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So. ironically enough if you're passionate about the way tech companies dehumanize people, the show might speak to you a lot, if you gave it a try through that lens. up to you, though, obviously!! main thing i wanted to get across was "they did in fact write 03 different on purpose" (5/5)
September 29, 2025 at 9:45 AM
i feel like if you watch the show with that in mind, its direction makes a lot more sense than if you're trying to play spot-the-difference with the manga. it's a treatise on dehumanization (and in my opinion a really good and relevant one). (4/5)
September 29, 2025 at 9:45 AM
you can also see that like all good writers, sho aikawa looked at the premise of fma and immediately started looking for Themes. HIS vision was evidently a story about what happens when we reduce other human beings to the sum of their parts, and he got the go-ahead to write that instead. (3/5)
September 29, 2025 at 9:45 AM
in the volume 8 extras, arakawa says she gave the writers of the show her *entire* plot outline early on in production. and you can even see at the bottom left of the first page that she brought up father specifically: (2/5)
September 29, 2025 at 9:45 AM
sorry to jump on this with a text wall, i swear it's Nothing Personnel & i can see other 03 defenders got here before me. BUT.

i did want to point out, since i don't see anyone else doing so, that it's provably false that father wasn't in the 03 anime because the writers didn't know about him (1/5)
September 29, 2025 at 9:45 AM
it was a good year for fullmetal alchemist ocs #sharemyattack2025
August 13, 2025 at 4:47 AM
and my Final Move...... #15: genya and meeka for ~MxLocal-Raccoon, mort for ~decoloraa, phoenix friedrich for ~CapYami, and wesley for ~lingyao (all fma ocs!!)
August 1, 2025 at 7:03 PM
#14: maika and sun maliq (both fma ocs) for ~-RockEater24- and ~stimtrap
August 1, 2025 at 7:03 PM
#13: modern au ed and ling from fma (plus my own modern au greed and bido!!) for ~betablindspots
August 1, 2025 at 7:03 PM
*EINO erkklilä, idk how i deleted his first name without noticing
July 27, 2025 at 11:23 PM
#12: beetroot for ~Conlaoch
July 27, 2025 at 11:18 PM
#11: cap (fma oc) for ~ColonelChicken
July 27, 2025 at 11:18 PM
#10: eurydice (fma oc) for ~wintersoldier
July 27, 2025 at 11:18 PM
#9: bean and the informant (fma ocs) (and a Mystery Guest) for ~MatchaMythix and @chroamathebrute.bsky.social
July 27, 2025 at 11:18 PM
#8: ward and herbert for ~Boxhead
July 27, 2025 at 11:18 PM
#7: florence ruth (fma oc) for ~Tiredbutsatisfied
July 27, 2025 at 11:18 PM
#6: skypi (deltarune oc) for ~stellaclaw
July 27, 2025 at 11:18 PM
#5: mal (kirby oc) for ~Humming-fly
July 27, 2025 at 11:18 PM
#4: asteria for @noctisvt.bsky.social
July 27, 2025 at 11:18 PM
#3: anuja srinivas (fma oc) for @zorakschicken.bsky.social
July 27, 2025 at 11:18 PM
#2: elise (fma oc) for ~Sibylhound
July 27, 2025 at 11:18 PM