Fullmetal Alchemist 1

Edward: Al! Alphonse!!
Shit! How could this happen!
It… It shouldn’t…
…Damn it
It took with it…!!
Background Text: A lesson that is not accompanied by pain has no value
Because people cannot gain anything without some kind of sacrifice

Radio: Oh sons of god who live on this land,
pray and believe so that thou will be saved.
The sun god Leto shines at thy feet.
Look - god descends from his throne to save thee from thy various sins.

Radio: As the representative of the sun god, I am thy father.
Alphonse: …A religious broadcast over the radio?
Edward: Representative of god?
What the…?
Shop owner: Well, I think “what the…?” is more appropriate when used on both of you.
Are you guys street performers or something?

Edward: Yeah, right old man… just what about us resembles street performers?
Shop owner: Well, however I look at you, you must be…
You don’t look like you’re from these parts… Travelling?
Edward: Yeah, we’re kinda searching for something
By the way, what was that broadcast?
Shop owner: You don’t know about Cornello-sama?
Edward: Who?
Shop owner: Priest Cornello-sama! The representative of the sun god Leto!
Bystanders: It’s the priest of the Leto sect, who performs “Miraculous Works”.
He’s the one who appeared on these streets some years ago and told us about the way of god. A fantastic guy!
It was really amazing.
Those were real miracles! Works of god, I say!

Shop owner: Those guys aren’t listening to you, boy…
Edward: Yeah, and I’m not interested in religion.
Thanks for the food. Shall we go then?
Alphonse: Yeah
SFX: Gochi
Shop owner: Aahhh!
Alphonse: Ah
SFX: BAGO!
Shop owner: You troublesome customer! In the first place, walking around in that get-up is…
Edward: Sorry, we’ll fix it right away…
Shop owner: “Fix it right away…?”
Edward: Well, just watch

Alphonse: …Alright!
Well then, here goes…
Shop owner: Uwaa!
Wha..?

Edward: Is this alright?
Shop owner: Well… I’m shocked.
You can perform “Miraculous Works”?
Edward: What the…
We’re alchemists!
Alphonse: Elder brother Elric’s name is pretty well known, actually
Crowd: Elric? The Elric Brothers?
Ah, I’ve heard of them!
The elder brother is a National Alchemist…

Crowd: “Fullmetal Alchemist”, Edward Elric?
You’re rumored to be a genius alchemist!!
I see, you’re dubbed “Fullmetal” because of this suit of armor you wear!
Autograph, please
Cool
Alphonse: Um… I’m not the one…
Crowd: Eh?
It’s the tiny one over there?
Edward: Who’re you calling a bean-sized chibi!!!
SFX: Gashaaa
Background words: We didn’t go that far…!!!
Alphonse: I’m the younger brother, Alphonse Elric.
Edward: I! Am the “Fullmetal Alchemist”, Edward Elric!!!
Crowd: E..
Excuse us…

Rose: Good afternoon, Oji-san.
My, it’s rather crowded today.
Shop owner: Oh. Welcome, Rose.
For the sect meeting again?
Rose: Yes, for the offering… the usual items please.
My, an unfamiliar face…
Shop owner: That’s Fullmetal Alchemist-san, says he’s searching for something.
Rose: It’d be great if you found what you’re searching for.
May god Leto’s protection be upon you!
Bystanders: Rose’s become completely cheerful
Yeah… Thanks to Priest-sama

Edward: Eh?
Shop owner: That girl is alone; she has no relatives. On top of that, her boyfriend died in an accident last year.
Bystander: At that time, she was so depressed that it was too pitiful to watch.
What saved her were the teachings of the representative of sun god Leto the creator, Priest Cornello!
To the living, he grants an indomitable spirit, and to the dead he grants resurrection.
The “Miraculous Works” are proof of that
My brother went to see him once and it worked! That has to be the work of god!
Radio: Pray and believe,
so that thy wishes will be granted

Cornello: The grace of light shall be upon every child…
Man: Thanks for your hard work, Priest-sama
Woman: Priest-sama, I am grateful for your words today. Thank you so much.
Background: Priest-sama!
Cornello: Oh, Rose. Well done, as always. Excellent.
Rose: No, it’s my duty.
So then…
When will…
Cornello: Ah, I know what you want to say. God is watching your good deeds, so….
Rose: That means…
Cornello: But Rose, the time has not come…
You understand, don’t you?
Hm?
Rose: I…
I see…
Not yet…
Cornello: That’s right, be a good girl, Rose.

Rose: Ah, the guys I met earlier…
Are you interested in the Leto sect?
Edward: No. Sorry, but I have no religion.
Rose: That won’t do! When you believe in and honor god, and live each day with hope and thanksgiving… It’s really great!
If you believe, I’m sure even your height will grow!
Background: Emphasis
What did you say?
Alphonse: She didn’t mean it in a bad way.
Edward: Geez. How can you believe in that so naively?
If you pray to god, the dead will return to life…?

Rose: Yes.
Definitely!
Edward: Water: 35l, carbon: 20kg, ammonia: 4l, lime: 1.5kg, phosphorus: 800g, salt: 250g, potassium nitrate: 100g, sulphur: 80g, fluorine: 7.5g, iron: 5g, silicon: 3g, and 15 other trace elements
Rose: Huh?
Edward: The estimated amounts of chemicals that make up one adult person.
That’s all we know based on today’s scientific knowledge. In practice, there has never been any report of a successful transmutation of a human body.
“We must be lacking… something”
Scientists have been researching repeatedly for hundreds of years, but they have yet to find out...
Their efforts have produced no results but I think it’s more meaningful than just praying and continuing to wait.

Edward: By the way, those chemicals…
Can all be bought from the market with a child’s allowance.
Humans are so cheap to make.
People are not objects! That’s blasphemy to the creator! There’ll be divine punishment!!
Ahaha!
Alchemists are scientists. They don’t believe in ambiguous things like the creator or god.
They seek to unlock the basic principles behind all things on in this world…
The irony is that we scientists, who don’t believe in god, are the closest things to god in some sense.

Rose: How arrogant
Are you putting yourself in the same rank as god?
Edward: Well, not quite. There was that myth, wasn’t there…
“The hero who flew too close to the sun, so the wax that held his wings together melted and he fell to the ground.”

Crowd: Priest-sama!
Perform the “Miraculous Works”
Priest-sama

Edward: What do you think?
Alphonse: It seems like that transformation was alchemy.
Edward: Exactly
In addition, the law is…
Rose: The two of you came!
What do you think? It’s a miraculous power, isn’t it? Cornello-sama is truly the son of sun god Leto!
Edward: No, no matter how you look at it, that’s alchemy. That Cornello guy is a fraud.
Alphonse: But, he’s going against the laws.
Edward: Yeah… That’s true.
Rose: Laws?

Edward: To an ordinary person, alchemy seems like a convenient skill that has no limitations.
In reality, it is governed by laws…
Generally speaking, the principle of conservation of mass, and the law of natural order…
Among alchemists, there are some who give up four elements or three natural substances in their bodies to perform transmutation…
In other words, the basis of alchemy is “equivalent trade”!!
In order to gain something, something of equal value must be given up
That old man ignored this rule when he performed transmutation…
Rose: So why don’t both of you just give it up and believe in the miracles already!
Alphonse: Brother, it’s possible that…
Edward: Yeah, it’s possible…

Edward: BINGO!
Sister, I’ve become interested in this priest! I’d like to talk to him, could you show me the way?
SFX: Kuru (turn)
Rose: Why, finally you believe!
Man: Priest, some people are here to see you…

Man: A kid, and a guy clad in armor. They introduced themselves as the Elric brothers.
Cornello: What the?
I’m busy right now… Ask them to leave
! Wait, did you say “Elric brothers”?
Edward Elric?
Man: Yes. That was the name of the kid… Do you know him?
Cornello: …We’re in trouble!
It’s “Fullmetal Alchemist” Edward Elric!
Man: That tiny kid!? You’ve got to be kidding!?
Cornello: Idiot! Alchemy has nothing to do with age!
I heard he earned the title of National Alchemist when he was twelve…
I see… So he’s a kid, just as it was rumored…

Man: Why is that National Alchemist here!?
Don’t tell me he knows about our plans…
Cornello: It seems the military’s dogs have exceptionally good noses
Man: Shall I chase them away?
Cornello: No, on the contrary, that would seem suspicious.
If we chase them away, they’ll be back again
What if they had never come here? …How about that?
Man: It is according to god’s wishes
This way, please…

Man: Priest-sama is very busy and hardly has time to spare. You guys are lucky
Edward: We’ll try not to make it a long conversation.
Man: Yeah. I’ll make it end quickly…
Like this!

Rose: Brothers! What are you doing!!
Man: Rose, these guys are heretics, out to entrap the priest. I’m sorry.
Rose: That can’t be! But if you say that, it should be the priest’s orders…
Man: These are the priest’s orders
The priest’s words are the words of our god…
This is god’s will!
Edward: Really…?

Alphonse: So, cruel gods exist
Goon: WHA??

SFX: DODON!

Goon: Uwaaah!!
Oof!
Edward: Strike!
Alphonse: My head!
Rose: Wh.. Wha…
What’s going on?
Edward: Well, it’s just…
As you see.
SFX: Kan Kan

Rose: Th..
There’s nobody inside…
It’s empty…!?
Alphonse: This is…
The punishment for humans who step outside the boundaries laid by god
For my brother…
And I…
Rose: Edward, too?
Edward: Let’s leave it at that
You’ve seen the true nature of god,
Haven’t you?
Rose: It can’t be! There must be some mistake!
Edward: Oh geez… This sister still believes in that fraudster priest after all that…

Edward: Rose,
do you have the courage to witness the truth?
Alphonse: Is this the room that Rose said belongs to the priest?
Edward: Well then…
SFX: Gi… (Creak…)

SFX: Giii… (Creeaak…)
Edward: Heh.
“Welcome”
Cornello: Welcome to my sacred sect
Have you come to listen to my teachings? Hm?
Edward: Yeah. Please, I’d like you to teach me.

Edward: How to deceive believers with petty alchemy, for instance!
Cornello: Well now… What are you saying…
You can’t compare my “Miraculous Works” to alchemy
Once you witness them, you will understand…
Edward: I’ve seen them
But what I couldn’t understand was how you were able to transmute without adhering to the laws
Cornello: That’s why it’s not alchemy
Edward: But then, I realized
You’re using “The Philosopher’s Stone”,
aren’t you?
Like in that ring, for instance?

Cornello: Fu… As expected of a National Alchemist
Nothing escapes your eyes
You’re right!
The legendary object, also called the Amplifier of Illusions…
It allows us alchemists to use just a small amount in exchange for a huge transmutation!
Edward: I’ve been searching for that!!

Cornello: What’s with those covetous eyes?
What do you want from the stone? Gold? Honor?
Edward: And what do you want, you fraudulent priest?
If it’s gold, you can have as much as you want with that stone
Cornello: It’s not gold that I want
No, I want gold, but I want it in the form of believers’ donations to me, even if I have to deceive them.
Or better yet, submissive believers who will gladly give up their lives for me
It’s fantastic!! It’s the strongest army – one that does not fear death!!
The preparations are going ahead smoothly
Just watch!! In a few years, I will take over this country!!
HAHAHAHAHA

Edward: Well, whatever…
Cornello: Wha..!!?
Don’t you dismiss my ambitions with a casual “whatever”!!
You’re a man of the State military, aren’t you!!
Edward: Well, to be frank, I haven’t a clue about the country or the military…
I’ll get to the point: Hand over the philosopher’s stone!
If you do, I won’t say anything about your fraud
Cornello: Ha! You’re trying blackmail me?
Do you think the believers will believe the likes of you?
Those guys adore me! They’re completely loyal to me!
No matter what you say, they will not listen to you!
That’s right! Because those stupid believers have been completely fooled by me!!
Background: Whahahahahaha

Edward: Well, as expected from priest-sama…
What a nice speech you’ve made
It’s true that the believers won’t listen to a thing I say
But!
How about what she has to say?
Cornello: Rose?! What on earth…?

Rose: Priest-sama! Was all of that true!?
Have you really been deceiving all of us!?
What you said about the “Miraculous Works”, about god’s power, about my wishes coming true… they were lies, weren’t they?
That you would bring him back from the dead was a lie, wasn’t it?
Cornello: Fu… It’s true that I lied about being god’s representative

Cornello: But as long as I have this stone I can perform the transmutation that many alchemists have failed to…
I may be able to bring your boyfriend back!
Alphonse: Rose, don’t listen to him
Cornello: Rose, be a good girl and come over here
Edward: If you go over you’ll never be able to come back
Cornello: What’s wrong? You’re a member of my sect
Alphonse: ROSE!
Cornello: I’m the only one who can make your wish come true, aren’t I?
Think about your beloved boyfriend
Come!

Rose: I’m sorry, you guys
Despite everything, this is the only way…
This is the only way for me…
Cornello: Good girl… Really…

Cornello: Now, let’s clean up these heretics that jeopardize the future of my sect
This philosopher’s stone is truly amazing
It can make stuff like this as well
Is this the first time you see a chimera?

Edward: Facing this unarmed is going to be tough
So…
SFX: GO

SFX: BASHII
BUA
ZURAA
Cornello: Oh! He transmuted a weapon from the stone floor without the use of a transmutation circle
His title of National Alchemist isn’t just for show!!
But he’s naïve!

SFX: KIBA
Edward: Gu.. (Ugh..)
Cornello: Whahahaha! What’s it like to face claws that tear through metal?
Rose: Edward!!
Edward: Just kidding!

SFX: BEKI
DOBO
Gyaba
Edward: Unfortunately, mine’s a special grade
Cornello: What? If claws don’t work, kill him with teeth!

SFX: GUUOOO
GA
GUOOO
GIRIGIRI
Chimera: U..
Gafu
Uuu
SFX: GI GI GI
Gyauu

Edward: Well, catface?
Enjoy the taste
SFX: GIGO
Edward: Have a good look, Rose

Edward: This is the body
Of someone who stepped beyond god’s boundaries!!

Edward: Metal prosthetics – “Automail”
Cornello: I see…

Cornello: Fullmetal Alchemist!!

Edward: Come down here, third rate
I’ll show you someone who’s a little different

Cornello: I see…
That’s right…
It seemed strange that a kid like you was given such a grim title like “Fullmetal”
So that’s why…
Rose, these guys secretly performed the “human transmutation” forbidden to alchemists…

Cornello: They've broken the greatest taboo!!