Subsequently, you can also blame my love for this book for when I criticize company-owned properties for not evolving their characters and concepts or just outright ending a franchise.īut I am getting ahead of myself. It is the story that I compare every comic to, regardless genre, of being creator-owned or work-for-hire or whatnot. Not just “favorite manga”, my favorite piece of sequential art storytelling. To put it simply: “Fullmetal Alchemist” is my favorite story in the medium.

As such, I thought I would talk about the book, its themes, it’s impact, and, most importantly, what it means to me.Īnd I guess that is as good a point to start as any. The fanbase of Hiromu Arakawa’s “Fullmetal Alchemist” chose this date as such because it is the day in story that protagonists Edward and Alphonse Elric burned down their family home, along with their childhood memories, so they wouldn’t be able to turn back on their quest for redemption. Aside from the German Reunification (and now I sit here wondering how many of you are going to Google that to make sure I’m right), it is unofficially known as “Fullmetal Alchemist Day”. October 3rd is an incredibly important day to a great deal of people. In those days, we really believed that to be the world’s one, and only, truth.” That is Alchemy’s First Law of Equivalent Exchange. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. “Humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return.

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