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GOOD VS. EVIL
The gig is finally up as the big battles the whole series has been working toward finally take place, with varying degrees of satisfaction. Ed catches up with Dante, who wants to use Al the Philosopher's Stone as the means to transfer her soul to Rose's body. That's if the varying motivations of the Homunculi don't get in the way. And Ed finally learns the secret of the black gate he saw when he lost his arm and leg and Al lost his whole body, and he also discovers where it leads! Their mentor Izumi does battle with the new cyborg weapon version of Archer, who has been programmed to serve Dante and the Homunculi's commands without question. Meanwhile, Mustang shows up at King Bradley's house to pay a cordial visit full of fire! <
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>All in all, Fullmetal Alchemist ranks as one of the greatest anime series ever made. But this last volume comes up a little short because its true resolution is left for the movie version. I just don't see the point in leaving such a big hole at the end like Volume 13 did. It seemed needlessly exploitive of the fans who will now have to buy another dvd to get the end. The secret behind the gate also left me a bit underwhelmed going "That's it?". The point I did like about these last episodes is that at one point Dante tries to dismiss the whole equivalent exchange theory as a human's wishful thinking. To her, the rule was a made-up maxim to self-impose limits upon the power of alchemy. Taking it further, she takes the existentialist viewpoint that there is no higher moral law controlling the universe and that it is basically left to chance. In other words, there is no justice. But the "good guys/gals" in Fullmetal Alchemist try their best in this volume to defeat this lack of ideals and prove that evil eventually gets its punishment.

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good, amazing, but ambiguous??
ok so this is the last disk in the series, but get the movie Conquor of Shamballa and it ties everything in. in this disk, well, the episodes do put a few things to rest but... not everything comes to a satisfactory conclusion... but it's still excellent!!!

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Probably the best series ending for the best show....(SERIES SPOILERS!!!)
First of all, if you haven't already seen all of the series, DO NOT READ THIS!!! (unless you wanna suck all of the enjoyment out of seeing it...) MAJOR, MAJOR SPOILERS LIE AHEAD!!! <
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>Sadly, this is the end of the series (only to lead on to the movie...), but I think it was a sorrowful but worthy ending. There are a few quick battles in this volume including: <
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>-Roy Mustang vs Pride (Fuhrer King Bradley) <
>-Edward Elric vs Envy (Oh, and Envy's TRUE form is revealed!!!) <
>-Riza Hawkeye vs Half-Machine Frank Archer (this isn't REALLY a battle, it's just that they both target eachother) <
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>Although these battles are short, they are rewarding, and the following people die: <
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>-Edward Elric <
>-Sloth (but didn't we see that coming from the previous volume?) <
>-Dante/Lyra <
>-Gluttony <
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>However, Al brings Ed back to life using the Philosopher's Stone which is attached to his soul and then Ed (even though he has regained his limbs) sacrifices HIMSELF to bring Al back as a 10-year-old boy and Ed becomes trapped on the other side of the gate with his father, Hohenheim. <
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>The series concludes with Al and Ed promising to eachother (even though they are in two separate worlds XD) that they will find eachother which leads onto the movie. <
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>I hope this review has been helpful, tell me if it has or hasn't, okay? *wink* <
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