THE TRUE VILLAIN?!! WTF!! | FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST BROTHERHOOD EPISODE 3 | New Anime Fan! | REACTION

[@GOTGames]

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[@nightray7854]

The stone was fake because its an incomplete inferor product of the philosopher stone. Even the inferor stobe is strong enough to bendthe law, imagine the real thing 0w0

[@AngryAtom1676]

Can you plz start tokyo ghoul next plz plz plz I request you from the bottom of my heart

[@elindayana8174]

When will you react to "Fruits Basket" (2019-2021)? 🙂💖

[@LooKingG00d]

Gluttony just referred to her as "Lust" and even the subtitles wrote "[Lust]" when she spoke, even I managed to see that in your tiny corner cam. And then you ask 'maybe she's Lust'... Man, again and again you show just how little you care for these reactions. Like not remembering names and things etc. at least try writing it down, but you'll rather mispronounce Shinigami for half of the show, because you just do not give a f as long as the views come in.

[@jamesstutz6907]

Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood is set in the 1910's.

[@sahaakhiyat3703]

By saying "fake" he meant that this stone is impure, not a finished version of the stone. Because as he said the real philosopher stone is "perfect material" that has to be indestructible.

[@CSRT123]

ed goes over this in the future episode he mentions that it let father cornello do things.

[@Alucia0]

That's what Ed thought but it was in every way a real and pure stone. SPOILER.......................................................................................................................................It just ran out of fuel. I'm sure you know what I'm referring to if you know the story.

[@Ghorda9]

@@Alucia0 it's an incomplete stone and so it isn't fully realized

[@GOTGames]

Ah okay!

[@wisp7753]

I think you're thinking about the original FMA series. In that version it was an incomplete stone.

[@ablynn_thegalewinds]

this episode is actually how the manga opened! the chimera attacking Ed was how you first found out his arm and leg were metal, and Al's helmet being shot off was how you found out that he's a soul in an empty suit of armor. the reveals were incredible and so impactful

[@Garland41]

The 2003 anime also followed this opening, honestly, people should start with this episode.

[@Tayoel]

I agree. And Ed shouting "Look Rose, this is the body of someone who invaded gods' territory! This is the body of a sinner!" is awesome.

[@CSRT123]

@@Garland41 no the first two episodes of brotherhood are a good addition.

[@Saprimacy]

2003 started much stronger. The first episode of Brotherhood speed runs an enormous amount of character introductions and exposition that borders on spoiler territory. Scenes take longer, giving more time for characterization in 2003. It really allowed things to sink in. It had significantly better pacing comparatively. The first 14 episodes of Brotherhood were already adapted in 2003, so they gloss over it. This is my favorite story in all of anime, and it hurts to see them rush it.

[@Saprimacy]

Watching the episode 1 reaction was kinda heartbreaking. They absolutely butchered the reveals and context in Brotherhood, compared to 2003.

[@DuonDRaven]

FMAB takes place in the early 1900s, the Gatling Gun was invented in 1861. Outside of the addition of Automail all the technology is period perfect to our own world, the cars, trains, phones, architecture, guns, artillery were all around at the time.

[@lordfrz9339]

Yep, in our time it would be slightlu before WW2, liek 1930s or so.

[@Sin_Alder]

Fun fact, while not as advanced as what we see in the show, there have been prosthetics that look similar to automail for hundreds of years. Including ones with articulated fingers that can be locked into place, for purposes such as holding a sword. While far from common, it's still pretty cool that they existed.

[@Kandarako]

I thing the strongest moment in this chapter is Ed saying "you have two good legs, so use them". Is just him saying "you are capable, more than us, because you have what we lack"

[@GOTGames]

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[@rafaelcalmon2858]

I love the way Ed puts it. "Stand up and walk. You still have two good legs, don't you?" Obviously that refers to Ed missing one of his legs. He chose to get up and keep moving rather than stand still and let life move by. The only advice he could give was to do the same.

[@GOTGames]

💯💯

[@大好きまめまめ]

About that “fake” stone, I think the better way to put it is “incomplete” and its power runs out unexpectedly fast. Details about philosopher’s stone will be explained in future episodes so no worries. And talking about dark… we are just standing right in front of the gateway of hell. Sit tight and we are about to go through its depth

[@ComradeArthur]

I read this comment and then went on to watch episode 4. Ah, cute girl. cute dog. They look familiar. They remind me of a t-shirt on the SOS reactor channel. SPOILER Oh. O M G It's the Nina-Alexander (DBZ) Fusion Dance T-shirt and I guess I know how this episode will play out. Gateway of Hell indeed!

[@WolforNuva]

Imitation I think is a better word. It is more in line with the term he did use "fake" and Ed would have no way of judging if this stone could be refined into a true stone or not.

[@GOTGames]

👀👀

[@emanuelgonzalez7046]

Science, religion, politics, military, ethics, racism, as a 12 years old i didnt understood too much, as an 25 years old, this is still a beautiful masterpiece.

[@GOTGames]

💯💯

[@kenkaneki3873]

"Is Chimera multiple animals?" Yes Luke that's literally what a Chimera is 😂

[@WolforNuva]

Well yes and no. A Chimera is normally a specific combination of animals, there were plenty of other animal mishmashes in greek mythology that weren't considered Chimeras. Chimera got used as the word to cover all types of animal mixes in FMA because it's the most well known of them.

[@GOTGames]

I'll hand over my smartest man alive mug and badge now 😢

[@silvsevie]

@@WolforNuva that's in mythology, in scientific terms a chimera is a mix of two or more animals, look for chimera babies and chimera cats, that's when very early in utero two zygotes fuse into one, so the resulting baby has two different dnas. it happens with people but its more visually obvious in cats where one half of the cat is one color and the other another. so any combinations of two animals if possible would be a chimera, before we were a lot more ethical in science, different animals literally got surgically sown together to see i it would work. and a lot survived for a while but in suffering. there was even a dog who had a second dogs head sown into it, the two headed dog survived, but their quality of life was extremely low. it's honestly depressing.

[@kamuyking551]

yesss... we're finally at the Liore episode! this was originally the introductory story beat in the manga, and I went back and read the first two volumes recently! Hiromu Arakawa's artwork is just so aesthetically strong and distinctive... if you have a chance, sometime you should take a look at what the artwork from the manga is like. it's just so energetic and fun to look at... I remember being like 12 years old and just staring at her illustrations for hours. also, I think by putting the Liore chapters first, these events kind of build themselves up more like a good mystery in the manga. tbh, that might be one of the main things that distinguishes Fullmetal Alchemist from other shonen stories in general. like at first, when Ed is reciting the ingredients to a human body, you don't really realize why he'd know that off the cuff like this. you only understand how ominous it is in hindsight, and the whole scene is played a lot more serious, which helps imply that something more is going on there, that we just don't know about yet. a lot of the mysteries in Fullmetal Alchemist are actually preserved because the characters just know things about themselves that they don't have any motive to explain, or incentive to share yet. it gives a greater sense of like... everything's always been like this, you're just new here. it makes the world of Fullmetal Alchemist feel very real and consistent. initially, the boys hear about Cornello doing miracles and seem skeptical, but they don't have a clear idea of what's going on, and at that point neither do we. so even the audience's suspicions of Cornello really aren't so surefire. I mean... you can sometimes almost believe that Cornello thinks he's doing good for this town, and is maybe also being misguided somehow. and Ed just comes off like a total ass in that chapter... I love him so much. seriously, at first it feels like he's doubting these people's religion because he's a spiteful know-it-all who wants to smugly introduce these ignorant townspeople to the concept of "realism" or something. but the more Ed turns out to be right about Cornello, the more you realize what Ed understands about alchemy. it turns out, Ed is just kind of blunt and tactless but his heart is in the right place. and you end up really appreciating that Al is there to help smooth things over socially, whenever Ed ruffles people's feathers. Ed does this a lot in the early chapters too... he's such a little gremlin, and he pisses everybody off, but that's usually a misdirect, so that nobody will pay attention to how much he's plotting to help them, until it's too late. watching Ed try to help people kind of feels like watching someone try to give medicine to a reluctant pet that has realized something's up... the effect Ed has on people is actually way funnier than any written joke in the series. and all the little hints about the Elric family tragedy pile up during this piece of the story. Ed and Al's bodies, and the way they meet Rose and gradually try to dissuade her from believing she can get her boyfriend back... all the talk about god, science, and what is actually safe to put your faith in... it's building up a lot of really interesting questions and ideas. I especially like the theme of skepticism as a double edged sword. a healthy dose of skepticism could save Rose and her town from being duped by Cornello, and having their feelings toyed with. but that same instinct not to trust what you're first told, question authority, and test theories for yourself, is what led to Ed and Al's biggest and most regrettable mistake. it's hard to know which information comes from people with ulterior motives, like Cornello, and which is just knowledge being passed on by people who learned something that they find important, like Ed and Al.

[@hadesblaze3623]

And also during these first chapters we also see Cornello fooling Rose by providing evidence that he is truly taking the time to bring her boyfriend back and like midway through or towards the end it's revealed that it's a fucking chimera parrot this fucking ugly as hell and scares the shit out of everybody, which I appreciate

[@kamuyking551]

@@hadesblaze3623 exactly! FMA 2003 and the manga both play up the horror aspects of the story way more than FMAB is capable of with the way it handles itself, and I think it all has to do with respecting the art of suspense. I feel like the source material would give you just enough information to make you _insanely_ curious to know more, and then it would wait just long enough before giving you answers... like, so you could feel satisfied with your ability to think about the information and develop some theories. and it'd layer it so that you were always getting answers at a similar rate to the formation of your follow up questions. it's simultaneously intriguing and satisfying, once it gets it's momentum. and then FMAB takes all of that layered teasing of information and puts it in the more boring order. like, "here's a question and its answer. here's another question and its answer. here's a list of events in chronological order. now you know everything about this part of the story. moving on." when everything used to link up in this complicated web of cause and effect. it flattens it. like, even in the Liore story... in FMA 2003, I liked it way better when Ed and Al were shown walking through the desert and happening upon this town. it succinctly establishes that this town is an oasis in an otherwise harsh location, which the townspeople credit Cornello for achieving. nobody even has to say that part out loud for you to understand it! and I liked that Rose was asked to show Ed and Al the way to the church because everyone in town knows that Rose frequently goes there. I like that she asked the brothers if they were going to make use of the church's traveler's quarters, and Al starts to say no, because he knows how Ed feels about religion... but then Ed cuts him off and says they'd love to stay there, because he's planning to snoop around. Al is literally trying to avoid trouble, while Ed is actively trying to get into more of it. it's just little stuff like that which makes all the difference.

[@sorkaem]

This is the first chapter of the manga, that's why there's so much exposition about alchemy, human transmutation and build-up to the reveals that Al is an empty armor and Ed has metal arm and leg.

[@Plasmagon99]

If something is a taboo, it usually means one of two things: 1) A deity said it's bad. 2) It's been done at least once before, if not a few dozen to few a hundred times. 3) (Bonus) Both 1& 2.

[@elismart13]

no 15:50 in this case its from seeing "the gate of truth" you saw in ep 2 its why ed can just use his hands while al has to actually tediously draw a transmutation circle

[@YukiFubuki.]

13:53 yes a chimera originates from Greek mythology as a creature that exhibits traits of multiple animals though in pop culture it used to refer to any creature that is an amalgamation of or made up of multiple beings naturally or artificially 14:08 sorta of, would be spoiling too much to explain but it’s mentioned the brothers is searching for it to use to get their bodies back to normal as its it can amplify alchemy to the point that it can ignore alchemy’s laws and rules though how it does that and what it actually is specifically would gradually be revealed 22:41 fma takes place in early 20th century so the early 1900s

[@DraKeNgg.]

When Al said that the stone was fake it's not quite fake as false, but as "an imperfect/impure/failed atempt to make the stone". So as an "almost philosopher's stone" it has some power, which exceeds the natural capabilities of alchemy, but it is not quite the real deal

[@gbeaudette]

I think this may be the part of the first arc that got the most chewed up by being truncated to fit Brotherhood's faster pace. Stuff you're supposed to be seeing for the first time already got shown in the new first episode so it feels repetitive, and most of Rose's motivations are just gone.

[@Saprimacy]

FMA is one of my all time favorite stories with amazing characters. I'm so stoked that you get to experience it.

[@zyphur9961]

If you want a time frame for the world they are in. Go back to episode 2 and look at the gravestone of their mother. Considering they needed a few years for alchemy training and automail surgery.

[@ShadowNeo_2]

Gluttony: Lust, Can I eat him? [Lust] No, you'll give yourself an indigestion. Luke: I think maybe she's Lust. I don't know. 😂

[@GOTGames]

I meant more maybe one of the sins 😂 and not just called Lust... Cause that's a weird name

[@LaneGamesYT]

For any FMA fans who happen to come across this, the author started a new manga called "Yomi no Tsugai" that y'all will enjoy. 15 chapters out at the moment

[@sinanaldulaymi4103]

It's so good

[@josephjohnson5766]

Thanks I will check it out

[@AugustoEL]

What is the plot?

[@LaneGamesYT]

@AugustoEL trying not to give much away, especially since a lot that can be considered spoilers happens really early, but the main character Yuru lives in a remote village guarded by beings called Tsugai (think of them as spirits, demons, primordial gods). He has a twin sister named Asa, who is considered sort of a spiritual medium (while he is more of a hunter/gatherer type). But their entire world changes when their village comes under attack from outsiders. Can't say more than that without spoiling! Check it out, its still really early in its run, but its very good so far.

[@AugustoEL]

@@LaneGamesYT sounds interesting. Will give it a look. Thanks

[@displaythis3805]

6:30 In terms of chemical composition, the skin is made up from about 70% water, 25% proteins and 3% lipids. The reminder includes minerals, nucleic acids, glycosamines, proteoglycans and numerous other chemicals.

[@danielpulyi9142]

So about the timeframe. On their moms grave you can see that she died in 1904, and this is like 2-4 years after that. Gatling guns and belt fed machine guns also existed by this time, but there is some WW1 tech in there too.

[@rafayet23]

Ed is my favorite fictional character so it's good to see him get some recognition. He's just the most perfect and well written character imo.

[@ChrisPyre]

One thing to keep in mind is that the first 12 episodes equals about the first 30 episodes of the OG anime, almost as if they were rushing to get to the point where the og anime diverts from the manga. This is one of stories that I’d highly recommend checking out the original of as it’s told over two episode and is much more nuanced.

[@Dan_Geer_]

This is one of the things I preferred about the original, even though everyone seems to love Brotherhood more. The pacing felt better there.

[@mookiestewart3776]

@@Dan_Geer_ the ost in the first anime is also better. So many iconic songs on that one

[@creativeendeavorsgalore]

This FMAB world is meant to be a representation of Germany during WW1/WW2. That's why the leader of Amestris' title is "Fuhrer" and several other reasons that will be revealed later in the show. There's also a theme of Amestrians having blonde hair and blue eyes which is what Hitler called the ideal Aryan Race. The themes of this show go pretty in depth. Also, I think why Ed is so focused on obtaining The Philosopher Stone at the beginning is because he believes that's the missing piece of the puzzle to the secret of human transmutation. When Truth showed him all that knowledge in the portal Ed said human transmutation is possible but he was missing something.

[@NostalGamation]

Fun fact: If you want to have some sympathy for Rose, you could watch the 2003 version to see Rose's BF "alive", even saying like "Ro..se... Roo...se" 😉

[@sinanaldulaymi4103]

And even after that, she pretty much stays a character throughout the 2003 anime, meanwhile she just appears once more later in this one

[@simionelite2219]

In my opinion, this part is shown better in FMA(2003), some moments are better shown. I'm not saying that it's very weak here(in FMAB), some jokes had a negative influence, being inserted when they were not needed. If you will have the opportunity to watch FMA(2003) and I hope to you do, you will see what i mean.

[@kaialone]

It's a shame you cant like watch the first episodes of 03 and then switch to Brotherhood, because 03 is still constructed on a completely incompatible core with the OG manga/Brotherhood story- including a lotta extra filler So it sucks that Brotherhood kinda skimmed over parts that 03 already covered, cause they are not complimentary anime shows truly - That being said I do think Brotherhood does an excellent job of handling the quicker pace early on (it just couldve been an even greater series if it was allowed to adapt the manga in full)

[@simionelite2219]

@@kaialone I agree with the fact that FMAB has a faster pace, and in some moments this is really good, there are many things better in FMAB than in FMA(2003), I still agree with that, but there are also better things in FMA(2003). Both stories started the same, but continued differently, and I'm not saying that one is better than the other, or that FMAB should be better because it was created after the manga, yes, the ending in FMAB is full of action , but I still like the ending from FMA(2003) much more, it always lets me meditate better on important things, it has a greater influence on my emotions, because it is much more tragic and the seriousness of many subjects that i think in FMA(2003) is felt much better.

[@kaialone]

@@simionelite2219 Not gonna directly spoil anyone who might like to watch either show, but I personally prefer FMA:B, FMA 03's ending had some stuff I take issue with, particularly in how it handled certain characters (in terms of execution, not like "its different so its bad") But I still enjoy both, and like you're always gonna have folks prefer ome over the other cause theyre both good I still feel the inherent differences in 03 that are present from the start in form of style and filler content make it unsuitable for watching as a substitute of FMA:B's first episodes, but its not impossible to try and do that obvs

[@DandilionFireworks]

I agree... I find myself really missing some things that are just little quality of life details. like how in FMA 2003, Ed and Al start the episode walking in the desert and happen upon the town. and then Rose is asked to bring Ed and Al to the church because everyone knows she goes there often. or there's also the bit where Rose asks the two if they want to stay in the church's travelers quarters, and Al starts to say no, but Ed says yes, they're very interested! it's cool, because you can tell Al knows how Ed feels about religion, and doesn't want to start a conflict... but Ed already thinks the church is fishy based on the way people talk around here, and he's actively looking to maybe get his hands dirty while poking around about that. and that's how they actually end up at the church, where Ed and Rose have that conversation about Ed's skepticism toward Cornello's miracles. which leads to Rose inviting him to come watch them, because she sees that as proof that the miracles are real. basically, in FMA 2003, the anime cared about showing how one event led to the next. in FMAB, it feels like the anime is just recklessly regurgitating familiar iconic scenes with no regard to the context or connective tissue. here's the scene where Al fixes the radio. here's the scene where Ed watches Cornello do his miracles. here's the scene in the church where Ed questions Rose's god. it just feels really rough.

[@garageislander4165]

I liked the 03 version better here as well. This episode and many of the early episodes of brotherhood feel rushed.

[@downeastbeast6448]

Luke: "What year does this take place in?" The dates on Trisha's gravestone: "Am I joke to you?"

[@WarTalonX]

Chimera refers to the famous Greek monster with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail. In a lot of fiction though Chimera is used to refer to any creature that is a mishmash of other existing creatures. As for the stone being "fake", it's because the true philosopher stone of legend is supposed to have infinite energy and would never crumble away due to overuse.

[@Zanzapanda]

Chimerism does happen naturally as well, and is seen in things like bone marrow transplant recipients and if one of two fraternal twins dies during the pregnancy. Pregnancy typically causes microchimerism to occur in the mothers body during most pregnancies and can have lasting effects for decades. It's pretty neat! But yeah in this case it's definitely the more frankenstein-y mash different things together to make something new, some definitely landing more on the horror end of the spectrum :

[@biacanelas]

What make the brothers so great is the fact that after all they passed, all they trained (Ed bring considered a genius even among alchemists and Al being capable of a full fight in ab armor), they can be humble but also KNOW how good they are and what they dont have, they are fierce to take it back. Their minds are ehat nake them so amazing!

[@solacee4327]

I mentioned in last episode about why so many Japanese customs and honorifics etc. aren't incorporated into this series, but I believe in terms of the technology as well it's somewhat based in the early 1900s (like in the WW1/2 timeframe) - in a different world's europe Since it's a different world it is pretty difficult to accurately place the tech development in a real world's timeline though

[@sinanaldulaymi4103]

I mean, the 2003 anime literally shows that by having Ed be thrown in our world during WW2 where most of the characters we knew are Nazis

[@mikemath9508]

In the 2003 anime (which I watched several times before Brotherhood came out) there was a line Ed said to Rose "You've got two strong legs, so get up and use them" (I'm paraphrasing) and it resonated with me, a 14 year old on summer vacation eating ice cream at 11PM and i also paraphrased it in real life when I could. my dad _hated_ it. we had those cordless phones where you could page one of the other recievers "what does mom want for dinner?" "i'll go ask" "just page her" "no, i've got two strong legs, i'll use them"

[@aarondeck2814]

If you're still wondering about time frame it's roughly 1920s. "Magic" kinda makes technological innovation a little funky on the time scale. Bolt action and semi auto rifles. Electricity and crude radio communication. As well the tanks you see later are roughly inter war tanks between ww1 and 2

[@DutchDread]

The story takes place in 1914, so WW1 time. Which explains how Father Cornello fell for the oldest trick in the book, wasn't an old trick back then since radio, and especially voice recording, was still a new concept. Rose is probably the one story I think was done better in the original, where it is extremely dark, but oh well.

[@abhinam69]

Yeah in fma 2003's movie sequal hitler was featured as a character

[@Potkanka]

Haha yeah, Ed is quite arrogant but he can also usually back it up with his actions. His reputation precedes him deservedly and it's so much fun to watch! Though I suppose it's no surprise that as the story progresses, he won't always have it so easy :) As for the historical setting, I think it's based on 1920s? Or just sometime early 20th century.

[@simeonsurfer5868]

this is actually the adaptation of the first chapters of the manga. the body of human is composed with just what he said, but the structures of how atoms are assembled is really hard, and so there is almost no chance that we could reproduce a human body fully artificially.

[@Aquilenne]

Ed is definitely talented and hard working, but his alchemy isn't entirely from studying. When he passed through the door of truth, he absorbed a lot of important knowledge in exchange for his leg.

[@jacklambert9001]

You asked about the time frame the show is set in, it’s set in the early 1900s so the guns are appropriate and swords are only used by those skilled enough to use them in a gun fight.

[@sarafontanini7051]

reminder that THIS is the actual start ofth series in the manga. episode 1 as wholly anime original, jsut a ay to excite fans and introduce newbies to this series, as there as anotheer FMA anime made ages ago before this one. Episode 2 adapts a flashback that was shown in full WAY later. So yeah, THIS is the actual beginning of the story and you cna feel it, between the introduction of Ed's automail and al's nature as a living suit of armour down to the introduction of our main villains. (cornello buffing himself into a giant hulk is anime original, in the manga he jsut fucked up his arm and then ed decked with the statue's fist.)

[@MrFelblood]

6:30 Skin, like other organs, is made of cells, which are basically tiny soap bubbles, full of water, that stick together through molecular magnetism. It's the little carbon compounds floating in the water that give the cell the ability to repair or replicate itself that make it "alive" and allow it to provide specialized functions of each tissue in the body. Certain tissues form long fibers of cells, like muscles, tendons and scar tissue, while the ones in the skin and digestive tract tend to grow out in flat sheets that coat other tissues. This understanding presages a lot of philosophical and semantic debates in the biology community, such as the ongoing argument over whether the chemicals inside are what is truly "alive" and whether things like a virus or a prion, which only perform the functions of the chemicals machine inside the cells of other creatures rather than having cells of their own, can be labeled as a form of "life." 7:45 Ed' playing on her loyalty to get access to Cornello, but he also reveals a lot about himself in the process.

[@mythosinmedia]

This is not a spoiler, it's just something the show never took the time to properly explain. The fake philosopher stone is "technically" a philosopher stone, but one with limited use. Once it's spent, it breaks. The problem is the show kind of thought saying "fake" was clear enough but it left a lot of people wondering in the beginning.

[@amonra8393]

"You've got two good legs, so use them" from a 15 years old, who lost his leg, gave up his arm and never stopped moving forward! Love this episode so much! P.S. And here we are, episode 4....

[@vincentpey3929]

The Chimera is a monster from Greek Mythologie, a Lion with three heads one a normal lion head a second head comes out of its back this one resembles a goat head, a third one is at the end of its tail resembling a snakes head, the word originally was only used for this creature but over time it was extendet to include all creek mythical creatures that are just combinations of different animals. In Fullmetal Alchemist a Chimera is a creature that is made up of multiple different organisms fused together through Alchemy. Makes sense that FMA would take from greek/roman myth as its themes (especially everything arround Truth) are somewhat inspired by the works of great greek and roman phylosophers like Plato.

[@hereforonereason5820]

A chimera in myth is a creature with the head of a goat and a lion, with a snake for a tail, commonly used to essentially mean many creatures fused together, which is what it is here. Fittingly, the episode which references the Greek myth of Icarus is also the episode that introduces the Greek concept of chimera. This episode is the one to introduce one of many themes of the show, Faith. Faith in God(s), faith in yourself, faith in each other. Cornello only has faith in his own power, as does Rose, who relies on him and her God as her only source of hope, so that when that faith is lost, so is her only hope. Ed & Al meanwhile, they have faith in each other, so when their hope of finding the philosophers stone and restoring their bodies literally crumbles into dust and scatters into the wind, they're able to support each other and renew their hope by their shared strength. It also explores the theme of the dangers and pitfalls of religion, of putting your blind faith in it and relying on it to provide meaning and purpose in your life. How those who find themselves in positions of power in the religion will often do so on purpose, for the sake of acquiring personal power and comfort. On the flip side, it also shows the positives, how religion IS a source of hope for people, it forms the foundations of communities that love and care for each other (to an extent, at least). People with gods or spirits to worship often have their lives imbued with purpose and clarity, the calling to aid their fellow man on behalf of a higher power. It's not all good, and it's not all bad. Cornello may have been using Rose and the rest of his followers, but his sham religion still did give her hope, and a means of pushing forward to tomorrow following her descent into the deepest darkness after the loss of her fiance. It gave her a group of people to fall back on to help, and it got her out of that initial darkness to begin with.

[@Ros-pw8js]

Everything will be answered, this is truly a story like no other. I know that for now it may not seem like it, it is just the beginning after all.

[@Serpentking789]

@22:16 I believe the nation of Amestris is roughly equivalent to our own world's Germany in the early 20th century (more specifically the very late 1920s the to very early 1930s, just a few years before World War II) in terms of historical progress, but full range of technological & medical knowledge isn't a perfect match due to the differences in history as well as the presence of Alchemy. For example, Amestris has far more advanced prosthetic limbs in the form of Automail than our world had at the time (in fact we're only just now starting to successfully develop artificial limbs that can be moved directly by the nervous system), yet Amestris also doesn't seem to have any television or airplanes yet either.

[@TheGelatinousSnake]

“I am without rival” My favorite cake is called “Sans Rival” which means “Without Rival” It’s the most buttery cake. Unrelated to the story but…. Nice cake

[@PepperPlaysStuffs]

They did really well with writing this story, because you piece together the end goal just as fast as the main characters do, even though you technically get given more information. It's really well paced and the characters are so well written. There are two episode coming up that absolutely BROKE the fandom when we first watched this, and I'm excited to see your reaction on them.

[@Kyurengo]

This is the first episode of the story actually, so think that you see it without knowing anything about them. FMAB 1&2 are like that (so rushed) due to FMA. The Elric brothers are genius. They are 15/14, started learning alchemist by themselves 10 years ago and they're quite proficent in martial arts. You'll love them. Al is like Ed, but he didnt saw "the truth" back then so he cant do alchemy without a circle (like the rest of the normal alchemists)

[@Toasterfinal5]

Yes, the characters appearing at 26:45 are the deadly sins, Lust & Gluttony, personified. Without giving away any spoilers, you know there are 7…….Stay tuned. 😁

[@djmidori]

The little pipsqueak joke will be recurring throughout the episodes at least once 😂

[@mrmxypltk]

Timeline wise, think around the 1940's or 1950's. Post Industrial Revolution, but before too many major transistor/computer based technologies really matured. One of the reasons for the differences is Alchemy itself. You don't need to invent radically different production and construction methods when you have Alchemy to back up and strengthen existing materials. The big outlier is the Automail technology. Advanced Prosthetics that have capabilities we can't even mimic with our current technology. Some of it could also be attributed to better understanding of the human body and how to connect nerves and such, which may have come from Alchemical studies as well.

[@elioalbertopereyra4702]

I gotta admit i still wish we could have, even if just, a fraction more of that knowledge about automails/nerves/human body to reach a higher level of prosthetics. We have advanced, sure, but even so we are still ways to go.

[@mrmxypltk]

@@elioalbertopereyra4702 yeah. We have come a very long way, but we're still ages behind where I wish we were in terms of prosthetics. There's even been a couple of horrible cases where people with (admittedly, experimental) prosthetic eyes had to have them removed because the company behind them went out of business/was bought out and would not service them or provide software updates anymore. These people were given some level of sight back, and then just had it taken away because a company wasn't profitable enough. It's sickening and disheartening.

[@1TutorialBoss]

100% recomend watching the 2003 anime aswell. It deviated from the source material but it makes its own world out of what they had and did a great job imo

[@jonahcraven8669]

The last episode teaches the Law of Equivalent Exchange; that you cannot make something from nothing. Here, we see the power of a Philosopher's Stone; that it permits you to cheat the law, to some extent. It isn't infinite, it has limits, but it still grants incredible power.

[@WolforNuva]

When Ed says a fake stone, he meant at the very least a convincing fake. Imitation might have been the better word, something that can appear to be the original, even performing similar feats, but ultimately doesn't hold up to the legend that wouldn't get used up or break.

[@Golladan]

(If this episode feels like the introduction to the series to anyone it's because it's the first chapter of the manga).

[@carlgelaelricexo88]

My All time favorite EDWARD ELRIC ❤❤ fma still my no 1 anime i watch until now ❤❤

[@yozarian86]

Gluttony refers to her as Lust. The first thing he says. You will get clarification somewhat soon on what they mean by the stone being fake. And I wish I could prepare you for this anime, but I don’t think that’s possible. Even if I spoiled the entire thing, you would still be shocked. 😅 Absolutely great series though. And the sub is still notably better than the dub, but I suppose people were right in telling you this is one of the better English dubs.

[@zodiark93]

To answer your question about the weapons and technology, it is stated in the opera (but not in this anime) that we can consider FMA world similar to our world, but meanwhile here we developed science and technology, they developer alchemy first, and then slowly the technology (if you remember, we had "alchemy" in the middle-age). They has the potential to arrive at our same level, but at the moment they're still stuck in a situation that we can locate before our second industrial revolution.

[@keni7426]

Oh man I watched fmab when it came out and it is to this day one of my favorite animes. I'm never gonna get tired of ranting about how good of a story it has and how well the characters are written. It's incredible to be able to watch this again after so long, along with someone seeing it for the first time. Love the way you also describe your thought process throughout the video. Makes me think back to my first watch and how mindblown I was. I'm probably gonna be waiting for these reactions every day!

[@leviosdraekion6993]

1:38 episode 2 kind of answers this question for you but indirectly. Think back to what Al says after seeing Ed use alchemy without a transmutation circle for the first time.

[@valor555]

Soooo it isnt explicitly defined in FMA but it is basically an animal or beast created by alchemy using a combination of different animals as materials

[@TheWhiteBruceLee]

“The” philosophers stone is the key or at least a big key point in this story. I don’t think I’ll tell anything more. (Skeletor runs out) until we meet again.

[@mariansony91]

Timeline 1899-1915/1917 1899 is the year ed was born / but the entire story/plot happens over several centuries- no more spoilers

[@benbodily2710]

There's a larger explenation about the development of the Philosiphers stone in the original FMA, as well as what constitutes a "fake philosiphers' stone"

[@user-ud7gv3br5d]

22:25 fmab is set in a fictional world, so no usual countries and etc, but, it is generally inspired in western europe post ww2

[@OmegaS-117]

Episode 4 will be a real doozie for you😊

[@MrPsyk2]

sooo not ready to see it again ....

[@DashtheBard]

I don't think he's ready

[@lucapozzatello1266]

@@DashtheBard no one really is, even knowing what they'll see I'm looking so forward for his reaction

[@OmegaS-117]

@@lucapozzatello1266 definitely agree with you on that

[@sometimessiri.8559]

I almost feel like a terrible person knowing what's coming but that's what made this anime amazing since it doesn't sugar coat the ugly.

[@Eevee213]

I read the manga first. And this is the first chapter. So for me i always jump to this episode. I also like that this paints som mistery of this world. And you get the answer later. In contrast of the info dumping the first two episodes does.

[@EG-cm5th]

Fullmetal Alchemist is set, in their calendar, in the year 1915 or so. The technological level is meant to reflect the same time period in real life. So the tech you see in this show is all stuff that was around by 1915 in the real world. With the exception of automail, of course.

[@drewpocernich2540]

24:41 They do explain this, but only in the first anime adaptation.

[@mintyjourney]

Lust: that you saw that she stab him in the head and gluttony: that he eat the corpse who got stab. They're villain and they had follow their ambitious plan for not let anyone get in their way. Philosopher stone can be made but it was a dark secret. It can be decipher but found in books. You should keep on going, who knows that secret can be reveal once you watch the next episode.

[@cookiedestroyer2801]

22:22 You'd be surprised to know when the gatling gun was invented

[@dreamshell.121]

One of my favorite details in this episode is how the church is blurred and out of focus at the end because it parallels Rose’s loss of faith in the church

[@hellsbane666]

People hear the term Fullmetal and immediately assume its referring to the guy in armour, which makes sense...

[@yugoxgc]

Ngl the whole "God debate" with Ed ( if you can even call it that) always makes me chuckle a bit. Some would want to view it as Religious vs Atheist ... except the Religious person of the 2 isnt the one who Actually met God 😅

[@shadowdevil126]

2:17 iirc it's ww2 era technology but with automail, and more advanced biological weapons like chimera from alchemy like how cornello created the lion one with the fake philosopher stone

[@elioalbertopereyra4702]

Next episode it is, the real initiation 😂😭

[@Luffy_senpa1]

okay so 1. the timeline is early 1900s like around 1910-1920. 2. It's not that it's a fake stone but rather that it was an imperfect stone. 3. anime like to combine eras, like it could be a historical anime but have modern weapons or transportation, like naruto is set in a pre-digital era but they have communication devices to speak to each other.

[@fruitpunchsamuraidavid]

All thr theories you're throwing makes me excited to see how you'd do with everything the show is gonna throw at you 😊

[@0Defensor0]

The time is 1914 (WW1 in our timeline) maybe a bit more advanced thanks to the better material science that alchemy provides. Also, there are two things shown in the intro speech that you should pay close attention to: any time you see red lightning, and alchemist circles that are using pentagons.

[@PinkoPip]

If I remember correctly, FMA takes place in an alternative version of our world, where science basically killed off religion hence why Alchemy is so popular and is as powerful as it is, this country being more or less Germany during our WW2 era.

[@Alucia0]

To answer your question of the time frame. FMA takes place in the early 20th century. Amestris the country that it takes place in is that worlds version of central Europe, the area around Germany to be precise. As for the stone, it's not a fake. It was a real stone I can't explain what happened when it broke without getting into massive spoiler territory though but it was real. Rose is a perfect example of religious indoctrination and what happens when the vail is shattered...Sadly she represents a lot of people in the real world as well :( It's really sad honestly.

[@newbie4789]

I mean, you are missing where Rose stands. She is a destroyed soul... destroyed by the religious beliefs she was in... Now she don't have anything to believe, not just rely. It's an absolute position of void she is in. We can't blame her

[@chaosspear0195]

When he said its a fake its more that its not a true philosopher stone

[@Saprimacy]

Ed was born in 1899, AL in 1900. So the story takes place around the WW1 Era.

[@TheWhiteBruceLee]

Timeline is most closely represented in one of the world war eras. You’ll see that most clearly in the movie if you watch it.

[@SilverScroll]

The timeframe is roughly analogous to the 1910s in our world - but some things are more advanced, and others not quite as much. It's a fantasy world, after all!

[@porterdragneel9880]

The time is almost upon us 😳

[@morodaye1417]

Time period is roughly equivalent to early 1920s. They don't seem to have aircraft though so that's one notable exception

[@saya8349]

If I’m not wrong this is supposed to be inspired in the time period between ww1 and ww2. And he said is fake because it wasn’t a perfect material, like when in chemistry the teacher would make fake gold; it looks like gold but if you look into it is just look like it. Also FMA:B is quite dark but has a lot of funny moments, in this jujutsu kaisen reminds me to full metal. They can be all serious and in a moment make you laugh.

[@aissatousy338]

22:06 fmab takes places around the early 1900's I believe

[@maru-df2bq]

‘Isn’t the Philosopher stone like the end goal.’ Good question, keep that to the end.😊

[@DracheLehre]

Chimeras also exist IRL, but not to mythological extremes. In nature, it's mostly its the result of zygotes fusing together for one reason or another. Humans are the only species can create chimeras of each other artificially on the regular. If you know someone who received donated blood or tissue, that is a technically a form of chimerism.

[@lynchie2073]

it takes place in the 1900s and 1910s, so early twentieth century around the time of the first world war. and aside from automail, pretty much all of their technology lines up with that timeframe. their phones, guns, tanks, trains, and the like are all things we had around that time too. ed's an outlier because hes an emo teen and dresses like it, but you see it reflected in their clothes too

[@goodghostgaming2873]

dark? we still on sunset my friend luke.

[@kevinbaumhoer7359]

i am already loading the Shotgun that Fucker needs to die

[@amonbeck]

If you’re wondering about the timeline, it’s pretty much the 1910’s-20’s, maybe. You have trains, guns, swords, horseback riding, and universities. Think a little before Indiana Jones.

[@sytrostormlord3275]

28:00 that's not everything... keep watching and you'll start burning with holy fire of anger, once you see a story of a girl and her dog (won't say anymore, those who watched already should know what am I pointing at...)

[@xavierestelles9327]

The timeframe is around first World war, I believe

[@3pleFly]

This anime is gonna fit you perfectly. I think youll love so many characters here 😊

[@jurare89]

well, shooting at the armor (judiging the armor working as any normal piece of armor, and the gun working as any generic gun) would result in the bullet penetrating the armor in reality. However: this armor is empty (since Al's soul is bound into the armor itself, not a "body" inside the armor). so it woult accomplish nothing and in the most "destructive" case, just puncture a hole into it. So, the result we´ve seen (shooting the helmet off) is rather unrealistic, however: we don´t know how strong the "force" is that holds Al's armor together. But even assuming that all the parts of the armor are barely being hold together by the binding of his soul, it should at least have left a dent, most likely even punctured the helmet regardless. A Chimera is usually an animal composed of two or more genetically different types of species. It derives from the greek mythology, where it is displayed as a fire-spitting beast, Lion in the front, goat in the middle, dragon on the back, that hs been killed by Bellerophon (The hero from greek mythology that also used a Pegasus) On how the "fake" philosopher's stone worked: it´s probably just acting as a "substitute-battery" in order to supply any alchemy done with transmutation-material. Remember: "equivalent exchange" does most likely not necessarily (despite bein stated otherwise) mean "equal mass", but "equal value" (whatever the metric of measuring value is, which would be in line with human transmutation, since it´s always said "but what is the value of a human soul"). So, when he used the ring for his transmutations, he slowly but steadily used up whatever the substitute stored in the ring is, ultimately leading it to breaking (which was probably just a coincidence that it happened in the fight just then)