I mean in my opinion this second channel was made so you didn't have to limit your content. So if you want to talk about older anime I say go for it

There was a bit of soul Alchemy you kinda forgot that being when Edward used the energy of his own soul to accelerate the healing process of a major injury he was going to bleed out from he said it would take a few years off his remaining lifespan.

I would love to see a “You Know NOTHING” series about each of the homunculi, as well as some of the other major characters in the show. FMAB has so much deep philosophical messages hidden in it. It’s a true gem.

Father wasn’t amplifying their power, he was limiting it. Once Scar used the reverse circle it unlocked alchemy from Fathers limits and control

A little correction, Father's philosopher stone was actually inhibiting transmutation, and it wasn't until they used a giant healing circle that the alchemists were able to use the full power of the tectonic plates. Scar describes it in the anime.

Arakawa had a deep study of alchemy books for the series, but was more interested in the philosophical aspects, but apparently the Equivalent Exchange aspect was based more on her observations about the work her parents put in as farmers to be able to eat.

This is honestly one of my favorite power systems in anime because no one is any more powerful than anyone else. The only limit is that you can only do something if you know exactly how it works.If Armstrong wanted to start launching fireballs around, he could. If Edward wanted to make an iceberg like the first episode, he totally could. The only real exceptions are Father and Hohenheim, and even then, not really. The only real advantages they have are more time to study and more raw alchemy juice to waste so they don't actually have to think about anything. If Ed had even a small philosopher stone, he could probably do the exact same tricks as Father

One thing you forgot to mention about the rebound, is that not only the toll is equal to the unbalanced weight, but also takes a part of the body (or the entire body in the case of Al), but also related to a physical representation of their deepest wish/Hope Like "Dwarf in the flask" stated, Ed lost his leg so he couldn't stand up and Moving forward like he wanted to. For Al, who wanted to feel the warmth of his mother's arms, Truth took him the possibility to ever feel again. For Izumi who deeply wanted to have a child, Truth took her internat organs so she couldn't give birth anymore. And for Roy who wanted to see the future, Truth took his eyesight. In the last case, Truth didn't took his organs, but only his eyesight, because even if it was an unbalanced transmutation, Mustang didn't wanted to and was forced to do against his will

I absolutely love FMAB, it’s easily my favorite anime. The break down you gave answered questions I didn’t know I had lol. With your science background I was shocked you haven’t done more coverage of science like anime/manga(FMAB, Dr. Stone or Hell’s paradise)

where is the tattoo of i heart sasuke u reached 75 thousand and you cannot say to reach 100 k

Basically all the alchemists that was sent to the war in ishval all have trans circles on gloves, their arms or tattooed on their body somewhere. Not just mustang

If Al's truth is his full body, and Ed's is his missing atm and leg.... how horrible would Izumi's truth be to see?

In Roman Catholic it was stated in the bible that every single person has the image and likeness of God residing inside of them, i think this idea relates to why "truth" resides inside every living person in the world of FMAB. I love this channel you are always a great speaker

Here's a thought. Scar's transmutation array is technically a circle, just in cylindrical form running up him arm

Those who have seen Truth still use a circle - when they clap their hands together it makes a circle. Having seen Truth, they understand on a deeper level what the circle is, and how they are not separate from what they're doing but can directly be a part of it. The circle and the runes are within the alchemist.

More Full Metal please! Maybe about Scar perhaps? I feel like he has a lot of great character development throughout the show. Also I'm extremely biased because I have his right arm tattoo.. but still.

I’ve been loving going through your FMAB vids. I really enjoy hearing you reference my favorite part of the show, which is some of the irony that is baked in. Such as Ed/Al losing their ability to stand on their own and feel their loved ones, and the visionary mustang losing his vision. I hope to hear you reference that each of the homunculi die in irony as well. Gluttony is consumed, envy offs himself out of jealousy. Wrath is killed by Scar, and Lust is burned to death by a shirtless Roy… some of them are a bit of a stretch but I’ve always loved the irony that’s baked into this show. Great channel!

Y'know. This dude is probably my favorite anixplainer I've seen. His cadence is on point and he does his research

Yessss FMA is such a great series to cover over, so much things that I forgot or wasn’t even solved !!

I'm so glad you did a video on this masterpiece!! Please definitely do more stuff with older stories 😊

I feel like human transmutation is a special case when it comes to rebounds . The thing it takes is more of a representation of what the user of human transmutation values most rather than the equivalent exchange part. The best example is probably mustang. His eye sight was taken because he was a man that looked forward to an ideal future. Also Izumi Curtis lost some of her organs cause what she wanted most was a family/baby and truth took that possibility from her. My best explanation for Ed would be that he was a strong kid that always took step forwards towards what he wanted so it took his leg, and Alphonse is hard to pin down but I would say it’s probably cause he was young and wanted to grow up with his brother and stay with him(it is a bit of a stretch but my best conclusion). It could all be coincidence/situational like mustang just being an outlier but I feel like it is what the anime was hinting towards. Like I remember someone saying “I wonder what it will take from you” when talking to mustang about forcing him to do human transmutation. Anyways just a little Ted talk from a fan who has seen this series over a dozen times. Good video. 18:47

Tucker is the most evil man in fiction. That episode messed me up as a 8 year old

I love your videos man. I always look forward to learning more about anime and fmab is one of my favorite anime series as well as bleach

I appreciate this video.. I stopped watching FMAB as a kid because I got lost but now I want to rewatch it..

Love the video and keep up the great work nick

This was a information overload lol. Sir you did your homework 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

You should do a video on Father! I feel like he’s the most mysterious part of the series

The fact of the matter is, if we ever want to see Korone, we’re probably gonna have someone calling out for Edward as part of that experimentation process. That’s just how things work I guess 🤣 Also, it’s always been a pet theory of mine that it SHOULD be possible to do something like bring Ed and Al’s mother back; if a soul is priceless, then to bring it back only one thing will meet the requirements of equivalent exchange: another priceless soul. If they want their mom back, they just gotta toss a living Tucker into that transmutation circle.

Oh god yes, more FMAB content PLEASEEE. How to start off 2023 right -from tokyo

Love your channel, could u do videos on Overlord and more on avatar?

Loved the video man. Can you talk more about the humonculous in the flask and alll other humonculi and the oriborous tattoo

When you were talking about how alchemy is powered by plate tectonics it reminded me of my earth/environmental science teacher. He used to joke that if you ever get an earth science question on jeopardy, the answer is always what is plate tectonics

I love how alchemy js just a lot of skills clumped into 1, but theres not as much process to it, like Al made a radio out of parts of a broken radio, a mechanic could do that.

Thank you for finally doing this video do more of fmab

I would HIGHLY suggest watching Max Derrat's videos on the meta physical concepts of the FMA series. Super interesting and thought provoking and show's some additions to your great video. Keep up the great work!

Happy New Years guys!! The Weeb brought us one of the greats from outta nowhere! Great video man, FMA BH was/is an amazing anime an I gotta say I love Greed!!!

Nick teaching me anime aswell as real life science is something im here for

Look into Quantum Fluctuations. Quantum mechanics go by an entirely different system than what we can observe outsideof it. Matter is created out of nothing and some of it disappears completely. There's a proclivity to new particles being created more often than they dissappear.

Also any chance of covering mahnwa like tower of god, God of highschool, and omni reader? Would be cool for people to be put onto those.

Probably one of my favorite videos of yours so far but that's just because I'm a bit of a science nerd

The circle represents the full cycle of the said object's energy. It starts by taking its form, dispersing it, rearranging its infrastructure, and then reassembling it in its new form, thus completing a full circle

Kimblee, Armstrong both have transmutation circles on their hands

Thank you! That was a great turbo-charged summary! Very helpful.

OMG finally you covered my favorite anime I am constantly geeking out over this show I think I’ve rewatched it over 17 times it’s just so interesting

FMA was something i watched in a rough patch in my life and i gotta say it got me thru that time and im forever grateful for it love that anime

Seeing you talk makes me realise being a youtuber ain't easy Since you are so prepared and smart

I've been waiting for this

I say yes to more FMAB videos! That's my favorite anime of all times.

love this vid. more OG anime’s pls!

This bro has some top notch delivery and editing. KZfaq algo coming clutch

Thanks for the vid 🎉

Literally been rewatching it the past week

"We're going to be talking a lot of science today .." me: "Fuck yeaaaah"

Yes! More into Scar

Shou tucker isnt nec bad person, but he may be amoral and he is a bad dad. he wasnt nec a bad dad up until what happened with Nina, but its also possible and i think implied he did it to his wife too... and if thats true bad guy. almost inarguable that what happened to nina makes him a bad dad. but for a moment he did have all the right ideas in mind of someone in a desperate situation and he honestly may have been helmed a hero or genius or some for doing it. Its only a product of circumstance that this ended mostly badly for him.

alot of people have their transmutation circles on their hand or on their body so that they dont have to draw one every time they use alchemy

Lol nick said he got great crack in his sponsor add 😂🤣😂🤣

Mustang AND kimblee had hand transmutation circle. And both ended up carving it into their hands to use them

More FMA please

You should do a video on the anime FAIRYTAIL explaining the story or their power system they need more love😂

There's that scene in fma B where Edd is about to preform a whole magic trick. He's going to reverse entropy pretty much by putting all the material of the library back together. I'm not going to think to deeply about how much of the building wasn't there anymore before the wind blew the ash away it was probably one of the first scene which split the series apart for me. In the fma O their is that fight with scar. In order to keep his automale intact while scars trying to deconstruct it He's changing atoms from one element to another. O you had to know what you where trying to change but completely ignored providence while B stretched the limit of knowing something on the level you would need to put a book back together let alone a library of them that you've never scene before. Also in fma it is heavily implied that Alphonse in the armor was a memory construct because he didn't merge with the memories when he got his body back in conquers of Shambala. I'm pretty sure yall been debating that in the forums all this time so I'm gonna leave it at that.

You should do individual breakdowns of notable alchemists in the show

Hey can we get an “fmab military personnel relationships explained”? Like, how the main military characters relate to each other by chain of command and ally ties

Funny thing is that transmutation (in real world legends) was supposed to be changing things on a subatomic level i.e. turning lead into gold ☝🤓

I literally can not hear 1 kilogram without thinking of Lemmy's "1 kilogram of steel is heavier than one kilogram of feathers" bit 10:43

Mustang and major Armstrong circles on their hands

Yes, more fmab please. Love this show. Thanks for covering it.

My brain turned to mush watching this. So much information behind the sparkle sparkle explosions.

Alchemy: the art of practicing atomic chemistry without a particle accelerator.

Armstrong has transmutation circles on his hands too.

Small correction. At least two others have circles on or near their hands. Kimblee (palms) and Armstrong (his gauntlets). But spot on and deeper than I could ever describe the science behind it. Love your videos man.

OK I'm glad someone did a deep dive. I have a massive theory that maybe confusing/conflicting. But first, your forgot about Kimbley?

Looking forward to that Shou Tucker apologist video

Can you do Alkahestry as well. Trying to write fanfic but damn the Alkahestry confuse me a bit

Dr. Marco also has it enscribed on his hand, not only Mustang

Another banger video from the G

Finally, someone gets it. Shao Tucker was the hero we all needed.

After watching this video along with another dozen or so maybe you do an Alchemist Ranked and Explain video like Armstrong, Mustang, Izumi who's stronger

I like you doing older anime better because I know there wont be spoilers if I'm not all caught up on the newer shows.

I hope the permanent I love sasuke tattoo looks good on you

Yessss FMA!! Like before watching!!

Well nick, technically oxygen is more abundant in the earth then it is in the air, it’s one of the most abundant elements in the earth, thanks to things like sand, silicon dioxide. But I do understand your point regarding transmutation

I'm so glad you exist 😂

Very close, the interaction of tectonic plates is where we get almost all of the mountain on earth from, there are some outliers. Think many of the islands in the south pacific, Hawai'i and even Iceland.

So a philosopher's stone is just something to absorb the rebound of inequivalent exchanges

I just go by Genin Chunin Jonin Kage And use terms like anbu or special jonin for special cases

About the reason why alchemists who attempt human transmutation lose body parts : I don’t think it’s a matter of mass at all . Rather it’s the fact that equivalent exchange doesn’t ONLY apply to matter and physical things , it’s an all encompassing principle . So while you’re trying to transmute iron into a spear , equivalent exchange in this case only applies to physical matter and thus only requires a similar amount of physical matter to be consumed , human transmutation ISN’T just physical , it also involves a soul which ISN’T physical and therefore CAN’T be paid for with physical matter . That’s why Roy basically doesn’t lose any mass . Equivalent exchange also applies to metaphysical things . So how would one apply equivalent exchange to something like a soul ? Naturally , alchemy can’t use the actual value of the soul of someone who passed away because that soul no longer exists . Rather the value of that soul is determined by what that soul MEANS to the person trying to transmute . That’s kind of what father alludes to in episode 59 . The clearest example of that is Izumi . That child represented her ability to have children . So in order to attempt (and fail) to recreate such a soul , it would cost her her ability to procreate . In a way it’s equivalent exchange saying « oh yeah , you want to bypass your physical human limitations via alchemy ? You want to transcend your humanity by procreating artificially rather than biologically ? OK ! Then you won’t be needing those organs anymore. » . And then that « metaphysical » loss translates to a physical loss of those organs . That’s why the body parts which are lost through human transmutation are not transformed in the same way as regular transmutation but are rather taken by the little black hands which represent everything that is more metaphysical (hence why Father gets pulled inside out by them when he dies , because he is the « abstract » concept of humanity personified and made physical so logically his demise would be to be completely « unphysicallised » and folded back into 0 dimensions). Imo that’s important because it defines what Truth actually is : not necessarily a conscious being with agency but rather a personification of equivalent exchange as it applies to you metaphysically , to your soul , your humanity . That’s why when you sacrifice a (finite) bit of your humanity you acquire a (finite) bit of omniscience (the portal) which through alchemy turns into a (finite) bit of power . That’s why Father could have never truly reached his goal . As he says , he could’ve kept going with millions , billions , trillions of humans , he would’ve only ever exchanged them for a finite amount of an infinite supply . Ed however sees the true answer : true power doesn’t reside in sacrificing an infinite amount of value in exchange for power , it doesn’t rely on trying to escape your own humanity . True power is to accept it , to embrace it and make the most of it , of your abilities as a human . And in sacrificing the infinite value contained in the portal of Truth , he achieves what Father couldn’t . TL;DR human transmutation doesn’t cause mutilation because of body mass but because alchemy applies to metaphysical value of souls (hence philosopher s stones) which is paid by losing parts of your « humanity » .

This video taught me one thing. That Nick was formerly a science teacher

great video, man

Yes talk about it more!!

I'd love to see more fmab content

This is so interesting. But I have to ask, did you do this off a script or improvisation?

25:38 Maybe, but the Ctarl-Ctarl Empire has to start somewhere!

Interstingly about Scar; his brothers arms are both parts of the proccess without the circle, using the body as the conduit. Hes inferred to be a genius due to his recreation of the formula for alchemy without the knowledge of Truth or the science itself.

also i think that because the blood used to bind al's soul was ed's, that caused the souls intermingle

Maybe dial the reactions down a notch on the next food advertisement segment. Really enjoying your content

21:00 it was confirmed multiple times, and that's why Ed was able to go back After destroying his own gate

I believed that Edward, by using his blood was more compatible as a catalyst for soul bonding.. 20:50. Like the compatibility of organs between relatives.

Love these new videos

Mustang only had his circles on his gloves as I remember. Kimbley also had his transmutation circles on his hands. Loved the video otherwise as usual.