Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Episode 18: The Arrogant Palm of a Small Human
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Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Episode 18: The Arrogant Palm of a Small Human
Canon/HIGH
OSHIMETER
9.8
53 Fans
5
4
3
2
1
PacingVisualWritingEmo ImpactSoundtrack
READTHROUGH
QUICK TAKES
nabooru_268
My heart sank when that Ishvalan woman told Ed about the doctors being killed by the man they saved. Knowing it was Winry's parents and Scar makes the whole conflict feel so much more personal and painful
azukiarai_assassin_83
The way Barry just casually talks about immortality while his own human body tries to kill him is bizarre, and seeing the two of them clash in the streets was such a weird action scene
nia_teppelin
Mustang using a shopping list of human ingredients to fake a corpse is dark, but his plan to save Ross was actually brilliant and seeing her safe in Xerxes makes all the sadness from the previous episode feel worth it
ruto
Finding out that Scar was the one who killed Winry's parents after they saved his life is just devastating. The irony of them dying by the hands of someone they helped is so heavy
solgaleo
Ed realizing that the Eastern and Western Sages might be the same person is a huge deal for the world building. The ruins of Xerxes look amazing and the mystery of what happened there is getting intense
prince_demande_379
Riza Hawkeye is such a professional with that sniper rifle during the fight in Central. She is always there to back Mustang up and it shows how much they trust each other to get things done
zoisite_378
Barry the Chopper fighting his own rotting human body is the weirdest thing in this show so far. It is actually creepy how he just wants to chop himself up without a second thought
jackie_jackal_491
The mural at Xerxes is actually horrifying when you realize a whole city was sacrificed for a stone, and it makes the Laboratory 5 connection even scarier
raphtalia_raccoon
mustang using pork and carbon to fake a charred body is the kind of detail that makes his plan feel so much more believable and smart
chibiusa
you have to feel relieved that mustang was just faking the execution and actually protected ross because it seemed like he had gone totally cold in that alleyway
alder_326
I was laughing so hard at Barry fighting his own rotting body and then he just starts talking about how much he wants to chop it up
hanzaki_hero
Roy is a genius for faking that execution and seeing Maria Ross alive in the ruins was such a huge relief
simon_the_digger_185
ling just jumping through windows and explaining things like its nothing is so funny and al finally knowing the truth about maria makes me feel better
sanemi_storm_133
I actually can’t believe Roy pulled off that fake execution and had me thinking Maria Ross was gone for real this whole time. Seeing her alive in Xerxes was a massive weight off my shoulders, but then hearing the truth about what happened to Winry’s parents from that old woman was a total gut punch that I didn't see coming
muso
Hawkeye is such a professional with that sniper rifle, but seeing Gluttony show up right behind her at the end actually terrified me
alan_stuart
Mustang really ordered pork and carbon to make a fake body and that is some of the coldest and smartest stuff he has done yet
kageromaru
i was already stressed about the military conspiracy and then ed finds out about winrys parents being killed by scar and my stomach just dropped for her
yveltal
Hearing about Winry's parents getting killed by the very person they saved made my stomach turn and it makes Scar look so much worse now
soei_shadow_153
Those ruins in Xerxes are creepy and the mural matching the one from the lab makes me think the whole city was turned into a stone in one night
jean_jester_110
i seriously need a minute to process that winry still doesnt know her parents were killed by scar while ed is standing there in the desert with that heavy news and then you have mustang being a total genius with the fake corpse thing while gluttony is literally sniffing out blood in central so much happened in twenty minutes
EPISODE CONTEXT
Directly following the incendiary events of Episode 17 ('Cold Flame'), where Maria Ross faced devastating accusations, this episode peels back the layers of that situation and reveals the calculated moves happening behind the scenes. Sitting at the midpoint of the series' early conspiracy arc, it bridges the personal stakes of the Ross incident with the larger, more dangerous confrontations ahead. Episode 19 ('Death of the Undying') escalates dramatically from here, making this a critical pivot point where investigation gives way to direct conflict with the show's most formidable threats.
READTHROUGH
QUICK TAKES
nabooru_268
My heart sank when that Ishvalan woman told Ed about the doctors being killed by the man they saved. Knowing it was Winry's parents and Scar makes the whole conflict feel so much more personal and painful
azukiarai_assassin_83
The way Barry just casually talks about immortality while his own human body tries to kill him is bizarre, and seeing the two of them clash in the streets was such a weird action scene
nia_teppelin
Mustang using a shopping list of human ingredients to fake a corpse is dark, but his plan to save Ross was actually brilliant and seeing her safe in Xerxes makes all the sadness from the previous episode feel worth it
ruto
Finding out that Scar was the one who killed Winry's parents after they saved his life is just devastating. The irony of them dying by the hands of someone they helped is so heavy
solgaleo
Ed realizing that the Eastern and Western Sages might be the same person is a huge deal for the world building. The ruins of Xerxes look amazing and the mystery of what happened there is getting intense
prince_demande_379
Riza Hawkeye is such a professional with that sniper rifle during the fight in Central. She is always there to back Mustang up and it shows how much they trust each other to get things done
zoisite_378
Barry the Chopper fighting his own rotting human body is the weirdest thing in this show so far. It is actually creepy how he just wants to chop himself up without a second thought
jackie_jackal_491
The mural at Xerxes is actually horrifying when you realize a whole city was sacrificed for a stone, and it makes the Laboratory 5 connection even scarier
raphtalia_raccoon
mustang using pork and carbon to fake a charred body is the kind of detail that makes his plan feel so much more believable and smart
chibiusa
you have to feel relieved that mustang was just faking the execution and actually protected ross because it seemed like he had gone totally cold in that alleyway
alder_326
I was laughing so hard at Barry fighting his own rotting body and then he just starts talking about how much he wants to chop it up
hanzaki_hero
Roy is a genius for faking that execution and seeing Maria Ross alive in the ruins was such a huge relief
simon_the_digger_185
ling just jumping through windows and explaining things like its nothing is so funny and al finally knowing the truth about maria makes me feel better
sanemi_storm_133
I actually can’t believe Roy pulled off that fake execution and had me thinking Maria Ross was gone for real this whole time. Seeing her alive in Xerxes was a massive weight off my shoulders, but then hearing the truth about what happened to Winry’s parents from that old woman was a total gut punch that I didn't see coming
muso
Hawkeye is such a professional with that sniper rifle, but seeing Gluttony show up right behind her at the end actually terrified me
alan_stuart
Mustang really ordered pork and carbon to make a fake body and that is some of the coldest and smartest stuff he has done yet
kageromaru
i was already stressed about the military conspiracy and then ed finds out about winrys parents being killed by scar and my stomach just dropped for her
yveltal
Hearing about Winry's parents getting killed by the very person they saved made my stomach turn and it makes Scar look so much worse now
soei_shadow_153
Those ruins in Xerxes are creepy and the mural matching the one from the lab makes me think the whole city was turned into a stone in one night
jean_jester_110
i seriously need a minute to process that winry still doesnt know her parents were killed by scar while ed is standing there in the desert with that heavy news and then you have mustang being a total genius with the fake corpse thing while gluttony is literally sniffing out blood in central so much happened in twenty minutes
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