Yeah, I like that series, too. I absolutely loved the relationship between the Elric brothers and their friends. The villains were good, too.
Yeah, the messages were pretty depressing, which is why I weas glad for the comic relief. Another message in it was that once you lose something, you ARE NOT getting it back. The Elric bros. tried toresurrect their mother, and that blew up in their faces. So they looked for the Philosopher's Stone to make things right again, but once they had it, they didn't want it, and that blew up in their faces as well. Yeah, its a depressing little series. You check out the original comic book series. Its a lot different after a certain point, but its pretty good, too.