"The Alchemist of Steel" has been completed for nearly 10 years, and many fans or animation fans will give it a very high evaluation, because the world outlook, storyline and characterization are admirable, and some even call it a masterpiece, while Bian Xiao also considers it a masterpiece based on the evaluation of the ending.
This is a work in which comics and animation are almost synchronized, and the animation produced by the Bone Society also adds a lot to it. However, not everyone 100% approved the masterpiece, and fans who have seen the work will also have these doubts. This masterpiece is not perfect, and there are still some failures. If not, that is the real perfection.
The biggest failure of "The Alchemist of Steel" is the unique cold jokes of juvenile comics. As long as there are no cold jokes, it is perfect. For example, Edward is called Douding. Whether in daily life or in battle, Edward is always accused of being short. Although Edward would yell and reject the name, in the end Edward was taller than Wen Li.
Another example is that Roy Mustang is incompetent for rain, which is the most direct embodiment in the battle and is easy to be used by the enemy. Colleagues will make fun of him rudely, even joking in such a serious battle? If the funny names of the characters are all cold jokes and need to be eliminated to reflect the perfection of the work, I am afraid that some of the characters acting as funny scenes in Steel Refinery can be eliminated, then the appearance and scenes of the Armstrong brothers and nobles are basically unnecessary.