Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Episode 30: The Ishvalan War of Extermination
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Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Episode 30: The Ishvalan War of Extermination
Canon/HIGH
OSHIMETER
9.8
56 Fans
5
4
3
2
1
PacingVisualWritingEmo ImpactSoundtrack
READTHROUGH
QUICK TAKES
donaa_jole
Mi dispiace che gli studies Bones non hanno animato per intero il volume 15 da cui è tratto l'episodio, e consiglio di recuperarlo perchè i genitori di wirny meritano di essere visti. Kimble l'ho sempre odiato, anche a distanza di venti anni, sorry.
rimuru_ruler_151
I was not ready for how dark things got with the flashback to the war and seeing a young Hughes talk about his girlfriend, knowing he was surrounded by all those bodies, was so sad. The pact between Roy and Riza where she has to kill him if he goes bad explains their whole dynamic in the present day
maryrie
I still can't get over Bradley telling that priest that one life is just one life and nothing more while he watched a whole country burn and he just did not care about mercy at all
gerudo
My heart sank when I saw Roy look so broken in that desert and knowing they both did such awful things makes their bond feel so much heavier than I realized before
breemx1
Scar writing vengeance in blood on that wall is such a heavy ending for an episode that already felt like a gut punch and you can really see why he hates the military so much
zangetsu_zen
Watching Roy and Hughes stand in the middle of all those ruins and deciding to change the country from the top makes so much sense now after seeing the absolute hell they went through in Ishval
misato_katsuragi
Riza having her father research tattooed on her entire back was such a shock and the fact that Roy had to burn parts of her skin to protect that knowledge is just another level of trauma
xerneas_311
It is so messed up that the military used Ishvalans to make philosopher stones and seeing Marcoh break down while Scar interrogated him in that dark basement felt like pure nightmare fuel
monk_kass
That shot of the desert sand soaking up all the blood was disturbing, and seeing Riza with that cold look through her sniper scope makes it clear how the war changed everyone involved
yellow
When Riza revealed that tattoo on her back, my jaw just dropped – realizing she's literally carrying her father's alchemical research as a burden felt incredibly heavy. And then, seeing her in the field as a sniper, it made me wonder how much she's sacrificed and endured, always putting herself in harm's way.
takerofsouls321
Kimblee is actually terrifying because he enjoys the destruction and watching him use that prototype stone to level a whole block just shows how far the military went to wipe those people out
zelda
May Chang imagining a human version of Al was the only thing that kept things from getting too dark after watching an entire population get systematically deleted by state alchemists and their massive fire blasts
lordgenome
seeing major armstrong break down while being forced to build those walls for the executions was a lot and it makes his usual upbeat personality feel like a mask he wears to cope
kazuma_klever_147
Seeing that blood on the wall at the end was such a chilling way to close things out after all that trauma and Scar is really not playing around anymore
final_fantasy_fan
i was not expecting riza to be the one carrying her fathers research on her actual skin and the weight of that secret must be so heavy considering she had to use it for war
pamelas_father_280
The reveal of the flame alchemy array on Riza's back was a lot to process and I feel so much worse for her and Roy now that we know the truth
xiangliyaos
it was shocking to watch king bradley tell the high priest that one life is only worth one life right before he continues the extermination and the despair in that scene was crushing
rangiku_rider
Bradley is a total monster for what he said to that priest and hearing him say a life is only worth one life while a genocide happens is just cold
catarina_claes_164
I honestly didn't expect Ed to be so open about his failure with the gun and Scar, but Riza was the perfect person to talk him through it. Hearing her explain that she and Roy basically expect to be executed for their crimes once they fix the country is heavy. It makes their whole dynamic feel so much more tragic and real.
rayquaza_306
I am actually shaking after hearing Riza talk about the pact she made with Roy and knowing she would really pull that trigger if he ever lost his way
EPISODE CONTEXT
Coming off Episode 29's present-day conflicts, Episode 30 at the near-halfway mark of 64 episodes deliberately pauses forward plot momentum to contextualize the trauma driving key military characters. This backstory exploration deepens the moral complexity underlying Mustang and Hawkeye's motivations established in earlier episodes. The historical grounding provided here becomes foundational for the political and personal stakes that intensify across the series' second half.
READTHROUGH
QUICK TAKES
donaa_jole
Mi dispiace che gli studies Bones non hanno animato per intero il volume 15 da cui è tratto l'episodio, e consiglio di recuperarlo perchè i genitori di wirny meritano di essere visti. Kimble l'ho sempre odiato, anche a distanza di venti anni, sorry.
rimuru_ruler_151
I was not ready for how dark things got with the flashback to the war and seeing a young Hughes talk about his girlfriend, knowing he was surrounded by all those bodies, was so sad. The pact between Roy and Riza where she has to kill him if he goes bad explains their whole dynamic in the present day
maryrie
I still can't get over Bradley telling that priest that one life is just one life and nothing more while he watched a whole country burn and he just did not care about mercy at all
gerudo
My heart sank when I saw Roy look so broken in that desert and knowing they both did such awful things makes their bond feel so much heavier than I realized before
breemx1
Scar writing vengeance in blood on that wall is such a heavy ending for an episode that already felt like a gut punch and you can really see why he hates the military so much
zangetsu_zen
Watching Roy and Hughes stand in the middle of all those ruins and deciding to change the country from the top makes so much sense now after seeing the absolute hell they went through in Ishval
misato_katsuragi
Riza having her father research tattooed on her entire back was such a shock and the fact that Roy had to burn parts of her skin to protect that knowledge is just another level of trauma
xerneas_311
It is so messed up that the military used Ishvalans to make philosopher stones and seeing Marcoh break down while Scar interrogated him in that dark basement felt like pure nightmare fuel
monk_kass
That shot of the desert sand soaking up all the blood was disturbing, and seeing Riza with that cold look through her sniper scope makes it clear how the war changed everyone involved
yellow
When Riza revealed that tattoo on her back, my jaw just dropped – realizing she's literally carrying her father's alchemical research as a burden felt incredibly heavy. And then, seeing her in the field as a sniper, it made me wonder how much she's sacrificed and endured, always putting herself in harm's way.
takerofsouls321
Kimblee is actually terrifying because he enjoys the destruction and watching him use that prototype stone to level a whole block just shows how far the military went to wipe those people out
zelda
May Chang imagining a human version of Al was the only thing that kept things from getting too dark after watching an entire population get systematically deleted by state alchemists and their massive fire blasts
lordgenome
seeing major armstrong break down while being forced to build those walls for the executions was a lot and it makes his usual upbeat personality feel like a mask he wears to cope
kazuma_klever_147
Seeing that blood on the wall at the end was such a chilling way to close things out after all that trauma and Scar is really not playing around anymore
final_fantasy_fan
i was not expecting riza to be the one carrying her fathers research on her actual skin and the weight of that secret must be so heavy considering she had to use it for war
pamelas_father_280
The reveal of the flame alchemy array on Riza's back was a lot to process and I feel so much worse for her and Roy now that we know the truth
xiangliyaos
it was shocking to watch king bradley tell the high priest that one life is only worth one life right before he continues the extermination and the despair in that scene was crushing
rangiku_rider
Bradley is a total monster for what he said to that priest and hearing him say a life is only worth one life while a genocide happens is just cold
catarina_claes_164
I honestly didn't expect Ed to be so open about his failure with the gun and Scar, but Riza was the perfect person to talk him through it. Hearing her explain that she and Roy basically expect to be executed for their crimes once they fix the country is heavy. It makes their whole dynamic feel so much more tragic and real.
rayquaza_306
I am actually shaking after hearing Riza talk about the pact she made with Roy and knowing she would really pull that trigger if he ever lost his way
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