The Writer Of Fullmetal Alchemist Did not Need To Give Roy Mustang A Comfortable Ending

Making amends on your sins is a recurrent thought in “Fullmetal Alchemist.” It is what Ed and Al’s journey is about. They tried to revive their lifeless mom, violating the legal guidelines of nature, and paid the worth (Ed misplaced an arm and leg, Al’s soul is trapped in a go well with of armor). They’re looking for the Thinker’s Stone to heal their our bodies, but additionally to absolve themselves; they really feel mutually responsible for what occurred to the opposite.

On the similar time, the sequence deconstructs the supposed the Aristocracy of self-sacrifice. When Ed almost offers his life for Al, the youthful Elric calls his huge brother’s effort a waste: “Survival is the one approach, Ed! Stay on, study extra about alchemy! You’ll find a method to get our our bodies again […] I will not let you abandon the potential of hope, and select a meaningless dying.”

When Hawkeye tells Ed about her and Mustang’s plans, he admonishes her, virtually quoting Al’s phrases. Hawkeye counters that she and Roy aren’t selecting martyrdom, however obligation. They cannot restore the lives they took, so that they need to dedicate their very own to serving to the remaining Ishvalans. Meaning tearing down the system that crushes them,t and if their victims’ relations resolve they nonetheless have to be punished after that, so be it.

When Ed subsequent sees Mustang, he refuses to return some cash (520 “cens,” or cash) he borrowed earlier from the Colonel. As a substitute, he’ll return it when Mustang turns into Führer. Then he’ll borrow extra money and maintain that till Amestris is a democracy, and so forth and so forth. The paltry sum is not the purpose although; it is Ed letting Roy know that he is joined Riza in holding him accountable.