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鋼の錬金術師 完全版 [Hagane no Renkinjutsushi Kanzenban] #9
Fullmetal Alchemist, vol. 9
Los Elric no son los únicos dispuestos a sacrificarse por los suyos…
Las siniestras maniobras del alto mando de Amestris cada vez tiene más preocupados a los Elric y a sus compañeros: es evidente que los homúnculos van a poner en marcha un plan terrible, y no se detendrán ante nada ni nadie con tal de conseguir su objetivo.
Las siniestras maniobras del alto mando de Amestris cada vez tiene más preocupados a los Elric y a sus compañeros: es evidente que los homúnculos van a poner en marcha un plan terrible, y no se detendrán ante nada ni nadie con tal de conseguir su objetivo.
272 pages, Paperback
Published August 29, 2014
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Hiromu Arakawa
355 books2,868 followersHiromu 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).
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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July 23, 2020
need i say more?
June 20, 2020
Whoa—the details are all coming together now. It's so satisfying to read a lengthy serialized story where it doesn't feel like the author is just making it up as she goes. I don't know if anyone has ever compared Hiromu Arakwa to Charles Dickens, but I have the same feeling of every detail, every character, every bit of past history, eventually fitting together in unforeseen but perfect ways in this complex world.
In this volume it was painful to see Ed get so close to Al's real body—but unable to bring it back to the real world yet. The mythology and mechanics of the world deepen considerably here. However, with no Winry at all, it can't be more than four stars. Where was Winry?
In this volume it was painful to see Ed get so close to Al's real body—but unable to bring it back to the real world yet. The mythology and mechanics of the world deepen considerably here. However, with no Winry at all, it can't be more than four stars. Where was Winry?
September 19, 2021
6/10 stars
This is an ok volume. I loved the design for the real Envy - it was spot on, creepy and horrifying and visually compelling, and most importantly, true to its origins.
The constant twists are getting boring, though; quantity seems to be already winning with quality. There is such a point in all mangas, after all they are all serials, all with ups and downs, but I didn't expect to encounter a dip so soon into FA.
I love how throughout the series the design for Edward reflects his growth. The changes are incremental and thoughtful, so you never lose the sight of the boy he was at the beginning, but you can see he's maturing fast.
Apart from that, though, nothing to write home about. I hope the series picks up soon!
This is an ok volume. I loved the design for the real Envy - it was spot on, creepy and horrifying and visually compelling, and most importantly, true to its origins.
The constant twists are getting boring, though; quantity seems to be already winning with quality. There is such a point in all mangas, after all they are all serials, all with ups and downs, but I didn't expect to encounter a dip so soon into FA.
I love how throughout the series the design for Edward reflects his growth. The changes are incremental and thoughtful, so you never lose the sight of the boy he was at the beginning, but you can see he's maturing fast.
Apart from that, though, nothing to write home about. I hope the series picks up soon!
November 3, 2020
Envy's monster design is pretty bloody horrifying tbh
December 24, 2021
Viaje al interior de un homúnculo o cómo las piezas que se han ido situando poco a poco en la trama empiezan a aclararse a la vez que la conspiración para tomar el poder de un país da pie a algo mucho más siniestro...
Rebosante de acción y aventuras, Fullmetal sigue siendo un manga muy disfrutable, con un sistema de magia interesante y unos personajes que se van ganando tu corazoncito a lo largo de toda la serie. Lástima que, en ocasiones, pierda el ritmo. No obstante, seguiré adelante.
Rebosante de acción y aventuras, Fullmetal sigue siendo un manga muy disfrutable, con un sistema de magia interesante y unos personajes que se van ganando tu corazoncito a lo largo de toda la serie. Lástima que, en ocasiones, pierda el ritmo. No obstante, seguiré adelante.
May 15, 2016
SPOILER-FREE
Best part of the story so far. This is where the spiralling adventure truly begins. I can't wait for the second half of the story.
Best part of the story so far. This is where the spiralling adventure truly begins. I can't wait for the second half of the story.
June 6, 2021
Best volume so far, it’s so satisfying seeing everything come together.
April 13, 2022
Come sempre incredibile, è sempre stata una serie che splende ogni numero che passa. Grandi rivelazioni, primi contatti col boss finale e tante botte
June 13, 2022
More of the same good stuff :)
February 15, 2023
Gluttony and Envy are just so disturbing in their true forms.
May 1, 2023
Well, I really thought Envy was a girl....a tomboy but a girl. It was the two piece ensemble for me. Oops.
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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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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December 23, 2025
Major General Olivier Mira Armstrong, do you like broke losers?
May 27, 2021
This has been the only volume Ive felt meh' on.
Some of the art panels look incredible with Envy and Gluttony.
But essentially this is just a big slog of exposition. And for some reason (maybe I'm just remembering from the show) I thought there was a lot more mystery. I feel like they couldn't think of a way to reveal ALOT of this information in more interesting ways.
But some of the reveals were nicely done or impactful
What I'm most interested in, but worried, is now that EVERYTHING is out in the open. How are they going to continue from here? It feels like the stakes and the danger is INCREDIBLY high. So I'm looking forward to how they pay it off.
(honestly its at this time too where the humor seems to be inappropriate and diminishes some of the intense, oh shit moments.)
It felt like a lot of these issues were building and had to come crashing down at some point and it all seemed to coalesce in this volume.
Some of the art panels look incredible with Envy and Gluttony.
But essentially this is just a big slog of exposition. And for some reason (maybe I'm just remembering from the show) I thought there was a lot more mystery. I feel like they couldn't think of a way to reveal ALOT of this information in more interesting ways.
But some of the reveals were nicely done or impactful
What I'm most interested in, but worried, is now that EVERYTHING is out in the open. How are they going to continue from here? It feels like the stakes and the danger is INCREDIBLY high. So I'm looking forward to how they pay it off.
(honestly its at this time too where the humor seems to be inappropriate and diminishes some of the intense, oh shit moments.)
It felt like a lot of these issues were building and had to come crashing down at some point and it all seemed to coalesce in this volume.
October 30, 2021
another solid volume!!
Elric bersaudara yg ulet dan terus berpikir, adu startegi Fuhrer dan Mustang serta hubungan unik Mei dan Scar yg terkadang terkesan manis (??)
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!!!
Elric bersaudara yg ulet dan terus berpikir, adu startegi Fuhrer dan Mustang serta hubungan unik Mei dan Scar yg terkadang terkesan manis (??)
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!!!
October 7, 2024
Con questo volume si arriva a metà della storia e le cose iniziano parecchio a complicarsi.
E' stata una lettura veloce e tante nuove rivelazioni hanno rimesso le carte in gioco.
L'ultima immagine è quella del personaggio più figo della storia (parere mio).
E' stata una lettura veloce e tante nuove rivelazioni hanno rimesso le carte in gioco.
L'ultima immagine è quella del personaggio più figo della storia (parere mio).
January 7, 2021
OK THEN
December 10, 2021
What do you want me to say man, it's perfect as usual
March 25, 2022
4.5⭐
Uno dei volumi migliori fin'ora!
Uno dei volumi migliori fin'ora!
July 16, 2022
Love this series so much!
5/5 stars! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
5/5 stars! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
December 18, 2022
5 stars because envy
March 10, 2024
Bellissimo vedere come si infittisce sempre di più la trama
July 8, 2024
ITS GREEDLING TIME BABYYYYY
Also Envy’s true form…👌🏻
Also Envy’s true form…👌🏻
January 29, 2025
this series is so good!!!!!!!
February 19, 2025
It’s incredible how every time I think “things can’t possibly get worse can they?” And then they immediately do
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June 29, 2025Consigliato
L'inizio mi stava un po' annoiando, ma con gli ultimi due capitoli si è ripreso. Sono felice che il colpo di scena non fosse quello che avevo previsto.
L'inizio mi stava un po' annoiando, ma con gli ultimi due capitoli si è ripreso. Sono felice che il colpo di scena non fosse quello che avevo previsto.
December 11, 2025
Oh this is ramping up for sure! Ending with the Father reveal + Ling/Greed transformation is really signaling that the secrets are being let outta the bag. And Mustang stumbling into Bradley's web, also teaching us about human/homunculi transformation right before it happens to Ling. Oh what a happy, joyful manga 🤣
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