In Chapter 54, Greed returns to the story as Father decides he needs a new pawn due to the void left by Lust's death. To this end, he reextracts his avarice as a Philosopher's Stone and inserts it into the body of Ling Yao who was more than willing to accept the stone. While undergoing the painful transformation into a Homunculus, Ling meets Greed within his subconscious; Greed tells him to hand over his body.
Ling allows this, stating he needs Greed's power if he is to become ruler of Xing. Greed notes Ling's avarice is appealing, taking control as the process ends.
However, due to having his mind wiped by Father reassimilating him, Greed does not recognize Envy, Gluttony or the Elric Brothers. Now a "blank slate", Greed is loyal to Father despite his desires. While it looks like Ling is gone for good, Ed manages to wake him up briefly by yelling about Lan Fan 's sacrifice. Greed honors a request from Ling to give Ed a message for Lan Fan that explains his situation. Once the Elric Brothers and Mustang are threatened into keeping quiet and not opposing them, Greed is given the job of standing guard over Father's lair and dealing with intruders, as witnessed in Chapter 73 when he is spotted merely watching Father sleep and, more poignantly, in Chapter 82 when he chases Bido who has blundered into the Homunculi's inner sanctum with the intent of killing him.
Because the new Greed shares powers and mannerisms with the first, Bido recognizes him despite his different body. Greed is confused by how much this odd stranger knows about him, but shrugs it off and uses Bido's relaxed guard as an opening to kill him, stating that the lizard-man has the wrong Greed. But as soon as Bido dies, Greed begins to have mental flashes back to his first life and his comrades at Devil's Nest and begins trembling uncontrollably. Ling berates the Homunculus from inside for killing a comrade and believing that the old Greed's memories and feelings could be purified.
He informs Greed that things that have become part of a soul can never be truly washed clean or forgotten. Holding Bido's body in his arms, Greed has a complete mental breakdown as he killed one of his "possessions". The two Homunculi do battle as Greed demands to know what is going on, but when Greed notices that Pride is there as well, he flees, defecting from Father for the second time.
In his state, Ling takes the body over again and wanders to Mustang's safe house outside Central City , encountering Edward, Heinkel , and Darius. As Ling threatens to divulge parts of Father's plan to them, Greed takes over once again. Edward offers to allow Greed to join the good guys, after learning that he has left the Homunculi forever, but Greed says that his greed cannot be satisfied by working for Edward or merely being the Emperor of Xing, as he desires the whole world.
The only way he'll help is if Edward offers to work for him instead, which the Fullmetal Alchemist accepts. For the next few months, Edward, Heinkel, and Darius work as Greed's outlaw henchmen, using the basement of the Rockbell house in Resembool as their hideout before returning to Central for the final battle. They are confronted by Pride and Gluttony, and Greed must allow Ling to fight with the body under his control because he can sense the Homunculi's aura.
After Gluttony is killed and Pride is trapped, Greed takes his chance to escape from the battlefield. Realizing that the only Homunculus left to guard Father is Sloth , he heads to Central Command to take a stand against his creator. In Chapter 97 , Greed reappears to confront the returned Wrath at the entryway to Central Command and engages him in combat, claiming that his avarice now desires Wrath's life. Though Briggs soldiers attempt to come to Greed's aid by providing cover fire, Greed warns them to stay uninvolved in the fray.
His advice proves justified when Wrath mercilessly cuts down all who fired impotently on him. After Captain Buccaneer manages to disarm Bradley, Greed engages him again, only to be met with further resistance as Wrath procures twin bowie knives with which to do combat. Fu arrives on the scene to provide further backup, and the two prepare to take on Bradley in tandem. Wrath still holds ground against them both and eventually wounds Fu fatally. Fu tries a suicide bomb attack against Bradley, but fails, with Bradley slicing through the detonators and Fu himself.
Buccaneer stabs one of Wrath's swords through Fu's body, wounding Wrath. Greed continues the fight, hitting Wrath to head with his hardened arm and seemingly blinding his Ultimate Eye. The gate is opened to Central, distracting Greed, which gives Bradley time for a counterattack. Wrath throws them off the walkway but Greed manages to grab the side of the walkway.
Lan Fan and Briggs men try to help Greed up, but he and Wrath weigh too much. He then transforms to his fully armored form and charges against the attacking Central forces, although not before offering "those who have a family, a lover, or simply doesn't want to get hurt" and women to leave only to be ignored. Lust is something deceptive that plays on the naturally good desires of a man, and turns them into something selfish.
The Homunculus Lust uses her attractive nature to woo the heart of Jean Havoc, a lieutenant working under Colonel Mustang. Eventually, Lust and the other Homunculi move in to assassinate Mustang.
In a chamber beneath an alchemical laboratory in Central City, a fiery battle ensues. Mustang is the Flame Alchemist, capable of setting the air itself on fire, and so he repeatedly encompasses Lust in a torrent of flames. It should also be known that although more so in the manga , Colonel Mustang is something of a womanizer. And yet here we see Lust, the personification of the sin that makes men kneel to her, dying on her knees before a man.
The symbolism is undeniable. It took an unsettling amount of fire, but Mustang, a man, defeats Lust by incinerating her, eradicating her from existence. Is this not what every man should do to eliminate the sin of lust from his life? Is there some sort of message in this scene that Arakawa is trying to send to the men of her country and the men of the world? Although certainly not the worst of the Seven Deadly Sins, St. In the case of Gluttony from Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood , such a condemnation is certainly the case.
Gluttony is depicted as an extremely large, ever-ravenous man, with a notably innocent attitude. Rather, the Homunculus Pride is the one that kills Gluttony for good. And how, you might ask? There is no heroic symbolism here, as far as I can tell. How fitting, to have the one who eats everything and everyone get eaten! The next Homunculus to die in the series is Envy.
We can find ourselves wishing for the downfall of others, and thinking ourselves justified, without even realizing that envy is the root of our feelings. Envy is the Homunculus that almost always spies on the good guys, gaining intelligence for the other antagonists or working as an assassin. He is defeated by Mustang, who is finally given his chance to avenge his friend Maes Hughes, a victim of Envy.
In the fiery battle that follows, Mustang, in his rage, defeats Envy, no matter what face Envy chooses to wear in order to trick Mustang. Because Envy commits suicide, after discovering that he has been envious of humans.
Jealous for the relationships and companionship that humans have. Jealous, just because he wants to be like them. And so, having realized this, Envy caves in on himself. His whole identity has been turned inside out, and he hates himself for being envious of humans.
Sloth is casually defined as laziness, but there is a deeper meaning too. The character Sloth is also depicted with chains, an apt representation of how the sin of sloth can make us slaves to our own laziness and depression.
Siggs, another man of impeccable muscular stature. In the silly but epic fight scene that follows, Armstrong and Mr. The giant gives up on living because it takes too much effort. In other words, Sloth dies because of his own sloth. Sloth, in its most intense form, causes a person to destroy himself by making him unwilling to continue in life.
Is this more symbolism, perhaps, indicating that the sin of sloth is able to be committed easily and quickly? Wrath is defined as intense anger; most especially, anger for the wrong reasons. There are good things to get angry at, such as an injustice a person might be witnessing. And then there is selfish anger, anger that is impatient, anger that exists only for the pure satisfaction of being angry and taking it out on someone: this type of anger is wrath.
Wrath in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood is the only Homunculus that is capable of aging, since he needs to be more human than the others.
For the sake of spoilers, I will not explain why. Wrath is depicted as an elderly man with a left eye that is capable of seeing every single movement around him in detail; thus, Wrath is nearly invincible, so long as he is able to see whoever is attacking him. Perhaps, it is a reference to how we look at others and judge them, fueling our inner wrath? It takes many heroes to finally defeat Wrath, but the one who finishes the job is Scar.
Scar is a serial killer, whose thirst for revenge led him to find and kill all State Alchemists. But Scar joins the side of the heroes and gives up his desire for vengeance when he realizes that there is a threat to the world much bigger than the State Alchemists, a threat, in fact, that has been behind the violent acts of the State Alchemists. Wrath is defeated when light is reflected from his own sword into his eyes, and Scar uses alchemy to blast off his arms. Wrath, indirectly betrayed by the weapon he uses to assert his feelings of anger, is killed by a serial killer: a serial killer who has overcome his own wrath.
The story of Hiromu Arakawa simply hums with irony and symbolism. Her genius continues to shine as the series progresses! However, he is defeated, and it seems that his sense of pride vanishes thereafter. Perhaps then, it is still right to say that Pride dies. The sin of pride causes us to look inwards, focusing only on our own personal ego, and also to look down at others, and how they have failed, and also to look above others, thinking them unimportant.
Thus, it is fitting that Arakawa makes Pride one of the most powerful Homunculi, if not the most powerful. Ominously, Pride is depicted as an innocent little boy, who acts like a normal child in one moment, but then in the next, has the voice of an evil spirit, and the stare of one who is possessed. It all makes sense: pride, being the father of all sins, is so easily overlooked, like an innocent, little boy. And yet, like an evil spirit, it is able to possess us.
Pride is defeated by the main protagonist, Edward Elric Ed. Unfortunately for Pride, his body has begun falling apart, due to the length of his life and the intensity of the battles he has been in. Edward is only able to do this, however, when Pride is distracted. Kimblee accuses Pride of stooping from his dignity as a Homunculus to take the body of a human. Envy wanted to be like humans, and thus he killed himself; Pride stooped for something lower than what he actually was, and lost his edge in the battle.
The next time we see Pride in the epilogue of the show, it would appear that his pride has utterly vanished. It is also worth mentioning that, earlier in the series, Ed always seems to be a prideful, little brat. And now, in the finale of the show, his character has obviously grown a little more humble…and humility is the opposite of pride. It sure seems fitting then, that the newly humble Ed defeats the personification of the sin of pride.
The last Homunculus to die is Greed. He wants to be all powerful. He is blatantly the embodiment of greed. Greed, for the most part, is actually on the side of the good guys, since he shares a body with Ling Yao, a friend of Edward.
He sacrifices himself. How does Greed die, and why does he sacrifice himself? Yes, in the end, Greed dies because he realizes that his friends are all he ever needed to be satisfied. The answer to getting rid of greed is to look at what we have and be thankful, and focus on bettering the lives of others, instead of ourselves. Many lessons, as we learned, are able to be taken away from Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. The sins of lust, gluttony, envy, sloth, wrath, pride, and greed are all present in our world today.
But, like in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood , all of them can be defeated. And Sloth was a giant tunnel digging homunculus. And most of the homunculi in the FMA have sad backstories but I do think that they know brotherhood is because they explain who father is and how he created the homunculi. I read the manga first so when I watched Fullmetal Alchemist I was disappointed. The 13h if I remember correctly episode was hilarious. Thank you for this piece on FMA Brotherhood.
Specially since I like symbolism. It would be nice to see the character representing Lust to be either androgynous or male. The entire deadly sins thematic is a bit problematic for me and shot through with overt Christian moralizing, abstracting elements of the human condition far more complex than a singular moniker can explain. Having an androgynous or male Lust would definitely add an interesting twist to the symbolism.
Men are lustful and seductive too, oftentimes in more sinister ways than women. I would still consider it fitting to have a female Lust, as women are historically and naturally more beautiful than men, and thus their powers of sensual allurement are greater. On the note of Christian moralizing, something else that Arakawa does to enrich FMA is draw from many different religions and cultures.
They told Al that they had information about him so Alphonse started a fight trying to force them to give him the information he wants, but he ended up getting captured by Greed. Greed questions Al about his body and explains to him that he's a homunculus. Al does not believe him so Greed proves it by getting the top of his head knocked off by a hammer. Within a couple seconds Greed is completely healed. Greed tries to make a deal with Ed, but he refused.
Greed offers to give him information on how to make a homunculus if Ed told him how to bond a soul to a suit of armor but Ed refused. Greed then explains why he doesn't know why Al would want to be a human again. Which only made things worse that made Ed furious. Greed tells roa and Dolcetto to leave with Al and he would take care of Ed. Despite only using his shield on his hands Ed still managed to injure him, but it didn't do anything since he can easily regenerate from almost any wound.
Ed thinks he can win the fight since Greed's shield only covers apart of his body, but greed was holding back. Greed said he doesn't like to wear it much since it covers his face. Greed can not take any damage in this form but Ed manages to use alchemy to rearrange the carbon in his body. Sometime later, Izumi comes to rescue Alphonse but is outmatched by Greed's shield.
After she is beaten Al offers to make adeal with Greed. Al said he would stay willingly. Bradley arrives with Armstrong and an army to find Al and kill the chimeras. Before the Ed and Greed can finish their battle, Bradley's army breaks into the Devil's Nest killing the chimeras, but Greed manages to escape into the sewers with Al still in custody.
In the sewers below the Devil's Nest Bradley finds Greed. Greed has doesn't know the Fuhrers true identity yet, he orders Roa and Dolcetto to kill him. Bradley kills Dolcetto and Roa and kills Greed multiple. After a while Bradley reveals that he's that he is a homunculus known as Wrath. Soon Wrath paralyzed Greed by impaling him with four swords and he brings Greed to Father. Father offers Greed a chance to work for him once again, but Greed refused. Father knows that he would be an obstacle, so he thought it would be best to get rid of Greed so he lowers him into a vat of molten gold, and melting him down until all that is left of him is his stone.
Greed made a scene by laughing manically and screaming intil the end. In episode 28 chapter 54 Father inserts Greed's philosophers stone inside of Ling Yao's body to create a human based Homunculus and fill in Greed's position.
Inside of Lings body he talks with Greed, Ling accepts and gives Greed his body for his power. That surprises Greed since he realized that Ling's avarice might be equal to his own. It seems that Ling can take control when Greed lets him or when he over powers Greed. Greed was given the job to guard Father's lair and to deal with the intruders, on episode 44 Bido followed some military guys in hopes to find Greed and somehow found his way into Father's lair. Greed found Bido and started to chase him with the intent of killing him.
Bido recognizes because of his shield despite his new body and different voice. Greed is confused by how much Bido knows about him but he shrugs it off and kills Bido without mercy. Greed regains his memory, holding Bido's body in his arms after he realized that he was always the original Greed.
When Greed finished having his mental breakdown he headed to Wrath's house. The two fight and Greed demands that Wrath tells him whats happening to him.
But Greed soon realizes that Pride was there and escapes. Ling uses Greed's confusion to gain control of his body and fled to Mustang's safe house.
There he finds Ed Darius and Heinkel. Soon after Ling got there Greed gain control of the body and Ed offers him to work with them.
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