Strictly speaking.

The Fullmetal Alchemist anime takes a maverick path.

Although there is a background of alchemy for blessings.

But there is no common monster fighting and upgrading routine in it.

It speaks.

It's more of a spiritual test.

By enhancing the psychological quality of the individual.

Only by writing about people who are strong in their hearts can they go further.

And those who are blinded by lust.

It's often just a matter of fun.

Its content is not a generalized expression of blood.

Nor is it unity in the narrow sense of the word.

It's not just a hard work.

Rather, it is the discussion and study of complex human nature under alchemy.

There is no long nonsense in Fullmetal Alchemist.

The plot is very tight.

Never procrastinate.

Basically all the branching screens that appear later.

are all in the service of the main plot line.

No additives.

No change.

And as the fans dig down little by little.

They are unconsciously attracted to the plot in it.

The level of obsession.

It can be said that it is much stronger than watching any previous work of 'Dream Weaver'.

In the rest of the story.

The Edward brothers initially thought that a treasure called the 'Philosopher's Stone' would help them recover.

After all, in the legends.

The Philosopher's Stone is a treasure that can be used to complete alchemy without relying on the alchemy style of 'equivalent exchange'.

But as they gradually deepened their understanding of alchemy.

Only then did I discover that the Philosopher's Stone did have such an effect.

But the price behind it is unacceptable.

War, hatred and life.

These three things are the basis of it.

It does not refer to the principle of 'equivalent exchange'.

It just means that you don't have to pay anything.

But what it takes is nothing less.

Only then did the two brothers gradually understand.

It turns out that the cruelty of this world is built on the cornerstone of 'equivalent exchange'.

Whether it's the trajectory of an individual's life.

Or the fate of the town and the country.

Or even the functioning of the universe is destroyed.

are all circling around this theory.

From one to the fullest.

From all to one.

Gains and losses.

Sacrifice and salvation.

It's all on this unbreakable cornerstone.

It constitutes the opposition and unity of the general movement of the circle.

The two brothers in the anime don't have any specific protagonist aura.

Some battles with the enemy.

What can be won is that can be won.

You can't win it.

You can't win anything.

It won't be said that there was a sudden explosion of residual blood.

And then stuck a bug and changed your life against the sky or something.

The combat power system is very pragmatic.

As for the creation of villains, it is also relatively realistic.

Many characters do what they want according to their needs or factions.

I don't care about other people's eyes at all.

I won't easily change my mind because of any big reason.

Throughout.

They all stood firm.

One way to the end.

The plot does not contain the slightest pompous gorgeousness.

One of the Synths chapters

It should be the most shocking and panicked story for comic fans in the early stage.

This plot is too sad.

It's also desperate at every turn.

Shutak.

A national alchemist known as the 'Alchemist of Death'.

And he was the first person in the world to successfully perform biological refining.

But when I learned the story behind his honor.

Everyone couldn't help but feel numb for it.

It's more like taking a cool shower in the winter.

I felt cold and piercing all over my body.

Shutak used to have a happy family.

A family of three.

During this period, he also raised a cute little white dog named Alexander.

Years.

He's been trying to make a talking synth.

At the same time, he is also relying on his own efforts to realize his own wishes.

Believe in yourself someday in the future.

will become the coveted national alchemist.

However, this belief did not endure.

After hearing that the twelve-year-old Edward brothers had obtained the national alchemist qualification and were hailed as genius alchemists.

Shutak's heart began to twist.

He began to fear his own failure.

Desperate to prove that he is not inferior.

If he wants to do it.

He can do it.

Shutak didn't want to be seen like waste anymore.

He's going to prove himself.

So Shutak thought of the forbidden art that was not allowed by the world.

It is also the biggest taboo used by the brothers at the beginning of the story.

After having an idea.

He paid for the action.

Eventually.

It also worked.

Be the first to do bio-refining.

He was given the title of the national alchemist of his dreams.

But what the outside world doesn't know is.

The first synthetic beast he made from a creature was actually his wife, who had announced to the outside world that he had returned to her hometown many years ago.

The synth beast that Shulita had made with his wife would only keep saying a word.

"I want to die, I want to die."

Eventually, this synth.

That is, the wife of Shutak.

He died of hunger strike shortly after.

"This bastard is not a fucking human."

"Using his wife to refine a synthetic beast, lying down, Tainima is poisonous, it's just madness."

"It's a madman, an absolute lunatic."

"It's disgusting that even his wife was sacrificed for a title."

"This guy is completely mad."

"Shutak is damn good."

"This kind of person is really terrible, he is inconsistent, and he is completely cold-blooded."

Comic fans are already furious when they see this.

However, there are more refreshing operations waiting for them in the future.

After successfully obtaining the qualification of a national alchemist.

Shutak didn't really say how moisturizing.

Because for a long time behind.

No matter how hard he studied.

I can't get anything else out of the way.

Seeing that the triennial national alchemist assessment is approaching.

If you don't pass this assessment.

Then the alchemist who sacrificed his wife in exchange for it will also be disqualified.

Then everything he has done will be meaningless.

Shutak couldn't accept this outcome at all.

And at this very moment.

The Edward brothers in order to recover the bodies they had lost due to the abuse of alchemy.

He went to Shutak's house and asked him about creature refining.

Shutak saw Edward, who had already become the national alchemist at the age of twelve.

The unwillingness and frustration in my heart are getting stronger and stronger.

At the same time, in the face of the ensuing assessment, I can no longer hold back the impatience and restlessness in my heart.

He couldn't help but turn his head to look at his six-year-old daughter————— Nina.

When the next day Edward Brothers came to visit again.

Shutak's home.

There is no more Nina laughing and laughing.

The little white dog named Alexander also disappeared completely.

Subsequently.

They found Shutak in the dimly lit research room.

He at this time.

is caressing a dog beside him with a coat color very similar to Alexander's.

After learning the truth about Shutak's refining into a synthetic beast.

Edward was annoyed.

I can't wait to break it into pieces.

This is a way to vent the grief in my heart.

Countless fans are also trembling with anger.

Saying goes.

Tiger poison doesn't eat children.

This Shutak is not even as good as his brute.

First, he refined his wife.

He fused his daughter and the dog together.

Demon!

The other party is a complete demon!

"Don't say that the protagonist wants to kill him, I think about it."

"It's so not human, this guy, he won't die, I'm not at ease."

"Will Nina ever recover?"

"Don't think about it, it's no fun, if he can recover, his wife won't die of hunger strike."

"I feel that I can, but I can't do it, if I change to a flask villain, I'm afraid I can make a sacrifice."

"The price is too great, he and Hohenheim died 500,000 people just to gain immortality, who can withstand it."

"I'm really grassy, a good family, this is all for the sake of a title, there is a fart."

"That's what we think, but in this country of anime, maybe we think differently."

"No matter how different Nima is, you can't your own wife and daughter,, I'm so angry, it's the first time I've watched an anime."

The barrage is crazy.

It's all venting rhetoric.

But at this time, Shutak in the picture still didn't have any regrets.

He's thinking.

It is when you are faced with a new assessment.

There is no longer a need to fear losing the status of the national alchemist.

There is no need to be denied by the world.

Because he's already refined into a new synth.

A synth beast that resembles the one that was forged after his wife's disappearance a few years ago.

in his hands.

At this time, he was still clutching the medal of the national alchemist that he had exchanged for his wife and daughter.

Shutak completely lost himself in his desires.

In fame, fortune and affection.

He chose fame and fortune without hesitation.

Using his daughter and dog Alexander, he was made into a synthetic beast that could understand human speech.

In order to keep his identity as an alchemist in his country.

However, his ending was exactly what fans had hoped for.

It's bleak.

After the East Window incident.

He was arrested by the military.

He was later killed.

The synthesizer made by Nina and Alexander was also relieved by Skar's compassion.

The damned man died.

The undeserving ones are also dead.

Such an ending.

People don't know what to say.

The two Edward brothers sat on the steps grieving.

Comic fans are also silent.

This section of the story.

It's really a clean exposé of dirty human nature.

Leave no stone unturned.

And what about the plot after this.

There are also all kinds of repressions.

Mastan pays homage to old friends.

Gullid's soul is gone.

Great President Russ died

Edward exhumes 'Mom''s body'.

Say goodbye to Hoinheim's grave

Many warm and sad passages are intertwined.

Natural and real.

Unpretentious.

In fact.

It's not a light-hearted anime.

Eighty percent of the story structure is darker than reality.

But it also moved the audience even more.

In this work.

Every character is more than just good and evil.

They all have their own helplessness.

They all have their own pasts.

They all have their own persistence.

These beliefs come together in different contexts and positions.

It gives this anime a unique charm.

(End of chapter)