This is one of the best shounen manga I read. The art is great, the plot is magnificent, the themes presented are the apparent brain child of a genius and the characters are likable. It embraces a lot of genres, from action and comedy to romance (the romance is not all over the place which is good). The pace of the story does not drag. I highly recommend this.

Plot: 9
Development: 10 Content: 9 Depth: 9 Skillful use of twists: 9 Lack of Fan-service: 8
Skillful use of fanservice: 10 Lack of cliche: 6 Skillful use of cliche: 8 Originality: 8

Characters: 8
Development: 10 Use of Dynamic characters: 8 Use of Static characters: 9 Depth: 8
Lack of Cliches: 6 Skillful use of cliches: 7 Involvement/impact of side-characters: 9

Point scale as u can guess is 1-10. I am quite a critic, so the impression this manga left on me is rather surprising since usually with shounen u wouldnt expect such good quality of plot and character without sacrificing just to get sales.
In conclusion......yes READ IT......and yes its worth multiple rereads, since it will still be good.

It's kinda surrel and terribly bitter-sweet but all good things have to come to a end. FMA will truly be one of the greatest manga i have the pleasure of reading. The action, storyline, characters everything that molded this manga together will be missed. On that note, i'll definetly look out for the mangaka's next work, i'm sure it will be good.

Love FMA, best shounen ever. awesome ending! I think thats just badass! Extremely original, better than naruto and one piece, a must read!!

... Last updated on November 7th, 2010, 6:32pm

the greatest shounen mana i´ve ever read. Now finished after 108 chapters. 108 : 12 = 9
Has it really been so long'? Nine years of exitment, laugh and cries

SUPERB!!

Well, I finally read the ending, and now I am looking forward to a nice $260 bill, because I seem to need these books. Ending was really good, art was solid all the way through, and the story that took a few turns ended up running right back into a good ending.

I really can't think of anything more to ask for from this ending, except maybe a bit more face time with the brothers lives after everything is finished. Probably the highest I have ever rated a manga, but this one deserves it.

I'll keep this short because I could ramble - and I mean RAMBLE- about how awesome this series is for hours. Every character has a deep place in my heart, even some of the evil ones. If I could be anyone in the whole freaking world, I would be the author of this manga. Because to create something this meaningful and deep and entertaining...would just be unbelievable. This is, at least for me, the best series ever. It's a masterpiece. End of story.

probably one of my favorites of all time so far. story is really funny and light hearted, but also has the very deep backstory. many manga try to pull off some comedic relief during a serious fight. this is one of the few i've seen do it successfully.

almost greatest manga ever
it needs a strong ending
already a classic
so who give this manga 1/10? (3 votes)
this is not funny.
always watch anime with subs.
dubbed version never seem natural

... Last updated on July 10th, 2007, 5:19pm