Use this tag for questions specifically about the Fullmetal Alchemist manga, in conjunction with the fma-series tag.
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Why can't Roy Mustang bring his eyes back using his gate?
Why can't Roy Mustang bring his eyes back using his gate?
In the final chapter of the Fullmetal Alchemist manga, Roy Mustang said "I'd readily sacrifice my own gate like Fullmetal did, but then I'd have no way back".
Why he couldn't come back like…
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What is the origin of the curling-up tongue trope?
I've seen this curled-up tongue trope pop its head up every once in a while and I was wondering: Which trope is it, and where does it originate from?
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Why is Tommy Ricardo so afraid of Pinaco?
In chapter 19 of Full Metal Alchemist, Winry asks Tommy for an apprenticeship after delivering the baby. As she is asking for it, she mentions Pinaco is her grandmother and Tommy becomes extremely vexed and says, "I don't want to remember those…
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What is Truth's view of the philosopher's stone?
What is Truth's view of the philosopher's stone? In an episode Father mentioned that "playing god" was a sin in Truth's eyes. Why doesn't Truth punish alchemists merely for creating or using a philosopher's stone then?
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Was body rejection even a possibility?
In Fullmetal Alchemist (manga and Brotherhood), there was a time where Al learned from Barry, before the battle with Lust, that a body could reject a soul. Hawkeye and Al arrived to where Barry was standing over his own (supposedly) dead body, and…
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What makes the mannequins different from the results of the sacrifices' human transmutation attempts?
In the manga / Brotherhood, we learn that the reason human transmutation is forbidden is because it would otherwise allow people to create their own private armies (at least according to the man who talks to General Armstrong after she's transferred…
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Why was Homunculus pulled into the gate?
Homunculus did not try to revive a dead person. Why was Homunculus confronted with Truth when Edward gave him the last punch?
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Full-metal Alchemist Brotherhood: Why didn't Edward use other better alternative over sacrificing his alchemy to get his brother back?
In the pre-final episode: episode 63 - The Other Side of the Gateway, why didn't Elric use the following options:
Ling gives the philosopher's stone to retrieve his brother. The reason Edward gives is the promise that he and his brother made. But…
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Why Al's had lost all his body and Ed's lost just his arm?
A question that bothered me every time I'm watching FMA\FMAB, it is clear that one body & soul had to be paid (plus arm), but why Al's and not Ed's? anytime I asked myself that I told myself that it happened to be that way, but it could be the…
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Why did Father create his "children" as the 7 deadly sins?
In both the manga and the 2nd anime (FMA Brotherhood) homunculi are willingly created. As far as I understand it, Father was created (or rather summoned from the other side of the door?) back at Xerxis before using the entire city to create a…
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Comparing FMA manga to the animes
Which came out first Fullmetal Alchemist the manga, Fullmetal Alchemist the anime or Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood?
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What do you call Al's armor seal?
What do you call Alphonse Elric's armor seal? The circle Ed made to attach his brother's soul?
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Is Fullmetal Alchemist considered as a magical realist type story?
I have a project due where I have to compare and contrast two magical realist stories. I thought that it would be better to include a manga because they are very different from normal books, and I chose Fullmetal Alchemist.
A magical realist story…
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