I finally finished Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood the other day, but I'm strangely dissatisfied with the ending. I kind of like how Ed
sacrificed his gate of truth (ability to use alchemy) to bring Alphonse back
, but that doesn't seem really satisfactory. I also would have liked to see
Hoenhiem (however you spell it) give a better farewell to his sons
, but I guess it couldn't be helped.
It seems that I always find the journey more interesting than the destination.
I started on the second season of Code Geass after I finished with Brotherhood. I'm on episode 12. Some parts of this show make me feel like crap, but when they do comedy, they do it really well. Case in point: the opener of episode 12. The person Lelouche has impersonating him in school kissed a girl who had a crush on him in order to prevent her from finding out about a secret room. Just as they're dealing with this, Lelouche gets a copy of his schedule.
"What's with this schedule?!"
"Allowing for three hours of sleep, you have dates scheduled with 108 girls. 14 of them are waiting for cancellations, and they've been on the waitlist for six months."
Looks like someone's been busy.
Edit: after watching that episode and the next one, I want to say that this is a show that apparently builds things up so that it's worse when it all falls down.
There are so many crises of motivation, conflicts of loyalty, betrayals, and twists in this show.
I finished the show. I'm not at all ashamed to admit that I cried at the end. I came close at a couple points during the show, but
WOW that last episode got to me. I think it has a very satisfying ending, too.