Does the dog die?
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Fullmetal Alchemist
Anime • 2003 • Animation
ReportTwo young brothers are raised as alchemists, but when they are severely injured trying to perform a forbidden act, they begin searching for the one thing that can save them; the fabled philosopher's stone.
This anime contains 86 potentially triggering events.
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feenielikesfilms
It’s so much worse than that
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Are there end credit scenes?
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EternitySky
2 episodes have special credits that can be easily missed: episode 7 (unique art/scenes are added) and episode 25 (all black credits, song is replaced by an OST. Neither of these are necessary to the plot or add-ons, just alternate credits.
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Is there decapitation?
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A character is voluntarily decapitated by asking another character to swing his hammer hard enough to knock his head off. This character is immortal, so he regenerates his head (in full detail from skull to muscle to fully healed). The actual decapitation isn't nearly as graphic as the regeneration.
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A character is voluntarily decapitated by asking another character to swing his hammer hard enough to knock his head off. This character is immortal, so he regenerates his head (in full detail from skull to muscle to fully healed). The actual decapitation isn't nearly as graphic as the regeneration.
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EternitySky
Yes, a woman is slapped by a soldier (EP14).
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Is existentialism debated?
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The entire show is about existentialism: what it means to be human, life and death, the point of being alive, wondering about the afterlife, parallel world theory are some touched upon topics.
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Is religion discussed?
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ferdouvu
Multiple religions are discussed.
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Abandonment
Does someone leave without saying goodbye?
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ferdouvu
Oh buddy, you don't even know the half of it.
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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ferdouvu
Ed and Al's father leaves without saying goodbye when they are still young. There is also an episode where two children believe their mother ran away from danger without them, but it is revealed to not be the case.
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Is an animal abandoned?
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ferdouvu
Ed and Al have to leave behind a cat Al found because they have no way to care for it on their journey.
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Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
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absolteyruth
Shou fucking Tucker.
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Does an abused person forgive their abuser?
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EternitySky
(SPOILERS)
Ed and Al are children who get thoroughly beaten up (EP27) by an adult, but they believe they deserve it.
Ed and Al are children who get thoroughly beaten up (EP27) by an adult, but they believe they deserve it.
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mintymingi
You could consider what shou tucker does to be considered domestic violence, but at the same time not really?
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Does the abused become the abuser?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Is someone gaslighted?
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EternitySky
Yes, one antagonist is a shapeshifter who changes appearances to manipulate others. Another is a more literal gaslighter who makes multiple characters doubt their own beliefs and reality. Someone is also gaslit by a religious figure (EP1-2).
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EternitySky
Yes, aside from the multiple instances of child abandonment and mistreatment by parents (elaborated in abusive parent comment), there are a few notable instances:
(SPOILERS)
Edward Elric is age 12-16 throughout the entire show and gets in fights often, but to focus on excessive violence outside of this, in EP22 a character kicks him unprovoked multiple times, and EP27 where he and his younger brother Al (who can't feel the abuse, but nonetheless) are thoroughly beaten without fighting back.
Another child is kicked and thrown around in EP49 by an adult character, with more abuse implied offscreen. This also happens more briefly in EP47 and EP49.
(SPOILERS)
Edward Elric is age 12-16 throughout the entire show and gets in fights often, but to focus on excessive violence outside of this, in EP22 a character kicks him unprovoked multiple times, and EP27 where he and his younger brother Al (who can't feel the abuse, but nonetheless) are thoroughly beaten without fighting back.
Another child is kicked and thrown around in EP49 by an adult character, with more abuse implied offscreen. This also happens more briefly in EP47 and EP49.
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Addiction
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EternitySky
Characters are shown smoking and drinking alcohol very occasionally, but no other drugs are present or mentioned in the show.
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Is there addiction?
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commonghost
Jean Havoc is a smoker.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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EternitySky
In EP25, a character is abusing alcohol in an effort to cope with his trauma. Otherwise, characters (including him) are seen drinking alcohol occasionally throughout the show, but not to an abusive extent.
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Animal
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ferdouvu
Birds, snakes, and rabbits are shown to die.
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Are animals abused?
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GhostDog
Riza shoots at her dog when he pees in her floor (it is comedic, I guess, the whole "bullet outline all around you" gag). The dog is not injured.
Alexander the dog and Nina the girl are magically combined into a painfully suffering chimera creature who begs to be killed (and is).
Alexander the dog and Nina the girl are magically combined into a painfully suffering chimera creature who begs to be killed (and is).
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Is there a dead animal?
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(SPOILERS)
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In EP7, a dog is combined with a child and killed.
In EPs 1-2, birds are combined and killed. In EP35, a character kills a bird and it is briefly revived and dies again.
In EP27, a cat is killed by a dog attack.
In EP28, Ed and Al kill a rabbit for food, but it is shown offscreen (bones are shown later), they also kill several fish and a snake for food, and later a fox is seen carrying another dead rabbit. There's also a dead cicada being taken apart by ants on the ground.
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In EP7, a dog is combined with a child and killed.
In EPs 1-2, birds are combined and killed. In EP35, a character kills a bird and it is briefly revived and dies again.
In EP27, a cat is killed by a dog attack.
In EP28, Ed and Al kill a rabbit for food, but it is shown offscreen (bones are shown later), they also kill several fish and a snake for food, and later a fox is seen carrying another dead rabbit. There's also a dead cicada being taken apart by ants on the ground.
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Are rabbits harmed?
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ferdouvu
Ed and Al kill a rabbit in a flashback. Another rabbit is caught by a fox and fed to its children. Neither scene is graphic.
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Does a cat die?
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ferdouvu
A pet cat dies in episode 27 after giving birth.
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Does a dragon die?
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CozplayLab
There are no dragons in Full metal
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Are there snakes?
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In EP2, a character has a brief dream showing a snake (or very serpent-like dragon).
In EP28 a snake is shown very briefly and is killed.
In EP28 a snake is shown very briefly and is killed.
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Are there bugs?
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Crow75
There are ants, at least.
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Assault
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Is there pedophilia?
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ferdouvu
None explicit, however two adult women flirt with the protagonist, who is under 18 throughout the whole show, if that counts.
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Is someone held under water?
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EternitySky
Technically
(SPOILERS)
Sloth, a character who can turn her body into water, drowns a character by turning her arm into water and forcing it down someone's throat.
(SPOILERS)
Sloth, a character who can turn her body into water, drowns a character by turning her arm into water and forcing it down someone's throat.
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Is rape mentioned?
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ferdouvu
The word is not said, but it is made very obvious in a conversation between two characters that another character has been raped.
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Is someone restrained?
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EternitySky
(LIGHT SPOILERS)
I was going to break this down by ep but it's WAY too much. General restraints that happen are: handcuffed (metal and wooden board with hand holes), holding people back by their clothes, holding people back/dragging by 2 dudes holding their arms, someone is inside Al's armor and either Al restrains them still or they restrain Al, Al or Ed lose parts of their metal bodies and are either unable or struggle to move, a lot of people getting their hands/torsos tied with rope/chain and possibly suspended in the air, someone trapped under a mine cart, someone put in a box with their head sticking out, restraint via alchemy (induced weakness, including full-body paralysis), one person pulling someone back by holding their neck in a choke-out pose, pinning someone down with their full body.
I was going to break this down by ep but it's WAY too much. General restraints that happen are: handcuffed (metal and wooden board with hand holes), holding people back by their clothes, holding people back/dragging by 2 dudes holding their arms, someone is inside Al's armor and either Al restrains them still or they restrain Al, Al or Ed lose parts of their metal bodies and are either unable or struggle to move, a lot of people getting their hands/torsos tied with rope/chain and possibly suspended in the air, someone trapped under a mine cart, someone put in a box with their head sticking out, restraint via alchemy (induced weakness, including full-body paralysis), one person pulling someone back by holding their neck in a choke-out pose, pinning someone down with their full body.
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acreature
Yes, but it wasn't shown on screen. A side character from is mute and has a baby, it's implied she was assaulted
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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CozplayLab
maybe shaving but no cutting
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Are any hands damaged?
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ferdouvu
Ed's automail arm is damaged multiple times throughout the show.
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Is there throat mutilation?
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EternitySky
(SPOILERS)
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Yes, in EP25 a character is slashed across the throat with a knife by another character. The character is immortal, so is not actually harmed, but plays dead and it's a bit graphic. There's a lot of knife-to-the-throat in general, but no other actual cuts.
Also in EP50, a character is choked to death and it shows the throat being crushed.
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Yes, in EP25 a character is slashed across the throat with a knife by another character. The character is immortal, so is not actually harmed, but plays dead and it's a bit graphic. There's a lot of knife-to-the-throat in general, but no other actual cuts.
Also in EP50, a character is choked to death and it shows the throat being crushed.
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Is there cannibalism?
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kidicarus
one of the main antagonist's power is that he is able to eat everything, including humans. the camera cuts away during these moments, but there is some audio suggesting what is happening.
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Is someone crushed to death?
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ferdouvu
In the penultimate episode, a character is crushed to death by debris from a crashed zeppelin falling on him.
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Is someone choked?
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commonghost
Multiple characters are choked.
(SPOILERS) Ed is choked by Wrath, and Selim Bradley is chocked to death by Pride.
(SPOILERS) Ed is choked by Wrath, and Selim Bradley is chocked to death by Pride.
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Is someone burned alive?
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Sowl
One of the characters' ability is to burn things, included people (and he does)
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Is someone buried alive?
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EternitySky
Technically no, but someone is restrained and imprisoned underground (in a very small concrete room) for hundreds of years.
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Is there body horror?
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EternitySky
Ed and Al have metal parts of their bodies that border on body horror when destroyed. Ed and another character also often turn their arms into pointy spears. Also some characters getting blown up/parts alchemically destroyed where they have missing chunks of their bodies/limbs.
(SPOILERS)
Someone is alchemically combined with a dog, and there is also someone who is part snake, so all of her limbs are extremely stretchy, and she moves them and contorts them freely a lot.
Someone is merged with a bear (and another animal) in a very visually unsettling way.
Someone has half of his body turned into very strange automail (also we see him bandaged missing half of his body at one point). Many people have automail gun-limbs.
Someone can also merge his limbs with other things, and pull that material to make his limb extra long to smack people. Another one can turn her whole body into water, which she'll do for certain limbs or all but her face sometimes.
(SPOILERS)
Someone is alchemically combined with a dog, and there is also someone who is part snake, so all of her limbs are extremely stretchy, and she moves them and contorts them freely a lot.
Someone is merged with a bear (and another animal) in a very visually unsettling way.
Someone has half of his body turned into very strange automail (also we see him bandaged missing half of his body at one point). Many people have automail gun-limbs.
Someone can also merge his limbs with other things, and pull that material to make his limb extra long to smack people. Another one can turn her whole body into water, which she'll do for certain limbs or all but her face sometimes.
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Is there amputation?
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EternitySky
Not surgical, but Ed loses his arm/leg (EP1) and we occasionally see characters without their usual prosthetics/before they got them (EPs 16 and 26).
(SPOILERS)
There's also an occasional being blown off in various fights with Scar (thinking of EP25 in particular), and a character who loses half of his body but remains alive (EP 42-43)
(SPOILERS)
There's also an occasional being blown off in various fights with Scar (thinking of EP25 in particular), and a character who loses half of his body but remains alive (EP 42-43)
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Does a head get squashed?
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Collin529
No one's head gets "squished" per say but the way the character Scar kills many people is by making their head explode.
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Is there a hanging?
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EternitySky
Not sure why this is so upvoted, there are no hangings or mentions of such in the 2003 version of FMA.
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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ProbablyABanana
While not graphic, there's a character who commits human transmutation that is implied to have lost his dick, based on the blood on his clothes
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Does someone become unconscious?
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EternitySky
Fairly often in the first half of the show.
(Spoilers)
Particularly Ed, instances being: hit hard with objects or fists (EP2, EP9),exposed to fumes that make him pass out, fainting from a traumatic episode (EP7), being overloaded with alchemy (EP22), induced passing out without explanation (EP4). Scar also passes out from an attack (EP18).
(Spoilers)
Particularly Ed, instances being: hit hard with objects or fists (EP2, EP9),exposed to fumes that make him pass out, fainting from a traumatic episode (EP7), being overloaded with alchemy (EP22), induced passing out without explanation (EP4). Scar also passes out from an attack (EP18).
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Does someone break a bone?
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EternitySky
Nothing is explicitly mentioned. If anything, we see Edward sometimes wearing a sling on his automail arm to keep it from popping out of the socket, but no bones involved there.
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Does someone have a seizure?
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EternitySky
No, BUT
(SPOILERS)
a character (EP34) dies, and when he does his body shakes/moves violently before going still and freezing stiff, which may be movements reminiscent of some seizures.
(SPOILERS)
a character (EP34) dies, and when he does his body shakes/moves violently before going still and freezing stiff, which may be movements reminiscent of some seizures.
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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yeehawtime
Edward's automail explodes apart.
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Is someone tortured?
78 supporters
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EternitySky
(SPOILERS)
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Kimbley in particular is sadistic and tortures characters, such as in a flashback with Scar (EP40).
Rose is implied to be tortured and raped by soldiers (EP14, EP40), all off-screen.
There is also a scene played for laughs where Ed implies he'll torture someone, trying to earn trust of an antagonist (EP12).
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Kimbley in particular is sadistic and tortures characters, such as in a flashback with Scar (EP40).
Rose is implied to be tortured and raped by soldiers (EP14, EP40), all off-screen.
There is also a scene played for laughs where Ed implies he'll torture someone, trying to earn trust of an antagonist (EP12).
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Does someone fall to their death?
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psuedonym733
The characters are assumed dead until a few scenes later, when they reveal themselves to be alive.
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Is there eye mutilation?
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EternitySky
(SPOILERS)
A character is shot in the eye, and wears an eyepatch after the incident. You don't see the eye explicitly, just them in a pool of blood.
A character is shot in the eye, and wears an eyepatch after the incident. You don't see the eye explicitly, just them in a pool of blood.
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Is someone stabbed?
15 supporters
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ferdouvu
Multiple characters are stabbed. Some survive, some do not.
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Is there excessive gore?
83 supporters
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EternitySky
Yes, there are various shots throughout the show, such as: limbs right after being cut off, inside of body/organs, a cut-open body, body parts being exploded, massive blood loss, blood being vomited, stabs through the body, in which you can see through the hole. And more!
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
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EternitySky
Technically yes?
(SPOILERS)
A mom and her child are coerced into joining someone, in which the mom is put under a trance. The baby is still with her the entire time, but the abductor occasionally takes the baby for short periods, either passing care of the baby to someone else or using him for (not harmful) alchemy briefly.
(SPOILERS)
A mom and her child are coerced into joining someone, in which the mom is put under a trance. The baby is still with her the entire time, but the abductor occasionally takes the baby for short periods, either passing care of the baby to someone else or using him for (not harmful) alchemy briefly.
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Does a kid die?
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EternitySky
Yes.
(SPOILERS)
One dies after being fused with a dog then killed by another character (EP7), another is murdered by choking (EP50).
(SPOILERS)
One dies after being fused with a dog then killed by another character (EP7), another is murdered by choking (EP50).
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Is a minor sexualized?
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EternitySky
Ed has fanservicey moments (adult characters hitting on him, EP9, age ~12 and EP50, age ~16) or a brief shower scene (EP17, age ~15). Winry also has fanservicey shots in season 1's opening theme and season 3's ending theme.
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Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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ferdouvu
Multiple characters sacrifice themselves.
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Does a major character die?
23 supporters
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ferdouvu
Multiple. Some permanently, some not.
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Does a non-human character die?
22 supporters
Yes
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ferdouvu
Multiple non-human characters die.
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Does someone die?
12 supporters
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CozplayLab
a lot of characters die in this show
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Disability
Is someone disabled played by able-bodied?
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EternitySky
Disabled (amputees) characters are voiced by able-bodied voice actors, if that counts.
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Is the r-slur used?
30 supporters
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EternitySky
There are no slurs in the English dub of this show.
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Drugs/Alcohol
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1
No
6
Family
Does a family member die?
22 supporters
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6
No
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ferdouvu
The death of the main protagonists' mother is a major part of their backstory, and sets off the entire plot.
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Does a parent die?
24 supporters
Yes
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Sowl
Multiple, actually
And that without talking about parental figures
And that without talking about parental figures
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
29 supporters
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kidicarus
early on in the series, edward and alphonse try to make a toy for their friend winry. while it is not destroyed, the creation of it is shown, and it is distorted and creepy, making her cry.
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Is someone kidnapped?
9 supporters
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ferdouvu
Episode 8 is the most egregious example, where (SPOILERS) Ed and Winry are kidnapped by a serial killer and nearly butchered.
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Does someone cheat?
18 supporters
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2
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EternitySky
Yes. Emotional cheating (EP35) where someone falls in love with someone else, asks to be with her while engaged and about to marry someone else.
Hawkeye also mentions that girls he's interested in suddenly lose interest when meeting Mustang to go out with him, but he doesn't necessarily say if they were dating before then or not. (EP47)
Hawkeye also mentions that girls he's interested in suddenly lose interest when meeting Mustang to go out with him, but he doesn't necessarily say if they were dating before then or not. (EP47)
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
9 supporters
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ProbablyABanana
Ed sees a dead character that he doesn't know is dead waving at him from a train station. Not sure if that's an actual ghost though
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Is there a shower scene?
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EternitySky
There is a scene where someone takes a shower, so yes, unless you mean like... Psycho shower scene or sex. Then no.
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Is someone possessed?
11 supporters
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yeehawtime
(spoilers) No, but a character is a hollow suit of armor, and he is controlled from the inside at one point by a character with flexible/extendible limbs.
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0
Yes
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Are there mannequins?
5 supporters
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0
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EternitySky
Yes, it is an central plot point to EP4, but that's it.
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
93 supporters
Yes
12
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EternitySky
(SPOILERS)
Homunculi throw up red stones several times (EPs 34, 47). Izumi also coughs up/throws up blood in many of the scenes she's in, either comedically or more seriously shot (EPs 29-32)
Homunculi throw up red stones several times (EPs 34, 47). Izumi also coughs up/throws up blood in many of the scenes she's in, either comedically or more seriously shot (EPs 29-32)
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
20 supporters
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2
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EternitySky
Yes, Ed gets food poisoning and it's implied- you just hear the noises, don't see his pants or anything (EP10).
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2
Is someone eaten?
31 supporters
Yes
4
No
0
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ferdouvu
Several characters are eaten by Gluttony.
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Is there on-screen pooping?
35 supporters
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1
No
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EternitySky
Not visually seeing anything, but Ed soils himself and you hear the noise (EP10).
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Does someone spit?
9 supporters
Yes
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EternitySky
Ed spits out his drink in a comedic moment (EP1).
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Is there audio gore?
41 supporters
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7
No
0
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EternitySky
Yes, when Gluttony eats especially it is gnarly, with fleshy and bone-snapping noises. Gore will also have some accompanying squish noises sometimes, and a bit for vomiting.
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
28 supporters
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2
No
6
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EternitySky
I would argue the opposite, especially compared to its counterpart.
(SPOILERS)
There is a heavy theme around the military, abuse of power, genocide, and accountability. Average civilians dislike the military, insults them constantly, and heavily judges Ed based on his participation. Many military characters are depicted as awful people that are very power-driven or use their positions for the purpose of hurting others or money. Military characters that are more "positive" in depiction seek to completely change the military system (later leaving when realizing it's so all-encompassing and deeply, foundatoinally flawed that it's beyond just becoming Fuhrer), support those who seek to change it, or were forced into violence and deeply regret their choices.
Ed has an overarching character arc in which he feels alliance based on his status in the military, only to be later disillusioned when he sees the violence they are willing to commit. He learns to sympathize with the victims of the genocide they caused and realizes how much they told him was lies and propaganda throughout the show.
(SPOILERS)
There is a heavy theme around the military, abuse of power, genocide, and accountability. Average civilians dislike the military, insults them constantly, and heavily judges Ed based on his participation. Many military characters are depicted as awful people that are very power-driven or use their positions for the purpose of hurting others or money. Military characters that are more "positive" in depiction seek to completely change the military system (later leaving when realizing it's so all-encompassing and deeply, foundatoinally flawed that it's beyond just becoming Fuhrer), support those who seek to change it, or were forced into violence and deeply regret their choices.
Ed has an overarching character arc in which he feels alliance based on his status in the military, only to be later disillusioned when he sees the violence they are willing to commit. He learns to sympathize with the victims of the genocide they caused and realizes how much they told him was lies and propaganda throughout the show.
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LGBTQ+
Yes
0
No
6
Is a trans person depicted predatorily?
59 supporters
Yes
1
No
2
4
ferdouvu
Not a trans person, but a serial killer in S1E8 is a man who crossdresses as a woman, if that counts.
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Yes
0
No
5
Yes
0
No
5
Is an LGBT+ person outed?
23 supporters
Yes
0
No
3
0
EternitySky
(SPOILERS)
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There is a character who is canonically genderless in the show who can shapeshift and voluntarily shows their original male form, but no outing or comments regarding this prior.
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There is a character who is canonically genderless in the show who can shapeshift and voluntarily shows their original male form, but no outing or comments regarding this prior.
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Medical
Yes
1
No
17
Are needles/syringes used?
28 supporters
Yes
12
No
0
4
kidicarus
in episode 10, ed has to take a shot and he has a fear of needles. the injection is never shown, but he tries to run away from it
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0
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17
Is there a hospital scene?
10 supporters
Yes
20
No
0
1
EternitySky
Yes, there is a short clinic scene (EP10), and Ed is in the hospital in bandages (EP 23-25), Izumi talks to a doctor (EP30), uninjured characters meet in a hospital (EP26), Havoc or Roy is in the hospital in bandages (EP45/48). No procedures are shown on-screen, usually they're just sitting in bed talking to others or a doctor is explaining something.
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Yes
1
No
20
Mental Health
Does someone have a mental illness?
11 supporters
Yes
3
No
0
1
ferdouvu
Nothing is explicitly stated, but multiple characters are implied to have PTSD.
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Yes
6
No
2
2
CozplayLab
I don't think so but some people are saying yes so id be careful anyway
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Is autism misrepresented?
29 supporters
Yes
0
No
5
1
EternitySky
There are no explicitly autistic characters in this show.
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
32 supporters
Yes
9
No
1
2
ferdouvu
To be fair, most characters in this show are violent, and characters are not depicted as violent BECAUSE of their mental illness.
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Yes
3
No
0
2
ferdouvu
Not sure if this counts, but throughout the show, a homunculus character deals with extreme feelings of being detached from their surroundings, and often wonders who they actually are (and never come to a conclusive answer.) The homunculi are also repeatedly stripped of their human identities by Dante.
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
18 supporters
Yes
0
No
5
1
EternitySky
There are no plural or DID/OSDD characters in the 2003 version of FMA.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
14
Yes
8
No
0
2
EternitySky
(SPOILERS)
One character holds a gun under his chin, but does not shoot. He later continues to feel suicidal, drinking heavily and preparing to sacrifice himself, when he is stopped by someone else. Another character does not attempt to take his own life, but discusses suicidal thoughts and readily offers himself as a sacrifice to a killer.
One character holds a gun under his chin, but does not shoot. He later continues to feel suicidal, drinking heavily and preparing to sacrifice himself, when he is stopped by someone else. Another character does not attempt to take his own life, but discusses suicidal thoughts and readily offers himself as a sacrifice to a killer.
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
18 supporters
Yes
0
No
3
0
EternitySky
Reality itself from the viewer's perception is consistent, but character's perceptions of reality (usually more moral, ethical, spiritual or philosophical) are questioned throughout the series.
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Is there misophonia?
32 supporters
Yes
3
No
2
2
EternitySky
Yes, a character is heavily triggered by babies crying due to trauma and gets very emotionally distressed and agitated upon hearing it (EP41)
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
18
No
0
Yes
0
No
5
Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
30 supporters
Yes
10
No
0
2
ProbablyABanana
Lust says I wanted to die and Alphonse also has a few moments where he says stuff like "I should have died" or "there's no reason for me to continue living"
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Is there body dysphoria?
13 supporters
Yes
5
No
2
2
ferdouvu
One of the main characters is stuck as a giant, hollow suit of armor and feels out of place and disconnected from his body, if that counts.
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Is there body dysmorphia?
27 supporters
Yes
16
No
1
5
psuedonym733
A character is turned into a suit of armor and struggles with the inability to physically feel anything.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
10
No
1
Does someone have an eating disorder?
38 supporters
Yes
3
No
14
0
mintymingi
I wouldn’t say Gluttony has an eating disorder, bc gluttony isn’t a person. That’s just their whole thing. They eat everything. It’s a power.
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Yes
7
No
7
3
ProbablyABanana
One character (not Alphonse) breaks the bloodseal bonding his soul to the armour
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
37 supporters
Yes
11
No
0
1
EternitySky
Several characters (though not explicitly diagnosed/called by name) have PTSD, some experiencing visual flashbacks that the viewer can see. Characters will visually freeze up, faint, be emotionally distressed, and discuss/show suicidal symptoms in response.
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Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
39 supporters
Yes
1
No
9
1
EternitySky
Yes, notably there is a short scene in EP45, from the perspective of one character, who is looking around the room wildly. There's other strange camera movements at times, including a long spinning scene and fisheye angles (EP49).
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Does a baby cry?
15 supporters
Yes
9
No
0
1
EternitySky
Yes, EP41 and on there is a baby that shows up occasionally, and is often briefly crying in scenes.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
3
No
0
Is there obscene language/gestures?
5 supporters
Yes
2
No
1
0
ferdouvu
The show contains profanity, although it's never too egregious.
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Are there flashing lights or images?
1 supporters
Yes
7
No
4
2
CozplayLab
there's a lot of lightning that causes flash
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
12 supporters
Yes
4
No
0
1
EternitySky
Yes, one character is able to shapeshift, and often does this to survey people/situations without their knowledge. There are also scenes where characters are listening in/watching without other's knowledge (EPs 19-22 and 47 noteably).
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Is the fourth wall broken?
11 supporters
Yes
1
No
7
1
EternitySky
Not in the TV series, but in the OVA "Alchemists vs. Homunculi", characters speak to the TV as though you were a character in the show.
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Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
26 supporters
Yes
9
No
0
6
mintymingi
We don’t see it, but it’s mentioned and the mother tries to use alchemy to bring her son back.
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Does someone miscarry?
21 supporters
Yes
19
No
1
2
EternitySky
There is no miscarriage, only a stillbirth.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
8
No
0
Is there childbirth?
20 supporters
Yes
23
No
0
3
Sowl
One of the episode depict a childbirth. It is mostly suggested, but she clearly is about to (contractions, her husband that go search a doctor, etc).
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Yes
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No
18
Yes
0
No
17
Prejudice
Yes
0
No
12
Yes
4
No
1
Yes
0
No
14
Yes
13
No
1
8
yeehawtime
(spoilers) One of the main villains has a visual and thematic resemblance to Hitler. The parallel universe to the FMA one is early 1900's Germany.
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
33 supporters
Yes
5
No
2
2
ProbablyABanana
Not a joke, but is still transmisogynistic.
A serial killer pretends to be a woman
A serial killer pretends to be a woman
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Yes
0
No
16
Yes
0
No
18
Are there fat jokes?
51 supporters
Yes
2
No
11
1
EternitySky
In the English dub, there are some fat-specific insults ("fat*ss" EP50, "tubs" EP35), but this isn't in the original Japanese.
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Yes
0
No
4
Is a minority is misrepresented?
23 supporters
Yes
3
No
2
1
EternitySky
The 2003 version, compared to its counterpart, touches on race and genocide much more delicately. Scar is depicted as a violent character still, but he is portrayed much more sympathetically, while still being justifiably angry and wanting revenge, rather than having an inexplicable change of heart. Ishbalans are a fictional enthnicity, but are well-depicted in a realistic lens.
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17
Is there hate speech?
28 supporters
Yes
16
No
3
6
EmJorgensen
The state is literally trying to exterminate an entire race, they call their leader "the führer"
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Race
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No
4
Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
38 supporters
Yes
6
No
1
1
Sowl
Between two characters that we don't see a lot (and in flashbacks)
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Religious
Yes
0
No
3
Sex
Are there nude scenes?
39 supporters
Yes
1
No
5
1
commonghost
Non-explicit nudity is shown. (You know they're naked, but you don't see anything.)
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
4
Yes
1
No
2
Is someone sexually objectified?
42 supporters
Yes
4
No
2
1
EternitySky
In EP10, Psiren, a character with an open-chest outfit has some mild sexualized comments made about her, and she also makes mild sexual comments towards Ed.
Lust is depicted as a seductive character who uses her looks to take advantage of men, but other characters do not make comments about her, and she is not shot in a fanserviceable way.
Lust is depicted as a seductive character who uses her looks to take advantage of men, but other characters do not make comments about her, and she is not shot in a fanserviceable way.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
81 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
19
Is there sexual content?
52 supporters
Yes
3
No
11
1
commonghost
Non-explicit. Two characters are shown to sleep together, among other things.
2 comments | Add comment
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0
No
3
Sexism
Is a male character ridiculed for crying?
20 supporters
Yes
3
No
1
0
EternitySky
Not really ridiculed, but Trisha is surprised that Ed's crying as a child because she's usually her "strong little man" (EP3).
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Sickness
Yes
4
No
0
Yes
0
No
5
Does someone have a chronic illness?
10 supporters
Yes
5
No
1
0
Sowl
One of the side character kinda became ill more than 10 years ago. And the main character is depicted having chronic pain (even if it shows only sometimes)
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0
No
5
Social
Yes
0
No
4
Yes
3
No
1
Yes
0
No
4
Spoiler
Yes
0
No
15
Does it have a sad ending?
53 supporters
Yes
18
No
3
2
ferdouvu
The ending would best be described as "bittersweet," but undeniably contains sad elements.
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Vehicular
Does a car honk or tires screech?
13 supporters
Yes
4
No
1
1
EternitySky
Yes, in EP36 and 38 a tractor is driven wildly and the horn is blared.
1 comment | Add comment
Does a car crash?
20 supporters
Yes
11
No
3
1
EternitySky
Yes, a car crashes and someone is injured (EP35)
1 comment | Add comment
Does a plane crash?
12 supporters
Yes
12
No
5
6
Sjluus
A Zeppelin does crash in one of the last episodes.
1 comment | Add comment
Is someone hit by a car?
21 supporters
Yes
2
No
6
1
EternitySky
Yes, a car crashes and someone is injured (EP35)
1 comment | Add comment
Violence
Does someone drown?
18 supporters
Yes
3
No
8
3
ProbablyABanana
One villain can turn herself into water and that's how she kills people
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
19
No
0
Is there a nuclear explosion?
6 supporters
Yes
4
No
9
2
ProbablyABanana
There was a real picture of a nuclear explosion shown in episode 50
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Is there gun violence?
25 supporters
Yes
17
No
0
2
EternitySky
Most non-alchemist soldiers carry a gun, one of the main side characters is a sharpshooter, many characters with metal limbs have guns/rocket launchers designed into their bodies (or can transform them to be guns), there are war flashback scenes where guns are used.
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