TV-Series
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"Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood" is a 64-episode anime adaptation of Hiromu Arakawa's manga, closely following its source material. The story is set in a fictional world where alchemy is a widely practiced science, governed by the principle of equivalent exchange: to create something, something of equal value must be sacrificed. The narrative centers on brothers Edward and Alphonse Elric, who attempt to resurrect their deceased mother using alchemy, violating the taboo of human transmutation. The experiment fails catastrophically, resulting in Edward losing his left leg and Alphonse losing his entire body. Edward sacrifices his right arm to bind Alphonse's soul to a suit of armor, and the brothers embark on a quest to restore their bodies.
Edward, now a State Alchemist with the title "Fullmetal Alchemist," and Alphonse travel across the nation of Amestris in search of the Philosopher's Stone, a powerful alchemical artifact capable of bypassing the laws of equivalent exchange. Their journey intertwines with the political and military machinations of Amestris, a militaristic state ruled by the enigmatic Führer King Bradley. The brothers uncover a conspiracy involving the Homunculi, artificial beings created from failed human transmutations, who serve as the primary antagonists. Each Homunculus embodies one of the seven deadly sins and operates under the command of a shadowy figure known as Father, who seeks to achieve godlike power by orchestrating a nationwide transmutation circle.
As the story progresses, the Elric brothers form alliances with key figures, including Colonel Roy Mustang, a skilled Flame Alchemist aiming to reform the corrupt military; Winry Rockbell, their childhood friend and automail mechanic; and Scar, an Ishvalan survivor seeking vengeance against the State Alchemists for the genocide of his people. The narrative explores themes of sacrifice, redemption, and the consequences of human ambition, culminating in a climactic battle against Father and the Homunculi. The brothers confront the ethical implications of their actions and the true cost of their quest, ultimately achieving resolution through their unwavering bond and determination. The series concludes with a satisfying resolution to the brothers' journey, tying together its intricate plotlines and character arcs.
Edward, now a State Alchemist with the title "Fullmetal Alchemist," and Alphonse travel across the nation of Amestris in search of the Philosopher's Stone, a powerful alchemical artifact capable of bypassing the laws of equivalent exchange. Their journey intertwines with the political and military machinations of Amestris, a militaristic state ruled by the enigmatic Führer King Bradley. The brothers uncover a conspiracy involving the Homunculi, artificial beings created from failed human transmutations, who serve as the primary antagonists. Each Homunculus embodies one of the seven deadly sins and operates under the command of a shadowy figure known as Father, who seeks to achieve godlike power by orchestrating a nationwide transmutation circle.
As the story progresses, the Elric brothers form alliances with key figures, including Colonel Roy Mustang, a skilled Flame Alchemist aiming to reform the corrupt military; Winry Rockbell, their childhood friend and automail mechanic; and Scar, an Ishvalan survivor seeking vengeance against the State Alchemists for the genocide of his people. The narrative explores themes of sacrifice, redemption, and the consequences of human ambition, culminating in a climactic battle against Father and the Homunculi. The brothers confront the ethical implications of their actions and the true cost of their quest, ultimately achieving resolution through their unwavering bond and determination. The series concludes with a satisfying resolution to the brothers' journey, tying together its intricate plotlines and character arcs.
Episodes
Staffel 1
1The Fullmetal Alchemist
In Central City,a rogue alchemist called Isaac McDougal uses his ice alchemy to freeze soldiers and civilians. Edward Elric, the Fullmetal Alchemist, engages Isaac while his brother Alphonse, a soul bound to a suit of armor, protects bystanders. Isaac reveals his knowledge of the Elrics' failed human transmutation, a taboo alchemical act. The episode flashes back to the brothers' childhood in Resembool. Their mother Trisha dies of an illness, prompting Ed and Al to study forbidden human transmutation. The attempt backfires: Ed loses his left leg, and Al loses his entire body. Ed sacrifices his right arm to bind Al's soul to a nearby suit of armor. Winry Rockbell and her grandmother Pinako fit Ed with automail prosthetic limbs. After passing the State Alchemist exam, Ed earns the title Fullmetal Alchemist. Returning to the present, Ed transmutes a cannon and defeats Isaac, who liquefies himself into the sewers. Major General Olivier Mira Armstrong and Colonel Roy Mustang witness Isaac's escape. Isaac declares that the homunculus Father rules the military from Central. The episode closes with Ed and Al boarding a train to Resembool, where they suspect the Philosopher's Stone holds the key to restoring their bodies.
2The First Day
The Elric brothers attempt human transmutation in their basement workshop. The forbidden ritual fails catastrophically. Edward loses his left leg. Alphonse loses his entire body. Edward sacrifices his right arm to bind Alphonse’s soul to a nearby suit of armor. Five years earlier in Resembool,Trisha Elric dies of an illness. Her sons Edward and Alphonse refuse to accept her death. They immerse themselves in their father’s alchemy texts. They discover human transmutation but ignore its taboo status. After months of study, they perform the forbidden transmutation on the night of a funeral anniversary. The Gate of Truth opens in response. Edward sees the truth of alchemy but pays the toll of his leg. The rebound takes Alphonse’s whole body. Edward’s blood on the transmutation circle allows him to anchor Alphonse’s soul to the armor. Pinako Rockbell and her granddaughter Winry fit Edward with automail prosthetics. Edward endures painful rehabilitation to regain mobility. He passes the State Alchemist examination with his new metal limbs. The military grants him the title of Fullmetal Alchemist. Edward and Alphonse learn that the Philosopher’s Stone may bypass alchemy’s law of equivalent exchange. The brothers resolve to find the Stone and restore their original bodies.
8The Fifth Laboratory
Edward and Alphonse Elric infiltrate the abandoned Fifth Laboratory to uncover the truth behind the Philosopher's Stone. Inside the laboratory,Edward faces an armored guard known as Slicer, Number 48, while Alphonse battles Number 66 outside. Both opponents reveal themselves as the souls of convicted murderers bound to suits of armor. Edward struggles when his automail arm malfunctions because Winry forgot to install a small bolt back in Resembool. Number 66 tells Alphonse that Edward may have created him as a doll with fake memories, planting doubt about his own existence. Edward defeats Slicer by using Scar's destructive alchemy technique, breaking the armor body in half. Before Slicer can reveal the laboratory's secrets, Lust and Envy appear and kill both brothers by destroying their soul seals. Envy knocks Edward unconscious after his automail arm breaks during a brief fight. Lust comments that Edward remains a valuable resource, and the homunculi carry him outside before collapsing the laboratory to destroy evidence. Mustang and Hughes discuss the Scar investigation over the phone, noting that all recovered bodies decomposed mysteriously. The episode ends with the homunculi's plan still hidden and Edward unconscious in the rubble, unaware of their larger conspiracy.
12One Is All - All Is One
Edward and Alphonse Elric recall their apprenticeship under Izumi Curtis,a strict alchemist they met years ago in Dublith. Izumi subjects the brothers to a month-long survival test on Yock Island, leaving them with only a knife and no supplies. The brothers hunt for food, build shelter, and fight off a bear that attacks them at night. Edward kills the bear with the knife, and the experience forces both brothers to understand the principle "One is All, All is One". The principle teaches that an individual is a small part of the world, and the world consists of countless interconnected individuals. After surviving the month, Izumi begins formal alchemy training, starting with basic transmutation exercises. Edward and Alphonse learn to deconstruct and reconstruct materials without a transmutation circle, though their attempts remain unstable. Izumi reveals her own past attempt to transmute her stillborn child, which cost her internal organs and left her unable to have more children. She warns the brothers never to attempt human transmutation, as no alchemy can restore a lost soul. The episode returns to the present, where Edward and Alphonse reaffirm their goal to find the Philosopher's Stone and regain their original bodies. They decide to return to Resembool to consult Pinako Rockbell about their teacher's condition before heading to Dublith. The brothers board a train toward Resembool, unaware that Scar is also traveling in the same direction.
13Beasts of Dublith
Edward and Alphonse Elric locate their teacher Izumi Curtis at her butcher shop in Dublith. Izumi strikes Edward for attempting human transmutation and demands he prove his resolve. She then leads the brothers to an underground chamber beneath the city. Inside,Edward faces two chimeras called the Slicer brothers, a pair of serial killers fused into a single suit of armor. Edward destroys the armor and extracts an incomplete philosopher's stone from the souls bound within it. A homunculus named Greed emerges from the shadows and introduces himself as the embodiment of avarice. Greed's skin hardens into a carbon-based shield that deflects Edward's blade. Greed attempts to recruit Alphonse, offering him information about the philosopher's stone in exchange for loyalty. Izumi Curtis arrives and recognizes Greed as a homunculus, engaging him in combat. Ling Yao and his bodyguards Lan Fan and Fu enter the chamber, seeking the stone for the glory of Xing. Greed flees the confrontation but encounters King Bradley in the sewer tunnel. Bradley reveals his Ouroboros tattoo and declares himself Wrath, then attacks Greed with his sword.
14Those Who Lurk Underground
Fuhrer King Bradley leads a team of state military soldiers into the Devil's Nest to raid Greed's hideout. Bradley descends into the sewage passageway beneath the building and duels Greed directly. Greed activates his Ultimate Shield,but Bradley cuts off his right hand and stabs him through the neck with two swords. Bradley's eyepatch falls off during the fight, revealing an Ouroboros tattoo over his left eye and his identity as the homunculus Wrath. Roa and Dolcetto rush to save Greed, but Bradley slices both chimeras into pieces. Martel hides inside Alphonse's armor and attempts to strangle Bradley from within. Bradley stabs his sword into the armor at the precise angle to kill Martel. Martel's blood splashes onto Alphonse's blood seal, triggering the return of Alphonse's memories from when Edward failed to transmute their mother. The military removes Martel's corpse from the armor, and Alphonse tells Edward he now remembers everything up to being taken to the Gate of Truth. Bradley has Greed captured and brought to a chamber beneath Central Command, where Father, the creator of the homunculi, awaits. Greed refuses Father's offer to rejoin the homunculi, so Father melts him alive into a liquid philosopher's stone and absorbs it. Father then declares that Edward, Alphonse, and Izumi Curtis are worthy future sacrifices for an unknown plan.
19Death of the Undying
Edward and Alphonse Elric,accompanied by Barry the Chopper's armor, break into the Third Laboratory in Central. They split up to search for clues about the homunculi and the Philosopher's Stone. Lieutenant Colonel Roy Mustang and his subordinates also infiltrate the laboratory, seeking to capture the homunculi. Lust confronts the group, stabbing Second Lieutenant Jean Havoc through the spine and paralyzing him from the waist down. Lust then attacks Barry, shattering his armor body and destroying the blood seal that binds his soul. Mustang engages Lust, using his flame alchemy to burn her repeatedly. Each time Lust regenerates, Mustang reignites her, preventing her from recovering. Lust’s regeneration slows as Mustang continues the assault, burning her to ash beyond her ability to heal. Lust dies, expressing surprise that a human could kill an immortal being. Havoc survives but remains paralyzed, while Barry’s death eliminates an unpredictable ally. The homunculi lose one of their seven members, but Envy escapes deeper into the laboratory. Edward pursues Envy, unaware that the homunculus has taken the form of a familiar face.
20Father Before the Grave
Edward and Alphonse Elric return to Resembool with Winry Rockbell and enter the Rockbell house's basement,the sealed site of their failed human transmutation from three years earlier. They open the door and find a skeletal, long-haired creature lying on the transmutation circle. Edward examines the being and confirms it has no soul, no blood relation to them, and only a distorted biological form. He uses alchemy to decompose the creature into basic chemical components, then carries the remains outside and buries them next to Trisha Elric's grave. Alphonse, unable to sleep, stays in the basement and recalls the moment his body vanished during the transmutation. Pinako Rockbell explains that the Philosopher's Stone, according to her research, requires massive human sacrifice to create, and no known method exists to produce one without taking lives. She shows them documents left by Hohenheim Elric that hint at the Stone's true nature and the existence of underground research facilities in Central. A letter arrives from Riza Hawkeye, warning the brothers that the military's secret alchemical experiments involve live human subjects and advising them to stay away. Edward decides to head to Central anyway, believing the Fifth Laboratory may contain clues to restore Alphonse's body without using the Stone. He and Alphonse board a night train toward the capital, carrying Winry's newly repaired automail parts for Edward's limbs. The train carries them toward Central, where the military's secret Fifth Laboratory awaits with its forbidden research.
21Advance of the Fool
In the hospital,Roy Mustang rebukes Riza Hawkeye for losing her will to fight against Lust and orders her to stay assertive. Envy confronts King Bradley for allowing Mustang to live, but Bradley reveals Mustang is a necessary sacrifice for the homunculi's plan. Using maps delivered by Kain Fuery, Hawkeye deduces that the transmutation circle beneath Laboratory 3 encompasses Central Command and the Führer's mansion. Jean Havoc discloses that his lower body is paralyzed from his injury, and Mustang dispatches Heymans Breda to find Dr. Tim Marcoh for a potential cure. Breda arrives at Marcoh's village to find his home ransacked and the doctor missing. The Elric brothers learn Scar has returned to Central and murdered three more State Alchemists. Edward tells Alphonse his suspicion that Scar killed Winry's parents and proposes using himself as bait to lure both Scar and the homunculi. Ling Yao and Lan Fan overhear the plan and agree to help, as capturing a homunculus would advance Ling's quest for immortality. Edward performs flashy alchemy repairs across Central to draw attention, and Scar arrives to confront him. Mustang goes to Central Command and issues false reports of Scar sightings, stalling the military police from interfering. Lan Fan attacks Gluttony, but Bradley draws his swords, moves with immense speed, and strikes her down. The episode closes with Ling shouting Lan Fan's name as Bradley stands over her.
22Backs in the Distance
Ed and Al Elric arrive in Dublith to locate their teacher Izumi Curtis. They find the Devil's Nest bar where her husband Sig works. Izumi returns and immediately attacks Ed with alchemy. She stops the fight and listens to the brothers' account of their failed human transmutation. Izumi then reveals she also attempted human transmutation to bring back her stillborn child. She lifts her shirt to show a large scar where the Gate of Truth removed some of her internal organs. Ed realizes that both he and his teacher saw the same Gate. Al asks if the Gate contains the knowledge required to restore their bodies. Izumi cannot answer but warns them that every transmutation exacts a price. In Central,Colonel Mustang receives intelligence about the homunculi's recent movements. He orders Hawkeye to investigate without alerting the military's upper ranks. The episode ends with Ed and Al leaving Dublith to return to Resembool, where they first opened the Gate.
24Inside the Belly
Dr. Marcoh cooperates with the homunculi to ensure his village's safety. Gluttony transforms,his stomach resembling the Gate. Mustang orders Hawkeye to stay back as Gluttony absorbs her shotgun's barrel. Mustang's flame alchemy fails against Gluttony's new form. Ed transmutes a wall to separate Gluttony from Envy. Envy orders Gluttony to kill Ling but protect Ed and Al as sacrifices. Envy transforms into the injured Lan Fan to distract Ling. Gluttony accidentally swallows Ed, Ling, and Envy. Mustang meets General Raven at Central Command and realizes the top brass knows about the homunculi. Führer Bradley enters the meeting, confirming the military's corruption. Ed wakes in a dark room filled with strange objects, his body covered in blood.
26Reunion
Edward and Ling confront Envy inside Gluttony's stomach dimension. The cries of human souls embedded in Envy's monstrous body cause Edward to hesitate during the fight. Envy swallows Edward whole,trapping him within its mass. Inside Envy, Edward locates the Philosopher's Stone at the homunculus's core. He also recognizes scattered fragments from the ruins of Xerxes within the false space. Meanwhile, Scar and May Chang track Alphonse as he follows Gluttony into an underground tunnel beneath Central. A horde of chimeras attacks Scar and May, forcing them to fight their way through the passage. In his office, Fuhrer Bradley reveals to Roy Mustang that he was raised from birth for leadership and transformed into a homunculus by injecting a Philosopher's Stone. Edward realizes the Xerxes ruins form a complete human transmutation circle. He uses souls from Envy's Stone to perform transmutation on himself, reopening the Gate of Truth. Inside the Gate, Edward discovers Alphonse's emaciated, living body seated before a second gate. The shadow hands pull Edward back before he can reach his brother, but he shouts a promise to return for Alphonse's body.
27Interlude Party
Edward Elric and Alphonse Elric report to Colonel Roy Mustang at Central Headquarters. Edward demands to know whether Mustang knew that the Philosopher's Stone requires human lives. Mustang confirms his knowledge and admits he used a Philosopher's Stone during the Ishvalan War. He describes how he incinerated dozens of Ishvalan men,women, and children with his flame alchemy. Mustang shows Edward a photograph of Maes Hughes and explains that Hughes uncovered the military's conspiracy before his murder. He states his intention to rise to the rank of Führer in order to dismantle the military's corrupt leadership. Edward questions whether Mustang's ambition justifies the lives already lost. Mustang counters that inaction will not bring back the dead. The scene cuts to the homunculi's underground lair. Lust reports that the Elric brothers now know the stone's true cost. Father orders the homunculi to continue observing the brothers. Scar, hiding in a basement, studies his brother's notes on alchemical transmutation without a circle. He concludes that he must find a way to destroy the homunculi without repeating the cycle of revenge. Edward leaves Mustang's office, realizing that he and the colonel share a common enemy.
29Struggle of the Fool
Envy leads Edward and Alphonse out of Father's underground lair beneath Central Command to meet Führer Bradley. Alphonse conceals May Chang and her panda Shao Mei inside his armor. Edward attempts to resign his state alchemist commission,but Bradley threatens to kill Winry Rockbell unless Edward remains in the military. Bradley permits the Elric brothers to continue their research into restoring their bodies. Mustang asks Bradley directly if he murdered Maes Hughes; Bradley denies the killing but refuses to name the perpetrator. Greed, still sharing Ling Yao's body, passes a written message to Alphonse for Lan Fan confirming that Ling has obtained the Philosopher's Stone. Mustang reveals Bradley's true identity as the homunculus Wrath to Alex Louis Armstrong and speculates another homunculus remains hidden. Alphonse brings May to Dr. Knox for treatment and informs Lan Fan about Ling's merger with Greed, prompting Lan Fan to seek an automail arm. Edward restores a damaged section of Central and notices his alchemy functions again; he learns other alchemists failed to transmute at the same time Father blocked alchemy. Edward questions how Scar and May could still use their abilities, recognizing that alternative alchemical systems may hold the key to opposing Father. Deep underground, Scar discovers the imprisoned Dr. Marcoh, who admits his role in the Ishvalan extermination and begs Scar to kill him. Scar refuses the mercy and demands a full account of Marcoh's involvement in the civil war.
30The Ishvalan War of Extermination
Berthold Hawkeye,Riza Hawkeye’s father and Roy Mustang’s teacher, disapproves of Mustang becoming a state alchemist. Before dying from illness, Berthold asks Mustang to protect Riza, who carries his flame alchemy research tattooed on her back. In the present, Edward Elric visits Lieutenant Hawkeye to return her gun, admitting he could not pull the trigger. Seven years before the present, Führer King Bradley signs an order to exterminate the Ishvalan people, unleashing state alchemists on the civilian population. The Crimson Alchemist, Zolf J. Kimblee, uses a Philosopher’s Stone made from Ishvalan captives to amplify his destructive alchemy, taunting Mustang and Hughes. Dr. Tim Marcoh confesses to Scar that he participated in creating Philosopher’s Stones by sacrificing Ishvalan prisoners, providing the stones to state alchemists during the war. The Ishvalan religious leader offers his own life to Bradley in exchange for his people’s safety, but Bradley refuses, calling the offer foolish. When the war ends, Mustang resolves to become Führer to protect the people from within the system and appoints Hawkeye as his second-in-command. Hawkeye tells Edward that when peace finally arrives, she and Mustang may face punishment for the deaths they caused during the conflict. Envy checks Marcoh’s prison cell and finds a beheaded corpse with the word “vengeance” written in blood on the wall.
31The 520 Cens Promise
Roy Mustang's subordinates receive their transfer orders and depart Central City for different military bases. Riza Hawkeye,Heymans Breda, Kain Fuery, and Vato Falman each say their goodbyes. Falman gives Mustang a chessboard containing a hidden message inside one piece. Mustang deciphers the note and contacts Lieutenant General Grumman through Madame Christmas. Edward Elric decides to keep the 520 cenz he owes Mustang until Mustang becomes Fuhrer, using the debt as a promise for Mustang to stay alive. Edward and Alphonse search Central for May Chang to learn about her alkahestry, which functioned when Father blocked their alchemy. Fu returns from escorting Maria Ross to Xing and finds Lan Fan missing her left arm. Fu refuses Edward's offer to contact Winry for automail, choosing to find an unmonitored mechanic instead. Doctor Knox treats Lan Fan, then receives an unexpected visit from his estranged wife and son. His son expresses pride that Knox treated two living patients, leading Knox to invite them inside. Envy releases Solf J. Kimblee from Central Prison and orders him to retrieve Tim Marcoh and kill Scar. Kimblee accepts a new Philosopher's Stone made from Marcoh's former researchers. Scar disfigures Marcoh's face with his decomposition alchemy to prevent recognition, then leads the group north to recover his brother's hidden research notes.
35The Shape of This Country
Roy Mustang and Riza Hawkeye discuss the research notes on flame alchemy that Riza carries on her back. Riza reveals her father inscribed the notes on her skin to protect them. Edward and Alphonse Elric travel north to Fort Briggs with Winry Rockbell. They arrive at the Briggs fortress,a military installation near the Drachma border. Major General Olivier Mira Armstrong, the commander of Briggs, orders them thrown into an unheated holding cell. Olivier demands the Elrics prove their combat ability by fighting her subordinate, Major Miles. The Elrics hold back, explaining they came to warn her about a conspiracy within the military. Olivier reveals she already knows about the nationwide transmutation circle. She shows them a map of Amestris, pointing out that the country's boundaries form a giant alchemical array. The Elrics realize the entire nation serves as a philosopher's stone creation circle. In Central, Mustang receives a package from Gracia Hughes containing her late husband's investigation files. Mustang reads Hughes' notes that confirm the transmutation circle's design and the military's role. Olivier agrees to cooperate with the Elrics' plan. As they talk, a prison train arrives carrying the alchemist Solf J. Kimblee, whom Olivier has requested for her command. Kimblee steps off the train, now assigned to Briggs.
48The Oath in the Underground
Edward and Alphonse Elric descend into the underground chamber beneath Central Command. They find Father inside a large glass sphere filled with a dark liquid. Father reveals his origin as a homunculus created from Van Hohenheim's blood. He states his intention to absorb the souls of every Amestrian citizen into a philosopher's stone. That stone would allow him to become a god. Edward punches the sphere,but Father extends shadow-like limbs to restrain him. Father then absorbs the philosopher's stone embedded in his abdomen. His body transforms into a more powerful form. Father activates the nationwide transmutation circle drawn across Amestris. The circle begins extracting souls from the population. Van Hohenheim, positioned at the center of his own counter-circle, activates it. Hohenheim's circle reverses the transmutation, returning the extracted souls to their bodies. Father loses a large portion of his own stone in the process. He screams in fury as the episode ends, setting up a direct confrontation.
49The Other Side of the Gateway
Father activates the nationwide transmutation circle from Central. The Gate of Truth opens over the city,and a giant black eye appears. Father begins absorbing the souls of all Amestrians. Hohenheim simultaneously triggers his counter-transmutation circle across the country. The counter-circle releases the souls of the Xerxesian people he had stored within his body. These souls re-enter Father's body and force him to regurgitate the Amestrian souls he consumed. Edward and Alphonse Elric see the Gate open before them. Inside the Gate, Alphonse witnesses his own real body sitting motionless. Father attempts to pull the being known as Truth from beyond the Gate into his own body. Greed, with Ling Yao's consciousness still active, attacks Father repeatedly. Each blow damages Father's container, but his philosopher's stone immediately repairs the damage. Father's form begins to destabilize as the souls inside him rebel. The episode ends with Father's body cracking and leaking shadow-like substances, leaving the group uncertain whether their attacks are having any lasting effect.
50Upheaval in Central
Bradley returns to Central Command and retakes leadership from the Briggs soldiers occupying the building. Mustang,Hawkeye, and their squad fight through waves of zombie soldiers created by the gold-toothed doctor in the tunnels beneath Central. The zombies regenerate rapidly, forcing Mustang to repeatedly incinerate them while protecting his group. Ed, Al, Izumi, and Sig Curtis descend into Father’s underground chamber. Father extracts the philosopher’s stones from the five human sacrifices: Ed, Al, Izumi, Mustang, and Hohenheim. Mustang, captured earlier, arrives bound and blinded, having been forced to perform human transmutation. Father activates the nationwide transmutation circle, intending to consume every soul in Amestris. Hohenheim, however, reveals that he placed a counter-transmutation circle at every point where Father’s circle overlaps. The counter-circle redirects the souls back into Father’s body instead of letting him absorb the entire country. The released souls flood Father, causing his body to destabilize and expel the philosopher’s stones. Greed, with Ling’s body, confronts Bradley outside Central Command. The episode ends with Bradley advancing on Greed as the ground trembles from Father’s failed transmutation.
51The Immortal Legion
Father extracts a massive philosopher’s stone from within his body. He uses the stone to create hundreds of mannequin soldiers. These soldiers lack souls and attack any living creature with blood. Mustang corners Envy in a tunnel beneath Central Command. Envy shifts into his giant dragon-like form. Mustang incinerates Envy repeatedly,but Envy regenerates using his own philosopher’s stone. Envy reverts to his true weak form: a small, pathetic creature. Mustang prepares to kill Envy, but Hawkeye stops him and reminds him of his promise not to become a killer. Ed, Ling, and Greed enter Father’s chamber. Father immobilizes all three with alchemical pressure. Greed attempts to break free and strike Father, but Father absorbs Greed’s carbon shield. Lan Fan arrives and throws a smoke bomb. She retrieves Ling’s missing philosopher’s stone from a container attached to her severed arm. Ed uses the distraction to form a spear and attack Father, but Father’s barrier blocks the strike. Father announces his plan to use the nationwide transmutation circle to absorb the souls of every Amestrian citizen during the upcoming eclipse. The combined threat of Father’s immortal legion and the approaching eclipse forces Mustang, Ed, and their allies into a desperate race against time.
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Opening
Ep. 1-14
“again”
Ep. 15-26
“Hologram”
Ep. 27-38
“Golden Time Lover”
Ep. 39-50
“Period”
Ep. 51-63
“Rain”
Ending
Ep. 1-14
“嘘 - Uso (Lie)”
Ep. 15-26
“Let it out”
Ep. 27-38
“Tsunai Da Te (つないだ手; Tied Hands)”
Ep. 39-50
“Shunkan Sentimental”
Ep. 51-62
“RAY OF LIGHT”
“Hologram”
“Rain”