Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

Hagane no Renkinjutsushi: Fullmetal Alchemist
2009 –2010 Bones MBS / TBS 64 episodes Completed
Action Adventure Drama Fantasy
Details & Synopsis
The 2003 series is the more interesting character study. Brotherhood is the better show. That tension is worth sitting with before you hit play, because Brotherhood earns its reputation the hard way - not by being darker or more surprising than its predecessor, but by being relentlessly, almost brutally well-constructed. The Elric brothers' original sin is established fast and the series never lets them - or you - forget it, even as the scale inflates from a single chimera in a country house to a conspiracy spanning an entire continent. What keeps it from collapsing under that weight is the same thing that saves all great shonen when it's working correctly: every political revelation lands hardest because of what it costs someone specific. No filler. Bone-dry pacing. Hiromu Arakawa's blueprint executed with a confidence that makes most other long-form adaptations look like they were guessing.
Alt Title Hagane no Renkinjutsushi: Fullmetal Alchemist
Studio Bones
Network MBS / TBS
Aired 2009 – 2010
Episodes 64
Genre Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Status Completed
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Introduction Arc (10) Dublith Arc (4) Northern Campaign Arc (12) Briggs Arc (11) Promised Day Arc (27)
Introduction Arc 10 eps 10 canon 📷 4
001 Fullmetal Alchemist Aired Apr 5, 2009 canon 📷 145
Canon. A high-budget statement of intent. It introduces the Elrics and the military state of Amestris with a scale the 2003 series couldn’t touch. It’s the hook that built the modern legend.
002 The First Day Aired Apr 12, 2009 canon 📷 145
Canon. The origin story. Human transmutation, the loss of limbs, and the binding of a soul to armor. It’s the "original sin" of the series handled with a grim, efficient confidence.
003 City of Heresy Aired Apr 19, 2009 canon 📷 145
Canon. Father Cornello and the "miracles" of Liore. It establishes the series’ skepticism toward blind faith and its grounding in the brutal logic of Equivalent Exchange.
004 An Alchemist's Anguish Aired Apr 26, 2009 canon 📷 145
Canon. Nina and Alexander. Even if you know it’s coming, it hurts. This is the moment the show proves it isn’t just an adventure-it’s a horror story about the limits of ambition.
005 Rain of Sorrows Aired May 3, 2009 canon
Canon. Scar is introduced. A victim of a state-sponsored genocide hunting the "State Alchemists" who carried it out. The moral gray area of Amestris starts to bleed through.
006 Road of Hope Aired May 10, 2009 canon
Canon. Dr. Marcoh and the research on the Philosopher’s Stone. The Elrics learn that the thing they want is built on a foundation of human suffering.
007 Hidden Truths Aired May 17, 2009 canon
Canon. The realization that the military is hiding more than just state secrets. The mystery of the Fifth Laboratory begins to take shape.
008 The Fifth Laboratory Aired May 24, 2009 canon
Canon. Ed infiltrates the lab. He meets Barry the Chopper and Slicer. The first real look at the "Homunculi" and the factory-line production of human misery.
009 Created Feelings Aired May 31, 2009 canon
Canon. Al begins to doubt his own memories. If he’s just a soul in a suit, how does he know his feelings aren’t artificial? A necessary, haunting character beat.
010 Separate Destinations Aired Jun 7, 2009 canon
Canon. Maes Hughes. If you weren’t already fully invested, this is the episode that locks you in. The archival cost of the truth is paid in blood.
Dublith Arc 4 eps 4 canon
011 Miracle at Rush Valley Aired Jun 14, 2009 canon
Canon. Winry’s turn in the spotlight. Rush Valley is the heart of automail culture-a place where people aren’t broken by their losses, they’re rebuilt by them.
012 One Is All, All Is One Aired Jun 21, 2009 canon
Canon. Izumi Curtis is introduced. The Elrics’ teacher is more terrifying than any Homunculus. The training flashback explains the philosophy behind their alchemy.
013 Beasts of Dublith Aired Jun 28, 2009 canon
Canon. Greed and his chimeras. Greed is the first Homunculus with a personality that doesn’t just fit a villain template-he’s the wildcard the story needs.
014 Those Who Lurk Underground Aired Jul 5, 2009 canon
Canon. King Bradley’s true nature is revealed in a basement. The speed and brutality of the reveal are a perfect example of Brotherhood’s superior pacing.
Northern Campaign Arc 12 eps 12 canon
015 Envoy from the East Aired Jul 12, 2009 canon
Canon. Xing enters the chat. Lin Yao and May Chang bring a different style of alchemy (Alkahestry) and a new set of political stakes to the table.
016 Footsteps of a Comrade-in-Arms Aired Jul 19, 2009 canon
Canon. Mustang begins his own investigation into the corruption at the heart of Central. The shadow war is starting to heat up.
017 Cold Flame Aired Jul 26, 2009 canon
Canon. Mustang vs. Lust. This is the moment Mustang stops being a "useless" rain-day alchemist and becomes the most dangerous man in the room.
018 The Arrogant Palm of a Small Human Aired Aug 2, 2009 canon
Canon. The history of Hohenheim begins to unravel. He isn’t just a bad father; he’s an ancient witness to the world’s original mistake.
019 Death of the Undying Aired Aug 9, 2009 canon
Canon. Lust is permanently removed from the board. It proves the Homunculi are not gods-they are just very, very difficult to kill.
020 Father Before the Grave Aired Aug 16, 2009 canon
Canon. Ed visits his mother’s grave and meets Hohenheim. The emotional distance between them is a chasm that only the truth can bridge.
021 Advance of the Fool Aired Aug 23, 2009 canon
Canon. Ed realizes Al’s body is still alive on "the other side." The goal shifts from recovery to rescue. The mission becomes tangible again.
022 Backs in the Distance Aired Aug 30, 2009 canon
Canon. Winry learns the truth about Scar and her parents. It’s a masterclass in tension-a young woman with a wrench against the man who killed her life.
023 Girl on the Battlefield Aired Sep 6, 2009 canon
Canon. Lan Fan’s sacrifice. The Xingese characters prove they have just as much skin in this game as the Elrics do.
024 Inside the Belly Aired Sep 13, 2009 canon
Canon. Gluttony swallows Ed, Ling, and Envy. They find themselves in a literal pocket dimension of human souls. It’s as weird and dark as it sounds.
025 Doorway of Darkness Aired Sep 20, 2009 canon
Canon. Envy’s true form is revealed-a mountain of screaming corpses. Ed finds the "Truth" again and sees Al’s body waiting for him.
026 Reunion Aired Sep 27, 2009 canon
Canon. Ed escapes Gluttony’s stomach and makes a promise to Al’s body. "I’m coming back for you!" It’s the mid-series emotional peak.
Briggs Arc 11 eps 11 canon
027 Interlude Party Aired Oct 4, 2009 canon
Canon. A brief pause to reorganize the factions. The "Father" at the center of the conspiracy is finally revealed to the Elrics.
028 Father Aired Oct 11, 2009 canon
Canon. Meeting the man who looks like Hohenheim but feels like a void. The Elrics are completely outmatched in the heart of their own government.
029 Struggle of the Fool Aired Oct 18, 2009 canon
Canon. Mustang loses his leverage. The military has eyes everywhere. The heroes are officially on the run while still being in uniform.
030 The Ishvalan War of Extermination Aired Oct 25, 2009 canon
Canon. A flashback episode that shouldn’t be skipped. It explains the trauma of every adult character in the show. The tragedy of Ishval is the root of everything.
031 The 520 Cenz Promise Aired Nov 1, 2009 canon
Canon. Envy and Ed. The rivalry gets personal. The Elrics start making alliances with people they used to hunt.
032 The Führer's Son Aired Nov 8, 2009 canon
Canon. Selim Bradley. If you thought the King was scary, his son is a whole different level of wrong. Shadow-based horror at its best.
033 The Northern Wall of Briggs Aired Nov 15, 2009 canon
Canon. General Olivier Mira Armstrong. She is the "Ice Queen" and the most competent military leader in Amestris. The setting shifts to the freezing North.
034 Ice Queen Aired Nov 22, 2009 canon
Canon. Sloth is revealed digging a massive transmutation circle under the country. The scale of the "Promised Day" is finally understood.
035 The Shape of This Country Aired Nov 29, 2009 canon
Canon. The map of Amestris is literally a blood-soaked circle. Ed realizes that every war in the history of the country was manufactured for this moment.
036 Family Portrait Aired Dec 6, 2009 canon
Canon. Hohenheim’s backstory continues. We see the Fall of Cselkcess. A civilization destroyed for the sake of one man’s immortality.
037 The First Homunculus Aired Dec 13, 2009 canon
Canon. Pride reveals himself to Riza Hawkeye. The paranoia in Central reaches its peak. You can’t even trust a child.
Promised Day Arc 27 eps 27 canon
038 Conflict at Baschool Aired Dec 20, 2009 canon
Canon. Kimblee vs. Scar. The Crimson Alchemist is a psychopath with a philosophy, making him the most dangerous tool in the military’s belt.
039 Daydream Aired Dec 27, 2009 canon
Canon. The pieces for the final battle are being moved. All factions-Mustang, the Elrics, the Xingese, and the Briggs soldiers-prepare for the eclipse.
040 Homunculus (The Dwarf in the Flask) Aired Jan 10, 2010 canon
Canon. The origin of Father and Hohenheim. It’s a story about curiosity leading to catastrophe. The "Dwarf" is the ultimate cautionary tale.
041 The Abyss Aired Jan 17, 2010 canon
Canon. Ed is separated from the group and has to survive in the North. He realizes that even his enemies are victims of the system Father built.
042 Signs of a Counteroffensive Aired Jan 24, 2010 canon
Canon. The various rebel groups begin to sync up. The "Promised Day" is only a few days away. The tension is palpable.
043 Bite of the Ant Aired Jan 31, 2010 canon
Canon. The chimeras join Ed’s side. The "monsters" are becoming the most human characters in the show.
044 Revving at Full Throttle Aired Feb 7, 2010 canon
Canon. Al is captured by Pride. The horror of being trapped in the dark with a being that controls the shadows.
045 The Promised Day Aired Feb 14, 2010 canon
Canon. It’s here. The eclipse begins. The coup d'état in Central is launched. It’s all-out war from here to the end.
046 Looming Shadows Aired Feb 21, 2010 canon
Canon. The battle for Central Command. The Armstrong siblings vs. Sloth. It’s a brutal, physical fight that shows the cost of being a soldier.
047 Emissary of Darkness Aired Feb 28, 2010 canon
Canon. Pride and Gluttony vs. Al and Hohenheim. The "family reunion" no one wanted. Al uses his tactical mind to fight a god.
048 The Oath in the Tunnel Aired Mar 7, 2010 canon
Canon. Mustang enters Central. He is on a path of pure vengeance. Hawkeye is the only thing keeping him from becoming a monster.
049 Filial Affection Aired Mar 14, 2010 canon
Canon. Ed and his group break into the underground labs. The Immortal Legion is unleashed-hundreds of mindless dolls powered by souls.
050 Upheaval in Central Aired Mar 21, 2010 canon
Canon. The Briggs soldiers take the upper levels. The military is eating itself. Father waits in the basement for his sacrifices.
051 The Immortal Legion Aired Mar 28, 2010 canon
Canon. The horror of the legion. Souls used as batteries. Ed and his team have to destroy the very thing they were trying to save.
052 Combined Strength Aired Apr 4, 2010 canon
Canon. Alphonse uses the Philosopher’s Stone. He rejects the power but uses the necessity to save his friends. A turning point for his character.
053 Flame of Vengeance Aired Apr 11, 2010 canon
Canon. Mustang finds Envy. This is the darkest Mustang has ever been. It’s a terrifying display of power that almost destroys his soul.
054 Beyond the Inferno Aired Apr 18, 2010 canon
Canon. Envy’s end. Not through fire, but through the realization that he was just jealous of humans. A surprisingly emotional end for a villain.
055 The Adults' Way of Life Aired Apr 25, 2010 canon
Canon. Olivier and Alex finish off Sloth. The "Ice Queen" proves why she’s the leader the country actually needs.
056 The Return of the Führer Aired May 2, 2010 canon
Canon. King Bradley is back, and he’s not happy. He single-handedly takes back the palace gates. He is the ultimate obstacle.
057 Eternal Leave Aired May 9, 2010 canon
Canon. Fu and Greed vs. Bradley. The cost of stopping the King is paid in the lives of the people who loved Ling Yao.
058 Sacrifices Aired May 16, 2010 canon
Canon. The five sacrifices are gathered: Ed, Al, Izumi, Hohenheim, and a forcibly converted Mustang. The circle is complete.
059 Lost Light Aired May 23, 2010 canon
Canon. Mustang is forced through the Portal and loses his sight. Father activates the circle. The world goes white.
060 Eye of Heaven, Gateway of Earth Aired May 30, 2010 canon
Canon. Father "swallows" God. He becomes a being of pure power. The eclipse is total. It looks like game over.
061 He Who Would Swallow God Aired Jun 6, 2010 canon
Canon. Hohenheim’s counter-circle activates. The souls are returned, and Father is forced into a mortal shell. The final boss fight begins.
062 A Fierce Counterattack Aired Jun 13, 2010 canon
Canon. Everyone vs. Father. The whole cast throws everything they have at him. Al makes the ultimate sacrifice to give Ed his arm back.
063 The Other Side of the Gateway Aired Jun 20, 2010 canon
Canon. Ed vs. Father. Ed wins not through alchemy, but through a human punch. He goes back to the Truth and makes a final trade: his alchemy for Al’s body.
064 Journey's End Aired Jul 4, 2010 canon
Canon. The resolution. Ed and Al are home. Mustang is healing. The world is different. A perfect, earned ending for the greatest shonen ever made.
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canon Episode adapts events from the source manga.
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Edward Elric

Protagonist

State Alchemist at twelve, youngest ever certified. Lost his right arm and left leg in a failed human transmutation attempting to resurrect his mother, and paid his brother's entire body as the toll when the Gate took Al instead. Automail prosthetics, a red coat, and a chip on his shoulder the size of Central Command. Brotherhood moves faster than the 2003 anime and expects more from its audience, and Edward keeps pace with it. He is brilliant, furious, and working toward a goal the series is honest about the cost of. The alchemy is spectacular. The character underneath it is better.
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Alphonse Elric

Protagonist

His entire body was the toll. Ed bound his soul to a suit of armor at the last possible second. Seven feet of medieval plate steel with no heartbeat, no sense of touch, no taste. Gentle in a way that makes no sense given what he has been through and completely consistent with who he is. Brotherhood gives Al a more active role than the 2003 anime and the series is better for it. He is not just Ed's conscience and anchor. He is a formidable alchemist in his own right working toward the same goal with the same determination and considerably more patience.
RM

Roy Mustang

Supporting

The Flame Alchemist. Colonel. Useless in rain. Ishvalan war veteran climbing toward the Fuhrer's office with the specific ambition of someone who burned people alive on orders and decided the only way to make that mean something is to fix the system that issued them. Brotherhood develops Mustang's arc more fully than the 2003 anime, gives him a clearer endgame and a more direct reckoning with Ishval. His relationship with Hawkeye is the series' most loaded dynamic. He uses the Elrics as pieces. He genuinely cares about them. Both remain true simultaneously.
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Winry Rockbell

Supporting

Automail mechanic from Resembool. Built Edward's arm and leg and maintains them every time he returns having broken something, which is every time he returns. Her parents were doctors who treated both sides in Ishval. Brotherhood handles what happened to them and what it means to Winry with more directness than the 2003 anime, and the confrontation that produces is one of the series' best scenes. She is the emotional fixed point the brothers keep measuring their distance from. She is also very good at her job and the show makes sure you understand both things.
RH

Riza Hawkeye

Supporting

Mustang's lieutenant. Sharpshooter. Her father Berthold Hawkeye originated flame alchemy and encoded everything he knew in tattoos across Riza's back before he died, passing the knowledge to Mustang through her. She follows Mustang because she believes in what he is trying to become and she is the person best positioned to stop him if he becomes something else. Brotherhood makes this dynamic more explicit than the 2003 anime and pays it off in the Promised Day arc with full weight. The most reliable person in any room she is in.
MH

Maes Hughes

SPOILER!

Supporting

Lieutenant Colonel, Investigation. Will show you photographs of his daughter Elicia without being asked. One of the warmest presences in the series and the character Brotherhood uses to establish what the Homunculi are willing to do and how much the conspiracy has already penetrated. His friendship with Mustang is the emotional thread that runs underneath everything Mustang does after a certain point. The series handles him the same way the manga does because the material requires no improvement. Do not get comfortable.
IC

Izumi Curtis

Mentor

The brothers' alchemy teacher. Threw them onto an island for a month with nothing as the opening lesson. Also a failed human transmutation who lost organs at the Gate trying to resurrect her stillborn child, organs that have been slowly killing her ever since. Brotherhood treats Izumi's arc with more space than the 2003 anime and her confrontation with the truth of what happened to her child is one of the more quietly devastating sequences the series produces. Refuses to be a State Alchemist on principle. The principle is correct.
VH

Van Hohenheim

SPOILER!

Supporting

The brothers' father. Left Resembool when they were small. Appears in photographs that should not exist given when they were taken. Brotherhood's version of Hohenheim is entirely different from the 2003 anime and considerably more developed. He is connected to the ancient civilization of Xerxes, to the original Homunculus, and to a history that predates everything the series puts on the table. What he carries and what he has been trying to do with it for centuries is the spine the Promised Day arc is built on. The absence makes sense once the show explains it. The explanation takes a while and earns every episode it needs.
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Father

Antagonist

The original Homunculus. Created centuries ago in Xerxes from the blood of Hohenheim, a being of pure knowledge and ambition contained in a flask. Engineered the destruction of an entire civilization to gain a physical form and a nation to work with. Has been using Amestris as a transmutation circle for centuries, orchestrating wars, accumulating souls, working toward a single goal: to contain God. Not conquest. Not revenge. Not ideology in any recognizable form. Father wants to become something that exists beyond human limitation entirely, and he has been building toward it with the patience of something that does not age. Brotherhood constructs him carefully across its entire run and the Promised Day arc delivers on everything that construction has been promising. The most ambitious villain the franchise produces.
LY

Ling Yao

SPOILER!

Supporting

Twelfth prince of Xing, one of many succession candidates for the emperor's throne, arrived in Amestris looking for the Philosopher's Stone to secure his position at home. Cheerful, cunning, perpetually hungry, harder to read than he presents. His friendship with Ed develops with the natural ease of two people who are more similar than either will admit. Brotherhood gives Ling an arc that becomes one of the series' most interesting examinations of identity and coexistence, built around a situation that would destroy most characters and what it says about Ling that it does not destroy him.
LF

Lan Fan

SPOILER!

Supporting

Ling's bodyguard, one of the Yao clan's trained fighters. Devoted to Ling with a completeness the show treats with full seriousness rather than as a character quirk. Her confrontation with Bradley is one of Brotherhood's most visceral sequences and what it costs her is permanent. The automail she receives afterward connects her quietly to the Elric brothers' world in a way the series does not oversell. She does not stop. She does not ask for acknowledgment. She gets back up.
MC

May Chang

Supporting

Young Xingese princess of the Chang clan traveling to Amestris with her tiny panda Xiao-Mei. Practices alkahestry, the Xingese discipline that operates on different principles than Amestrian alchemy and becomes genuinely important to how the endgame works. Brotherhood deploys May for comedy and then quietly establishes that she is one of the more capable people in the series. Her arc alongside Scar is unexpected and earns itself completely. Do not underestimate her because of the panda.
OM

Olivier Mira Armstrong

Supporting

Commander of Fort Briggs, the northern fortress holding the Amestrian border against Drachma. Alex Armstrong's older sister and his complete opposite in every way that matters operationally. Cold, direct, ruthless in the specific way that commanding a fortress in the north requires rather than the way Central Command performs it. The Ice Queen. Her soldiers are loyal to her in a way that Central's soldiers are not loyal to anyone and Brotherhood makes unmistakably clear why. Olivier operates entirely on her own terms from the moment she appears and the series is smart enough never to ask her to do otherwise.
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Alex Louis Armstrong

Supporting

Major. The Strongarm Alchemist. Enormous, openly emotional, transmits alchemy through his fists, sparkling at moments the animation cannot fully explain. Has been passing his family's unique alchemical techniques down through the Armstrong line for generations and will inform you of this with tears streaming down his face. Brotherhood uses Armstrong as consistent and reliable comedy that never once undermines his genuine combat effectiveness. He is actually formidable. The show knows this. So does he. The gap between presentation and capability is smaller than it appears.
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Scar

Antagonist

Ishvalan survivor. Right arm tattooed with his brother's research, arrays that deconstruct anything he makes contact with. Hunts State Alchemists. Brotherhood extends Scar's arc considerably beyond the 2003 anime, integrates him more deeply into the endgame, and asks more of him than the earlier version did. His movement from pure vengeance toward something more complicated is handled with real care and the series earns every step of it. His partnership with May Chang is one of Brotherhood's better unexpected dynamics. He is the show's most complete argument about what Ishval cost and what surviving it requires.
SJ

Solf J. Kimblee

Antagonist

The Crimson Alchemist. Arrays on both palms, targeted explosions, imprisoned after Ishval for conduct that stood out even in a war full of conduct worth imprisoning. The distinction is that Kimblee enjoyed it and made no effort to disguise that. Brotherhood gives him a philosophy the 2003 anime does not: a coherent position about the honesty of owning your own choices and their weight, delivered with a calm that makes it more unsettling than anger would. His arc with Edward in the north is the series' best deployment of him and the confrontation between their opposing positions is one of Brotherhood's better ideological arguments.
KB

King Bradley

SPOILER!

Antagonist

Fuhrer of Amestris. Commands with absolute authority, fights with a sword and a dagger and an eye that tracks everything simultaneously. Brotherhood's Bradley is Wrath rather than Pride, and the distinction is everything: he was human once, underwent a process that killed every other candidate, and survived it. He has lived as a human long enough to have genuine human feelings. He chose his wife himself. The question the show poses through him is whether that history makes him more human than the other homunculi or whether it makes what he is worse. His arc in the Promised Day sequence is the series' most conflicted and most honest.
SB

Selim Bradley

SPOILER!

Antagonist

The Fuhrer's young adopted son. Polite, small, apparently devoted to his father. Brotherhood's Pride is the first homunculus Father created and the most powerful, ancient beyond reckoning and contained in a form chosen specifically for its disarming quality. He controls shadows, extending them as blades and tendrils that require light to exist and darkness to operate, which is its own kind of irony. His true nature is one of the series' best reveals and the show times it with precision. Everything about his presentation before that moment is constructed to make the reveal land as hard as possible.
LU

Lust

SPOILER!

Antagonist

The homunculus who operates as Father's most visible agent in the early series. Ultimate Shield extends her fingers into hardened lances. Composed, precise, present in the scenes that establish what the homunculi are capable of and what they are willing to do. Brotherhood's Lust is less philosophical than the 2003 version and more straightforwardly dangerous, which suits the faster pace the series operates at. Her confrontation with Mustang is one of the most viscerally memorable sequences Brotherhood produces and it tells you everything you need to know about what Mustang is capable of when the situation removes his restraint.
EN

Envy

SPOILER!

Antagonist

Shape-shifter. Can assume any appearance with precision that makes him the homunculi's most effective infiltration asset and cruelest instrument. Sadistic, theatrical, genuinely invested in the pain of humans in a way that reads as personal rather than operational. Brotherhood eventually reveals why, and the why is one of the more quietly devastating character disclosures the series produces. His true form is enormous and monstrous. What he actually is underneath all of it is smaller than that. The confrontation with Edward that closes his arc is the show at its most unexpectedly compassionate.
GL

Gluttony

SPOILER!

Antagonist

Eats everything. Operates with Lust for most of his early appearances, attached to her with a devotion that is one of Brotherhood's stranger and more affecting small details. Simple in motivation, genuinely dangerous in application. What Gluttony actually is underneath the surface, what Father built into him and why it failed, is information the show delivers in one of its more unsettling sequences and reframes him completely. He is not simply a creature that consumes. He is a broken attempt at something far more significant.
GR

Greed

SPOILER!

Antagonist

Wants everything. Says so immediately and without embarrassment. Freedom, money, power, immortality, companions worth keeping. The most upfront homunculus about what he is and what he wants, which makes him the most legible and paradoxically one of the more interesting to watch. Brotherhood gives Greed two iterations and the second, built around his coexistence with Ling Yao, is one of the series' best extended character arcs. Two personalities sharing one body, each one changing what the other is capable of wanting. The show earns the place Greed ends up at. It takes the full series to get there.
SL

Sloth

Antagonist

The largest and physically strongest of the homunculi. Has been digging a tunnel beneath Amestris for decades. Finds this enormously tedious. Everything is enormously tedious to Sloth. The name is the most accurate in the set: he is not lazy in the casual sense but in the absolute sense, a being so indifferent to effort that even his own destruction registers as an inconvenience rather than a threat. Brotherhood uses him for one extended brutal set piece involving the Armstrong siblings and Izumi Curtis and then steps back. He does not need more than that. He is exactly what he appears to be and the show knows when that is enough.
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