PRODUCT NAME: Fullmetal Alchemist

INGREDIENTS: Alchemy (non-genetically

modified)
AMOUNT PER SERVING: 192 pages
STORAGE GUIDELINES: Store in a cool,
dry place.
HANDLING PRECAUTIONS: If any of it
gets in your eyes, quickly purchase every
volume of the series.

—Hiromu Arakawa, 2003

Born in Hokkaido (northern Japan), Hiromu

Arakawa first attracted national attention in
1999 with her award-winning manga Stray
Dog. Her series Fullmetal Alchemist debuted in
2001 in Square Enix’s monthly manga
anthology Shonen Gangan.
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FULLMETAL
ALCHEMIST
 FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST CHARACTERS

FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST

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Edward Elric

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Alex Louis Armstrong Roy Mustang

Using a forbidden alchemical ritual, the Elric brothers attempted

to bring their dead mother back to life. But the ritual went wrong,
consuming Edward Elric's leg and Alphonse Elric's entire body.
At the cost of his arm, Edward was able to graft his brother's soul
into a suit of armor. Equipped with mechanical "auto-mail" to
replace his missing limbs, Edward becomes a state alchemist,
ge eine military on deadly missions. Now, the two brothers
roam the world in search of a way to regain what they have lost...
In search of the Philosopher's Stone, the Elric brothers break into
a top-secret government laboratory, only to meet the mysterious
Lust and Envy, who blow up the lab to hide the evidence. Uncertain
of the extent of the Philosopher's Stone conspiracy, Edward and
Dea aya ce Elric decide to return to their old alchemy teacher for advice,
Pinako Rockbell taking their mechanic Winry along for the ride...
CONTENTS
Chapter 17: The Boomtown of the Broken Down 7

Chapter 18: The Value of Sincerity 45

Chapter 19: I'll Do It for You Guys! 83

Chapter 20: The Terror of the Teacher 117

Chapter 21: The Brothers’ Secret 151

Extra 189

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“1 Chapter 19:
I'll Do It for You Guys!
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YOU GUYS

PANINYA,
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AS MANY
TOWELS:
AS YOU

CAN DO
RIGHT NOW
IS TRUST
WINRY.
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TO LOOK FROM A
THROUGH MEDICAL FAMILY
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OF IT AT PICTURE BOOKS, SO...
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DOESN'T ALAND I DID
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THAT SHE
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BESIDES, MUST HAVE
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eed LONELY
BY j \ TAT
YOU ALEEASE
HAVE A
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RETURN
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DOWN YOUR
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AND THEN YOU
WROTE THAT IN
YOUR WATCH...
SO YOU'D
NEVER FORGET
AND NEVER
IF YOU CAN TURN BACK.
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I SHOULD
BE JUST AS
SERIOUS
ABOUT THE
THINGS I
BELIEVE
IN.
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TO ASK DOMINIC
 SHUT UP!!
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YOU OFF THE
HOOK WITH
JUST ONE
PUNCH, SO
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MY WATCH,
YOU LITTLE
THIEF!

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STORM, I DIDN'T

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LITTLE
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SHE CAN COME,
CHANGES TO
HER
ways.

106
 AFTER YOU
TAKE THE
OLD ROAD
THROUGH THE
MOUNTAINS,
YOU'LL BE
IN THE TOWN
OF SOUTH
HOOD.

ENGINEER
NAMED
GARFIEL.
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SOME OF THAT
OLO GEEZER'S
SECRETS SO
THAT NEXT
TIME YOU CAN
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THING I
ALWAYS SEE
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LITTLE OR
NO MEMORY
OF THAT
MAN, WHO
WAS AN
ALCHEMIST,
EVER DOING
ANYTHING
FORME AS
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MY MOM WHAT
HAPPENED, AND
SHE SMILED SADLY
ANO SAID, "THERE'S
NOTHING THAT
CAN BE CONE
ABOUT IT." EVEN
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THEY SAY...
WHEN YOU'RE
SCARED,
YOU THINK
THE
DANGER'S

ARE BORN
WITH THE
BLESSINGS
OF
EVERYONE
AROUND
THEM.
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GUYS! ALCHEMY
SKILLS HAVE
GOTTEN ALOT
BETTER SINCE
THE LAST TIME
I SAW You,
RIGHT?

SURE!
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YOU
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RESEARCH
EVERY DAY,
EVEN WHEN

WHY DON'T
WE GO
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BODIES,
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CAN WITH
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way
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YOUR TOYS,
THEN ME THAT
TAKE LOLLIPOP
BETTER STICK SO
CARE OF I. CAN USE
THEM! ITAS THE
WHEEL

THANK
YOU,
MRS.
CURTIS...
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IS ALIVE WILL
ONE DAY DIE AND
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EARTH..WHICH
IN TURN MAKES
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FOR THE
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THROUGH THE
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THING
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TO BRING WORLD
SOMEONE LV, HASA
BACK TO FLOW.

ARE YOU EVER

GLAD THAT
YOU'RE A
OG OF THE
MILITARY?

147
 SO, ¥(Ou F¢ IDON'T KNOW
JOINED THE WHEN THEY'LL
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LITTLE BRAT!
CON'T BE SO
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WHEN YOU
KNOW YOU
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152
“jt Chapter 21:
The Brothers’ Secret
 THAT WAS ALL
IT TOOK FOR
US TO OIE
HEADLONG
INTO
STUDYING
ALCHEMY.

ae ii _
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SAY THE
SICKNESS
BuT HOW SAD... HAS
WHAT SHE LEFT BEEN
ABOUT - BEHIND GOING
HER Two AROUND.
HUSBAND CHILOREN.
?

IDON'T
KNOW
WHERE HE
1S. WE HAVE
‘NO WAY TO
GET IN
TOUCH
WITH
HIM.
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THAT HUMAN THE ALCHEMY
BEINGS ARE BOOKS I READ,
MADE UP OF THEY SAY YOU
THE MINO, CAN MAKE
THE SOUL PEOPLE WITH
ANO THE ALCHEMY.
PHYSICAL THEY CALL IT
BODY. AHOMUN-
cutus.

BUT IT
SAID THAT
IT’S FOR-
WE DIDN'T BIDDEN
THINK THAT TO CREATE
CREATING AHUMAN
ALIFE WAS BEING
WRONG. USING
ALCHEMY!

DL
 CELLS
66%...
NON-
NON- FLUIDS
CELLULAR —-24%,.
SOLIDS
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RIGHT?

I THINK IT
OEFINITELY WOULD BE ECW 26%,
BETTER TO FASTER TO 2 VF, ICW 34%.
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ba if Boos |=T] AND PROTEIN
PHYSICAL p COMPOSI-
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THERE. |

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IN THE

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 NO FAIR! WHAT VE
YOu Guys yOu Guys
ARE BEEN
ANAS, STUDYING
KEEPING SO HARD
LATELY?

WAY, WE'RE
HAVING
STEW
TONIGHT.

ITHAS WHOEVER
MILK IN IT INVENTED
ANDO IT STEW WAS:
STILL BRILLIANT
!

SOMEONE
HAD TO HAVE
I ‘ ¢ Come uP
WITH THE IDEA
HOMER
WHAT IT's gust OF MIXING
WE'RE
MISSING
WHY IS s| INHUMAN
HUMAN | TRANSMu-
TRANS- : TATION
MUTATION FORMULA
 MAYBE
YOu MEAN ‘CUZ
THE STORY irss0
ABOUT THE DANGER-
PHILOS-
OPHER REMEMBER mane
IN THE HOW AN ONE CAN
EASTERN ENTIRE DoOIT

“heed COUNTRY AND LIVE!

Was
DESTROYED
IN ONE
NIGHT...

AW, THAT'S ER
JUSTA
FAIRYTALE.
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A
8 =| CREATEA
BUT WHAT
ABOUT THAT < PERFECT
ALCHEMIST 7 = HUMAN
WHO WAS I une Wy | BEING AND
PERFORMING A FA INSTEAD
TRANSMUTATION p d 5 HE WIPED
WHEN A FLY 2 "RE Qs OuT
Bey) FLEW INTO THE z U EVERYONE
WB CIRCLE AND THE k.
GUY BECAME Ee
AFLY-MAN!

I BET THE
ADULTS MADE
j - IT FORBIDDEN
THINK ABOUT a BUT TO) oe
HOW HAPPY cs
EVERYONE
WOULD BE
IF ADEAD
PERSON
CAME BACK
TO LIFE.

163
 IF YOUAND I
COULD LIVE WITH
MOM AGAIN, SHE
WOULD BE HAPPY
ABOUT IT, TOO.

wulF DAD
BuT,
BROTHER...
WAS AROUND, ISTILL
I WONDER IF CON'T THINK
HE WOULD WE KNOW
HAVE ENOUGH TO
TAUGHT US CO THIS
ALCHEMY?

ONE WHO.
MADE HER HARD TIME
SUFFER, RAISING US
AND WHEN ON HER OWN,
SHE DIED, HE THAT'S WHY SHE
DION'T EVEN SOTA
BOTHER TO
COME TO HER
FUNERAL!

STILL...
BEING SELF-
TAUGHT CAN
ONLY TAKE US.
SO FAR.
 IN ALL MY
60 YEARS
IVE NEVER
|] BuTYOU
| SHOULD KEEP
REINFORCING
IT WITH
SANDBAGS,
JUST IN
CASE.

BELIEVE IT...
THIS HUGE
THING IN
 IFT
WEREN'T We JusT
FOR THIS
RAINSTORM, | HAPPENED
WE'D BE TO BE
VISITING
a THE EAST
MM) s=s2x
AL] VACATION.

FOR YOu,
THE WHOLE

NO, I'M SURE WAS!

JUST A YOU MUST
PLAIN OLD BE ONE. OF
BUTCHER'S NOSE.
WIFE. MY STATE AL-
NAME IS CHEMISTS,
Izumi RIGHT?
eae
 WE CAN
ALREADY
DOA
LITTLE
BIT OF
ALCHEMY,

THIS "OLD LADY"

IS ALITTLE HARD
OF HEARING SO
IDION'T QUITE
CATCH WHAT YOU
JUST SAID. COULD
YOU PLEASE SAY IT
ONE MORE
TIME?

TAKE
APPREN-
sesives,1 ICES
HAVE A SHOP
TO RUN SO,
IVE GOT TO
GET BACK TO
UBLITH
RIGHT AWAY,
PEOPLE!
 IF WE
YOUR YOU'LL PASS OUR
REAL BEGIN... EVALUATION...
TRAIN-
ING.

WHAT
| 7
THOUGHT |}
 IWONDER
IF WE'LL GET GOT AHUGE
TO READ ALOT LABORATORY
OF BOOKS WHERE SHE
WE'VE NEVER STUDIES!
EVEN SEEN
 I STARTED
THINKING,
NC we IF 1
THOUGHT
ALIVE HE you
WOULD HAVE ONT:
BEEN AROUND / ae
THEIR AGE... APPREN-

PLUS, I COULD SEE

IN THEIR EYES THAT
THEY WERE SERIOUS
ABOUT WANTING TO
LEARN ALCHEMY.

: ANDO BEHIND
IF THEY'RE THAT DESIRE, I
TRYING TO TAKE . CAN SENSE THAT
THE WRONG THEY'VE GOT
PATH, ISN'T SOME OTHER
IT my JoB REASON...SOME-
AS THEIR THING THEY CAN'T
“TEACHER" TO j TELL ANYONE.
PUT THEM
ON THE
CORRECT
ONE?

THAT WHEN
WE GET
HOME, WE'RE
IT's GOING TO
GONNA _HAVETO
GET FINO THESE
BRATS
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Pq
, ne a
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WE ARE.
OUBLITH’S
Main
TOURIST

TO GIVE
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LIKE OUR
SHORT i TRAINING’S
NOTICE.
THERE'S NO
ELECTRICITY,
EVEN A HOUSE
TO SHELTER
YOU FROM
THE RAIN.
 IFYOUCANT TA
FIGURE OUT THE
MEANING OF
THAT RIDOLE
IN ONE
| MONTH'S TIME,
I'M SHIPPING
YOU BOYS
BACK TO
RESEMBOOL. iy
 MEANING
IN ONE
MONTHS S&S
TIME. \

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THIS MANGA WAS ORIGINALLY PRINTED INMONTHLY
SHONEN GANGAN, DECEMBER 2002 THROUGH APRIL 2003.
 FULLINETAL ALCHEINIST 5 PEN REMENEER
SPECIAL THANKS 70.
KEISUI TAKAEDA-SAN
SANKICHI HINODEYA-CHAN
JUN TOKO-SAN
MASANARI YUBEKA-SAN
JUNSHI BABA-SAN
NORIKO GUNJO-SAN
SHU HOZAKA-SAN
RIKA SUGIYAMA-SAN
YOICHI SHIMOMURA-SHI (MANAGER)
 IHODINYS
Ad
VASQONIH
 FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST

IN GOD’ S\DOMAIN BYZCREA GIA, HUMAN LIFE.

BUT WITH*THE MATE'SIN GOMES THE
UNISHMENT...
In Memoriam
FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST 6)
Hiromu Arakawa

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