Following Tucker’s arrest, both he and the chimera are killed by a scarred mass murderer who is being investigated by Mustang’s friend Lieutenant Colonel Maes Hughes. But the brothers learn the horrible truth behind Tucker’s creation when his obsession to keep his credentials forced him to merge his daughter Nina with the family dog Alexander into another talking chimera. "The Road of Hope" ( 希望の道, Kibō no Michi )Īfter the Elric Brothers reach East City, Mustang introduces them to Shou Tucker, a bio-alchemy authority who obtained his State Alchemist credentials by creating a talking chimera that starved itself to death. "The Right Hand of Destruction" ( 破壊の右手, Hakai no Migite) "The Alchemist's Suffering" ( 錬金術師の苦悩, Renkinjutsushi no Kunō) But the brothers reach a dead end and leave as the exposed Cornello is killed off by a woman named Lust, the Elrics side-tracked on their way back to East City with aiding the civilians of Youswell being overtaxed by the corrupt Lieutenant Yoki and later getting got up in a train hijacking by terrorists whose leader gets dispatched by Edward’s superior Colonel Roy Mustang. Four years later, the brothers’ search brings them to Liore where they expose a cultist named Father Cornello, whom they believe is using a philosopher's stone to recruit the people of Liore. Edward later became a State Alchemist with the title "Fullmetal Alchemist", joining the military so he and Al can find the legendary philosopher's stone which could repair their bodies. Edward then sacrifices his right arm to save his brother's soul and bind it to a suit of armor via a blood seal, later replacing his missing limbs with "automail" prosthetics. When the brothers commit the taboo act of Human Transmutation to resurrect Trisha after she dies of illness, it backfires and they suffer the consequences via the Law of Equivalent Exchange: Edward loses his left leg, while Alphonse is dragged into the Gate of Truth. In the country of Amestris, Edward Elric and his younger brother Alphonse live in the rural town of Resembool with their mother Trisha while self-learning alchemy at a young age. "Battle on the Train" ( 車上の戦い, Shajō no Tatakai ) "The Mining Town" ( 炭鉱の街, Tankō no Machi ) "The Price of Life" ( 命の代価, Inochi no Daika) "The Two Alchemists" ( 二人の錬金術師, Futari no Renkinjutsushi ) In April 2009, Bones started running a new 64 episode anime adaptation directly based on the manga entitled Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood for the North American release. The first ran in October 2003 for 51 episodes with changes made from the manga and it was followed by a film sequel in 2005. The animation studio Bones adapted the manga into two separate animated adaptations. On June 7, 2011, Viz started publishing the series in omnibus format, featuring three volumes in one. The first volume was released on May 3, 2005, and the last one, was officially released on December 20, 2011. Viz Media is releasing English language editions of the manga in North America. On July 22, 2011, Square Enix started republishing the series in kanzenban format. A few chapters have been rereleased in Japan in two "Extra number" magazines and Fullmetal Alchemist: The First Attack, which features the first nine chapters of the manga as well as other side stories. The first volume was released on January 22, 2002, and the last, volume 27, was released on November 22, 2010. Square Enix collected the chapters in tankōbon form. Therefore, Edward joins the state military and discovers that several members of the military are also attempting to get the stone. They are striving to find the legendary Philosopher's Stone so that they may recover parts of their bodies that they lost in an attempt to bring their mother back to life. The plot follows the adventures of two alchemist brothers named Edward and Alphonse Elric. It has been serialized in Square Enix's Monthly Shōnen Gangan since its August 2001 issue (published on July 12, 2001) and concluded on its July 2010 issue (published in June 2010) with a total of 108 chapters. The Japanese manga Fullmetal Alchemist was written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa. Cover of the first tankōbon for Fullmetal Alchemist, released in Japan by Square Enix on January 22, 2002
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