Anime

Uh nah, definitely not. I was just thinking yesterday about how mid it is until the arc in the snow when Ed and Al are separated. The first couple seasons have weird pacing and storylines that just kinda end, like Al wondering if Ed made him. It also feels pretty aimless for a while after the brothers find out the truth about Bradley but just can't do anything about it, so they just go back to doing what they were doing beforehand.

I do really, really like basically everything that happens for most of seasons 3-5, from when Ed and Al get separated in the snow right up until the solar eclipse in the finale. The characters really come into their own, especially Marco and Greed, and the fight against Pride in the forest is the best in the series. The final battle has a lot of really good bits, like both of Bradley's fights and Mustang killing Envy. But all the stuff with Father kinda feels weird and unsatisfactying imo. The other villains, especially Envy, Bradley and Pride, are really enjoyable and get a lot of screen time, but Father isn't that interesting in comparison. He's just this weird alien-looking mf who vores Hoheneim, then fails to eat the moon or something because Hoheneim beat him offscreen. Then the final fight is like 100 people just standing around and watching as Ed smacks an old man around. It's not great for the tension of a fight. It's a good show but not the best