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I’m realizing the credits are in English for some reason. Odd. 

Anyway! I love this art style so much and it’s nice to see Ed relaxing like this. This whole segment is very lighthearted despite everything going on. Sure, Al got his body snatched and Ed lost his limbs, but they can still enjoy life

Love this little spar session. Al’s winning, first of all, which is an important plot point for later. You can also see that Al’s less defensive than he was when he was first helping Ed when he got his automail. He is still blocking, but is that because it’s a reflex or because he’s trying to help Ed practice against a normal person that can’t just tank a boot to the face? He’s also got a combination of fast, reactive attacks and long windups. For the most part, when he strikes, it’s just as fast as Ed. It’s only the end when he has Ed stuck where he cocks back for more than a split second

And Ed. I neglect him a lot because Al is obviously my favorite, but he is so agile and vicious in a fight. He gets thrown around a lot, sure, but he makes it work for him. Look at when Al goes to kick him - Ed vaults onto his leg and uses that as momentum to backflip and kick Al in the head. And the little breakdancing uppercut kick thing near the end? 

I think Ed would be a much better fighter if he stuck to the ground more and focused on that fast, vicious attacking - there’s one point where he’s low and advances on Al and Al has to back up. Al, who is literally twice his size. 

I’ve been looking at this on loop for nearly 5 minutes now writing all this and it just keeps getting better. 

This whole outro is so charming but this. You’ve got Ed and Win fighting, Ed on Al’s shoulders and a loony tunes segment. It’s such a cute little animation drawn by kids

And sad again lol. It’s nice that he has books at least, but the way they’ve always got him staring off in the middle space when he’s alone. I love Al. I would kill for an episode entirely focused on him. 

There’s just something about they way they run in here that’s so ‘two kids going on an adventure.’ Running over rocks, moving towards some unseen goal. Love it. 

They’re too cute I can’t take it even if something’s up with Al’s hair and eyes. Normally they’re a touch greener than Ed’s.

Anyway, the last animated shot is the two of them walking down that railroad -moving with their adventure. I’m sure the kids didn’t want to lose parts of their bodies, but they’ve always wanted adventure. 

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