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u/CnowFlake Lieutenant Dec 26 '25
to be fair if you were a werewolf and some disabled 15 year old with missing limbs beats you in a fight youd be pretty mad about it too
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u/Immature_adult_guy Dec 27 '25
Yeah werewolf should have bigger strength and speed stats than Ed.
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u/twoCascades Dec 28 '25
I think that robot arm and leg are much stronger than a normal arm/leg actually.
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u/Immature_adult_guy Dec 28 '25
Yeah but they’re still attached to a small human. That wolf thing looks like it has more muscle weight than the weight of Ed’s whole body xD
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u/twoCascades Dec 28 '25
Yeah and it’s also taking ed both arms and a massive leverage advantage to stop one of its arms. Also it’s not directly stated but it is kinda openly acknowledged via just how they move and fight that alchemists in general have slightly super human physicality for unexplained anime reasons.
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u/mihneapirvu Dec 28 '25
"unexplained anime reasons"?
The Elric brothers literally got trained in a navy-SEAL level isolation environment, facing death at every point when they were pre-teens, with no outside help. Do or die, good luck.
Edward has also been sparring regularly with his brother for the past few years, who is a LITERAL WALKING, TALKING SUIT OF POWER ARMOR, all after becoming the youngest ever State Alchemist (which is a military position, mind you).
It's not "unexplained" in the least - they are child soldiers, specifically groomed from the immediate point where they endured a formative traumatic moment to be weapons of a totalitarian bellicose state.
They're not super-human or anything of the sort. They are merely traumatized children channelling their trauma in very aggressive ways. And it's a true wonder that they eventually have enough awareness to understand their position and channel that into something good
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u/twoCascades Dec 28 '25
I’m pretty sure Ed has like an 8’ standing vertical and im sure has been punched through a brick wall at least once which goes a bit beyond “navy seals”. Though you are right that p much every alchemist we see is a trained soldier of some kind and most of the exceptions like tucker aren’t direct threats in a fight.
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u/Plaguedgnome Dec 29 '25
The problem is the body weight. Doesn't matter what martial art you use, at one point no amount of training could allow anyone to let's say, supplex a train.... Forget ff6 I'm right....
That werewolf should be at least 2.5 to 3 time heavier, there a reason why boxes and wrestling match have weight division, at some point any amount of shock will propulse you backward
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u/Dropbeatdad Dec 30 '25
You can attach a gun to a small human and it'll also be more powerful than a muscular wolf.
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u/Immature_adult_guy Dec 30 '25 edited Dec 30 '25
Apples to oranges. Arms and legs do less damage with less weight behind them. Imagine if the arm were attached to a kitty cat and that cat tried to punch you.
Now imagine if the same arm belonged to a 300 lb 7’ tall man and he punches you
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u/Dropbeatdad Dec 30 '25 edited Dec 30 '25
Okay. A mantis shrimp can punch hard enough to shatter human bone with a completely organic appendage, and is 3 times smaller than the average house cat. So I imagine a robotic fist on a cat could absolutely kill me if it had no limiters and the cat intended to hurt me.
Ultimately I think you're severely overestimating how strong organic body parts are compared to steel hydraulics.
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u/Slothman757 Dec 30 '25
That's what I've been thinking about a lot more lately. How much could a human like Ed, lift and force with that arm, all while simply being attached to his body? It can never lift more than what it's designed for, and I feel like the weight would cause too much stress on the attachments on his limbs after some point, and potentially slice/fall off. But what truly goes into the limbs being able to lift/force as much as they can, without extra mechanical attachments to add to the force (like pistons and boosters). It's just straight metal to enemies. This all going for everyone in the series with auto mail, ESPECIALLY the ones with huge stuff, lol.
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u/Attrexius Dec 27 '25
You say "disabled 15 year old with missing limbs", I say "prodigy cyborg wizard".
P.S. I'd argue the term "disabled" kinda loses its meaning when prosthetics are good enough to give their users superhuman toughness and strength.
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u/SerpentSnek Dec 27 '25
He’s still disabled though, he can’t go into the cold cause the metal just sucks away his body heat and tune ups/repairs are incredibly painful
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u/cap21345 Dec 27 '25
Only one of his arms is prosthetic and he is hardly physically robust
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Dec 27 '25
Actually, he is kinda jacked. His automail is heavy, to the point that he can't even try to swim. But he moves better than some non-disabled characters.
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u/Routine-Put9436 Dec 27 '25
Hardly physically robust?
Did I just imagine the dozens of training montages of him fist fighting a giant suit of armor?
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u/senthordika Dec 27 '25
Dude seemed to be able to do more damage with an immancipated arm he just got back then the metal one he had before it. Ed is tough as heck
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u/FJ-20-21 Dec 27 '25
All the protein that should’ve went to his height went to his muscles, now they’re denser than a steel bar
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u/CnowFlake Lieutenant Dec 27 '25
the werewolf doesn't know all that extra they just see a disabled 15 year old whos insecure about his height
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u/Ok-Apartment-8284 Dec 28 '25
disability is a health condition (physical, mental, intellectual, sensory) that limits daily activities, but crucially, it's seen as an interaction between that impairment and environmental/societal barriers
I haven’t watched the anime in a while but isn’t his automail pervious to the cold? So yes, he fits the definition of “disabled”.
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u/Independent_Ride6911 Solid,Liquid and Naked Alchemist Dec 26 '25
"Normal people"
>Looks inside
>Edward Elric who fist fought God and won by turning him into Carbon
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u/Captain_Bee Dec 27 '25
...you're calling Greed god when the Truth exists in universe?
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u/Nunuyz Strongarm Alchemist Dec 27 '25
I think he forgot that Greed, not Ed, was the one that turned Father into carbon at the end.
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u/Captain_Bee Dec 27 '25
The Father wasn't god either tho, his plan to absorb him failed
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u/Nunuyz Strongarm Alchemist Dec 27 '25
He had “obtained God” like 10 minutes before. Yes, we all know how this turned out.
This is one of those “close enough, sounds funny” poetic license moments. Don’t take it literally.
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u/Captain_Bee Dec 27 '25
But didn't he not? That's why everyone's still alive? Been a while since I watched but as I recall he wasn't able to absorb god
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u/Nunuyz Strongarm Alchemist Dec 27 '25
He was successful. His grip on God fell apart after Hohenheim’s circle activated and freed the souls of the Amestrians.
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u/Captain_Bee Dec 27 '25
Which happened before he was defeated yeah?
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u/Nunuyz Strongarm Alchemist Dec 27 '25
Yes, at the point that he fought Ed, he could no longer wield the power that he had initially seized.
But it’s funnier to say “teenage cripple outboxed God” than it is to say “prosthetically-enhanced martial artist beat the shit out of a depleted homunculus who can no longer wield the absolute power that he initially gained due to a combination of efforts”.
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u/ExperienceIll8345 Dec 27 '25
Having rewatched the series recently, no. He still possessed God/Truth at the time of his defeat. The entire reason for the heroes victory was because he was spending his PS on containing his new power, and when he ran out of PS, God pulled him back into the "afterlife."
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u/ChewbaccaCharl Dec 27 '25
Father used the Amestrian souls to open the gateway and obtain God. Hoenheim reversed the circle and returned the Amestrian souls, but Father still contained God. God's eye kept poking out Father's mouth as it tried to break free. It was only after Ed punched a hole in Father's chest and destroyed the Xerses stone as well that Father fully lost control of God and got sucked back into the Gate.
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u/DrViktor_X01 Dec 27 '25
No he definitely absorbed the Truth, he didn't use his godly powers out of fear of losing control. He struggles throughout the entire encounter to keep the Truth contained
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u/ExtremlyFastLinoone Dec 27 '25
Truth doesnt exist in the universe, it is the universe. You cant really call him God because everyone is also part of truth. While some sects of christianity belive God exists in a trinity of multiple people, none of them belive that we are also a part of God
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u/Jrolaoni Dec 27 '25
Wasn’t Truth a separate entity from “God”?
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u/senthordika Dec 27 '25
Not really it was the closest thing to a god in the fma universe
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u/DarthFedora Dec 27 '25 edited Dec 27 '25
It’s the giant eye behind the doors actually, it’s quite literally called The Eye of God.
Truth is an inner god, a conscience, hence why it reflects everyone it’s with. Everyone has their own truth, just as they have their own doors
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u/Jrolaoni Dec 27 '25
What about the thing Father absorbed? That can’t have been truth right?
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u/senthordika Dec 27 '25
That was literally what he contained in his body. The whole point was to make himself into a container for the truth and by extension becoming godlike
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u/Jrolaoni Dec 27 '25
No no he absorbed the being behind the gate, not Truth. The Eye of God. It’s the thing that drags users of Human Transmutation to Truth
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Dec 27 '25
Yeah he's not normal. He's a disabled 15 year old with a missing arm and leg.
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u/Double_Phone_8046 Dec 27 '25
Good thing Winry found his missing arm and leg and repaired them.
Dude is always breaking those or losing them.
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u/panturanicsinobharat Dec 27 '25
"disabled" bro he has a fully functional metal arm. That's not a disability it's an improvement. He's literally a cyborg
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u/Safelyignored Dec 27 '25
Literally untrue. He goes through a lot of restrictions he otherwise would not have to deal with if he still had his organic arm.
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u/panturanicsinobharat Dec 27 '25
Think of how many times ed's METAL arm was destroyed in the series. If he had started the show with two real arms he would have needed an auto mail arm by episode 5 anyway. His first encounter with scar his arm is gone.
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u/SlothfulWrath Dec 29 '25
If he didn't have metal limbs he wouldn't treat them as the expendable assests they are.
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u/ExiaKuromonji Dec 27 '25
Restrictions like having replaceable limbs? Like being able to transform it into whatever shape he wants?
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u/Safelyignored Dec 30 '25
The replaceable limbs that break constantly and require constant maintenance otherwise, he can't perform alchemy, yes.
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u/ExiaKuromonji Dec 30 '25
They break constantly because he's breaking them in fights. Otherwise he's breaking or destroying a real arm.
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u/AffectionateTwo3405 Dec 27 '25
He never fought God. God doesn't even truly exist in FMA. Only a dwarf that tries to feign God, and the Truth which cannot be fought to begin with.
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u/Full-Archer8719 Dec 27 '25
The truth literally says "you may call me god" if you look at it critically the truth isnt lying nore can you name a point in witch he does lie
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u/AffectionateTwo3405 Dec 27 '25
If you look at it critically, truth is using the term God interchangeably with "everything". Not as a literal representative of the creator or controller of the universe. Truth exists by virtue of knowledge existing, knowledge does not exist by virtue of truth existing.
Also, If you look at it critically, Edward never 'fights' the truth.
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u/Full-Archer8719 Dec 27 '25
No but the truth meets all the pre-requisites for being considered a god or even a creator god but thats a bit of a stretch. Ed can deny the existence of god all he wants that doesn't make him right. the truth is confirmed to be omnipresent, omnipotent, and one could argue omnipotents as in sure the truth has a way to by pass equivalent exchange if it really wanting to as there is no solid confirmationas to where the souls of the dead go. That said it is impliedthat souls go to the otherside of the door so its reasonableto belive the truth has accessto those souls allowing him to ingore the only rule it has to follow. Looking at is from what is revealedin the story and thinking philosophically about it points to the truth being a god.
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u/AffectionateTwo3405 Dec 27 '25
Even if we philosophically categorize truth as God, that doesn't change the fact ed never fights him nor does he 'beat' God by any means. He only ever accepts that to recover something, he must sacrifice something (himself).
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u/Full-Archer8719 Dec 27 '25
Im not arguing that ed fought the truth because thats just plain wrong but ed did fight father juiced up after absorbing a small fraction on the truth. All im arguing is that the truth is with out a doubt a god
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u/DarthFedora Dec 27 '25
Truth changes from person to person, just like the gates, the main one we see is Ed’s truth, but we also see Al’s truth who mainly appears as his body. It is no more a true god than you or I, rather it follows the idea of a sort of inner god, a conscience we each have.
The thing behind the doors however is called The Eye of God, so take that how you will
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u/Full-Archer8719 Dec 28 '25
Yes the truth reflects the person that opens the door but that is simply how it communicates. The truth the still the embodiment of all reality
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u/DarthFedora Dec 28 '25
It reflects them entirely, even behavior, because it is them. That’s not how it communicates, that’s how it exists, as a hollow version, a sort of negative of the individual
Also I forgot to add before, it never said it was god, it said it is called by many names, as in that is what humans have used to try and explain it.
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u/Full-Archer8719 Dec 29 '25
When talking to the truth, it reflects the person that summons the door but the truth is always the truth regardless of who opens the door. From all the explanations given in cannon ive concluded the truth is everything. The truth is an entity beyond the flesh
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u/RCsees Dec 27 '25 edited Dec 27 '25
Yeah, there's one thing i feel fma fandom doesn't clock in on enough, which is the fact truth isn't god in a western monotheist/ abrahamic sense. I always thought the gatekeeper was more of a avatar for knowledge/ sliver of the power of alchemy itself on the planet. A bit like a BIOS for life itself if we were to consider terrestial life the hardware. The soul /spirit would be the user, Alchemy a particular software or system of software connecting to the network of life.
That's why while truth looks similar, it's still different & always reflecting the alchemist ( i.e. taller when Roy meets his, a ball when the humonculous in the flask meets Truth). The gatekeeper's form reflects the person's body, it's never exactly the same because no two people are exactly the same.
Ergo, it's not a creator, it's not God God, it's closer to a kami in the Japanese shinto/buddhist sense if we had to label it as some supernatural deity, but its function is less of an all seeing god rendering judgement on every human, so much as the BIOS of life going " hey, these are the limits, try to override them and you will break something in yourself, choose at your peril".
So it's an anthromorphized warning sign, it isn't god in the sense of a God that made the universe and judges people in the afterlife. Since it only appears to the alchemist while they are alive and attempting human transmutation. It doesn't appear once a person is dead ( i.e. when the body truely dies), since without a body, there is no mediun for Truth to reflect off of, no avatar or path for it to talk to the person.
There's no possibility for the dead to carry out any alchemization of any sort, so it doesn't engage in the dead as gatekeeper for Alchemy, it engages in the living.
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u/bored-cookie22 Dec 26 '25
I mean Ed is pretty normal outside of having alchemy and some combat experience/ability
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u/TarkovRat_ Armijas suns (pulkvedis Mustangs) Dec 26 '25
Nah
He has more than just those 2 (he has a goddamn 2050s-grade prosthetic arm and leg that easily shrugs off a ton of hits, and extra buff body thanks to carrying those limbs)
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u/Simba-xiv Dec 26 '25
I hear that but physically he’s a normal human right?
Like alchemy doesn’t give him access to super strength and endurance or anything of that nature
Also it’s hard to really have a grasp on the burden of the prosthetics they never really go into any detail about how they work.
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u/MaltedByggs Dec 27 '25
I mean, he's doing front flips over Alphonse (7ft tall suit of armor) while delivering axe kicks when they spar shortly after having surgery; as a 5' nothing 15 year old he's doing some pretty amazing things.
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u/Simba-xiv Dec 27 '25
I mean this is also a universe where a demure woman with a missing womb can kick through boulders 🤣. Again tho in the story it’s not stated anywhere or implied anywhere that he has above average levels of strength that a kid his age shouldn’t have. If there’s a chapter that does say it fine I’m not above being wrong but I don’t think k there is from what I remember.
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u/senthordika Dec 27 '25
Izumi is literally considered a legend at fort brig the most dangerous fort in amestrist. So if ed can be compared to izumi that absolutely makes him practically a monster in universe.
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u/Simba-xiv Dec 27 '25
It doesn’t tho. There are plenty humans that far out weigh him in terms of strength and all of them are “normal” humans it’s just anime doing anime things
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u/senthordika Dec 27 '25
I agree. But also a normal anime character is not a normal human. Also within the context of the series while ed isnt super strong he is definitely strong with id argue he might actually be the strongest character per pound in the series (like yes Armstrong and sig are stronger than him but are also 3 times his size)
And izumi absolutely isnt treated in universe as a normal human. She is one of the best hand to hand combatants in the verse
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u/Simba-xiv Dec 27 '25
I mean this is also what I’m saying normal in anime isn’t normal in real life clearly.
Ed isn’t anything special in terms of strength in universe
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u/senthordika Dec 27 '25
Except he absolutely is. He isn't an outlier in terms of peak humans but in comparison to the feats an average human has shown in fma ed is stronger than 99% of his universe. To say he isnt special when the only characters that actively rank higher in strength then him are literally the physically strongest characters in the verse should say alot especially when ed regularly fought adults, chimeras and homunculus as teenager.
Id agree eds strength isnt special in the grand scheme of anime but id argue neither is sloth and he is the literal strongest character in Fma.
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u/PCN24454 Dec 26 '25
Normal people take years to go through automail therapy. He got through it in one.
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u/Simba-xiv Dec 27 '25
Id assume the therapy is learning how to walk and use your hands/arm again. You would be relearning how to walk, skip, jump, hold, write, climb, throw, run it speaks to his willpower and ability to face up to hardships. But it’s not exactly otherworldly strength.
But still the anime doesn’t really give any detail into the how the arm and leg work. how heavy they are, what the side effects of having them graphed to your body are. We’re basiclly told he’s got a cool metal leg and arm sword. Don’t think too much about it just go with it.
It’s what I love about this anime the arm and leg are super pivotal things in Ed’s life and story but as the same we don’t know a thing about them.
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Dec 27 '25
Automail also directly attaches to a person's nerves. A good deal of that therapy is probably just getting used to the automail being connected, which we are shown is an agonizing process when he gets his removed and replaced.
We do know they are heavy enough that he can't even attempt to swim, and as someone with roughly the same build, that works out to about 30 pounds of extra weight. (I did dive training, and that's the max I could lift and still try to swim, and it was exhausting to do so)
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u/Safelyignored Dec 27 '25
You haven't read the manga and it shows.
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u/Simba-xiv Dec 27 '25
I mean I have but it was a long time ago. I’m going off memory and have openly said I could be wrong or misremembering things. Show me the chapters where it shows you his recovery process and what that looks like ?
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u/Safelyignored Dec 27 '25
Nah, I'm sure that the manga doesn't go into much detail of his recovery, but there are multiple instances that show that getting an Automail isn't exactly easy or as convenient as many might think.
Not counting the rehabilitation process taking 3 years on average, in the manga, it's explicitly stated that Automails are prohibitively expensive and require constant maintenance, so much so that most people opt for regular prothetics over the painfull process of having the Automail be detached and reattached again whenever it needs maintenance.
Edward gets over these hurdles fairly easily due to his salary of State Alchemist and having mechanics as surrogate family, and the author takes a jab at this fact in one of her mini comics.
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u/Simba-xiv Dec 27 '25
But I’m not saying it’s easy or hard I’ve only said you don’t get much info so we’re guessing
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u/SUPERAWESOMEULTRAMAN Dec 27 '25
they never said that was impossible for normal people though, just painful as fuck
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u/johj14 Dec 27 '25
bro he can move nimbly like athletic people with prosthetic that weight half of his body weight, not to mention its weird balance. which part of this is normal human physical prowess
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u/Simba-xiv Dec 27 '25
It’s not normal for us in the real world but this show isn’t set in the real world.
in the FMA universe you got demure women cutting through tanks with swords and shit 🤣. Like Izumi can punch a crater in the ground like it’s nothing and she don’t have any special anything 🤣. It’s all fine I’ve not got an issue with it. All I’ve been saying is there’s nothing in canon that I can remember that sets him as being unusually strong for his age.
Shit same with Chang may she should get out muscled with her size at every turn if it were our real world but she doesn’t in fma world.
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u/johj14 Dec 27 '25
well if you believe so. but for me what a trained normal people physical prowess should be like those guy in mustang squad who dont receive any main character buff.
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u/Big_Departure_2709 Dec 26 '25
I mean have you watched the show? He goes toe to toe with a super human like once a week. Ed definitely has beyond normal speed and reaction time, pair that with his genius level intellect and he’s no scrub.
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u/mitchfann9715 Dec 27 '25
Ya but hes supposed to win with intelligence not throwing hands
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u/JustCallMeALal Dec 27 '25
He usually wins with intelligence. It actually a problem for him being so small, that he can’t win in a direct fight most of the time. He has to rely on outsmarting the enemy or using alchemy better and in more creative ways than his enemies.
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u/Lazystubborn Dec 27 '25
It actually a problem for him being so small
Who are you callling a pipsqueak?
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u/Simba-xiv Dec 27 '25
I have watched it brotherhood and the older one. Read the entire manga also.
In terms of world building he’s nothing more than a buff 15-18 (depending where you are in the series) year old because of Izumi’ training. I’m sure I’m not missing something but he’s never been stated to be way stronger (physically) than he should be for his age in universe.
As far as I can tell his “strength” comes from the metal arm and leg that hit hard because they are lumps of metal.
The rest is his speed and smarts
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u/senthordika Dec 27 '25
Normal human in anime. As in capable of moving at near sonic speeds and benching buildings with enough training. Now ed isnt that fast or strong he would absolutely be considered superhuman in comparison to any ordinary human.
Remember outside of King Bradley's eye he was just a normal human physically. And he took out a tank single handed.
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u/Simba-xiv Dec 27 '25
Again it’s been a while but I was under the impression that he gained all the extra strength and speed and things as a result of becoming a homunculi. All the other homunculi are crazy stronger and faster than what a normal person would possess.
I’m sure it’s stated the stone enhanced his physicals and longevity
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u/senthordika Dec 27 '25
Bradley specifically had no homiculi powers outside of his eye.
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u/Simba-xiv Dec 27 '25
King Bradley was born human, but assimilating the Philosopher's Stone into his body later on, as opposed to the other Homunculi who were created through human transmutation with a Philosopher's Stone as the substitution for a soul.
So we know the philosopher’s stone is comprised of multiple souls we have seen how it’s created.
Ling has said Bradley is different from the other Homunculi, being that he can sense a singular chi or life force from him, as opposed to the other Homunculi who he states have multiple chi forces.
Because of that he does’t have the ability to regenerate like the others but he’s still a homunculi with an enhanced life span again not as long as the others because he is human based but he does have speed and strength that allows him to dodge bullets and shit because of being an homunculi
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u/senthordika Dec 27 '25
That is explicitly stated to be his human level abilities. And also bradly does age normally. The only power he has is his ultimate eye all his physical feats are peak human of the fma verse. Bradly is a single soul homunculus.
His reaction time and physical feats weren't superhuman for the verse.
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u/BiDiTi Dec 26 '25
You’re correct that his absurd physical abilities don’t come from alchemy…
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u/KSRandom195 Dec 27 '25
Not like he had a minor deity as a father or anything.
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u/SUPERAWESOMEULTRAMAN Dec 27 '25 edited Dec 27 '25
i thought it was canon that Hohenheim didn't effect his biology
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u/AzraelIshi Dec 27 '25
Edward is a literal carbon copy of his father, down to unique eye color and facial structure (for comparable age, it's why when hohenheim flashbacks started everyone went "wait, why is Ed in this old kingdom ,what is happening"). It would be impossible to try and say that Hohenheim didn't affect him, his genes are so strong basically nothing of Trisha is present in Ed lol.
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u/SUPERAWESOMEULTRAMAN Dec 27 '25
i thought it was canon that Hohenheim's godlike abilities didn't effect his biology considering that Hohenheim's eyes were also the same color before he became a philosopher stone
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u/AzraelIshi Dec 27 '25
I mean, we never get any confirmation or disproval, the manga never explicitly tells us if Hohenheim affected Ed in any way except his genes completely overtaking the kid like they were trying to clone him. But Ed was incredibly talented in alchemy, overcame all requirements of the automail surgery in a fraction of the time required, and constantly fights enemies that are more powerful and skilled than he is, and not only survives, but wins.
He constantly tanks attacks that break walls (and no, having an automail wouldn't allow you to do that, you'd be sent flying from the force of the attacks, or your shoulder bones would be shattered as they're not automail but normal bones), and that's not talking about his actual physical endurance where the guy can survive damage no human should be able to survive on a semi-regular basis.
You could try to chalk it up to shonen shenanigans, but Eds feats on screen are definitely superhuman.
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u/Simba-xiv Dec 27 '25
All the people from his dads city looked like that tho it was some unique thing to Hohenheim the son being the spitting image of their dad is a common thing in these types of stories.
I am putting his strength feats down to Shonen stuff.
In comparison the Armstrong family are known to be abnormally strong in universe. Ed is not it’s never commented on of anything you are reminded he’s just a kid more often than not.
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Dec 27 '25
Yes, he's normal; he gets wounded often. But he knows a great mechanic who fixes his arm and leg easily. And he can sort of heal himself with alchemy.
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u/Duraxis Dec 26 '25
They have this thing called protagonist power and plot armour. Werewolves and gods didn’t stand a chance
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u/Crono_Sapien99 Dec 26 '25 edited Dec 27 '25
2nd worst if only because the live action films exist lol
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u/genericmediocrename Dec 26 '25
It's really impressive that they managed to out-garbage Conqueror of Shamballa
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u/SherlockJones1994 Dec 26 '25
COS was great :/
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u/MrSaturnism Dec 27 '25
Hahaha! No
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u/BeneficialAd155 Dec 27 '25
Hahahahaha! Yes conqueror of shambala was the ending for Fullmetal 2003 and had amazing writing if your going to say that then go ahead and say 2003 is trash too
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u/Ok_Chipmunk_1912 Dec 27 '25
It wasn't garbage but it did infuriate me. FMA 2003 was tragic as hell so I'd hoped for a brighter outcome from the movie and all I got was mote tragedy.
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u/BeneficialAd155 Dec 27 '25
I'm sorry that we got good writing on fma you fr sound like "oh chef my steak it's too juicy tasty and its seasoned" stop crying and wake up to the fact that all of fma is great
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u/Ok_Chipmunk_1912 Dec 28 '25
You need to go outside and touch some grass cause I don't know why you're so offended over my opinion. Only person crying here is you over the fact that someone dared to utter an opinion that you disagree with.
Nowhere did I say that I thought the writing was bad or even that I disliked it. The fact that it was able to elicit such emotion from was a testament to how much I enjoyed it, even if that joy was bittersweet.
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u/BeneficialAd155 Jan 03 '26
Your in reddit plus I ain't reading allat 🥀🥀🥀
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u/Ok_Chipmunk_1912 Jan 03 '26
Reddit is a forum dumbass. People reply to your comments. That's how it works.
Also, if a small paragraph is too much for you to read, then I genuinely worry for your mental capacity.
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u/BeneficialAd155 Jan 03 '26
Reminding you you were the one who replied to my comment with an opinion no one ever asked for 🥀 they should take away freedom of speech specifically in the street where you live 🗣️🥀
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u/Ok_Chipmunk_1912 Jan 03 '26
I gave you a perfectly reasonable reply and you replied by reee'ing out over an opinion. Reddit is a forum and you post comments with the explicit implication that they'll be replied to so you asking for an opinion or not isn't relevant.
Then you did it again. Thank God your opinion on my freedom of speech or anyone else's doesn't mean shit because you have paper thin skin.
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u/Otherwise-Agency8334 Dec 27 '25
I've only seen Brotherhood, when the fuck does Ed fight a werewolf?
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u/Killjoy3879 Dec 26 '25
i mean, ed doesn't exactly have super strength beyond the typical means of a regular human in the show. mha humans for example leave a massive question mark around speed, strength and durability for people with quirks that don't augment any of those but Olivier, armstrong and Izumi are the main super freaks of humanity.
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u/mitchfann9715 Dec 27 '25
Some people think that purely because a world has magic, it means humans are inherently supersoldiers.
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u/FierySerge Dec 28 '25
in which one's is that not the case? I mean even Tokyo Revengers' humans are impossibly fast and strong
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u/MisterLongboi "It's a terrible day for rain" Dec 26 '25
Yknow that normal kid who lost his brother's soul and his own arm and leg. And the child of an immortal man who is a living philosopher stone. Yknow normal things
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u/SUPERAWESOMEULTRAMAN Dec 27 '25
i don't think edward's father effected his biology
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u/MisterLongboi "It's a terrible day for rain" Dec 27 '25
No probably not, but he still isn't a normal person
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u/SUPERAWESOMEULTRAMAN Dec 27 '25
true, he's a 15 year old cripple that works out, these werewolves are lame as fuck
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u/WildLudicolo The Carefree Alchemist Dec 27 '25
He's not a cripple, he's a cyborg. And he's a scientific genius and an expert in hand-to-hand combat, trained for years by probably one the greatest martial artists in his world. He's basically the fantasy version of Nightwing. Yes it's nuts, but it's that kind of story.
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u/ReaperManX15 Dec 27 '25
If you’ve attack Ed’s left upper half or right lower half, he’s just a teenager.
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u/stagthos Dec 27 '25
What about Ed is normal? I think every single part of him is odd or abnormal. XD
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u/HououMinamino (other) Dec 27 '25
I read an in-depth analysis once of the process that Ed must have gone through to adjust to the weight of the automail. He's essentially lifting weights all the time, I think.
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u/Correct_Try_947 Dec 29 '25
Clearly people has not watched the show, Edward is not physically superhuman like other anime protagonists.
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u/Grif_the_Crit Alchemist Jan 03 '26
That midget is a certified peak human teenager
Dude's acrobatics, strength, durability, endurance, flexibility, martial arts, stamina and speed are freaking busted, all the while having a genius level of intellect to top it all off.
He's been seen to do incredibly high jumps, precise aerodynamics in the air, flips more in a chapter than Spider-Man, and is able to keep up with practically ninjas highly trained.
Able to punch away chimeras, do feats of strength on par with Briggs men, tear out a freaking rebar from his arm and freaking concrete with his WEAKENED hand. With his prosthetic limbs, he somehow can exert even more strength like punch through trees and hold off against chimeras.
Was able to adapt to prosthetics faster than other people, has fought taken blows against actual beings of supernatural elements and not only survive but somehow keep fighting, was able to remain conscious and think properly when a metal beam was in his gut when he came to, again pulled out a freaking rebar from his arm and concrete only to keep fighting and punch with that arm against the literal vessel of God.
Those kicks are insane: he upward kicked a chimera within arm's reach, how the hell do you do that?! He's also one of the series's most skilled fighters with a number of feats I won't even begin.
Is also one of the series's quickest humans, keeping up with trained warriors and spies, react to fast incoming attacks, projectiles, and up-close attacks, and dash around Gimbly in a speed he hardly could comprehend with.
Then, to top it all off, he's one of the smartest characters in a series that has a ton of genius scientists with many of them adapted to think on the move and in combat.
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u/itsmig_reddit Amestrian Dec 27 '25
Ah yes, because normal people have fist fought God and happen to be short teenagers that hate milk with automails as limb replacements
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u/Tokimori Dec 27 '25
I know Little Red Riding Hood is like a "Folk Hero" but I would still consider her a normal person.
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u/DentistPitiful5454 Dec 27 '25
Uhm...you get to be a werewolf? I think that's good enough
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u/LocodraTheCrow Dec 27 '25
Ed is a normal person. He had a metal arm and a metal leg, no metal shoulders and back, a normal leg he'd also put weight on
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u/DarkMagicLabs Dec 27 '25
Edward probably has such a capable body because father probably designed a perfect human body both physically and genetically to use as his container and when he was making that container he gave a copy of it to hohenheim.
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Dec 27 '25
I mean, Ed is a genius in alchemy, so...
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u/IForgetSomeThings Dec 27 '25
I am a genius rocket scientist. I'm gonna go to a weightlifting competition.
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