Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

Apparently, I’m just too hyped that I need to do this post.

I don’t even know macamana aku boleh contain this excitement since days ago. Maybe because I finished the series today?

But this entry starts because I wanna rant about the OST…hahahaha. First dengar the song few days back. But let's start with the series first alang-alang dah taip entry so that I can tag this under ‘review’ and ‘what to watch’ hahahah….

FMA ni consider one of aku punya top all-time favorite manga. I’ve been reading it for I don’t even keep count how many times. Re-read at least once a year? Last was masa end of 2019.

But, DESPITE FMA BEING ONE OF MY FAVOURITE MANGA EVER, I NEVER WATCHED FMA: BROTHERHOOD 😱

I watched Fullmetal Alchemist, the anime series.

I watched Fullmetal Alchemist, the live action.

So, how come aku tatau the existence of FMA: Brotherhood?

Maybe sebab aku terlalu kecewa ngan the first series and bila tengok live action pon hampeh, I gave up. I don’t know. Lagipon aku memang tend to not watch the anime IF I read the manga because I don’t want to compare.

FMA: Brotherhood is considered accurate compared to the other two *palm-claps and throwing daggers to both.

I can say it’s accurate with the details and the storyline, setakat yang aku ingat – if you know what I mean. Almost all the scenes are identical to FMA’s manga.

The only scene yang aku still takleh accept wasn’t included is this one scene where masa tu Hohenheim was at Trisha’s grave and Ed pon heading there, with his ponytail hair. Well, so does Hohenheim.

And we know how Ed is with his father. Right when Hohenheim tegur dia that they have same hairstyle, Ed ikat ponytail dia jadi braid right away dengan bengangnya…hahahaa..andddddd, Hohenheim comments on how Ed looks exactly like him when he was young. Lol.

This is one of my favorite scenes. I don’t even know why. Maybe it's just fun to see these two bickers hahahaha...But, in Brotherhood, scene ni di adjust sikit. They still had their heated banter but, they removed that ponytail-braids scene.

And, the way the scene was portrayed is kinda heavy and not fun, light like the manga version.

This is how it was in the anime version 👇

And dalam versi anime ni, what he says can be interpreted differently.

Dalam manga, it can be the hairstyle, and it could be perangai hot-headed Ed tu.

Dalam anime, it looks like what he means is solely perangai sembereno Ed tu. Well, I don't know..hahahaha..

But, all in all, I enjoyed the series.

Especially season 5.

Because the series started getting real serious.

Happy ending 😍

And they have one real good OST in season 5 *screamsssssss.

Review: VAGABOND (open spoiler)

Yes, it is about the Korean drama/series. We can call this a review.

Vagabond is a Netflix original series. Awalnya aku a bit contemplated nak follow the series.

1. am not a fan of Seunggi
2. am not a fan of Suzy

No other reasons not to watch other than that though, hahahah. The trailer is tempting, the synopsis is not so bad.

Thinking that Seunggi's acting had been better and better since King 2 Hearts, and Suzy's also are not that bad in While You Were Sleeping and Uncontrollably Fond, I gave Vagabond a chance. Mostly sebab people keep saying the series best gila siap tak sabar tunggu next episode.

I am the type yang tunggu series habis sampai last episode baru start tengok. And the day comes when the series ends. Took my sweet time before start tengok sebab even though aku quite tempted nak tengok, but bukan level tak sabar sesangat so rilek-rilek jek.

When I did start tengok, it was during my LRT-MRT pegi balik time. First couple of episodes, memang layan otw pegi-balik keje jek. Maksimum satu episod sehari jek ye kawan-kawan. Kadang berselang esok lusanya baru sambung tengok. That shows that aku tak attached with the series yet.

Not sure start episod berapa, tapi below 5 la rasanya, aku start getting attached. Bila mana abis jek satu episod, rasa nak terus sambung next episode. Luckily it was cuti weekend bersambung dengan PH on Monday, aku habiskan the whole series in a day plus. Start Ahad malam, and sampai ke Isnin maraton.

And here comes my disappointment. I hate the ending.

Sebelum citer pasal disappointing ending tu, meh kita take a step back dulu sikit. Let me tell you what this series is about.

It is all about Cha Dal Gun (Lee Seunggi) yang give his own self a personal mission - to find the 'killer' of his nephew, the one yang dia jaga dari kecik lagi. Kisahnya, anak buah dia ni took a flight ke Morocco for a team performance. Malangnya, the flight blown up and crashed.

Dal Gun, and family members of other victims dibawak ke Morocco untuk bagi penghormatan terakhir kat mangsa-mangsa ni. And that is when things got complicated (this happens during episod 1 rasanya. Or at most pon episod 2). Kat airport, lepas diorang touchdown, Dal Gun saw someone he shouldn't have.

The day of the crash, anak buah si Dal Gun post a video of him and friends in the airplane. And naturally, people in the background pon was caught in the video jugak. And Dal Gun saw someone who was in the video.

Ye lah, secara logiknya pon, if plane dah crashed, macamana ada orang dari dalam flight tu boleh selamat? And if it's possible pon, why didn't he say anything?

And that is how his personal mission start. He knows something is wrong. Memula for that instance dia kejar mamat yang dia nampak tu.

Kejar punya kejar, desyumm desyummm dush dush lawan-lawan sikit, tapi mamat tu terlepas. Oh btw, antara reason aku tempted nak tengok Vagabond is sebab dia tema action lawan-lawan.

So bila mamat yang dikejar tu dah terlepas, Dal Gun balik jumpa kumpulan family tu balik. Aku lupa kat airport ke hotel. Dia kecoh ada nampak someone yang dalam flight tu kat airport and bising that this must be a terrorist attack. Siap check CCTV bagai ni nak prove dia tak tipu. Malangnya nothing shown dari record CCTV so no one trust him.

The flow of the series is on how Dal Gun try to solve the mystery of the attack, getting one after another people to trust him and be on his side, getting help from left and right, while trying not to die from attacks dari segala sudut. Like seriously, almost setiap episod la dia ni nak kena bunuh. Bak kata abang aku, "Panjang umur sungguh Jong (read: this guy..it's a Terengganu dialect thing, like how english use John for unknown male hahaha) ni, dok mati-mati."

Watch the series for the details gais. Accept for the ending, it is worth the sleepless night. Twist after twist, the betrayal, the lies. Fuh sakit ati akuuuuhhh. Tapi to those yang biasa dengan plot twist, it's not a really a big twist actually. Still expected and not that twisted. Cuma it was well covered.

And now, lets talk bout the ending. There's no ending. There might be season 2.

But, personally, i really hate it when a story ends like this.

This is just as bad as what i feel when i watch the last episode of Scarlet Heart / Moon Lovers. Lagi sakit bila tau supposed ada Season 2 tapi season 2 tak keluar-keluar hmmmmmm....

But all in all, it worth the watch. Don't ask for stars though sebab aku fail rating unless I am very satisfied and I'll give full star hahahahaa.