Never sneak up on a sniper

[apintrix]

The Fullmetal Alchemist manga finished about a year ago now, and I'm sad to see no scans archived here (or maybe I just wasn't able to find them!) Thanks to the original anime, FMA is best known for being an angst-fest, but the manga's also got a lot more humor, classic shonen action, and a fantastic, tightly plotted battle of military conspiracies. Also, a plus for girl comic-geeks: the creator, Hiromu Arakawa, is a woman, and the series features a wide range of awesome female characters, who kick ass in so many different ways. Here is one amusing bit.

An infamous ghostly serial-killer bites off a bit more than he can chew when he chooses the wrong victim: army sniper Lt. Riza Hawkeye.

This is manga, so read right-to-left. 5 pages and a bit below the cut.

Tease:

Barry the Chopper is smitten. Riza calls her superior, Colonel Roy Mustang, for advisement on what to do with her new "pet"...

(I noticed while making this post: any other FMA fans, check out the "missing" poster cameo in the first scan!)



(Source: Fullmetal Alchemist (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi) chapter 30)

Comments

[apintrix]

Yeah, those bits are great! And her 4-komas at the back are really funny, too. I love the ongoing jokes about Al hiding stray cats in his armor. ...or Pinako doing her hair with natto!

<3 Arakawa and her sense of humor.