edward elric & roy mustang
against my better judgement and the fact that probably no one's interested ... i've decided to post an introduction on fullmetal alchemist... actually.. everyone in this world should like this show because it's soooo darn good. trust me. i'm serious. but as usual.. if you are not interested.. you can surf elsewhere... it's my blog~! argh... haha.
alchemy is an ancient art of chemistry... where objects can be transmuted in exchange for something else when performed. however, as with any other types of sciences, there are laws of conservation to be observed. because you cannot create something out of nothing, there must be something before you can transmute something else out of it. the law of equivalent trade... the most basic law in the art of alchemy states that...
to gain something, you must exchange something else of an equal value for it.
being young boys, eager to save their deceased mother whom they had been living with for most of their lives, edward and alphonse elric did not know what it took to transmute a human... something that is forbidden in the law of alchemy. (the other is cannot transmute gold). they tried to do so.. but all they got was a wretched body with their mother's look...simply hideous and very very terrifying. the transmutation went wrong... and it began to suck their body... edward lost his left leg and seeing that alphonse's going to be sucked into the circle totally... he had no choice but to affix his soul to a large armour beside him. in the process however, edward lost his right arm. alphonse, now appearing as a walking armour brought him to a neighbour who fixed edward up with metal limbs....
eventually they found out that their father was a very acclaimed alchemist, hohenheim elric. they also found out that there existed a Philosopher's Stone.. which could have the power to neglect the law of equivalent trade.. they thus set upon looking for it... so that edward can have his limbs back and alphonse, his whole body.
on the other hand, the military had received news of the whereabout of the great hohenheim's sons... roy mustang (i really really love him), a colonel who wants nothing but a promotion set off to look for edward and alphonse and managed to trick edward into being a state alchemist and join the military. edward, with his metal limbs was thus named the fullmetal alchemist. roy mustang, who can ignite sparks and set off fire was the flame alchemist.
being a state alchemist.. your powers are sometimes necessary in battle.. even if you are not wlling to. it was this that gave roy mustang a very very dark past.. driving him to suicide before.. and perhaps why he wanted to the fuhrer (the in-charge of the army)... soon... everyone realized that everything had more than meets the eye and simply no one is let off in this conspiracy...
it's a wonderful series.. although spanning 51 episodes.. there are enough storylines to go on without a boring moment. characters are likeable and you can really relate (and the best thing is they kill off the favourites without a blink)... dialogues are short, sweet, quotable and funny. there may appear to be too many subplots at first but eventually the end reveals that all the subplots links to the main theme very smoothly... simply brilliant.
riza hawkeye, roy mustang, winry rockbell, alphonse (back) & edward
and why do i like roy mustang? because... he has single eyelids and a very very wicked sense of humour. he's pretty scheming... sounds negative but indeed he is very scheming.. when he tricked edward into the army (this is a long story.. one whole episode on this)... edward was pretty shocked because he felt cheated and at that point.. whether roy was good/bad wasn't very clear yet. roy is always confident of himselves... appearing to be arrogant sometimes but that's what i like about him... he may seem arrogant but he's just very sure of what he is doing and what he wants to achieve. he was forced to kill winry rockbell's parents during a civil war, thus compelling him to kill himself earlier on. his right-hand man/lady, riza hawkeye is a very fiesty lady... and of course they end up together in the end. heheh.. man you should watch the last episode where roy mustang fought brilliantly and riza cried over him cuz she saw him on the floor in a pool of blood... *weep*
i love roy mustang. haha....
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