Fullmetal Alchemist Vol. 22: Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 22
- ISBN
- 9781421534138
- Publisher
- VIZ
- English release
- Pages
- 192
Fullmetal Alchemist 22 carries the confrontation with Pride into the wider attack on Central City. The publisher places Ed's allies against a strengthened opponent while Mustang's group begins its own offensive. Read this in sequence for the overlapping operations rather than as an isolated showdown. The volume is not an economical introduction to either side: its pressure comes from relationships and abilities already established in the preceding books.
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Pride's acquisition of Gluttony's powers makes help from Al and Hohenheim a possibility the group must consider. VIZ also makes Ed's trust in his estranged father a condition of the proposed cooperation. This is a useful complication for a battle narrative because the needed resource is not just another ability. Someone must accept help from a person whose relationship with him remains unsettled. Meanwhile, Mustang's attack opens another front in Central City. The divided action gives coordinated effort an emotional cost: having people available does not mean that working together is already possible.
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