Full Metal Genesis

[RJ Dalton]

Different strokes for different folks.

 

[Prof. Monkeypox]

Oh.... *that's* why I liked Full Metal Alchemist but never got into Neon Genesis Evangelion.

Thanks for putting it all into perspective!

 

[madwarper]

[snip]

Your timeline is off.

The Elric brothers left their house after their mother died, where they met Izumi Curtis in Resembool. After Curtis displayed her alchemic prowess, they followed her and begged to become her students. She gave them the test on Yock Island to see if they could understand the riddle "All is One, One is All". Then, after living on the island for a month and discovering the truth behind the riddle, she accepted them as students and taught them. Finally, after being learning Alchemy and martial arts from Curtis, they returned home and tried to revive their mother with the disastrous results.

So, while Al does go off to do shit, learning martial arts wouldn't be one of them. He already knows it.

 

[Imp_Emissary]

Alphonse still crys form time to time, and in fact went into a bit of a depression when he questioned if he was ever really alive before, or just something Edward created.

It's been a while since I've seen the series, and though I vaguely recall that, when did that happen? And in which series?

It's in them both. It's a bit after Al fights Barry the Chopper. Barry plants doubts in Al's head, when they're fighting, that he isn't real, and later Al gets a good deal upset when Ed doesn't ask him his secret question right away.
The question; "Al. Do you hate me?"

 

[klaynexas3]

Alphonse still crys form time to time, and in fact went into a bit of a depression when he questioned if he was ever really alive before, or just something Edward created.

It's been a while since I've seen the series, and though I vaguely recall that, when did that happen? And in which series?

It's in them both. It's a bit after Al fights Barry the Chopper. Barry plants doubts in Al's head, when they're fighting, that he isn't real, and later Al gets a good deal upset when Ed doesn't ask him his secret question right away.
The question; "Al. Do you hate me?"

Okay, now I remember, thank you for clearing that up. I really need to watch those again. Well, at least brotherhood, I liked that one better at any rate.

 

[Alssadar]

I'm not going to say much, as I haven't watched Eva, but I thought this would be related:
EDIT: Picture related too small; I'm going to post a direct link, and I hope that's okay.
http://0-media-cdn.foolz.us/ffuuka/board/tg/image/1351/37/1351375431682.png

That aside, Alphonse definitely coped better.

 

[shrekfan246]

did a eva DVD boxset fall on your dog or something because almost every comic has been making fun of it for the past few months.
also to many words in the second panel.

The second panel has ten words in it.

God Grey, haven't you ever heard that brevity is the soul of wit?

Also, it's nice to see that this comment section has predictably gone down into a slap fight about Eva.

I haven't actually seen either of the shows referenced this week, but I laughed all the same.

 

[Imp_Emissary]

Alphonse still crys form time to time, and in fact went into a bit of a depression when he questioned if he was ever really alive before, or just something Edward created.

It's been a while since I've seen the series, and though I vaguely recall that, when did that happen? And in which series?

It's in them both. It's a bit after Al fights Barry the Chopper. Barry plants doubts in Al's head, when they're fighting, that he isn't real, and later Al gets a good deal upset when Ed doesn't ask him his secret question right away.
The question; "Al. Do you hate me?"

Okay, now I remember, thank you for clearing that up. I really need to watch those again. Well, at least brotherhood, I liked that one better at any rate.

Yeah, I enjoyed Brotherhood more too. Though, I'm not sure if I would have, if I hadn't seen the first series before it.

 

[SadakoMoose]

Gendo Ikari, best dad ever.

Shinji Ikari, only person to complain that he gets to pilot a giant robot and live with MILFsato.

Yea, the guy that got his wife and many others killed pursuing a mad man's dream. The guy that orphaned "MILFSato" in the first place. The guy that treats his son like he's not even there, UNTIL he needs him to fight ungodly abominations. Yea, a 16 years old with no military training, put in a position where the FATE OF HUMANITY depends on him putting his life on the line via the piloting of a robot made from his dead mother. Weird. All the while, having to live with a drunk

Also, to boil down Misato's somewhat tragic character to a porn cliche. Wow.

 

[Daystar Clarion]

Gendo Ikari, best dad ever.

Shinji Ikari, only person to complain that he gets to pilot a giant robot and live with MILFsato.

Yea, the guy that got his wife and many others killed pursuing a mad man's dream. The guy that orphaned "MILFSato" in the first place. The guy that treats his son like he's not even there, UNTIL he needs him to fight ungodly abominations. Yea, a 16 years old with no military training, put in a position where the FATE OF HUMANITY depends on him putting his life on the line via the piloting of a robot made from his dead mother. Weird. All the while, having to live with a drunk

Also, to boil down Misato's somewhat tragic character to a porn cliche. Wow.

See post number 35.


It's like some people look for reasons to go 'nuhhuh, that's totally not why!'.

You're not impressing anyone, on the contrary, you're pointing out something people already know and missing the whole point of these things we call jokes.

 

[klaynexas3]

Yeah, I enjoyed Brotherhood more too. Though, I'm not sure if I would have, if I hadn't seen the first series before it.

I thought it was going to be like Naruto or Dragonball, where the differing series are still the same one, it's just a lot more of it and the different name gives it a reason to continue. That's why I watched the other series first. Not that it was bad or anything, I actually enjoyed it, but it definitely lacked some of the grandness of Brotherhood. Especially since we got to see or hear a bit more about the greater world around their country in Brotherhood.

 

[Roxas1359]

Alphonse: making the best of a horrifying situation.

That's Al for you. XD

Also, am I the only one that saw the title and though of some sort of Fullmetal Alchemist Sega Genesis game...don't ask me why, but I think it has to deal with me plugging in my Megadrive and I've been playing it a lot as of late.

 

[Quazimofo]

Wesley Snips

Neon Genesis was just created to be therapy for Hedaki Anno. He was struggling with depression when he wrote that piece of shit series.

It's overrated to fuck.

I've not watched it, though I don't intend to if public opinion is so divided, since that tends to mean it is indeed overrated.

A depressed writer is no excuse though. Tuomas Holopainen wrote the ablum "Dark Passion Play" while depressed and that was arguably the best album he's ever written! (it's symphonic metal. Give it a listen if you don't actively dislike that srot of thing, since like all music it's subjective)

 

[Yuuki]

"I'm going to learn Kung Fu!"

Well...er...no, he's going to go on a world-wide quest with his older brother to improve his alchemy skills and discover the Philosopher's Stone (or a way to make it) which vastly amplifies alchemy in order to get his original body back, and help his brother get his limbs back too. Oh and along the way, find the reason why their mother's resurrection went horribly wrong and to learn the ultimate "truth" about alchemy. It's complicated at first, but they keep those goals consistent through the entire anime and that's what I like about it.

The Kung Fu thing was something both brothers were practicing as a hobby and to improve their survival and to blend alchemy with fighting/agility (very useful, Edward can move fucking fast!), but the main goal is still all about alchemy

Also please don't bring the FMA and NGE universes together ever again, it's an insult to FMA :S

 

[Mahoshonen]

Oh boy, another comic ragging on NGE.

To be honest, I find something fascinating about Shinji, when told that he needs to pilot a giant robot to save the world from aliens, his first reaction is "NO, YOU SHUT THE FUCK UP DAD!!" It certainly gets me interested in learning more about the character.

 

[Jackel86]

I've been wanting to see Neon genesis since everyone says that it is very good. However, from what I have seen of it is that it show cases the very worst stereo types of anime, (Weak main character, excessive fan service, all female characters clinging to the protagonist like flies around a turd, oh and that stupid thing anime does where the main character slips and land body first on a female touching her breasts looking embarrassed)

If you don't like anime stereotypes, you will HATE Evangelion. I know I did. Stick with Cowboy Bebop, Berserk, Full Metal Alchemist (the other series in this comic, if you are unaware), and other stuff I'd call "anime for people who hate anime".

 

[Jackel86]

Wesley Snips

Neon Genesis was just created to be therapy for Hedaki Anno. He was struggling with depression when he wrote that piece of shit series.

It's overrated to fuck.

I've not watched it, though I don't intend to if public opinion is so divided, since that tends to mean it is indeed overrated.

A depressed writer is no excuse though. Tuomas Holopainen wrote the ablum "Dark Passion Play" while depressed and that was arguably the best album he's ever written! (it's symphonic metal. Give it a listen if you don't actively dislike that srot of thing, since like all music it's subjective)

I'm glad you put "arguably" in there, because I think you will have a hard time convincing me that Once is not the best album he's ever written.

(Side note: The captcha I had to fill out for this was "face the music", lol)

 

[LetalisK]

I've never seen Evangelon, Full Metal Alchemist, or any other anime besides DBZ when I was 10. But these are probably my favorite strips. It's amusing to come into the comments thread and see how many people take this shit way too seriously.

 

[BX3]

You draw such a great metal Alphonse.

I've not watched it, though I don't intend to if public opinion is so divided, since that tends to mean it is indeed overrated.

I'm of the opposite philosophy, personally.

I tend to try out overrated series' (game, show or otherwise) that have a public divide simply because "overrated" and "actually bad" get mixed up about as much as "they're", "their" and "there" does.

I've never watched Eva, but on the divide alone I'd say give it a try mainly because 9 times out of 10, stuff like this really isn't worth the nerd rage it causes from either side.

 

[Izanagi009_v1legacy]

Gendo Ikari, best dad ever.

Shinji Ikari, only person to complain that he gets to pilot a giant robot and live with MILFsato.

Oh boy, here we go again. Let's see, he also has had various tragedies that we are lucky to never happen as stated in the comic: abandonment, low self-confidence, and extreme pain and agony to the point of wanting to die.

that giant robot, it will literally torture you as you fight because of the pain transmission, everytime an angel blast or rips a chunk of flesh off, you feel that agonizing pain and since the actual damage is not occurring on your body, it tend to cause a mental drain

as for the women, Misato has her own problems and as of Eva 3.0 kind of hates Shinji for third impact. Asuka is extremely closed off and pushes Shinji away so hard that he feels even greater abandonment. Rei is pretty much a empty shell that can be replaced over and over and that continual cycle of having someone you are close to die and come back with no memory of your experience together would have an effect.

I'm honestly tired of people who say that Shinji should stop whining. The pain he goes through and the timeframe he experienced them would crack many people in real life.

Called it.

I'm very well aware of the actual implications of the show.

See, we have these things we do for comic effect.

You may of heard of them before, they're called jokes.

two things: a, I am very dense when it comes to comedy and sarcasm. B. You are making fun of a show that most people are on very different sides on so making a joke will aggravate one side or the other