I just finished watching Full Metal Alchemist (FMA) Brotherhood Episode 9. Compared to the previous episodes, this one is more serious and really focuses on the character development of the Elric brothers and to some extent, Winry Rockbell. FMA Brotherhood 9 basically revolves around the dilemma presented in FMA Brotherhood 8, which was what Bart the Chopper said to Al that he wasn’t actually real – that he’s a fake being created by Ed. If I were given the liberty of giving a title to this episode, I’d definitely make it “Emo Al”. There are so many classic telenovela moments scattered all over the episode. Review and synopsis of Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood Episode 9 after the break.
The first part is actually a bit funny. Ed is trying to muster enough courage to call Winry and ask her if she can come over to central to fix his arm. When Winry arrives the show turns into a riot! It’s nice to see how much she really cares for Edward. I’m sure that almost all fans of FMA would love to see these guys get hitched someday. Anyway, she’s easily able to fix the arm since it broke because of her in the first place (she forgot to put in a screw during her previous maintenance job).
Hughes finds out that Winry doesn’t have a place yet to stay so he literally drags her home so that she’ll meet his family. Winry meets cute and adorable Elicia, Hughes’ 2 year old daughter who’s celebrating her birthday. One of my favorite scenes in this ep was when Hughes pulled out a gun to scare away the young boys who were fighting over who would get to play with Elicia.
Anyway, fast forward the next day we see Ed and Al in a bitter verbal fight. Al takes offense when Ed says that he’s better off already since he’s already big. Al lets everything out, complaining and “emoing” like your typical bratty soul-trapped-in-an-amor. Eventually Ed gets out of the room and shortly after Winry knocks down Al with a brutal hit with her wrench. She goes to explain that it’s highly improbable that someone would risk their life just to make a “fake brother”. Winry emos with Al and then tells him to follow after Ed.
The two brothers find themselves on the roof of the hospital where they have a quick and rather one-sided match. The two then have a heart-to-heart talk and here they bury whatever doubts they have and decide to focus on getting stronger so that they can get their bodies back. Really touching moment. 
Episode ends with Scar waking up to find himself in a slum area. He’s being taken care of by a couple of Ishbalan survivors.
Over-all I kinda like this episode. Even though it was heavy and was really focused on advancing the plot and character development, it wasn’t dragging and boring. It had the right mix of comedy, especially with Hughes and Winry in the episode. I can’t wait for FMA Brotherhood Episode 10! Rawr!
Akuzihs on June 2, 2009
Rawr!!
Jam. on June 2, 2009
Still downloading the episode
Kira on June 2, 2009
Did anyone else but me notice azumi? Have a look thro the ep and see if you can find her. Here is a hint. She is in a big crowd of people. Good luck!
Jam. on June 3, 2009
By the way, what site ang pinagkukunan nyu po ng anime?
hinatasou on June 3, 2009
In other news, FUNimation stopped their simulcast airing temporarily of FMA and One Piece because their security system was compromised. They had in fact no file encryption for the raws. It was as simple as
http://www.funimation.com/fma1.avi
http://www.funimation.com/fma2.avi
http://www.funimation.com/fma3.avi
etc.
So people had access to the raws even before they aired in Japan.
Daniel on June 7, 2009
Damn it all I hope they get the servers up soon before next Thursday so I can watch episode nine before they release 10. By the way anyone know how many episodes they plan on doing? Will it end after 13? Or go off the air until they make more episodes via “season” format?
KlatchZ on June 8, 2009
actually palabas na ang FMA: BROTHERHOOD sa TV5 7:30pm every FRIDAY 5:30pm every Sunday, supportahan na lang natin ang sariling atin, ahhaha 7episode lang sila late, pero atleast halos sabay sa airing…
ang complaint ko lang si dubber lang ni Ed, pero lahat ok naman…
tapos uncut siya may “blacking” lang sa mga dugo, pero di ko maxado nakita dito nung napanood ko, sa Code Geass R2 ko lang nakita censorship…
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mervin on July 9, 2009
In response to kira: Yep. I saw Azumi (sensei of the Elric Brothers) with her husband in the train station upon arrival of winry.
Nice episode. and nice blog sir carlo.