Hey question. I've been thinking about signing up for the patreon to see and keep caught up with you guys! Before I did I wanted to make sure because the wording seemed a bit off on the patreon. Do I need to pay $5 or $10 to see the early reactions?
I really like that even though Roy is Hawkeye's superior, the way they treat each other makes them seem like equals. Hawkeye isn't afraid to tell Roy when she thinks he made a mistake and Roy always listens to her criticism, and they also comfort each other in their own way when needed.
"The nerves in my lower spine are completely severed, and they can't make those outta steel" -Jean Havok in this episode explaining why he can't get automail. It was at 9:50
severed doesn't mean gone, if they can attach metal to the literal nerves in an arm then they would be able to connect the individual nerves to automail
Allow me to throw in some real prosthetic knowledge I have. Modern prosthetic arms function by identifying the nerves that are supposed to control the hand, fingers, etc, and surgically moving them to points close to the surface of the skin. Then, they attach electrodes to those points and use them to read what the body wants. Throw in some fancy circuits and a lot of physical therapy, and the prosthetic arm can move almost however the user wants. I think it's safe to assume that automail works in a similar way, considering that adjustments of Edward's arm can cause him pain. Here's Havoc's issue. For this technique to work, you need to be able to find the right nerves to make it function. In hand replacements, this is done on the shoulder, where the nerves can be easily accessed and moved. But Havoc's injury is not in a convenient location. It is in his spine. The nerves required to ensure functional leg movement are all tangled up with every single nerve that travels through the spine to the lower body. It is a near impossible task to determine which nerves are the right ones, and which are useless for automail use. A modern doctor could spend a lifetime trying to identify each severed nerve, and that's with access to MRI technology. It's doubtful that Amestris has anything capable of looking through bone (or even X-rays, for that matter. Nuclear science doesn't seem to exist yet in this setting). To give him automail, they would have to attach wires to every single nerve ending (the surgery alone would outlast any anaesthetic they could give him) and then test each of them individually, building his automail around that. And rehabilitation would take years on top of that. Even if it were possible, it would likely leave Havoc in near constant pain, like his entire lower body was burning. It would be much more humane and safe to just give him a wheelchair and a veteran's pension. Nothing short of a miracle could fix that.
The joke of Al having to pull Edward's soul back into his body is one of my favorite jokes in the whole series, taking what happened in episode 2 and basically making a gag out of it was the icing on an already funny scene
This was said, but they were talking over it. Really annoying too, since they're not the only people who miss that detail, and spend the rest of the show thinking they just "forgot" about auto-mail
@@stardmg that’s my main issue with their reactions, i think they have great analysis and predictions! but constantly talking over it (without subtitles at least) feels like they’re just asking to miss details
I mean if I have everything correct, isn’t it specific nerves in his spine? It’s not like every nerve in his legs were obliterated. Even if they were all gone, all this magical piece of advanced technology would need to be is similar to what War Machine had when he got paralyzed. If he had something to receive signals from the spine attached to some leg braces, they could move his legs for him could they not? (Probably not as effective as normal if we’re being realistic, but this is an anime and since when were animes known for realism)
thats not actually biologically correct, the nerves are intact, just the spine was damaged which inhibit transfer of synapses in theory they could replace the part of his spine damaged
Something that a LOT of people forget/don’t know: The Fool traditionally doesn’t mean someone dumb or stupid. The Fool in stuff like Tarot represents ignorance, clarity, and freedom. The Fool knows nothing, and sets out on a journey to learn everything. They are naive, innocent, and likely unwise. Here, I think the title could be interpreted as more of a positive thing: The Advance of The Adventure.
@@Sunaki1000 Yeah, this is more what I've always thought of. The Court Jesters acted dumb, and learned a hell of a lot in the process. This fits Mustang quite well. He acts like an ill-witted womanizer who cares little about his role, but he learns a hell of a lot by doing so.
Ed never traded for Al's soul, he traded his arm for the ability to bind it to the armour. Al's soul was already there, in the failed body. As for Scar, they haven't confirmed that he was the one who killed the Rockbells (Ed says "that's the way it looks"). I imagine they don't want to cause Winry that kind of pain and then find out they were wrong.
15:15 just for some clarification, Ling didn't purposely get himself arrested. He passes out easily due to hunger and the military arrested him after finding out he came into the country without a record/illegally.
Great catch on you discovering that the state alchemist program is just a facade for the homunculus to find remarkable alchemists that can used as potential sacrifices, thats why they were so mad when Scar appeared and started hunting them.
@@houseofaction it does not work this way, the nerves in the spinal cord are severed, so they need to replace the nerves themselves for it to work or reconnect the nerves precisely, we cannot do it currently, why would they be able to do it? At least without the philosopher's stone. With Ed they just connect the existing nerves from his shoulder that were supposed to manipulate arm in the first place.
@@soulscyther666 They can already connect nerves to metal in this era. All they need to do is connect the severed nerves by bridging it through whatever part they use for automail.
25:34 I don't know if anyone else has already explained it, but in the case of the scene that nullified Scar's attack, Ed was hit in the head by debris and lost his balance, and he had no choice but to defend himself when it became impossible to avoid the ensuing attack. So Ed need to reach out for defend Scar's attack, but at this time, he was troubled about the 50% chance about whether to reach out his left normal arm or his right automail arm. If he fail to defend by use his automail arm, it will only break his automail arm, but if he chose to defend with his left arm and failed to 50% gamble, it would lead to immediately death. So Ed choose use his right arm. And his 50% gambling was success. Scar's destructive transmutation, it doesn't destroy it just by touching it. For example, if he tries to destroy steel, he has to calculate the steel decomposition formula in his head. So if he trying to destroy human bodies(Likewise, stone, wood, water, copper, coal, everything has a different decomposition formula) with a disintegration formula that destroys steel, it doesn't work. In the case of this scene, Scar intended to break down the Ed's body and Ed held out his steel arm and invalidated it. But in that situation, Ed didn't know what Scar was thinking, so he had to 50% gambleling. That why he said "lucky~"
To be honest, i would have gone for the automail. You'd have to be insane to Risk your life over your arm. Even if he loses the gamble its "only" an Arm which can be repaired. So it was pretty obvious that Ed would risk his automail. I guess Scar got greedy and went straight for the kill for that reason
And that we can be inferred from this, even if it's the same stone, there's a difference in composition between granite and marble, and if they apply the granite destruction formula to marble, maybe the marble isn't destroyed properly or only partially. Perhaps the marble will be destroyed in a limited way only for the matching components shared as the stone. (It's impossible to understand 100% of the composition of things, but if Scar succeeds in understanding 90% of the computation and breaks it down, it might go beyond the level of fragmentation and break it down like dust. If he understand 100%, he may break it down into atoms haha. um....maybe...? ) And not all alchemists, including Scar, had the ability to understand matter by touching it. If they cover their eyes and rely on tactile and destroy things without providing any information, it will involve multiple trials and errors. That means that Scar memorizes all the different components of everything in order to break down the various materials and objects in detail and completely. He hates alchemy, but he has a very high understanding of it.
I'm late to the game here, but this moment was explained in the Manga. Ed canceled Scar's attack by changing the elemental composition of his automail. That caused Scar's alchemy to rebound just like it did the first time they fought.
@@marcmooney1242 Well, that's weird, I know that's a way that Ed has never used at this point in time(ep21). The way you're talking about it, was fighting the Grid in the past started by weakening his shield's carbon composition of the Grid and incapacitaing it. But I know that the way Ed manipulates the components of the automail is from episode 48 later on. Not now. He choosing between a regular arm and a steel arm. The battle with Scar, in which he changed the constituent elements of the automail to nullify Scar's attack, was not this remake version, but a scene from the 2003 Old version, maybe you're confused with this, aren't you? ruclips.net/video/vf_4bKj98fY/видео.html Spoiler----------------------------- In the remake, Ed fights Scar three times in total. And Ed wins the final battle, Ed is equipped with a new type of auto-mail that can working even in bad weather, and that auto-mail doesn't use steel at all. Scar was no idea about this, was caught in Ed's deception, mistook it for a regular steel automail, and scar failed to destroy it. So the fight you're talking about is not that Ed changed the constituent elements of Automail into alchemy. Ed reached out his automail that wasn't made of steel to Scar to induce an attack. And the fight you mentioned about tampering with the auto-mail components was when you fought with Pride in episode 48. At that time, Ed didn't replace the North automail, but he used it all the way because it was very light than normal, and it was filled with lot of carbon, so he could manipulate the carbon like a Grid's sheild and manipulate the intensity at will. (Pride : " Are you mimicking grid? " ) In other words, in this case is also, Ed didn't change the composition of the auto-mail to anything else. He just increases the automail's intensity. This was possible because this North automail was full of carbon. Not possible if he use regular automail. This means that Scar can destroy it at any time if he knows what the material is composed of. This way is doesn't work for Scar as a result. It's just that Ed knocked it down in a surprise attack without giving time to analyze it in the third fight. Of course, Ed act some kind of transmutate action when Ed defend Scar's attack in that scene, so it didn't just block it just only with his hands, but it also involved some transmutation that mitigated the impact. maybe..? But it's not the transmutation that changed the components of the auto-mail.
@@kmsg816 No, I'm confident that's what he did here. The scene shows Ed clapping his hands right before the clash, and the lightning reaction indicates both Ed and Scar used alchemy. If all Ed did was guess correctly, he wouldn't need to transmute for that.
25:17 Scar's alchemy attacks work by stopping at the deconstruction stage, causing what he touches to explosively tear apart. However, he still has to perform the first step of construction, determining the nature of what he is partially transmuting. Ed took a gamble on whether he was targeting his real arm or his automail arm, and performed the reconstruction phase, saving his arm, but had he guessed wrong, things could have gone terribly wrong.
I love Gluttony, he has the innocence of a child and I really feel like he doesn't comprehend why he was created and what he is in the world. He's a toddler being manipulated. Its just a sad existence. I pitty him.
@@Raysa1208 nah, he's not being manipulated, he's being aimed. If left to his own devices, he will eat everything and everyone. He doesn't care why other people want him to eat people, but he wants to eat people all on his own.
Try not to take all the episode titles quite so literally. True, Mustang is called a fool and the title could apply to him, however Ed and Al are putting themselves at risk with the hope of drawing out the homunculi just like Kenny explained about leaving a hanging pawn in chess to lure your opponent into a trap. So the episode title could apply to them as well.
i really love how you guys can just straight up guess something perfectly right that wont happen for ages in the show and then be so far off the mark for other points
Just a suggestion, might be a good idea to put on the captions going forward so you don't miss key story details. I've noticed you guys seem to talk over important dialog that explicitly answer your questions, like how Havoc literally explains that he can't get automail legs because the nerves in his back were fused and can't be used as attachment points for automail. FMA Brotherhood is a VERY tightly written show; there are basically no loose ends in the writing which is why its pretty important to pay attention to the dialog so you don't get lost or miss key things.
8:20 Automail requires functional nerves, hence that whole painful reattachment Ed goes through when Winry fixed his arm a while back. Since Jean is paralyzed, the nerves wouldn't work, so even if he had Automail, he couldn't move those legs either.
even in the cases of paralysis the nerves are still intact, jean said the nerves were merely severed, if they can attach automail to the nerves in a body(impossible in real life) than they should be able to create some type of automail brace on his spine that allows for a semi functional method of walking for him
From what I remember, automail works by reading the signals the brain sends to the limbs (that are no longer there) Like how my uncle could still "feel" his foot after it was amputated. The automail can interpret the signals and move accordingly. Havoc can't get automail bc he's paralyzed. His spine/brain no longer have a connection to his legs
9:51 you might've missed it but they mentioned that they can't give him automail, since automail requires a connection to your nerves, and his nerves are severed in his spine.
Automail isn't a cure-all, it's a risky surgery involving purely mechanical prosthetics that work in conjunction with nerves (since there are no electronics to simulate body signals). Havoc explained the damage is to his spine not his actual legs, and the nerves are totally severed. But even if the damage were to his legs, it would be risky. He would have to amputate both legs and be okay with all the complications that could arise both during the procedure and in his life afterward (just as Ed has pain and trouble with his stumps along with the strain of having to carry metal on his body at all times), plus he would still need years of physical therapy to properly and safely adjust, just as Ed was told back in episode 2.
Literal years, heck with his limbs they literally told him he'd need a minimum of 3 years to recover and rehabilitate and Ed being as stubborn as he is told them he'd only need one year
9:54 You missed it but they said they couldn't use automail because the nerves themselves were severed. Which the automail needs to be connected to in order to work. It can replace lost limbs. But not the spine
Another note for this one, Roy REALLY doesn't abandon people. Back in Ishval, State Alchemists were assigned regular soldiers for protection, but most State Alchemists blew past them and focused on the destruction. Roy was pretty much the only one that cared for his soldiers and protected them.
25:40 Scars Ability is dissensemblement, but he needs to know what hes splitting. He cant split Flesh whit Iron Splitting, and Iron whit Flesh Splitting. Also, you saw nothing so fare, this Show will get hella intense soon.
Monster, a story about a neurosurgeon out to kill his former patient. Just do it, please give this a try. Remember that current hype and popularity doesn't always mean quality, So don't shy away from this masterpiece just because of the less views you're going to get from it.
It's a short one, but especially cause y'all is a phycology major, I recommend Neon Genesis Evangelion. It's one of the most phycological thrillers ever. Insanely deep and complex story.
Hm, I see a major difference between Ed and Al being kept in the dark about Hughes and Winery not knowing how her parents died. Ed and Al literally didn't even know that Hughes was dead. And they were deliberately mislead and lied to by two different people. Not only is a lie like that not sustainable in the long term, but the only real benefit it has is delaying the amount of time before they have to feel that grief, which will now be compounded by the betrayal and anger towards the people who kept the truth from them. Winery, on the other hand, knows that her parents died while helping people during the civil war. She just doesn't know the specifics of how they died. And at this point all Ed and Al can offer her is conjecture. Conjecture that has the potential to create unnecessary angst since then she would have to live knowing that her parents' killer is currently roaming the streets in the city she's residing in and actively hunting down more people she loves. I can understand why Ed and Al would want to at least confirm their theory before telling her, if not detain him first so she doesn't have to deal with the added stress of their current situation. She can still get closure by knowing who killed her parents without having to live in fear of history repeating itself if they don't tell her right now. You know?
For your edification: Automail works by attaching the mechanical working to the nerve endings. Havoc said his nerves were severed, so automail isn't an option
Last Exile is an anime that has a thing about using chess terminology for all its episode titles. IDK if it'd make good reaction content, but a fun bit of trivia for you, Kenny. Also, if you haven't seen the full version of the Age of Empires 2 intro, you'd probably enjoy looking that up.
to clarify, the arm was worth the BINDING of Al's soul to the armor. Also, the human body has to be worthy of something, considering a soul can't exist without one unless bound to an object.
Well the Winry & Scar situation is wayyyy different than the Hughes one. They where kept in the dark that he was dead, Winry knows her parents are dead just not how. I think it wouldn't do any good to tell her, at this point it would just be ripping open an old wound for what exactly? What could Winry do knowing Scar killed her parents like what, 7, 10, years ago? I'm just saying, it was wrong to lie about Hughes to Ed & Al, but I don't think the same is true for Winry about Scar.
Actually in this episode there are 3 pair of fools advancing towards their goals Ed's, Mustang's, Ling's they all r being too reckless to achieve their goal
i am so here with you both on that journey, FMAB is my fav anime of all time i even have the circle of mustang as a tattoo and one other circle will come later but i can't say whos that would be a spoiler^^ i love your discussion breaks btw, knowing everything that will happen makes me giggle when you are close or far away with your predictions ^^
Damn did you just call me a loaf of bread?! Leave my rolls alone!! LOL i want to use certain words but RUclips is one of those words and will probably ban me or whatever.
Don’t you just ‘love’ when they talk over the episode at the exact moment when the video is answering the question they are asking. Don’t get me wrong, I can’t blame you for talking during the episode, it’s what a reaction is, but you have to remember to listen when you’re talking.
Never have i seen anyone say Ling got himself arrested in purpose. Dude was just hungry, anime protagonists usually have that trope. Glad Ed eating was attributed to him nuritioning Al
Manga note for this episode: Lust didn't actually do too much to Marcoh at the time. She threatened him and a little girl that had come by his house, but she left him there for the time being. However, after Lust's death, Envy and Gluttony were sent to collect him. Envy was disguised as Breda, the person Mustang had just sent to go find him, but as soon as Marcoh saw Gluttony, he tried to slam the door on them. So Marcoh was only recently captured following Lust's death. (Also the trip depressed Gluttony, because he could smell Lust in Marcoh's house)
Havoc can't get automail cuz it's an internal injury to his nerves. Automail needs the nerves intact and undamaged, hence why its used for severed limbs. They can't exactly replace his spine with automail.
I love ling yao because he is like the 300th son of an emperor is far down the line and might not inherit the throne and of course his loyal guardian whom swore her fealty to him and how ling Yao has affections for his people as a true ruler should their subject should be like their children you fear for their safety and want them to prosper
That's a normal Tree graphic tee Kenny has on right? If not, ain't it a little too early for Xmas wear? I just thought it looked like a Xmas tree tee, that's all.
Keep commenting: “plz react to ep27, some people say its filler or recap, but its important to the message of the show Ling did not get arrested on purpose, that was a theory you madeup
The whole ki thing is weird. First they say Al doesn't emit any, meaning it's not just about souls, and yet both Gluttony and Envy are described as having a "multiplicity," as well as some things Mai says later. In short, I personally have no idea
There are informations you wish you didn’t know because it made you forgive people you hate or tolerate something you completely rejected before OR it made you loose some of the admiration you had towards someone or something and made you question yourself, how you lived your life so far and the world you thought you lived in
I suggest if you like Chess for you both to react to The Queens Gambit it's an fantastic shorter series with phenomal acting that you can watch without even understanding Chess. I also think Montana would love the Pyschology Aspect of that Show
Episodes 21, 22, 23, 24, & 25 posted to Patreon!
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Hey question. I've been thinking about signing up for the patreon to see and keep caught up with you guys! Before I did I wanted to make sure because the wording seemed a bit off on the patreon. Do I need to pay $5 or $10 to see the early reactions?
“I’ve got your soul, brother!” definitely one of the best lines in the series 😂😂😂
Now say it in a hulk hogan voice.
I agree
I really like that even though Roy is Hawkeye's superior, the way they treat each other makes them seem like equals. Hawkeye isn't afraid to tell Roy when she thinks he made a mistake and Roy always listens to her criticism, and they also comfort each other in their own way when needed.
Well it seems like to them the rank is a formality. It seems to be just a biproduct of their duties. They have more of a real relationship.
Kind of like how Picard always listened to his senior officers.
thats when you know the ship is real
Spoiler
She points a gun, disobeys his orders, and starts lecturing him at some point lol
"The nerves in my lower spine are completely severed, and they can't make those outta steel" -Jean Havok in this episode explaining why he can't get automail. It was at 9:50
severed doesn't mean gone, if they can attach metal to the literal nerves in an arm then they would be able to connect the individual nerves to automail
@@houseofaction I'm telling you within the logic of the show they outright say that replacing his legs with automail won't do anything
@@houseofaction he's nerves ain't working anymore. If the show tells us automail won't work, it won't work no matter how much we use our logic.
Allow me to throw in some real prosthetic knowledge I have. Modern prosthetic arms function by identifying the nerves that are supposed to control the hand, fingers, etc, and surgically moving them to points close to the surface of the skin. Then, they attach electrodes to those points and use them to read what the body wants. Throw in some fancy circuits and a lot of physical therapy, and the prosthetic arm can move almost however the user wants. I think it's safe to assume that automail works in a similar way, considering that adjustments of Edward's arm can cause him pain.
Here's Havoc's issue. For this technique to work, you need to be able to find the right nerves to make it function. In hand replacements, this is done on the shoulder, where the nerves can be easily accessed and moved. But Havoc's injury is not in a convenient location. It is in his spine. The nerves required to ensure functional leg movement are all tangled up with every single nerve that travels through the spine to the lower body. It is a near impossible task to determine which nerves are the right ones, and which are useless for automail use.
A modern doctor could spend a lifetime trying to identify each severed nerve, and that's with access to MRI technology. It's doubtful that Amestris has anything capable of looking through bone (or even X-rays, for that matter. Nuclear science doesn't seem to exist yet in this setting). To give him automail, they would have to attach wires to every single nerve ending (the surgery alone would outlast any anaesthetic they could give him) and then test each of them individually, building his automail around that. And rehabilitation would take years on top of that. Even if it were possible, it would likely leave Havoc in near constant pain, like his entire lower body was burning.
It would be much more humane and safe to just give him a wheelchair and a veteran's pension. Nothing short of a miracle could fix that.
The joke of Al having to pull Edward's soul back into his body is one of my favorite jokes in the whole series, taking what happened in episode 2 and basically making a gag out of it was the icing on an already funny scene
I love that Roy had so much fun doing the voices to trick officers, I can't blame him.
Havoc can’t get auto mail because the nerves for his legs are severed, hence he can’t feel them
This was said, but they were talking over it. Really annoying too, since they're not the only people who miss that detail, and spend the rest of the show thinking they just "forgot" about auto-mail
@@stardmg that’s my main issue with their reactions, i think they have great analysis and predictions! but constantly talking over it (without subtitles at least) feels like they’re just asking to miss details
@@sopheep which sucks cause they kinda have to because of RUclips’s guidelines
I mean if I have everything correct, isn’t it specific nerves in his spine? It’s not like every nerve in his legs were obliterated. Even if they were all gone, all this magical piece of advanced technology would need to be is similar to what War Machine had when he got paralyzed. If he had something to receive signals from the spine attached to some leg braces, they could move his legs for him could they not? (Probably not as effective as normal if we’re being realistic, but this is an anime and since when were animes known for realism)
thats not actually biologically correct, the nerves are intact, just the spine was damaged which inhibit transfer of synapses in theory they could replace the part of his spine damaged
It’s all explained in Episode 2.
“I am one, I am all, and I am also *you*”
"My family owns a grocery store"
That's one hell of an understatement if you ask me
Something that a LOT of people forget/don’t know: The Fool traditionally doesn’t mean someone dumb or stupid. The Fool in stuff like Tarot represents ignorance, clarity, and freedom. The Fool knows nothing, and sets out on a journey to learn everything. They are naive, innocent, and likely unwise.
Here, I think the title could be interpreted as more of a positive thing: The Advance of The Adventure.
Or just a classic Jester.
Or, a level of abstraction further, Advancing the Plot
Basically the S1-3 Eren, lol. 😂
The Baka
@@Sunaki1000 Yeah, this is more what I've always thought of. The Court Jesters acted dumb, and learned a hell of a lot in the process.
This fits Mustang quite well. He acts like an ill-witted womanizer who cares little about his role, but he learns a hell of a lot by doing so.
Bradly moves like he's got ODM gear on and my mans in trousers. BUILT DIFFERENT, literally.
Bradley is truly terrifying in this episode.
agreed, his speed is SCARY
I mean he is always terrifying
*Laughs in episode 57*
@@fordfordii8469 yes, this
@@LettsReact Wrath's top speed is "yes".
Ed never traded for Al's soul, he traded his arm for the ability to bind it to the armour. Al's soul was already there, in the failed body.
As for Scar, they haven't confirmed that he was the one who killed the Rockbells (Ed says "that's the way it looks"). I imagine they don't want to cause Winry that kind of pain and then find out they were wrong.
15:15 just for some clarification, Ling didn't purposely get himself arrested. He passes out easily due to hunger and the military arrested him after finding out he came into the country without a record/illegally.
Great catch on you discovering that the state alchemist program is just a facade for the homunculus to find remarkable alchemists that can used as potential sacrifices, thats why they were so mad when Scar appeared and started hunting them.
Guys Havoc can't get an automail because the nerves is disconnected from the spine itself. They can't replace spine with steel lmao
Yeah. His real legs are in perfect working order, but since they're below the waist, they are useless
i disagree, they connect automail to his brain stem and put it over his spine but it would probibily be a risky thing
@@houseofaction it does not work this way, the nerves in the spinal cord are severed, so they need to replace the nerves themselves for it to work or reconnect the nerves precisely, we cannot do it currently, why would they be able to do it? At least without the philosopher's stone. With Ed they just connect the existing nerves from his shoulder that were supposed to manipulate arm in the first place.
Havoc lives in the wrong era, he's still like in 1912. They don't have those spine augmentation til Cyberpunk 2077.
@@soulscyther666 They can already connect nerves to metal in this era. All they need to do is connect the severed nerves by bridging it through whatever part they use for automail.
25:34 I don't know if anyone else has already explained it, but in the case of the scene that nullified Scar's attack, Ed was hit in the head by debris and lost his balance, and he had no choice but to defend himself when it became impossible to avoid the ensuing attack. So Ed need to reach out for defend Scar's attack, but at this time, he was troubled about the 50% chance about whether to reach out his left normal arm or his right automail arm. If he fail to defend by use his automail arm, it will only break his automail arm, but if he chose to defend with his left arm and failed to 50% gamble, it would lead to immediately death. So Ed choose use his right arm. And his 50% gambling was success.
Scar's destructive transmutation, it doesn't destroy it just by touching it. For example, if he tries to destroy steel, he has to calculate the steel decomposition formula in his head. So if he trying to destroy human bodies(Likewise, stone, wood, water, copper, coal, everything has a different decomposition formula) with a disintegration formula that destroys steel, it doesn't work. In the case of this scene, Scar intended to break down the Ed's body and Ed held out his steel arm and invalidated it. But in that situation, Ed didn't know what Scar was thinking, so he had to 50% gambleling. That why he said "lucky~"
To be honest, i would have gone for the automail. You'd have to be insane to Risk your life over your arm.
Even if he loses the gamble its "only" an Arm which can be repaired. So it was pretty obvious that Ed would risk his automail.
I guess Scar got greedy and went straight for the kill for that reason
And that we can be inferred from this, even if it's the same stone, there's a difference in composition between granite and marble, and if they apply the granite destruction formula to marble, maybe the marble isn't destroyed properly or only partially. Perhaps the marble will be destroyed in a limited way only for the matching components shared as the stone. (It's impossible to understand 100% of the composition of things, but if Scar succeeds in understanding 90% of the computation and breaks it down, it might go beyond the level of fragmentation and break it down like dust. If he understand 100%, he may break it down into atoms haha. um....maybe...? )
And not all alchemists, including Scar, had the ability to understand matter by touching it. If they cover their eyes and rely on tactile and destroy things without providing any information, it will involve multiple trials and errors.
That means that Scar memorizes all the different components of everything in order to break down the various materials and objects in detail and completely. He hates alchemy, but he has a very high understanding of it.
I'm late to the game here, but this moment was explained in the Manga. Ed canceled Scar's attack by changing the elemental composition of his automail. That caused Scar's alchemy to rebound just like it did the first time they fought.
@@marcmooney1242 Well, that's weird, I know that's a way that Ed has never used at this point in time(ep21). The way you're talking about it, was fighting the Grid in the past started by weakening his shield's carbon composition of the Grid and incapacitaing it. But I know that the way Ed manipulates the components of the automail is from episode 48 later on. Not now. He choosing between a regular arm and a steel arm. The battle with Scar, in which he changed the constituent elements of the automail to nullify Scar's attack, was not this remake version, but a scene from the 2003 Old version, maybe you're confused with this, aren't you?
ruclips.net/video/vf_4bKj98fY/видео.html
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In the remake, Ed fights Scar three times in total. And Ed wins the final battle, Ed is equipped with a new type of auto-mail that can working even in bad weather, and that auto-mail doesn't use steel at all.
Scar was no idea about this, was caught in Ed's deception, mistook it for a regular steel automail, and scar failed to destroy it. So the fight you're talking about is not that Ed changed the constituent elements of Automail into alchemy. Ed reached out his automail that wasn't made of steel to Scar to induce an attack.
And the fight you mentioned about tampering with the auto-mail components was when you fought with Pride in episode 48. At that time, Ed didn't replace the North automail, but he used it all the way because it was very light than normal, and it was filled with lot of carbon, so he could manipulate the carbon like a Grid's sheild and manipulate the intensity at will. (Pride : " Are you mimicking grid? " )
In other words, in this case is also, Ed didn't change the composition of the auto-mail to anything else. He just increases the automail's intensity. This was possible because this North automail was full of carbon. Not possible if he use regular automail.
This means that Scar can destroy it at any time if he knows what the material is composed of. This way is doesn't work for Scar as a result. It's just that Ed knocked it down in a surprise attack without giving time to analyze it in the third fight.
Of course, Ed act some kind of transmutate action when Ed defend Scar's attack in that scene, so it didn't just block it just only with his hands, but it also involved some transmutation that mitigated the impact. maybe..? But it's not the transmutation that changed the components of the auto-mail.
@@kmsg816 No, I'm confident that's what he did here. The scene shows Ed clapping his hands right before the clash, and the lightning reaction indicates both Ed and Scar used alchemy. If all Ed did was guess correctly, he wouldn't need to transmute for that.
Al is the superior alchemist here. He was able to save Ed's soul and attach it back to his body without a sacrifice
25:17 Scar's alchemy attacks work by stopping at the deconstruction stage, causing what he touches to explosively tear apart. However, he still has to perform the first step of construction, determining the nature of what he is partially transmuting. Ed took a gamble on whether he was targeting his real arm or his automail arm, and performed the reconstruction phase, saving his arm, but had he guessed wrong, things could have gone terribly wrong.
I'm the only one who thinks that Glutonny crying because Lust is death is actually sweet?
I love Gluttony, he has the innocence of a child and I really feel like he doesn't comprehend why he was created and what he is in the world. He's a toddler being manipulated. Its just a sad existence. I pitty him.
@@Raysa1208 nah, he's not being manipulated, he's being aimed. If left to his own devices, he will eat everything and everyone. He doesn't care why other people want him to eat people, but he wants to eat people all on his own.
25:38 Scar tried to send a wave of destruction up his arm, so he reconstructed it as it was happening and stopped the wave from moving past his hand.
26:15 I always love these early little glimpses into Wrath, when the facade slips just enough that you get an inkling of how dangerous he truly is.
Try not to take all the episode titles quite so literally. True, Mustang is called a fool and the title could apply to him, however Ed and Al are putting themselves at risk with the hope of drawing out the homunculi just like Kenny explained about leaving a hanging pawn in chess to lure your opponent into a trap. So the episode title could apply to them as well.
i really love how you guys can just straight up guess something perfectly right that wont happen for ages in the show and then be so far off the mark for other points
21:08 this is actually a great way of thinking about it. Thanks
Just a suggestion, might be a good idea to put on the captions going forward so you don't miss key story details. I've noticed you guys seem to talk over important dialog that explicitly answer your questions, like how Havoc literally explains that he can't get automail legs because the nerves in his back were fused and can't be used as attachment points for automail. FMA Brotherhood is a VERY tightly written show; there are basically no loose ends in the writing which is why its pretty important to pay attention to the dialog so you don't get lost or miss key things.
Good thing is whenever we miss anything of note I notice it in editing and tell Montana 👍🏻
8:20 Automail requires functional nerves, hence that whole painful reattachment Ed goes through when Winry fixed his arm a while back. Since Jean is paralyzed, the nerves wouldn't work, so even if he had Automail, he couldn't move those legs either.
even in the cases of paralysis the nerves are still intact, jean said the nerves were merely severed, if they can attach automail to the nerves in a body(impossible in real life) than they should be able to create some type of automail brace on his spine that allows for a semi functional method of walking for him
From what I remember, automail works by reading the signals the brain sends to the limbs (that are no longer there)
Like how my uncle could still "feel" his foot after it was amputated.
The automail can interpret the signals and move accordingly.
Havoc can't get automail bc he's paralyzed. His spine/brain no longer have a connection to his legs
Bradley is different from the other Homunculus, he is militarily trained as a supersoldier. so he is much stronger in terms of combat and strategy.
LOL try to pause as soon as it hits 1min in and look at their faces 😆
4:07 the flies flying around Al lmfaoooo. This was one of the FUNNIEST scenes to me 🤣
9:51 you might've missed it but they mentioned that they can't give him automail, since automail requires a connection to your nerves, and his nerves are severed in his spine.
And so begins my favorite run of FMA Brotherhood episodes.
Ed exchanged his arm to bond Al's soul to the armour
3:24 yeah, they started calling the Gate the Portal for no reason
Alternate Episode Title: It's About to Go Down.
Automail isn't a cure-all, it's a risky surgery involving purely mechanical prosthetics that work in conjunction with nerves (since there are no electronics to simulate body signals). Havoc explained the damage is to his spine not his actual legs, and the nerves are totally severed. But even if the damage were to his legs, it would be risky. He would have to amputate both legs and be okay with all the complications that could arise both during the procedure and in his life afterward (just as Ed has pain and trouble with his stumps along with the strain of having to carry metal on his body at all times), plus he would still need years of physical therapy to properly and safely adjust, just as Ed was told back in episode 2.
Literal years, heck with his limbs they literally told him he'd need a minimum of 3 years to recover and rehabilitate and Ed being as stubborn as he is told them he'd only need one year
11:33 Remember "All is One and One is All."
Al is the strongest alchemist. Didn't even need to sacrifice anything to bring his brother's soul back.
I LOVE listening to y'all's theories! You have so many interesting ideas that I've never heard someone share at this point in the story!
9:54
You missed it but they said they couldn't use automail because the nerves themselves were severed. Which the automail needs to be connected to in order to work.
It can replace lost limbs. But not the spine
Another note for this one, Roy REALLY doesn't abandon people. Back in Ishval, State Alchemists were assigned regular soldiers for protection, but most State Alchemists blew past them and focused on the destruction. Roy was pretty much the only one that cared for his soldiers and protected them.
25:40 Scars Ability is dissensemblement, but he needs to know what hes splitting. He cant split Flesh whit Iron Splitting, and Iron whit Flesh Splitting.
Also, you saw nothing so fare, this Show will get hella intense soon.
I really love this content! Most reactions fee surface-level. However, I love how y’all broke the material down, had theories, and made predictions!
Which anime should we watch after FMAB? COMMENT BELOW!
Currently only considering Death Note, but open to suggestions!
Jojo's bizarre adventures!!!
Monster, a story about a neurosurgeon out to kill his former patient. Just do it, please give this a try. Remember that current hype and popularity doesn't always mean quality, So don't shy away from this masterpiece just because of the less views you're going to get from it.
It's a short one, but especially cause y'all is a phycology major, I recommend Neon Genesis Evangelion. It's one of the most phycological thrillers ever. Insanely deep and complex story.
Neon Genesis Evangelion
@@marcelinoquintana5149 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I just put the name down.
CHIMERA FIGHT NIGHT, IN THIS CORNER, ALLIGATOR ED, IN THE OPPOSITE CORNER, FIVE TIME CHAMPION, TYRANNOSAURUS ROY, PLACE YOUR BETS HERE!!
Only 5 more episodes till we reach a certain episode.
I like how this shows that while Havoc isn't the smartest, Mustang completely trusts him and considers him a valuable member of the team
The quickness she had when she hit him at 16:19 always makes me laugh lool
I love it that you guys inform people that it’s discussion time
Kenney is going a little bananas with the theories XD
not emotionally prepared for the winry scene coming up
Man, next episode is gonna HURT
Don't overthink it. He traded his right arm for his right hand man. It's funny if you're truth. You don't get the body, but have the soul, kid.
Next episode marks the beginning of Scar's redemption arc
Ed sleeps a lot and Eats a ton too. So yes it is a good theory of Ed's. He is a genius on top of seeing the "TRUTH".
Hm, I see a major difference between Ed and Al being kept in the dark about Hughes and Winery not knowing how her parents died. Ed and Al literally didn't even know that Hughes was dead. And they were deliberately mislead and lied to by two different people. Not only is a lie like that not sustainable in the long term, but the only real benefit it has is delaying the amount of time before they have to feel that grief, which will now be compounded by the betrayal and anger towards the people who kept the truth from them. Winery, on the other hand, knows that her parents died while helping people during the civil war. She just doesn't know the specifics of how they died. And at this point all Ed and Al can offer her is conjecture. Conjecture that has the potential to create unnecessary angst since then she would have to live knowing that her parents' killer is currently roaming the streets in the city she's residing in and actively hunting down more people she loves. I can understand why Ed and Al would want to at least confirm their theory before telling her, if not detain him first so she doesn't have to deal with the added stress of their current situation. She can still get closure by knowing who killed her parents without having to live in fear of history repeating itself if they don't tell her right now. You know?
dr tim marcoh shows the stone , she proceed and says '' a juice'' lauphed so hard
For your edification: Automail works by attaching the mechanical working to the nerve endings. Havoc said his nerves were severed, so automail isn't an option
Last Exile is an anime that has a thing about using chess terminology for all its episode titles.
IDK if it'd make good reaction content, but a fun bit of trivia for you, Kenny. Also, if you haven't seen the full version of the Age of Empires 2 intro, you'd probably enjoy looking that up.
Every person is a loaf of bread.
- Montana 2022
There's Three fools advancing to their goals in this episode
(At 24:44) I can't help but feel like Edward, due to his experience, is going to "unintentionally" screw this up.
14:15
Alright that edit was outta pocket xD
a new goal for myself is to have the amount of confidence Kenny has when talking about chess camp
Lol the look Kenny and Montana gave each other at 2:23
I mean come on it's ROY MUSTANG
to clarify, the arm was worth the BINDING of Al's soul to the armor. Also, the human body has to be worthy of something, considering a soul can't exist without one unless bound to an object.
This is officially a third if the way into the series and im still ready for alot of specific episodes
Ling's eyes open :)
Well the Winry & Scar situation is wayyyy different than the Hughes one. They where kept in the dark that he was dead, Winry knows her parents are dead just not how. I think it wouldn't do any good to tell her, at this point it would just be ripping open an old wound for what exactly? What could Winry do knowing Scar killed her parents like what, 7, 10, years ago?
I'm just saying, it was wrong to lie about Hughes to Ed & Al, but I don't think the same is true for Winry about Scar.
Completely agree
Bradley is the most badass character in this show.
Not sure if this was explained, but they randomly started translating the same thing that they were calling Gate until now to Portal.
Because reasons.
14:18 perfect, chef's kiss
Actually in this episode there are 3 pair of fools advancing towards their goals
Ed's, Mustang's, Ling's
they all r being too reckless to achieve their goal
i am so here with you both on that journey, FMAB is my fav anime of all time
i even have the circle of mustang as a tattoo and one other circle will come later but i can't say whos that would be a spoiler^^
i love your discussion breaks btw, knowing everything that will happen makes me giggle when you are close or far away with your predictions ^^
Damn did you just call me a loaf of bread?! Leave my rolls alone!! LOL i want to use certain words but RUclips is one of those words and will probably ban me or whatever.
Automail has to be connected to nerves. Havoc was injured in the spine severing the nerves so automail wouldn't work.
Don’t you just ‘love’ when they talk over the episode at the exact moment when the video is answering the question they are asking.
Don’t get me wrong, I can’t blame you for talking during the episode, it’s what a reaction is, but you have to remember to listen when you’re talking.
This all being said I do love Kenny’s ‘genius’ moments as the are almost always on point
the jean kerstine came out of jean havoc this ep lol
Never have i seen anyone say Ling got himself arrested in purpose. Dude was just hungry, anime protagonists usually have that trope. Glad Ed eating was attributed to him nuritioning Al
Manga note for this episode:
Lust didn't actually do too much to Marcoh at the time. She threatened him and a little girl that had come by his house, but she left him there for the time being.
However, after Lust's death, Envy and Gluttony were sent to collect him. Envy was disguised as Breda, the person Mustang had just sent to go find him, but as soon as Marcoh saw Gluttony, he tried to slam the door on them. So Marcoh was only recently captured following Lust's death. (Also the trip depressed Gluttony, because he could smell Lust in Marcoh's house)
Havoc can't get automail cuz it's an internal injury to his nerves. Automail needs the nerves intact and undamaged, hence why its used for severed limbs. They can't exactly replace his spine with automail.
I can't wait so see your reaction on the 26th episode on "the scene."
The mechanical legst would still have to be connected to working spinal nerves and, well... those are not accessible anymore...
I love ling yao because he is like the 300th son of an emperor is far down the line and might not inherit the throne and of course his loyal guardian whom swore her fealty to him and how ling Yao has affections for his people as a true ruler should their subject should be like their children you fear for their safety and want them to prosper
20:00 just begs the question why aren’t all alchemists construction workers.
2:25 you talk about Stranger Things and two seconds later Ed turns into a Demogorgon...
Chess is cool, at my office, we got several people into chess at it's height we had several people playing chess with spectating involved.
That's a normal Tree graphic tee Kenny has on right? If not, ain't it a little too early for Xmas wear? I just thought it looked like a Xmas tree tee, that's all.
Keep commenting: “plz react to ep27, some people say its filler or recap, but its important to the message of the show
Ling did not get arrested on purpose, that was a theory you madeup
The whole ki thing is weird. First they say Al doesn't emit any, meaning it's not just about souls, and yet both Gluttony and Envy are described as having a "multiplicity," as well as some things Mai says later. In short, I personally have no idea
I love this arc so much
There are informations you wish you didn’t know because it made you forgive people you hate or tolerate something you completely rejected before OR it made you loose some of the admiration you had towards someone or something and made you question yourself, how you lived your life so far and the world you thought you lived in
chess IS cool Kenny! Never be ashamed of what you enjoy!
Kenny went to chess camp!
They talk about An Automail is no option because his nerves are cut.
You why don't they use an automail?
They asnwered a few seconds ago
Since you like chess so much, maybe you two could watch a Shogi anime? Can’t think of an actual Chess anime
Just getting better for now on~
I suggest if you like Chess for you both to react to The Queens Gambit it's an fantastic shorter series with phenomal acting that you can watch without even understanding Chess.
I also think Montana would love the Pyschology Aspect of that Show
Some people don't want they're numb legs cut off and replaced with fake ones dude come on think about it