{"id":163,"date":"2009-01-20T16:53:13","date_gmt":"2009-01-20T05:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daedalist.com\/conjunction\/?p=163"},"modified":"2009-01-20T16:53:13","modified_gmt":"2009-01-20T05:53:13","slug":"another-reflection-on-fma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daedalist.com\/conjunction\/2009\/01\/another-reflection-on-fma\/","title":{"rendered":"Another reflection on FMA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A while ago, I <a href=\"http:\/\/www.daedalist.com\/conjunction\/2008\/10\/fullmetal-review\/\">wrote about<\/a> the <em>Fullmetal Alchemist<\/em> anime series. I mentioned that I found it much more fulfilling than traditional anime fare because it touched on social issues, and presented very human characters in a variety of situations that allowed them to grow.<\/p>\n<p>Lately, I&#8217;ve been reading the series over at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.onemanga.com\/Full_Metal_Alchemist\/\">OneManga<\/a>. It moves slower than the anime, which is to be expected since the anime was a closed story arc, while the manga is open-ended, but it&#8217;s still exciting and touching to read.<\/p>\n<p>I just came across <a href=\"http:\/\/www.onemanga.com\/Full_Metal_Alchemist\/20\/27\/\">one scene<\/a> that is well crafted, both in terms of its position in the local narrative, as well as the art. It highlights both the limitation of the Elrics&#8217; Alchemy, and the tragedy that they must feel every day, which drives them to find a way to break the laws of nature.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe I&#8217;m just a softie, but I can&#8217;t help but be moved by such a powerful scene. I only wish I could write as well as this.<\/p>\n<p>Link: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.onemanga.com\/Full_Metal_Alchemist\/20\/27\/\">Full Metal Alchemist 20 page 27 | One Manga<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A while ago, I wrote about the Fullmetal Alchemist anime series. I mentioned that I found it much more fulfilling than traditional anime fare because it touched on social issues, and presented very human characters in a variety of situations that allowed them to grow. Lately, I&#8217;ve been reading the series over at OneManga. It [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[3],"tags":[64,146,65,144,145],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p149Qe-2D","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daedalist.com\/conjunction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daedalist.com\/conjunction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daedalist.com\/conjunction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daedalist.com\/conjunction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daedalist.com\/conjunction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.daedalist.com\/conjunction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":165,"href":"https:\/\/www.daedalist.com\/conjunction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163\/revisions\/165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daedalist.com\/conjunction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daedalist.com\/conjunction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daedalist.com\/conjunction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}