3) His anger is most visible every time he imagines someone calls him short. And since pride and shame are closely linked, a lot of his pride quickly turns to shame. His response, on seeing what lies beyond the Gate for the first time, is to immediately demand Truth let him see more so he can do human transmutation again. 2) His pride feeds into his selfishness nicely, as it's what lets him think it's acceptable for him to break the taboo and make the attempt in the first place. His tool was inherited directly from his father-he uses his father's alchemy to do all his initial research. He wanted to 'prove he could stand on his own,' to symbolically replace his father by proving he could do better by their mother.

1) His selfishness is what motivates him to perform the human transmutation. Underlying all of these is his core character trait of determination, which is sometimes threatened by his shame but ultimately survives everything, and allows him to turn his weaknesses into strengths.Īt the start of Ed's continuity, his most important traits are his selfishness, pride, anger, and determination. Summary: Ed's journey is one from selfishness to self-worth and self-knowledge, from pride in himself (and shame of his sins) to reliance on others, and from anger to acceptance. I've only read some of the manga, so manga readers please add nuance when I've missed something! Note: I'm currently rewatching, so I'll probably come back and edit this on and off. I think this is hugely inaccurate, so I'm about to make a text-based argument for how Ed's character develops massively over the course of this story. I've seen the idea floating around that Ed's character didn't develop much or at all in FMAB or the manga. The Heroic Legend of Arslan (Arslan Senki).My Hero Academia (Boku no Hero Academia).Subreddits for similar and recommended shows/manga, and for other works by Hiromu Arakawa Use the links below to view only posts in a particular flair category. Our demographics according to a 100 person survey in October 2014.Mark All Spoilers - No Spoilers In Post Titles.In Particular, No Nina/Alexander/Shou Posts.No Low-Effort, Overused Or Non-FMA-Related Memes.See the sidebar in the redesign for details. NOTE: Currently set to private due to Reddit's API changes, see Ĭome post anything related to the Fullmetal Alchemist anime and manga franchise! Questions, discussion, analysis, fan art, cosplay, quality memes, etc.

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