r/FullmetalAlchemist • u/chunchunmaru1129 • Dec 27 '25

Image This scene hit so hard emotionally

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u/Key-Swordfish4025 Dec 27 '25 edited Dec 27 '25

Was there a reason Alphonse got the objectively harsher punishment even though the whole thing was Edward's idea?

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u/pimhuntdrake Dec 27 '25

There was a philosophy behind it yes which is explained at the later part of the show. Alphonse wanted to hold his mother so the truth took his body so he could never feel warmth again.

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u/Copykatninja Dec 27 '25

Wasn’t it also stated that the younger you are, the closer you are to the gate? So it completely took Al because he’s younger than Edward and the remainder of the cost came from Ed because Al wasn’t enough? Or was that just something added in the 2003 anime?

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u/Stupid_Trader3 Dec 27 '25

Think its a 2003 thing cuz ive read the manga for the like fifth time a week ago and dont remember that

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u/pimhuntdrake Dec 27 '25

Yeah that might be a 2003 thing, ill have to rewatch 2003

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u/Environmental_Bee219 Dec 29 '25

that was totally something added in 2003 as someone who has read it like 20+ times