After all these years, I finally managed to read the FMA manga. Huge fan of the show, Brotherhood is was better obviously. The manga is really good too. The biggest difference I think with the manga over the anime is the philosophy ideas are more present in the magna.

For those who never watched the anime or read the manga, be warned, this is dark and deals with heavy topics. Not a spoiler, but these are two teenage boys who lost parts of their bodies to bring back their dead mother unsuccessfully.

Reading the manga for the first time, I'm slowly remember little things I forgot. Forgot about some of the characters too.

Overall, I can see why the anime and the manga became so popular. ( )

I really loved this manga, it's so creative, action-packed and fun. I've been wanting to read this series for awhile now and am so happy I finally picked this up!

This includes the first three manga volumes in one book. I would recommend for middle grade and older readers. My 12 year old son has read this as well and loved it too. It's one of those rare manga that will appeal to both kids and adults.

The characters and story are excellent. The illustration is amazing. It was very easy to follow. Characters are introduced at a good pace as well. In addition to that, at the beginning of each book there is a summary of what happened in the previous book and pictures of the characters along with a short description. I love it when mangas do this!

Overall highly recommended. I am definitely planning on continuing this series, it’s just so much fun! ( )

This manga is fabulous and to find it in a 3 for 1 package made it better. ( )

This manga is fabulous and to find it in a 3 for 1 package made it better. ( )

Full metal Alchemist is about two teenage boys Edward Elric and Alphonse Elric the alchemist brothers. The Full metal Alchemist is Edward Elric the boy on the cover you see in the red trench coat. The twist is he is the full metal alchemist instead of the suit of armor in the back his brother. In these books the Elric brothers go on numerous journeys to find the philosopher stone. They need that stone because of the accident that occurred when they were younger trying to bring there mom back to life because she died from illness. The rule is to bring something or someone back to life you
must exchange something of yours. Edward Elric got the name Full metal Alchemist because of what was taken from him and his brother. Eric lost his left arm and right leg and his brother lost his soul. That's why he is in the suit of armor. When Alphonse lost his soul Eric, his brother, put a blood rune on a suit of armor so he would be able to live. The stone they are searching for brings limbs as well as souls back to life.

I really like this book because the author/ illustrator got really creative on the story line and characters. I like how he didn't necessarily use superpowers or magic in this story but he related to science. That's what an alchemist is. In this story they use a fantasy like sorcery yet relate to science for that power to work.I also like the characters it self.All of them have their own unique ability and personality. I also love the little side jokes.Over all this book was great and I can't wait to read the rest of the series. ( )