[Manga] Fullmetal Alchemist: Manga edition

In the anime, Wrath is.....

Spoiler:

.....the kid who is supposed to be Izumi's child.

In the manga, Wrath is.....

Spoiler:

.....the Fuhrer.

Yes, I agree that the manga is much better in terms of storyline and character development. It sure doesn't seem to show any signs of stopping, that's for sure! I can't wait for chapter 57 either.

On a side note, I didn't know Evil Genius was still doing FMA. I was pretty sure they said they were gonna stop doing it. I get my FMA fix from ZOMG FTA.



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Jam it back in, in the dark.

Actually, Bradley was "made" the same way. He explains how it happened while holding Roy in custody in his office.


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There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by somedude2387

Does anyone know where online I can buy the manga from? I live in Australia and I only got into anime and manga recently so if anyone can tell me where I can find it I'd really appreciate it.

Btw I heard a story that after season 2 in the anime the writer for the anime changed and it went in a completely different path from the manga. Does anyone know how true this is?

The manga is licensed by VIZ Media and can be ordered from their store online. Alternatively, you can ask any local bookshops to order them for you (you may need to pay a deposit). Just click the link:

Fullmetal Alchemist - VIZ Media

They have so far just 6 volumes out at the moment.


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This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

OMG, you guys mean chapter 75, right? Not 71....

Yeah, I gotta download this as soon as I get home!!!




I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Regarding chapter 57, or rather, the cover to the GanGan magazine on the first page in ZOMG Fruit Tree Alchemist's scans......

Who's that?:

.....the guy behind Ed looks like Havok, but his left arm has transmuted into a kind of clawed hand.....not unlike the way Greed's powers can coat his body parts with an "Ultimate shield".

Who is that supposed to be?

And also.......

Automail?:

......RanFan wants an automail arm and she wants it now! Will she really get one? And how will the rest of the characters (especially Ling/Greed) pass the time during the supposedly 6 month rehabilitation period she'll need to endure? Some history/rivalry/enmity between RanFan and Mei-chan, and a VEEERRRRRYY suspicious tattoo on Riza's back (looks like part of it covered by a few scars?), and eeewwwww!!!, is that Gluttony being reborn from "Father's" chest? Gross...........

I was speaking idiomatically.

Hey, hey!! Chapter 58 has been released, though it's mostly a conversation between Riza and Ed. A few funny moments here and there.

Spoiler:

A look in the past for the most part. Mustang's Alchemy teacher was actually Riza's father. Though he taught him much of the basics, there was apparently something very important that he didn't have time to teach him. Before he dies he tells Roy that when the time comes, his daughter will share the secret with him. (Methinks it's obviously to do with the tattoo on her back).

There's also a look back on the 7-year Ishbalan war. Scar is scolding his brother who trying to learn some of Xing's alchemy, despite it going against Ishvara's teachings. King Bradley begins the Ishbalan Cleansing campaign. A look at the Rockbells who decide to stay and help the wounded instead of escaping when it is rumored that a cleansing operation was soon to begin.

My favorite quote in this chapter:
Scar's brother: "Check it out, man! I got PORN!!"




What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Chapter 59:

Spoiler:

A look back on the campaign in Ishbal, and some familiar faces. Following up on chapter 58, Roy Mustang has been sent to Ishbal to participate in the annihilation of all Ishvarians. He meets up with Hughes and they discuss why they seem to think that there's something wrong with the way the campaign is being fought. Saved by a sniper from an assassin, Roy is shocked to learn that their saviour is actually his sensei's daughter, Riza, sent to the front despite only being a cadet.

We witness Armstrong's weakness and desperate ploy to save some Ishvarians, only to watch those he tried to save being killed by Kimbley.

Marcoh meets Knox (he's the doctor who's now looking after Mei and Ran Fan) outside. Knox asks him, "Why am I killing people when I'm a doctor?"

Despite being a flashback, this chapter was okay. The conversation between Roy and Riza is sad, in complete contrast to Roy's quip when Hughes keeps gushing about his girl back in Central.




FELIPE NO

Well, chapter 63 has been released by ZOMGFTA, and it's a doozy!! (well, most chapters usually are...)

Spoiler:

Ed and Al are unable to find Mei so they decide to return to the hotel. They meet Mustang who offers them a ride. Ed asks him to look around for a black and white "cat" and to tell them if he sees it anywhere. Roy reminds Ed that he owes him money so Ed fishes in his purse for the change, then decides to keep it so that he can return it to Roy once he has become Fuhrer.

Old man Fuu (the old guy with Ran Fan who was protecting Ling) returns and slaps Ran Fan for losing both her arm and their young master. Not only that, but it is revealed that the old man is in reality Ran Fan's grandfather. Ed offers the services of Winry for creating a worthy automail replacement for Ran Fan, but old man Fuu refuses to accept their generosity, opting instead to find their own way instead of relying on others.

After they all leave Doctor Knox receives surprise visitors, his wife and son have returned to see him as they had some business nearby. When they hear him tell them that he treated 2 people and saved them they are very happy. His son reveals that he has been studying medicine to be a doctor, and despite Knox's angry reaction, maintains that he will continue his aim, and though he knows that what his father had done in Ishbal is unforgivable, knowing his father can still save people is proof that his father is not lost. Knox invites them in for coffee and seeing the mess around them, they decide to clean up the house while he is doing that. Reaching for some coffee mugs, Knox begins to cry.

Meanwhile, Little Mei is in the Northern district waiting for a transfer in trains. While overhearing some soldiers talk about Scar, she accidently bumps into an elderly lady. She apologizes and after a little small talk hurries to her next train. The elderly woman remarks about the strange black and white "cat" that is with her.

Kimberly is suddenly released from Prison and is met in a car by a soldier (Envy in disguise). He is told his new mission is the death of Scar and the return of Doctor Marcoh. Also, once he has captured Marcoh, Kimberly is to destroy the small town that Marcoh had once been hiding in (a promise once made by Lust if he was to do anything stupid). Kimberly regurgitates the philosopher's stone he had swallowed in Ishbal, but Envy hands him another stone stating that the one he already had might not be enough for the job.

Roy is standing by the grave of Maes Hughes. He sees another procession go by and is suddenly joined by an elderly lady, the same lady who bumped into Mei in the North. After a little polite chit chat, Mustang suddenly realizes that the elderly "lady" is in fact his old superior from the Northern District, Lieutenant General Grumman (the old fogey he played chess with before his transfer to Central)!!!! Upon hearing Roy's tale, Grumman admonishes him for not taking care of his subordinates but he himself has suddenly felt inspired to action. By chance, he sees the drawing of Mei's panda that Roy received from Ed....

Ed is busy in the Central Library, looking up on Rentanjutsu when he is suddenly surprised to see Major Armstrong staring at him from above the books shelves. Major Armstrong has brought him news from the Colonel, that the people Ed has been looking for have been sighted in the North. Ed makes preparations to go there but is stopped by the Major. Armstrong hands him a letter to give to "her". A woman in the farther reaches of the Northern territoy who "might" be able to help him: Major General Armstrong!!

WHO IS THIS PERSON?!


No, seriously, who is she?! Well, I guess we gotta wait for the next chapter to find out.......




What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

No one's been commenting on the manga recently? (I know you're all reading it!!)

Chapter 75:

Spoiler:

Continuing the story of the homunculus in a jar and the servant boy he names "Van Hoenheim". Hoenheim has learned to read and write thanks to the homunculus' teachings and his master takes him on as an assistant instead of a mere slave, due to his sudden spurt in intellect. The King of Xerxes however is getting old and seeks immortality. He asks the homunculus to make him immortal, to which the homunculus agrees to carry out.

Some workers carry out some irrigation work around a small town, but at night burn the town to the ground and slaughter all the town folk. This goes on and a few years later, the "irrigation canal" is completed and is revealed to be a huge transmutation circle. The ritual is started but Hoenheim realises that something is wrong. People begin dying and only then does Hoenheim realise that the homunculus has started something totally different.

The next morning, Hoenheim awakes to find the jar broken and everyone in the city dead. He is approached by a man whom he mistakes as the king but is shocked to instead look at his own face. The homunculus has transmutated a "shell" for himself so he can be free of the jar. He took Hoenheim's features since his blood was first used to awaken him. He also rearranged Hoenheim's body and made him immortal, as thanks for all he has done, much to Hoenheim's horror and anguish...

Hoenheim awakes from his dream on a train with a person calling him repeatedly. It is Izumi and she marvels how she has managed again to accidently meet with Al and Ed's father. Hoenheim thanks her and Sig for looking after his children when he had abandoned them.

Izumi has an attack and spits blood. Hoenheim seems to understand and asks Sig to bring his car around, despite Izumi telling him she is alright. He then asks her if she saw the truth and what she sacrificed. When she reveals she tried to resurrect her dead child and as a result lost some internal organs along with the ability to ever have children again, Hoenheim seems to understand and symphasizes. He asks her if she was approached by the military. When she says she was but she refused, he helps her stand up before stabbing his hand through her abdomen. Sig witnesses this and punches Hoenheim away before quickly grabbing his wife. However, she marvels at how much better she feels and finds her breathing much easier. When Sig demands to see the wound Hoenheim made, Izumi sees that there isn't one. Hoenheim then explains that since her flesh was related to her "sin", he couldn't replace anything she had lost. However, he had managed to rearrange some parts to better improve her bloodflow.

When Izumi asks him "What on Earth are you?", Hoenheim responds "A monster......is what I'd normally say, but I'll tell you the truth.....





".....I'm the Philosopher's Stone."

Holy Shit!!!

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I've been getting all my scans from StopTazmo but pretty much only just realised that they were done by TMI scans.

@Gechmir: Xerxes was the desert area that Ed and Armstrong travelled to, to meet up with old man Fuu and Sergeant Ross. The damaged mural of the transmutaion circle that Ed looks at can be seen in it's complete form in that scene where the King of Xerxes is standing in front of it.



There's nowhere I can't reach.

Well, that's it. Fullmetal Alchemist has come to an end. The last chapter was released (over a hundred pages!!) and it was a great close to an awesome story. What are you waiting for? Go check it out!!

OneManga - Fullmetal Alchemist: Chapter 108 (End)

The above link is to the online manga site I usually read my manga from.

So what were your thoughts on the series as a whole? Did the ending satisfy you or were you hoping for something more?

Looking forward to the end of the animated series now. Hope it'll be just as awesome!

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

@Tritoch

Spoiler:

1) I was surprised with that too, though as a Brigadier General working in the East, Roy would probably feel better with a hands-on approach to revising his country's policies towards Ishval, even with Miles and Scar spearheading the effort to rebuild their country. He probably felt it was more productive than sitting in an office in Central.

2) Man, that stumped me too. All I know is that Pride absorbed the knowledge of that gold-toothed alchemist so that he could force Roy into doing a transmutation. But then again near the end of the manga, Ed did the same thing on himself to go back to fetch Al...? Huh, I dunno....

3) Well, there was the transmutation of the kingdom of Xerxes which led to the homunuculus in the flask getting a body in the first place. I guess the next step was doing it bigger and better so why not go and absorb God too? If I remember correctly, they left out Father and the whole Xerxes thing in the first animated series, right?

4) A man's gotta go out alone (nah, jk!). I think it's because he just had to go. He proposed just before the train would leave so that didn't give them much time to decide anything I think. He obviously came back cos there was a photo of him and Winry with 2 kids. Behind them were Al and Mei.

Those pictures at the end were hilarious! I can't believe Yoki, Lion-san and Gorilla-san went and joined the circus! LOL!!

It was strange that Hohenheim passed away though, I thought. Did his stone just run out? He did offer to sacrfice himself to bring Al back so I assumed since he didn't use the stone for that he would still continue to live...

I just finished episode 59 of Brotherhood. Wondering if I should watch 60 now or wait to download the final 3 episodes before continuing.....

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

It's now confirmed through Random Curiosity that FMA Brotherhood is actually 64 episodes and not the 63 that was announced before (I think they said it would be around 63 episodes when the anime reached the 50th episode or so).

Random Curiosity

I was speaking idiomatically.