Fullmetal Alchemist Chapter 108 Discussion

Omg. I liked the ending. The only think it was missing was a MustangxHawkeye confession, which does make me a bit (very) angry, but still, he got his vision back, so it's not all bad.



What I loved most was the unbelievably awkward confesion from Ed and Winry.



End of a very good series, that I had over a years of great reading out of. Congratulations Arakawa. I'm eagerly anticipating the next work.

I cried.

HARD.

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?



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.

.. so, I never post on the forums.





But, I am going to miss FMA so much.

I seriously cannot believe it's over.

I cried. :(

@kagepaul ^seriously . . We never know what that  woman is upto  :) a fantastic mind :)

Ed got soo tall!! yay for him.



I am really depressed now that my all time favorite manga is over >.<

I feel like my childhood has just ended -_-





but really sweet ending. I was expecting something more..morbid or at least more deaths or limbs missing, but I am glad it was a happy ending.

Wiie lots of pages~ <3



No more Greedling D: Just standard Ling.. Oh well that's fine too~

He.. Imploded? Absorbed himself? O.o



What's up with "I'll give you half my life, so give me half of yours!" anyway? : 3

Anyway, just now, I started liking Ed×Winry~



Why is it so sad that it's over now? D':

Do want more~

Spin-off sequel: Fullmetal Alchemist: Ed/Al's Journey, dooo iiiiit~ xD



Tl;dr I don't know if this was as epic an ending as it was possible, but I can't think of any other way that this could have ended without ruining everything ^^;

So, anyway, 10/10, without a doubt, gods this has been an awesome ride~ : >

Looking forward to Arakawa-sensei's next work~



Edit: Even the heavens are crying that FMA is over! :'D (Well, it's raining~)

Edit2: Arakawa, I'm giving you a mission, make your next manga better than FMA. : 3

A bit generic? Maybe, but after all the things these two brothers and everybody else had to go through, I would actually be dissapointed it things hadn't ended like they did in the end. Beautiful ending in every sense, and special mention to Hohenheim's last words.



The only bad part is the empty feeling it left knowing that such a great work has finally come to an end. Fullmetal Alchemist, you will be missed.