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The gate is supernatural, and the way it was explained makes complete sense unless you're looking for criticism. Deaths in our world fuel alchemy in the other world. That's the explanation for how alchemy works - it ties into the equivalent exchange principal in a way Brotherhood doesn't even attempt.

You could say, "why can't it go both ways and have alchemy in both worlds?" Because then the world on the other side of the gate couldn't be our own. It would have to be another fantasy world. It's a core principal of the universe as explained, I don't really know what to say other than that. It's like asking why alchemy works - it's just as central to the universe. Why do homunculi exist? Why does the gate exist? Why do Ed and Al exist? The same reason the gate's power of alchemy only flows in one direction. That's the universe of the show.
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it's a gate. you can go in a gate and out of a gate. if they're going to go to the trouble of explaining equivalent exchange and all that, why are they allowed to stop halfway because it's a work of fiction? why doesn't it work both ways? "because fiction" is laughably terrible reasoning used to dismiss criticism because you can't actually think of a way to defend it. if the show actually makes an effort to explain this and seem grounded in some kind of reasonably plausible scenario, it doesn't get to just quit and chalk it up to not being real. that is incredibly lazy.

again, everything you mentioned is explained within the show except why the gate is there, which i have covered. homunculi exist because they're made from failed human transmutation and then raised by Dante. "why do Ed and Al exist" is a horrible comparison. "this device does not make sense" is not the same as "why do these characters exist?" even remotely.
 
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BatDan said:
Studio Bones should not be allowed to adapt manga unless it's complete (or close to complete).
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Yeah, they should haven given it to another studio like Gonzo. That would have worked out.

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BassForever said:
How do you have eye patch Roy Mustang and do FUCKING NOTHING with him?
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Mustang is basically comic relief in the 03 series.

At the time the 03 series ends, the manga was at Mustang vs. Lust, so he hadn't really done much yet. All of his scheming with Grumman and Briggs, etc, hadn't happened yet.
 
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GMN said:
it's a gate. you can go in a gate and out of a gate. if they're going to go to the trouble of explaining equivalent exchange and all that, why are they allowed to stop halfway because it's a work of fiction? why doesn't it work both ways? "because fiction" is laughably terrible reasoning used to dismiss criticism because you can't actually think of a way to defend it. if the show actually makes an effort to explain this and seem grounded in some kind of reasonably plausible scenario, it doesn't get to just quit and chalk it up to not being real. that is incredibly lazy.

again, everything you mentioned is explained within the show except why the gate is there, which i have covered. homunculi exist because they're made from failed human transmutation and then raised by Dante. "why do Ed and Al exist" is a horrible comparison. "this device does not make sense" is not the same as "why do these characters exist?" even remotely.
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Lol, there really isn't getting through to you. You're definitely not getting what I'm saying at all. Ah well, not worth fighting about.
 
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