I wouldn't say clearly - it only becomes clear, once you rewatch the episodes. But yeah, it's nice to see them visually changing as the story progresses.
It's not passage of time. Remember that in episode 41 he got severely injured by a pole and used his own vitality to heal the wound with alchemy. He said that it would shorten a few years of his life span.
That doesn't necessarily mean Ed would start randomly growing, The whole show takes place over the course of about 2 years with Ed starting out as a 15 year old and ending when hes 17 or 18, it's safe to say the main storyline goes on for several months so it makes sense for Ed to grow taller and more muscular, on top of that even characters like Winry exhibit growth and development compared to when we first see her, growth _is_ subtly used to show passage of time
@@slimjimjr96 **facepalm**. Rewatch episode 41, pay close attention to what Ed says at the end of it. It is NOT passage of time. He grows and ages in a very short period of time between 2 episodes and he explains why that happened in ep 41. You guys did not paid attention on the story at all.
I love how in FMAB, most if not everyone actually grows older and matures. It's subtle, hard to notice episode by episode but if you watch the early episodes and compare it to the last episodes, the difference is very apparent.
@@renimusmaximus Well after people reach a certain age in adulthood they don't really change that much when years pass until they start entering the 40's more or less, but for kids and teens it is really noticeable
Not just taller - his physique is also more defined and muscular, especially in this scene. It could be that the artists did so to emphasize his physical maturity.
@@VashVintage He is dead convinced that Ed "shortening his lifespan" by healing himself after the bar went through him means he physically aged a couple years in a short time span. That's literally not how that phrase works. Like others said there's episodes where theres MONTHS that go by between two episodes. Ed is about 18 when the story ends and 19 during the epilogue. He was 15 at the beginning of the story. There's a HUGE difference between how a 15 year old and an 18 year old look. Also. The reason Ed wasn't growing properly and ate and slept so much was revealed to have been due to the link between him and Al's body. He was literally eating and growing and sleeping for two. His growth kicks in even more when that link starts to weaken and become unstable. But yeah. The dude is being stubborn about giving a different meaning to a well established phrase in any spoken and written language. Doesnt realize that when you might've lived for say 70 years, cutting a couple years of your lifespan means you might die at 65 instead. Not that in that moment youre gonna age up 5 years overnight. Just leave him to it.
@@jynxx37 it doesnt tho?? it starts when ed is 15 and ends when hes somewhere between 17 and 18. we also know that part of why ed is short was a mix of his energy going to als body at the gate (which is why he eats and sleeps so much, hes doing it for two people) and of his automails weight likely stunting his growth. so it makes sense that since winry learned to make him a lighter automail + time passing hed get a bit taller and mature looking. some teenage boys get hit by puberty like a truck
@@lemonknife From when we first meet them traveling to Liore/Reole to the Promised Day, it's about a year of time. There's a tiny epilogue in the books that shows how things ended up for some of the characters after a few-year time skip. In that epilogue, Ed is 18, Al is 16, and Mustang is 32.
When I first saw the show and one of the openings I think the second one had his dad when he was young I swear I thought it was an older ed. He looks exactly like his father
@@mariekano9730 I'm always surprised by the number of people who thought it was older Ed lol. In my case, as soon as I first saw him,I knew he was the estranged dad who left him. He was too mysterious to not make an appearance in the later story.
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Its because al's soul is being rejected. Its the reason why ed was short in the first place because he's basically been eating and sleeping for 2
@@xVx_Krt_xVx_KillMe calling someone an old married couple doesn't actually imply that they are a couple it means that they often argue with eachother like how old couples do
Tbh the aging progression in this show is so natural. Like look at Winry from the first couple episodes compared to the Winry in this scene. She's so much more mature, but it's so natural that you don't notice until it's made obvious by scenes like this. Same goes for Ed too. It really speaks for the mangaka's skill to be able to do that
It also speaks volumes for the animators, as animating that progressions is difficult without it being obvious. This is why time skips are prefered in both forms of media.
Everyone’s talking about Ed’s height but is no one gonna acknowledge how much his character has evolved over time? He’s really mature now. Even tho he wants to save the country, he’s willing to face facts and admit he’s not powerful enough. He’s not an invincible hero who can be there for everyone. That’s something pipsqueak Ed likely wouldn’t have done in a million years. Knowing him, he probably be too sure of himself and wouldn’t hesitate to jump right into the scene, only to be confronted by reality. His hardships have changed him to another person.
@@saxistaja2 of course, but I think that FMAB executes it very well. Often times in anime, one event will cause the character to change dramatically. In FMAB he slowly becomes more mature throughout the show. He went from a petulant kid who wouldn't drink milk to a man, and I only realized when comparing beginning scenes to end scenes.
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I like this scene mostly because the fact they both show how much they care about each other. Winry wants Ed and Al to get there bodys back and she wants them do whatever they have to do. Ed knows it might not work and that it's risky. He also knows he could die and he doesn't want her to suffer. He also wants her to run in case something does go wrong. He cares so much that he had to tell her to stop talking because he knows if he dies she'll cry and he doesn't want that. I doesn't want to make her a promise that he knows he cant keep when he promised her that they'd get their bodies back and that she'd cry tears of joy he wants to be able to see that day that she does.
@@user-eg7kx1qm6q I know that he loves her I honestly think it was at this moment realized that he loves her. I don't remember I think they said there was a point when Ed did. I just don't remember when.
Yeah so accurate literally me and my husband, we have arguments just like that!! But again we’re still happy, no matter how bad our days are we still stick together till the very end.
In all seriousness, FMAB might just be the most well made anime of all time. It has all the fun bits of shounen anime, but manages to transition amazingly well back to being serious on a moments notice. Not to mention that the show is great at introducing philosophical questions without them being forced. I always forget how great the show is until I start watching it again. I always end up getting sucked back into the world without me even realizing.
@@duvaruva AoT is not as good as FMA Brotherhood. The ending is bad and there's not really character development for anyone outside of Eren. And the larger cast of characters aren't as memorable as they are in FMA Brotherhood
@@maxh276 for me aot comes in 1st and fmab in 2nd. And the ending was only in manga. Remember fma? How it not followed the manga. I think ending will be changed in anime. And there are great characters like gabi, jean, reiner, bertholdt, levi & historia who had a good development in the series. Still both animes are masterpiece
TheKrustaceoX Like that one guy said, an 8 year old that’s going to die from cancer in 2 years isn’t going to suddenly become a fucking decrepit old man. You’re a fucking idiot.
Really? You are correcting "Than" when he spelled taller "teller"...Ohh and to answer your question Star it actually happened very slowly throughout the show! You can see hints of him slowly but steadily becoming taller and taller as they go through their journey. It is actually really impressive and cool since most Animes conveniently forget about that part despite their protagonist being young people that really should be growing and get older through their sometimes several years of travel-
Because of two factors: He got a lighter automail limbs and used his lifespan to heal himself fom teh incident with the pipe, bassically he's aging rapidly since Ed looks now on his late teens to early twenties
@@blakepax2768 Somewhat but not entirely. Cutting down his lifespan doesnt mean he will age rapidly. And he IS in his late teens at this point. The lighter automail and the link between him and Al's body weakening contributed to him getting the growth spurts that he pretty much missed out on, cuz his body was also keeping Al's body growing at the gate. He was literally growing two bodies. Hence the amount he ate and the amount he slept being ridiculously much for someone his age. But yea he's more or less about 18 here. 19 during the epilogue, or 20 at best during the epilogue. But he doesnt change as much by that point. You dont change a huge amount from 18 to 20. Meanwhile the difference between a 15 year old and an 18 year old is very clear. Using his lifespan to heal himself just means what the phrase actually means. That he'll die earlier.
Would been cooler if when he slammed the door and left, Winrey woulda just stood there for a moment, and then blushes and goes "Was he taller then me just now?"
@@ana-maria8248 wrong. Rewatch episode 41. He aged because he used his own vitality to heal that pole wound. He said it himself that it would shorten his life spam (aka aging)
@@thekrustaceox5181 I mean, that's a way of interpreting it, but as I see it the time skip is enough to explain this. Think about it, a few months have passed since we (and Winry) have last seen Ed and boys his age tend to be in the middle of a growth spourt. Now you may ask : "But why hadn't Ed grown until then?". Well, it's because (and this is not entirely mine, is a theory I saw online) during the winter and spring, when the time skip occurred, Ed no longer had the old heavy automail on him. He had the new lighter one that no longer put a strain on him, so he could grow up a little more naturally. People believe that if Ed hadn't had the automail, he would have been much taller by now, just like a normal boy his age. And regarding your statement about him aging due to him using his life force to survive, well, that would have resulted in an instant growth spourt, making Ed growing a few inches and looking older in a matter of seconds.
@@thekrustaceox5181 Literally not how that phrase works. "Shortening my lifespan" doesnt mean I will age years in the matter of a couple days. It means not living for as long as you could've otherwise. You take a bullet to the head that shortens your lifespan significantly too. Youre not gonna age years in the matter of a couple days. And again, rewatch the whole series. There's subtle changes to the characters physically as time goes on, even before episode 41. Ed's face changes even before episode 41. Winry changes too. Or how would you explain Winry looking like an actual woman here, compared to how she looked at the beginning of the series? Did Ed shortening his life span age EVERYONE up not just him?
I can get where he's coming from when he says there's a chance he might not be able to save everyone. He's trying to cover his bases, if he somehow can't save everyone, he wants to make sure Winry and their family is safe. Ed's not just doubting his abilities, he's trying to ensure survival for the ones he loves, on the off-chance his abilities aren't enough. He's being realistic, he doesn't deserve a concussion for it xD
I actually love when he snaps at her leaves, and she’s just standing there a bit taken aback; she and the audience realize he’s starting to become a man. This show is great.
Right, even tho it was harsh what he said he has a point. Even tho he wants to save everyone, there’s a chance of failure, and that chance of failure is nerve wrecking. Sometimes being real with yourself and coming to terms with reality is part of life so might as well hope for the best and fear for the worst sometimes.
Caesar00Chan ikr, it goes to show how mature he’s become and how much he evolved as a character. I’d bet anything the little pipsqueak Ed wouldn’t hesitate to jump in the scene and play hero, overestimating himself, only to get Auto-mails wrecked and a suffer a harsh reality check.
I’ve always really appreciated that they visibly age Ed throughout the entire show. He’s not as young in brotherhood as he was in 2003 for the start of the show, but he’s still a child, and it shows in everything he does/is. He gets visibly taller, his hair is longer (and on the note of his hair, he starts wearing in more varied styles instead of just the braids as he did exclusively when he was younger) Even his non-auto mail arm bulks up with his age/growth and he even has a more solid sound to his footsteps as the show goes on. That’s always been one of my favorite details, they don’t have him jump a foot and a half and 40lbs in an episode, it’s a progressive thing and a visible labor of love for the details.
I love how people are coming up with these theories on why Ed has grown so much when the simplest, likeliest answer is just puberty. Like, he's a teen. Of course he's gotten taller. That's normal. It just goes to show how well-written FMA is -- the characters' bodies gradually change with time instead of staying the same throughout. It highlights the way Ed has grown and matured since the beginning of the story. It's great.
IIt's a very small scene but that moment where their just looking at each other. Ed just looks really surprised and touched about what winey rolled him. It was like he realized that just how much she loves him and believes in him. He probably wasn't ready to hear it, hence why he stormed out. But I think it meant a lot to him. That's what I got from it anyway.
It sounded more like she was demanding him to save everyone instead of encouraging him. In this scene Ed actually was very logical because saving a whole country and its people isn´t an easy task.
Something cool the show does is keep Edward around people who are just absolutely massive or at least much taller than him so that it’s hard to tell how much he’s growing, so when this scene happens it’s like “HOLY SHIT MY BOY”
@@akumasstorytime3910 once Armstrong accepted his duty and decided never to run away from battle ever again, it was one of the BEST moments of the anime. My eyes are stinging just thinking about it. Juxtaposed with his small scene of him having trouble coping in the anime intro song(i forget the name), just perfect. Seriously,though, the anime is FILLED with exemplary humans.
Fun thing I noticed: in Rush Valley Dominic said heavy automail could be stunting Ed's growth, and it's only after Briggs when Winry gave Ed his lightest automail yet that we see noticeable growth. Obviously a few months time jump to grow helps too 😂
He’s right not to make that promise, and he can’t force her to leave. Winry trusts him (maybe too much), and Ed (now armed with maturity) knows there are no guarantees.
In a lot of animes when people yell at each other, it sounds scripted and can tell. But in 1:20 the way Ed yells is terrifying like how it would be in real life
I love how Fullmetal Alchemist was one of the few anime that actually showed characters growing over time and not a cheap time skip once every ten or so years.
Ok so. Ed on his 12-15 years he was like 5'0/152 cm and Winry's official height is about 5'4/162 cm. But since Ed got an lighter automail and used his lifespan to heal himself from the stabing of the pipe, Ed grow up at least juddging by the looks, around 6 inches....Holy Crap! Ed went from 5'0 to 5'6/152 to 168 cm on just one year :C
From the time when he gets impaled with the beam to the time he runs into Winry in her old house here, several months had gone by. He had plenty of time to train. Plus he got older which naturally gives him a more muscular build.
I really appreciate, how Ed and Winry look here. Winry got more "womanly" body shape and her face details look sharper. Ed's hair is longer, the body is more mature and he is grown taller. They both really beautiful looking.
1:55 Always shocks me everytime. We've never heard Ed talk back to Winry in such a serious way before, and because of this it cuts super deep. Great emotional moment that shows us a little more of Ed's character/how he reacts to the seemingly unreasonable expectations Winry has of him. I love this show so much.
I noticed Ed growing throughout the series. The moment I started this episode and I noticed how much older Windy looked, I already knew Ed had to have grown a lot too... I just didn't expect that much.
Winry knows Ed so well that she knows he can protect the country and save everyone. That just shows how amazing of a person she thinks Ed is, and she just want to make sure he is determined to make it happen.
The irony. He did get taller but his confidence lowered enough that started doubting himself. Winry was like, "what happened to you?! This isn't the Ed that I know! Where's the cocky, arrogant, confident shortie who makes so many promises and won't stop at nothing to make them come true?!"
He is more realistic now. He now realizes, he is not strong enough to be overconfident and something can go wrong an every moment. That means, he grew up not physically, but mentally also.
To be fair, this is right after a time skip in the story. Mind you IIRC the time skip was only a couple of months, but clearly Ed hit his growth spurt during that time lol.
When I look in the comments and I laugh because most people are making fun of him. It sad but funny, eds probably pissed, wait wait wait, I'll share this to him, one sec, k hope he's not to mad lol
Man i absolutely loved it. Remember binge watching it years ago. It was pretty much an all nighter but worth it tbh. Zero complaints. Loved each and everything about it.
It’s not just his height. He looks more mature too. You can see it in his face and build. His face is sharper and his body looks like a man’s now. Same with Winry. Her face is a bit sharper and more defined and her body is less like a girl’s and more like a woman’s.
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This is one of the millions of things I love about this show, the passage of time is clearly noticeable.
I wouldn't say clearly - it only becomes clear, once you rewatch the episodes. But yeah, it's nice to see them visually changing as the story progresses.
Yup. Over the passage of time in fmab you can see ed getting hotter and more ripped
It's not passage of time. Remember that in episode 41 he got severely injured by a pole and used his own vitality to heal the wound with alchemy. He said that it would shorten a few years of his life span.
That doesn't necessarily mean Ed would start randomly growing, The whole show takes place over the course of about 2 years with Ed starting out as a 15 year old and ending when hes 17 or 18, it's safe to say the main storyline goes on for several months so it makes sense for Ed to grow taller and more muscular, on top of that even characters like Winry exhibit growth and development compared to when we first see her, growth _is_ subtly used to show passage of time
@@slimjimjr96 **facepalm**. Rewatch episode 41, pay close attention to what Ed says at the end of it. It is NOT passage of time. He grows and ages in a very short period of time between 2 episodes and he explains why that happened in ep 41. You guys did not paid attention on the story at all.
"I just don't like men who are shorter than me"
Ha! Now there's no excuse!
That statement she made was kind of stupid when you think about it 😂
@@MillyKKitty She was just a little girl at that time tho. Do you know how many stupid statements I made when I was little?😂
@@M_JackOfAllTrades Some wishes from childhood do come true 😂
Oh hmmmm
Lol
Has anyone ever tried to count the amount of times Winry has given Ed a concussion with that wrench 😂
LavenousForever _nope xD_
Would laugh if he married her just so that he could split the cost health insurance
2, it’s 2
In reality he would probably have brain damage or worst. I got a concussion and whiplash in gym and I can’t remember anything that happened that day.
Y'all know the blooper where he says lets bring mom back thats the cause of the wrench lmao
Winry hit him the the wrench so hard that his face streched and he was taller
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He’d probably have her do it again if he could grow another couple of inches
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I love how in FMAB, most if not everyone actually grows older and matures. It's subtle, hard to notice episode by episode but if you watch the early episodes and compare it to the last episodes, the difference is very apparent.
Eh, how about pride?
@@fitrianhidayat well, pride became a fetus by the end of their fight with father and by the last episode, pride is a toddler so....
What about Mustang and his team? Aside from the obvious beard on Havoc, I don't really remember them changing much.
@@renimusmaximus Well after people reach a certain age in adulthood they don't really change that much when years pass until they start entering the 40's more or less, but for kids and teens it is really noticeable
it's called character development.
Ahhh yes, the scene when everyone collectively realized Ed started getting taller 👌👌👍😂
Not just taller - his physique is also more defined and muscular, especially in this scene. It could be that the artists did so to emphasize his physical maturity.
rewatch episode 41. It has nothing to do with time.
TheKrustaceoX could you explain?
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@@VashVintage He is dead convinced that Ed "shortening his lifespan" by healing himself after the bar went through him means he physically aged a couple years in a short time span. That's literally not how that phrase works. Like others said there's episodes where theres MONTHS that go by between two episodes. Ed is about 18 when the story ends and 19 during the epilogue. He was 15 at the beginning of the story. There's a HUGE difference between how a 15 year old and an 18 year old look. Also. The reason Ed wasn't growing properly and ate and slept so much was revealed to have been due to the link between him and Al's body. He was literally eating and growing and sleeping for two. His growth kicks in even more when that link starts to weaken and become unstable.
But yeah. The dude is being stubborn about giving a different meaning to a well established phrase in any spoken and written language. Doesnt realize that when you might've lived for say 70 years, cutting a couple years of your lifespan means you might die at 65 instead. Not that in that moment youre gonna age up 5 years overnight. Just leave him to it.
Has anyone else noticed that when Ed puts his hair in a ponytail he looks older than with a braid 🤔
An he looks hotter-
The whole anime takes place in just 1 year. He starts out looking like a scruffy toddler and ends up a whole ass man
@@jynxx37 it doesnt tho?? it starts when ed is 15 and ends when hes somewhere between 17 and 18.
we also know that part of why ed is short was a mix of his energy going to als body at the gate (which is why he eats and sleeps so much, hes doing it for two people) and of his automails weight likely stunting his growth. so it makes sense that since winry learned to make him a lighter automail + time passing hed get a bit taller and mature looking. some teenage boys get hit by puberty like a truck
@@lemonknife From when we first meet them traveling to Liore/Reole to the Promised Day, it's about a year of time. There's a tiny epilogue in the books that shows how things ended up for some of the characters after a few-year time skip. In that epilogue, Ed is 18, Al is 16, and Mustang is 32.
@@genesisdawn6672 which books?
He's starting to look more like Hohenheim by the second.
When I first saw the show and one of the openings I think the second one had his dad when he was young I swear I thought it was an older ed. He looks exactly like his father
Marie Kano exactly same here I thought that was ed time skipped or something he looked hot ngl
@@mariekano9730 I'm always surprised by the number of people who thought it was older Ed lol. In my case, as soon as I first saw him,I knew he was the estranged dad who left him. He was too mysterious to not make an appearance in the later story.
Its because al's soul is being rejected. Its the reason why ed was short in the first place because he's basically been eating and sleeping for 2
@@skyward7903 I mean it is a time skip because it’s 6 months
1:42 ed being surprised he's finally taller than winry.
_Haven't watched Brotherhood for 1000 years_
You easily have a thousand years on me
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Didnt know fossils can talk 😏
Lol. They are such an old married couple😂
I’ve never known an old married couple that beat each other with wrenches.
@@xVx_Krt_xVx_KillMe calling someone an old married couple doesn't actually imply that they are a couple it means that they often argue with eachother like how old couples do
Well they are married
@@lydiabrasser2920 they were not married in this episode or even dating.
Yes true
Tbh the aging progression in this show is so natural. Like look at Winry from the first couple episodes compared to the Winry in this scene. She's so much more mature, but it's so natural that you don't notice until it's made obvious by scenes like this. Same goes for Ed too. It really speaks for the mangaka's skill to be able to do that
Winry’s sexy and cute regardless of her 15 year old self or her 18 year old self😍🥰
@@HypocriteHunter666 🤨📸
@@zeph519 Huh?
It also speaks volumes for the animators, as animating that progressions is difficult without it being obvious. This is why time skips are prefered in both forms of media.
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Everyone’s talking about Ed’s height but is no one gonna acknowledge how much his character has evolved over time? He’s really mature now. Even tho he wants to save the country, he’s willing to face facts and admit he’s not powerful enough. He’s not an invincible hero who can be there for everyone. That’s something pipsqueak Ed likely wouldn’t have done in a million years. Knowing him, he probably be too sure of himself and wouldn’t hesitate to jump right into the scene, only to be confronted by reality. His hardships have changed him to another person.
In every anime, there is a Character Development
@@saxistaja2 of course, but I think that FMAB executes it very well. Often times in anime, one event will cause the character to change dramatically. In FMAB he slowly becomes more mature throughout the show. He went from a petulant kid who wouldn't drink milk to a man, and I only realized when comparing beginning scenes to end scenes.
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That's why he is my fav protagonist
So his height is tied to his character development
His hair got longer too
I like this scene mostly because the fact they both show how much they care about each other. Winry wants Ed and Al to get there bodys back and she wants them do whatever they have to do. Ed knows it might not work and that it's risky. He also knows he could die and he doesn't want her to suffer. He also wants her to run in case something does go wrong. He cares so much that he had to tell her to stop talking because he knows if he dies she'll cry and he doesn't want that. I doesn't want to make her a promise that he knows he cant keep when he promised her that they'd get their bodies back and that she'd cry tears of joy he wants to be able to see that day that she does.
Katy Nadal more like she was stupid to think a promise would change anything. So what? He diesn t promise mean he wont do everything he can?
Because he loves her so do all that for love
@@user-eg7kx1qm6q I know that he loves her I honestly think it was at this moment realized that he loves her. I don't remember I think they said there was a point when Ed did. I just don't remember when.
@@katynadal6646
Edward and Alphonse both had crush on her, they said that they would often fought who would marry her and she rejected Alphonse
@@unlimited971 I think it was because if you make a promise, you'll try harder and not give up. I don't think she wanted magical promises.
But he still has a baby face
BTS_Trash it's anime, everyone has baby face
DoHickey except for jojos even babies have a manly face
XDD
Yes I know he still has a baby face
It's called an art style. It also retains Asian features.
Since when did Ed get so tall and hot?
Cindy67917 Since he stopped being short and hot
Cindy67917 in the few months since he got a lighter arm.
After he healed his wound from the pole stabbed into his stomach, it shortened his life span
Cindy67917 1st of all he was always hot, and he grow very slowly during the whole series
Cindy67917 I know right
This is literally a married couple, what
Yup UwU
Ew
@E.W. Hans winry broke the equivalent exchange saying "I will give all of it", instead of half of it
Yeah so accurate literally me and my husband, we have arguments just like that!! But again we’re still happy, no matter how bad our days are we still stick together till the very end.
In all seriousness, FMAB might just be the most well made anime of all time. It has all the fun bits of shounen anime, but manages to transition amazingly well back to being serious on a moments notice. Not to mention that the show is great at introducing philosophical questions without them being forced. I always forget how great the show is until I start watching it again. I always end up getting sucked back into the world without me even realizing.
The best, if you don’t count Avatar as an anime.
@@orppranator5230 tbh I think there's a lot this show does better than avatar
I feel like no anime can match aot and fmab type level.
Only of the fandom was a peaceful tho
@@duvaruva AoT is not as good as FMA Brotherhood. The ending is bad and there's not really character development for anyone outside of Eren. And the larger cast of characters aren't as memorable as they are in FMA Brotherhood
@@maxh276 for me aot comes in 1st and fmab in 2nd. And the ending was only in manga. Remember fma? How it not followed the manga.
I think ending will be changed in anime.
And there are great characters like gabi, jean, reiner, bertholdt, levi & historia who had a good development in the series.
Still both animes are masterpiece
We should all take a shot of milk for every time Winry knocks Ed upside the head with a wrench or another tool 😂
kataclysm77 definitely going to do this next time I rewatch it 😂
I'm down
im TOTALLY in!
but I'm lactose. I'd just die
@@UrSammich Almond milk or smthing works too
EdWin is the most iconic and cutest anime couple ever!!!
Facts
💯% disagree 😡
@@formeraccount7878 why's that?
@@Hi-fh8ij i guess we'll never know
He's probably into Roy/Ed & Risa/Winry or some other similar stuff.
The only thing I wished they added in was a comment on ed getting taller.
rewatch episode 41. You get an explanation of Edward himself about how he aged so fast in a short period of time.
@thekrustaceox
God you're an idiot
Show don't tell
TheKrustaceoX Like that one guy said, an 8 year old that’s going to die from cancer in 2 years isn’t going to suddenly become a fucking decrepit old man. You’re a fucking idiot.
*Show not tell.*
Finally he's not a short teen! 😂
A real man
Winry intonation in "Listen to me" was kinda funny
Nicole Garcia it kinda reminded me of something katara would have said to aang in atla.
Edward was teller then winry when did that happen
Starspeedmoon ANIME than*
Really? You are correcting "Than" when he spelled taller "teller"...Ohh and to answer your question Star it actually happened very slowly throughout the show!
You can see hints of him slowly but steadily becoming taller and taller as they go through their journey. It is actually really impressive and cool since most Animes conveniently forget about that part despite their protagonist being young people that really should be growing and get older through their sometimes several years of travel-
bibbobella Yeah good point. Also yes I did notice the height progression, just another reason why this show is so great.
Starspeedmoon ANIME he got new automail that's lighter so he can grow
There was a 6 month time gap between this episode and the one before it (The Promised Day)
2:05 when did he grow taller than Winry? When did he get those muscles? When? Where? Howww? So many questionssss 😂
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Because of two factors: He got a lighter automail limbs and used his lifespan to heal himself fom teh incident with the pipe, bassically he's aging rapidly since Ed looks now on his late teens to early twenties
Ed may not drink milk, but all the fights must be making him stronger. Plus we've seen him eat huge steaks, so that must be helping his growth.
@@blakepax2768 Somewhat but not entirely. Cutting down his lifespan doesnt mean he will age rapidly. And he IS in his late teens at this point. The lighter automail and the link between him and Al's body weakening contributed to him getting the growth spurts that he pretty much missed out on, cuz his body was also keeping Al's body growing at the gate. He was literally growing two bodies. Hence the amount he ate and the amount he slept being ridiculously much for someone his age. But yea he's more or less about 18 here. 19 during the epilogue, or 20 at best during the epilogue. But he doesnt change as much by that point. You dont change a huge amount from 18 to 20. Meanwhile the difference between a 15 year old and an 18 year old is very clear. Using his lifespan to heal himself just means what the phrase actually means. That he'll die earlier.
@@pcrassen4975 he's 16 tho
1:54 MAAAN Does ed sound like a drunken dad ;-;
Cedric Francis somewhere at Rooster Teeth heard that exact line and ideas brewed
😂😂😂
Lmfaoo
Cedric Francis LoL! Now I can think of him as that instead of just being a jerk...!
Hes sounds like Qrow doesnt he? ;)
Winry hitting Ed with the wrench is the reason his growth got stunted lol
He’s still cute either way
Still got that babyface
When you care so much for her that your fear of losing her outweighs the self-confidence you built for years.
With the amount of close calls he had before this, our boy went from idealist to realist
I can't express how much I love this anime. It's flipping awesome
Ditto
Holy shit. I never noticed til now but damn!
Edward got taller!
Thank you.fot pointing this out, my mind has exploded.😵
Looks like his dream came true. I _do_ miss his hilarious short rants.
Would been cooler if when he slammed the door and left, Winrey woulda just stood there for a moment, and then blushes and goes "Was he taller then me just now?"
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Has anyone noticed that ed was smol and tiny until THIS episode and his height was just like, noPe I'M GONNA BE BIG
AppleShy The White Witch It’s because there was a time skip.
@@ana-maria8248 wrong. Rewatch episode 41. He aged because he used his own vitality to heal that pole wound. He said it himself that it would shorten his life spam (aka aging)
@@thekrustaceox5181 I mean, that's a way of interpreting it, but as I see it the time skip is enough to explain this. Think about it, a few months have passed since we (and Winry) have last seen Ed and boys his age tend to be in the middle of a growth spourt. Now you may ask : "But why hadn't Ed grown until then?". Well, it's because (and this is not entirely mine, is a theory I saw online) during the winter and spring, when the time skip occurred, Ed no longer had the old heavy automail on him. He had the new lighter one that no longer put a strain on him, so he could grow up a little more naturally. People believe that if Ed hadn't had the automail, he would have been much taller by now, just like a normal boy his age. And regarding your statement about him aging due to him using his life force to survive, well, that would have resulted in an instant growth spourt, making Ed growing a few inches and looking older in a matter of seconds.
@@ana-maria8248 as i said rewatch episode 41 and pay attention to what Ed says at the end.
@@thekrustaceox5181 Literally not how that phrase works. "Shortening my lifespan" doesnt mean I will age years in the matter of a couple days. It means not living for as long as you could've otherwise. You take a bullet to the head that shortens your lifespan significantly too. Youre not gonna age years in the matter of a couple days.
And again, rewatch the whole series. There's subtle changes to the characters physically as time goes on, even before episode 41. Ed's face changes even before episode 41. Winry changes too. Or how would you explain Winry looking like an actual woman here, compared to how she looked at the beginning of the series? Did Ed shortening his life span age EVERYONE up not just him?
Man, not sure if it was the Milk or his Automail, but I definitely notice the height difference from the earlier episodes.
Literally everyone: EdWin
Me, the not such an intellectual: WinWard
Real 👍
I can get where he's coming from when he says there's a chance he might not be able to save everyone. He's trying to cover his bases, if he somehow can't save everyone, he wants to make sure Winry and their family is safe. Ed's not just doubting his abilities, he's trying to ensure survival for the ones he loves, on the off-chance his abilities aren't enough. He's being realistic, he doesn't deserve a concussion for it xD
I actually love when he snaps at her leaves, and she’s just standing there a bit taken aback; she and the audience realize he’s starting to become a man.
This show is great.
Right, even tho it was harsh what he said he has a point. Even tho he wants to save everyone, there’s a chance of failure, and that chance of failure is nerve wrecking. Sometimes being real with yourself and coming to terms with reality is part of life so might as well hope for the best and fear for the worst sometimes.
That was a damn good observation
Caesar00Chan ikr, it goes to show how mature he’s become and how much he evolved as a character. I’d bet anything the little pipsqueak Ed wouldn’t hesitate to jump in the scene and play hero, overestimating himself, only to get Auto-mails wrecked and a suffer a harsh reality check.
I just really like that annoyed sigh he does at Winry before he leaves.
Plot twist: he's wearing height increasing insoles he got from amazon
I’ve always really appreciated that they visibly age Ed throughout the entire show. He’s not as young in brotherhood as he was in 2003 for the start of the show, but he’s still a child, and it shows in everything he does/is.
He gets visibly taller, his hair is longer (and on the note of his hair, he starts wearing in more varied styles instead of just the braids as he did exclusively when he was younger) Even his non-auto mail arm bulks up with his age/growth and he even has a more solid sound to his footsteps as the show goes on.
That’s always been one of my favorite details, they don’t have him jump a foot and a half and 40lbs in an episode, it’s a progressive thing and a visible labor of love for the details.
I love how people are coming up with these theories on why Ed has grown so much when the simplest, likeliest answer is just puberty. Like, he's a teen. Of course he's gotten taller. That's normal. It just goes to show how well-written FMA is -- the characters' bodies gradually change with time instead of staying the same throughout. It highlights the way Ed has grown and matured since the beginning of the story. It's great.
IIt's a very small scene but that moment where their just looking at each other. Ed just looks really surprised and touched about what winey rolled him. It was like he realized that just how much she loves him and believes in him. He probably wasn't ready to hear it, hence why he stormed out. But I think it meant a lot to him. That's what I got from it anyway.
They already spund like a married couple
Winry: I don't like guys shorter than me
Edward: fine.
Winry: 😳
It sounded more like she was demanding him to save everyone instead of encouraging him. In this scene Ed actually was very logical because saving a whole country and its people isn´t an easy task.
this is a great emotional deep scene.its quiet but very intense
I like how subtle his growth was, it wasn’t like randomly tall in one episode
You can notice it more and more in the art style, his face gets a bit longer and more adult like, it’s actually pretty cool to see.
Something cool the show does is keep Edward around people who are just absolutely massive or at least much taller than him so that it’s hard to tell how much he’s growing, so when this scene happens it’s like “HOLY SHIT MY BOY”
Darius, Heinkel, Major Armstrong, Scar, Hohenheim, Captain Buccaneer they're all massive humans
@@IkesPimpHand scar isn't massive just kinda tall and hoenheim is big bodied
@@IkesPimpHand Armstrong is fucking 7 foot tall. He's the man I aspire to be.
@@akumasstorytime3910 once Armstrong accepted his duty and decided never to run away from battle ever again, it was one of the BEST moments of the anime. My eyes are stinging just thinking about it. Juxtaposed with his small scene of him having trouble coping in the anime intro song(i forget the name), just perfect. Seriously,though, the anime is FILLED with exemplary humans.
Translation:
Winry: Come back save honey. Love you.
Ed: I will try my best, love you too bye.
Fun thing I noticed: in Rush Valley Dominic said heavy automail could be stunting Ed's growth, and it's only after Briggs when Winry gave Ed his lightest automail yet that we see noticeable growth. Obviously a few months time jump to grow helps too 😂
I'm so use to short Ed though
He's still short for an average white teenager. He was 4'11" at the beginning, now he's 5'6".
>camera pans down
>Ed is balancing his real leg on top of the automail one
Will miss vic so much his voice is what got me into anime
What's sad is that he's leaving because of hateful accusations against him. :(
SEEING EDWARD WITH A PONYTAIL MAKES ME MAD CUZ U CAN TELL HES GETTING OLDER AND TALLER AND I DONT WANT EDWARD TO GET OLDER D:
He’s right not to make that promise, and he can’t force her to leave. Winry trusts him (maybe too much), and Ed (now armed with maturity) knows there are no guarantees.
In a lot of animes when people yell at each other, it sounds scripted and can tell. But in 1:20 the way Ed yells is terrifying like how it would be in real life
He’s gotten taller & more buff
This was the moment i realized Ed really had grown up alot. In more ways than one
My 5'4" ass felt so betrayed when he ended up being taller than me in the end. Heartbroken. Heartbroken, I tell you.
“Quit nagging me, woman.”
1:45 i got this screenshot as my wallpaper and i'm not ashamed of it at all
It's a shame people still look down on him
In one year Al:Ed remember when you were short Ed:SHUUUT UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My baby boy's all grown up and mature, it melts my heart
One of the very few anime which shows growth of their characters with time 😌
I love how Fullmetal Alchemist was one of the few anime that actually showed characters growing over time and not a cheap time skip once every ten or so years.
1:42 hot DAAAAMMMNNNN he ain't short anymore!!!
I love this scene so much. Brotherhood has such an amazing story
Ok so.
Ed on his 12-15 years he was like 5'0/152 cm and Winry's official height is about 5'4/162 cm.
But since Ed got an lighter automail and used his lifespan to heal himself from the stabing of the pipe, Ed grow up at least juddging by the looks, around 6 inches....Holy Crap!
Ed went from 5'0 to 5'6/152 to 168 cm on just one year :C
Also Muscular. Where did he train? He barely had free time.
LOL
fights, runaways
All those fights made him stronger 💪
On the job training
From the time when he gets impaled with the beam to the time he runs into Winry in her old house here, several months had gone by. He had plenty of time to train. Plus he got older which naturally gives him a more muscular build.
I think Ed started growing when Winry switched his normal automail with the cold weather automail,
It's not running away, it's a tactical retreat
I really appreciate, how Ed and Winry look here. Winry got more "womanly" body shape and her face details look sharper. Ed's hair is longer, the body is more mature and he is grown taller. They both really beautiful looking.
1:55 Always shocks me everytime. We've never heard Ed talk back to Winry in such a serious way before, and because of this it cuts super deep. Great emotional moment that shows us a little more of Ed's character/how he reacts to the seemingly unreasonable expectations Winry has of him. I love this show so much.
He actually looks like he’s grown since the beginning. Like, a lot.
That's because Northern Automail is less heavy and it doesn't hamper his growth.
I noticed Ed growing throughout the series. The moment I started this episode and I noticed how much older Windy looked, I already knew Ed had to have grown a lot too... I just didn't expect that much.
I love how it’s just Haruhi and Tamaki’s voices
Winry knows Ed so well that she knows he can protect the country and save everyone. That just shows how amazing of a person she thinks Ed is, and she just want to make sure he is determined to make it happen.
I'm so proud of my little Ed for finally drinking his milk 😭
The irony. He did get taller but his confidence lowered enough that started doubting himself. Winry was like, "what happened to you?! This isn't the Ed that I know! Where's the cocky, arrogant, confident shortie who makes so many promises and won't stop at nothing to make them come true?!"
He is more realistic now. He now realizes, he is not strong enough to be overconfident and something can go wrong an every moment. That means, he grew up not physically, but mentally also.
To be fair, this is right after a time skip in the story. Mind you IIRC the time skip was only a couple of months, but clearly Ed hit his growth spurt during that time lol.
This dub is pretty good
It's the fact he was getting taller and Al was having a harder time staying conscious :^)
I love this series so much! 🥺 these two are amazing
He getting taller cause Al getting his body back, so its a replacement for all the loss he get during the ritual
They both have matured so much since the early episodes. They always grow up so fast, don't they? 🥺
I love that you don't notice the development, as throughout the series, Ed is constantly surrounded by people who are technically giants.
One of my favorite things in this show was the fact they animated him getting more refined and taller through out every episode
i just watcged this and I SCREAMED SO LOUDDD WHEN I SAW ED GOT TALLER
It’s weird & cool at the same time to see Edward tall. Or at least taller than Winry.
I feel like he isn't surprised by Winry's outburst but more surprised that he's taller
When I look in the comments and I laugh because most people are making fun of him. It sad but funny, eds probably pissed, wait wait wait, I'll share this to him, one sec, k hope he's not to mad lol
Tamao Kogane sorry to break it to u but the nigga ain't real bro
Rising Wind
You don't know that do you
We are referring to Vic Mignogna
No matter how many times I watch this show or rewatch scenes I literally never get over how he tells her that she doesn’t know when to shut up
He GREW!! It's a MIRACLE!!
Everyone’s talking about eds height, but no one to talk about what a couple these to look like
Ed getting hot asf am i right😂😭he was sooo cute when he was younger
Man i absolutely loved it. Remember binge watching it years ago. It was pretty much an all nighter but worth it tbh. Zero complaints. Loved each and everything about it.
It’s not just his height. He looks more mature too. You can see it in his face and build. His face is sharper and his body looks like a man’s now. Same with Winry. Her face is a bit sharper and more defined and her body is less like a girl’s and more like a woman’s.