RRAN:FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST CO ae ( THE BROTHERS, EDWARD AND ALPHONSE, ATTEMPTED TO RESURRECT, BY MEANS OF ALCHEMY, THEIR MOTHER WHOM THEY HAD LOST WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG. HOWEVER, THE TRANSMUTATION WAS A FAILURE AND = ob SM San moe mea c=cg BROTHER, ALPHONSE. AT THE COST OF HIS OWN ARM, HE WAS ABLE TO SOMEHOW SUCCESSFULLY TRASMUTE ALPHONSE'S SOUL AND BOUND IT TO A SUIT OF ARMOR. HOWEVER, THE COST WAS FAR TOO GREAT. —. THUS, THE TWO BROTHERS VOWED TO TAKE tT AT eel eh eaeA s JOKING, ABOUT IT? RIGHTZ f YOU uP TO. = MOVING ON TO AUTO- YOU'RE I DON'T || PRETTY SCARED Fave. || FoR Someone IT migHt Be THAT YOUR AGE, HANDY, BLT sort OF |] THERE WAS EVEN DON'T THEY. COURAGE. |] THIS BRAT WHO SAY THAT THE aise. oT 4 RIGHT POST-SURGERV oo ARM AND LEFT pad Ane , Lee OF REHABILITATION] AUTOMAIL. PROCESS ARE DIFFICULT?Hm, AREN'T you LOOKING LIVELY2ne | BEING “| COMPARED. THIS IS. MAJOR , ARI BOA ii STRONG.DIDN'T I TELL you TO CALL AT LEAST ONCE BEFORE you y SHOW UP FOR A MAINTENANCE CHECK! ? ASS!min JUST HOW ute! WERE YOU USING THAT FIRST-CLASS AUTOMAIL THAT I HAD SO PAIN- STAKINGLY SO, WHAT HAPPENED?YEAH, I WANT TO DO THis, PRONTO. THE LAST GOTTEN TIME WE BIGGER. MEASURED you, You $0 YOU WANT TO GO TO CENTRAL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO GET THE FILES ON THE PHILOSOPHER’S. STONE? RIGHT, IT'S NOT Just THE ARM, YOUR LEG'S GOING TO NEED SOME ADIUSTING. THE LEG'S FINE BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE THE BASE, BUT WE'LL HAVE TO START FROM SCRATCH WITH THE ARM,ANYWAY, JUST PUT UP WITH USING THIS SPARE FOR S DAYS, ACK, THIS CARVING, Is GOING THERE'S TO TAKE ASSEMBLING, ALL NIGHT. ADJUSTING, CONNECTING, AND FIN- ISHING...$0 SHOULDN'T IDO AS MUCH AS YOU'RE SAYING THAT 4 NOW? you WANT. TO GO TO CEN- TRAL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, RIGHT?BUT ISN'T IT NICE TO HAVE AN OCCASIONAL BREAK SINCE |" WE HAVEN'T HAP IT EASY |" FOR A WHILE? ANYWAY, WHEN WE WE REALLYBUT YOU ONCE THE you Automall 1s sHouLp FIXED WE'LL co HEAD OFF tHere TO CENTRAL OH RIGHT! I DON'T WANT THEFINISHED. CHOPPING woop LApy PINAKO. I TOLD HIM THAT IT WAS DANGEROUS TO WANDER OFF ALONE!BOYS ARE PASSING EACH DAY PEACEFULLY, AREN'TI WAS WORRIED BECAUSE WE DON'T GET MUCH NEWS FROM THE CITY AND THOSE BOYS A HAVEN'T EVEN H'| SENT ONE LETTER. AND IT 1S BECAUSE OF THAT EVEN CENTRAL FAME THAT BYE EN ReE Beene THE ELRIC TO GET INTO ROE ia TROUBLE... PARTICULAR THE ELDER ONE, THE “FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST.”yyears — | AGO, WHEN HE EXCHANGED HIS | | ARM TO | | | | L TRANSMUTE HIS YOUNGER BROTHER'S. SOUL... ———j- ha I'M GOING TO BEA NATIONAL § Zag ea a WHEN HE WITHSTOOD E TAKING AUTOMAIL ) SURGERY, SOMETHING THAT WOULO MAKE _| EVEN AN ADULT SCREAM. | WHEN HE DECIDED | TO BECOME A 006 OF THE MILI- | TARY... | ss Wy ieee = 4 elma adial ea ae MOVEANP BECAUSE HE WAS $O TOUGH, I WORRY WHETHER HE COULD RECOVER IF SOMETHING WENT WRONG INSIDE, YOU SEE, T USED TOBEA DRINKING BUDDY OF THEIR FATHER. WHO WOULP HAVE THOUGHT HE HAD THAT SORT OF STRENGTH IN THAT SMALL BOoDYy2 TREAT THEM AS le THEY Yes, I'VE SEEN THEM GROW SINCE THEY WEREI DON'T THAT KNOW IE BASTARD HE'S DEAD LEFT BEHIND OR ALIVE, HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN IN THIS TOWN... I WONPER WHERE HE'S WANDERING OFF TO NOW... WERE WENT OFF ERONT LINES Miny SON A Because AND HIS WIFE,IT % ad WAS A \ HORRIBLE i WAR. Se > ! wake “a BUT PEOPLE WHO LOST THEIR ARMS AND LEGS DURING THE WAR NEED US PROSTHESIC OUTFITTERS. WE LOST OUR FAMILIES |. IN THE WAR, BUT WE'RE ABLE TO EAT | / BECAUSE OF THAT WAR. you LOOK LIKE If SPEAKING. YOU'LL EAT OF DINNER, A TON, SO TIVE GOT TLL MAKE TO START ENOUGH TO PREPARING SATISEY DINNER YOu. SOON.NO NEED ANYHOW, THOSE BROTHERS HAVE NO OTHER PLACE BUT THIS iT AND AS EVERY— FOR BEDS, BODY. you CAN USE THE PATIENT BED SINCE NO ONE'S USING IT. HOUSE? THE DAY ED EARNED His NA- TIONAL LICENSE Down AND LEFT, wiTHoOUuT LEAVING AI DON'T REALLY GET ALCHEMY. BUT I DO GET THAT WHAT THOSE BOYS ARE TRYING TO DO ISN'T EASY... BY LOSING THEIR HOME, THEY WERE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THEY WOULDN'T TRY TO BACKTRACK FROM WHAT THEY WERE DOING.T ALWAYS SIGH HATE THE MOMENT WHEN THE NERVES GET CON- R RESTORING YOuR BODIES. HANDS ON THE PHILOSOPHER'S \|y STONE, T'LL AND AN ERGONOM- ICALLY— DESIGNED STRONG, BEAUTIELILN EX- fi CHANGE, ITS STRENGTH WAS LOWERED SO DON'T... FB ON STEEL THAT YOU'RE USING mainte- S| NOW HAD ITS "NANCE CHROME ANYWAY, RATIO RAISER SINCE YOU AND IS MORE ARE LIKE RUST RESISTANT, p THAT.IF HE HITA LITTLE FURTHER, I'D BEA GONER. THAT WAS PRETTY DANGEROLS, WASN'T IT. THIS Is ACTING AS THE MmeriIUM BETWEEN | AUS SOUL AND HISAND BECAUSE T | WASN'T ABLE TO MOVE MY BODY FOR A WHILE, I HAVE TO RE- STORE ITS SENSE [ OF FEELING. A I'M COMBINING A PERFORMANCE CHECK FOR THE NEW LIMBS WITH SOME SPARRING.THAT'S WHY WE USUALLY HAVE TO TRAIN OUR- SELVES LIKE THAT'LL BREAK THE AUTOMAIL RIGHT A HEALTHY MIND LIVES IN A WELL TRAINER BEAUTIFUL, DY. ay a USED TO SAY, "TO TRAIN THE MING, FIRST TRAIN THE BODY" $O WHEN You HAVE FREE TIME, YOU SPAR?TRAIN WN | iH REALLY? THE MOR THIS PLACE'LL BE QUIET AGAIN. HEH, AND WHEN We RESTORE OUR BODIES WE WON'T NEED GRANNY OR WINRY! AND THIS JERKFACE CAN'T EVEN DO ANYTHING WITHOUT US MECHANICS,Aw, HE FELL ASLEEP WITH HIS STOMACH EXPOSED IT'S HARD TO TELL WHICH ONE OF YOu Is ya MAINTE- NANCE [= BROTHER. {iIT's FUNNY THAT THIS PIPSQUEAK IS THE SAME AGE AS ME, WHAT T JUST SAID REMINDED ME OF THE TIME WE WENT TO THE YOUSWELL COALMINES.BUT WHEN THOSE COAL MINERS peop Th WERE BEING PUSHED GROUP SAY BROTHER AROUND BY Ths Is OUR DIDN'T THEIR BOSSES HOME AND WANT TO AND TOLD US OUR COFFIN,” HELP THEM TO HELP HE HE ENDED uP ya Onn AT ALL THEM OUT. HELPING THEM. S IN THE et ) BEGINNING. THE PAIN OF LOSING SOME- THING AS IMPORTANT AS A HOME TO GO BACK TO MUST HAVE REALLY HIT YOU HARP. THAT'S WHY WE'RE ALWAYS GRATEFUL TO GRANNY AND WINRY EOR BEING HERE FOR US LIKE TT's TUST A REAL FAMILY. HARD FOR ME TO SAV. SAME FOR BROTHER.I DON'T REGRET BURNING OUR HOUSE DOWN, BUT THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I REALLY WANT TO CRY, BUT STILL THE REALITY IS THAT THE HOUSE WHERE WE WERE BORN AND RAISED IN DOESN'T EXIST ANY- EVEN WHEN HE HAS A BOPY HE CAN CRYTHANKS | —_—_/ STILL SOUND’ ASLEEP NAH HE'D Bl 4 4 on aneon ITS OK | (want SINCE SHE lagout takine ‘SOK | | me to STAYED CARE OF THE AUTOMAIL PROPERLY OR SOMETHING COKE THAT IE SHE GOT UP AND_CAME jyou ONCE IN Boys AWHILE COME AND EAT BACK SOME BREAK- FAST, You PJee ee REAI-| LY. WE'RE THE IT must BE WON-Just LEAVE ME THE NIGHTS, Ou, L LEFT IT LIKE THAT AFTER FIXING ED'S ARM, THERE'S ALWAYS SOME BIG WAR GOING) ON WHEN- EVER HE SHOWS UPR