FIRST TIME | FMAB Episode 1+2 | Group Reaction 

NEW REACTION!!! I know what you're thinking. We've watched this before. BUT, its a whole new group of reactors!!! Are you looking forward to this journey? Who do you think is going to like the show the best? Also check out our new commentary channel!! www.youtube.com/@NormiesAfterDork/videos

In those immortal words... "Bro this is not a kid's show, bro"

"Hi, I'm Hawkeye." "Have you ever shot anyone?" "... as I said, my name is Hawkeye."

"I'm his younger brother, Alphonse." Instantly wins everyone's love.

Just so you know: SOMETIMES there will be post-credit scenes that aren't previews, I'm hoping someone knows them off the top of their head and can let you know which ones to look out for to remove the doubt, but if not then always watch a LITTLE bit after the credits and stop if you hear the narrator's voice because that means it's a preview

New group of reactors, new reaction? It makes sense. There's an equivalent exchange joke to be made here.

Armstrong isn’t his title it’s his last name, he is known as the “Strong Arm Alchemist” and his talents are ones that have been passed down the Armstrong family for generations!

Al really does have it the worst, from the moment you first see him and going forward he has not slept at all. Imagine your mind being active all day everyday without rest.

It is not as simple as "you gotta sacrifice someone else you love as much". Equivalent exchange states that you must sacrifice something of *equal value* to make something else. For example, if you wanna create a spear of iron of 1kg, you need 1kg of iron for that. The problem with human transmutation (that is also stated during the monologue) is: what could be the value of a human soul? Even if you find someone you equally love as the one you lost (and that by itself would be pretty much impossible to measure), do these two people sould have the same intrinsic value in the universe? Can we say that is an equivalent exchange to sacrifice one life to bring back another?

NO SPOILS BRO LET EM FIND OUT

To be fair, I didn't realize King was his first name either for a long time. Throughout all of the original anime adaptation, I literally thought his full title was "Fuhrer King". It wasn't until I read the manga a few years after that, but still before Brotherhood, that I realized my mistake.

'It's so goofy!' - me, currently having war flashbacks - 'Sure!'

sigh... adds "Again" by YUI back to playlist

When you finish this don't forget to react to the bloopers

Every.single.character is well written and none are forgotten. GOAT short anime.

So to clarify, Full Metal Alchemist, the original, came out while the manga was still being written The anime caught up to the manga so they had to take some creative liberties with how the show ended. Brotherhood was then created after the manga was finished and was more faithful to the manga. Because the original was being released while the manga was being finished, they took a lot more time with some storylines, characters and fillers. They didn't know how the manga was going to end so didn't know which storylines were super important and which ones could be skipped. As a result of this Brotherhood for about the first 14 episodes, many will tell you, is super fast paced in comparison as it recaps what the original took time to tell. You will also hear over and over again, to the point of annoyance, that FMA did the beginning better because they took more time with characters. Personally, I feel Brotherhood is the more complete package, even if they do have to shorten some very impactful storylines.

Yesssss! This show is still the best anime I’ve ever watched. The balance between action, comedy, and horror is incredible.

fmab is an absolute classic goofiness and all I love how Pat immediately turned against the government 😂

"When this show gets dark, it gets dark." Scar (LK): You have no idea.

Fun fact... they did not in fact offer equivalent exchange for their mom. They offered our alchelmical ingredients to a human body but yeah the soul bit, however... The exchange took Alphonses entire body and soul with the offering just for their moms body. Eds arm and leg were originally the exchange for Als soul and attachment to the armor. In brotherhood his soul was exchanged for an Arm... weirdest exchange ever if you think about it... Als soul was cheap compared to their moms body... and his leg was taken for looking through the door. This scene was nevwr explained in the original series, just that Ed had seen the door and could perform alchemy without transmutation circles.

You can't think about Alchemy as magic, it's much more science with a splash of "magic". Ed is considered so talented because he knows a lot of chemistry, biology, and science. To put it into perspective Dr. Frankenstein was an alchemist and studied alchemy before creating his monster. Yet everyone calls him a mad scientist.

26:10 "F*** Yeah!!!"

Rana @ 4:20 “this is so goofy”… words I knew she would later be eating once she was introduced to Dr Shou

Damn I wish Nikki was with you guys Hopefully before episode 4

Fellow Hoosier here, I am so super hyped for this crew to react to this! And thank you for doing the dub, dub actors are so underrated and I love to see the GOAT's in this dub get some recognition.

Other reaction channels finishing a show: well too bad we can't make more content with that show.. Normies having like 8 cast members:

Y’all are in for a real treat here. FMA Brotherhood is considered an iconic classic of the medium in both the west and Japan for a reason.

When ed was listing ingredients and the grams and what not that’s allegedly the components for a human body

Hey, the timing for this one is perfect! I just completed my collection of the hardcover "Fullmetal Edition" of the manga, so I'm reading through it again to celebrate. This is gonna be fun

YESSSS i am here for this series like a little girl and dog best friend. inseparable.

Why do people have so much problem with multiple tones? Why cant something that is serious and deep also be funny and goofy?

Oh pat and spidey. Your height convo 😂 LOL

This is is awesome!!!! Not only do I love this show, but to see the new normies to watch this was awesome. I loved the first group to watch this

Alchemy is like a more scientific form of magic, knowledge chemistry and make up of the elements, how to mix and change a substances. Heck, even stuff like cooking can be considered a branch of alchemy.

Arguably the greatest anime and greatest dub of all time... I can't wait for you guys to go on this journey

This has probably been explained and I think maybe it got mentioned in the video, but Brotherhood and the 2003 series are very different. The 2003 series started out somewhat faithful and then swerved into it's own original plot (that is WILDLY different) at the manga author's (Hiromu Arakawa) request because at the time the manga was still ongoing. It has a sequel movie, Conquerer of Shamballa, that concludes the series. Brotherhood instead follows the manga. In regards to Ed's losing limbs: he lost his leg as payment for going through the gate and 'seeing' all of alchemy, and he lost his arm as payment for getting Al's soul back and binding it to the armor. And poor Al has it so bad as he is now: he can't eat, sleep, or even feel touch. 😢 (Also, automail are essentially super-advanced prosthetics. They are SO cool tbh.)

The return of one of the best Dubs in anime! Enjoy the ride!

Alex is dub by the same voice actor who dub Almight in my hero acadamia "Christopher Sabat"

brotherhood is 2000's anime at its peak

Im glad its dubbed. I love this show in dub

Just wanted to put in a Pro-Dub comment. Love that you're watching this one Dubbed, it's the best Dub in the industry.

Birds fly Fish Swim Pat immediately sides with the villain

Gluttony being described as a baby is TERRIFYING

there is soo many easter eggs and stuff in the back of scenes for readers and 2nd time plus watchers i wish someone from the first time was here to watch it.

Dude i just finished binging this anime about a few weeks ago and im excited for you guys to experience one of the greatest anime of all time

I'm SO excited about this!!!! I'll be here for your journey!!!

Just keep watching, most questions will be answers, dont let them in on too much bro ;) You will recognise the first 12+ episodes from the first adaptation, then it (the manga) diverts and goes much broader then the first adaptation. The beginning has moore goofiness, but you need it since it gets daaaark 😅

Please god why is Pat, the man with less media literacy skills than a beetle, here for this fantastic show 😭

Just finished rewatching the original Normies reaction to this!! Excited to see more of you react to it too

God damn. I've probably watched this series somewere around 5 - 7 times and yet I still find myself crying over what happened when they attempted the transmutation. Looking forward to the reactions

Can't wait to say "it's not magic, it's science" 500 times Oh no, they think this is goofy... 28:44 Ahhhh ok they caught up.

Armstrong is peak masculinity, like iroh he is a sensitive soul. 🤘

oh lord...I watched the first series reaction multiple times...I hope this group's journey is magnificent!

Pat you seem to forgetting the fact that Edward's power came at the cost of HIS BROTHER'S ENTIRE FUCKING BODY

You'll be loving this series and crying, too.

This show's a fucking CLASSIC.

how tf… i just started rewatching this show yesterday… now i’m just gonna follow y’all along thanks

Didn't expect Spidey to be the knowledgable one about the series 😂

Ranas gonna cry so much. It’s gonna be great

Wow I loved the normies first set of reactions to this show so I can't wait for this!

AYOO! This show is actually the reason I discovered you guys (and also that reaction channels were even a thing lol). I think I had an anime resurgence and wanted to rewatch my OG fav lol

I think I learned about u guys cause of fmab, either that or ATLA. Cool to see another group of normies react to it. It’s gonna be a fun year

Oh boy you guys are in for a wild emotional ride!

It's funny how Navi is such a big advocate of this show ...since in the beginning she didn't think it was better than the original, it was only just under a third of the way she thought this was better.. actually it does make sense since it was near there it took a total different course to the original.

26:10 "FUCK YEAH!' make sure to watch the bloopers when you finish the show!

Oooooooooooooh my gooood, yeeeeeeeeees! I have been hoping for someone, anyone, reacting to this show, you have answered my prayers. ☺ "This is goofy" are like... famous last words.

Really excited to see this group's reaction to FMA:B! Hope you guys enjoy the ride!

NO SPOILER ahead, just clarification that you will need and are not given afterwards: There are a few things that the first episode messed up, because fun fact, it’s true that this adaptation is more loyal to the manga, but the first episode is actually a filler, and even if it introduced a lot of things in an easier way, allowing them to skip some chapters from the manga, it also messed up the alchemy and some people don’t really understand how that works because of that, basically al alchemist can trasmutate everything the want, as long as there is an equivalent exchange for that, so you see Ed in the flashbacks transmuting a bird out of wood for his mom, we also see him in the first episode transmuting a part of the ice bridge that the bad guy created, that’s because every alchemist can transmute water, so it makes no sense for the ice alchemist to transmute only water, it’s like if Ed randomly decided to only transmute cotton just because… the only alchemist that can transmute something unique is Mustang, the flame alchemist, and that will be explained, but he can also transmute every thing else. Also regarding Ed’s body, it’s true that he got all the knowledge the transmute without a circle (his tool was just the leg) but he is also very dependent on his prosthetic limbs (they are technologically complicated so he needs a mechanic for those, Winry), so if they get broken he is unable to do almost anything, especially if his arm breaks, since he it’s true that he can not use a circle but in exchange he needs to clap his hands to do al the transmutation stuff, and that’s impossible if he doesn’t have his prosthetic arm. Also another thing, I’m pretty sure Al is not mad at Ed because he knows that they both did the thing, like it’s true that maybe Ed did a little more, being a genius and everything, but also Al agreed on everything and helped… so they are both guilty. Sorry for the essay, I just thought that you would have liked some clarification that the show takes for granted, especially with the things they put in the first episode

Pat sees suit of armor, and thinks robot, finds out it Ed’s sentient little brother and insists on calling him a robot. Alrighty. Pat just gonna pat

Yes I'm so excited for you guys to react to this!

Y’all in for a ride with this one

So happy they're reacting to this ❤

And they were like 11 and 9 when they bodies were destroyed.

2:01 Lil’ John enters the chat

Armstrong is his family name, his style of Alchemy and code name is called “Strong Arm Alchemist”.

YES i just started watching it last week, this is perfect timing

oooh new group of reactors lmao hell yeah i'm always down for another rewatch of FMA!! 😂

And so begins a beautiful journey...again😁🔥

No spoilers! Such a fantastic anime!!! One of the very first that I ever watched and got sucked into the anime universe!

One of the greatest Anime. You all will watch this series a couple of times. You will miss details. Enjoy the show.

OMGG YES Y'ALL STARTING THE BEST ANIME OF ALL TIME LETS GO

Next intro Pat will use Armstrong and Rana will be Hawkeye. Spidey Mustang.

Alphonse was traded for the organism in the dish, his leg was traded for a glimpse of the truth of the world, and the arm was for Alphonse’s soul

:0 !!!!! HERE WE GO AGAIN!!! grab ya tissues now

Hell yeah! My favorite anime of all time!

I loved blind waves reaction to this now the normies!

The best anime in history 🤩.

Aww Rana is watching Fmab 🤩

The 2003 anime did alot of anime original stories throughout and then had to make its own ending because the manga wasnt close to being done

Oh, I take back all the crap I gave you guys in some previous reaction at some other time in the past. The least I can do for you guys reacting to this anime and for the channel doing it again in general. Hell yeah. Edit: Oh damn, Spidey watched the first series??! The original needs more recognition too.

Time to rewatch this for the 20th time

Here we go again🔥🔥🔥

He’ll fucking yeah, another trip around Amestris, very excited for this rewatch

Ahh ya my guy Spidey bout to find dark place on anime . Its so good im sure your all gonna love most of it.

Oh shit, three of my favourite Normies watching one of my favourite shows. Damn good day.

Ohhh, we you guys are going into a ride now!

Yes Ed sacrificed his arm for binding soul of Al onto the armor.

Holy shit! Do I have something to look forward to on Wednesdays other than being almost Thursday now?

One of my faves!!! ❤️🔥🔥

Not a seahorse. Not a lion. A Merlion. Like a Mermaid.