But even then, I would still recommend that anyone who wishes to start this anime now, should first watch the 2003 adaptation and then go for вЂBrotherhoodвЂ™. Now whether or not вЂBrotherhoodвЂ™ is better is quite objective because for obvious reasons, вЂBrotherhoodвЂ™ has much better animation than the first one that came out six years before it. While most believe that the 2009 adaptation is much better than the first original one because it is more aligned with Arakawa HiromuвЂ™s vision, there is a fair bit of population that still supports the original. However, while Winry, who was present in that version, helped Satella deliver her baby while the Elrics watched, the Elrics helped Gracia deliver Elicia in the 2003 anime.This dual adaptation often sparks debates between those who feel that the original was much better and the ones who prefer the story of the manga over everything else. The Elrics' assistance in helping Gracia Hughes give birth to Elicia is based on their involvement in the witnessing of Satella LeCoulte giving birth to her son in the manga and 2009 anime.Mustang's silence when asked about Shou's wife indicated he either suspected or was fairly certain of what Shou had done to her.The report itself reads like an excerpt from a textbook, describing the Scientific Revolution and advancements made in that time. In the report from Shou Tucker that Roy Mustang is holding just after the opening, the nation of Britain is mentioned twice, despite the story taking place in an alternate world that does not include the nation of Britain.

In the manga and Brotherhood anime, Ed discovered this immediately after learning to use his automail.

The events in this episode mark the first time (chronologically) Ed transmutes by clapping.

This episode is adapted from content in Chapter 5: The Alchemist's Suffering, Chapter 18: The Value of Sincerity, Chapter 19: I'll Do It for You Guys! and (possibly) Chapter 24: Fullmetal Alchemist.

This puts him at the level of State Alchemist. Without the use of a transmutation circle, he reverses the falling pillar and blimp before they can crush the people underneath, and turns them into flower petals. However, the pillar causes the blimp to puncture which also causes the pillar to break, and Ed rushes to the rescue. The next man uses water and trees to make a hydrogen blimp. In the practical course of the exam, the first man makes a huge pillar, but is so exhausted he rests in front of it. Al protests, but Ed agrees with Mustang, not wanting his brother to become a slave of the military like he is soon to become. After the written exam, Al is forced by Mustang to drop out of the course before the physical exam to avoid revealing his body is hollow. With Nina and her dog Alexander in tow, the Elrics go to sit their exams. Before the exam, Shou Tucker mentions the exams are tough and out of a dozen candidates only a maximum of two candidates are chosen from the results of three different exams to become a State Alchemist. After Gracia demands the Elrics and Nina to stop yelling and screaming, Ed heats water without a Transmutation Circle, shortly before Maes returns with the doctor and their daughter Elicia Hughes is born. Maes is forced to go out to find a doctor in a blizzard, leaving Ed, Al, and Nina with Gracia.

However when Hughes' pregnant wife Gracia Hughes starts going into labor, everyone panics. During the long period of studying, Ed, Al, and Nina are invited by Maes Hughes to his house to celebrate Edward's birthday. Before meeting Tucker, the Elrics are forewarned to be nice to his young daughter Nina. Once in Central City, Ed and Al move into the vast mansion of the Sewing-Life Alchemist Shou Tucker and begin to prepare for the Alchemy exam.Д®d and Al arrive in Central and begin their preparations for the Alchemy Exam while staying with Shou Tucker, a famous State Alchemist who specializes in creating chimeras (still in Ed's flashback).

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