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I've always read it as at least a little bit a comment on the Iraq war, but what's it's deal? It's the only anime I can think of that climaxes with a military coup, and its cool that mustang wants to put people on trial for war crimes, but then he gets in power and doesn't do it.

It's also just got a whole plotline about racism, but it feels slightly off? Like minorities are okay if they save your life.

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[-] Zodiark@hexbear.net 1 points 3 years ago

FMA 2003 and its conclusion, Conqueror of Shamballa, was the better anime. Both were decent though

The message that FMA 2003 and its sequel movie made is, extrapolated in Edward's quote "even when we close our eyes there's a whole world around us" to Mustang and then to his brother, Alphonse, when they reunited in Germany. It seems the point is to not turn a blind eye to radical evil, even at your own peril, because indifference is tantamount to complicity and moral infancy.

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