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Looking for recommendations (europe.pub)
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I recently finished Dungeon Meshi, Ousama Ranking, and lastly Frieren. I am looking for series around that vibe, preferably not Isekais (At least not the modern ones). Thanks in advance for checking this post!

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[–] 26 points 2 days ago (25 children)

So you want an adventure anime with chill travel vibes and maybe some action, but not focused on action.

  1. Fullmetal Alchemist is the original GOAT of Adventure anime if you've not seen it already. Watch Brotherhood, not the original.
  2. Spice and Wolf gives similar chill vibes following a merchant and wolf god companion. Watch the 2024 remake.
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  • [–] [S] 1 point 13 hours ago (2 children)

    I have watched both FMA series already, and I love both for different reasons. I know Spice and Wolf, but never got my attention, is the remake finished or ongoing?

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  • [–] 2 points 9 hours ago (1 child)

    Remake is ongoing. The main story is 17 volumes and the remake season 1 covers the first 5. Season 2 is scheduled for next year.

    The original series wrote itself into a corner by skipping volume 4 which included events crucial to later in the story, and it also covered up to volume 5, so you don't have to watch it.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago

    Watch Brotherhood, not the original.

    Watch the 2024 remake.

    I see someone woke up today and chose violence lol.

    I kid, of course -- as a lover of both versions of FMA, I understand how the slight change in tone & story appeals to different people; and I've yet to see the Spice & Wolf remake, I've just only heard about the criticisms people had with the things it changed.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 days ago* (3 children)

    I think FMA is better than Brotherhood for the first part. I believe you're supposed to switch at the episode titled "All Is One, One Is All" because it has the same title in both series. So you watch 27 episodes of FMA, and then start Brotherhood with episode 12 (just looking at the episode numbers, Brotherhood definitely speedran up to this episode)

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  • [–] 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

    Or just watch both in full. While the ending of Brother hood was better than FMA's ending, I think FMA's ending was still good

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago

    The originals ending is a scrambled mess IMO because they ran out of manga/LN content and had to make up their own thing. I really don’t think it turned out well at all.

    I do agree that it fleshed out the earlier arcs better but that’s because they were dragging their feet for time and new content. The pacing of Brotherhood is just right from start to finish.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    For spice & wolf, the original is still great too

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  • [–] 8 points 2 days ago (3 children)

    for slowburn action/drama might I second

    • cowboy bebop
    • samurai champloo
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  • [–] [S] 1 point 13 hours ago (2 children)

    Cowboy Bebop is a masterpiece 💗 I have yet to watch Samurai Champloo

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  • [–] 2 points 12 hours ago (1 child)

    same person created them, Shinichirō Watanabe.

    his other works are supposedly in the same universe.

    • Cowboy Bebop
    • Samurai Champloo
    • Space Dandy
    • Terror in Resonance
    • Carole & Tuesday

    can't say anything for the last three as I haven't seen them though.

    His wiki page also warned not to confuse him with Shinichi Watanabe, which created Excel Saga. I can confirm it's absurdly funny and remember getting drunk watching it with friends in the early 2000s.

    if that's your jam, I'd also recommend Colorful by Torajirō Kishi. it's a sex comedy centered around perverts objectifying women and their panties.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 days ago (9 children)

    Watch Brotherhood, not the original.

    Wrong - watch the original up until they get to Rush Valley (around ep26 or so IIRC) and then switch over to Brotherhood. Or just watch all of the original and then Brotherhood.

    Brotherhood tries to rush the first half of the original into 3 episodes which ruins the pacing.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago* (2 children)

    Brotherhood tries to rush the first half of the original into 3 episodes which ruins the pacing.

    I was curious so I took a quick look and it's actually about 28 or 29 episodes.

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  • [–] 1 point 19 hours ago (1 child)

    If you're wanting to be pedantic, it squeezes the first half of the original into 10 episodes; Brotherhood hits Rush Valley at episode 10 whereas they arrive in the original at episode 26 (almost exactly halfway of the original 51 episode run).

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  • [–] 1 point 15 hours ago*

    Again, you're calling the 2003 anime the original. Rush Valley isn't the halfway point of the manga; they arrive there at the start of volume 5 (out of 27).

    edit: a lot of the stuff you're accusing them of skipping was actually just filler, like the train thing at the beginning.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (5 children)

    True, but its more complicated to recommend like that. And I found the pacing of the original to be too slow for my liking. I agree that Brotherhood rushes through those first stories too fast, and skips two arcs that matter for no reason, but the original was slow and boring, even if it told the stories properly.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 days ago (4 children)

    I mean, if you can enjoy the pacing of Frieren, you can enjoy the pacing of the original FMA.

    I obviously don't want to spoil anything for anyone who hasn't seen it but the rush in Brotherhood robs some crucial plot points of any emotional impact and is lesser for it.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 days ago* (1 child)

    If you're talking about the Tucker family that whole thing actually gets even less time in the original original FMA - that is to say, the manga. I think it's all over in 2 pages or something crazy like that.

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  • [–] 1 point 19 hours ago

    I'm talking more about (huge spoilers)

    spoilerHughes; there's far less of him in Brotherhood and his discovery of the conspiracy leading to his death all takes place in one episode in Brotherhood where I think it's something like 3 or 4 in the original. Much more tension to play with that way rather than it being a flash in the pan.

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