also I think the price is proportional to the "target". while Izumi only tried to bring back a baby (x amounts of pounds) the brothers tried to bring back an adult, much heavier, at least more mass than themselves. you know, equivalent exchange and all
@@chainclaw07 *POTENTIAL SPOILERS* The price is ironic in a sense, I forget what al's irony was but ed's was basically, "you've committed taboo, you don't have a leg to stand on in this argument" and "what you want is going to cost you an arm and a leg". The teacher lost her ability to conceive (via weakening her by taking parts of her organs) because she tried to bring back her child. if it was proportional to mass of the target I wonder how much everyone would have weighed for the cost to have been a small child's body and part of another small child's leg. that's actually very interesting
I’ll just say the price paid cannot be something to do with the mass of the target. Because to do the human transmutation, you must have already gathered all the relevant elements aka mass that makes up a typical human. What “creates” the taboo, and the ensuing consequences is then the price of the one thing that is not represented by the matter. It’s the price of the soul.
@@miot22 *totally a spoiler* I understand it can’t be to do with the mass, it’s just an interesting thought. And yeah the taboo is because of the soul price, but the resulting consequences have nothing to do with the price of a soul, the consequences come from trying to play god, that’s why the consequences are specifically tailored to be as spiteful as possible to the individual, because it’s truth saying “you didn’t need to do this, you shouldn’t be doing this, some things just need to be left alone, stay in your sandbox”. This anime is in my top three because of the many messages it has, it’s sooo good
The brohers commit taboo for bring back their mother. The teacher for her child. And now the brothers and the teacher complete each other. Like family... Ooo my english suck
Gosh dangit, that "it's okay to hurt scene" get's me constantly, in fact a lot of scenes in this anime does, Such is the title of "Feelsmetal alchemist"
Izumi Curtis lost her womb for trying to bring back her child. Her and her husband Seig cannot have children anymore because she obsessed over the one she lost. It ended up being why she took on the Elrics; they were surrogate children for her.
The price for the taboo is depends on the person despair. She trying to revive her baby, truth take some of her organ so she cant conceive a child at all.
How the payment for Human Transmutation works will be explained much later. Just keep it in mind what each has lost. Also, Ed lost his leg when trying to bring his Mom back, not his arm. His arm was the payment to bring Al's soul.
@@milch-mochi1770 I like her. A character that isn't too good but also not a bad person. Have her advantages and disadvantages. Not super cute and kind waifu that you see in anime these years.
Okay of all the changes from manga this episode is the only one that actually makes me angry. She didn't take them in because they were sobbing. After learning their story, she sympathized, but continued to smack them away every time they asked, and they kept just coming back, till eventually: Teacher: "I'm telling you BACK OFF." Elrics: "We're telling you we WON'T" It was their determination that won her over, not pity. (Also she had someone secretly monitoring them on the island to make sure they didn't die in the manga)
About boys father (Hohenheim): It was in one of the first episodes (second episode I think.. ) - he was alchemist, Al and Ed first started learning alchemy from his books and their mother was happy with it. So you probably subconsciously remembered it. :)
Also the toll for human transmutation has symbolic worth for each person. Al, his body that wanted to embrace his mother. Ed, the leg that kept him moving forward through life. Teacher, the ability to conceive life which she desperately clung too.
No, the symbology on the portal is never explained. It's basically the Tree of Life from Kabbalah, a form of Jewish mysticism that gets into more of the woo side of things. The languages on it are Hebrew and I think Latin, as Latin was used in real life alchemy.
Spoilers, I think. What is portrayed on the portal differs from one alchemist to another. And it represents his/her view on alchemy. If I recall correctly
I think it's all about equivalent exchange. Since the teacher wanted to bring back something small, a baby while she is a grown adult it took some of her organs as a equivalent. While Ed and Al were small children trying to bring back an adult aka Al gets eaten completely and Ed loses a leg as an equivalent exchange.
Hoenheim is known as an alchemist. I can't remember if it's mentioned yet (very minor spoilers) but Trisha compliments the boys and says that they take after him when they start practicing alchemy. Can't wait for you to learn more about Hoenheim, tho.
The inscription on the gate of truth is the Sephirotic Tree, or the Tree of life; it comes from the Jewish Gnostic Mysticism sect. The inscription is in Latin. It (the tree) is not explored or explained in great detail in this anime, as the inscription on the gate is different with each person who sees the truth. As for Izumi, the price she paid for trying to bring a dead baby back to life is that she will no longer be able to have a child of her own. It is the ultimate price for her to pay as her one desire (to conceive a child and have her own family) is denied her forever.
There are two explanations for the vast differences in the equivalent exchanges for each person. One you'll find out later and the other reason being Ed and Al's theory of human transmutation was even better than Izumi's. Also, Izumi's husband is not an alchemist he didn't take part in transmutation so he wasn't affected. Ed and Al both did the transmutation together so they were affected.
I will post the list with Episodes that have the End Credits scenes every few Episodes so you can remember them, I will not do that if you don't want me to
Ed blames Hohenheim for their mother's death because he wasn't there. She missed him, she cried for him (even though she tried to hide her tears from the kids, Ed was observant enough to notice), she waited for him to the very end, yet he didn't even show up to the funeral. In Ed's mind, if he was there he could have helped her.
When Truth takes something from you, it does so in a way that is most ironic. Ed is the leader of his family, so it took his ability to stand on his own strength. Al wanted to feel his mother's warmth one more time, so it took his ability to feel anything. Izumi wanted her baby back, so it took from her the ability to conceive another child. If I were someone that wanted to create a bright future for myself and my family, it would perhaps take away my ability to see the future I want to create and so on. When Truth takes, it makes sure you regret it.
Though personal experiences differ greatly, I feel like living without parts of your inner organs can be extremely tough considering nothing can be done to fix it, and accepting the pain is the only way to move forward. Lost arms and legs can be replaced with automail (though it won't feel exactly the same) and you can rehabilitate to the point of being your "old self" again. But it's all subjective I guess.
@@ryanakers1372 reminds me of the MCU meme: Tony personally knows 2 gods and he's still an atheist, Steve personally knows 2 gods and he's still a Christian, Hulk personally met 2 gods and he beat the shit out of both them.
Not really, Ed was very ignorant at the beggining, his views start to change in the anime the more he sees why what happened to him wasnt really undeserved. At the start he is the steriotypical atheist that just hates God. His view changes with time.
@@kinsmart7294I think when Ed denied the existence of God to Rose, he meant in a religious sense. But, Ed's worldview being challenged is definitely important to his journey, because at the start he thought alchemy could fix any problem in his life.
what is on the door of the truth is a tree of life that is closely related to qabbalistic teachings and also alchemy. It is a ancient jewish tradition/mythology
Their father is an alchemist, and I think partially Ed blames him for their mother's death because he's angry at his dad for leaving, it's not entirely rational. Blaming his absent father makes it easier to bear.
Well from Ed's perspective their dad left didn't come to help when his wife was at death's door and didn't even come to the funeral. Seems Kinda like a dick. So with the info he had their dad is an absolute asshole.
Not to mention they know their dad was incredibly intelligent, and given what we find out later had plenty of time to know medicine inside and out. And their mom was lost due to an epidemic.
I'm really happy you are reacting to both this and HxH, two amazing series. FMA is one of the best ever and I'm glad you are enjoying it. And yeah, the word is Philosophical. This story is anything but linear and never trust first appearances. People have a past and their actions, many times have a good reason, even if they sound horrible, and the same thing the other way around. There are characters who had the best intentions and ended up doing despicable things. But finally you met Izumi, one of the greatest characters, and Sig also has some awesome great moments.
Ed and Al performed the human transmutation together and Izumi did it all by herself. And Truth does not take body parts randomly.. it'll take something connected to the reason why the taboo was committed.
FMA is so good that it's almost criminal. 2003 series, despite differing a lot from the manga, is also really good. Arakawa Hiromi (series creator) is just a treasure.
10:44 the stuff on the gate is inspired by Hebrew, and Jewish mysticism. It happens a lot that anime and manga take inspiration from Kabbalah and other forms of Jewish mysticism. The word in the main circle in the tree, Adonai, is one of the names of god. Cherub is a type of angel. There’s a lot more there that I hadn’t focused on in a while.
Is there a reason why Izumi laughed at Ed and Al's answer? I can't recall if someone can explain it to me. I assume it was a coping reaction to her shock as she was expecting a more basic answer but their intellect astounded her.
The truth takes whatever it deems is the most depressingly ironic thing to take as a punishment and toll. Mainly being symbolic of what they wanted most in their life.
its mostly about the mass of the thing they try to bring back, as well as the reason, izumi lost her inner organs equivalent to to the mass of her baby, and she will never be able to have children again, Ad and Al lost what is equivalent to their mother's, which is a whole body and a leg, as well as never being able to feel warmth.
I think it's to do with like she wanted her baby back so took her way of having a child again. As for are boys it took Edward brother and from alfredo his brothers arm and leg. It takes what you don't realise how precious it means until it's gone
I always thought it was equivalent exchange - since the brothers tried to bring back an adult ( more mass than themselves ) the toll was Al and Eds leg. and Izumi tried to make an infant so the toll would've been much less. every human transmutation fails because they never account for the soul. If a soul is lost it can not be brought back. it is energy though - that can be made into a philosopher stone... I fear I've said too much
You can have a pile of organs, but only if you think anout how they are connected, you get a human. In the same sense, if all life on the planet is connected, doesn't that make the planet itself one giant entity??
the elric brothers tried to bring back their mother, a fully adult woman while they both were small children. so it took more from them then their master, who tried to bring back a baby from death. thats why it took less from her then from the brothers. it isnt their life thats traded, but their bodies
Just one thing: In ancient Greece, science and religion where basically the same thing. Ancient Greek used to believe that by doing science (math in particular) they were unraveling their gods plan. Science was a way for them to communicate with their gods. This led a bunch of people to kill themselves when Pythagor came up with his ideas which changed people understanding of mathematics. So how did the greeks understood science? For them (according to Plato) they were two world. One world of abstract concept and absolute truth (which was the world were their gods were supposedly residing) and a world of sensations, lies and subjectivity. So, basically, if you wanted to interact with your gods you had to separate yourself from the material world in order to reach the world of ideas and truth to find real knowledge. So basically, if one was willing to do science, he had to relinquish everything that made him human and a part of the material world (mainly subjectivity) in order to reach the truth/the gods/the real world. I don't know i you can tell but Arakawa was heavily inspired by greek philosophy when she created FMA xD
Don't look on if you've not seen the series anyone seeing this, spoilers abound The thing about Truth is that he's a bit of a bastard when it comes to this thing, every time a person tries Human Transmutation on their own - without a buffer - they face the consequences of it in what Truth takes from them. And each of them has their own unique torture for trying to play God. Izumi could've had another child but chose to try and bring the one she lost back, thus she cannot ever have that right again with Truth taking her womb. Ed was the eldest member of the family and the protector of his younger brother, so Truth took the left he stood on to do that - and then accepted the trade for his arm for Al's soul. Al was the one who wanted to feel his mother's love again most of all, so Truth took the warmth of touch and feeling from him. Hohenheim is a special case really, while he did lose something it was more psychological as he was forced to talk and be with countless people inside him. and Mustang lost the ability to see the Future he wanted so badly. The reason why people think Truth is sort of "evil" is the last one, as everyone else in this went into it willingly, while Mustang was forced into it, but Truth still gleefully took his sight from him as a "punishment"
you need to remember that alchemy is supposed to be cientific in this world. An adult has much more less matter that an baby, so the price is much more higher. Also, they where just kids, so they had less matter to give for that exchange.
well my take on it truth is just the embodiment of what is true (god to me in fma universe is completely different) and if you noticed when Izumi entered truth domain truth size is the reflection of her as much as when ed entered truth size reflection of ed
I feel like a lot of people don't notice this. Whenever someone interacts with Truth, it responds in a way that is similar to who meets it. With Ed, Truth mocks him and is facetious, etc.
Al lost his body and Ed his leg because they were trying to transmute a adult human being. Al lost his body wich he wanted to feel the warmth of his mother again and Ed lost his leg so he could not stand for Al, just for himself, thats how the price works. Izumi lost her womb so she can never again try to have a kid like she always wanted.
There is a narrative reason why the teacher "paid less" than the boys. *BUT* there is this guy who's a scientist that explained why it made real sense why they paid more than her, scientifically speaking. Unfortunately there isn't english subtitles, the video is in portuguese but TLDR: a human soul stores data. All the memories, experiences and knowledge that someone holds would be stored in what the anime would call a soul. To deconstruct and reconstruct and perform a human transmutation means u need to do with both the body and soul of the person u want to ressurect or whatever and every part of the process consumes energy that must be provided by the alchemist. Since the soul of an adult who has lived for a long time has more data stored than that of a newborn, the cost is higher. Like I said there is no english sub forr the video but here it is anyways: ruclips.net/video/DYlScWkjE_g/видео.html The video isn't about this issue but is trying explain human transmutaion as a whole.
[SPOILER????] the truth wants to teach them a lesson, for which he is not taking an equal tall, he is taking the most precious thing from them. El lost his leg bc of his ambitions of stepping too high, becoming more of what he is. Truth is the version of good that I like to believe in, he is cruel and realistic and only messes with people that are to break the order of the universe.
By this logic Al must have really liked Ed's right leg, since that was taken too and you didn't list a cost for Al. You don't loose what's most valuable to you, you loose something ironic to your goals.
@@WolforNuva No, he took what Ed most loved being Al and some more from Ed, it doesn't just ignore the fact it took Al in it's entirety, It only left Ed live to ponder on their decision
@@WolforNuva The cost for Al WAS Al, it's not a single thing for them separatly, it's a conbined cost for the both of them for a single transmutation Al+Ed's leg was the cost for it
@@thomaswellerton3783 It's made pretty clear in the series that each person looses 1 thing, you're free to speculate further of course, but the series gives a definite reason so any further speculation should be presented as such, not as fact. Plus Al+leg doesn't even make thematic sense with the idea of loosing what's most valuable to them; why add the leg as an extra cost? Did Ed value his leg as much as Al? Also Al didn't die, he lost his body. The distinction is important since his soul wasn't forced on and the series is very clear that you *can't* bring the dead back in any capacity. Since losing his body never forced Al to separate from Ed, separation as a punishment just doesn't work.
I know your anime list to watch list is heavy but please put Guilty Crown in the ballot. One of the most beautiful animes done but also a doozy to watch.
Truth didn't take away anything from the husband as he wasn't performing the human transmutation with her, Ed and Al were performing it together.
also I think the price is proportional to the "target". while Izumi only tried to bring back a baby (x amounts of pounds) the brothers tried to bring back an adult, much heavier, at least more mass than themselves. you know, equivalent exchange and all
@@chainclaw07 *POTENTIAL SPOILERS*
The price is ironic in a sense, I forget what al's irony was but ed's was basically, "you've committed taboo, you don't have a leg to stand on in this argument" and "what you want is going to cost you an arm and a leg". The teacher lost her ability to conceive (via weakening her by taking parts of her organs) because she tried to bring back her child. if it was proportional to mass of the target I wonder how much everyone would have weighed for the cost to have been a small child's body and part of another small child's leg. that's actually very interesting
I’ll just say the price paid cannot be something to do with the mass of the target. Because to do the human transmutation, you must have already gathered all the relevant elements aka mass that makes up a typical human. What “creates” the taboo, and the ensuing consequences is then the price of the one thing that is not represented by the matter. It’s the price of the soul.
@@miot22 *totally a spoiler*
I understand it can’t be to do with the mass, it’s just an interesting thought. And yeah the taboo is because of the soul price, but the resulting consequences have nothing to do with the price of a soul, the consequences come from trying to play god, that’s why the consequences are specifically tailored to be as spiteful as possible to the individual, because it’s truth saying “you didn’t need to do this, you shouldn’t be doing this, some things just need to be left alone, stay in your sandbox”. This anime is in my top three because of the many messages it has, it’s sooo good
@@miot22 sorry buddy, for some reason your comment came up in my notifications as being a response to my comment, my bad 😅
The brohers commit taboo for bring back their mother. The teacher for her child. And now the brothers and the teacher complete each other. Like family...
Ooo my english suck
Your english isn't that bad. Your meaning came across just fine.
Gosh dangit, that "it's okay to hurt scene" get's me constantly, in fact a lot of scenes in this anime does, Such is the title of "Feelsmetal alchemist"
every. time. 😭
Izumi Curtis lost her womb for trying to bring back her child. Her and her husband Seig cannot have children anymore because she obsessed over the one she lost. It ended up being why she took on the Elrics; they were surrogate children for her.
The price for the taboo is depends on the person despair. She trying to revive her baby, truth take some of her organ so she cant conceive a child at all.
How the payment for Human Transmutation works will be explained much later. Just keep it in mind what each has lost. Also, Ed lost his leg when trying to bring his Mom back, not his arm. His arm was the payment to bring Al's soul.
Glad she ended up liking Izumi, I had a feeling she was going to be added to the shitlist with Winry for her tough love appraoch lol.
Yea but i don't like winry too xD
@@milch-mochi1770 I like her. A character that isn't too good but also not a bad person. Have her advantages and disadvantages. Not super cute and kind waifu that you see in anime these years.
@Michael Mathers LOL WHAT? Literally every person I’ve ever watched this show with or watched reactions to likes winry. Put down your bong man
@@gdadder I don't like that she throws a Wrench.
*insert happy clapping*
you've realized the importance of the design of the gate! Keep that in mind for the end of the show!
Okay of all the changes from manga this episode is the only one that actually makes me angry. She didn't take them in because they were sobbing. After learning their story, she sympathized, but continued to smack them away every time they asked, and they kept just coming back, till eventually:
Teacher: "I'm telling you BACK OFF."
Elrics: "We're telling you we WON'T"
It was their determination that won her over, not pity.
(Also she had someone secretly monitoring them on the island to make sure they didn't die in the manga)
About boys father (Hohenheim):
It was in one of the first episodes (second episode I think.. ) - he was alchemist, Al and Ed first started learning alchemy from his books and their mother was happy with it. So you probably subconsciously remembered it. :)
Also the toll for human transmutation has symbolic worth for each person. Al, his body that wanted to embrace his mother. Ed, the leg that kept him moving forward through life. Teacher, the ability to conceive life which she desperately clung too.
No, the symbology on the portal is never explained. It's basically the Tree of Life from Kabbalah, a form of Jewish mysticism that gets into more of the woo side of things. The languages on it are Hebrew and I think Latin, as Latin was used in real life alchemy.
Spoilers, I think.
What is portrayed on the portal differs from one alchemist to another. And it represents his/her view on alchemy. If I recall correctly
@@SabbithRaddi *[SPOILERS BELOW]*
Yeah. The Dwarf in The Flask's was _blank,_ if I recall correctly. Such a long life, and the bastard learnt nothing.
Possible Spoiler
There is a lot of similarities of The Truth and the Portal/Void with ancient Greece philosophy.
I think it's all about equivalent exchange. Since the teacher wanted to bring back something small, a baby while she is a grown adult it took some of her organs as a equivalent. While Ed and Al were small children trying to bring back an adult aka Al gets eaten completely and Ed loses a leg as an equivalent exchange.
Izumi Curtis is an amazing mother
Hoenheim is known as an alchemist. I can't remember if it's mentioned yet (very minor spoilers) but Trisha compliments the boys and says that they take after him when they start practicing alchemy. Can't wait for you to learn more about Hoenheim, tho.
Yes she says so in the flashback during episode 2.
The inscription on the gate of truth is the Sephirotic Tree, or the Tree of life; it comes from the Jewish Gnostic Mysticism sect. The inscription is in Latin. It (the tree) is not explored or explained in great detail in this anime, as the inscription on the gate is different with each person who sees the truth.
As for Izumi, the price she paid for trying to bring a dead baby back to life is that she will no longer be able to have a child of her own. It is the ultimate price for her to pay as her one desire (to conceive a child and have her own family) is denied her forever.
There are two explanations for the vast differences in the equivalent exchanges for each person. One you'll find out later and the other reason being Ed and Al's theory of human transmutation was even better than Izumi's. Also, Izumi's husband is not an alchemist he didn't take part in transmutation so he wasn't affected. Ed and Al both did the transmutation together so they were affected.
I will post the list with Episodes that have the End Credits scenes every few Episodes so you can remember them,
I will not do that if you don't want me to
Ed blames Hohenheim for their mother's death because he wasn't there. She missed him, she cried for him (even though she tried to hide her tears from the kids, Ed was observant enough to notice), she waited for him to the very end, yet he didn't even show up to the funeral. In Ed's mind, if he was there he could have helped her.
When Truth takes something from you, it does so in a way that is most ironic. Ed is the leader of his family, so it took his ability to stand on his own strength. Al wanted to feel his mother's warmth one more time, so it took his ability to feel anything. Izumi wanted her baby back, so it took from her the ability to conceive another child. If I were someone that wanted to create a bright future for myself and my family, it would perhaps take away my ability to see the future I want to create and so on. When Truth takes, it makes sure you regret it.
Well spoken, I couldn’t agree more
God, what a sneaky little asshole
Though personal experiences differ greatly, I feel like living without parts of your inner organs can be extremely tough considering nothing can be done to fix it, and accepting the pain is the only way to move forward. Lost arms and legs can be replaced with automail (though it won't feel exactly the same) and you can rehabilitate to the point of being your "old self" again. But it's all subjective I guess.
I dont wanna spoil, the only thing I'll say is that murals on gates of truth mean things and that punishments from the truth are symbolic.
Man this episode got me in the feels and so did your reaction. Cant wait for the next reaction video of Full metal Alchemists: Brotherhood
The funny thing I've read from others is that Ed is an athiest after or because he actually met god/truth
Actually the funniest thing is in episode 3 Ed makes it clear he's an atheist even after meeting god.
@@ryanakers1372 reminds me of the MCU meme: Tony personally knows 2 gods and he's still an atheist, Steve personally knows 2 gods and he's still a Christian, Hulk personally met 2 gods and he beat the shit out of both them.
Not really, Ed was very ignorant at the beggining, his views start to change in the anime the more he sees why what happened to him wasnt really undeserved.
At the start he is the steriotypical atheist that just hates God. His view changes with time.
@@kinsmart7294I think when Ed denied the existence of God to Rose, he meant in a religious sense. But, Ed's worldview being challenged is definitely important to his journey, because at the start he thought alchemy could fix any problem in his life.
Ed and al are the children izumi could never have
And Izumi is the mother the boys wanted.
Love how the characters find what they're looking for, but not in the way they expect.
what is on the door of the truth is a tree of life that is closely related to qabbalistic teachings and also alchemy. It is a ancient jewish tradition/mythology
"Why shouldn't she compare herself to normal people?"
You kinda talked over and looked away from some of the many answers to that question lol
Their father is an alchemist, and I think partially Ed blames him for their mother's death because he's angry at his dad for leaving, it's not entirely rational. Blaming his absent father makes it easier to bear.
Well from Ed's perspective their dad left didn't come to help when his wife was at death's door and didn't even come to the funeral. Seems Kinda like a dick. So with the info he had their dad is an absolute asshole.
Not to mention they know their dad was incredibly intelligent, and given what we find out later had plenty of time to know medicine inside and out. And their mom was lost due to an epidemic.
I'm really happy you are reacting to both this and HxH, two amazing series. FMA is one of the best ever and I'm glad you are enjoying it. And yeah, the word is Philosophical. This story is anything but linear and never trust first appearances. People have a past and their actions, many times have a good reason, even if they sound horrible, and the same thing the other way around. There are characters who had the best intentions and ended up doing despicable things.
But finally you met Izumi, one of the greatest characters, and Sig also has some awesome great moments.
For the toll the teacher paid, you can think about the most important organs for a woman to conceive, that is her toll.
People really be giving away major hints in the comments. Major alert, Please don't read the comments
Ed and Al performed the human transmutation together and Izumi did it all by herself. And Truth does not take body parts randomly.. it'll take something connected to the reason why the taboo was committed.
FMA is so good that it's almost criminal. 2003 series, despite differing a lot from the manga, is also really good. Arakawa Hiromi (series creator) is just a treasure.
10:44 the stuff on the gate is inspired by Hebrew, and Jewish mysticism. It happens a lot that anime and manga take inspiration from Kabbalah and other forms of Jewish mysticism. The word in the main circle in the tree, Adonai, is one of the names of god. Cherub is a type of angel. There’s a lot more there that I hadn’t focused on in a while.
Is there a reason why Izumi laughed at Ed and Al's answer? I can't recall if someone can explain it to me. I assume it was a coping reaction to her shock as she was expecting a more basic answer but their intellect astounded her.
I think the answer they gave was just a very witty way to put it.
That tree is from Norse mythology if I'm correct, and every person who sees the truth has a different door.
The tree here is not the World Tree of Norse Mythology but Kabbalah, the tree of life.
The truth takes whatever it deems is the most depressingly ironic thing to take as a punishment and toll. Mainly being symbolic of what they wanted most in their life.
3 videos in one day!? Keep up the great work!! 🙌🏾
Indeed, that's a truly beautiful story/journey.
That’s etz chayyim, the tree of life, on those doors.
its mostly about the mass of the thing they try to bring back, as well as the reason, izumi lost her inner organs equivalent to to the mass of her baby, and she will never be able to have children again, Ad and Al lost what is equivalent to their mother's, which is a whole body and a leg, as well as never being able to feel warmth.
yup, exactly my interpretation. the whole poetic side to it is Truths irony. but it's not up to Truth that the Toll needs to be given....
2 Episodes of HxH and one of FML.
The hero we need, but don't deserve.
Equivalent Exchange on display in this episode. Ed and Al lost their mother, Izumi lost her child, and they found each other.
"it's ok to hurt" 😢
yes, Teacher. 😭
Hohenhiem is the name of a famous real world alchemist also known as Paracelsus
I think it's to do with like she wanted her baby back so took her way of having a child again. As for are boys it took Edward brother and from alfredo his brothers arm and leg.
It takes what you don't realise how precious it means until it's gone
I always thought it was equivalent exchange - since the brothers tried to bring back an adult ( more mass than themselves ) the toll was Al and Eds leg. and Izumi tried to make an infant so the toll would've been much less. every human transmutation fails because they never account for the soul. If a soul is lost it can not be brought back. it is energy though - that can be made into a philosopher stone... I fear I've said too much
You can have a pile of organs, but only if you think anout how they are connected, you get a human. In the same sense, if all life on the planet is connected, doesn't that make the planet itself one giant entity??
welcome back darling 💐💖🍻
"it's ok to hurt." yes, Teacher 😭
yes, look up the Sephirotic Tree, or Tree of Life
6:50 wow keep that in mind
the elric brothers tried to bring back their mother, a fully adult woman while they both were small children. so it took more from them then their master, who tried to bring back a baby from death. thats why it took less from her then from the brothers. it isnt their life thats traded, but their bodies
Just one thing: In ancient Greece, science and religion where basically the same thing. Ancient Greek used to believe that by doing science (math in particular) they were unraveling their gods plan. Science was a way for them to communicate with their gods. This led a bunch of people to kill themselves when Pythagor came up with his ideas which changed people understanding of mathematics.
So how did the greeks understood science? For them (according to Plato) they were two world. One world of abstract concept and absolute truth (which was the world were their gods were supposedly residing) and a world of sensations, lies and subjectivity. So, basically, if you wanted to interact with your gods you had to separate yourself from the material world in order to reach the world of ideas and truth to find real knowledge.
So basically, if one was willing to do science, he had to relinquish everything that made him human and a part of the material world (mainly subjectivity) in order to reach the truth/the gods/the real world.
I don't know i you can tell but Arakawa was heavily inspired by greek philosophy when she created FMA xD
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Don't look on if you've not seen the series anyone seeing this, spoilers abound
The thing about Truth is that he's a bit of a bastard when it comes to this thing, every time a person tries Human Transmutation on their own - without a buffer - they face the consequences of it in what Truth takes from them.
And each of them has their own unique torture for trying to play God.
Izumi could've had another child but chose to try and bring the one she lost back, thus she cannot ever have that right again with Truth taking her womb.
Ed was the eldest member of the family and the protector of his younger brother, so Truth took the left he stood on to do that - and then accepted the trade for his arm for Al's soul.
Al was the one who wanted to feel his mother's love again most of all, so Truth took the warmth of touch and feeling from him.
Hohenheim is a special case really, while he did lose something it was more psychological as he was forced to talk and be with countless people inside him.
and Mustang lost the ability to see the Future he wanted so badly.
The reason why people think Truth is sort of "evil" is the last one, as everyone else in this went into it willingly, while Mustang was forced into it, but Truth still gleefully took his sight from him as a "punishment"
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youre killin it with the uploads! keep it up (:
I think she got it pretty bad. it didn't just make her spit up blood forever. she can't have kids anymore.
The husband wasnt there when she did after that the husband saw her
Man Hoe in am I is exactly what he is as a father but I tend to love his character.
It's spelled Hohenheim.
And yes, in this anime we love almost all the characters, even the bad ones (I said almost because there is Tucker too).
Autocorrect? Lmao
I can't wait for you to react to Episode 19. That is one of my favorite episodes.
you need to remember that alchemy is supposed to be cientific in this world. An adult has much more less matter that an baby, so the price is much more higher. Also, they where just kids, so they had less matter to give for that exchange.
well my take on it truth is just the embodiment of what is true (god to me in fma universe is completely different) and if you noticed when Izumi entered truth domain truth size is the reflection of her as much as when ed entered truth size reflection of ed
I feel like a lot of people don't notice this. Whenever someone interacts with Truth, it responds in a way that is similar to who meets it. With Ed, Truth mocks him and is facetious, etc.
Al lost his body and Ed his leg because they were trying to transmute a adult human being. Al lost his body wich he wanted to feel the warmth of his mother again and Ed lost his leg so he could not stand for Al, just for himself, thats how the price works. Izumi lost her womb so she can never again try to have a kid like she always wanted.
There is a narrative reason why the teacher "paid less" than the boys. *BUT* there is this guy who's a scientist that explained why it made real sense why they paid more than her, scientifically speaking. Unfortunately there isn't english subtitles, the video is in portuguese but TLDR: a human soul stores data. All the memories, experiences and knowledge that someone holds would be stored in what the anime would call a soul. To deconstruct and reconstruct and perform a human transmutation means u need to do with both the body and soul of the person u want to ressurect or whatever and every part of the process consumes energy that must be provided by the alchemist. Since the soul of an adult who has lived for a long time has more data stored than that of a newborn, the cost is higher.
Like I said there is no english sub forr the video but here it is anyways: ruclips.net/video/DYlScWkjE_g/видео.html
The video isn't about this issue but is trying explain human transmutaion as a whole.
Honenheim had a lot of books about alchemy, it's safe to assume he was one.
[SPOILER????] the truth wants to teach them a lesson, for which he is not taking an equal tall, he is taking the most precious thing from them. El lost his leg bc of his ambitions of stepping too high, becoming more of what he is. Truth is the version of good that I like to believe in, he is cruel and realistic and only messes with people that are to break the order of the universe.
Love you, Hohenheim.
Truth took the most precious things they had, for Ed was Al, for her was her reproductive organs
By this logic Al must have really liked Ed's right leg, since that was taken too and you didn't list a cost for Al.
You don't loose what's most valuable to you, you loose something ironic to your goals.
@@WolforNuva No, he took what Ed most loved being Al and some more from Ed, it doesn't just ignore the fact it took Al in it's entirety, It only left Ed live to ponder on their decision
@@WolforNuva The cost for Al WAS Al, it's not a single thing for them separatly, it's a conbined cost for the both of them for a single transmutation Al+Ed's leg was the cost for it
@@WolforNuva You can't separate the cost.
One lost his brother and his leg, the other lost himself and was separated from his brother (By being dead)
@@thomaswellerton3783 It's made pretty clear in the series that each person looses 1 thing, you're free to speculate further of course, but the series gives a definite reason so any further speculation should be presented as such, not as fact.
Plus Al+leg doesn't even make thematic sense with the idea of loosing what's most valuable to them; why add the leg as an extra cost? Did Ed value his leg as much as Al?
Also Al didn't die, he lost his body. The distinction is important since his soul wasn't forced on and the series is very clear that you *can't* bring the dead back in any capacity. Since losing his body never forced Al to separate from Ed, separation as a punishment just doesn't work.
The next episode is so good
I know your anime list to watch list is heavy but please put Guilty Crown in the ballot. One of the most beautiful animes done but also a doozy to watch.
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Good reaction keep it up also there dad alchemist ilke they are
bro izumi is op, too bad we dont get to see her very much
It was beacuse she tried to bring back a baby and its smaller, than the adult mother.
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