Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 9

鋼の錬金術師 [Hagane no Renkinjutsushi] #9

by Hiromu Arakawa

Ed, Al and Winry return to Central Command, but only bad news greets the Fullmetal Alchemist and his friends. Lieutenant Colonel Maes Hughes has been murdered - and Second Lieutenant Maria Ross is the prime suspect! While Maria awaits an uncertain fate in jail, the living suit of armor bearing the soul of serial killer "Berry the Chopper" breaks free of the military and goes on a rampage. Now, the mysterious Homunculi must come out of the shadows to deal with the mess before their monstrous conspiracy is exposed. But for Colonel Mustang, Maes Hughes's former best friend, it's not about the truth; it's about revenge...

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Comics, Graphic Novels, Fiction, Science Fiction, Shonen

178 pages, Paperback

First published November 22, 2004

About the author

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).

Reviews

[Jess Owens · Rating 5 out of 5]

AHHHHHHHH

[Elena Rodríguez · Rating 4 out of 5]

"-This seems like the only situation where you would treat him like a child.
- There is no need for him to know yet...it would be better for those brothers if nothing disturbs
their progress"

Terminado el primer tercio del manga. Como he dicho en anteriores reseñas, este manga merece mucho la pena. Sin embargo, creo que voy a darle un descanso hasta nuevo aviso, sino puede que me obligue a leerlo y sea peor.

[n* · Rating 5 out of 5]

i understand why roy did what he did, but that was a terrible thing to do. rip maria ross, she did nothing wrong.

[michelle ☽ ♡ · Rating 5 out of 5]

Este tomo me gustó mucho, la forma en la que ed miraba a winry 😭 las interacciones con barry y obvio las interacciones entre roy y riza AAAAAAAAAA

[Subham · Rating 3 out of 5]

This volume was quite awesome and deals with the recovery of the brothers and then they go to central and meet Old friends and then learn the death of Hughes and how it impacts them and how they then find the suspects and there's a big thing that happens with Roy. Its an emotional, gut wrenching thing the stuff that follows and finally the big revelations with who it is. The dirty secrets of the military are shown here. Also something interesting with Barry is going on and the sins are upto something that's not good.

I am loving the interpersonal conflicts and the drama surrounding everything. Is the military really good? Whatever is going on with Roy? How many will get injured in this quest of these brothers? Also very good questions and great art and the emotions here are next level.

[Димитър Цолов · Rating 4 out of 5]

Конспирацията около братята Елрик, опитващи се да разкрият тайната на Философския камък, лека-полека затяга невидимата си хватка, а оценката ми за томчето е 3,5/5 ⭐️.

[Juho Pohjalainen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Here's more of an intermission episode, setting up future plot points and rising tension, with not that much going on in itself in the grand scheme of things. It still gets pretty exciting once or twice, but not much is at stake and even the one shocking moment turns out to be just the set-up for a punchline.

It also sheds some spotlight for the little guys. There's not a single character in Fullmetal Alchemist that I don't love, even the villains (except Shou Tucker. Fuck that guy.), and it's nice to have even the side characters develop and do cool stuff.

[Rod Brown · Rating 3 out of 5]

Political intrigues are balanced with the emotional moments of the core cast finding out (in stupid ways, I must say) that one friend has died and another is accused of murder. The creator is juggling two dozen characters in this volume but everything is tight and moves along quickly.

[Aliix · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ay no, mi corazón T.T

[freddie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm back on my FMA bullshit.

[Caroline · Rating 5 out of 5]

WELL that was great! There were some more really sad moments in this volume but I loved it so so much! I love the way the plot is coming together, there's a lot of scheming happening between all the characters which is awesome. I also love that there are new characters who bring something new to the table! It's all super interesting and fun. One of the highlights of this volume was finally seeing Mustang and his crew in action (they are so professional and badass and awesome!)

[Lady An ☽ · Rating 5 out of 5]

No, how to forget this volume, this part in the anime was suffer and pain, and pain. I have the DVD only to see this chapter, the #24 if I don't get wrong.
The most painfully anime scene..

[Maiko-chan [|] · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5stars

[Esma T · Rating 4 out of 5]

Seri güzel ilerliyor, olaylar büyüme başladı. Yeni katılan karakterler seriye geldi. Eğlenceli bir şeyler okumak isteyenlere ve manga severler Çelik Simyacı'yı tavsiye ederim.

[yel ᰔ · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 of 5 stars

[Pedro Waddington · Rating 5 out of 5]

Me propus a não avaliar mangás, mas esse volume não tem como!
A maneira com que a autora escolheu trabalhar a virada que a história tá dando, está incrível!
Que mangá bom!

[Jedi JC Daquis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hiromu Arakawa tries to mash up characters into unexpected teams and tandems in this volume. They work in funny and surprising ways. Chopper is definitely the standout character in this volume.

There are just some parts of the dialogue that felt a bit clunky, and at some times I I have to read the pages at least twice to really know that I get what they are talking about.

Overall, it is again a very good volume. This sets yet another exciting climax for this arc.

[karla⁹ ⛈ · Rating 5 out of 5]

I wanted you to regain your original bodies, but I also want you to stop this dangerous journey... and... uh... I’m sorry. I guess I don’t know what I really want.

Winry, you’re so nice.


el volumen justo acaba cuando se viene la desgracia 😔✊🏼

[Zara · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ok, I love Mustang.

[Demian · Rating 4 out of 5]

Placer del sufrimiento;
victoria de la batalla,
vida de la muerte,
eso es lo que la piedra
carmesí otorga.

los hombres la honran con el nombre de "piedra filosofal".

[Silvia (Library Unbounded) · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was absolutely outstanding. It was fast paces, there were reveals, twist, double games, clever deception.
There was finally some honesty by some characters, which I hoped to see for a long time. And there was some potential dishonesty, but in a good way. Suggesting that the next volume will be even more exciting.

[izzy · Rating 4 out of 5]

devastation incoming i fear

[Δανάη Ιμπραχήμ · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ah yes. Roy the "womanizer"

[Laura A. Grace · Rating 4 out of 5]

It seems like no one is safe in getting killed off or dying in this series and that makes me scared. 😅 😅 😅

Yet another character I really liked died and the ending left me feeling maybe ANOTHER character might have died or is about to! I'm so nervous to continue the series despite that this volume was very good! I definitely didn't approve of certain people's actions (looking at you Roy), but goodness are the Elric brothers in DEEP.

I'm truly thankful that Edward and Al have done what they could to keep Winry uninformed about certain things because I really don't want to see anything bad happen to her. Granted, that doesn't stop her from feeling so much emotional pain because the news is out for these precious characters and it broke my heart.

I think another turn of events is I really liked Barry the Chopper this volume. He is a hoot! He has been really fun to see on page and thought the "new character" that pops up was definitely a turn of events I did NOT see coming! (The mangaka is really really really good at that! LOL!)

The sneak peek of the next volume had my jaw dropped!! I don't even know what to think, but I might read the next volume and then take a breather because I'm really nervous someone else is going to die and I just want the characters I like to stay alive! *sobs* (Though I suppose that one villain did HAVE to die, but man, I really liked him!)

Another really good volume, even if it was much more emotional for numerous reasons. Also, there is a wholeeee lot at stake right now!

[Monica · Rating 5 out of 5]

En la novena entrega de la serie se centran en investigar la muerte del coronel Hughes (amigo de los Elric). En éste número, hay mucho protagonismo por parte de los militares más que de los hermanos protagonistas; cosa comprensible debido al cáliz que está desarrollando la trama. “66” ( O Barry, de Chopper) destaca sobremanera (no puedo evitar, pese a ser de base un personaje malvado y despiadado, sentir cierta simpatía, quizá debido a su punto de humor negro - absurdo y su dibujo).
Un tomo que va in crescendo, con una fuerte carga emocional y dilema moral, con varios giros argumentales y la continuación de la contienda entre los bandos antagonistas. Otro gran volumen.

[Nicole ✨Reading Engineer✨ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Review found in Fullmetal Alchemist (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 3

[Alex · Rating 3 out of 5]

He killed her! He just... killed her...

[Susie SB. · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5 ⭐

[Booknookie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh my, that ending. 😳

[Anastasia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cried again. Ridiculous.