Thursday, December 27, 2012

Fullmetal Alchemist Episode 5: The Man with the Mechanical Arm




If you have not read my last review, you may do so here: Fullmetal Alchemist E4: A Forger’s Love

Edward is nervous as he calls Colonel Mustang.  Mustang tells him to take the earlier train into the city which forces Ed and Al to have to rush to make it.  It’s merely a test from Mustang.  After a misunderstanding with a child and being introduced to a few military people, terrorists take over the train.  The terrorists want their leader freed in exchange for letting the people on the train go.

Not being ones to stand by and do nothing, Ed and Al take out a couple of the terrorists but everyone else on the train thinks they should have just cooperated with them.  Well that’s gratitude for you, huh?  Ed heads to the top of the train while Al clears through it on the inside.  Both meet up with members of the military.  Edward takes out several of the terrorists.

Ed uses his alchemy to create a pipe going through a door the terrorists are using to protect themselves.  After the terrorists refuse to give up Ed floods the cabin with water using the pipe he created.  Only their leader, the man with the mechanical arm, is left.  Ed fights the man one on one, this is when Ed finds out this man also has an automail arm.  The terrorist says he used to work for the military as well but was kicked out when he received his mechanical arm.

Ed explains that they had completely different reasons for getting their automail arms.  Ed smashes the man’s mechanical arm and Al knocked him out.  At the train station, the terrorist escapes his confinement and attacks Colonel Mustang, only to be set on fire by him.  Mutang is the fire alchemist.  He didn’t kill the man, he only burned his skin a little.  We come to find out Mustang set this whole thing up for Ed and Al so they could be heroes and be able to take the military alchemy test.

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