Fullmetal Alchemist Chapter 108 Discussion

Tetradact said:
I'll try to answer your questions

belatkuro said:


But I'm getting confused with the details of this ending though.

How did Ed punch a hole in Father's chest with just his fist?

Was Father just absorbed by the Truth?

How did Hohenheim die, did his stone run out?

If Ed can return from beyond the white space or whatever it's called, why did Mustang say he couldn't do it?

And where did the back door come from?





That is an excellent answer. You are not Arakawa sensei in disguise, aren't you? xD

1. Ed can punch a hole in Father's chest because his body has been pushed to the limit by the God that resides within him. With Greed rebelling against him, turning his legs in to charcoal, this takes up even more of whatever that is left of his Philosopher's Stone. This all took a toll on body, making it extremely fragile. Some suspension of belief is required here.



2. Father was sent back into the Gates of Truth. The Truth guy said that he will be in despair for eternity. Other than that, there is no further elaboration.



3. Hohenheim died because his stone ran out. He already offered it to Ed in order to get Alphonse back saying that it has power for one last human transmutation. Suffice to say that the Stone has nearly been depleted. Taking into consideration the time it took him to travel from Central back to Resembool, the Stone most likely would have been depleted shortly after he visits Trisha's grave.



4. Ed and Al's doors are connected together since they were both sucked into the Truth at the same time. It was stated in the earlier chapters that during the first trip to the Truth, they got a "bit" of each swapped between them, hence Ed being short. Ed can afford to sacrifice his Gate Of Truth for Al because as both of their Gates are connected, he can just exit from the Truth using Al's Gate. Mustang couldn't do that since if he sacrificed his gate for his eyes, he would be stuck in limbo forever without an exit.



That explanation is well done. You are not Arakawa sensei in disguise, aren't you? xD

alexcampos said:


I will miss FMA very much, the end was great, the epilogue could've been better but for me I enjoyed the journey as much as I did the destination.



^I feel the same. When I first read ch 107, I was blown away at the part when Al used alkahestry to exchange his soul for Ed's arm. I thought that was very fitting and epic.



So upon reading 108, it did feel more like just tying loose ends together. But I enjoyed it nevertheless, I still wished some parts could have been fleshed out more (such as Royai) and even though I did expect the AlxMei pairing...it could have been done better? D: I'll still miss FMA though...since it was one of the few major mangas I've been faithfully following.

This chapter was awesome.

I loved how Scar said "Why won't you Amestrians let me die?"

Kinda sucks how Ed can't use alchemy anymore.

I can't wait for Arakawa's next work!

Man...no more FMA. At least the ending wasn't totally cliche like I feared it would be. Still good, none the less.

EdxWinry-babies = epic.

My perfect happy ending. :D I'm totally satisfied. XD

smurfdude said:
Feels weird man.



Yeah, but the generally happy ending feels good, man.



*cough*



Ok, ignore my last posts. I mainly had a "oooh look at the pictures" thing.



Now that I've read the full chapter, cleaned and translated...



... I'm not crying, but DAMN do I feel like it! T_____T



The only bad is that Izumi, Roy and Riza needed more screentimepagetime. I mean, such important characters and only 2-3 pages in the final chapter...?



Arakawa, you BETTER make a gaiden/omake/whatever. Or else I'll eat burgers to take my revenge. (...get it? she's a cow... burgers are made out of meat... said meat belongs to cows...)



Still, this is a perfect end for a perfect series.




Al came back!! (I had a fangirl attack- he's so handsome! I always liked him more than Ed, now I have one more reason to do so.)



Greed was awesome in this chapter. I'll miss Greeling, but Ling is just as good.



Aww, Hoho~ Even if it was "shitty excuse for a father", Ed still called you dad! I'm so glad Ed isn't all whinny and stopped crying 2 panels later.



Roy got his vision back! (It must've been hard of him. The end of the world and the world being saved in front of you, and you only being able to listen.)



AWW, HOHO~ Dying with a smile like that in front of Trisha's grave! ;__;



Ed can't use alchemy (D: I'm not happy about that. Instead of "your town's state alchemist", he's "your town's major" now. Unless he got a promotion. Anyway...)



How Ed kind of proposed to Winry (<3 one of the most original ways to propose in all history of animanga and real life.)



ALMEI GLOMP! :D



EDWINAL GLOMP! :D



RIZA WITH JUST A BRA AND HER PANTS ON! :D



Grumman is the Fuhrer. Haha, who would expect it.



"Reborn" Selim is cute...



Al going to the East to learn alkahestry! Woot!



Ed is going to the West to do who-knows-what!



EdWin and AlMei got canon! (well, my fav pairing is Royai :c And I wouldn't've minded LingFan...)



Ling became emperor! (of Xing. Boo, I wanted him to rule the world. Oh well I still love you Ling-Ling.)



Yoki made a circus with the chimeras!



... Seeing Trisha Elric's grave next to Van Hohenheim's grave is just... ;_;



And OH GOD. The last quotes... Perfect. Just perfect.



Hiromu Arakawa-san, I love you.



Bye-bye, FMA... I only learned about you 7 months, started to like you 5,5 months ago and started reading the manga 4 months ago, but I will miss you. *waves tissue*



~ <3

Why does mal say there's 116 chapters?

idc what people say, the manga was WAY better than the anime