The biggest twist in this entire in this series is when we all thought that young Hohenheim was older Ed in the first opening.

You just made me realize how unfortunate Hohenheim life was. When he didn't care for anything he obtained a lot. When he cared a lot he was robbed everything. When he obtained the little he craved for he had to purposefully leave it behind. He had to live when he hated it and had to die when he desired to live. I guess he's pretty hopeless. Yet he managed to die with a smile on his face.

The fact that this show is still being discussed so many years after it ended is almost proof in itself of how great it is. Hohenheim is awesome, nice job.

I love how it is basically van Hohenheims story, but told through the eyes of his children! Such a great storytelling.

“I actually want to keep on living”, one of the best endings of a character’s story

Watching Ed trying his hardest to hate his dad was hilarious and precious.

One of the things I love the most about the scene where Ed finally calls him father is that it emphasises how Ed has always been trying to fill a somewhat fatherly role for Al despite the small age difference. So it makes sense that Al wasn't angry with Hohenheim for leaving, since he always had an older (not taller) male figure taking care of him. It also shows how big of an emotional burden Ed was carrying this whole time, and despite being angry with Hohenheim for that he was clearly desperate for fatherly support, making the recognition of him as a father way more emotional for both of them.

It's ironic that Hohenheim, who is always absent in his son's lives, turns out to be the most caring while "Father", who seems to be always there, led the homunculi astray that they desire genuine affection that it made one of them betray him.

Hohenheim's story is both tragic and insightful. It shows that time does NOT heal all wounds and that not confronting your past can scar you for all your life. What's even worse is that he confronted his past, or at least achieved some form of redemption, but by going about it in such a roundabout way, he postponed the peace he could've gotten. That's the sad thing with self-deprecating characters. They hide behind their closed-off facade when in truth, the only happiness they can find is in the connection with others.

“For the first time I felt glad to be alive, so full of life”

Just a possible thought about FMAB’s amazing Writing. Hohenhim was born a slave to humans. Wrath was born a slave to his father homonculus. Hohenhim is peaceful man not enjoying fighting, while Bradley put fighting for survival as the most important thing in his life ( speech to scar ). They were both human given the philosopher stone by the dwarf in the flask. Both got their name were given from him aswell. During the eclipse made by father , Hohenhim succeed in using it to activate his plan and win. The same eclipse is the one blinding Bradley and making him lose against scar. In his final moment Hohenhim decay in front of the grave of his wife "talking to her" ironically happy but a little dissatisfied ( from not being able to see his sons grow up ). In his final moment Bradley decay far from his wife talking about her ( they both valued their wife ) ironically happy and satisfied of his life. And ironically again, the two characters never meet. ( sorry if it was badly put together).

“That’s crossing a line Pride, don’t you ever mock my son!” That line stuck with me to this day. What an impact this man left on me.

Ed at Hohenheim’s funeral: Were gonna bring him back

One of the most underrated characters in the show imo. The ending to episode 63 is easily one of my favourite moments in the entire show

"So get this - Ed finally called me his Father". Just the way Hohenheim said that made it one of the very best lines in the entire series. And it's uncanny just how much Ed resembles him at the end, complete with the coat.

The manga goes on a bit more. If I remember correctly one of the last pages is of Hoenhiem and Trisha together again. It's such a good ending.

That moment of fulfillment he finally felt just be for he died and that sudden desire to live longer because of the potential happy times ahead hits home. Its that feeling you get when your plagued with suicidal thoughts and you just remember there maybe something better if you just kept going one more day. Hoenheim just wanted to redeem himself and die but now he has more to live for

15:17 "So get this... He turned me into a Philosopher's Stone. Funniest shit I ever seen"

He and Father really are perfect foils for one another.

Just something as well about Hohenheim and Father I rarely see talked about is that Father has distinct rimples growing and has lost some color in his hair that hohenheim doesn't have. The assumption I've made with this always is that Hohenheim basically didn't use any life energy of the humans he absorbed wherin Father freely abused it. So Father was going through his extended life faster than Hohenheim.

When I seen this video pop up on my recommendations I was expecting to see it was made years ago. Instead it said 18 minutes ago. It's amazing how a series made over a decade ago is still getting video analysis. A true masterpiece.

The humanity spills off the screen with these characters, and your analysis and storytelling within these essays is superb. Thanks for the hopeful content right now

I remember reading the scene when he gets shot at point blank in the head more than a decade later, followed by him looking at the photograph of his kids and dead wife. Most effective and subtle introduction to a main character I have ever read, with all the foreshadowing work done by Edward and Alphonse nicely setting the tone for the character Van Hohenheim was to become for the series.

Huh. I enjoyed Hohenheim’s character, but nothing really stuck out. But this analysis really shows me just how complex and well-written he is. And honestly he may be one of my favorite characters from FMAB now. It always rubbed me the wrong way when people paint him as a stereotypical “dead beat dad”, but I was never able to express why it bugged me that effectively! Wonder analysis.

Hoenhim is ironically the most human Character in the story. He's written so well and amazingly. I love him and it's the type of writing I want to someday pull off in my works. Hoenhim is the best father in anime. Scared with having to watch those he loves die. Yet still Loving his family. I can't get over the unconditional love and fatherly protection he gave to his family. This is a fantastic video and it moved me to tears looking back on Hoenhim's arc.

Hohenhiem is one of the main reasons that make me think that this show is perfection and nothing has the right to be this good

Favorite character from FMA bar none. Cried for hours at the end of Episode 63 with Rain playing.

This show is so god damn important to me. The last tattoo I got was the blood seal in the top of my back. This show...actually helped me get over the fact that my father left me and my family. It's so beyond special to me I dont know if I can express it. Another great video sir!

"In general, men prefer to let their actions speak."-maes hughes this held true for hohenheim even tho he was talking about ed and al in this context. even subtle oneliners crop back up in the narrative of this show

Hohenheim is one of the best written characters of all time. Arakawa really outdid herself with his character!

The first time I watched FMA Brotherhood I didn't truly appreciate Hohenheim. When I rewatched it the enormity of this character hit me like a truck, he is now my favourite character in all of anime. His death scene is one of the few to make me cry, and I wouldn't even say it was mostly sadness.

Heroes always come late -van hohenheim

"I've had a fulfilling life, thanks to you it's been enough. Thank you Trisha." "I had... such a good life! Thank you Chopper!" Hohenheim's death reminded me of Hiluluk's and I believe both men are not truly dead, as long as they are not forgotten, for that is when a man truly dies.

Now you’ve finally done an analysis on all 6 (or technically 7) of my favorite characters in FMAB: Kimblee, Bradley, Greed & Ling, Hohenheim, Father and Scar (in that order from 1st to 6th). And I really enjoyed all of them. Now you just need to make an analysis on Yoki, who is clearly the greatest and deepest character in all of anime with a backstory so tragic that it would make even the toughest of men cry.

hohenheim is honestly one of my favourite fma characters, imo he's one of the most emotionally moving characters in the show and i love the contrast between him and father. what an incredible series

Van Hohenheim is such a good character, I feel terrible for what he went through. He went through so much in life. At least him and Trisha are together again.

"Edward called me "Father". He did say, "shit of a father", though."

Not gonna lie the scene with hohenheim at the grave of Tricia literally made me kinda cry and smile thank you for this insightful video, I always liked hohenheim as a character👍

Breaking bad and FMA brotherhood two greatest ever created.

Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood is to good like I’m actually mad

I love Hohenheim, and he's probably my favourite anime character. Thanks for making this

sometimes i mourn for this show, i felt so conencted with the chracters this video reminded me they are still with me, thank you :)

Damn this shit made me tear up, absolutely brilliant analysis and breakdown of this, in my opinion, underrated character.

Out of all the great characters in fmab, Hohenheim has to be my favorite. I would love to see the full story of Hohenheim from him being sold into slavery, meeting homonculus, the fall of Xerxes, and his travels after he obtains immortality all the way until his death. I feel like there is so much more to Hohenheim's story that we've yet to see. I personally would love to see his travels of how he spread alchemy to Xing and learn more about that country, as well as his journey through Amestris to create the transmutation circle that would stop homunculus after leaving his family in resembool. There's just so much room for amazing worldbuilding in Hohenheim's story that we only got to see a tiny bit of in ep 40 of the anime

This right here remains my favorite Shounen.

Full Metal Alchemist is so good that i cried while watching a video about it, and the last time i watched it was 2 years ago...

Hoenheim has always been my favorite fma character and just one of my favorite characters ever and this sums up why perfectly

I see a FMAB video done by Aleczandxr and I like it immediately because I know it will be good. Keep up the amazing work!

Hohenheim here is one of the reasons I prefer brotherhood, even though I grew up with the 2003 version. I still love it of course and I recommend seeing both series, they are just so good! ❤

I used to wonder why hohenheim didn't make a phone call to Trisha or his sons during the days he's away from home. But the more i grow up the more I understand the reason why. Because his love to family's so much, he felt afraid that if he made a phone call or even sent a letter to his family, he would desire to come back home immediately and his mission to save ametris as well as his family would be delayed. So, he decided to left without keeping in touch with his family, he compressed his love inside his heart, trying his best to do the mission and hoping to be reunited with his family as soon as possible. Finally he completed his mission, but he was not able to predict Trisha missed him so much and she died, I think that was the most regret of his life. Hohenheim character was built as a perfect man with his talent, however he is still a human, a human with human 's behavior. A human with full of love but dont know how to express and control it. Anw I love this character so much, an adorable father and husband :((

He is easily the most underrated character in the show

Even in this video, Hohenheim's last moments still make me cry

YOOOOO FMA CONTENT UPLOADED 8 DAYS AGOOO???? this anime is still relevant and im proud

I cry EVERY SINGLE TIME when Hohenheim dies. It reminds me of my mother's passing.

i was really young watching fmab, so i always sided with Ed in hating Hohenheim because he abandoned them. coming back to this series, i couldn’t help but cry at the pain and misunderstandings that Hohenheim had. His desires, their desires. It started because of ambition. Because he wanted more. And yet. He was granted what he wanted in the end.

Hoenheim is definitely one of the things Brotherhood did better than 2003.

I love these breakdowns. Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood is such a deep series.

great video. it reminds me why i cry at the end of his story

one of the best reveals in the series is the photo of hohenheim crying and one of the best call backs is the picture of ed grinning at the end, such an awesome parallel

I just finished rewatching the show, very lucky timing

hohenheim has the highest human nature in the fullmetal alchemist brotherhood

First time i cried for death of animated character was hoenheim's death.

One of the best "Father" characters in anime, along with Ging Freecss, Byakuya (Dr. Stone), Grisha (AoT), Thors (Vinland Saga), Kiritsugu (Fate/Zero) and Soma's father from Food Wars. Anyone I missed?

God I wish I could watch this show again for the first time

Haven’t watched this anime in years but I wanna cry

Goddamn AJ this vid is so good, it made me cry again just thinking about all this

Great video! The filler episode centering around Hohenheim is still one of my favorites!

Dooon’t think you can skip that “Terra” music by me, Alex- I see what you did there, using the village of soulless bodies when talking about an immortal being that only persists because of an over abundance of souls.

No matter how many times I watch Hohenhiem's death scene I start crying, like a lot! Just thinking about it while writing this I get teary eyes. That scene it's too powerful! FMA is a masterpiece!

My god i remember not to long ago when i finished the series, i honestly thought to myself that the ending was just so WHOLESOME! and one of the major parts to this accomplishment is Hohenheim's life tale in the story. God I loved it so much.

I love your analyses of the FMA characters, and they also get really emotional for me.... now if you'll excuse me I haven't had a good cry in a while so I'ma do that.

Yes. Always wanted to see soemthing like this about Hienheim. Seeing the story from his perspective is so sad and wonderful at the same time

It's been about 3 years since I watched FMAB for the first time, and a year since I did a rewatch. After watching this video, I feel like I need to rewatch it again. It's just so damn good. Truly my favorite show of all time.

Great video!!! He's definitely one of my favourite characters in the entire show! :D

Hohenheim was my favorite character in the show

It has been years since I last watched this anime. And yet one of your videos is all it needs to remind me how it truly is a masterpiece. Thank you for that.

Your essays are always so inspiring. As someone who had been systematically dehumanized as a child and coming into the world as a man void of any real sense of value in himself, I find Hoenheim to be profoundly relateable. I have a tendency to deeply immerse myself in and connect to the stories I find myself enjoying as a means to self-reflect. As someone who got married in the last year and is planning on starting a family, I cannot empathize enough with Hoenheim's story. All I have ever wanted is to have a family of my own and to live a quiet life.

Awesome video on Hohenhieim! I remember really loving his development. Well written for sure

Rewatching the series again this time with my dad and siblings. On the Briggs “arc” right now

This is just perfect timing. I just rewatched brotherhood. So so good every single time.

You left me in tears, dang it!

That moment when your dad is an entire nation hivemind

Love being so early for a video! I've known you're channel for a while now and every single analysis always opens my eyes for something more love about my fav series. Keep up the amazing work.

When my brother first watched Full Metal Alchemist and got to the end with Hoenheim's death, he cried all night from rewatching the entire scene

One of the major reasons why he is my favorite character in all of fmab. Thank you for this wonderful video! Have a nice day.

You put into words what I feel but couldn't articulate about this Phenomenal Series. You have my, and I am sure a great many others, Gratitude for these.

This single man brought the knowledge of alchemy all over the world. epic.

Thank you for being here. Sometimes something like "huh, Van Hohenheim was a really enigmatic character. I wonder if anybody's deep dived his character before" pop into my head and you always got me.

This video made me remember why I loved this show and why Hohenheim is one of my favorite characters in anime.

Thanks for always putting out great content, and have a good weekend!

This video is awesome. :P Thank you for making it. Got back to FMA after many years and these sort of analysis help me appreciate it way more.

He lived fought and died to make sure that the ones after him had a better life than him and his peers. He did everything in his power to protect the humans he and trisha cared so much about. And that costed him the life he wanted so his sons could have it. Equivalent exchange, he gave his life for theirs

we can also wonder how much Hohenheim's deeply hidden evil traits transferred onto the Dwarf.

I don't know about the anime, but in the manga, the series ends with honhenheim finally with trisha, proud of his sons. It was one of my favorite scenes in fmab.

realy appreciate that you added that note about the tears

I just want to forget this anime to watch it for the first time all over again

Ed delivered the punch and Hohenheim delivered the slap to Father. Ed’s curiosity, humility, self-sacrifice and determination is akin to his father. I didn’t like him for abandoning them, and I could only imagine how it’d be with him teaching them Alchemy. Hohenheim’s success at forming the nation-wide reverse transmutation circle in his travels alone was a slow burn that delivered an explosive result, activated when Father chose to use the nation’s souls. That’s what he was doing on his travels... setting up his chess pieces. Thanks for the vid on his humanity. And the exchange between him and Ed as Hohenheim volunteers his own soul for Ed’s passage to free Al, was touching. I cried. Ed did finally accept him and even wanted to save him - even thought of another way for passage - his own Alchemy.

Love the Classic FF7 music in the back great great choice my friend, great choice.

Bro you make such well made videos, been following for about a year and im in love with your anime analyses, keep up the good work man, Much love from Italy

I'm not crying, you're crying!