Brotherhood is the necessary anime experience for many, and it's simple to see why. Brotherhood, a more authentic translation of Hiromu Arakawa's gigantic comic series than the previous adaption, deals with loss, sorrow, war, racism, and ethics in matured and creative ways that are well ahead of their time in practically every regard. Furthermore, the program is precisely timed, with nicely wrapped arcs that link into each other and contribute to a larger global story on selected subjects. Brothers is just the correct length, never outstaying its welcome and demonstrating how adaptable and pliable shounen anime tropes can be.
Brotherhood has a large cast of characters of various nationalities and ideologies, all with opposing motivations—the exhibition did manage to employ these moving pressures to form factions, pacts, and foils that flow in various directions, trying to equate the often messy, always chaos human nature relationships during wartime. The Elric twins, Ed and Alphonse, 2 alchemists supported by the dictatorial Amestris military, are at the heart of the show's emotional center. Yet it's not your typical military drama, as Ed & Alphonse rapidly discover how far Amestris' dictatorship goes.
Where Brotherhood shines is in the sympathy it exhibits for each character's struggle for their objectives and dealing with their faults, with special emphasis on the sufferings of minorities especially women. Ed and Alphonse are dealing with the consequences of attempting banned alchemy to resurrect their recently departed mother. Later, her close friend Winry is courageously represented for her work as an urgent midwife. Scar, who was presented as a ruthless serial murderer, is one of the few surviving Ishvalans, an ethnic minority expelled by Amestris after a colonial war—his story becomes more and more poignant as we go farther towards a post-terror world. That is why the story continues to amaze.