I've always read it as at least a little bit a comment on the Iraq war, but what's it's deal? It's the only anime I can think of that climaxes with a military coup, and its cool that mustang wants to put people on trial for war crimes, but then he gets in power and doesn't do it.

It's also just got a whole plotline about racism, but it feels slightly off? Like minorities are okay if they save your life.

  • AOCapitulator [they/them, she/her]
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    3 years ago

    Let's get one thing clear: hoenheim sucks

    the dude is literally as powerful as the evil man who plans to genocide the world and doesn't even try to fight him or really even seem to work against him

    he taught folks alchemy and then later that was used to win, but like, I don't remember it framing this as his intended result, his own master plan against father, it just kinda worked out like that

    • Cromalin [she/her]
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      3 years ago

      I got the feeling he only found out about Fathers plan kind of recently. I always assumed that was why he left Ed and Al, he'd just learned about Father trying to make the big stone. That makes the most sense to me, where he goes to Xing for a few centuries and then heads west, falls in love, and then the genocide starts and he decides to make his big circle that brings everyone back to life.

      • AOCapitulator [they/them, she/her]
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        3 years ago

        Oh you're right I forgot he planted them

        still though, I feel like he shoulda been taking a more active, time sensitive role, he spent a lot of time puttering around