Thread:Mesektet/@comment-3581997-20160615160106/@comment-3581997-20170805080010

Full Metal Alchemist was released by the chapter, which is why the first anime was so wildly different from the manga and the second anime, they were not working with a full issue, just the story up to that point. It very much a matter of how the publisher chooses to be the most effervescent way of coxing work from the writer/artists while still satisfying investors and readers.