Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood S2E3: “Struggle of the Fool”
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Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood S2E3: “Struggle of the Fool”

Mustang, Hawkeye, and the Elric brothers are all in Father's captivity now, with Scar and May Chang having narrowly escaped. Off in his secluded mountain hermitage, Hohenheim seems to have felt a disturbance in the wog, and may end up coming to rescue his sons now that he's worked through some budget-saving and filler-y inner doubts. Onward!

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Ergo Proxy S1E2: “Confessions of a Fellow Citizen”
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Ergo Proxy S1E2: “Confessions of a Fellow Citizen”

I'm going to be doing something that I don't usually do with anime, and switching from sub to dub. I've had some friends tell me that the dubbing did a much better job with the translation, and that the subbed version doesn't explain itself well enough. Given how confusing I found the pilot, I think it behooves me to give the dub a try and see if it really does help going forward.

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Fate/Zero S1E4: “Spearhead”
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Fate/Zero S1E4: “Spearhead”

I guess dealing with the Lancer and his elusive master will be making up a significant part of this episode, going by the name. And sure enough, this picks up right where we left off, with the Lancer and Arturia starting their duel while Iri keeps an eye out for the master.

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Marvel Mangaverse #1: “New Dawn” (part one)
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Marvel Mangaverse #1: “New Dawn” (part one)

For the past ten years, Marvel Comics has been one of the big movers and shakers of American pop culture, and a massive money-making machine for the sinister rodent overlords who acquired it at the start of the decade. In the ten years preceding the MCU + Disney era, though, Marvel's successes were much more mixed.

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