Fullmetal Alchemist Chapter 102 Discussion

sirwence said:


Well  whos to say what will happen by the end we might wind up with everyone with 'normal' bodies again.  Unknown





That's a little too nice and neat for Arakawa, though.  I like the idea of permanent consequences to human transmutation be permanent.  A big, magical reset wouldn't work with this series.  It would be more fitting if they gave up that search for their normal bodies but acquired an experience even greater in the long run.

Although Mustang can be annoying... his punishment is kinda severe..I mean ...eyesight? thats one heck of a pain..and pride humoring about it.noticed how pride is also dying ..i think..his cheeks falling off..and now we know why the truth takes certain parts of peoples bodies.makes sense..Overall an impressive chapter..

Poor Alphonse, though you really couldn't have expected him to get his body back just yet. Mustang going blind was the biggest shocker here. Him being able to use fire without the gloves would be totally bad ass though.

OMFG!!!11!1!1one1!11!1!!!!! ROY!!1!!!!!!!!1111!!11!!!



ArnoldK said:
AriSky said:


What I was really confused about was how Al's soul was talking to his body.  Is his soul split and part of it's still in the body?  Is Truth hanging out in Al's body for these times?  Is there something else entirely inhabiting Al's body while the soul is away?  How the heck did that scene work?



This is second or third-hand information that I can't verify offhand, so take it with a huge grain of salt, but I did read somwhere that Arakawa confirmed when the Al body at the gate talks, it's not actually Al but rather Truth talking in Al's body.  



I'll find a reference if I can.  

It's mentioned before that in the FMA world, a human is made up of three components. The Body, Mind and the Soul. At the moment only the soul is not with Al's body. There is still a mind so I guess it can talk on it's own maybe.

"WHO WILL BE REMEMBERED FOREVER AS THE ONE WHO TOOK MY LIFE?" 1 hell of a badass line from King Bradley.

#64



Don't forget Oda. He is also pushing it to the max.



I don't see the big deal for the after math, if they some how make it out of this, and Roy became the fhurer, he want's to take responsibility for the Massacre of Ishibal, so it will end up with him dead, blind or not. That's if he continue on his own path of Martyrdom

poor sexy roy

1. Why did Roy lose something when he wasn't even the one performing the transmutation?

2. Why would Al reject his body, even if it did mean not being able to fight for a time, when he knows damned right that being able to come back to get it would mean opening the gate again by causing something terrible to happen? (That's what his body meant when saying "Your return will bring nothing but despair and ruin").

3. Is Roy going to rely on Riza to "be his eyes", and let rip that pun the manga so frequently makes reference to? (cause she's a sniper and watching his back, get it?) Hell, is she going to die or somehow sacrifice herself in a way which allows Roy to have her eyes transplanted into his head? Because that would be the ultimate irony, and pure genius. Will that transmutation circle on her back have anything to do with that process?

4. Wouldn't it be ironic that since Roy is aspiring to be the Fuhrer, if he were able to acquire the "all-seeing eye" from Bradley after his defeat? Because that would be made of win, and would obviously solve his eye problem... From the very person he was looking to replace. Unfortunately it would probably mean he would have to become a homunculus, but probably a human one that ages, like Bradley. I'd have no argument with that. It's not like he'd be much different. Besides, that already turned one main character into one, what's one more?

5. Maybe defeating Father would be the key to getting back what everybody's lost so far (although unlikely), allowing us to enjoy a happy ending?



Who knows. Awesome chapter though.