Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood - 1x13 Beasts of Dublith - Group Reaction

[@acetrainer44]

There's a little moment from the manga that got cut out here. When Greed asks where his brother is, Al says that he's not around, and the group misinterprets it as him saying that Ed's dead, and they apologize for bringing it up. Just a little moment to humanize them... ...before next episode.

[@8unnylover]

AWWWWW

[@Bl4nKDZSTYLE]

@@8unnylover damn didn't know.nice touch tbh

[@palmeraj826]

i can't wait for next episode when Navi relises the show starts diverging from the original and she'll be blind for the rest of the show

[@reader111089]

Austin Palmer I've been waiting for that too, it's fun watching someone really familiar with the old series slowly get more and more lost as the story diverges. I haven't seen a reaction to FMAB like that yet.

[@Warriorcats64]

Duh, most people forgot the old series even existed and/or they just read the manga. How can you expect such a reaction when there is no reference.

[@Kaldurahm1]

acrazyutuber13 That's a whole lot of unfounded assumption in one post. Yikes.

[@nb6806]

acrazyutuber13 for many people growing up, their only access to anime was Cartoon Network. I think it’s a bit unfair to think that most have either forgotten the original or gone on to read the manga.

[@tooslandia]

Soon 😈

[@Alpha-bn6cj]

Seeing as Greed is 200 years old, I wish we had a prequel about his past adventures

[@worldwithinworld]

I think Al showed up alone because he didn't think anyone could take him on and wants to see who would try. He gets this threatening note and thinks, "Is someone seriously trying to threaten me, a 7 foot tall suit of armor who can't feel pain?" You can see how smug he is when he first talks to the chimeras, and then how surprised he is when they capture him.

[@thedanceoftuila6999]

It's nice to have Navi with them to guide them in stuff they miss like the context for Yoki. And she's doing a great job keeping spoilers because she constantly talks about FMA and never slips.

[@joshuagross3151]

When it all really starts diverging, those "spoilers" will be worth absolute dick.

[@FBI_Metal_Slime]

each homunculus has a special power, not necessarily a special material. Greed is only associated with carbon as he has the innate ability to transmute the carbon in his skin to a much harder material. Lust can innately transmute the keratin in her nails to a much sharper substance and quickly grow them to act as long blades. Envy can innately transmute their body into other shapes and materials, but not quite to the same extent as Greed's ultimate shield or Lust's ultimate spear (their abilities are more specialized into a certain type, while Envy covers a broad but shallow spectrum in their shape shifting).

[@darryljack6612]

Chase Randalow perfect explanation

[@Chemicalkinetics]

Very good insight.

[@Ergoperidot]

Where does the excess Karatin come from for Lust's super long nails?

[@FBI_Metal_Slime]

Nails are made of mostly keratin, and it is likely that her philosopher stone produces more and more keratin or what ever it transmutes the keratin into. Remember, philosopher stones don't outright seem equivalent, so producing so much likely costs a few souls.

[@lalalalisa41]

What I found really upsetting about this episode was the FACT that chimeras already existed ...So what Shou Tucker did to Nina and Alexander was really unnecessary.

[@lalalalisa41]

But the idea of chimeras, whether human based or not, was said to not be done yet until Shou created the "first" one. Here, we see that is false. Even Al pretty much said the same thing about it.

[@lalalalisa41]

Kirito Ω My mistake. Let me clarify. When I said that the fact chimeras already existed, I meant talking chimeras already existed. Yeah, they're human based but they still exist all the same.

[@CAKE.experience]

this just wrinkled my brain

[@MarkTheShadow]

Chimera already existed for a long time. It is not known to the world because it is taboo to use humans for experimentation.

[@dannybob42]

What Ticker did to Nina was unnecessary regardless of Greed’s crew, their creation was the inverse of Nina though, giving animal abilities and likeness to humans over giving an animal human abilities such as understanding human speech

[@truefregn]

Yoki is actually the antagonist in the third chapter of the manga, but it was cut from the anime, which makes his introduction here a bit confusing.

[@Warriorcats64]

No it wasn't, it was a critical episode that also introduced the woman who would become the face of the antagonist.

[@42Caio]

acrazyutuber13 You are confusing it with the first anime adaptation. Lyla and Dante don't exist in the manga, and also don't exist in this adaptation because it's a faithful adaptation. And thank God for that, Dante is a terrible villain and arguably the major reason FMA2003's quality decays so much towards the end.

[@dannybob42]

They’ll get to the story, the 03 anime changed it a little by adding their own character in to use later

[@KlooKloo]

It also introduces the town of Youswell, which also shows up awkwardly later.

[@dannybob42]

Todd Simmons many don’t figure out that its Youswell when they get to it though, it’s not vital to the plot when they reach it

[@Zarola]

So this episode made it clear that Shou Tucker's experiment with Nina was unneeded. Also it would not have gained him re-certification (his goal and reason for sacrificing his wife and daughter) as the government had already figured out how to make talking Chimeras after he transmuted his wife.

[@Ulquiorra191]

Those Chimera's are Fathers. He controls the government but he isn't the government. The government officials that give certifications don't know those chimeras exist, and they existed before Tucker.

[@Zarola]

So Bradley would have approved the certification because he would be playing dumb to the knowledge that they already had working Chimeras? The lower ranks seemed surprised in Dublin, but Bradley wasn't. So I assume the higher brass in charge of putting the seal of approval on State Alchemists would also share that knowledge and consider his "research" redundant and not worth the money to support him. But I can see your point about the working Chimeras being the result of Father, therefore preceding Tucker. Though with that I think he would still get rejected because it proves Father is necessary. It can not be done well without him draining his power (albeit small amounts) for the melding. So Tucker still fails in my head.

[@yellowwarbler3972]

"The name's Greed, and I wanna be your friend" lol *Spoilers..kinda* I don't know if that was done on purpose, that's so true to his character LOL!

[@rainbowrose8802]

Yes

[@Ari33sa]

Ah I just love Greed. Always waiting for him to appear.

[@dannybob42]

Ah the penultimate of the first chapter. Technically a two parter The country is Amestris, it’s based off of Rural Germany, Dublith doesn’t work for that joke XD The Truth in this case is what’s through that doorway, that has all the knowledge in the world. But the entity is also called the Truth. Yoki, Navi pointed out his Wanted Sign in ep 11, he was mentioned in ep. 2 by Hughes. They’ll get to his story, but it’s a long way away. These Chimeras are different to Tucker’s one, see Tucker wanted to make a talking animal, thus putting a human features into an animal. These chimeras put animal features into a person. Stones are not in play for their creation Enter Greed, and the name of the group, Homunculus. Homunculus is an alchemical term for an artificial human, usually depicted as a dwarf or a fetus in a seed-like container, so of course this depiction is different, and have individual abilities on top of healing factors. Ed really picked up Izumi’s temper... Izumi’s wardrobe change is a bit of a continuity error, it’s because in the Manga takes a bit longer since Ed had to report to the South for his annual assessment day (thus why Ed wasn’t there), Izumi and co investigated Al’s absence more too Go to the next one! You won’t believe your eyes over how action packed it is!

[@zealousrider6612]

um they already watched it in patreon

[@dannybob42]

Joe Cavalier I am aware

[@HappyPotat]

Homunculus is an actual alchemy legend along with the Philosopher's Stone. In the original story, the homunculus amounted to little more than a tiny man-made human trapped in a bottle, so it also goes by the name "Dwarf in the Flask".

[@DaquanDumas]

I coined that Fullmetal Four name. I expect royalties every time that name is mentioned. Thanks in advance!

[@qualopec]

Navi, FMB follows the manga very closely, when the first show came out it overtook the manga story that the author had planned out for it, but show continued with author's blessing and so it diverged from the author original vision.

[@KelseyODonnell17]

There is a back story about Yoki and the Elric Brothers that you'll learn at some point. It's in the manga and isn't really necessary to this plot, but they'll touch on it.

[@rinkusan978]

Navi's smile @ 1:18, lol. And her reactions at the end when she interrupted Chris too. Too adorable. Poor her though; I think she believes a certain plot point from the original is the same in brotherhood and she was smiling about it when it was partially brought up.

[@MARYWTHER]

It's kinda brought by FMAB (for like two seconds and you can't really understand all the story) but it's explained better on 03FMA, but the chimeras were wounded soldiers from the Ishvalan war, they were declared dead to their families and the State experimented on them. So yeah, they didn't care about Shou Tucker so lead him to believe that what he was doing as experiments were importants, when in the end, they were way more advanced that whatever he did with Nina (and if you think about it, had Nina been correctly transmuted, she could have had a "decent life" like these chimeras have)...

[@Raidanzoup]

Isn't it like a thing that we're all carbon based lifeforms, and that dense carbon is really hard as opposed to loose carbon? (Superman crushing coal into a diamond.) So, like, Greed's power being that he becomes solid and unbreakable (through transmutation, I guess) can be negated by knowing that homonculi are "like humans" because you can use alchemy to adjust the makeup of the carbon in his body to negate his ability. It feels weird to articulate my thoughts on this having stuck with the same read of the matchup for like thirteen years or so

[@houseofaction]

they are not "like human" they are 100% human , they are just artificially made

[@Raidanzoup]

Yeah, sure. I was paraphrasing since Greed mentions what sets him apart from people is the shield+regen combo.

[@borjankosarac3645]

Yeah, that point kind of flew over their heads - they thought Greed was talking about himself specifically, rather than Homunculi as a whole. Of course, so long as one can say they are an artificial human(oid) created through science, the term homunculus is technically accurate here...

[@prismanime496]

And pretty much from here the story is different! Here comes canon! Story starts picking up soon as well, so much hype to come!

[@insertnamehere7129]

Next episode is one of my favorites. One of my favorite parts of the entire series. Can’t wait to see that reaction

[@cornchipuniverse6575]

Yes!!! They made it to my favorite character I've been waiting so long for this!!!

[@blackcat19]

The criticisms and nitpicks for this episode were really stupid.

[@Shad0wmoses]

btw that lizard dude has been tracking them as can be seen when hes peeping through the window. hes most likely the scout of the group..i don't know how you can really criticize that one moment where he knows where ed was.

[@Heyitsmehyuppp]

Chris figured out something about the intro that I feel extra dumb for not realizing until after I finished the entire show.

[@In-The-Zone]

Scar in that tent looked like my grandpa lol, right down to using concrete and a steal rod for weights.

[@Zdahszdahs]

That awkward moment when Suraj calls gluttony, Sloth.. Had me suspecting him for a second

[@t.c.thompson2359]

Saw a man scale the wall like a gecko, asks what a the advantage to be turned into that later on

[@Shad0wmoses]

"envy can transform into people" yea that's his power alright hehe

[@HeraldOfPursuits]

next episode is gonna be good

[@tsogobauggi8721]

19:01-19:34 was the best part of the video

[@qualopec]

You will get everything explained as keep watching the show.

[@tooslandia]

Yusss!! Finally! I love Greed so much!!

[@HamzaK0098]

Amestris

[@greed5723]

HAHAHA! Finally it's good to see a character who laughs regardless

[@youcefazizou6356]

13 episodes in, and Marketta still can't remember the main characters' names.

[@dannybob42]

Youcef Azizou to be fair there are many reactors who go through the whole series forgetting names, including a certain 2-letter one

[@crimsonjedi]

But if she cant remember one of the two main chatacters names by now idk she wont remember any of the other names

[@sushilsinha6681]

It is because they watch it weekly and moreover I think most reactors are not into the series they are watching but are in just for views.....not saying normies but there are some.

[@youcefazizou6356]

i mean they're not even Japanese names, they're literally 2 letter (the short form) western names: Ed/Al.

[@cokeMONSTERps3]

Shadow governments. Lizard Men. It's all coming together...

[@just_alex2217]

In the beggining I thought she said Iraq instead of Irith and I was like "True, but hold up"

[@Jeremy-jm3fe]

16:06 Poor Marketa can't remember two letter names... Ed and Al.

[@armchairgravy8224]

"They can't sweep the street without getting into trouble!" I've watched both dub and sub. The dub is almost as good as the sub, which isn't faint praise.

[@mirandarichard122]

Greed is my favorite!

[@vixevinweria8400]

Well I've watched your FMAB and LOK reactions now what's supposed to hold me over until chapter 900 of one piece comes out.

[@tobiWan_9090]

If you guys keep doing one fab vid a week it’s gonna take you more than a year to complete this one show

[@holgerjohag5218]

7:55 : Its a kids show!

[@nunyabiz8305]

Freaking Navi, that Cheshire grin 😁

[@sekai300]

Say Hello to Greed 1

[@JakeRaymond7]

A HOUSSEEE WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIFEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@434444334]

BEST CHARACTER

[@TheCarnage71]

I thought she always smiled.

[@IslandPride316]

Greed is my all time favorite sin

[@jamaalellison3076]

Nightmare sauce 👍

[@erichimmelblau877]

It's easy to forget that Al is just a kid.

[@joshuagross3151]

So these big, burly men have kidnapped a little boy, tied him up and dragged him into the basement of a seedy tavern. Their leader, an overly possessive old man wants the little boy for his body. They use the one female of the group to keep him under control. She penetrates his body, dominating him from the inside and he's helpless in stopping her as she violates his "privacy." Meanwhile, they try to lure his brother into the same fate, mainly because he knows his own brother's body better than anyone else. ...How am I doing? Do we really need a reminder?

[@corbanbausch9049]

@@joshuagross3151 well, that’s...one way to put it.

[@shogunspear9739]

finally the best sin appears!

[@qualopec]

Country is Amestris.

[@Siddhant_30]

I just love greed

[@biancavillegas5771]

Marketta is asking the right questions tho 👍

[@ArtWithSR]

Ah, and so The Normies have started to learn the REAL TRUTH: Ya don't fuck with a housewife!

[@ninjaboy4831]

Something I read on a comment on another reaction was that, in retrospect, the very existence of Greed's chimera friends makes what happened to Nina EVEN WORSE because it was a waste. 😢

[@ninjaboy4831]

Spoilers Props to Chris for guessing Young Hohenheim in the intro. I've never seen any other reactor get that.

[@qualopec]

Homunculi (plural) are not human, and the characters that you are confused about you"ll get explanations later.

[@daffyderp]

Yoki's episode do be funny in the first fma too bad they didn't make that an episode in this one

[@GriimX]

Well... see you in a week :'(

[@trongtin7754]

What did she say The house wifeeeeee

[@Ebun321]

I don’t get notifications when you post avatar or full metal alchemist???

[@delix787]

but those things are amazing lol

[@mikecameron6667]

"They were made in the fifth laboratory". WRONG.

[@JuanHerrera-zv5zk]

The Alchemic 4?

[@flyflip87]

not sure if this is considered spoiler Greed doesn't believe in telling lies

[@Lightsephiroth]

This part is rushed up I think.. Ed and teacher arrive too fast

[@otaviolobo7989]

Not only rushed up, but it's also too cartoonish. Too leaning on the comedy and funny figure when It's supposed to be serious. Like, why did ed made that over the top reaction to Greed's interest in soul transmutation? I mean, sure it was a horrible experience to the brothers, and it may also be a taboo crime or something but the animation execution didn't need to be so... silly. Jesus.

[@Lightsephiroth]

Otavio Lobo Yes, I agree.. lucky for us the next one is more serious

[@crimsonjedi]

I loved it

[@Lightsephiroth]

Haww wkins Let's Just say It could've been better. But FMAB is all good :')

[@lokiplays6868]

Yogi is a character from the original show and his story is not very important lol

[@neozamayer5869]

can you guys pls react to the chosen one by heroes fan production

[@Seissmo]

FMA

[@queenjay7077]

react to the last Kingdom plz!!!

[@channelMasterGuiGame]

Navi spoils something every episode they watch.

[@LadyVenomWay]

Fullmetal four.. lmao

[@EnoYaka]

:)

[@xzOSSOzx]

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