HERE ' S A THOUGHT , GO FOR THE FIRST DOWN ON THIRD DOWN <| sep |> I would assume that neither of the robber had loaded weapons . <| sep |> Brotherhood can be kind of hard to follow for the first few episodes if you haven ' t watched FMA first . Both are really good , so I would suggest watching both , with a break in between , but if you ' re only watching one , brotherhood is the one to go for . If you watch both , definetely watch FMA first , then brotherhood , but I would stay away from watching them right after each other , since the first ~ 15 episodes of brotherhood have a lot of the same content as FMA though a way higher pacing , kinda like a recap . After that it goes into the new content . Skipping the first episodes is possible , but there are some differences , so that could get confusing . Both series are action adventure , and they have some shounen aspects .