![]() ![]() To give away more would ruin the story, but the snippets of the brothers' origin hint at much darker things to come, and such portents herald fun in upcoming installments. ![]() In a market glutted with too many like-minded efforts, Arakawa's work grabs readers and shakes them with simple yet eloquent visuals and a bizarre concept. Their exploits range from thwarting the machinations of a fraudulent and ambitious priest who abuses the faith of his oblivious flock to cunningly extracting an impoverished mining community from the exorbitant clutches of a corrupt official and dealing with a train-hijack situation that owes a serious debt to the film Under Siege. ![]() The two are government agents wielding prodigious abilities in alchemy who carry out the hazardous assignments issued by their handlers. Set in a steam-powered locale that isn't necessarily in our world, the series follows two teenage brothers, Edward and Alphonse Elric one bearing two cybernetic replacement limbs while the other's soul animates a cumbersome suit of armor. This manga inspired the popular series now airing on the Cartoon Network and captures the show's brand of mystical, action-packed adventure. ![]()
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