Forum - View topicFull Metal Alchemist Ending
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joel_s95387
Posts: 1804 Location: California... The Village Hidden In The Porn |
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I just want to know if the ending was good. No details/spoilers please. I just want to know if it was a cheap, everyone dies ending, or a good ending that actually makes sense.
Moderators, if you have to lock this thread, please give me a simple yes or no answer... Please. |
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Deltakiral
 Posts: 3338 Location: Glendora, CA (Avatar Hei from Darker than BLACK) |
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I thought that the ending to Television series (well at least the last screen) was very moving and that I was overall satisfy with the ending. But that just my personal opinion on the matter, most people are upset the story begins to move away from the manga, and some accuse the final episode of being nothing more then a setting stone for that of the new Movie. I didn't think that ending was cheap, I was somewhat moved by ending since I have a brother and we share a similar connection like the Elrics.
Till next time, Delta Kiral |
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joel_s95387
Posts: 1804 Location: California... The Village Hidden In The Porn |
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Thank you! Thats just the response I was looking for. You're obviously a FMA fan so I think I'll pick it up too. I;ve been thinking of buying the manga but I don't know how many volumes it will run, and I just don't have too much money due to college. Just wondering.
And Moderators, can you just leave this one unlocked, and when the ending is shown in 2 weeks, I'll change the first post and make this the thread to discuss the ending? Or I can make a new one when the time comes. |
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TranceLimit174
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The TV ending is definitley not a cop out. The last few eps. are definitley one hell of a roller coaster but they don't have that speedy "race to the finish" feel. All I will say about the ending is that it leaves you with a sense of hope.
As for the movie ending, didn't like it one bit. I guess it has its merits but I felt certain things were completely thrown out the window. So I'm just gonna stick with the series ending. Also I'm glad the show and manga diverge considerably. I think it allows you to enjoy both on an equal level. When a manga is a direct transition to anime or vice versa, I don't find it nearly as enjoyable because I already know where things are going, and what's going to happen in the end. I haven't been keeping up with it but my friend told me that things become drastically different around volume 10 or so which makes the manga sound very well worth picking up even if you've seen the series. |
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Stupidman007
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The ending doesn't exactly end things, best count the movie as the actual ending. The TV ending leaves the viewer with an empty feeling.
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joel_s95387
Posts: 1804 Location: California... The Village Hidden In The Porn |
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So does are the anime and manga ending the same? If the ending might leave me with a feeling of incompleteness, does the manga have a slightly different ending that seals the lid on the events?
I still don't know what the ending is going to be. I've overheard a couple of details after reading the synopsis for the movie. |
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TheVileOne
Posts: 272 Location: Texas |
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No. The manga is still ongoing and won't be ending for a long while. That's why they had to change the ending to the anime and why it was necessary.
The ending is exactly what it should be, for Fullmetal Alchemist. |
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elaruqui
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Jeez... Its not an empty feeling that the ending leaves actually, after watching the series, i felt something like "bewildered"...
The thing is, i don't understand the way things ende, i mean who died and who lived, what happened to Alphonse and to Ed? I really need some reply... Did Ed die? Did the last transmutation done by Ed to return Alphonse, did it work? I wasn't able to read the manga so i'm not understanding it any better..reply on me please........ |
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TheVileOne
Posts: 272 Location: Texas |
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It sounds like to me you haven't finished watching the anime and need to do that first. The manga didn't end isn't over yet. |
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LydiaDianne
 Posts: 5634 Location: Southern California |
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THERE'S ONLY 2 EPISODES LEFT ON CARTOON NETWORK!
Just two more weeks and we'll know EVERYTHING! I'm really interested in learning how in last night episode spoiler[Ed's father survived and they both ended up in 'our world.'] Have to wait until next Saturday. **Pout, Pout, Pout. Don't wanna wait. Pout, Pout, Pout.** 
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joel_s95387
Posts: 1804 Location: California... The Village Hidden In The Porn |
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If you don't want to wait, there's always fansubs... 
Yeah I can't wait for the ending either, but I don't believe in fansubs.... in other words I can't download them. elaruqui, you're a dick. Next time use spoiler tags. Read the first post again before you reply. I read that episode 51 doesn't have a title, its considered an extension of episode 50. May this be why people think they saw the whole series, yet don't actually know the ending? |
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Zalis116
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 Posts: 6903 Location: Kazune City |
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*rolls eyes multiple times* I generally don't read manga before I watch the anime, but I wish people wouldn't hate on series so much just because "oh no, it's not like the manga!" They're different mediums, and one is meant to entertain people week to week on a TV screen. I actually appreciate when stories diverge from the manga, if it means that we get a decent, complete ending...too many series that are faithful to the manga just end midway, since manga tend to run much longer. In that case, it's "episode 26 is over--now go out and buy those manga books, even though you've just spent $100+ on DVDs!" (Though some series, like Chobits, follow the manga well enough for 24 episodes but then completely and pointlessly change things at the very end.) I actually liked DN Angel, despite its two "ending" story arcs at the end--I'm sure there was more manga, but they diverged and shifted things around to wrap things up, and it worked. Ok, the FMA ending--imo, it was satisfying and fitting for the series, even though it did feel like a "new chapter opening" and/or setup for the movie (which I've only watched the first 7 minutes of). It was not a spoiler[happy "Cosmic Reset" ending where everyone gets resurrected] or an spoiler[ultra-depressing "everybody dies" ending.] It was moving, it was tragic, though the sheer weirdness and intellectual challenge of the series as a whole meant that I couldn't really respond to it on a deep emotional/tearjerker level like with other series endings. Maybe it was because spoiler[there was never any romance developed between Ed and Winry--all I needed was a breakdown crying "Ed, I realize that I love you, but you're gone; what'll I do without you!!?" type of scene from Winry, and that would have added 14 points to the emotional score of FMA  ] Then again, it is a shounen series, and that sort of event would have been clichéd and ill-received by the target audience.
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TheVileOne
Posts: 272 Location: Texas |
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We already got a moment like that with Winry in episode 26. We didn't need another one.
Plus, spoiler[I feel even though Winry misses them and is sad about it, she's ultimately content knowing that Ed and Al are alive somewhere together and they aren't going to stop fighting for what they believe in. That last parting shot in the movie, with Winry working on Den and we see the picture of Ed and Al together from their youth, it didn't really feel sad. It felt maybe a little bittersweet, but nostalgic and ultimately upbeat.] |
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RageWulf
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I was slightly dissapointed with the ending, but it was a pretty good one, and the loose ends will hopefully be tied up in the movie which is set 2 years after the anime
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major_pain
 Posts: 46 Location: Down the six thousand steps~ |
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Wait, were we watching the same FMA? Becasue thats not what I saw in the ending. I'm almost positive that spoiler[while Ed did end up 'going away,' Al got his body back and 'stayed.' I distincly remember a scene with Winry and Rose sitting on a hill watching Al, and then he left on a train to train (that sounds odd) with Izumi.] |
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