Izumi Curtis emotional with Alphonse and Edward - Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood

[@Superdarkcloud666]

In the end, I guess there was equivalent exchange after all. She may have lost her fertility, but she still got to have two sons who she loved with all her heart.

[@HardcoreWeeaboo]

Superdarkcloud666 Yesssssss

[@beneditoneto5811]

And guess what? They got someone that they could see a mother figure besides Trisha.

[@HardcoreWeeaboo]

@@beneditoneto5811 YES

[@xWinterstarex7]

And who feared her wrath just like real kids who if they knew their mom would find out they done messed up xD

[@HardcoreWeeaboo]

@@xWinterstarex7 lol yeah

[@sdmiii1102]

I love how Izumi talks to Ed and Al. How she tells them that there's no need for them to act strong, when they're around her. Just like a mother would.

[@HardcoreWeeaboo]

Yeah i agree, best anime mother❤🙏

[@turbotrup96]

@Sam didn't she still do that here but during different scene?

[@FernandoAlvarez-mp6wp]

¿Which episode is it?

[@mortache]

Definitely much better than being a one-note character

[@sdmiii1102]

@@FernandoAlvarez-mp6wp episode 12

[@FinalToffen13]

these are the sons that she wished and she never got

[@yuewingman456]

FinalToffen13 Correction: That she wished to have and got

[@sethcrum6651]

And the mother they thought they'd never get back

[@ErikMyLove]

They wanted their mom back and got Izumi - who is like a mother for them. She wanted her stillborn baby to be alive and got the Elric brothers - who she loves like her own sons

[@HardcoreWeeaboo]

Yesss🙏😊💙💜

[@SonicRoarinWaters]

OH DAMN THE EQUIVALENT EXCHANGE WORKED

[@wheeinshair5415]

The world always balanced itself, endless circle of energy. We don't always get what we want, but good things may happened to us without realizing it. I love this show so much.

[@sarahmorley7751]

That's so poetic

[@magicale940]

I'm not crying, I'm just...sweating with this comment :")

[@TChops-hi7hr]

"You darling idiots. It's ok to hurt."

[@leilainthenight]

How do people watch this and NOT see Izumi as their mother-figure?

[@HardcoreWeeaboo]

Right. Some dumbos

[@trackboy17]

Its not fair to say but shes probably the reason they wanted to try human transmutation even more. She trained them and showed them love that reminded them of their dead mother.

[@SingingSealRiana]

@@trackboy17 cant argue against that

[@Phantom-ZER0]

@@trackboy17 that's some real facts, receiving a mother's warmth just makes you crave it even more.

[@FelipeYoshioCordeirodeSouza]

Yeah, Sig best dad

[@saturnDean]

This is one of the many wonders of being an adopted family. Its not blood that makes the family, its the sense of love and belonging.

[@rhondahoward8025]

This is much better than the 2003 version. She's more tender here. She just hugs them and is like, "Don't act like you're fine. It's okay to cry in my arms right now." and that's a true mother.

[@ephemereaux]

Right, going straight to beating them up definitely took away from the scene in 03

[@Black-White-BW1]

I agree❤️

[@Black-White-BW1]

@@ephemereaux Indeed

[@esthelleg7037]

Agreed. Typically, I like the way 2003 handles emotional elements, but Izumi's relationship with the brothers is... very odd in this episode (ep. 27). The way she immediately starts to beat them up while they don't even try to resist comes off less like instruction and more like abuse. Turning around and hugging them directly after doesn't make it feel any less awkward and unsettling. Izumi Curtis is incredibly tough and no-nonsense. What they did was wrong, and as their instructor, she needs to take action, regardless of the fact that she made the same mistake. Expelling them from her tutelage makes sense in such a scenario. Punching and kicking the snot out of them and then hugging them while Ed still has bruises all over his face does not.

[@tiellimilin6622]

And even she needed that hug

[@meraki4398]

this scene gets me every time, between Izumi hugging them, telling them they don't have to pretend to be strong, that they can be upset, and that that's okay (which is very important for people to hear imo) along with Ed and Al, asking for forgiveness, and apologizing profusely, finally letting themselves be vulnerable, especially Ed in this scene since he very much so feels guilty for everything that's happened to them, but he often tries to act strong and tough. Hell, ever since they did the human transmutation he blamed himself, in the english dub he screams "What have I done?!" instead of "we" when he realizes that Al is gone and what they brought back wasn't their mother. so seeing him be vulnerable with Izumi and ask her for forgiveness is just relieving to see for him while also just so sad to see these two feel so terrible for just wanting their mama back.

[@FernandoAlvarez-mp6wp]

Es bellísimo.

[@rahmaahmad228]

Even in the sub version he kept saying "It's all my fault" :(

[@That_Russel_Pup]

​@@rahmaahmad228yeah, poor kid :(

[@chelsiirvine8970]

damn those ninjas cutting onions again

[@That_Russel_Pup]

DAMN YOU NINJAS

[@木村紘子-k2m]

イズミ師匠だって辛い体験をしているのに、エドアルの事を優しく抱き締める姿は本当泣ける。血は繋がってなくても親子みたいで凄くいい

[@sambitparida4370]

0:38-0:41 This transition was cinematic genius. It really ties how both master and discipline both fell prey to the desire or human transmutation and how they feel each other's pain on a supremely deep level. FMAB was too tier

[@thebasedone2182]

just imagine how Izumi's Truth would look like when she saw her organs being transfered to the Truth

[@arffhafizi]

oh no

[@majencia2003]

It’s a real scene in Brotherhood actually

[@Sumthin_Unbearable]

Somewhere someon say that in manga Truth take her ovum

[@thebasedone2182]

@@Sumthin_Unbearable the Truth took out some of her internal organs. So imagine them hanging on Truth's body

[@dardardarner]

This scene really broke me

[@HardcoreWeeaboo]

I feel you :(

[@mariap.1392]

Is so sad 😭😭😭💔💔

[@耕作田畑]

同じ過ち同士だからこそ、最大の魅力というか暖かい愛だね。

[@khfan4life365]

She can see right through their strong facade. No matter how tough they try to act, they are still only children who need love and compassion.

[@Bigmike130]

the thing that gets me is you know how much pain they are going through and her embrace allows them to let some out

[@mysticdragonwolf89]

I tear up every single time - there’s an underlying message here Acting tough doesn’t make you mature or manly It’s knowing when you’ve reached rock bottom. It’s ok to cry. It’s ok to feel bad. It’s ok, to be mad. It’s ok It’s ok

[@johnsonken96]

I think it's safe to say that when you lose someone, you always end up with someone that takes on that role in your life. I remember when my grandma passed and it seemed like this lady, who had been very genuine, took on that role. Even though she can't quite replace my grandma, she also provided a comfort that reminded me of a grandma.

[@DemonKingBadger]

Yeah, I guess my grandma's sister was somewhat for me until she died, 5 years later (though by then I had went from age 11 to almost 17)

[@gabrieldauz9396]

1:50 all aboard the feel train. Next stop: maes hughes funeral

[@BehelitZero]

>~< shut up... no... not there Anywhere but there.

[@xenanimates3188]

Please no i haven't brought my pack of tissues with me

[@RivkahSong]

Damnit! I thought I got off this damn train when I accidentally boarded with Nina and Alexander. I never even brought a permission slip for this feels trip! 😭😭😭

[@joseurena3640]

That was the last station. The next one after this is the death reveal

[@mayormccheese9282]

The feels

[@kojoydesu4107]

Ed was Sworn to never Cry and Al cannot Cry..but here they were Crying. In the embrace of a Mother., every Man is a Child

[@ChristianD_Avionics]

I really need to rewatch this show, its so good.

[@キツネ巫女]

イズミさんの「無理しなくていい」と、エドとアルの「すいません」と「ごめんなさい」が・・・(´；д；`)

[@sanjaysachdeva7773]

it is one of the most heartwarming things I have ever seen

[@HardcoreWeeaboo]

Aw

[@VadiseDeHanyou]

When I first saw Izumi years ago I could see the pain she had suffered and how strong she was given the memory and the trauma she carried with her. Even though she couldn't have children, I could always feel that motherly love and warmth she had for Edward and Al. And I absolutely LOVED her character. She was always one of my favorite characters hands down.

[@fire.ge999]

1:20 厳しさと優しさを併せ持つ、最高の師匠（先生〕

[@melancholicechosingstothemoon]

She did lost her child but life got her two boys who needed to be guided and loved

[@kd0079]

In front of Izumi, they have no need to act strong and try to be an adult. Here they are kids and they do what kids that've made a terrible mistakes do: cry and say sorry. This scene gets me every time...

[@s-094cam5]

Every time I see Izumi interact with the Elrics I keep thinking of a line from a surly old hunter: "Family don't end with blood." Yeah, she couldn't have any kids herself. But she still managed to have two boys.

[@freed6038]

I remember that Ed once said he wont ever cry before he get Al's body back, because he can't cry as an armor. So I believe in this scene he still hold his tears😭 also he said 'sumimasen', which is as far as I know (with my crappy Japanese knowledge) is like the politest way to say I'm sorry.. I know that he usually polite in front of her, but I think it's because he really mourns for them😭😭😭

[@wkento0524]

子どもが生まれた今見ると、最初のシーンは本当に辛い。。。 禁忌を犯してでも、蘇らせたい先生の気持ちが分かる。。

[@kate2create738]

It's poetic how a woman who was looking forward to being a mother in turn was the next closest mother figure to two boys who lost their mother. She knew them well enough to see through them trying to cover up their mistakes so she wouldn't blame herself for not giving the exact details of why it was taboo to attempt to revive the dead, instead of being harsh she let them grieve. And what do they do? They end up asking her to forgive them, still feeling guilty for abusing her trust as a mentor to do something that ended up hurting them. The tragedy they share has given them a bond no one could be able to relate, the regret yet understanding how much more fragile life can be, and to be aware to not abuse their power as alchemists. Turning their pain into lessons they will carry for the rest of their lives.

[@bandarsalh1338]

Al's incapablity of producing tears makes this scene all the more sad

[@thelastmugiwara1410]

This anime has so many great characters, it makes it hard for me to choose who my favourite character is

[@HardcoreWeeaboo]

So true Kai💜

[@xavierstewart5756]

Facts

[@xavierstewart5756]

Facts

[@animezyon8557]

I love Izumi so much i swear she always treated them like her kids

[@Lonystal]

Fullmetal Alchemist a.k.a Feelmetal Alchemist.

[@HardcoreWeeaboo]

ohmy so true

[@DemonKingBadger]

I have to admit Fuu and Buccaneer got to me, especially much

[@trentonhamilton645]

Original Version: Tells them what happened about losing her child and Hugs them. Brotherhood Version: Whoops their assess for transmuting their deceased mother and Hugs them. Both Versions are harsh yet very heart warming.😢

[@CosmicCam47]

This is backwards. Izumi beats them in FMA 2003. This video IS the Brotherhood version.

[@Phantom-ZER0]

you got it backwards but still heat warming to remember regardless. Im just glad she didn't die in Brotherhood unlike in the original version

[@croquembouche409]

i wouldn't call fma the original because it doesn't follow the actual original storyline by the author, i would just call it the tv version- but yes, that's right lakslkjdw

[@mihaildoychinov4561]

This is brotherhood

[@Black-White-BW1]

@@Phantom-ZER0 :)

[@TheMrfoxboy]

In case anyone is wondering. It's from episode 12.

[@mortz.9]

Thhhhhhank you

[@captaintosen23]

Thanks

[@GutsEnthusiast]

legend

[@ruslantaylor3584]

I love you😂

[@Anarch023]

This scene is the only proof i need to say the fma brotherhood is my favorite anime

[@santanacasas1]

1:26. This scene is so powerful

[@HardcoreWeeaboo]

Yeah ❤

[@FernandoAlvarez-mp6wp]

Which episode is it?

[@MackTheMadman]

She loves them boys like they are her own and I'm all for it far as I'm concerned they are her kids

[@nekokuronia]

師匠もエドみたいに普通の人にまた戻って生活して欲しかったな、個人的に

[@bmgbmg4742]

She is real mother she don't care about iron body of alphons when hug him

[@sugagreen4735]

At the end who else that she was going to bash their heads together

[@HardcoreWeeaboo]

i thought that , glad she didnt:)

[@HexenkoeniginVonAngmar]

Damn it that made me actually cry when I haven't watched fmab for over a year now.

[@UntrainableWizard]

What makes this even sadder to me that I never see anything about, is that Al can't feel a thing of this, outside of emotionally. Izumi pulls them both in for hugs, but Al doesn't have a body with feeling, he's just a soul tied to a suit of cold unfeeling metal armour.

[@That_Russel_Pup]

Yeah, I felt the same way watching this, however it's still very heartwarming regardless

[@utsukushi_rebornhimanwarib960]

And this is why Izumi is a mom to them and curtis is father to them in his own way. Our children love us and trust us so much they hold it in and in your arms as there parents is where they should always feel safe and protected. Where they understand it's ok for me to break down and cry with you because they know you'll have there back.

[@AthenaBaucum]

Okay but I'm crying in math class

[@HardcoreWeeaboo]

:(

[@hollyparry1210]

I feel more emotional when I watch Brotherhood. Another reason I love the series. This moment here really gets me every time and I wouldn't want it any other way.

[@atf-13]

ここはマジで泣ける

[@ashhabimran239]

Ed and Al were the children Izumi and Sig never got to have, whilst Izumi and Sig were their parents when Ed and Al lost theirs. Both pairs basically filled some kind of ‘parents-children’ void for each other

[@12345legofreak]

One of the saddest fucking convos in this emotional rollercoaster of an anime

[@shirosaki97]

It hits so fucking hard because Izumi has kicked the shit out of both Ed and Al over shit that is trivial compared to what they did with Human Transmutation, but with the thing that is absolutely taboo, and something that is horrid, she understands that theres no need to berate, since Ed, Al and Izumi herself do just that for every day they live after performing it, so she just hugs them.

[@nykelbrown9346]

She whooped they ass for hours straight and then consoled them

[@theoneandonlymsg991]

wow man. this less than 2 minute clip brought tears to my eyes. What a moment :')

[@OneSmolMistyBoi]

And the way the ending song comes in singing "Let it all out, let it all out." gets me everytime

[@codyherrera7577]

No matter how old I get or how far I am to my mom and step mom I dont have to act strong and I can show the same emotions that ed and al show to izumi and no matter how many time I watch this I tear up and I am 26 years old but both my dad and mom and step mom got that macho crap out of me and I share my frustrations and weaknesses with them and that what a parent does so thank God for fathers and mother as well as step moms

[@HardcoreWeeaboo]

thats how it is suppose to be. real family love. best love there is. endless blessings to you and your family

[@pain17ification_Ray_Smith]

Gets me every time... The pain they all went through, and the horror at seeing their attempts fail... And yet, what they lost and tried to get back?? They have those things with each other. A family

[@FatBurner1994]

it rare to see ED show his true emotio to other people...al maybe know ed is person who always act tough all the times in order to make his brother feel easy...for make ED show his emotiom mean izumi really got true pure mother vibes that ed wanted to feel for long ago...

[@20_foot_burmese_pyth0n]

Imagine if Sig and Izumi's child lived. What a beast that kid would have been.

[@doubleflores8350]

That’s what 2k3 series is for. Wrath is Izumi’s son in that series. Yeah the 2k3 series is very different.

[@mokopium9094]

This was the saddest moment in the series for me

[@HardcoreWeeaboo]

I feel u 😞

[@idontknow4398]

I don't know man. The whole Nina situation fucked me up lmao

[@nicholasdionne9693]

My ex and i went through two miscarriages and both times we blamed ourselves. I had to remain strong like izumis man.. But we still ended our relationship. I still cant cry about anything but this moment was really close to making it.

[@gowtheralvear9326]

Bueno ella los quiere como si fueran hijos de ellas aunque sea su maestra

[@HardcoreWeeaboo]

Gowther alvear bueno :) please speak english!

[@aradiogarzaelizondo1322]

Desde el punto de vista de ella, no solo son sus alumnos, son sus hijos tambien From her point of view they are her sutdents they are her children too

[@FernandoAlvarez-mp6wp]

¿Qué cap es este?

[@misterOrca4]

And Curtis is there being the Tough one for all of them, even though he's the one hurting the most. Like a real Dad and Hohenheim.

[@socialparasite03]

1:43 this broke me

[@fire.ge999]

1:20 無理しなくていい…

[@drakenimmortal]

Izumi was a baddass but also had the gentle touch sometimes to be the mother they never had.

[@lenieldelatorre480]

we must find strength to get over our tragedy and grief,if it consumes us we'll end up harming ourselves the universe asks nothing from us but to live the lives it granted us with we may feel loss in time but we mustn't let it define what we are, we must endure for now cause we can feel better someday

[@ShauqiSpade]

I told myself that i won't get the feels when i watch this part again. Ah, it looks like it's beginning to rain in my office work.

[@HardcoreWeeaboo]

Aw man

[@ShauqiSpade]

@@HardcoreWeeaboo literally cried at my work desk. My colleagues are worried lol

[@HardcoreWeeaboo]

@@ShauqiSpade damnnn lol, much love man

[@mr.l8723]

They all share the same pain

[@HardcoreWeeaboo]

Yea😞

[@quanduong1556]

Imagine truth of Izumi Curtis with her lost internal organs,damn,so scary

[@HardcoreWeeaboo]

Yeah😞

[@stoifan91]

When i think of "the Perfect Anime". Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood is it.

[@mokopium9094]

Now I gotta watch FMA again

[@setsunakaichewer4845]

Ah, it looks like it's beginning to rain.

[@ASOtheprO]

*FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST!* *FULL-METAL-ALCHEMIST!*

[@lauravaleriacastillovillan9828]

2021? it doesnt matter how may times I watch this scene, Im gonna cry every single time

[@Gennaropacchiano]

In the 2003 series, she straight up calls them her children.

[@iulaihe51299]

life only flows in one direction making it reverse is the most unforgivable sin

[@WilliamJones-i5d]

Better than the 03 version Izumi is always badass but her more brutal counterpart in 03 was way too harsh for my liking

[@amitaikatz5929]

Izumi Curtis=Best Mom

[@TheDakkaman]

I’ll be honest, this is what convinced me that Truth was objectively evil, perhaps moreso than Father. Izumi wasn’t trying to replace her child, she wasn’t trying to take someone else’s, hell she wasn’t even trying to turn back time to prevent her loss in the first place - y’know, something that was actually either malicious or damaging to fundamental structures of existence. She was a grieving mother trying to save her child from arguably the closest thing the natural world has to an evil aspect (if it’s voluntary that’s an entirely different matter, I’m referring here specifically to the entirely natural version as depicted here) and in exchange Truth tore out her capacity to have *any* children *ever again*. That inexcusable abomination delights in inflicting suffering on those desperate enough to beg it for help, and somehow the story treats it as the holder of the moral and ethical high ground. At least Father’s motivation was the pursuit of knowledge, only tainted by its inherent lack of capacity to impose personal limitations or appreciate the value of life due to *not being alive itself*. To all appearances Truth exists to sit with a metaphysical bucket of popcorn and giggle when the laws of physics result in a sapient being experiencing suffering, then apply a direct kick whenever they attempt to redress the imbalance that caused it.

[@ReisMitKechupHAHAXD]

This show makes me cry too much ...

[@shubhamsonsurkar3782]

In FMA she beat the crap out of both of them first.

[@HardcoreWeeaboo]

in a meaningful way

[@shubhamsonsurkar3782]

@@HardcoreWeeaboo yep

[@SymbolOfJusticeRyuga]

loved it can you please tell us what the episode of this?

[@austincarter5691]

OKAY AND THEN THE DESCRIPTION JUST FUCKS ME UP ALL OVER AGAIN

[@cccccc3555]

うまい。エドワードが強がったセリフをいいとき、口元しか映さない。目を映さないことに、よって、本心ではないことを表す。基本ができてるから、いいアニメ

[@WeeG-bwc77]

Did she not realize that she could have always tried again for another kid naturally? She had that option, the brothers couldn't just re-obtain a mother, but Izumi could have certainly conceived again. Shortsightedness cost her a womb.

[@pinkgothcat]

I may relate to Winry, and I may sometimes also relate to Izumi..when she's hardened and when she's emotional.

[@sofiam.carral4518]

This scene is what FMA 2003 should be.

[@bloodfartmoon2765]

Damn i wanted to re watch the whole Episode but i cant remember the number If anyone does pls tell

[@mariap.1392]

Omg, too sad!! 😱😭😭😭💔💔

[@w0lfdem0n]

I just realized that Al paid the ultimate price with his whole body but thanks to Ed, Al got his body back and can still do alchemy without a circle so he got the best deal out of everyone

[@RogueBlackOp]

Family isn’t just by blood, but by the bond that’s created. The Elrics couldn’t get their mother back, Izumi didn’t get her kid back, but they found each other. The equivalent exchange worked.

[@andrewpandrew7786]

Izumi beats the shit out of them both. She doesn’t excuse it. And then she embraces them.

[@don1727]

I still prefer 2003. Unlike Brotherhood, there are actual consequences to human transmutation attempts in 2003. It’s an allusion Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein: we create our own monsters, and they come back to destroy us. Plus, the 2003 homonculi were created for a specific purpose. In there own strange and odd way, Wrath and Sloth did bond like mother and son.

[@superdude7254]

I watched this scene after watching Hues funeral scene and god damn it the dam broke

[@HardcoreWeeaboo]

[@doubleflores8350]

What’s the name of the song that plays in the background? It’s so beautiful.

[@lakia-chan]

i always cry when i watch these scene

[@wolfdown8267]

She became the mother they no longer had.

[@kuraito1346]

She tried to bring her child back. But it didn’t work. It ended up causing her a serious Taboo.