Round 3, Match 1: Full Metal Alchemist vs. Rurouni Kenshin

And now it might start getting hard to choose XD These polls'll last for 3 days now



Full Metal Alchemist
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Military, Mystery, Shounen, Supernatural

Plot Summary: After losing their mother, Alphonse and Edward Elric attempt to bring her back using the forbidden science of human alchemy. However, alchemy operates on the theory of equivalent trade, and breaking the human alchemy taboo carries a heavy price. Ed loses his leg, and Al loses his body. Ed is able to seal Al?s soul inside of a huge suit of armor, at the cost of his arm. Years later, Ed (now with two mechanical limbs) and Al (still trapped in the armor) leave their childhood home, each brother concerned with the other?s happiness. Ed, who has a natural talent and skill for alchemy, becomes nationally certified and is soon known everywhere as the "Fullmetal Alchemist." Their true objective is to search for any information on the fabled Philosopher?s Stone, hoping it will allow them to regain their old bodies. All of their hopes rest with this mythical stone, which may not even exist at all. However, the brothers soon learn that they are not the only ones after the powerful stone.



Rurouni Kenshin:
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Historical, Romance, Shounen

Plot Summary:
Himura Kenshin is a vagabond with a dark past and sunny disposition. Not a ronin but a rurouni, he was never a samurai, but an assassin of utmost skill in the Meiji restoration, who in the turning point of the war simply walked away. His travels lead him to Tokyo in the 11th year of the Meiji era, where he befriends a female Kendo master, a former thief, a brawler and a doctor all with their own secrets. Together they fight off the enemies surfacing from the dark past that Kenshin cannot escape.

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I don't have much of a liking to FMA, so I'd have to choose Rurouni Kenshin.

Rurouni Kenshin, noting against FMA, but I wanna see Kenshin move on.

FMA had an inconclusive ending until you see the movie, but I vote for it.

I love them both...I am gonna say Rurouni Kenshin.

I agree with Chibi-Chan about Samurai X. ^.^

Though this is mucho hard, my name says it all. Rurouni Kenshin all the way. Though the last episode was very boring, the rest of the anime was awesome. So was the movie and the OVAs.

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Chibi-chan said:

I disagree, >: Samurai X's ending was pretty emotional, also left at a good cliff hanger and make-ya-wonder kinda ending. It hade great progression, (exept for the many Kyoto Arc fillers) and even though it had over double the FMA eps, unlike Inuyasha, it never got boring. It's also cool that the comic relief can be done by the serious main character at the same time! ^o^ The variety of characters were also very colorful. LOOOOVED Soujirou. Just...a character masterpiece, I would say. Lots of twists, but then again, FMA has lots of twists too :P The animation was also spiffy~ More chibi X3

The series rocked, the OVA kicked SERIOUS butt, and well, the show just owned :P

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Samurai X and the series are two different things though. Either way, the way the OVAs played out is not how Watsuki wanted the series to end, he dies from cancer there I think...in the manga it's after Kauro gives birth that he's killed. Plus, the final 30 episodes were some of the worst fillers ever.

Actually, the choice isn't really that hard for me. Since I know NOTHING about Rurouni Kenshin, I'll just go with what I know and vote FMA.

Rurouni Kenshin all the way..
Even though FMA is awesome,cool,funny and never gets boring,Kenshin is a classic. :33

Rurouni Kenshin, just to spite the FMA fans who have screwed with the show's meaning so much that it doesn't even feel like the same show anymore.

RK was one of the first anime I ever saw; it was a gateway anime that eased me off of childrens' anime and into more mature ones. I'll always be thankful for what it did for me.

I could care less about show endings as long as the rest of the series is good :X

They had to pit these two against eachother, IMO whoever wins this, takes it.

I'm going to vote Rurouni Kenshin, very good TV series and even better OVA's, and it has a full complete story with the OVA's, manga, and the anime. Nothing against FMA but Rurouni Kenshin just pwns.

I never watched FMA, and some Episodes of Rurouni Kenshin were really intersting, so... Yay~

I vote fro Kenshin, the anime as a whole pwns and like someone has already said, it is a classic.

Hard one. I mean I love both!! I have to say FMA. It my recent love. Good and kinda new story.

I love both of the little I've seen of them.... But I like Kenshin more. =x

I like Full Metal Alchemist the story interest me

I say FMA is better Rurouni Kenshin is kinda boring.

I hate the american version of FMA (they're from europe dammit, what's with the American accents?) but I love the japanese version and the manga, so I'll go with that.