#Full metal alchemist revenge series

That’s one of those random, but extremely crucial coincidences that drive the plot of the series quite a few times.

Winry happens to enter the scene just as Edward accuses Scar of killing her parents. Scar’s first meeting with his victims’ daughter occurs during his second fight with the Elric brothers. Seeing his brother’s alchemical tattoos on his arms, and the blue Amestrian eyes all around him, he flew into a confused, vengeful rage and murdered the doctors before staggering out, just to see the smoking ruins of his homeland. Scar’s brother had sacrificed himself to save him, and the nameless Ishvalan woke up in the field hospital. Kimblee, a State Alchemist who used a Philosopher’s Stone to reduce what was left of Ishval to rubble. Scar wound up in their hospital after an encounter with Soft J. Eventually, however, he meets someone who reverses the roles: Winry Rockbell, whose parents he’d murdered.Īs we learn, the Rockbells were helping the injured in Ishval, whether they be Ishvalans or Amestrians. His words fall on deaf ears as Scar continues his murder spree. It’s about a refusal to retaliate and continue the cycle of violence. It’s not about forgiveness, as there can be none for senseless murder. When Scar asks, incredulous, if that means they should just forgive Amestrians for what they’d done, the priest denies it. The old man cautions him not to give into revenge and abandon his quest. We also see him kill Shou Tucker, who likewise isn’t a soldier… though, to be fair, he’s a complete monster in his own right.Īfter Scar’s unsuccessful attempts to kill Edward, we see him speak to one of the last surviving priests of Ishval. He targets Ed, who’s a State Alchemist but certainly didn’t participate in the extermination of Ishval – something his age should tell Scar quite clearly.

It’s hard to deny that Scar has good reasons to be angry and vengeful, but early on we see him move beyond the bounds of his vengeance. It’s a belief borne out of the Ishvalan religion, though Scar’s rage against his people’s fate certainly doesn’t help. More than that, Scar believes that alchemy is a crime against God, infringing on the right to create that belongs only to Him. His targets are State Alchemists, who had been used by the Amestrian government as living weapons, wiping out Ishvalans by the dozens and hundreds with weaponized alchemy. One of the survivors of the massacre is Scar, an Ishvalan who forsook his own name to seek revenge on those who had all but destroyed his people. All as part of the plan by the story’s overarching villain. It deserves the latter two names more, as the nation of Amestris sought to wipe out the population of its region, Ishval, entirely. Which most people refer to as the Ishvalan War of Extermination, or simply Ishvalan Genocide.

Much of the discussion of forgiveness and moving on in the story comes from the Ishvalan Civil War. What I’d like to talk about here is forgiveness and breaking the cycle of violence, something Hiromu Arakawa spent much of the original manga on… and how the latter does not necessitate the former. Regardless, there’s several themes that run throughout the story: the importance of moving forward and not giving up, that some things just can’t be undone, and that everything and everyone is connected. Not that I’m a huge anime lover even now. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood is considered by many to be an “entry-level” anime.

Full metal alchemist revenge