"sometimes i miss my sanity" –wedge antilles

first of all. Ed asleep on his research notes. adorable

THE TRAIN EPISODE!! another that I wish was adapted in Brotherhood but was skipped for time

from what I remember Hakuro has an interesting personality. I can't really get a read on him. I do appreciate that he spent his vacation time to take a trip with his family though

MUSTANG AND HAWKEYE'S FIRST APPEARANCE!!!! the true stars of the show, lol. and what an entrance it is. we also get to see the rest of Team Mustang! except for Havoc, apparently

and, right away, setting up Roy's playboy attitude. Arakawa is playing the long game.

Roy's facial expressions in this scene are all just gold. we also get to see so many sides of him: the playboy, the joking insubordination, the military focus, the calm ruthlessness. it's a very dynamic scene for our newly introduced tritagonist.

I wonder if Ed sleeping here is an early sign of sharing his soul with Al's body

Ed's little faces. I love them

"You can't move forward if you keep regretting the past." it's a joke line but man is it loaded.

gotta admire Hakuro's resolve here

go train operators!

it's funny how terrified these guys are. Ed's like a goblin and Alphonse is hilariously intimidating even despite his personality

"floop..?" lmfao

all that badassery and then. hi Colonel!

Alphonse and Hawkeye being all adorable in the background while Ed and Roy have their beef. it also seems like Roy isn't trying to bait Ed yet, he seems to really want Ed to like him and cares for Ed's wellbeing.

"I guess you're as nosy as ever" Edward, he recruited you, of course he's keeping an eye on your progress. and you've made the news several times already

aaaaand our first time seeing flame alchemy. holy aura moment.

just casually telling this guy he'll cremate him in a calm military voice. Mustang is fucking scary

extra: the series will be retitled "Flame Alchemist". ngl I understand why this story is about Ed and Al, but I really would have loved more about Roy (and Riza, of course). they're just so damn interesting

human brains are great at pattern recognition, but if a pattern is too busy (like a packed parking lot) then it has to have something specific to focus on. the brain immediately discards what it does not recognize in favor of things it does. this could almost be called confirmation bias, though it's not wholly similar. what you see does not change the fact of what is there, it only changes what you remember as important.