Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Episode 61 "He Who Would Swallow God" Reaction & Review!

In this video we are reacting to Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Episode 61 "He Who Would Swallow God". A being with the power to create suns leaves millions of lifeless bodies littered across the landscape of Amestris; Hohenheim stands as the last hope for everyone.
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[@Shax22132]

Huge shout out to Scar's brother; the man was a genius and an unsung hero.

[@Kladyos]

And just like Scar we never know his proper name

[@deliciousdelight7847]

"she's the woman that I CHOSE to live by my side." for a man who lived his entire life with everything decided for himself by others, i say thats the most romantic thing he could say to anyone.

[@Sav_age]

The whole Ed turning himself into a Philospher’s stone thing is a different application of what he did after he got impaled during his fight with Kimblee up North. That’s when he thought of using his own life as one soul worth of a Stone. In this instance he used it again to give Pride a second chance at life, since he won’t have the memories or the goals of the previous version. Once Pride’s stone was used up he would’ve withered away like Envy did in his little “baby” form.

[@matthewzeller5026]

That and while Kimblee called his desire not to kill a weakness it taught him: 1: That's very dangerous 2: You now understand how to use your own soul as a philosophers stone.

[@PBandJwithBacon]

I second Sav's explanation as being accurate.

[@EddieDexterStewart]

Thank you. You explained it for me.

[@chelseyleachman4]

Bradley: "...somewhere in the darkest depths of your heart, you began to believe there was no god in this world at all!" Ishvala: Heard you talkin' shit

[@bolt2134]

Edward refused to kill even against a homunculus and that's why kimblee respects Ed so much because no matter what he stays true to his ideals, even when he was impaled and at death doors he refused to use a philosofer stone to save himself. Wrath was so freacking powerfull that Scar was no match for him even when he was full of wounds like the only reason Scar won was pure luck, i'm not sure if this is official but i heard a comment from the mangaka of the series (the creator of the show) that if Bradly was in his prime then it would have been impossible to beat him, like she had to make him old so that his defeath wouldn't be an ass pull.

[@brandonthompson8640]

Id like to point out that in the flashback ep to the Ishvalan War of Extermination, Bradley says something along the lines of to "if you wish to see me stuck down do it yourself, not the name of your god." to the high priest, and then here the light from the eclipse is what blinds Bradley allowing Scar to strike the final blow, and an eclipse represents a perfect being, or god. Arakawa is such a great writer.

[@Xeno455]

Not an eclipse. The sun represents a perfect being. Which peaked from behind the moon to blind him. Mostly semantics but a slight correction. The eclipse represented covering God. The tablet in xerxes roughly translates to "I will strike down God and become perfect", if you remember that scene.

[@doomdrake123]

@@Xeno455 not sure that you're right. I remember from the first episodes Ed eplaining to Al, that thu Sun represents the male, the Moon the female and when they meet they represent perfect being.

[@Roy___withoutanythingelseadded]

Wow great analysis

[@ProfiteerProphet]

@@doomdrake123 That is correct. Ed also explains that to Ling when they are inside of Gluttony.

[@thedoctor4327]

Bradley’s death is one of my favorite villain deaths. Fought to the bitter end even without arms and then died content with his existence

[@AnarchHive]

Turns out Hohenheim wasn't your typical deadbeat anime dad... he was literally too busy saving the country/world!

[@Lupinemancer87]

Remember back in episode 41 when Ed used Alchemy to heal himself after that steel beam got stuck in him? He said that he was a Philosophers's Stone powered by a single soul. That was basically what he did to defeat Pride.

[@TheStorytellerWolf]

Father: I can create a sun in the palm of my hand. *Doctor Octopus would like to know your location*

[@plantcrone9662]

Lmao

[@Anarkey]

The most badass moment was definitely King Bradley fighting to the very end, which represents his human side (he is after all a human-based homonculus). And yeah, both of you caught the reference of the irony of Wrath being defeated due to "an act of God" when he denied the very existence of God.

[@timhurlburt4506]

So, basically, Kimbley was such a twisted psychotic monster, that his soul was literally too evil to be assimilated into Pride's body alongside the other souls. Freaking legend.

[@mbpoblet]

Nah, as monstrous as he was Kimblee did have his own twisted set of principles, and he respected people who followed _their_ principles and despised those who did not. Pride's only principle was, well, his _pride,_ to start with... and when he didn't even respect _that_ (by lowering himself to attempting to take Ed's body), Kimblee lost any shadow of respect he might have still held for Pride, and revolted. (And it's not the first time we see an exceptionally determined soul within a homunculus revolt, Ling did the same, occasionally, and while he can be called a lot of things "psychotic monster" probably isn't one of them.)

[@shadowfire_08]

went out like a true smooth criminal

[@primepm8861]

He was more prideful than even Pride.

[@adriancastaneda6156]

Edward has done something similar to that when he was getting ready to die he healed himself as he pulled the pipe out from his torso.

[@ardelianelson2902]

With Wrath and Mrs. Bradley, it's worth mentioning that when he says that they have nothing to say to each other, its because its a mutual understanding. She married a soldier/ Military leader who could have easily died in combat/ be assassinated etc. Leaving anything unsaid would be pointless. Also, Pride's true form being a baby/fetus is because Edward 'made him small' or because of the phrase 'a child is your pride and joy'.

[@dweller132]

The "intro" to this episode is great, if you can even call it an intro. Everyone is dead and things seem hopeless, and the lack of an intro cinematic or even the music until everyone is revived feels pretty meaningful. It really feels like Father has won until the tides change and the music finally kicks in.

[@nescirian]

I think Ed turning into a philosopher's stone might be an extension of what he did when he was wounded in the snow, when he was able to treat himself as a philosopher's stone for the purposes of healing. Based on the same principle he could extend his soul into the space inside Pride as he did. That's my guess anyway.

[@irving000vaz]

He turn himself into a philosopher-stone when he first fought Kimblee and got that rod stock through his gut

[@darknessunknown4384]

The symbolism in Wrath's death was already mentioned by other people in the comments; so lets talk a little about Pride. He threw away his pride and tried to take over a body he considered inferior to his own; for the sake of survival. As a result, Kimblee (who despises hypocrites), intervened and gave Ed an opening out of spite. And with the state Pride was left in, you can say that Ed literally made him small.

[@WR_Hart]

Kimblee is summoned by hypocrisy the same way Beetlejuice and Candyman are summoned by saying their name three times

[@tesnacloud]

Ed also was NOT a hypocrite. He vowed to fight without killing, and that is what he has done. Kimblee respects that, and since Ed stayed true to his convictions while Pride abandoned his, Kimblee chose to help Ed.

[@normansmith9009]

3:04 the power of the sun...in the palm of my hand...

[@dragonix8527]

I've been waiting for this episode. Wrath finally goes down, and the biggest threat to the humans is finlly out of commission. The creator of Fullmetal Alchemist actually said in an interview once that the only reason the protagonists are able to succeed is because of how old Wrath was when the Promised Day arrived. If they had fought Wrath in his prime, he would have slaughtered every single one of them, and the homunculi would have completely succeeded. Wrath was a hardened badass through and through.

[@GaimeGuy]

He's by far the most skilled fighter in the story. The only one who comes close is Ling - possibly Fu in his youth.

[@saphirashah6266]

Hohenheim is so underrated. The fact that only he found out what's happening first and that he also came up with a plan. Everyone would be dead without him.

[@fajarkurniawan9434]

There's no opening song in this episode, because everybody is dead. Yes the singer also dead. When everybody comeback to life, the singer also awaken and start singing

[@kelvinalexis9516]

Hahahaha when kimblee shows up again and your like. "I mean you fucking ate me." XD too good lmao

[@NessOnett8]

I fucking love Kimblee more and more every time I watch this show. He's such a deep and good and complex character. But yet on the surface appears so straightforward.

[@micyuen9410]

There are many philosophic metaphor in this serious series and for every homunculus. For example, deep inside the invincible Pride is just a baby smaller than anyone else; As Greed who only looking for 1 thing; Lust know as "Strongest spear", showing her strength rather than her beauty; Gluttony never did unnecessary eating and can control himself under Lust's command; Wrath is always showing his kindness to everyone else (colleagues) as a good president (actually over the all episodes he was being a good president); Wrath is extremely gentle to his families; Envy is actually ugly in appearance no matter who he turned into (envy is ugly;) Showing envy actually reflect someone hoped for something. Sloth work all the time year in years non-stop; Not to mention cost people being taken to pay the price for things they wanted from the Gate; Scar hated the entire Amesutorisu who eventually save all of them; At the end Edward gave up his alchemy, alchemy being the most important power in the entire series but by giving up all of alchemy power, he had beaten the God from its control.

[@doomdrake123]

The villains man... Bradley, Kimbley, Lust, Envy are honestly my favourite villains ever.

[@DanielGonzalez-vo5ni]

I love how nobody really calls bullshit on Bradley grabbing that blade with his teeth and stabbing scar its like we respect his badassery so much were like yeah he definitely would've done that

[@Heegaherger]

The turning himself into a PS has it foundation in using the soul to get out of Gluttony's belly *and* using his own soul to heal himself. This is third link in that chain.

[@KurseDHero]

King Bradley easily top 15 villains of all time in anime (i’m giving some space since he might be in the top 10)

[@fajarkurniawan9434]

Selim : He's forcing his way inside me Always cracked me up

[@azrael_morningstar]

So happy pride still exists lol.

[@gabthegreat01]

There’s a bit of an audio lag towards the end of the episode...

[@captaincannabis3321]

4:50 Ive never seen it mentioned before but this scene aleays reminds of Scooby Doo and Spooky Island, you know the one.

[@MarkTheShadow]

Ed used his soul like a philosopher stone back when he got stabbed. That's what he did when he "saved" pride.

[@antonytat3315]

Ed turning into philosopher stone soul is something that he could do since the time he was injured pierced by the beam in the northern country he tapped/turn is own soul as a philosopher stone to heal himself in exchange shorten his lifespan in this instance he did the same thing to hijack selim stone and kill him from the inside

[@nateisler3]

When I go out I go out like this. 14:41

[@LegitLord2000]

Best episode title of any anime ever 😂

[@maxdon2001]

Great reaction! What an episode!

[@michaelj7409]

Did you notice the animation masterpiece in this episode? ❤️

[@TheBigE9999]

i feel like the ed turning himself into a philosopher's stone is actually a very simple thing that any alchemist skilled enough could do, it's just not very useful for yourself. a philosopher's stone is just a condensed human soul after all, but in that form you're just a very pretty rock. it's only useful in this case because the insides of a homunculus is a place where souls can manifest without a body. it'd be like purposefully knocking yourself out to go a few rounds with freddy. not very useful outside this specific context

[@just_unnamed]

Just think of all the people that where for example driving, climbing or holding their babies when their souls got yoinked, they're still f*ing dead when their souls returned.

[@hooray4paradiddles]

SUCH A GOOD EPISODE! - For Ed "turning himself into a philosopher's stone", think of it like this: since the stones are just made up of human souls, every human more-or-less has a philosopher's stone inside them with the power of one soul (their own). Ed was a skilled enough alchemist that he can harness that stone if need be. It's the same thing he did when he got impaled up north in the fight with Kimblee, where he used up some of his soul's energy in order to do medical alchemy to stop the bleeding. - As best as I can tell, Ed destroyed the stone powering Pride but, since he doesn't kill, left the original soul inside him, so now he's just the regular human that we can assume was used to make the homunculus (like how Ling was used to make Greed) at the very beginning of its life. So, essentially, "I'm baby" -- Pride - Scar's whole arc is perfect. He started out being controlled by his own wrath due to the Ishvalans being slaughtered by the Amestrians, only changing course when Winry's mercy shakes him to his core. After that, he worked to defeat his hatred and no longer give in to anger because of how destructive it was. And now... he literally defeated Wrath and saved the lives of every Amestrian. And THAT is how you write a goddamn character arc. - Kimblee basically was already dead since he was made into a stone and assimilated into Pride. Since he's such a force of nature, though, he managed to keep his sense of self despite being in a stone. He had nothing really to do any more, though, so you can sort of see why he'd be cool letting his own container, Pride, get defeated. After all, it's not like he's coming back to life, and Pride was being a hypocrite, which Kimblee hates, so I guess he figured he might as well go out with a bang by calling out Pride for being a cowardly little shit. Such a fucking maniac, haha.

[@shadowfire_08]

3:03 Doc Ock would be impressed & jealous

[@Dannydarko27]

Lust died indifferent Greed died fighting for his friends Gluttony was eaten Envy died sacrificing their stone Sloth died trying his hardest Wraith died with a sense of peace And Pride "died" shamefully

[@CrownofMischief]

Lust died unsatisfied, seconds from attempting to penetrate

[@mjs752002]

So, if it's cloudy ... does Hohenheim's circle not work?

[@saphirashah6266]

It's an eclipse.. its shadow on earth is what matters, also clouds got nothing to do with affecting its shadow

[@mjs752002]

@@saphirashah6266 The other components of the transmutation circle are on the ground, and clouds do effect shadows at ground level. Are you trying to say that a circular shadow in the upper atmosphere is close enough?

[@saphirashah6266]

@@mjs752002 Please check the video, Clouds were there during the scene of eclipse, but those clouds were dissipated in a circular formation because Father became a gigantic homunculus in order to consume the whole Sun. So whatever clouds were there got dissipated later and had no way of ruining the transmutation circle with their shadow. So yes, Hohenheim's plan was perfect.

[@primepm8861]

"Jake, I think I got your soul. Were you kind of a jerk? Did you have the ability to lie without remorse?"

[@garzhoul6966]

I want to know your reactions to miracle in cell no 7 it's a Korean comedy drama... I really want to know your reactions while watching those heart wrenching scenes haha

[@Abesongz24]

Lets gooo!

[@clearykatie]

I got really sad when I heard you say "we only have four episodes left in this series"

[@Neclony]

also missing in the playlist.

[@kristinamellowartist]

Does anyone know what Pride was before he was turned into a homunculus?

[@Sav_age]

Pretty sure he was always a homunculus (he was the first one), hence he didn’t age like the others except for Wrath.

[@angramainyu9220]

He was always a homunculus. Father just patterned him after his original form.

[@kristinamellowartist]

Thank you 😊

[@m.winfree1912]

Alright!

[@thedoctor4327]

I said it before and I’ll say it again. This is the best set of climatic episodes for a TV series ever. D&D wish Game of Thrones was a 10th as epic and well written

[@dobredaniel5637]

999 likes? No way I m the one who completes the 1k lol

[@malnorice]

Al turned himself into a philosopher's stone once before when he was ran through with a pipe after an explosion in the north. He used his own life energy to stop the bleeding.

[@redacted1093]

2:16 Don't lie every cultured man knows with a wrist brace like that exactly how she hurt her arm... Giggity.

[@bat0s4i]

I think what happened there is that Ed turned his own soul into a philosopher stone because the stone is literally made of souls, then he killed all pride souls and leave only one soul, making pride basically human the same way Bradley had only one soul and could age because of that. The problem is the same as Bradley explains to Mustang. What if pride soul os not really prides. What if the soul left is actually Kimble soul lol.

[@JeronisLeror]

Ed and Al were Half-Philosopher's Stone Entity, (because of their Dad,) so, it wasn't that much if a stretch for him to switch the other half for a few seconds. It also confirms that the dead can never be brought back, since Even a 1/2 philosopher stone body + a 1/2 Philosopher's stone arm&Leg plus all the requisite ingredients weren't enough.

[@a3-radio]

Hohenhaim is the true mvp, he won the fight xD Hohenhaim circle returned the souls (nobody else could do that) Ishaval circle returned the alchemy to the asmestrians I know you guys got it, but just in case xD

[@sortyshorts6591]

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[@METAL_BOY]

Reaction movie a chinese tall story please.

[@bhaveshgamer7]

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