The moment Mary mentioned her son is also named Alexander, I went, "Oh nooooooo, ohhhh nooooooo."

Episode 3 is about the extremes of religion. Episode 4 is about the extremes of science. Also, Shou Tucker is considered the most hated character in all anime history, no other existent villain could generate so much disgust and rage than him. Two things will guarantee a character is absolutely hated: hurting kids and hurting animals (especially dogs). Tucker does both at once, and it's his own child and his own dog, two beings that should be able to trust and depend on him.

Welcome to anime where no one is safe and the rules (Don't kill kids, dogs, etc) don't matter. Who knows what might happen next. Great reaction!

Ed was talking about Icarus. But also a bit about himself… thought he could bring back his mom and lost his leg and his brother - that’s what I call crashing down with melted wings…

Who else was retraumatized just from her thumbnail?

City of Heresy highlights the dangers of religious extremism. Alchemist's Anguish highlights the dangers of Scientific extremism.

"Damn, that was rough again." Oh boy... It's always a terrible day for rain.

Game of thrones: u gotta wait until you mature Hunter x hunter: u gotta REALLY wait until you mature.. literally Fullmetal: episode 4 then?

There is fan comic where new soul arrives at hell and Satan is there to greet that person. That person is Shou Tucker. Moment when Satan realizes who just arrived, he picks his phone, calls God and just says "He's here..." with wide eyes locked onto Tucker.

Ah, yes. The cow goes "Moo", the sheep goes "Baah", the dog goes "Ed... waaaard".

There is a bit of a mistranslation at the end of episode 4. What the character should have said was, "God, two souls have just been returned to you," instead of "two human souls." Putting the word 'human' in there makes it sound like Tucker is going to heaven with Nina, when actually the author of the manga this show is based on was very clear that Nina and Alexander go to heaven while Tucker burns.

I feel obligated to coment this on reactions to this episode: In the manga, the guy who kills Shou Tucker and Nina at the end walks away saying "God hear me... Two souls have been returned to you". He doesn't say "human souls" like in the anime. This difference is evidence that he is referring to Nina and Alexander instead of Nina and Shou Tucker. Another detail that helps back up that possibility is that, in the manga, the author puts at the end of an chapter a small doodle of every person who died on that chapter (no matter who) with angel wings flying up to heaven, even if they are bad and/or villains. In this specific case, she draws Nina and Alexander flying up while Shou Tucker is falling down to hell. His is the only death that gets a doodle like that in the entire manga.

Alchemy drove Shou Tucker to madness as it drove the "Freezing Alchemist" to madness in the first episode. Alchemy entails severe risks of multiple kinds. Most of this early story line was previously told in a prior television adaptation, Fullmetal Alchemist, which ran in the United States from 2004 to 2006. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood ran in the US in 2010 and 2011. In the prior telling, the heartbreaking story about the little girl and the dog was treated over the course of two episodes, perhaps slightly easing the shock of the horror. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood tells its story at a faster pace for reasons of scope that reveal themselves in later episodes.

Love this show and love your reactions! Looking forward to the rest of the series and highly recommend the anime Trigun! It's only 26 episodes and has a great balance of silly and serious.

I've seen maybe two anime with the oldschool yellow subtitles, how neat it made it to Brotherhood

5:05 "Careful Icarus" I use that every now and then.

OMG Mary, everything you were saying during this episode was tearing my soul apart.

o yeah, the episode

This episode honestly feels like the writer ripping your heart out, but honestly keep with it, one of the most incredible shows I've ever seen lol

In case you dont know, ep3 is actually the first chapter in manga, and the "novice" line will come back in the end, like a circle, just like alchemy.

Such a wholesome thumbnail for such an unbelievably messed up episode.

Your reactions are so genuine and I feel you're truly wholesome! You now have a New Subscriber!

Pity you didn’t watch the original version first, before Brotherhood. They took longer on this part, making it worse when it happens.

The most famous anime episode of all time.

The editing for this video was next level and quite fun! 🎉

The way I try to phrase it on any other channel, alchemy is magic chemistry. alchemy irl is defunct and evolved into normal chemistry

It's a heavy show, to be sure. The kind that epitomizes the content rating of "mature content" without it being anything sexy. And there will be other wth moments but nothing quite as gut-wrenching as this, even if maybe it should be. This one just brought you so close to the people involved that it hits differently. I'm also one who kinda feels like Scar was being merciful. I know some people are upset that he killed the chimaera.

12:35 "Damn that was rough again" ...oof.

I normally watch all your vids Mary, but I can't with this show. just came in today to give you a like for getting through this one. Good luck with the rest of the series.

5:03 icuras flew too close to the sun mary

This episode is especially traumatizing for me because I grew up with lots of dogs and I really love them. I remember the dog I grew up with and the way when I would come to the door and it would run to me and go Edward.

It will always be too soon. You'll never forget the image of them togetther.

I absolutely agree to the initial statement. There are many good stories out there, I think I like the story of Attack in Titan more than the story of FMAB, but I just connected more with FMAB and therefore, I call FMAB my favorite show, not AoT🤷🏻‍♂️

Welcome to the trauma club drinks and snacks are on the left. Feel free to mingle we've all been there. Believe it or not there was another fma where the nina scene hurt worse

Obligatory comment recommending the English dub of the anime Cowboy Bebop, it’s only 26 episodes long!

You are the first reactor I've seen who was completely clueless about Tucker, just how most of us where when we first saw the 2013 version where he didn't seem to be a bad guy

okay, mary has now started FMA

I always recommend skipping all anime openings (despite being as great as this one) because I hate that the contain so many spoilers.

Ok, you’ve made it through what I consider to be one of darkest episodes of the series! Congratulations 🎉 😅😢

Understood, Mary. Thank you.

Jail and Hell are too good for Tucker.

This episode is a rite of passage. It's so heartbreaking and disgusting. I knew it was going to hit you hard, but I'm glad you're so invested.

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Welcome to the Fullmetal Alchemist Trauma Club. We meet on Mondays and Thursdays.

I'm very sorry, Mary. But this is how things are in this anime. If it makes you feel any better, people that abuse dogs and children, even mildly, are now on my permanent eff-with list because of this anime.

19:21 😳 oh, no … her son has the same name?! 😞 that’s not good. We, the fandom of FMAB; are so sorry.

Can we play now?

Well, the GOOD news, I guess, is that this is pretty much the most fucked up thing in the entirety of all anime ever...... Soooooo......it's pretty much never gonna be this fucked up again. Yay?

As far as i remember in end of the manga it shows died caracters if they go to heaven or not if i remember correctly this piece of trash is the only one who is shown to goes Hell and burn

Yep… welcome to the trauma club.

Nina and Alexander are so inseperable.

I see a sloth on Mary’s mic 🦥

Now you've been introduced to the most evilest villain and most hated anime character of all time. Of coarse after watching this episode many years ago I got over the shock but people still get upset over it.

Oh god 🤦🏻‍♂️ which one of you animals made her watch this?! Damnit 🙅🏻‍♂️ this is not okay

Hey~ Welcome to our childhood trauma!

For the record, there is sth wrong with the translation, in japanese Scar just said "two souls return to the god", which means Nina and the dog, Tucker goes to hell

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