Okay i learned recently that this has no CG in it so the fact that this is all 2d drawn shit is fucking mind-blowing what even was the Fullmetal Alchemist 2003 series.
imagine you’re a regency courtesan and you and your girls all want to get invited to the big masquerade but one of your crew isn’t popular enough to make the list on her own, so you call in a favor and your marquis friend gets her an invite, but as a man. you dance all night with your friend who’s in drag which means everyone can see her LEGS and consequently are cartoon-wolf-ing all over the ballroom, falling in love with her feet and ankles while openly questioning whether she’s a man or a woman. your sister is there dressed as a nun
a mysterious stranger pulls you aside and kisses you with both your masks still in place. he says he’s loved you in vain for five years, says he’d rather kill himself than let his identity be known to you, then disappears back into the crowd. you run into the same guy later in an otherwise empty room, banter in french for a bit, and discover that he’s lord byron. you chat about his poetry and make it clear that you could never love him. you rejoin your squad just in time for another quadrille
