King bradley going out like a badass. He gets his arms cut off, but using the last ounce of his strength, grabs his sword in his fucking teet hand impales scar with it
Really? Because I thought it made very little sense. Now there is fetus Selim? What?
Actually, outside of the weird end to the fight against Selim I thought it was a really solid episode. Hopefully they explain what that was about later.
Father opened a gate on Earth using 5 sacrifices who had already opened the gate to truth.. the sun and moon combining open a gate to truth (the creepy thing that steals limbs for playing god). He then consumed Truth but it took a shitload of power to do so.. which is why he transmuted all of Armestis into a giant philosophers stone so that he could use that power to contain truth.
Truth is sort of god but also sort of knowledge.. so when the sacrifices opened the portal they all remembered some knowledge that normal people wouldn't posses. Now he possesses all of it.
Am I right so far? And now they need to expend fathers energy so he will be consumed by truth or whatever and die. And he is going to run around straight killing fools to create philosophers stones to retain enough power to keep truth inside of him.
Someone really needs to explain what the fuck is up with the fetus though.
This hasn't hit Trigun or Eva levels of stupid yet because I can still (mostly) follow the plotline and it hasn't gone completely off the rails.
All I can guess is that Ed pulled out the human sacrifice that was used to create the humunculus version of selim. So it was supposed to be a "Oh no, how tragic, they made a fetus into a monster.
But then Envy turns into a slug in her true form, so who knows what the fuck that was about.
All I can guess is that Ed pulled out the human sacrifice that was used to create the humunculus version of selim. So it was supposed to be a "Oh no, how tragic, they made a fetus into a monster.
All I can guess is that Ed pulled out the human sacrifice that was used to create the humunculus version of selim. So it was supposed to be a "Oh no, how tragic, they made a fetus into a monster.
But then Envy turns into a slug in her true form, so who knows what the fuck that was about.
Now you're confusing the first anime with the manga/brotherhood storylines. Homunculi are created from Father (or, in the case of King Bradley and Greedling, humans injected with philosopher's stones). They are basically humans special abilities and philosophre stones as their cores.
Pride is supposedly the deadliest sin, and all of the other six sins are said to be a form of Pride. Just think of Pride's true form being that ugly little fetus thing a way to make him similar to envy (like his abilitty to eat others a power like that of gluttony, or his ability to cut through things similar to lust's ultimate spear).
Mustang hasn't learned about the homunculi specifically yet. he does know about some kind of organization higher up within the military (or one that is using the military) that is carrying out experiments and manipulating events behind the shadows. He learned that from Barry. And he enlisted the help of Ling Yao and his guardians after barry rescued them.
Edit: And yes, barry is awesome. Arakawa has a way at making murderous bastards awesome like that
Just finished 61. That was a good episode. There's just one thing that bothered me though. I didn't like that they cut
the scene where Hohenheim was defending against Father's attack and the souls within him were encouraging him and telling him to use them. To me, that scene really showed the difference between Hohenheim and Father than any other could. Hohenheim didn't just use the souls inside him for energy. To him, they were friends and colleagues. They were willing to do whatever they could to help Hohenheim, even if it meant he used them and they ceased to exist.
Scar's circle was the actual counter to the giant circle and free Alchemy, Hohenheim's circle was to specifically reverse the philosopher stone creation process, if that makes sense.
Also,
yes, Al's sacrifice should be next episode.
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Regarding Selim, that will payoff/be explained in the last episode.
B.K. said:
Just finished 61. That was a good episode. There's just one thing that bothered me though. I didn't like that they cut
the scene where Hohenheim was defending against Father's attack and the souls within him were encouraging him and telling him to use them. To me, that scene really showed the difference between Hohenheim and Father than any other could. Hohenheim didn't just use the souls inside him for energy. To him, they were friends and colleagues. They were willing to do whatever they could to help Hohenheim, even if it meant he used them and they ceased to exist.
Mustang hasn't learned about the homunculi specifically yet. he does know about some kind of organization higher up within the military (or one that is using the military) that is carrying out experiments and manipulating events behind the shadows. He learned that from Barry. And he enlisted the help of Ling Yao and his guardians after barry rescued them.
Edit: And yes, barry is awesome. Arakawa has a way at making murderous bastards awesome like that
Ah right. I just skip those now. Even the episode titles are massive spoilers now... but I guess it doesn't matter much since if you wanted to know what happens, you probably would have looked already.
Ep 61 was epic...IMO that was the best ending of any of the eps so far. Also
Kimblee
taking his hat off and walking like that was awesome.
Btw I'm confused about one thing.
Why are there Gates on the moon and on the Earth? Also where is the Gate that Ed, Al, Mustang, etc. located? Like there's a moon gate, earth gate, and what's the normal gate?
Why are there Gates on the moon and on the Earth? Also where is the Gate that Ed, Al, Mustang, etc. located? Like there's a moon gate, earth gate, and what's the normal gate?
the "normal gate" is within every single character in the show. It's "inside" them. Every single character possesses their own gate, which is their source of alchemy.
Now, here are some guesses of mine as I cannot be sure if I'm right. Just as people have gates, which contain information about the world, as far as I've understood that, planets have their own gates that contain information about the whole universe. This part isn't really explained that well in neither manga, nor anime, so I can't be certain this is correct.
the "normal gate" is within every single character in the show. It's "inside" them. Every single character possesses their own gate, which is their source of alchemy.
Now, here are some guesses of mine as I cannot be sure if I'm right. Just as people have gates, which contain information about the world, as far as I've understood that, planets have their own gates that contain information about the whole universe. This part isn't really explained that well in neither manga, nor anime, so I can't be certain this is correct.
OK, so basically everything has a gate right (except inanimate objects I guess besides planets. I'm talking about things like a chair.)? Theoretically could that extend to other living things...like animals? Animals wouldn't have any knowledge of how to do alchemy but maybe if they were taught extensively, it's possible?
Btw, do May's knives when she uses a transmutation circle help control/guide Alkahestry's power?
OK, so basically everything has a gate right (except inanimate objects I guess besides planets. I'm talking about things like a chair.)? Theoretically could that extend to other living things...like animals? Animals wouldn't have any knowledge of how to do alchemy but maybe if they were taught extensively, it's possible?
just like in certain religions humans do have souls, but other animals don't, the same in the FMA universe - while people have gates, other animals don't posses them.
Once again, it isn't really explained within any canonical material, so I'm just making guesses here.
Edit: Well, I guess knives just make circle that can be controlled on range, by sending "energy" to the circle, instead of directly touching it with hands.
Father is supposedly a part of the existence that comes from the Gate. What's the point of him...like...being god again? Was it to have an altogether different existence from Truth so he could stand toe to toe with him...but in the real world? IDK, it never really made sense why he wants power.
Father is supposedly a part of the existence that comes from the Gate. What's the point of him...like...being god again? Was it to have an altogether different existence from Truth so he could stand toe to toe with him...but in the real world? IDK, it never really made sense why he wants power.
That's not really a great motivation but w/e, I still think he's awesome :lol Although
if he just went back to being a part of Truth technically he'd be a perfect being. Not as an individual, but...interesting to see parts of Truth having another side.
Great episode, lot happened but i felt it was all handled very well.
The whole scene with Pride and Ed was crazy, and the worst part is they made me actually feel really sorry for Salim(sp?) where it was flashing to his "family" and his voice went to a normal sounding kid begging for his life. They did the same with Envy, 2 characters that were real bastards and yet i felt bad for them when it was all over.
Wrath was badass to the end, my mouth dropped when he grabbed the broken sword with his teeth to stab Scar, he truely was one of the most frightening (along with Pride).
Makes me sad to think ther eare only 3 more episodes left, its been a gerat ride and i will be sad to see FMA gone.
ROSS IS ALIVE!! kinda obvious though. is it wrong for me to want Ed and All say she is the mother they didn't have for most of their life? whatever. Barry wanting to chop up his own body is funny. and at the end, I was wondering where the hell is he going. he clearly isn't going to Xing, and he can't be at Central.
Ross is a minor character in this series. There is no real motherly figure in this series, probably stemming from the fact that this time around FMA is less angsty.
Izumi has bigger role in Brotherhood than in the first series, you can expect to see her a lot more. And her kicking ass.
Ross on the other hand won't appear now until endgame (does that count as a spoiler?)
Izumi has bigger role in Brotherhood than in the first series, you can expect to see her a lot more. And her kicking ass.
Ross on the other hand won't appear now until endgame (does that count as a spoiler?)
Whoa, Ep. 61 - man that was one otherworldly, brilliant and undeniably incredible episode - the animation was absolutely insane,..
Hohenheim's Reverse Philosopher's Stone circle, god damn that was brilliant - and this:
Father: "So all you did was implant your Philosopher's Stones. But those are just points. Without a circle, there is no alchemy. That's a basic principle of alchemy."
Hohenheim: "There IS a circle. A huge, powerful circle that'll activate by itself even if something were to happen to me!
The shadow of the moon that occurs from the Solar Eclipse!!"
Scar vs King Bradley - some of the best combat animation thus far. Bradley's character could not have been more perfect - I just really wish Lin Yao and Bradley had a chance to go at each other sword on sword, no bodyguards attached.
The Reverse Nation-wide Transmutation / Turnabout Circle activation was also fantastic - Tectonic Energy now completely unrestricted for Alchemists' -
Seriously, I've now decided I must picked up where I left off and finish reading the manga. This is soo good it's impossible to over-saturate.
Awesome! Thanks for the heads up. But I'd be kidding myself if I thought I could just skip about 4 chapters and read the last two in time for the episodes - it's too easy an opportunity to spoil it.
gat damn this episode was worth it just for seeing Mustang kill Lust. I get the feeling she will be coming back though (don't spoil it!). how did she die in the first series? and Hoenheim appears (fully)! I didn't expect that to happen. can't wait for the next episode
gat damn this episode was worth it just for seeing Mustang kill Lust. I get the feeling she will be coming back though (don't spoil it!). how did she die in the first series? and Hoenheim appears (fully)! I didn't expect that to happen. can't wait for the next episode
