Fullmetal Alchemist is the Best manga (FMA 104 recap)

Post title says it all, FMA is one of the best mangas out there right now and now with the finish line in sight, Arakawa steps on the gas and takes us on one last epic confrontation.

Picking up from last month's cliffhanger, we have a page on Bradly commenting on how humans never seem to give up. We then quickly jump to the fight against Father, like I expected May is no match against him alone. Pride tries to attack her but Ed gets in his way.

Here's where is gets cool, Pride's human form is a kid so he's running circles around Ed remaking how Ed is always used to being smaller than his opponent. Ed then composes himself and states that while this is true, Ed also knows every technique a short fighter would use on a bigger and stronger opponent and quickly proceeds to beat his ass apparently mortally wounding him.



May desperately tries to heal herself so she can have another go at Father. Father notices this and in one of the most surprising awesome turn of events, transmutes a gun to kill her, but Al gets in the way. Izumi and Al then start going after Father who shrugs off all their attacks. Tiring of all this he puts an end to the fighting by grabbing his "sacrifices" with his tentacles and subduing them stating that "The time has come"

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Back at the radio station their hostage, a military man who was in on the conspiracy, begins to feverishly plead that they take him to "the circle" since he did not wish to be "swallowed". At this very moment the eclipse occurs, many spectators look up and marvel at it, but Father gets a triumphant look on his face and yells "IT'S TIME". A massive earthquake strikes the entire nation of Amestris, this is shown in a series of spreads showing people from all over the country. Father remarks to Ed that the Earth is a "system" that holds the gate to all truth and knowledge and that it was his intention of using his "sacrifices" to open the gate.


At the last minute Greed shows up and attacks Father stating the world was his. Father gets away unscathed stating that he knew Greed would arrive since they had the same desires. Before anymore interruptions occur, he quickly begins the ceremony. Outside, a black energy shockwave spreads out across the city. All over the nation Father's hands sprout from the ground and people everywhere keel over, from a high altitude we see Father's nationwide transmutation circle has been activated. The entire nation becomes engulfed in giant shadow spires and in the capitol building a huge metal gate opens from which Father crawls out in all of his horror.

He extends his hand out to the sun and calls forth God himself. The Gate of Truth appears and opens, and proceeds to attempt to absorb Father. Father, preparing for this, grabs God and pulls it down to Earth and absorb it instead. All goes silent. We then see that all over Amestris, everyone is dead, the children, the adults, the elderly, the military, the rebels. Everyone including the named characters.

Back underground Ed and the others recover and ask if Father had gone through with his plan. Father stated that he has, in order to pull God down into his being necesitated the lifeforce of the entire nation. We then see that Father has taken on Al's body. End Chapter.


Overall a superb chapter. Really can't find much to fault it other than the utter lack of Scar vs Wrath, but the chapter as a whole was so great I can forgive that. Definitely makes me very excited for the grand finale and also gives our heroes their biggest challenge.