for something to inhale, I highly recommend this series. 3 star ratings aren't bad for me, I enjoyed it.

I loved the introduction of Izumi, and am seriously looking forward to some "wax on, wax off" type stuff in the next volume. Okay, maybe some wax on wax off ON CRACK BECAUSE THAT ENDING WAS BATSHIT CRAZY. The endings to these volumes always leave you wanting more.

This series continues to earn an array of laughs, snorts, scoffs, and smirks. It's hilarious. I'm not a huge comedy person (tv shows, movies, sometimes books) because it's always a hit or miss with me (usually the latter), but this series has some truly golden moments of humour. (Or maybe my sense of humour resembles a 15 and 14 year olds sense of humour. That's worrying).

The backstory we get was heartbreaking, though I said I preferred the anime, I do like how the Manga went about explaining things. I haven't seen the entire anime, so maybe I should shut up with comparing.