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Réunis à nouveau avec ses hommes, le colonel Mustang se révolte contre l'armée. Pendant ce temps, Edouard et ses compagnons acculent les homonculus Pride et Gluttony, mais Pride va faire quelque chose qui va tous les surprendre. Enfin tous réunis, les protagonistes s'apprêtent à mener une bataille sur laquelle repose l'avenir du monde.

264 pages, Paperback

First published June 22, 2012

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Hiromu Arakawa

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Hiromu Arakawa (author: 荒川弘) is a Japanese manga artist, best known for Fullmetal Alchemist (鋼の錬金術師 Hagane no renkinjutsushi).
Her real name is Hiromi Arakawa (荒川弘美).

Arakawa was born and raised on a dairy farm in Hokkaidō.
She thought of being a manga artist since she was little. After graduating high school, she took oil painting classes while working on her family's farm. During that time, she also created dōjinshi manga with her friends and drew yonkoma for a magazine. After eight years she moved to Tōkyō and started out as assistant writer for Hiroyuki Etō.
Her debut as manga artist is in 1999 with STRAY DOG. In 2001 she started working on her famous and award winning series Fullmetal Alchemist, that soon gets a successful anime adaptation.
Other works include Silver Spoon (銀の匙 Silver Spoon, Gin no saji Silver Spoon).

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Profile Image for Whitney Jamimah.
854 reviews72 followers
June 1, 2023
Is Honenheim becoming my favorite character (besides the brothers that is)?! I love how his hands just always in his pockets, nonplussed.
Mustang came in clutch in this volume too and don’t even get me started on the Armstrong siblings!
Action abounds and I love this series.
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518 reviews52 followers
January 24, 2022
10/10 stars

There's so much going on in this volume. Al's continuous naive goodness of heart, so often leading him into trouble, is tempered by perseverance, responsibility, and composure - but most of all, his willingness to help others at all costs.

Mustang and Armstrongs make a great team and with the rest of the old guard they simply excel at wreaking Havoc (pun intended) in Central City ;) I really love how suddenly economic Arakawa became, her master plan of leading all the characters to their right time and place put in motion seemingly effortlessly.

Can't wait to see what happens next!
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202 reviews9 followers
April 13, 2023
This was a very exciting book. All the pieces are moving to the finale, and our protagonists are gathering allies from all throughout the series, we see many return to assist our heroes. There is alot of great strategy at work here. It was just a thrilling, smart volume. I dont know what else to say.
Some of my favorite characters this volume were:
Roy Mustang (not really specifically him, but his whole team.)
Alphonse.
And Olivier Mira Armstrong.
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137 reviews1 follower
August 22, 2022
es un momentazo detrás de otro y un personajazo detrás de otro los amo a todos cada página es una delicia
Profile Image for ꧁ ꕥ James ꕥ ꧂.
522 reviews20 followers
January 24, 2022
Wow what a good edition this was, so full of action and of course continuously excellent artwork. Really starting to see Arakawa’s master plan as we see all the main characters come together to fight as one.

Big love !!
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1,668 reviews58 followers
June 30, 2022
Outstanding setup for the final showdown.
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346 reviews
February 29, 2016
Me está encantando. No puedo dejar de leerlos... me he terminado los quince primeros de una sentada y quiero hacerme pronto con los ocho siguientes para ver lo que nos depara la historia de los hermanos Elric. Entretenido, no, lo siguiente... además me ayudan a desconectar y prepararme para lecturas más profundas...

Fullmetal Alchemist no cuenta solo la historia de Edward y Alphonse en la búsqueda de sus cuerpos, su trasfondo político, social y psicológico abarca multitud de esferas que no podemos obviar.

El manga se desarrolla en un mundo caótico donde la alquimia y los implantes robóticos son comunes, dividido en diferentes países, cada cual con su propio sistema político. Edward y Alphonse viven en Amestris, un país gobernado por el ejército que vive una época de paz tras un terrible guerra que acabó con casi toda la población ishvalí.

Un shonen diferente, atrevido, lleno de trasfondo y con una longitud ideal. Completamente planificado desde su principio a su fin, con unos personajes carismáticos de los que sólo puedes enamorarte sin remedio.

Fullmetal Alchemist Kanzenban tiene una periodicidad mensual a un precio bastante ajustado de 11,95 euros con los 18 tomos publicados hasta el momento.

No lo dejéis pasar. Próximamente reseña de los primeros diez volúmenes:
http://francisforcoppola.blogspot.com...
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Author 1 book316 followers
October 18, 2020
This is a review of the entire series.

Fullmetal Alchemist takes place in the fictional country of Amestris which is heavily based on the Industrial Revolution. Amestris is a unitary state under the rule of a parliamentary republic, run by state alchemists that serve the king utilizing the mystifying arts of alchemy. Alchemy is the power to alter the physical world utilizing its natural elements, performing magic and miracles in the form of science. Alchemy follows the law of equivalent exchange, you must sacrifice something that is of equal value to what you create. You must sacrifice a life to create a life, you must extinguish one flame to ignite another, you have to sacrifice one home to build another, etc...

After being abandoned by their father as children and subjected to watching their mother die, Edward Elric and his brother Alphonse once attempted to utilize the power of alchemy to bring their mother back from the grave, ignoring the dangers of creating a life by offering something of equal value. Edward loses an arm and a leg while Alphonse loses his entire body; his soul placed in a hollow suit of armor that can't feel the touch of others. As neither of them sacrificed their lives in their entirety, the exchange failed and the boys created an abomination in place of their dead mother.

After burning their own home down and dealing with the abomination they created, Edward and his brother enlist themselves in the military to atone for their sins and learn more about the many secrets of alchemy; potentially learning how to recover their original bodies in the process. While serving in the military, the brothers begin to realize how the wonders of alchemy can be abused for nefarious purposes. Immortal life can be gained by sacrificing hundreds of innocents souls, wars can be staged and foreign nations can be annihilated under false charges, human experimentation aided by alchemy can lead to unnatural mutations, the world of alchemy is more dark and dangerous than either of them could've bargained for.

Fullmetal Alchemist grew on me the longer I read it. When I first started reading, it seemed like it was going to be generic shounen material, but it gets deeper and darker the further it goes on. The way it handles political and religious corruption, the dangers of advanced states abusing their technology and resources at the expense of foreign nations caught in the turmoil, and the sad futility of revenge are all very well done.

The characters all bear the weight of what alchemy is capable of. Edward and Alphonse carry the burden of abusing alchemy for selfish purposes. Their master Izumi loses her womb after attempting to resurrect her dead child. Scar takes many lives after his entire country is desecrated and gets trapped in a pointless cycle of revenge. Roy and Riza endure the regret of committing brutal war crimes for the sake of protecting their own nation. Alchemy creates and destroys in equal measure and no one is free from the consequences of tipping the balance.

The fight scenes are flashy and exciting without being too over-the-top because of the dangerous limitations that alchemy involves. The law of equivalent exchange keeps the power scaling in check and adds plenty of tension to the action. The female characters are especially well done, all of them are strong and unique in their own way. The lead heroine Winry being a skilled mechanic, Riza being an honorable warrior of the military, Olivier Armstrong as cold and vicious as the snowy fortress she guards, and that's just a few of them.

The villains are an interesting parody of the seven deadly sins. Each of them represent the darkness and regrets of each of the main characters and they can only be conquered by coming to terms with their own flaws and sins. The characters having to overcome their personal demons to take on the greater demons trying to overthrow the world from the shadows made the struggles of every single person in the story feel personal. Every character, no matter how minor had their moments to shine. Everyone had a vital role to play and the camaraderie between friend and foe alike never felt cheesy or forced.

Unlike most shounen series I've read, the final arc was my favorite. A lot of long-running shounen series have a habit of being dragged out, losing touch with what made them great or breaking their own rules in messy, plot-hole-filled final arcs that leave a lot to be desired. Fullmetal Alchemist has no lose ends, all characters have complete arcs where they learn and grow from their dark pasts, the romance and comedy are handled well without relying on cheap fanservice, the action scenes are great but they don't overshadow the plot and the final chapters tie everything together beautifully. It's not my favorite manga by any means as I usually tend to favor seinen, but it's definitely one of the greatest stories to ever come out of the shounen demographic in my opinion. The ending is a tearjerker but it left me in good spirits.

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2,599 reviews24 followers
September 19, 2024
La machine est lancée. Le grand affrontement final débute et ce tome explosif ne sera pas le dernier !

Hiromu Arakawa lance les hostilités de loin. Souvent ce genre de grand final, c’est plutôt dans les derniers tomes, ici cela débute 4 tomes avant la fin de cette Perfect où les tomes représentent 1,5 tomes de la normale, c’est dire ! Mais aucun faux pas pourtant, c’est juste extrêmement bien pensé et mis en scène une fois de plus.

J’en ai ainsi pris plein les yeux en matière de stratégie et de gestion des différentes lignes narratives. Elle fait voyager son lecteur d’une scène de révolte à l’autre, le tout avec une fluidité incroyable pour rendre le tout parfaitement lisible de bout en bout. J’ai ainsi adoré suivre aussi bien la guérilla urbaine de Mustang et ses acolytes, que la mission secret de la famille Elric & Co., sans oublier le beau moment de bravoure d’Alphonse, qui a enfin le droit de briller. C’est parfait !

Tout se met en place, les histoires d’alchimie et d’elixirologie, les homonculus et l’armée, les rebelles et les traîtres. Rien n’est oublié ni laissé au hasard, tout le monde a son rôle à jouer, ce qui réserve bien des surprises. J’ai notamment adoré le petit clin d’oeil à Havoc, l’intervention de Marcoh ou le rôle de cette pauvre première dame. Franchement quel GOAT, comme disent les jeunes ! Même l’humour se glisse à merveille dans ce tome pourtant rempli de tension ou cela explose de partout, et le body horror se marie également très bien aux drames plus humains et familiaux qui se nouent aussi bien du côté de la famille Elric, qu’avec les Armstrong. J’adore !

L’autrice maîtrise parfaitement la mise en scène de ces moments bourrés d’action. Elle sait aussi bien nous dessinés des instantanés hyper classes, que prévoir sur le long terme des actions qui seront explosives à un moment données. Elle sait nous offrir de sobre séquences d’émotion (ah la séparation des frères, les retrouvailles d’Hohenheim et de l’être de le fiole) que de séquences où ça pète de partout, où ça tranche, tire, explose. Je cherche encore la faille ici.

Grand tome dans la stratégie de révolte de nos héros face à un ordre corrompu extrêmement dangereux. Tout le monde passe à l’action simultanément et pourtant c’est d’une limpidité incroyable à suivre. Je me suis régalée de bout en bout, aussi bien grâce à l’émotion qu’à l’action de ce tome, grâce aux personnages qu’à leurs combats. Vraiment du très très grand shonen !

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1,674 reviews59 followers
March 22, 2023
Oh mamma, in questo volume succede di tutto. Urge un piccolo schemino per tenere traccia di tutto, visto che Central City e dintorni sono ormai diventati un campo di battaglia:
- c'è il gruppetto di Roy con i suoi fedelissimi (con tanto di signora Bradley al seguito), che si sono messi a fare casino, mettendo ko le truppe fedeli al regime (pur senza uccidere nessuno). A complicare ulteriormente la situazione, c'è l'arrivo degli uomini di Briggs, che prendono ordini solo da una persona e che sanno combattere meglio di chiunque altro;
- nei sotterranei, alla ricerca del Padre, ci sono Ed, Scar, Hohenheim, la bimbetta molesta che si è fatta sfuggire Envy, e altri disperati;
- Greed vuole approfittare dell'assenza/morte dei "fratelli" per prendere il sopravvento;
- ci sono i fratelli Armstrong che se la vedono con Sloth e con i parrucconi rimasti al quartier generale - peraltro quanto sta accadendo a Central City, dimostra come l'esercito di Amestris sia assolutamente inadeguato e manchi di disciplina;
- e poi c'è Alphonse, che sta affrontando Pride (che nel mentre ha assorbito Gluttony) e Kimblee, in compagnia di alcune chimere e del dottor Marcoh.
In mezzo a tutto questo casino manca solo King Bradley, dato per disperso dopo l'attentato al suo treno, ma sono certa che prima o poi farà la sua comparsata.
Sono certa che gli ultimi tre volumi saranno un'altalena di emozioni. Ormai la resa dei conti è vicina.
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Profile Image for Andrea Ambroso.
420 reviews2 followers
April 3, 2024
Cap. 87-92
In questo volume pieno di azione i momenti comici sono ridotti parecchio, appunto perché la trama procede molto spedita; in qualsiasi punto della storia, i personaggi vengono coinvolti da scontri. I miei due momenti preferiti sono: lo scontro tra Al e Pride e il loro conseguente imprigionamento; Al sapendo che il fratello sarebbe stato contrario al suo sacrificio, agisce, con l’aiuto del padre, senza dirgli niente. Il secondo momento preferito è vedere Mustang e i suoi uomini che cercano di combattere l’esercito in città senza arrecare morti o feriti gravi. Mi è piaciuto il rispetto della vita che dimostrano verso i loro compagni, che vengono manovrati da entità che vogliono la distruzione degli esseri umani o per lo meno che vedono gli esseri umani come essere inferiori e sacrificabili.
A tre volumi dalla fine sento il timore per come finirà questa serie: non tutti ne usciranno ed ogni singolo personaggio ormai mi sta a cuore, spero almeno abbiano tutti un finale degno di questo nome.
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455 reviews11 followers
February 14, 2025
this volume is just a masterclass is character study and plot structure 👏👏👏 the ENTRANCES of so many characters all weaving together to be at the right place at the right time was just SO satisfying. I’ve said this before but I just love how every single character serves a purpose - both earlier in the series, and now once again as we build up to the climax. and we can’t overlook Al’s suite of badass moments in this volume either 💛

one thing I continue to love about this series are the little details that just make everything so sweeter. like yes, the action is cool, but can we also talk about 👌👌👌

another thing Arakawa excels at is building us up to tear us back down. so while this volume was eventful and exciting and empowering, I know it’s not going to last forever.
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476 reviews23 followers
March 29, 2025
This manga is similar to a game of chess for me. I can't say I’m too familiar with chess, but I know every move is planned for ages before it does any effect, and this is exactly what’s happening there. Every character, every subplot, finally come together, as everyone moves at once to finally decimate the threat that the homonculi pose. And it’s absolutely glorious. Even knowing exactly what happens, it’s a joy to see beloved characters we haven't encountered in volumes join the fight and put a stone in the edifice of their victory. It’s genius storytelling, and it’s the one strength this manga will always have. Everything and everyone have a purpose.
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Author 12 books59 followers
May 22, 2022
Estamos ya en un momento importante de la historia en el que no dejan de suceder cosas. La mayor parte del manga son escenas de acción y hacen que no puedas parar de leer. Me ha gustado encontrar cosas nuevas con respecto al anime. Este tomo deja también mensajes muy bonitos y podemos ver la fuerte unión entre muchos de los personajes con un papel importante en la historia, además de los hermanos Elric. Ha sido sin duda, uno de mis tomos favoritos.

Le doy 5/5 🌟
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2,256 reviews8 followers
October 30, 2021
Pertarungan yg alot an mendebarkan. Begiu intens!!

Senang sekali bisa menyelam kembali ke dunia Elric bersaudara setelah sekian lama! Saya takut kurang menghargai pekerjaan Arakawa sensei dari sepuluh tahun yang lalu, tetapi sama sekali tidak: Saya masih sangat menyukainya. Dan versi yang diterbitkan ulang ini luar biasa!!!
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853 reviews71 followers
March 13, 2024
Selim alias Pride mulai menunjukkan wajah aslinya. Pertama kali tahu pas adegan Hawkeye itu, duh, makdeg, takut Hawkeye diapa-apain. Untunglah ngga 😁

Begitu kelihatan aslinya, langsung ngawur aja nih Selim. Semua temannya dimakan 🤧😵🥴🤮. Like father like son bener dah. Cocok banget jadi anak .Bradley.

Pertarungan sengit sudah mulai. Woooohh... Seruuuuu
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1,981 reviews156 followers
March 23, 2019
Whoaaa... seruuu!!!

Duet Mustang-Armstrong bikin huru-hara di sektor militer pusat, sedangkan trio Elrics plus Greed plus Scar punya pertempuran-pertempuran mereka masing-masing.

Gak sabar daku menunggu vol berikutnya. 😘
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939 reviews
March 30, 2022
If you thought there was too much setup in the last few volumes, you will definitely get your money’s worth in high action battle shōnen in this one! Great fun, great plot progress, stunning art, and all the intensity you’ve been waiting for.
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729 reviews5 followers
June 18, 2023
Another fantastic installment of this epic Sci-fi/Fantasy Manga series. I have been savoring this series, reading just one volume a month, but I think next month I’m going to finish its last three volumes. I cannot wait to see how it wraps up. 5⭐️
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Author 8 books157 followers
June 14, 2018
Al fin la trama vuelve a arrancar y tener sentido, después de un par de tomos de relleno y de viajes de personajes de una parte a otra del mapa sin mucho sentido.
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454 reviews
May 29, 2022
You’d be surprised how often I cry while reading these… because I’ve seen the anime at least 10 times

I’m begging you if you have watched or read the manga, DO IT!
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