4.4 AVERAGE

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malloytasticbooks's review

4.75
adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

After an already good first volume, Fullmetal Alchemist tops it with a very solid second volume. How? Find out here.

In this volume of the Fullmetal Alchemist manga, we are introduced to Scar, who makes quite a first impression. We also get the
dog chimera
at the beginning of the volume as well, which broke my heart again for the third time, the first in the 2003 anime and the second in Brotherhood.

Because of just how solid this volume was, Fullmetal Alchemist Vol. 2 gets a 4.75 out of 5. Almost perfection!
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teaandpetrichor's review

4.5

I finished this volume on the same day that I started and finished Elie Wiesel's Night. While I've noticed FMA's allusions to Nazi Germany in the anime before, I was hyper aware of them while reading the source material. Human experimentation, genocide, eugenics, and the rise of facism are all highlighted. It's a heartbreaking allegory of human suffering and people's responses to grief.

allierose's review

4.0

marcoh: the elric boy is clever! he'll look at the notes i stole and figure out what you're doing!
me, thinking about how this is volume 2 of a 27 volume series:
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anaofthecrows6's review

4.25
adventurous dark emotional funny tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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inept_scholar's review

4.0

Fullmetal Alchemist will always be golden!
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marine_sb's review

5.0
adventurous dark funny mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

rezaqalandari's review

5.0

از اولی بهتر بود.

jjamy55's review

4.0

This is abit slow for me, maybe I'm working too, so I can't really focus on this. But I enjoyed it a lot, my first time seeing Edward's weak side but still loving him! Alphonse is such a nice brother, and Roy Mustang... ahhh~~~ It was really cruel with happened to Nina, another alchemist's daughter.... 4 stars!

31/7/2018
I'm in love with these cast of characters.

velvettwink's review

5.0

Loved seeing the actual bond between the Elric brothers and seeing a more emotional side mixed with the same humour as always!
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wizardmacdonald's review

4.0
adventurous funny fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes