His power wasn't unlimited. It was bestowed upon him by the myriad of souls that had been sacrificed and harnessed into his being. The difference was, he listened to and understood each and everyone one of those souls. The rest is spot on though.
I broke down when he went to Trisha’s grave while slowly dying and he said “And now believe it or not I want to live, I’m hopeless aren’t I” that whole scene was so heartbreaking and peaceful at the same time
I absolutely love how Van Hohenheim didn’t turn out to just be another father who abandoned his children but a gentleman who got tricked into immortality and actually an interesting character
@@kakashihatake6052 LMAO that's not true at all. You're full of crap you lier. Van didn't show affection because he didn't know how to. Stop lying your butt off.
@@Gadget-Walkmen how are they lying? They said he didn't show affection and you said he didn't show affection because he didn't know how. So how are they lying?
To me Hohenheim is the main character as essentially the whole story sprouts from him. His son's and the dwarf in the flask were born because of him. He was the true father.
I have got to say, Van Hohenheim was a well written character, a mature and humble yet a socially awkward dad who just wanted to grow old and die with the people he loved
@@Lupinemancer87 It's such a good anime to rewatch, I 've already seen it like 8 times since 2012. It's kind of a yearly tradition for me at this point and I don't plan on stopping.
in Episode 40: Dwarf in the Flask, dub, i very much prefer the translation the production team chose when Van and Dwarf were in the centre of the circle moments from becoming immortal. "The true center of the transmuation circle is right here where you're standing." "Blood brother of mine, Van Hohenheim." "Right now, you and I are at the center of everything!" It really highlights that these two were indeed the focal point of this story, which is why the dub really made me appreciate the story even more than I used to
I really think in his own way Hohenhime was actually a good father, he decided to leave not because he didn't love his family but because he did and wanted to save them from Father's plan. Being immortal couldn't allow him to forsee Trisha's death and how his boys would react to it and he isn't to blame for their actions as both knew human transmutation was forbidden. I love his character so much as it's not black and white, people dislike him because we mostly see him through Ed's lense of hatred and lack of understanding for his father's actions.
@@Prodigi50 i have father issues similar to hohenheim but what makes it different is that Hohenheim is a responsible father. Especially, the last scene where hohenheim wanted to sacrifice himself for Alphonse and also countless scenes that shows how Hohenheim wanted to sacrifice himself for the sake of his children's happiness. In the anime itself you can clearly saw that he is actually a loving,humble and a compassionate person he loves both of their child very very much that he wishes that he could grow old with them and also died with them.
@@AleksandarIvanov69 I actually think staying with his kids would've been the easy way out instead. He could've just lived his life with them until Father eventually turned everyone in Amestris into a philosopher's stone. Instead he went around the country to create a giant transmutation circle to counteract Father's one.
Nice summary. I would add that Hohenheim's body was also rapidly decaying by the time he reached Trisha's grave. As he was technically bound to the dwarf by blood, and had his own philosopher's stone drained in the final battle it was inevitable that he couldn't live longer with his sons. Its a nice parallel to Edward's sacrifice enabling him to pull Alphonse out of the gate - 2 living beings emerging from the gate vs 2 beings who must return to the gate. The former slave who was forced to be "born" as an immortal being, finally had the freedom to choose his moment of death...
I think it's more that his body is exhausted from all of fathers attacks. His stone is gone which was the only thing keeping him going all these centuries.
Hohenheim was perfectly fine with dying himself, but refused to accept the death of his loved ones. Father was perfectly fine with killing others, but is afraid of dying.
One minor detail about his relationship with Trisha is wrong, he never actually married her, he loved and lived with her but never married her which is why his sons have their mother's surname instead of their father's!
We all thought FMA was the story of two brothers searching for ways to get their original bodies back. Little did we know that FMA was really a story of two brothers-in-blood and their conflict of philosophies - Van Hohenheim and Dwarf in the Flask.
9:02 Technically the loss of his arm was _not_ part of the rebound of trying to bring their mother back. The loss of Ed's arm was actually a rebound from bringing Al's soul back and binding it to the armor.
In exchange of bring their mother back. one brother lose his body and the other lose his leg. After realizing that his brother body was gone he decided to do another human trans to bond his brother soul into the a body of metal which cause him to go back to the truth n which the truth took his arm (note to bond a soul into a metal body without a stone an exchange must be made. Hence why the circle was made in the lab where they use the prisoners for the stone )
Losing his arm wasn't a rebound. None of it was a rebound. His arm was the price he paid for Al's soul. Al's body and his leg were the price for trying to transmute their mother.
@@Jam77229 it makes more sense that losing als body was the rebound. Ed gets to pick his arm and leg but al has to trade his body?? I've always thought the body was the rebound loss, eds leg was the trade for the mom. Then the arm for al. Otherwise its a massive plot hole as why al has a body only worth 1 ed leg. Doesn't seem fair for a anime hell bent on explaining why equivalent exchange is so important. Trading a leg for a full body is like trading a toenail for gold. There is nothing equal about it. Also the leg for a soul plus body aka mom. explains why it didn't work. Like planned. It wasnt equal so they got a equal trade a half ass monster mom. Then the trade for the arm for the soul of al doesnt make any fkn sense eithsr. Not gonna lie I fkn love both fma will watch em both again 100 times before I die. But they really didnt think any of this out or explain it very well in the anime
A story with family bonds, a redeemed father who actually was doing the right thing, masculine being brave and strong females. This story is an affront to all that is modern entertainment and will forever be one of the best stories told.
FMA: Brotherhood version was a tragic character. The Original anime version was a deadbeat jerk to me who was just running away from his responsibilities.
Ya the brotherhood had the better dad character. While the original had the better sloth/mother character. I really wish brotherhood used the original anime sloth. She was better than the manga one.
@@invaderjoshua6280 The problem with what you're suggesting is that the 7 Homunculi mean something completely different in both series. In 2003, they are just reborn people who came back twisted while in Brotherhood, they are the expelled facets of Father's original personality given humanoid form. It would make no sense for Father's Sloth to naturally look like Trisha or have her soul and there's no way (or reason) for Father to put his Sloth inside Trisha's body since she dies naturally and becomes the catalyst of the Elric's foray in human transmutation (and if he wanted a human-homunculi merger like Wrath, he wouldn't use someone as random as Trisha). 2003 Sloth is more interesting than Brotherhood Sloth, but she only works in the 2003 anime.
I seriously wish we'd gotten like a mini-series or something of just Hohenheim's travels. I know it's far too late for any of that now but it would've been so interesting. You could probably also include bits about how Father formed Amestris too.
Prequels!! That would be great. This show did a great job with world building and back story which usually makes up an overall good story. So I don’t see why that wouldn’t be bad. However the fact that this show isn’t had big as Star Wars means that his time in the two other places he stayed would be about all you could write about. Maybe that and the orchestrated wars.
@@sosmooth13 Some of his life in Xerxes, a bit of his time in Xing, leaving for Amestris and ending there with him and Trisha. Show a bit of Father setting up Amestris for the giant transmutation circle(And the creation of all the homunculi), and that's about all you need anyway.
Even if he only went to 2 other places not Amestris, this was over the course of centuries. Maybe just do a time skip every now and then(Since there's obviously no way anyone alive would get to see it if they animated his entire life).
nah . . . the author is too busy with her family I wonder if she write new manga after finishing silver spoon . . . I really love all her manga and FMA is one of my favourite manga all time (even I haven't watch the anime) I hope she will write new manga
The way they set him up as the absentee father made the reveal of who he really is an amazing subversion. Hoenheim is one of the most interesting characters in the series and was set up perfectly
This was a part of my argument as to why this was one of the best anime of all time. A lot of good anime heavily rely on the protagonist. In this one, (while they’re still the focus of the story a bit) other side characters are just as capable, if not more important than the protagonists. The way they cheered for Edward at the end of the whole story is how most anime rely on the mc the ENTIRE damn show lol. Idk why but that puts me off.
There are some anime that barely develop their side characters, then you have FMA where the side characters get more development then the protagonists of other anime
@@sosmooth13 yeah,but i hate fmab and the other show avatar the last air bender a lot now.ever since seeing them,i couldnt get myself to watch any other shows.such a curse
Honestly i thought that the first name the Dwarf in the Flask recommended was some random name to add the comedy but i just remembered that is part of the great alchemist Paracelsus von Hohenheim name which is definitely the base for FMA Hohenheim name...
I love how every time I watch a video about Fullmetal....I go through the entire emotional rollercoaster the series gave me the first time around. What a masterpiece.
I love that FMA doesn't pull the detail. Characters have backgrounds, have stories, have lives. It's a story so well told, and so well animated, that I'd happily watch it 100 times more.
I honestly thought that with the aesthetic and tech level of Xerxes, Hohenheim and the fall of Xerxes was like a thousand years before the start of the series.
Yea because if you think about how old the homonculus that father created and how old they said they were it should kinda give insight on how long Van Hohenheim lived because father was just a creation from his blood while he was a slave.
Hoenheim do have that affect on a man’s soul. Just an immortal nice guy. Love his wife, loves his kids, loves all 500,000 people trapped within him. Simple as.
You know what is the most impressive part of FMA:Brotherhood? The fact it had an episode as a closure. What happened after. It really hit home, when you saw the image of Edward and Winrey's children and the relationship between Alphonse and Maia? Maya? I forgot her name. But it was a heartwarming end to a full-packed story with action.
Hohenhiem is my favorite father in any series because he sacrificed so much and was so patient to not just redeem himself. And was so powerful, but was so responsible and respectful with his powers. But the most impressive and amazing ability was to talk every single soul he was forced to take and befriended. I can't imagine how many times he went close to going insane doing that.
Kincaid We know a lot of Xerxeans had a lot of similar physical traits making them a sub racial group I know it’s not the same but Xerxean blood runs through their veins and to me that’s enough
hohenheim's story successfully brings me to tears every fucking time it has been many years since i watched fma brotherhood and i still acknowledge it as one of the best stories i ever watched
Ya know the thing that is interesting is that God is a confirmed entity in this show and he literally does nothing to try and prevent anything from going down. He even manages to get himself contained inside an extremely homicidal evil maniac
Makes me wonder if the “god” of this story has to play by a set of rules established which allows him to just be absorbed, or if that god has made their power attainable only if EVERY little rule and detail is perfectly followed through without a single hair out of place. Interesting for sure
I could be wrong but I don't think Father actually absorbed "god" in its entirety. I haven't seen the anime in ages but I kind of thought God sort of chastised father for being so stupid.
It’s because god wasn’t a figure I imagine but rather an excessive life force and ability. Just as the ability to do alchemy was the trade for Al, God is simply the ultimate ability of life.
I felt like God wasn't as much of a singular entity but rather a compliance of everything. Alluded by the way he takes the form of whoever enters the gate. "The Truth" is in everyone.
Did not know he met his wife when she was a child. I honestly did not pay that kid any thought, just thought she was there to make him feel better. Somewhat right, but in a very odd way.
Everytime i see that anime i think that FMA is the best blueprint for a good anime. Ups and Downs, not too long, no fillers. Dramatic, good character progression and a variety of different plots coming together to one mayor main story. All in all the best concept of an anime or manga.
@@SilverVolo you need to watch both(prefferably 2003 and then brotherhood) to fully enjoy and appreciate brotherhood also some side stories are in the first fma that aren't in brotherhood.
he didn't "disappear in their infancy" he was absent ten years. that is, ten years from his departure, to when Ed saw him again. since I'm using Ed as my reference point... Ed was roughly 15 when he saw his father again...meaning he was 5 when he left. 5 year olds are not infants... and Al is only a bit younger... at the most you might say Alphonse was a toddler, but neither boy was a infant.
What you mean? Theres no actual evidence that al and her married, hel al could've veered left and ended up with the crossdressing person for all we know
Dang, I just realized something with when he met Izumi. He easily could have given her the missing organs back but decided not to. He knew that it was a divine punishment from "Truth" and it was not his place to correct a higher power's punishment. Even though he's immortal, Hohenheim still sees himself as a regualr mortal, not some god that goes about messing with other god's works. All in all, Hohenheim is such a well written character man, I love it. One of the better fathers in anime
You got it wrong. He said that because Truth took his limbs, he can't get them back. Maybe he could make her some new organs, but he can't get the ones that Truth took back. As for why he didn't make the new organs, maybe he just wasn't confident in that ability compared to moving what she has around so that she could cough less blood?
No 23 has such a tragic story, he really did all he could for the betterment of others and to redeem the mess he inadvertently created, even if his original master was the catalyst
just for the people who want to watch the anime of fullmetal alchemist, the anime itself is called fullmetal alchemist brotherhood (FMAB) Fullmetal alchemist is an anime too, but its not the proper adaptation.
I keep thinking that you are one of the voice actors in the show, but then I remember you have only voiced that 107 facts vid. You are one of the cast in my book! : )
Episode 63 of brotherhood is where I believe the series ended I’ve seen episode 64 but in all honestly prefer to see the series end in the send off for hohenheim at the end of episode 63 when the music kicks in
@@mohammednabil5254 Oh I know that The ending they gave is awesome I’m saying that the way they ended episode 63 by giving hohenheim a send off with Rain is perfect and is where my head canon says the series ended
I would have thrown in the video description "The Life of Van Hohenheim (Fullmetal Alchemist:Brotherhood)" I love both series, grew up on FMA:O but found such an awesome grip on two seperate stories from a single IP. FMA is an amazing show. I'd clicked thinking it was more information on the life of Hohenheim and his centuries trying to fix the damage he'd done with Dante. :) Do a video on Hohenheim from FMAO. Would love more background info on those two in those dark days.
This show is so spot on. The law of equivalent exchange just adds weight to the magic alchemy used in it. It separates it from anything magic themes I've seen.
I prefer the manga/2009 anime version of Hohenheim over the 2003 version. This one had a legit reason for leaving his family over the 2003 version, who just turned out to be a dead-beat dad. This one has more depth and a more satisfying backstory, plus the conclusion to his story was great.
His body began to rot, and if I remember correctly, he wanted to find a way to fix it without sacrificing someone else. It's funny that in the 03 anime, he's inside someone else's body. I like that his body is his own in Brotherhood.
I watched this with my younger brother when were young and I sympathized with Ed and Al. Now that I am blessed with two sons, Van Hohenheim's arc hits deeper and heavier.
I've watched Brotherhood 7 times and each time I cry harder when he dies. He lived a tragic life, so when Pinako finds him the waterworks just won't stop 😅
Should we make more Fullmetal Alchemist videos?
Sure but I don’t know what this is oof ;-;
Definitely
Do a video on dante or lust from fma
YESSS!!!!
Yesss
The immortal man with unlimited power who wanted nothing but to grow old and die happy with his loved ones
Are you Joe?
@@PowerK1 no but,
Whose joe?
@@idiotinabandanna8701 Joe mama
@@PowerK1 No this is Patrick
His power wasn't unlimited. It was bestowed upon him by the myriad of souls that had been sacrificed and harnessed into his being. The difference was, he listened to and understood each and everyone one of those souls. The rest is spot on though.
I broke down when he went to Trisha’s grave while slowly dying and he said “And now believe it or not I want to live, I’m hopeless aren’t I” that whole scene was so heartbreaking and peaceful at the same time
Yah😢
"Edward called me dad"
Damn!
I still start crying when i hear 5 opening, because of this scene. He was my favourite character
I absolutely love how Van Hohenheim didn’t turn out to just be another father who abandoned his children but a gentleman who got tricked into immortality and actually an interesting character
Father loved him, hohenheim did no show any affection to father when father called him brothe r
@@kakashihatake6052 Father was evil
@@kakashihatake6052 LMAO that's not true at all. You're full of crap you lier. Van didn't show affection because he didn't know how to. Stop lying your butt off.
@@Gadget-Walkmen how are they lying? They said he didn't show affection and you said he didn't show affection because he didn't know how. So how are they lying?
@@martinsoukup562 because father never said he loved van ever. That never occurred!
VH's life is literally the whole anime.
basically. His relationship with father is the start and cause of everything.
he's kind of a protagonist in his own merit
I suppose you could say it's hohenheim's story from the perspective of his children
To me Hohenheim is the main character as essentially the whole story sprouts from him. His son's and the dwarf in the flask were born because of him. He was the true father.
Von Hohenheim like
"I am the Anime!"
I have got to say, Van Hohenheim was a well written character, a mature and humble yet a socially awkward dad who just wanted to grow old and die with the people he loved
Van Hohenheim made mistakes and grew as a person, Father refused to learn from his mistakes and never grew at all.
FMA: Brotherhood isn't just the greatest Anime of all times, it's a masterpiece.
Fma is one of my favorite anime and it had a big impact on my life ngl rematched it 4 times :)
@@Tomie6969 I think i,ve rewatched it over 10 times and I still enjoy watching it
@@Lupinemancer87 It's such a good anime to rewatch, I 've already seen it like 8 times since 2012. It's kind of a yearly tradition for me at this point and I don't plan on stopping.
it is so accessible to anyone as well, unlike most anime
@@Lupinemancer87 it is masterpiece but is lnr greatest anime, there are better anime than it.
In many ways Hohenheim was the true protagonist of fullmetal alchemist since everything in the story starts and ends with him.
in Episode 40: Dwarf in the Flask, dub, i very much prefer the translation the production team chose when Van and Dwarf were in the centre of the circle moments from becoming immortal.
"The true center of the transmuation circle is right here where you're standing."
"Blood brother of mine, Van Hohenheim."
"Right now, you and I are at the center of everything!"
It really highlights that these two were indeed the focal point of this story, which is why the dub really made me appreciate the story even more than I used to
That’s not really what a protagonist is brother
@@frog2444 yes it is, he's on the opposite side of the agon, against the antagonist.
I really think in his own way Hohenhime was actually a good father, he decided to leave not because he didn't love his family but because he did and wanted to save them from Father's plan. Being immortal couldn't allow him to forsee Trisha's death and how his boys would react to it and he isn't to blame for their actions as both knew human transmutation was forbidden. I love his character so much as it's not black and white, people dislike him because we mostly see him through Ed's lense of hatred and lack of understanding for his father's actions.
Idk how people could hate him still after they watched the whole thing. Maybe it’s all about mental maturity at that point.
@@sosmooth13 Because a lot of people probably project their own father issues onto Hohenheim. They reduce it down to his absence and that’s it.
@@Prodigi50 i have father issues similar to hohenheim but what makes it different is that Hohenheim is a responsible father. Especially, the last scene where hohenheim wanted to sacrifice himself for Alphonse and also countless scenes that shows how Hohenheim wanted to sacrifice himself for the sake of his children's happiness. In the anime itself you can clearly saw that he is actually a loving,humble and a compassionate person he loves both of their child very very much that he wishes that he could grow old with them and also died with them.
Leaving his kids is a coward's move, an easy way out. There is no excuse.
@@AleksandarIvanov69 I actually think staying with his kids would've been the easy way out instead.
He could've just lived his life with them until Father eventually turned everyone in Amestris into a philosopher's stone.
Instead he went around the country to create a giant transmutation circle to counteract Father's one.
From a n immortal who sees no point life to a dying man who wished for a little more time, his character development is amazing.
Nice summary.
I would add that Hohenheim's body was also rapidly decaying by the time he reached Trisha's grave.
As he was technically bound to the dwarf by blood, and had his own philosopher's stone drained in the final battle it was inevitable that he couldn't live longer with his sons.
Its a nice parallel to Edward's sacrifice enabling him to pull Alphonse out of the gate - 2 living beings emerging from the gate vs 2 beings who must return to the gate.
The former slave who was forced to be "born" as an immortal being, finally had the freedom to choose his moment of death...
I think it's more that his body is exhausted from all of fathers attacks. His stone is gone which was the only thing keeping him going all these centuries.
"2 living beings emerging from the gate vs 2 beings who must return to the gate" - The law of equivalent exchange (if u know what I mean)
@@nubreed13 he using the philosopher's stone to create circles for years
Hohenheim was perfectly fine with dying himself, but refused to accept the death of his loved ones. Father was perfectly fine with killing others, but is afraid of dying.
He said he didnt want to die at that time
One minor detail about his relationship with Trisha is wrong, he never actually married her, he loved and lived with her but never married her which is why his sons have their mother's surname instead of their father's!
Hohenheim was the name given by the father ,it would have been very insulting to keep that name .
I thought they actually refused their father's surname out of disrespect.
I think I heard it in the 2003 anime though.
@@primalinea682 by father I mean the black thing in the flask .
@Pristine Artifact Ah yes.
Edward and Alphonse Twenty-three
Interesting! I never knew that
I love Van Hohenheim. He is the best character for me. Also very underrated
greed tho
Hohenheim is the main protagonist with Father being the Antagonist of the story.
We all thought FMA was the story of two brothers searching for ways to get their original bodies back. Little did we know that FMA was really a story of two brothers-in-blood and their conflict of philosophies - Van Hohenheim and Dwarf in the Flask.
What a weird way to spell Solf
@@afroxermusic9898 Edward and Alphonse always seems like a B plot anyway.
When my time comes
I want to leave this world the same way Van Hohenheim did... with a smile.
Me too
Lol you watch taka gg
I want to go out the way i lived
A failure
All you need is the Will of D
@@jaquez08, My real Middle Initial is actually *"D"* : )
9:02
Technically the loss of his arm was _not_ part of the rebound of trying to bring their mother back.
The loss of Ed's arm was actually a rebound from bringing Al's soul back and binding it to the armor.
I thought the leg was traded for Al's soul.
@@Littlereddevil94
In the anime when it shows it, it shows a bleeding stump instead of a leg, and both arms still fleshy human arms.
In exchange of bring their mother back. one brother lose his body and the other lose his leg. After realizing that his brother body was gone he decided to do another human trans to bond his brother soul into the a body of metal which cause him to go back to the truth n which the truth took his arm (note to bond a soul into a metal body without a stone an exchange must be made. Hence why the circle was made in the lab where they use the prisoners for the stone )
Losing his arm wasn't a rebound. None of it was a rebound.
His arm was the price he paid for Al's soul.
Al's body and his leg were the price for trying to transmute their mother.
@@Jam77229 it makes more sense that losing als body was the rebound. Ed gets to pick his arm and leg but al has to trade his body?? I've always thought the body was the rebound loss, eds leg was the trade for the mom. Then the arm for al. Otherwise its a massive plot hole as why al has a body only worth 1 ed leg. Doesn't seem fair for a anime hell bent on explaining why equivalent exchange is so important. Trading a leg for a full body is like trading a toenail for gold. There is nothing equal about it. Also the leg for a soul plus body aka mom. explains why it didn't work. Like planned. It wasnt equal so they got a equal trade a half ass monster mom. Then the trade for the arm for the soul of al doesnt make any fkn sense eithsr.
Not gonna lie I fkn love both fma will watch em both again 100 times before I die. But they really didnt think any of this out or explain it very well in the anime
A story with family bonds, a redeemed father who actually was doing the right thing, masculine being brave and strong females. This story is an affront to all that is modern entertainment and will forever be one of the best stories told.
Cringe
@@madselir5600 i feel only pity for you
Sadge
@@madselir5600 your cringe hes spitting facts
@@madselir5600Right. 😂😂😂😂😂
One of the saddest fathers in anime.
He went to get the milk and became the one of the best father's
@@zoraz8255 One of the only good ones
What about grisha yaeger? :((
@@zoraz8255 I feel more sad for Gendo having a kid like Shinji.
@@alvinadwiamelia8178 he basically entrusted the whole future of the world to to his kid, A KID who don't know shit. Now that's messed up
FMA: Brotherhood version was a tragic character. The Original anime version was a deadbeat jerk to me who was just running away from his responsibilities.
Just like you
@@andreiiiksavvv6054 and unlike you right? Jokes on you... I don't have kids.
True in the 2003 anime every one is evil kind of
Ya the brotherhood had the better dad character. While the original had the better sloth/mother character. I really wish brotherhood used the original anime sloth. She was better than the manga one.
@@invaderjoshua6280
The problem with what you're suggesting is that the 7 Homunculi mean something completely different in both series. In 2003, they are just reborn people who came back twisted while in Brotherhood, they are the expelled facets of Father's original personality given humanoid form. It would make no sense for Father's Sloth to naturally look like Trisha or have her soul and there's no way (or reason) for Father to put his Sloth inside Trisha's body since she dies naturally and becomes the catalyst of the Elric's foray in human transmutation (and if he wanted a human-homunculi merger like Wrath, he wouldn't use someone as random as Trisha).
2003 Sloth is more interesting than Brotherhood Sloth, but she only works in the 2003 anime.
I seriously wish we'd gotten like a mini-series or something of just Hohenheim's travels. I know it's far too late for any of that now but it would've been so interesting. You could probably also include bits about how Father formed Amestris too.
agreed
Prequels!! That would be great. This show did a great job with world building and back story which usually makes up an overall good story. So I don’t see why that wouldn’t be bad. However the fact that this show isn’t had big as Star Wars means that his time in the two other places he stayed would be about all you could write about. Maybe that and the orchestrated wars.
@@sosmooth13 Some of his life in Xerxes, a bit of his time in Xing, leaving for Amestris and ending there with him and Trisha. Show a bit of Father setting up Amestris for the giant transmutation circle(And the creation of all the homunculi), and that's about all you need anyway.
Even if he only went to 2 other places not Amestris, this was over the course of centuries. Maybe just do a time skip every now and then(Since there's obviously no way anyone alive would get to see it if they animated his entire life).
nah . . . the author is too busy with her family
I wonder if she write new manga after finishing silver spoon . . .
I really love all her manga and FMA is one of my favourite manga all time (even I haven't watch the anime) I hope she will write new manga
The way they set him up as the absentee father made the reveal of who he really is an amazing subversion. Hoenheim is one of the most interesting characters in the series and was set up perfectly
This again proves that supporting characters arguably have the more interesting stories to tell.
This was a part of my argument as to why this was one of the best anime of all time. A lot of good anime heavily rely on the protagonist. In this one, (while they’re still the focus of the story a bit) other side characters are just as capable, if not more important than the protagonists. The way they cheered for Edward at the end of the whole story is how most anime rely on the mc the ENTIRE damn show lol. Idk why but that puts me off.
There are some anime that barely develop their side characters, then you have FMA where the side characters get more development then the protagonists of other anime
@@ghostpepper9769 itsnt that how one punch man does its story
@@sosmooth13 yeah,but i hate fmab and the other show avatar the last air bender a lot now.ever since seeing them,i couldnt get myself to watch any other shows.such a curse
He was most likely named after this guy:
Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim. (aka Paracelsus)
Honestly i thought that the first name the Dwarf in the Flask recommended was some random name to add the comedy but i just remembered that is part of the great alchemist Paracelsus von Hohenheim name which is definitely the base for FMA Hohenheim name...
paracel SUS?
Yes! I thought that name sounded familiar.
Van Hohenheim's story really is one of the greatest epics of all time. I'd love to see a new series that follows his travels as a "younger" man!
I love how every time I watch a video about Fullmetal....I go through the entire emotional rollercoaster the series gave me the first time around. What a masterpiece.
I love that FMA doesn't pull the detail. Characters have backgrounds, have stories, have lives.
It's a story so well told, and so well animated, that I'd happily watch it 100 times more.
I honestly thought that with the aesthetic and tech level of Xerxes, Hohenheim and the fall of Xerxes was like a thousand years before the start of the series.
Yea because if you think about how old the homonculus that father created and how old they said they were it should kinda give insight on how long Van Hohenheim lived because father was just a creation from his blood while he was a slave.
@@TRKZay did fathe get back to hohenhim, trut h says go back to where yo came from
Never knew I could watch a 19 minute video with tears flowing the whole time. Great jobs fellas.
Hoenheim do have that affect on a man’s soul. Just an immortal nice guy. Love his wife, loves his kids, loves all 500,000 people trapped within him. Simple as.
You know what is the most impressive part of FMA:Brotherhood? The fact it had an episode as a closure. What happened after. It really hit home, when you saw the image of Edward and Winrey's children and the relationship between Alphonse and Maia? Maya? I forgot her name. But it was a heartwarming end to a full-packed story with action.
Hohenhiem is my favorite father in any series because he sacrificed so much and was so patient to not just redeem himself. And was so powerful, but was so responsible and respectful with his powers. But the most impressive and amazing ability was to talk every single soul he was forced to take and befriended. I can't imagine how many times he went close to going insane doing that.
Amazing how the picture of Edward punching his father in the face with his automail arm is described as "Hohenheim meets Ed again"
Technically Edward and Alphonse are Xerxean by some rights
Half Xerxean, yes.
Of a country that no longer exist
That's not how nationality works lol
Kincaid
We know a lot of Xerxeans had a lot of similar physical traits making them a sub racial group
I know it’s not the same but Xerxean blood runs through their veins and to me that’s enough
@@averongodoffire8098 good for you. To the rest of the english language, nationality isn't that. But hey, I guess tomato, potato...
FMA is the only anime that makes me actually cry; even this small video had me tearing up
I almost teared up just listening to this. How do you convey such passion an emotion in a 20 minute video?
hohenheim's story successfully brings me to tears every fucking time
it has been many years since i watched fma brotherhood and i still acknowledge it as one of the best stories i ever watched
Ya know the thing that is interesting is that God is a confirmed entity in this show and he literally does nothing to try and prevent anything from going down. He even manages to get himself contained inside an extremely homicidal evil maniac
Makes me wonder if the “god” of this story has to play by a set of rules established which allows him to just be absorbed, or if that god has made their power attainable only if EVERY little rule and detail is perfectly followed through without a single hair out of place. Interesting for sure
I could be wrong but I don't think Father actually absorbed "god" in its entirety. I haven't seen the anime in ages but I kind of thought God sort of chastised father for being so stupid.
It’s because god wasn’t a figure I imagine but rather an excessive life force and ability. Just as the ability to do alchemy was the trade for Al, God is simply the ultimate ability of life.
I felt like God wasn't as much of a singular entity but rather a compliance of everything. Alluded by the way he takes the form of whoever enters the gate. "The Truth" is in everyone.
@@alfredleon5410 damn....FMA is making me question some things lol but that’s a very interesting way of looking at it.
Now that you made this remarkable explaination of their story i can feel more emotions sweeling up. Omg thank you. 😭
Did not know he met his wife when she was a child. I honestly did not pay that kid any thought, just thought she was there to make him feel better. Somewhat right, but in a very odd way.
I really cried when he died with smile on his face. After all. A father is one who hides his pain with a smile
Watching animes like FMA makes you think how important is the story the time that you remember the anime, literally breathtaking and a solid 10.
Everytime i see that anime i think that FMA is the best blueprint for a good anime. Ups and Downs, not too long, no fillers. Dramatic, good character progression and a variety of different plots coming together to one mayor main story. All in all the best concept of an anime or manga.
One of my favorite anime characters of all time. So glad you did him justice!
This is one of the most moving and thoughtful anime, or films, ever. Great plot and great characters.
I've never clicked so fast XD I love FMA and FMA:Brotherhood
Same
FMA:Brotherhood is better imo
@@SilverVolo you need to watch both(prefferably 2003 and then brotherhood) to fully enjoy and appreciate brotherhood also some side stories are in the first fma that aren't in brotherhood.
@@nightfury111000 i have watched both, and I said I like brotherhood more
@@nightfury111000 I sadly watched fma:b first and then watched fma but I like fma more lol
Holy shit. Thank you for making me remember the greatest anime ever.
6:59 i just love how ed look at van like ( who the absolute f*** is his man)
Yep🤣🤣🤣
Also : ew who is the f&&& is this man
But 7:04 is adorable
I've never watched this show but this video hit me in my dad feels.
To be fair all of FMAB characters are all interesting and have depth. His last episode was both painful and a relief.
Von Hohenheim was a Swiss alchemist and physician. Very important authority for western medicine and ethics
he didn't "disappear in their infancy" he was absent ten years. that is, ten years from his departure, to when Ed saw him again. since I'm using Ed as my reference point... Ed was roughly 15 when he saw his father again...meaning he was 5 when he left. 5 year olds are not infants... and Al is only a bit younger... at the most you might say Alphonse was a toddler, but neither boy was a infant.
Lol may has absolutely no idea she won big being one to actually marry the son of the sage they highly regard.
What you mean? Theres no actual evidence that al and her married, hel al could've veered left and ended up with the crossdressing person for all we know
@@omniuse6723 umn.... no, there is a family photo in the manga with them together. Besides she helped save Edward, equivalent exchange man!
@@omniuse6723 who?
@@omniuse6723 thankfully he did not marry the big gay
Dang, I just realized something with when he met Izumi. He easily could have given her the missing organs back but decided not to. He knew that it was a divine punishment from "Truth" and it was not his place to correct a higher power's punishment. Even though he's immortal, Hohenheim still sees himself as a regualr mortal, not some god that goes about messing with other god's works. All in all, Hohenheim is such a well written character man, I love it. One of the better fathers in anime
On the other hand, Father, despite his human origins, believed himself above God and tried to absorb His power for himself.
You got it wrong. He said that because Truth took his limbs, he can't get them back. Maybe he could make her some new organs, but he can't get the ones that Truth took back. As for why he didn't make the new organs, maybe he just wasn't confident in that ability compared to moving what she has around so that she could cough less blood?
I most certainly enjoyed your video, I definitely loved FMA brotherhood as well! I'm glad I found your channel !
Subbed! I love your contents, brings back memories and got to learn things that I wasn't aware before 👍
This anime , berserk and basilisk... hauntingly beautiful
Died at his height of wanting to live. Such a brilliant character.
So basically a philosopher stone is a battery that uses power from human souls
It’s a very annoying battery since the people are still alive and angry😅😅
@@Itsgyro “alive” but yeah unless you spend centuries listening to them the will be very angry lol
FMAB story is all about the conclusion of hundred years conflict between ex best friend, Dwarf in the flask and Slave no 23
No 23 has such a tragic story, he really did all he could for the betterment of others and to redeem the mess he inadvertently created, even if his original master was the catalyst
such a powerful story, watching this brought back all the memories from the show and now im crying
You earned my subscription. Thanks for the uploads!!
My childhood was around this anime. I loved it and I still love it. It was amazing.
just for the people who want to watch the anime of fullmetal alchemist, the anime itself is called fullmetal alchemist brotherhood (FMAB) Fullmetal alchemist is an anime too, but its not the proper adaptation.
You have a super calming voice dude
yeah im crying no its not the rain man i just love fullmetal alchemist
:') this was a good video!!
the first anime was intriguing at best but the remake containing the full plot from the manga was exceptional!
I keep thinking that you are one of the voice actors in the show, but then I remember you have only voiced that 107 facts vid. You are one of the cast in my book! : )
Subscribed !! Thanks for the great content my dude!
Literary the summary of the whole full metal alchemist without the filler. amazing work
Episode 63 of brotherhood is where I believe the series ended
I’ve seen episode 64 but in all honestly prefer to see the series end in the send off for hohenheim at the end of episode 63 when the music kicks in
No why whats wrong with the beautifull ending they gave the characters. I loved it this is the goat anime
@@mohammednabil5254
Oh I know that
The ending they gave is awesome
I’m saying that the way they ended episode 63 by giving hohenheim a send off with Rain is perfect and is where my head canon says the series ended
@@faelock12 I believe 63 is kinda the end, the 64 feel like an epilogue
I'm crying in the club rn
I would have thrown in the video description "The Life of Van Hohenheim (Fullmetal Alchemist:Brotherhood)" I love both series, grew up on FMA:O but found such an awesome grip on two seperate stories from a single IP. FMA is an amazing show. I'd clicked thinking it was more information on the life of Hohenheim and his centuries trying to fix the damage he'd done with Dante. :) Do a video on Hohenheim from FMAO. Would love more background info on those two in those dark days.
Thanks for bringing back the memories of my fav anime
I almost cried seeing the end scene of him dead with a smile on his face and then seeing his grave next to hers
Been getting YT recom from this channel & I finally clicked
Good job!
The Amagi: “The Life of Van Hohenhiem”
Closed Captions: “the life of van goghenheim”
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This show is so spot on. The law of equivalent exchange just adds weight to the magic alchemy used in it. It separates it from anything magic themes I've seen.
Fmab is literally one of the best Story in planet earth
Von is Jesus, the man that walked on water, the man creating miracles.
Our favourite deadbeat dad.
That was amazing great job on telling that. Keep doing this it was really nice to listen to that on one of my favorite anime’s
Do the life of Nina but make it 10 minutes of a blank screen
I prefer the manga/2009 anime version of Hohenheim over the 2003 version. This one had a legit reason for leaving his family over the 2003 version, who just turned out to be a dead-beat dad. This one has more depth and a more satisfying backstory, plus the conclusion to his story was great.
His body began to rot, and if I remember correctly, he wanted to find a way to fix it without sacrificing someone else.
It's funny that in the 03 anime, he's inside someone else's body. I like that his body is his own in Brotherhood.
What a spectacular story, an ancient power, a diabolical plan centuries in the making, and a love that changed the fate of a nation. Epic!
I watched this with my younger brother when were young and I sympathized with Ed and Al. Now that I am blessed with two sons, Van Hohenheim's arc hits deeper and heavier.
I had no idea that Brotherhood and Trigun had so many common elements.
When I saw the title I thought it said"The life of Von Stroheim"
Is ThAt A JOJO rEfeReNce?
wait i swear his name was VON hohenheim
You know Von shouldn’t mess with Isu Technology..Ezio has seen much of its power.
Thank you Hiromi Arakawa for the Greatest Story of all time
and some of the greatest fights too, I just uploaded the Scar vs Alphonse and Edward one if your interested. ill be clipping more in the future.
One of the best anime father ever 🥲 he passed away so happy...
Notice the pattern??? Jordan, LeBron, Hohenheim, No. 23 are GOATS
This had me emotional
bro dis brings me sooo many memories
This was a well written & edited video. Thanks for making it!
For me hohenheinm's story is my favorite story in all animes
The reason in why FMA is a masterpiece still one of the best anime created never get tired watching it again
I'm not crying! You are!
The sacrifice of xerxes is wild. Mans wakes up. Whole city had their souls removed hes now immortal and alone. Crazy. Just incredible to think about.
At least their spirits are together at the end.
I've watched Brotherhood 7 times and each time I cry harder when he dies. He lived a tragic life, so when Pinako finds him the waterworks just won't stop 😅
I'm not crying, *you're* crying
Nah, it’s my allergies...yeah...allergies.
Great video! Good job man!