鋼の錬金術師 Volume 17

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鋼の錬金術師 Volume 17 Discussion Thread

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鋼の錬金術師 Offshoot Home Thread
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Reading Schedule

Chapter Start Date Pages No. of Pages
第 66 話 雪の女王 Apr 18 7–52 46 pages
第 67 話 この国のかたち Apr 25 53-90 38 pages
第 68 話 家族の肖像 May 2 91-134 44 pages
第 69 話 ブリッグズの礎+ おまけ May 9 135-183 48 pages

Discussion Rules

  • If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask.
  • Please mention the chapter and page number.
  • Please use spoiler tags for major events.
  • If you read ahead, please hold questions until during or after the appropriate week.
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第 66 話

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Start Date: Apr, 18

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The tank gunner exclaiming “Yes!!” instead of “よし！” or something the first time they fire is an interesting choice.

Sloth’s actions confuse me a little. What brings him above ground, and why does he keep going into Briggs rather than turn back? I mean, I guess he is Sloth, and is looking for any excuse to stop working. (Also, the odds of him arriving at Briggs at almost exactly the same time as Ed and Al…)

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They confuse me a lot! Hope we’ll get some answers in the next chapters.

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第 67 話

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Start Date: Apr, 25

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Ch. 67

Now we know much more (how 錬金術 works!), but still have more to reveal.

Like what do you mean “たくさんの人が蠢いている感ジ…”?!! And with Hohenheim at the end!

And I need to write down notes during the reading because after the end’s cliffhanger they all just fly away!

But love, love the contrast with her brother! :rofl:

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Yeah, that bait they dangled in front of Raven was a bit on the nose. :face_with_tongue:

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第 68 話

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Start Date: May, 2

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Ah, as usual I don’t want to stop at the end of the chapter. So I’ve started vol. 2 of 銀の匙 to tie me up during the week

The logic of Raven to just cover the hole is… something else. Also, didn’t Ed haven’t taken any precausion with Winry really? :eyes:

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Oh, unexpected flashback.

The guy spent multiple pages in this chapter holding Armstrong’s hand. He’s definitely not all there. :face_with_tongue: Also, keep in mind that as one of the top brass of the Amestris military, he’s presumably part of the big conspiracy.

Though speaking of the hole, I wanna know who’s been laying those rails.

He sent her away, theoretically into obscurity, so I’m not sure what more he could have done. What are you supposed to do when your head-of-state, who is also the commander-in-chief of the miliary, is the bad guy? Wait, uh… maybe don’t answer that. Has anyone ever tried plotting the locations of significant ICE events on a map to see if they form a circle?

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Maybe warn her? I’m gonna hope that he has a backup plan :smiling_face_with_sunglasses:

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第 69 話

Ahhh, nice cover!

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Start Date: May, 9

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This chapter brought to you by the word “keikaku”. I wonder what it could possibly mean…

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Heh, I guess we did see it a lot. Personally, I hope that after this volume I’ll be able to recognize 麓 and 砦…
Anyway, one week break, as usual!