Although I am restraining myself hugely here, you have no idea. (I also have a giant thing for Roy/Ed genstuff, btw. If you should happen to have any links lying around.)
The manga is THE BEST THING EVER, you would love it. I say this totally unironically, because I really do think Hiromu Arakawa's story is perfect. If you have buttons, IT WILL HIT THEM.
One of the things I love most about it is (unlike the first anime, or so I hear) that if you don't give up, if you refuse to just let bad things slide and you refuse to hurt people, maybe things won't be perfect but you can be happy. Another thing is the large and diverse female cast! And the Ishvalan characters, and the people from Xing, whom I hear do not exist in the first anime. Boo.
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The manga is THE BEST THING EVER, you would love it. I say this totally unironically, because I really do think Hiromu Arakawa's story is perfect. If you have buttons, IT WILL HIT THEM.
One of the things I love most about it is (unlike the first anime, or so I hear) that if you don't give up, if you refuse to just let bad things slide and you refuse to hurt people, maybe things won't be perfect but you can be happy. Another thing is the large and diverse female cast! And the Ishvalan characters, and the people from Xing, whom I hear do not exist in the first anime. Boo.
I will leave you with a masterpost, two bits of the manga, and a picture of Major General Olivier Armstrong.