Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Episode 40 || Reaction & Discussion
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What an unreal episode, and 41 is going to be just as much so.
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So after Xerxes,Hohenheim went to Qin,but where did Father went? And most importantly, how many times did he repeat that? We know that Envy has the souls from Xerxes.
@@VictorCiolacu _sage of the east, sage of the west_
To be fair to Hohenheim, he didn't KNOW the giant circle would kill everyone.
and even if he knew - could he have changed anything?
not as a regular human slave and no one would believe him / have enough understanding of alchemy
before anything happens he would have been disposed of...
mfg
Olli
Yeah and also he didn't knew that all of the killing was necessary while making the circle, that's why he says "what a tragedy" and the dwarf in the flask says "yeah, a tragedy". So the dwarf knew but Hoenheim didn't
Hope @CastSenpai reads this.
To add to your point, Hohenheim wasn't there when they were discussing the plan to create the circle.
In the 16th-century a Swiss alchemist Paracelsus (also known as Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim) believed in the existence of alkahest, which he thought to be an undiscovered element from which all other elements (earth, fire, water, air) were simply derivative forms. he believed that this element was the philosopher's stone.
an interesting reference imo
what I would give to have such a cool name… 21st century names are lame
@@CastSenpai idk man, being named Edelbert, Gardulf or Alexandrino must have sucked
Also note the interesting difference in wording. Homunculus are artifical humans with a philosopher's stone at their core while he described himself as a philosopher's stone in the form of a man. Which is a notable difference since homunculi aren't able to have children and he did so he isn't a homunculus.
fun fact: If I'm not mistaken, young Hohenheim's voice actor is the same as Alphonse in the 2003 anime
yea! his name is aaron dismuke. you can hear why he couldnt voice al for brotherhood lol - he definitely doesn’t sound like a kid anymore.
@zirath ashe WHAT
a note: hohenheim did not actually know about the crests of blood. he’s not shown to be in the room when father tells the king about how to gain immortality, and we see hohenheim react with “what an awful tragedy” quite sincerely when he hears news of villages being massacred. just something to note, he wasn’t even *complicit* in father’s plans considering he had no idea of the details.
After this episode, it's a good idea to go back and watch the first opening. The guy you see at the beginning isn't Ed - it's young Hohenheim, and standing in front of the Xerxes transmutation circle. The first bit of the OP is basically Hohenheim's backstory. Its pretty awesome
It's been like 7 years since I read and watched this show and this is the first time I've realized that the frick
It's never really outright stated but the Dwarf in the Flask is essentially a piece of the portal of truth itself, given physical form in our world using human blood as an anchor, the same as Al's blood seal on his armor, but wasn't a human before, as a piece of the portal, the Dwarf is inherently aware of a great deal of the knowledge the portal holds, and can share that knowledge, but lacking context and connection to humanity he lacks a sense of empathy
This is speculation on my part, but i always wonder if "father" believed Von would be grateful for his immortality and continue to travel with him and that "betrayal" came as a surprised to him, i will add a couple of additional parts to this speculation later on, but i truly believed he was grateful and cared for Von
Remember the florist that had a message for Roy from General Armstrong? I guess roy mentioned the flowers as a way to tell her he got the message and that he's on her side
The “many good florists” comment Mustang said to General Armstrong was because of the florist who was giving him all those tips and info was an informant from the Armstrong family. It’s implied she was the one who sent her.
If you didn’t make the connection yet I recommend looking back at episode 18, where Ed and Fu discuss the legend behind the origin of alchemy from Amestris and the similar legend in Xing. Makes a lot more sense after this episode
The dwarf wouldn’t have survived outside its flask at that point think like Alphonse suit they made something kinda like a soul without a body so the flask to a degree is its vessel. He made a vessel cloned from Von’s and due to the dwarf having originated from Von’s blood its a perfect vessel that wouldn’t be rejected but being body he can move around not stuck but his desire definition of freedom certainly is ambitious as you will see later on.
9:45 This is a reference to the real-world alchemist Paracelsus, whose birth name was "Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim"
I’ve been anxiously awaiting your reaction to this one and you didn’t disappoint. I love how much thought you put into your reactions.
Glad I could meet your expectations, try not to be anxious 🙇🏻♂️
The thought of Tony, the one Italian in Xerxes, kills me.
It killed him too.
"One is all, all is one" gives basis for understanding that humans are part of something bigger, be it society or universe, as well as that bigger thing being part of humans.
Hohenheim takes this to logical conclusion that 'all' cannot exist without 'one' just as 'one' can't exist without 'all'. Objects cannot exists without universe, universe connot exist without objects. Applying this to humans and social structures you get the idea that as much as we are part of our family, our family is part of us and rejecting this is going against the truth of "one is all, all is one"
Fmab always does this thing when something important is explained, in a second we get so many new questions and to be honest I'm here for it.
24:48 Well, that was a hilarious series of facial expressions, haha. Just to follow up, though, the series hasn't given you enough information yet to understand the meaning of the expanded "all is one" discussion. That thread actually only really comes together in the second to last episode. I look forward to seeing you go back to that then. :)
As a former Marine myself, I would gladly follow her into battle. Armstrong is the kind of officer you want to have.
This episode is soo good. Finally the reaction is here
young Hohenheim is voiced by the original Al VA from 2003... he was an actual little boy at the time of 2003
Always look forward to your fmab reactions bro fs the best reaction channel on youtube
Flashbacks are great when they answer a question we already had. Where they suck is when they’re preemptive and/or excessive.
It was stated in episode 13 that Ed and AL teacher mentioned meeting their father but had no clue who he was at the time
One of my favorite episodes of any show. This episode is just so amazing!
Falman mentions one of the first wars for the transmutation circle happened in 1664. The story takes place in 1917-1918
Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim is actually a real life philosopher/alchemist from the early 16th century. So that's where the two names the Dwarf suggested to Slave no 23 both came from.
I'm late but your reaction during the Izumi scene was fun to see lol. Btw, apparently Xerxes was a Persian king's name irl and Amestris was the queen.
FMA:B does flashbacks well because there are so few of them. It can get away with an episode being almost entirely a flashback because it uses long-winded flashbacks sparingly. It's crazy watching Blind Wave react to Naruto and remembering how overused flashbacks were in that anime!
THE BILL WILL COME IN THE MAIL NEXT WEEK YOOOOOOOO. Im wondering how tf i missed it when i watched your reaction for the first time
The question you asked about what Father’s goal is…the answer has actually already been given and his plan has been read aloud. Both of which were in the same episode. But since it was very much foreshadowing and not meant to be obvious, I won’t tell you which episode lol.
"All is ultimately of the One, so if All is not included in the One, then All is nothing"
I think it means that All comes from the One, so if All isn't considered part of One, then the statement "All is One, One is All" is false. It's a logical and philosophical statement, and something the people of Xerxes seemed to need to properly understand in order to study and practice alchemy. Perhaps as a rite of passage, you had to demonstrate your understanding of All and One.
It might also relate to Truth, but I can't properly put that into words right now. Regardless, I hope this helps!
Something else to note is that Ed and Al still got their answer to the question correct. And even more importantly, Truth states “I am All, I am One. And that also means that I am YOU.” And true to his words, he takes the form of a silhouette of the person in the portal. God is All, All is God. If the all is not included within God, the universe, etc, then that means all is the opposite: nothing, void, null. And to not see God within yourself is to reduce your knowledge and understanding to nothing. You cannot know the universe without being a part of it, you cannot know anything without knowing the One and the All, yourself and the world, and the relationship between. Its mostly in relation to REAL philosophy behind Alchemy. Perfection.
@@KenjTheSnek you put my other thoughts on this into words!
There's a lot more I can add to what you're saying, but I don't want to get too spoilery, and my thoughts have to do with the final few episodes, so I'll hold off for now.
@@epsilon388 hehehe, yeah. I can’t wait to see the rest of these episodes.
RIP Tony
Yes finally, one of the best episodes
Let’s go bro!!
1:09 Big actually 😂
I realize this is about a year late (and that you've almost certainly already hashed out your own thoughts on this), but the philosophy of 'if all is not of the one, then one is nothing' is so potentially deep that I can't resist tossing my two cents in. And if I watch the next video and find I've said something almost the same as you, I can feel some cheerful satisfaction.
Anyway, I listen to that statement and I hear an echo on scientific proofs and theories. In the philosophy of science (which is very closely tied to classical alchemy), it only takes one contradiction in order to disprove a theory. Doesn't matter how many experiments, observations, or collected data sets that agree with the theory- one demonstrated instance of contradiction and the theory falls. So, moving back to the show, an alchemist can have a years long built up theory of a specific transmutation system (all), based on how the world works (one)- but if any single part of that transmutation theory/system (all) is false and does not exists in the world (one), then the entire system is a failure, and the alchemist's view of both the system and the world its in are false and come to nothing.
Witness Ed and Al's failed attempt to bring their mother back. Their theories and ideas (backed by desperate children's hopes and the assumption that humans could be brought back in the first place) were false, and at the end of it, their hopes, attempts, and world were all destroyed.
It works the other way, too- if some factor exists in the world (one) that was not accounted for in the alchemic transmutation system (all), then the transmutation and theory again fail and become nothing- because all is one and one is all, and they must be equivalent and balanced.
Hope you enjoyed my take on this, and that you're finding lots of good anime to watch as you continue on!
I don’t believe it’s outright stated in the show, but Homunculus(Father) will die if it leaves it’s flask. It’s like a container that keeps it together. I also believe that this was the biggest reason behind Father’s motives. Over time he increased the size of his flask to the extent where it covers the country like the size of the transmutation circle. I believe his biggest reasons for everything including immortality is so he can finally truly leave the flask. It’s not like he’d fall apart if he’s immortal. Anyway the point is that father would die outside the flask and in my personal opinion the reason for everything is so he can truly be free of the flask once and for all
by far one of the best episodes in the series and the turning point that made Hoenheim my fave character
All is one. One is all. All one all one one all. That's the meaning of the saying
I always thought it quite obvious that Olivier is attracted to Mustang but simply is not willing to let him in and risk melting the hard shell so essential to her career and identity. This is like her outwardly severe attitude toward brother Alex and to the men in her life she actually respects generally.
lol idk about that. not sure it's the same. she does have her humanity shine through her hard shell at times, like when she broke the watch back at briggs. very different reaction than her anger towards mustang giving her flowers lol.
So, I doubt this is what they were going for with the "one is all, all is one" spiel since they're alchemists and not politicians, but I always interpreted that speech as a statement on the social contract. I, the one, give to the society, all, through labor and taxes and such. But if the all is not part of the one, if the society does not provide for me, through services and protection and such, then all is nothing. Society is worthless if it does not exist for the benefit of each and every one, in service of all. Each one gives in service to the all, and the all exists for the benefit of every one.
This theme is reinforced by the story of King Xerxes. He represents the government, the all, but he did not live in service of his people. He did not include the all in the one that is himself, so now all is nothing.
I think you're right, but I believe other layers are there as well. Like being a part of and one with nature or the universe. Everything depends on Everything to make the all. But the all can not exist without the one.
You're definitely right, but I hesitate to go further into detail because I think to fully understand the speech requires knowledge of future events and I wanted to avoid spoilers.
Oh sorry. Though it will be explored more in later episodes, I don't think it is a spoiler. It has already been mentioned when ed and all were training as kids.
I meant how the themes are reinforced by later events, but no worries.
27:38 That does make sense, we learned stuff like this in Philosophy and Theology classes. "One" is always the first one, the God, or whatever you want to call it - something that isn't result of anything else, but it became of itself, if it makes sense... "All" is much easier to understand, because "all" is everything that came as a result of the "Ones" / Gods existence. When the show said "all is of one" that pretty much confirms it. But when it's said that "if all isn't in the one, then it's nothing" that makes sense because "all" is everything around us (including ourselves) created by the "one" . So if it's not created by the "one" then it is in fact nothing, because there isn't a single thing that can't be traced to existence of the "first one"/God etc... This thinking comes from ancient Greeks and it's something that set the basis for a lot of scientist and thinkers...
You will see why Father wants to sacrifice Amestris even though he's free of the flask as he dreamed. They play it pretty close to the chest, but there have been hints.
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If you like a GOOD Backstory, watch One Piece.