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Aug 12, 2008 8:46 PM
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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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This episode was great... We finally see more of what happened that night from Edward's eyes. I'm pretty hyped up for the next one. The kid is just totally freaky... I love how believable all the characters are... well all except the president hard to fathom all this is going on right under his nose and he has no clue.

Oh yea and the random impersonation of Armstrong was pretty funny. This show has the perfect combination of suspense, comedy and action.
Aug 13, 2008 5:47 PM
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I pretty much agree with everything you've written down :)

Yes, seeing what really happened through Edward's eyes was something refreshing. And learning more about that mysterious child was interesting, the kid's pretty intriguing considering he can transmute his own body. And yes, my favorite part about this anime was that it had a perfect mixture of so many different genres :)

so_addictive said:
well all except the president hard to fathom all this is going on right under his nose and he has no clue.

That will be explained later on in the anime -- look forward to it ^_^



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Oct 23, 2008 7:55 AM
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That guy is amazing. Is Izumi something/someone as him? Jazmin i agree your words.
my favorite part about this anime was that it had a perfect mixture of so many different genres :)
Dec 20, 2008 12:46 AM
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Is that kid a guy or a girl? O_O

Dec 20, 2008 12:46 AM
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Is that kid a guy or a girl? O_O

Mar 30, 2009 10:22 AM
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Loved this episode. Looking forward to learning more about 'The Gateway'
Jul 14, 2009 11:17 AM
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oh so that's it. he could transmute his own body because it isn't human.
i mustn't have been paying attention last time
Jan 29, 2010 12:25 AM
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How confusing ^_^;

That was really creepy, though. Him having Ed's arm and leg D: What is he?

Feb 6, 2010 11:04 PM
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wonderful ep, everything is coming together.
Jun 11, 2010 6:49 AM

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The one man sleeping with opened eyes was creepy.
Wrath is kind of strange o.O
Jan 30, 2011 7:23 AM

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It's a great episode, finally it's getting into the plot. ^_^
May 17, 2011 6:47 AM

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Great episode. Just as I thought, that boy couldn't be homunculus, but still how did he get Ed's arm and leg?
May 25, 2011 7:37 PM

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that was a huge shocker at the end.
also the husband sleeps with his eyes open. freaky shit!!!, LOL


Jun 1, 2011 5:52 PM
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The mystery!!!
Jun 3, 2011 10:10 AM

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LOL SIG SLEEPS WITH HIS EYES OPEN. =)))
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Aug 22, 2011 5:24 PM

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so_addictive said:
. well all except the president hard to fathom all this is going on right under his nose and he has no clue.


I agree, but I find him perfectly believable. Believably suspicious. I remember Mustang pondering his motives in an earler episode as well.
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Oct 28, 2011 8:07 AM
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That kid was annoying. I wanted to choke or kick it.
Feb 16, 2012 5:33 AM
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so_addictive said:
THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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This episode was great... We finally see more of what happened that night from Edward's eyes. I'm pretty hyped up for the next one. The kid is just totally freaky... I love how believable all the characters are... well all except the president hard to fathom all this is going on right under his nose and he has no clue.

Oh yea and the random impersonation of Armstrong was pretty funny. This show has the perfect combination of suspense, comedy and action.
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Mar 16, 2012 3:56 AM

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Yea this is my favorite episode of the series so far. Awesome back story, just gets better and better as the series goes on.
Sep 7, 2012 4:56 AM

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Wow damn what a great episode so that kid took Ed's arm and leg O_O totally amazed, the ending was strange with the stone altar!
Sep 9, 2012 7:23 AM
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I've gotta admit< I saw the way the arm looked and thought it looked fused just like the 'Scar'.... However, I have to wonder what more is going to happen.
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Sep 28, 2012 5:39 PM

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man lots of revelations here :D

so it was some sort of shadow Ed saw during the Human Transmutation.

plus he said he found the "truth"

lots of information was given to him by that gate, surprise his mind didn't go berserk.

guess the "equivalent trade" of the "truth" about Human transmutation is sacrificing a body part itself.

and wow Izumi seems soo sick :(

i thought she was just shocked since i saw this happened when she accidentally said she's a housewife back when the dam at Ed's village was about to burst.

guess she's really sick :(

so the boy is made of equivalent trade from humans??

is that how Homunculus are made???

what did Izumi found in that stone altar in the Island??

episodes getting exciting, man i cannot wait for more!!!!!!!
Jan 1, 2013 2:46 PM
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shit just got real again!
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Jun 13, 2013 8:25 AM

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How does anyone think Wrath could possibly be good? He is in the op standing next to Envy with an evil grin.
Jun 14, 2013 1:37 PM

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tkdbb156 said:
How does anyone think Wrath could possibly be good? He is in the op standing next to Envy with an evil grin.


I don't think anyone said he was good.
Jul 15, 2013 9:57 AM

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spyrocoot said:
tkdbb156 said:
How does anyone think Wrath could possibly be good? He is in the op standing next to Envy with an evil grin.


I don't think anyone said he was good.

Well no one was suspicous of him.
Aug 18, 2013 9:43 PM

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The one man sleeping with opened eyes was creepy.


I thought that was hilarious xD
Nov 24, 2013 4:44 AM

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Damn, this is one amazing episode, so exciting!
Jan 24, 2014 12:40 AM

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interesting wrath has his arm and leg.

i wonder what they meant when they said do they even know how Homunculus are born i thought it where created humans by humans not something born maybe they mean they where created by the body parts some one use for the human transmutation then born into a new person existing from different people there body part that would explain they actually created and born.

this was a amazing episode again for 2 episodes it slowed down a bit but now it is getting somewhere again up to the next one i would say but got to sleep again 9:30 am :(
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that guy raunch eds limbs? lol
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Jul 29, 2014 12:31 PM

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It was good to see more of what happened on the night they tried to bring back their mother.

Yeah, I can't believe that kid took Ed's arm and leg!
Sep 21, 2014 11:10 PM

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That Armstrong impersonation.
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Dec 27, 2014 10:09 PM
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Heh, so Edward saw something like that, huh.
Ha, I knew it!! That kid's arm looked like Edward's because of the scar.

tkdbb156 said:
spyrocoot said:


I don't think anyone said he was good.

Well no one was suspicous of him.


I am.
Jan 13, 2015 9:50 AM

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So about Sensei... Is she dying? Is the nosebleeding a symptom of a disease that was the price for the human transmutation she attempted once?

Great episode.
Feb 3, 2015 10:04 AM

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Something's missing, this is kinda boring T_T
Feb 12, 2015 12:20 AM

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I guess that's her child. Somehow O_o
Jun 12, 2015 11:01 PM

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Damn, this episode was intense. I loved seeing what happened the night of the transmutation from Ed's eyes. That was some scary stuff. Alchemy is just so strange and eery. I got chillbumps all over when Winry said he had scars on his leg and arm. That was mind-blowing. Can't wait to learn more about this.
Jul 9, 2015 10:57 PM

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Oh my gosh that was creepy. Did anyone else notice the teachers husband sleeps with his eyes open? O_O

And the kid hanging upside down from the ceiling omg

That kid is really cute though

So his arm and leg might be Ed's?! =O He should stop scaring the kid though.

I wonder why Izumi keeps coughing up blood =(
Aug 1, 2015 6:02 PM

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Oh my! Did not see that coming about the arm and leg!! I wonder what that means exactly? I guess Edward can't get them back, and Al can't get his body? Omg is there an Al-lookalike homunculus running around somwhere??

★ 4/5
Nov 7, 2015 7:31 AM

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This arch is proving increasingly attractive, so many mysteries and many questions their way during the narration.
Nov 10, 2015 3:12 PM

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I freaking knew that kid looked like Al! And the off-colored arm and leg gave it away. Great twist, probably has Al's body with Ed's arm and legs, but black hair for some reason lol. Hopefully no more episodes that were also in Brotherhood, so it'll be a completely new experience. I really wanna know what that stone thingy was on the island. This means the other homunculi were also made when human transmutation happened? So Lust came from scar's brother attempting human transmutation maybe? 5/5 can't believe my friends told me to skip FMA 2003, this show rocks.
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Nov 23, 2015 1:29 PM
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Holy shit, this episode was fucked up. Nice twist.
Dec 13, 2015 8:53 AM

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What the hell is going on. Is the harmonculi (sp?) doing? They can't use alchemy.
Such junk...
Feb 8, 2016 4:31 PM

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This is pretty different from Brotherhood.

Still a really cool twist.
Jul 19, 2016 9:19 AM
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This anime is generating more questions than answers haha
Aug 25, 2016 8:56 PM

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Frank... loves wars.

cues to his vampire lookin ass humming all creepily.

Can you make the non main antagonists aka everyone evil except for the Homunculus in this show look any more evil looking, god damn. It's one of my biggest gripes with this anime, everyone who's a bad guy is very blatantly insane and overly evil for the sake of being evil. Nobodies in the grey except for Scar and the Homunculus(MAYBE at least they have motives and don't look over the top sinister minus Gluttony).
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Nice to see some more stuff from Ed's perspective, however I really don't like that kid.
May 21, 2017 9:36 AM

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Hmm I have a feeling that Izumi had a kid but he/she died and somehow this kid with Ed's arm and leg has reincarnated as Izumi's kid? - Especially since she responded weird to a question about having kids (if I recall correctly) , and now she's standing at a grave.

Really interesting :)
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Whoa...who the Hell is this kid?

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Can't believe I didn't notice the arm/leg. I like where this is going.
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