#METAL ALCHEMIST BROTHERHOOD ALPHONSE SERIES#

So you can't bring someone who has died back to life. Since the mind and soul are completely unique, there's nothing you can trade for them. When you die the gate reclaimes your mind, body and soul. Or maybe everything I said sounds like nonsense, either way, hoped this helped. (those were just my thoughts there) In the end, both boys received the Truth as recompense for their bodies being lost, but it's hard to say if Al gained more or not, since you can't really measure what he lost in measure to what he gained, which he didn't really get until later on. And since Edward was so proud of his Alchemy that he'd stand against life to gain back his mother, he lost his leg, and maybe to be ironic, the truth took the last of his family since he opposed Trisha's death so much. Since Alphonse was so young and eager to grow up, that could be why he lost his body. But what they learned, probably can't be measured in what they gave up. The creature from the chemicals they'd used, and the Truth. In Brotherhood, it's the same, the boys did get something from the human transmutation, but in this case, they got two things each. So, that's what Ed gained for that transmutation. Maybe souls take longer to breakdown, so he was able to pull it back, and anchor it to the armor. In the '03 version, Alphonse did not gain anything because he lost his body, so Edward was the one to gain from the transmutation, and when he transmutated his leg, he gained back Al's soul, since it was still being taken by the gate. So in either case, they did gain the body they tried to revive. In Brotherhood, it's never revealed who it was they really brought back. Their mother, at least in the 2003 version. What you gotta remember is they did get what they wanted. So it took their bodies to help with the construction. See while the materials were enough in theory to remake a human body, it might not have been enough to construct it. They did gain something, though it cost them a bit more.

#METAL ALCHEMIST BROTHERHOOD ALPHONSE SERIES#

Performing the sin is the punishable act transmuting it back would be futile.ġ Keep in mind that by the end of the series (at least in Brotherhood's case, original FMA was not as forgiving), much of what was lost is regained through further equivalent exchanges.Ģ It's a bit more complicated than this, but it will suffice for this explanation. If you steal something, and are caught, but then give it back, do the police let you go? No and this is also the way of The Truth. The reason they couldn't just transmute everything back is because they had already committed the sin. Ed remembers it from the beginning, and this knowledge is what allows him (and later, Alphonse) to transmute without a circle. In the 2003 series, Alphonse never recalls this, though in Brotherhood, he recalls it after having blood spilled on his seal. īoth Edward and Alphonse were shoved through the gate and absorbed as much material as they could from it, Edward even wanting to go back to get more.

Unparalleled truths of alchemy reside beyond the gate, and no mortals are ever allowed access to it-unless they commit the taboo. The boys gained the knowledge of what was beyond the gate. You're missing a key bit of information: they did gain something for their loss, just as Izumi did. Unmarked spoilers for both Brotherhood and the 2003 series follow.

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