![]() This was no less emotional, with Alphonse's soul and body becoming one again and being seemingly lost to the Gate to restore Ed's ability to fight. I'm reminded of a similar act in the first series, to bring Edward back from beyond the Gate. The real emotional core of the episode was towards the end when Alphonse sacrifices himself to restore Edward's arm. What's with all these "huge blast, smoke clears, everyone's bloodied but otherwise fine" bits? Didn't that happen already? Still, plenty of creativity was put into everyone's attack on Father, even if Father himself is devoid of inspiration. It would have been nice to see Hohenheim do more, but I guess he was too damaged. I especially like when they made a huge "oven".There was some pretty damn good animation in this battle, too. Unlike in the manga, there was a lot more to it, with Izumi and Alex both engaging in close combat with Father, and Roy creating a huge force of fire. That said, the offense against him is pretty amazing. Is this all this guy's got? It's pretty pathetic when fights against his children had more variety. It's like he hasn't even tried! He relies on DBZ power blasts and his forcefield. If he wants more Philosopher's Stone, why not just reactivate the nationwide array? All the blood seals are still in place, he just needs to activate the Gates in the human sacrifices, who are all, by the way, right there. Father has the power of "God" in him, but he uses it so poorly! Jeez! What happened to sinking into the ground? What about going into walls or something? Why not fuse people together with alchemy? He should be able to fart and cause earthquakes, sneeze and summon tidal waves. Speaking of mixed emotions, I know I said this last time, but it bares repeating. Of course, if they had adapted the past few chapters a little better, with more accurate pacing, this episode might not have been as exciting, so it's a double-edged sword. This was a very exciting, eventful episode, that adapted all of chapter 107 of the manga and added some great flourishes here and there. Edward's arm restored, he attacks Father on his own, with everyone cheering him on. At the Doors of Truth, Alphonse's soul and body unite and the Truth loses Ed's arm. He staggers towards a wounded Edward, but Alphonse decides to use Rentanjutsu and sacrifice himself to restore Edward's arm. ![]() Eventually Father starts to lose control of "God" inside of him and requires more Philosopher's Stone again. The Briggs soldiers attack Father and Roy and the others arrive to join them. When the dust clears from Father's blast, it appears Alphonse has shielded May at the cost of massive damage and Hohenheim shielded Izumi and Edward. Olivier finds out from Scar that Bradley was already mortally wounded when he fought him, thanks to Buccaneer. Meanwhile, Greed recruits a group to go fight Father, including Roy, Riza, Alex, and Ranfan. Father distracts the group by creating humans with the souls of the people inside of him, and then unleashes an enormous energy blast that a late Edward also gets caught in. Synopsis: Father creates more Philosopher's Stone by taking the souls of soldiers, but Hohenheim, Alphonse, Izumi, and May arrive to stop him.
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