Fullmetal Alchemist Chapter 104 (SPOILERS)

My thoughts on Fullmetal Alchemist Chapter 104:
 

 





























 

Mei was really hanging in there against Father. But it's hard to beat a guy who can turn his friggin' hand into a gun. Wow, that was weird. It's a good thing Alphonse jumped in and helped her. I've never been big on the Xingese characters, but I'm hoping Mei survives all this.

Shorty Edward vs shorty Pride was another highlight of the chapter. Finally, Edward actually gets to do something again in this series. It's been too long. I mean, it only lasts a few pages, but hey, he got to headbutt the little creep that was easily wasting everyone else in combat. I mean, of course, Pride is weakened because of the Roy sacrifice, but still, it's good to see him taking some damage, and Ed being the one giving it. If Roy ends up the one taking Pride out, I'm going to be angry.

Also, did Edward say he'll kill him? Edward, kill?

Wow, I never thought of the "planet's Gate" thing before, that's pretty interesting. I guess it does make sense to think of the entire world as a living organism. That this was Father's plan all along is pretty clever. (I guess Dante in TV series 1 was thinking too small.) However, this whole thing is going to draw, and already has drawn, quite a lot of differing fan reactions.

My question is, what is this "God" that Father spoke of? Is this an acknowledgement of a real God in the FMA world or does it represent the Truth?

It was good to see Greed again, even if it was Greedling, and he was unable to do anything of worth. So much for seizing control of the world. What was he even planning to do?

So, where do we go from here? I'm still betting on Hohenheim and Scar's back up plan, but there might be some hitches in it, because I have a hard time believing everything will work out so smoothly. I've been saying that Hohenheim set everything up a long time ago, back when he was travelling around, spilling out parts of his Philosopher's Stone, but is that enough to save the whole country? Then again, he had half of a country's people in him.

What of Scar's battle with Wrath? Wasn't it just coming to a head with him revealing the other arm? Is Arakawa to leave it at that?

I have a feeling that the ending of this manga is going to have some people applauding and others scratching their heads.

 



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