#Fullmetal alchemist tattoo series

Some minor characters are more developed than their anime counterparts, and certain plot points are better explained where the anime kinda brushes past them. He wasnt fooled for a moment Greed loved it. 'You didnt have it yesterday.' The alchemist smiled, enjoying the effect one little tattoo was having on the man. And the anime actually makes a few improvements with rearranging certain plot points to more appropriate places for better narrative impact.īut I do love the manga for the 5-10% that didn't make the cut for the anime. 'When did you get that' Greed demanded, unable to take his eyes off the small design on Eds left shoulder blade.

If you were to only watch the anime, you would genuinely not know that there's anything missing from the story. Regardless, if you have time, do read the manga! FMAB is a very faithful adaptation of 90-95% of the manga. Reading is by nature slower, so you'll be able to spend more time absorbing the information. Some people have trouble with how fast FMAB moves in the beginning, so if you find yourself having a hard time keeping up with the plot, I recommend switching over to reading the manga. She then begs Roy Mustang to burn the tattoo on her back that carries the secrets of flame alchemy, so that no more flame alchemists can be produced. Since FMAB follows the manga more closely, that means the beginning of FMAB is faster paced as well compared to FMA03. In a flashback to the end of the Ishvalan genocide, Riza Hawkeye makes a grave for an Ishvalan child who was left to die. Ed's backstory of him becoming a State Alchemist is just a brief flashback because it's not as important.

#Fullmetal alchemist tattoo series

The major difference between the beginnings of the two anime series is FMA03 spends a lot more time with 12yo Ed when he's just become a State Alchemist, and FMAB pretty much stays in the present time with 15-6yo Ed for the entire series. So save yourself the trouble and just start from Ep01. An Ishvalan survivor of the Ishvalan Civil War, Scars moniker comes from the large X-shaped scar on his forehead and sports a conspicuous and intricate alchemical tattoo on his right arm, which originally belonged to his older brother, and which he uses as his murder weapon of choice. People who have tried to skip ahead with FMAB ended up going back and watching it the from beginning anyways because they were missing important plot beats. Definitely watch FMAB from the very beginning.