I wrote this while watching episodes 1 - 51 and the movie Conqueror of Shamballa, mostly binge-watching with breaks in between long sessions. I haven't watched FMA:B or read the manga, but I did watch this show long ago (not the whole movie though I think).

Overall, I really liked FMA! You can tell I was getting progressively disillusioned with the logical leaps in the plot, especially in the latter half, but once I'd finished I could appreciate the show as a whole and forgive my grievances with the actual story in favour of the thematic coherency, which was *chef's kiss* so good. I have a lot of thoughts about how those themes tie together, so I'll try finish up the meta post I'm writing on this soon! I feel like it probably should be read straight after this in order to get a proper idea of my thoughts on the show.

Anyway! As always, spoilers abound, and off we go~

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