Fun thing is that iirc it was said that if the entire series were to have happened exactly the same but Bradley was on his prime, everyone would have died. There would've been no one able to stop him.
@@hydrasent563 he actually would be weaker in that case. All the souls in his philosopher's stone fought and killed each other until the most wrathful one remained. So if he had multiple souls within his stone like every other homunculus, his physical prowess would decrease significantly. Instead all the energy of his single soul now goes to heighten his physical abilities.
I'm glad Blind Wave said they don't read the comments because some people are not being nearly as clever or vague as they think they are. These guys are smart and have proven they know how to pick apart tv shows and movies to figure out what's going on. I'm sure they can figure out the subtext of internet comments as well.
Absolutely - I mean, it's not like TheFlamingShark who has a friend that weeds out the spoilery comments, so they can't even RISK it because people are just too blatant. Really, if you "hint-hint" at someone then of COURSE they will figure out the joke! This was a great reaction though, and it's especially wonderful because this episode is when things REALLY start to become great... only thing is, episode 19 is when the show stops being just "great" and becomes A-MAZE-ING!!
Not a spoiler but I believe this should be addressed. Al was trying to protect Myrtel because the brothers have a strict no killing rule and they will try to save anyone and everyone as long as it's in their powers, doesn't matter who.
Wrath is my favorite of the 7 sins. He's got no healing, or anything. Just an ultimate eye, (which he barely uses,) and pure skill. The plot is thickening, and you guys are in for a crazy ride.
I've yet to see one FMAB reaction where someone was able to figure out the Father thing before the reveal. You really can't guess it because of how well and originally it's done.
To answer the question about Wrath's Ultimate Eye, it grants him tremendously accurate vision as well as the minute details and movements of his general surroundings. But the eye's true ability is that it allows Wrath to automatically perceive and understand all cause and effect relations, deducing the path leading to any effect, allowing him to instantly plan, analyze, and take action with absolute efficiency without any effort. He can adapt perfectly to all factors, achieving maximum efficiency in offense, defense, and strategy, ensuring optimal success as long as there is the slightest chance. He can always achieve optimal results (depending on the means at their disposal), perfectly anticipating all variables and his opponents' every move. A simple glance at anything would be enough to learn it's nature, strengths, weaknesses, etc. In short, the eye makes Wrath a flawless tactician. He understands everything, and is always several steps ahead of everyone else, nearly impossible to catch off-guard, and always allows him to automatically achieve the best possible results.
I can't take credit for that description... a friend of mine worked on a wiki for FMA and we talked about how Wrath's Ultimate Eye works. All I did was clean it up and post it here.
The scene where greling attcks wrath after regaining his old memories, in this fight you can see the difference between when wrath is using his ultimate eye and when he is not. Greed snaps his sword in this fight and wrath isn't using his full potential so the broken of sword falls to ground. Later when facing Scar in his last battle, even tho he is severely injured, his eye is used to its full potential as when scar breaks his sword, he instantly grabs it with his mouth to finish the attack. (Yes he had lost both arms and the only option left was to use his mouth) I still find this detail extremely well thought out and I didn't recognise the connection until the 3rd time I watched the show. Fmab is one of the goats of anime. 7 years since I first watched and you can still go back, no matter how many times you've seen it to catch details you never realised was there in the first place.
Such a good reaction, and this discussion was AMAZING. You all seemed to be enjoying it. Not that you haven't before, but as you discussed, you didn't really have the framework to really start piecing things together and theorizing. You have that now, and it's pretty awesome to hear what you guys have to say. Also A+ editing. With such a packed episode, I didn't expect many of these things to make it in (which is absolutely fine, it's difficult to cut down stuff like this and you usually do an amazing job anyway), but they did and that's amazing. Can't wait for, oh, I don't know, every episode from here on out.
I remember being traumatized as a kid from snake lady's death in the original series. The thought of having a dead body inside of you is like shitting yourself 100x worse.
Humonculus is actually a "theoretical" artificially created by alchemy human in real life; "theoretical" because, obviously, the real life alchemists could never create it. I think it means in latin a "little man", or something close to that. Also, make note of this for later: in real life, it was often depicted/imagined as a tiny dwarf in a flask (hence "tiny man")
It might not be explained clearly but Bradley's (Wrath) ultimate eye ability is that it can see the best possible outcomes of the current situation. Like in this scene he saw that if he injured Greed time after time he would not be able to cover his body in armour, since he can't regenerate and use his armour at the same time. That was Greeds "weakness".
Bradley is fucking badass in this series. Like Wrath the Furious just rolls of the tongue perfectly and considering his unrelenting fight style its perfect.
And then complete Mustang love. Seeing Mustang supposedly killing somebody but then figuring out he just thought of a clever way to save the same person generally seems to be the turning point for anybody who does not quite trust him yet.
I love this episode because you actually learn a lot from this episode, specifically concerning the homunculus and father. It is a great time to theorize about what is coming in the future. I was completely hooked to this show by this point.
I love seeing other people trying to figure out the same questions that I had when I first watched this show. Looking forward to seeing how you guys react to each bit of info they give you.
FUN FACT: Now that we are past their introduction I can say both Izumi (Teacher) and her Husband were shown before their proper introduction. If you go back to the scene where Winry is picked up by Armstrong at the station they both casually walk by behind her. I love how the show has little details you would never focus on have a lot of purpose behind them.
Two a week! Two a week! I'm not going to stop commenting this until it comes true, I know they have a lot of shows they're reacting to but . . . I'm greedy.
I am legit so jealous of the elric bro figures on their desk. I have the greed one, and he is my favourite, but I want them so much but they're suuuuuper expensive, especially to ship to England
At this point is when full metal alchemist brotherhood started to live up to the hype. And i watched the rest of the series in 2 days though prior to this ep id started the anime 2 months before.
I really enjoy the fact that you guys seem to like the series more and more and you are starting to notice so many details. Also you came up with some really interesting theories like the one about greed. Also your disussion about sloth and what power he might have, hmm let's just say you might be surprised...
I don't know if it means anything but at the end there when Bradley turns around to see his son he turns with the eyepatch side. So it could be he is just super careful and scanned him or something or it was saying his true side is the eyepatch side.
Man, I love Divergence. Especially when it's in the middle of the episode. "Oh hey I remember this episode, everybody gets awa-DEAD-DEAD-DEAD-DEAD-DEAD"
So I scrolled in the comments to see that currently Blind Wave does not read the comments has been mentioned by some of you. Is this until the show is over and then they review the comments or do they never ever look at the comments? If they don't look at the comments then, should I wait until the post-finale review video to write since there will be no chance of spoilage? I appreciate when they do an awesome job and I really like their commitment to taking notes and drawing connections. Not just within the show but also between other movie and tv mediums. I would just like to know how this works in regards to this channel.
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The scary thing about Bradley is that he implies in this episode that he used to be way stronger when he was young.
Fun thing is that iirc it was said that if the entire series were to have happened exactly the same but Bradley was on his prime, everyone would have died. There would've been no one able to stop him.
Imagine if he had regenerative powers
@@hydrasent563 imagine if he has an evil eye, nah doubt it
@@hydrasent563 he actually would be weaker in that case. All the souls in his philosopher's stone fought and killed each other until the most wrathful one remained. So if he had multiple souls within his stone like every other homunculus, his physical prowess would decrease significantly. Instead all the energy of his single soul now goes to heighten his physical abilities.
Calvin's face when they see Bradley's eye lol
ShiroYasha king bradley, dark souls boss confirmed
ShiroYasha can't wait for them to meet Ling
Arstotzkan At The DMZ fuck dude that would be a terrifying fucking boss.
I'm %100 certain Cavin would finish the series in a week.
M3rett0 cavin would but idk about Calvin.
I'm glad Blind Wave said they don't read the comments because some people are not being nearly as clever or vague as they think they are. These guys are smart and have proven they know how to pick apart tv shows and movies to figure out what's going on. I'm sure they can figure out the subtext of internet comments as well.
Absolutely - I mean, it's not like TheFlamingShark who has a friend that weeds out the spoilery comments, so they can't even RISK it because people are just too blatant. Really, if you "hint-hint" at someone then of COURSE they will figure out the joke!
This was a great reaction though, and it's especially wonderful because this episode is when things REALLY start to become great... only thing is, episode 19 is when the show stops being just "great" and becomes A-MAZE-ING!!
I'd like to think people are doing all this BECAUSE BW said in the first video that they won't be reading comments.
yeah i hate reading comments in these videos most of them try to joke but they dont know they are actually spoiling ancticipation
Not a spoiler but I believe this should be addressed. Al was trying to protect Myrtel because the brothers have a strict no killing rule and they will try to save anyone and everyone as long as it's in their powers, doesn't matter who.
Wrath is my favorite of the 7 sins. He's got no healing, or anything. Just an ultimate eye, (which he barely uses,) and pure skill. The plot is thickening, and you guys are in for a crazy ride.
Im smiling ear to ear seeing them hypothesize about who Father really is.
Brian Rodriguez I know they have no idea
I've yet to see one FMAB reaction where someone was able to figure out the Father thing before the reveal. You really can't guess it because of how well and originally it's done.
true
I think it's the boys father. Ed and Al. I haven't reached that episode so lets see if it is right or wrong
maybe.... :)
Finding out King Bradley was a homunculi blew my god damn mind as a young teenager.
"Maybe he's unstoppable, but slow"
This could literally not be farther from the truth.
sloth=wasted potential. he is the fastest, and the strongest, but he doesnt put in work.
@@zap4th368 That's the point...
@@critica77y77 and that is what zap was explaining
"Another little girl"
That moment when Calvin unintentionally roast selim
Aww his pride got destroyed 😃😂
To answer the question about Wrath's Ultimate Eye, it grants him tremendously accurate vision as well as the minute details and movements of his general surroundings. But the eye's true ability is that it allows Wrath to automatically perceive and understand all cause and effect relations, deducing the path leading to any effect, allowing him to instantly plan, analyze, and take action with absolute efficiency without any effort. He can adapt perfectly to all factors, achieving maximum efficiency in offense, defense, and strategy, ensuring optimal success as long as there is the slightest chance. He can always achieve optimal results (depending on the means at their disposal), perfectly anticipating all variables and his opponents' every move. A simple glance at anything would be enough to learn it's nature, strengths, weaknesses, etc. In short, the eye makes Wrath a flawless tactician. He understands everything, and is always several steps ahead of everyone else, nearly impossible to catch off-guard, and always allows him to automatically achieve the best possible results.
Best description I've ever seen of his ability. Nice work.
I can't take credit for that description... a friend of mine worked on a wiki for FMA and we talked about how Wrath's Ultimate Eye works. All I did was clean it up and post it here.
The scene where greling attcks wrath after regaining his old memories, in this fight you can see the difference between when wrath is using his ultimate eye and when he is not.
Greed snaps his sword in this fight and wrath isn't using his full potential so the broken of sword falls to ground.
Later when facing Scar in his last battle, even tho he is severely injured, his eye is used to its full potential as when scar breaks his sword, he instantly grabs it with his mouth to finish the attack. (Yes he had lost both arms and the only option left was to use his mouth) I still find this detail extremely well thought out and I didn't recognise the connection until the 3rd time I watched the show. Fmab is one of the goats of anime. 7 years since I first watched and you can still go back, no matter how many times you've seen it to catch details you never realised was there in the first place.
Such a good reaction, and this discussion was AMAZING. You all seemed to be enjoying it. Not that you haven't before, but as you discussed, you didn't really have the framework to really start piecing things together and theorizing. You have that now, and it's pretty awesome to hear what you guys have to say.
Also A+ editing. With such a packed episode, I didn't expect many of these things to make it in (which is absolutely fine, it's difficult to cut down stuff like this and you usually do an amazing job anyway), but they did and that's amazing.
Can't wait for, oh, I don't know, every episode from here on out.
JojoInSpace iiii
JojoInSpace I've been awaiting this episode with such anticipation!
I remember being traumatized as a kid from snake lady's death in the original series. The thought of having a dead body inside of you is like shitting yourself 100x worse.
You're getting into the meat of Brotherhood now. Shit's about to get crazy and it's not gonna stop until the end.
Piccolo Junior already cant wait for the tank scene and armstrong brawl scene XD
I am loving the conversation that is going on
THIS SHOW IS SO GOOD.
that poor little boy Selim
lol You're a funny guy.
A naive soul he is...
yeah poor FUCKING kid
He has such pride in his father too ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° )
stahp lol
After this episode, the storylines of FMA and FMA:B completely diverge.
Humonculus is actually a "theoretical" artificially created by alchemy human in real life; "theoretical" because, obviously, the real life alchemists could never create it. I think it means in latin a "little man", or something close to that. Also, make note of this for later: in real life, it was often depicted/imagined as a tiny dwarf in a flask (hence "tiny man")
the little man
Was waiting for this reaction...I love how shocked they looked through most of the episode XD
I love how at the end Eric just goes "This story's crazy!" And I'm like, boys you have NO IDEA.
It might not be explained clearly but Bradley's (Wrath) ultimate eye ability is that it can see the best possible outcomes of the current situation. Like in this scene he saw that if he injured Greed time after time he would not be able to cover his body in armour, since he can't regenerate and use his armour at the same time. That was Greeds "weakness".
Bradley is fucking badass in this series. Like Wrath the Furious just rolls of the tongue perfectly and considering his unrelenting fight style its perfect.
YESSS. I've been waiting for this. And even more excited for what is to come.
Those predictions of sloth being really slow😂
The moment you realize that "Those Who Lurk Underground" aka Homunculus all appeared on this episode. This show is genius.
Now waiting for one-episode-Mustang-hate. :P
And then complete Mustang love.
Seeing Mustang supposedly killing somebody but then figuring out he just thought of a clever way to save the same person generally seems to be the turning point for anybody who does not quite trust him yet.
This is the greatest! I want to see what you guys come up with now that you know the first big turning point of the series.
I am somehow both slightly disappointed and extremely happy that a certain POV scene didn't make it in.
What POV scene is that?
2:38
Look at those jaws drop!
I've been waiting for this!
I love this episode because you actually learn a lot from this episode, specifically concerning the homunculus and father. It is a great time to theorize about what is coming in the future. I was completely hooked to this show by this point.
I fucking love this episode :D
The way they reacted to Wrath makes it more exiting to when Pride get reveal.
Man their discussions are soo goood
Glad you guys are really getting into it now the discussions are awesome!
I love seeing other people trying to figure out the same questions that I had when I first watched this show. Looking forward to seeing how you guys react to each bit of info they give you.
FUN FACT: Now that we are past their introduction I can say both Izumi (Teacher) and her Husband were shown before their proper introduction. If you go back to the scene where Winry is picked up by Armstrong at the station they both casually walk by behind her. I love how the show has little details you would never focus on have a lot of purpose behind them.
I love when they scream "DEATH" hahahaha
12:52 "They'r where all friends" so much perfect timing
I really love watching you guys think the episodes through. It is very fun. Keep up the great work. :D
I love Greed, it makes perfect sense that this emotion cannot be tamed or made to work for Father
Wrath is definitely my favorite homunculus. We'll learn a lot more about him, his origins, and his worldview as the story goes on.
Two a week! Two a week!
I'm not going to stop commenting this until it comes true, I know they have a lot of shows they're reacting to but . . . I'm greedy.
scienceisamazing so I guess you like greed
My favorite Xingese citizen arrives next episode! Ling!!!
Bradley is one of the best things about FMAB, hands down.
Calvin and Aarons face was to funny . Had to hit replay.
I am legit so jealous of the elric bro figures on their desk. I have the greed one, and he is my favourite, but I want them so much but they're suuuuuper expensive, especially to ship to England
I'm sooo excited that you guys are really getting into this anime now. The next few episodes gonna be awesome
And let it begin...
At this point is when full metal alchemist brotherhood started to live up to the hype. And i watched the rest of the series in 2 days though prior to this ep id started the anime 2 months before.
Yes! I was waiting for you guys to see this, I think you are piecing a lot of the story together, I can't wait for you to see episode 19 now
Elias Gill I wonder if they are going to figure out fathers plan
Next week ... The most important character ... The beautiful shitty prince of my heart ...
2:45 “you need an ultimate ear, Eric” 😂😂😂
Now the theories really begin!
You guys just finished Part 1! Hold on to your hats; it all gets much crazier from here on out!
I really enjoy the fact that you guys seem to like the series more and more and you are starting to notice so many details. Also you came up with some really interesting theories like the one about greed. Also your disussion about sloth and what power he might have, hmm let's just say you might be surprised...
I don't know if it means anything but at the end there when Bradley turns around to see his son he turns with the eyepatch side. So it could be he is just super careful and scanned him or something or it was saying his true side is the eyepatch side.
Just the tip of the iceberg of the masterpiece that is Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Holy crap, this was 2 years ago. Time flies O.o
Greed specifically said in episode 13 that they are not immortal, just a lot more sturdier than normal humans.
I can not wait till episode 19.
18:05 wow, thi sloth part is just so ironic
this was such a great reaction to a great episode
This is the start of one of my favorite runs of episodes!!
This are going to get better and better. Great reaction
cant wait for more, your talk after the episode is the best and thas why i love you guys, sry bad eng :D
I've been waiting for this one since you guys started the series :D
I used to read the manga back in college, stopped in 2010. I forgot how much I loved this story.
I love watching all this speculation, it reminds me of when me and my friends watched it for the first time.
Bradly's Ultimate Eye sees through his opponents. Their weaknesses, their truths, and everything about them that stands out.
this is where the show really takes off, it just gets better and better from this point on
The reason for Al protecting the snake girl is another one of those plot lines that is actually developed in the original series.
Man, I love Divergence. Especially when it's in the middle of the episode.
"Oh hey I remember this episode, everybody gets awa-DEAD-DEAD-DEAD-DEAD-DEAD"
When i first read it I Always suspected Bradley was a villain but him being a Homunculus that was just wow i didnt even expect that
I love watching these things, I'm just countin the days till the show rocks your world view.
Jaws drop when you see Bradleys eye.
I didn't finish and I came back to listen to your theorys😂
"Bradley's a badass" HAHAHAHAHAHAHA, they think this is him being a badass!!!!! If I could do the joker laugh right now, I would.
12:34 I love the back-and-forth here.
Excited for ep19
Ultimate eye lets him see weaknesses(he says in this episode) and super fast reflexes for reasons explained later
Great Reactiong guys! In the original FMA, Wrath aka the Fuhrer is actually the Pride Homunculus, i think that fits better for him
Sloth? Slow? Riiiight lol can't wait for that reaction
The singular is "Homunculus",the plural is "Homunculi".Latin rules are almost the precise reverse of English rules,
Now it begins
I know we all think the same thing every week, but I'm going to say it anyway: Man, I'm so excited because this series really goes places.
It's a bit of a shame that there were just so many jumpcuts, even more than normal. Did you guys have issues with copyright before?
man its gonna start getting wild in this show
The explanation for Al protecting her is simple: Like Ed, he just doesn't want to see people die.
They almost get it what sloth does, those reactions are fucking great
i love their reactions to Father. XD
The "Ultimate Eye" allows Bradley/Wrath to see weakness.
This episode of FMA Brotherhood feels like it should have been rated M because of all the rape.
i think the original made me feel more motional of the chimeras' death because we got to know more of them, and i also felt greed's pain more
Next week we have new intro wooooohooooo
he said in this episode the with his ultimate eye. he sees his weakness.
I can't wait for them to get to episode 19 and 20.
Don't worry guys, Bradely is a villain but everyone loves him
Just realized that there's a new opening next week, I think. This first one is my favorite though.
12:51 *THE SYNC*
So I scrolled in the comments to see that currently Blind Wave does not read the comments has been mentioned by some of you. Is this until the show is over and then they review the comments or do they never ever look at the comments? If they don't look at the comments then, should I wait until the post-finale review video to write since there will be no chance of spoilage? I appreciate when they do an awesome job and I really like their commitment to taking notes and drawing connections. Not just within the show but also between other movie and tv mediums. I would just like to know how this works in regards to this channel.