B-BUT THEY ARE BABIES... | Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Episode 4 Reaction

[@GooeySkeleton]

“Alicia: Dude, I want talking animals” I fear you may come to regret those words

[@ShadiC636]

_Cause this ain’t Dr. Dolittle nor Polly the Parrot._

[@NatyaVT]

I was thinking this exact same thing when I started the video. XD

[@grantharriman284]

She did, RAPIDLY

[@shadoweone8295]

Me: "Oh, my sweet summer child."

[@HaydrogenBomb]

I mean, we kinda get that towards the middle of the series

[@mihaimorar2043]

I have never heard anyone say "THAT'S THE MEME THING" in such a terrified manner. Thank you, Alicia.

[@sarafontanini7051]

the horrible realisation...and becuase of memes, of all thngs

[@VirtuousWanderer]

All is right in the world I guess?

[@elimDBZ]

What that's the meme thing mean!?

[@XShrike0]

@@elimDBZ People would indirectly make references to it. Like putting a long wig on their big white dog. This would lead to horrified reactions from people that know and confused reactions by people that didn't.

[@bohdanpyzh2712]

MEMES, THE DNA OF THE SOUL

[@lisboah]

The creator drawed the fate of the deceased characters at the end of the series. Shou Tucker is one of the very few that was sent to Hell. There are other evil characters, but they had something in them that made them worthy of going to Heaven, but not Tucker.

[@TheLangenator]

Correction: She put a little "In memoriam" panel at the end of each volume, showing all the characters that died in that section with halos and wings. Even the villains. The only exception to this is Tucker, who is shown burning in hell.

[@ben-san9677]

Scar: "Please grant these poor, lost souls everlasting peace and salvation." Arakawa: "You meant the dog and the girl, right?" Scar: "Obviously. The alchemist is a monster, not a human."

[@AugustoEL]

@@ben-san9677 Scar: "Even the other alchemist may have a shred of humanity. This thing is an aberration a herecy made flesh."

[@lisboah]

@@AugustoEL Transmuting your own child into a chimera simply to keep your rank? I think that even some of the homunculus would be disgusted at this.

[@Poke-ladd]

I think in the original anime he became a chimera by a certain individual but became even more crazy

[@NotActuallyFullmetal]

There’s a good reason why so many people dread this one. What happens to Nina and Alexander is both terrifying and heartbreaking.

[@Nastyn1nja808]

my girlfriend happened to see that scene as I watched it years ago. it's the only thing she knows about this show. lololol

[@Heiryuu]

The twist reveal in the 2003 FMA series was way crazier. We had several episodes to meet the tuckers and get to know them and get attached. and then wham right out of left field.

[@TDoughter23]

And the Elrics spent much longer living with them.

[@MrHitmancheg]

Honestly, people overexaggerate how traumatic this episode is. It just one episode, it's nowhere near enough for the viewer to actually care about the characters. All that happens is that they introduce shifty looking guy with a dubious past achievement, show the daughter and the dog, and state that he is about to lose his livelihood and status if he doesn't make something impressive. It's so heavily telegraphed, you have to be media-illiterate to not expect something horrible to happen. Not enough time to breathe, to make the audience let their guard down.

[@mavisbeacon6770]

I was scrolling thru channels back in the day and stopped on Adult Swim. I had never seen FMAB before and this was the first episode I ever saw. Needless to say, I did not sleep well that night.

[@mordirit8727]

"God, two human souls have just been returned to you" you know what, I like Scar, he counted the dog as a human soul, big W right there

[@someone2Utoo]

It's a mistranslation, in the manga it was just two souls, no mention of human. Implying Tucker's in hell.

[@johnpaullogan1365]

@@someone2Utoo the last page of the chapter shows him burning in hell in the manga

[@irishdc9523]

​@@johnpaullogan1365 And out of all the characters that die, is the ONLY character in Hell

[@zeehero7280]

Ha! yeah dog lover! Obviously Shou isn't a human soul! 🤣

[@vivian-alexandrarivers897]

As a small response to, "Why didn't he take out Nina first?", imagine you're walking into a room with a man and this strange beast across from him. You know what the man's about, you don't know what the beast is about. You're hear for the man, so why would you take out the docile beast needlessly beforehand?

[@lisboah]

I bet Scar was like "This guy turned his own daughter into this? I killed him too quickly."

[@riastradh]

Because the beast might be able to rock your shit. If you’re here to assassinate a dude, safest option is to pop the guard dog

[@davenaldrich3985]

Last episode we had extreme of religion. This episode we have extreme of science.

[@seanjaymacabales6587]

I think we all know what happens in the next episodes...

[@michajastrzebski4383]

this episode is an example as to why we do have science ethics comissions in real life. Because if we dont, this shit starts happening irl.

[@Londronable]

@@michajastrzebski4383 100% Science would be so much easier if we just ignored all ethics for a moment. It's so incredibly attractive of an idea. But just...no...

[@jdogzerosilverblade299]

@@michajastrzebski4383 whole true it also slows pace for science. any scientist that has heavily crossed that moral line causes an explosion of information in that field. the guy is then killed and all the research is taken and used for personal gain.

[@grantharriman284]

18:56 earlier she mentioned that she has trust issues making her suspicious of characters for no reason, well this is the moment that gave all of us our trust issues. Every moment of Alicia falling in love with Nina and Alexander is just mounting dread as we all know what is about to happen.

[@DracheLehre]

No matter which version, the Shou Tucker incident is any anime watcher’s baptism of tears.

[@Soxmember69]

WHAT’S WORSE is that in the original FMA, you have many more episodes with Nina being alive. You have much more time with her. The impact it had back then cannot be understated.

[@SCP_Void_7274]

And the way she dies in the original is also sooo much more brutal

[@michael_aagaard]

And the Elric brothers also spent way more time with her, as they lived in the same house, instead of visiting (at least that's how it felt to me)

[@We1mann]

Cannot be *overstated.

[@tristanj760]

She also helps deliver Hughes' daughter iirc

[@Naucturna]

Yeah but that one bit sadly doesnt give one a reason to see the OG versus the cannon brotherhood.

[@Vattgh3rn]

Ah the trauma episode welcome to the FMAB fandom You passed initiation

[@roricaplaza]

you know its intense when people who haven't watch FMA still knows of this trauma scene lol

[@firestorm5371]

I totally forgot that it was the 4th episode.

[@ImmaLittlePip]

Oh man you guys should watch episode 6 and 7 of the original anime It hits way harder

[@Vattgh3rn]

@@ImmaLittlePip do not recite the trauma to me i was there when it first aired

[@ImmaLittlePip]

@@Vattgh3rn Same I was a child watching the 2003 anime lol

[@troggdorthesecond]

Fun fact: In the manga, as certain characters die, Arakawa (the author) always draws a short little drawing of their soul ascending to heaven. Shou Tucker however. Was the only one sent to hell. 😂

[@jamesmills5326]

AS HE SHOULD ;-; FUCK'EM

[@elianisthebrave6988]

GOOD!

[@cobbington773]

Alicia: “I want talking animals!” Me: *laughs evilly*

[@11thDC]

me: "very poor choice of words"

[@michajastrzebski4383]

me: "im so, so very sorry for what you are about to see...."

[@Salnax]

Monkey’s Paw ensues

[@sushiroll3795]

Now I'm just imagining Alicia watching Pokémon and constantly giving Brock the side-eye lol. Also, from what I've heard, the FMA Manga apparently has these little after-chapter pages where they show characters who die in heaven, and Shou Tucker is the only character they ever show burning in hell.

[@thehobbyist7275]

Definitely would get the comparison of Brock and Sanji for sure even if Brock is NO WHERE near as down bad for women as Sanji. He gets twitterpated and blushes, but that's a lot more normal in comparison. Vinsmoke's a full tornado and nose bleeds that affected the freaking plot of a particular arc

[@BubbaJubbs9926]

If there's one thing I've learned while watching Alicia it's that she doesn't trust anyone unless they're tiny, a child, or timid.

[@machicommentsection]

She'll totally adore a certain kid we all know about. He's totally a cute little dork.

[@blackheartthedarklord6428]

​@@machicommentsectionyeah, I agree. He's a bit prideful in my point of view

[@Grimbear13]

She's basically Big Mom in One Piece lol

[@BubbaJubbs9926]

@@machicommentsection He's just a bean.

[@redboi8913]

Imagine if she watched the 2003 anime

[@xenoemblem7]

I just love how chat already knows what's coming, and they probably signaling Alicia but knew it was futile 😅

[@chaoscontroller316]

You see how often chat spams the Sweat and OH Fuck emotes at the beginning? They tried to warn her but she had no clue!

[@jamesmills5326]

@@chaoscontroller316 "Bro I want talking animals!" *Chat actively freaking the fuck out in the background*

[@grantharriman284]

Chat is STRESSED

[@bandit_of_trash]

She doesn't watch emotes while she watches so we can spam all we like but she won't see anything coming lol. Watching this live was so much fun.

[@PAT.OS96]

Seeing chat getting stressed was hilarious

[@emamule23]

Tbf her mind was mixed with the dog, so it was not Nina anymore, her thoughts are blended with the dog so I believe her existence was torture for her

[@TheJamieellis]

Yup because even though she's still young, she'd still have some intellect. Whereas the dog was a beast, it has no higher cognitive function like a human. Imagine Having your intellect stolen from you, your mind mired in mental sludge where you struggle to even form sentences... Horrifying

[@prinstyrio0]

@@TheJamieellis Likely why it was such a success this time, the ingredient being a child's mind mixed with a beast, taking an adult who's more developed intellectually to be reduced to less than what they were but still conscious to it probably caused such trauma which was the reason his wife wanted to die. Atleast I like to think so cause Tucker likely DID make a big breakthrough, but goes to show not all positive scientific breakthroughs are good if you have a shred of empathy towards other beings. Sometimes things are better left unturned, even though I hate to admit there's some horrific breakthroughs in our history that has later led into other fields that have been just massively positive medically. Goes to also show life is complex with morality.

[@arlangunadi8674]

It hurt more, because both Nina and the dog loved the dad, so even if their thought was mixed, they still love him and cry when he got killed.

[@johnpaullogan1365]

@@prinstyrio0 i believe tucker specifically said a younger mind was more able to adapt

[@bohdanpyzh2712]

Ah, the trauma only just begun. Buckle up, Alicia, we're in for a looooong journey

[@TheImmortalRin]

Having not gotten to the part in this episode yet, I predict that this will be the worst episode for her

[@Lucas-ky7dc]

Though I think this the most infamous episode. But still, yeah, plenty of trauma.

[@Nastyn1nja808]

muwhahahahahaha

[@quest9905]

Nah, this episode is definitely the peak of FMAB's trauma mountain

[@CrownofMischief]

​@@quest9905​It's the trauma peak, but its anything but a downhill slope after this. We get a few more ridges that approach the top, and one of them has a weather forecast for rain

[@i_think_i_am_lost]

If you have time the 2003 scene of them finding out about Nina is an interesting watch. Its neat to see the similarities and differences.

[@treywilliams1388]

Fun fact in the manga after every death, there’s an illustration of the character going to heaven but tucker is one of the few if the only one who gets an illustration of him going to hell

[@jm329]

Have you read the manga?

[@wildkatarn7141]

There's a meme that shows the Devil welcoming Tucker to hell. DEVIL: Do you know why you're here? TUCKER: Was it because of what I did to my wife, my daughter, or my dog? DEVIL: 📞😶 Um...God...HE'S here.

[@Ks_StayC]

If I remember correctly, in the manga before Ed and Al leave the house, Nina's dad keep talking and Al turns to him and says " Sir, if you don't shut up, i will start punching you" and then proceed to leave the house Also, in the end of each volume, the author always draw a little soul going to heaven every time a character dies, and in that chapter Nina and her Dog goes to heaven

[@johnsantos507]

With her mother. Shou Tucker on the other hand, that filthy parasite is gone in hell alone.

[@JTierney119]

Fun fact the VA for Roy mustang (Travis willingham) and the mommy character (Laura Bailey) are actually married and they’re grog and vex in vox machina

[@YungandRekless545]

I REALLY reccomend either reacting or checking out the 2003 version of this scene. It's arguably more chilling

[@You-Tube-n5k]

Tucker in general is super chilling in that one. If you know, you know.

[@sugartoothYT]

Even more important: the build up. We spent actual time with the Tucker family.

[@applejackjk18]

Always makes it hard to recommend FMA because the watching order I liked best is a little bit of original FMA then all the rest of FMA:B.

[@jaffarblackfang4107]

Fma I like it's more mature themes I love both series they are so different yet feel like they give you the whole picture

[@josephjoestar382]

​@@You-Tube-n5k Spoiler Tucker chimera

[@KingKraid]

Alicia: DOESN'T THAT SEEM WEIRD TO YOU NINA? Nina: I'm literally 5

[@txfan100]

It all really starts here. Nothing will be the same after this episode.

[@Kaempfdog]

I hate to think about this but I want you to imagine Nina’s chimera as the equation for a mean. You added up the numbers and divided by the amount of numbers. But once you complete the equation, there’s a NUMBER OF WAYS to get to the same average and if you don’t have them or if there’s contingencies to prevent it from being undone, you can’t ever undo it. Shockingly Nina’s arc is even DARKER in FMA03 as it spans an arc. That being said, this episode is permanently traumatizing regardless. If you don’t have PTSD NOW you WILL. People STILL freak out when wigs are put on dogs and the resemble Alexander.

[@MoreLoreThenThereSeems]

I think the original it slogs too much to be as impactful as it is, honestly that arc in the original anime has pretty bad pacing

[@KrazerTF2]

Ah, I remember my first time watching this episode 10 years ago... I still haven't traumatically recovered.

[@tiryaclearsong421]

I saw it 15 years ago catching up with the 03 version... It just never leaves.

[@ImmaLittlePip]

Glad she watched brotherhood first because the 2003 version hits harder and is way more traumatizing I really do recommend checking out the 2003 anime sometime in the future It's worth a watch

[@tiryaclearsong421]

You still get all the new trauma from the 2003 version.

[@kraunkkremlin5986]

@@tiryaclearsong421 not really brotherhood rushes through these early arcs while 2003 took it's time developing them Also 2003 is a lot more cruel and darker than brotherhood Whole brotherhood injects gags to the drama 2003 plays it mostly straight while adding small subtle humor to it

[@borttheattorney6012]

@@kraunkkremlin5986 You're kinda right but 03 has its moments where it gets just as comedic as brotherhood but those moments are certainly less common

[@Xikiruen]

Alicia: “kill all the adults you want” I think she’ll regret that

[@ssjgoku276]

She'll definitely regret that, indeed.

[@dashthehedgehog2612]

Oh God no

[@johnpaullogan1365]

most of them are nazi war criminals though.

[@AugustoEL]

The best reaction I saw to this episode that I WILL NEVER FORGET is one time with my group of friends. One had still not watch FMAB, so we all were like come on dude it is the best anime YOU MUST watch it. So while he watched we were playind WoD (Dark ages) suddenly he enters the room sayoin "WHY? WHY?..." I look over to see what happened and it was this episode, I just looked at the rest of the boys and was "Nina. He met Nina" and to the dude "Yep welcome to FMA".

[@Akiraspin]

Alicia: "Dude, I want talking animals!" The Joker: "Hehe.... Very poor choice of words!"

[@wispywhiskers3502]

"Look at this puppy. Isn't this puppy cute? You should get attached to this puppy - OH NO, IT'S DEAD! You should feel bad!"

[@mihaimorar2043]

thinking about it, what X-on-his-face guy did to Nina was probably a mercy. Talking chimeras are damn near nonexistent, so she'd have probably been kept as a test subject for experiments. Sure, he could've killed her first, but killing her at all was arguably morally correct.

[@milpy1257]

I recommend watching the 2003 version of the scene. How the whole thing happens is a bit different, as in Shou Tucker shows Chimera!Nina to Ed and Al, rather than being found. And the chat he has with them as he shows nina reveals Shou's mindset much clearer. In that version he wouldn't crawl towards the certification thingy if it were to be thrown to the ground. I honestly think this version a bit of a downgrade compared to the original scene.

[@ryanthome7322]

It felt rushed compared to the 2003 episodes.

[@ReiseLukas]

But wouldn't this be more accurate to the manga?

[@sarafontanini7051]

granted the crawling does show how much he valued that over his own daughter and dog

[@milpy1257]

But that's the thing. On the 2003 version he says "Either I'm screwed without science or I'm screwed with science. I decided to be screwed with science" So, from the scene it's clear how much he values money(like this version) but it also shows how much he values science. And his discussion with Ed on 2003 is about how the advancement of science, the desire to prove that he could do things, is exactly like Ed. That sure, Ed wanted to resurrect his mother, but also that he believed Ed was driven to prove he was able to do something seemingly no other alchemist ever did - human alchemy. My point is, that version of Shou was much more level-headed and, maybe because of it, much more of a psychopath. And the discussion with Ed was deeper than this verson's@@sarafontanini7051

[@johnpaullogan1365]

yeah but they were trying to do a faithful adaptation. it was only one chapter n the manga so drawing it out over more eps would have required inventing a lot more material out of thin air

[@Overlordough1201]

Ed: "Nina and Alexander...where are they?" Tucker: "Why...they're right here!" Nina: "Big Brother!" And everyone was happy.

[@nateklempner561]

I can't help but wonder how much more paranoid Alicia is going to be of everyone from now on now that THE ONE TIME she dropped her guard and caught herself on it, that it turned out she should have been on-edge and suspicious to the FIFTIETH DEGREE as soon as she mentioned she was, rather than dropping the suspicion near immediately. Of all the characters she gave the benefit of the doubt, she gave it to SHOU TUCKER!!! XD T-T XD

[@boring_yt8324]

The fact her chat was panicking the entire time is crazy. Bet she didn't know why til a certain point lmao.

[@callemontelius4772]

Alicias panicked "that's the meme thing... That's the dog meme" is so fucking funny to me

[@flip9453]

"I'm not gonna be the same person when this anime is over." Yea, that just about sums it up. But WE ARE HERE FOR IT

[@thaumaturgeslit7759]

Ohhh boy, we're here. When the show goes from sad and heartbreaking to REALLY sad and heartbreaking. They couldn't even save a small girl.

[@saltyk9869]

Alicia: " I'm sorry for mistrusting and roasting this guy." The Fandom: "Who? Shou Tucker? Nah, he's a little bitch. Roast him more."

[@galenedge481]

You handled this better than i feared. This really is pretty much the most trauma episode for most of us.

[@tiryaclearsong421]

It isn't raining is pretty traumatic as well. And she is going to lose it again.

[@tiryaclearsong421]

Actually she might have a similar experience I did finding 10 more upsetting in a different way. It's just too relatable.

[@galenedge481]

@@tiryaclearsong421 fair point.

[@shanajeangedeon9060]

You being horrified by the Nina Chimera is exactly how I reacted by it becoming a meme in the first place, the way my brain was so fucked after this

[@erndaman8641]

Alicia at the start of the episode: I want talking animals. A few minutes later, Alicia: BUT THEY"RE BABIES!!!

[@SnowyWolborg]

_Used to be_ babies. 😅

[@You-Tube-n5k]

This is most likely the most infamous episode in the series. It’s only rivaled by one other.

[@something-g99]

Which one?

[@You-Tube-n5k]

@@something-g99 The one with Hughes

[@tiryaclearsong421]

​@@something-g99 It's a terrible day for rain.

[@ZombifiedBuizel]

@@tiryaclearsong421 What do you mean? It's not raining

[@loviegzb]

this is probably one of my favourite reaction videos of yours the build up to that moment was just so good

[@jordanhansen5934]

If the pacing of this first season feels weird and rushed, it’s because this is the second time that someone adapted FMA from the manga source material. The original series only loosely follows the manga plot while FMAB sticks to it much more closely. However, they didn’t want to tread the exact same ground, so they decided to change a few things. Don’t worry, after a while they settle down into a more comfortable and natural pace.

[@Khailward]

In a weird way, Brotherhood sort of assumes you've seen the original anime in some places.

[@johnpaullogan1365]

also to be fair to them liore, this and some other stuff that was multiple episodes in '03 were only a single chapter in the manga. the beginning of the manga feels rushed too. in order to spread it out and go slower they would have had to pull material out of their butts like the original did and the entire reason brotherhood was created was to do a faithful adaptation of the manga

[@tacoman422]

So another interesting dub voice actor connection. The man with the x-shaped scar is voiced by J. Michael Tatum, who voices Ida in the English dub for MHA, as well as Erwin in Attack on Titan. Again, a very different performance that you might not notice if you aren't listening for it.

[@delaneyfells913]

Into think full metal alchemist not brotherhood, but just fullmetal Alchemist takes this arc episode specifically and makes it even more emotionally raw and it hurts my soul😅😅

[@CrazeeAdam]

fun fact! The English voice actor for (Jean) Havoc, Mustang's right hand infantryman pretty much, is the English voice actor for Jean from AoT. Which is something I always found hilarious.. it's like they thought "Hey that one guy who played Jean in FMAB, he was pretty good, let's get him to play Jean in AoT"

[@xanedivinedragon6553]

I was 9/10 years old when i saw the 2003 version on tv and it traumatized me then 4 or 5 years later when i was in middle school and I got to see the Brotherhood version and relieved all that trauma again lol Welcome to FMA

[@PandamoniumBruu]

-DUDE, I WANT TALKING ANIMALS!! The talking animal in question "I want to die" 💀💀

[@TheOnlyOne516]

PLEEEEEASE make it daily. That would be a blessing from heaven, I love this series so much

[@TypicalCynic_]

Ay, bias alert. What about the other shows? Gotta make time in the schedule for stuff besides Fullmid Alchemist pal.

[@tycol322]

This episode was so much more heart wrenching in the original series. There was so much finger between when we first met Nina to this episode and Nina was in every episode and tucker was portrayed much more of a fitting father so when the twist of what he had done was revealed it was absolutely heart breaking. Even the death reveal. It wasn't a bloody body and an overhead shot. It was Ed turning to see their body a singed smear on the wall like a Hiroshima shadow and staring in terror

[@Kenya263]

“B but they are babies” that’s the best part 😎😁

[@TheEmodarkangel19]

27:40 they would have kept her as a lab rat. Constantly doing experiments on her and her mere existence was pain. What Scar did, as brutal as it was, was a mercy killing. She was suffering and he ended it.

[@AvaricioDues]

I forgot this happened this early in the series! We didn’t warn Alicia to brace herself! At least this version wasn’t as chilling as it was in the original Full Metal Alchemist, that one still haunts me especially when Ninaxander says “Why does it hurt here?” I was an emotional wreck

[@GarrestheWarrior]

It's my generations "it wasn't a chicken; it was a baby!" moment.

[@MidwinterKnight]

I'm sorry to say...congratulations, You're one of us now. This episode really is the moment that FMAB solidifies itself as one of the most impactful series in anime. Would like to add that whenever someone hits me with the generic "Isn't anime for kids?" this is the episode that pops into my head while I shake my head in horror. It's not the worst thing I've seen, but it definitely is the first.

[@0Defensor0]

Look at the bright side Alicia: Nina and Alexander were so happy and cute, and now they will stay together for ever.

[@thomascannone3111]

i saw the thumbnail and started laughing. I know exactly what's about to go down.

[@ForgeReaper]

Congratulations you are now in on the trauma that has plagued everyone who’s watched FMA.

[@Cs-cp6vo]

Dude Nina has been haunting even people who haven’t seen FMA

[@Lucky_RFMDA]

And it's just the beginning...

[@LadyDoomsinger]

Rite of passage before you can call yourself an "anime fan" is to witness the fate of Nina.

[@sainoflycianleague4170]

Doesn't matter which version you watch FMA 2003, the manga or brotherhood It all hits hard

[@popump2617]

Gotta say though, a small sick part of me always like to occasionally say "Ed...Ward" near my friends

[@cappyven6818]

Also THIS is the moment that will forever empower them to move forward and it's beyond heartbreaking

[@cartoonking1789]

It’s funny you mention Chopper and Zorro’s master because the English dub of Nina and Tucker are also their voice actors. brina palencia plays Chopper and Nina and Chuck Huber plays Zorro’s master and Tucker.

[@kevindolan9]

Before there was Bondrewd from Made in Abyss there was Shou Tucker. This one episode has Easily One of the darkest and most infamous moments in anime history. Even if you’ve never seen this anime Everyone in the anime community knows that image of Nina after her fathers experiment and once they receive the context it just hurts so much worse than ever.

[@johnpaullogan1365]

my contractor has a tattoo of her with words saying "I got that Dog in me."

[@catsuneniku]

in the original series, this one episode had a whole minor arc for this, and it hurts SO much more. the friendship and familial relationship between the brothers and nina really takes time to develop before Shou commits his crime, and it still sits as one of the most horrifying moments in any show ive ever watched, and is a great tone setter for the remainder of the series.

[@sarafontanini7051]

I knew this episode would hurt Alicia, given her love for babies.... worst, Ed NEVER forgets Nina and Alexander. their tragedy is gonna stay with him for the whole story....

[@petre1758]

"I want talking animals" Ask and you shall have it. A finger curls on the monkey's paw

[@icecremer]

Hiromu Arakawa Is just an older, more experienced Alicia. It's like she predicted what someone like Alicia would predict, and put a twist on it. Truly a brilliant Mangaka.

[@normalpeoplelikeme]

18:22 The intense dichotomy of “Oh shit it's starting” vs Alicia’s “Awww” is something else.

[@kraunkkremlin5986]

Not gonna lie this makes me hope she will react to the 2003 anime or at least the 2003 version of this arc even more Also its funny how much screentime the iron blood alchemist had in the 2003 and manga version but brotherhood just kills him off fast and expected the audience to know who he was

[@lopezroilans.8384]

I think they expect us to have seen both the 03 and the manga so they just gloss over it

[@johnpaullogan1365]

i don't feel he ever got that much more time in the manga. definitely more than here but not by that much

[@InsaneDrunkenAngel]

Alicia: "I don't trust anyone with closed eyes!" Me: "I can't wait for her to meet Ling" XD

[@TrivatorGaming]

Trust me the original 2003 anime's version of the scene is a lot more heart breaking because we spend more time with Nina before it happens among other things.

[@ImmaLittlePip]

This

[@sanbrochill9399]

I feel like the original 2003 anime was harder to watch all around, overall darker, and paced differently. I’m one of the few that prefers FMA over FMAB

[@kraunkkremlin5986]

​@@sanbrochill9399 I honestly am the same but I think watching both gives you a complete package

[@TrivatorGaming]

@@sanbrochill9399 I'm personally one of those "both is good" people

[@samtheactualkenku6205]

there are two ways to identify someone who has watched FMA/FMAB: 1) you mention Maes Hughes 2) Bro...ther

[@natsuotodoroki]

This is probably the episode that makes people cry the most, but it’s also the one people make memes about the most

[@xenoemblem7]

I'm not going to say it specifically, but there's another death that is probably more sad.

[@natsuotodoroki]

@@xenoemblem7 Yeah, that’s the other one people make memes about the most 😅

[@johnpaullogan1365]

The Cow Goes Moo The Pig Goes Oink The Dog Goes "Ed..ward"

[@lolbuster01]

The thing that sticks with me abkut this episode is how Roy describes the Chimera to Ed. His bluntness of "it said only one thing 'I want to die.'" Its so horrific and blunt.

[@SebasTian58323]

We need Hughes and his daughter stat, only way to feel better after this episode

[@ultimamage3]

Oh yeah, about Hughes tho .......

[@Bandikit]

When Nina asked if she could play... I lost it. I started dry-sobbing, and then actually full on tear crying once Alicia started breaking down. Empathy is a hell of an emotion

[@neoshinji18]

Oh my sweet child of summer! Prepare yourself for a lot of more trauma, but at the same time you will find the light in the end of the tunnel also.

[@Ninja_Tude]

Shes one of us now... she understands our pain. Now, is someone going to buy her the Nina-Alexander fusion dance shirt? 😅

[@synderthmc]

I like how in the episode were she rants about leaving her alone about her trust issues and calling out the comments is, of course, the episode were she got it absolutely right. The universe is not on her side on this one

[@tomellis2419]

I love these two episodes back to back. The first shows the dangers of blind faith, the second shows the dangers of science without morality

[@ALLHAILSUNSETYOUTH2]

This episode was worse in the 2003 anime. There's a longer build up, Ed realizes what happened faster so there's more dread, Ed tries to separate the two, Ed saves them from being a Government test subject, and Nina gets BURNT TO A CRISP instead of just being killed

[@kraunkkremlin5986]

Not burnt Torn inside out

[@ALLHAILSUNSETYOUTH2]

@@kraunkkremlin5986 that's even worse

[@xanedivinedragon6553]

​@@ALLHAILSUNSETYOUTH2 2003 anime is a lot more brutal and has a very mature theme to it It doesn't shy away from dark themes

[@valdris86]

This episode is the reason I've never fully watched FMA, new or old versions. This was the very first episode I saw when I was a kid and it scarred me bad.

[@redboi8913]

Oh man you should check out the 2003 episodes of this arc Thats right episodes 2003 spends 2/3 episodes on this arc Both the build up and aftermath with a certain butcher

[@shaofantastik]

The way chat was just readying themselves and start going crazy 😂😂

[@ArlanKels]

Alicia tackling FMAB gives me hope she'll one day try some of the older anime, like YuYu Hakusho. Not sure what from back before most of her viewers were born might interest her, though.

[@GeorgeMurphy1000]

Absolutely love watching your reaction to Nina and Alexander being cute and then just turning to chat and seeing them only using emojis to convey the FEAR we all are feeling! Absolute GOLD! XD

[@zom8979]

I kinda like how this show doesnt call religious faith or science stricly evil nor strictly good and with episodes 3 and 4 we get 1 episode about the dangers of pure blind faith in religion and 1 episode about the dangers of what you could call" blind faith" in science

[@redboi8913]

In the 2003 anime it goes over both arcs but gives them an extra episode to breathe

[@zom8979]

@@redboi8913 oh I'm awere I luke both version of this show equally😅

[@yersiniapestis5237]

You could not call this "blind faith" in science lol. What the fuck does that even mean?

[@zom8979]

@@yersiniapestis5237 as in hes a little too obsessed with science to a dangers degree much like many who often have completely blind faith in a religion can be obsessesive over there beliefs to a dangerous degree

[@yersiniapestis5237]

@@zom8979 That doesn't answer the question. Science isn't a belief, it's a practice.

[@SirStrugglesAlot]

Unpopular opinion: The "scene" hits much harder in the 2003 version since we spent more time with Nina and Alexander, but in FMAB it was done in like 5 minutes

[@mandalorianhunter3348]

You can watch The Mandalorian

[@ImmaLittlePip]

She has to watch the clone wars first to get some of the references and characters that appear

[@MrSporkster]

This was the episode where I realised Scar was going to be one of the greatest anti-heros in anime history.

[@dilligaf199]

Awe, yes, the episode Of a little girl and her dog together forever

[@soybajo-kira8585]

This is the one episode pretty much everyone knows about. It was the first thing I ever saw from the show

[@adampatterson2195]

There’s a reason thousands of anime enthusiasts refuse to discuss what happened to Nina.

[@angelsantana3355]

FMAB is the cause of trauma for this episode alone. I saw this as a kid in middle school and it changed a lot in my perspective on life.

[@slashersoul7671]

Oh no, I was waiting for this episode. Nothing will be the same after this Alicia, get ready.

[@CysaDaMerc]

Lol Kuina's father definitely pushed her down the stairs so Zoro would take over the dojo. Occam's razor, how else would the best fighter in the dojo lose a fight with stairs?

[@void-creature]

9:56 mmmm... No, not this time I think.

[@GameMaster-sh7tr]

This show is not afraid to stomp on your heart leaving it gasping for some relief only to beat down once again