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鋼の錬金術師 [Hagane no Renkinjutsushi] #11
Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 11
Ed returns to Resembool and meets his father Hohenheim for the first time in many years. Although his father is happy to see him, Ed harbors intense feelings of resentment for being all but abandoned many years ago. However, anger gives way to intrigue as Ed and Al discover an important fact about the human transmutation ritual they attempted years before. What they thought was a partial resurrection of their mother was something else entirely - a revelation that could change their destiny forever.
182 pages, Paperback
First published July 22, 2005
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About the author
Hiromu Arakawa
355 books2,871 followersHiromu Arakawa (author: 荒川弘) is a Japanese manga artist, best known for Fullmetal Alchemist (鋼の錬金術師 Hagane no renkinjutsushi).
Her real name is Hiromi Arakawa (荒川弘美).
Arakawa was born and raised on a dairy farm in Hokkaidō.
She thought of being a manga artist since she was little. After graduating high school, she took oil painting classes while working on her family's farm. During that time, she also created dōjinshi manga with her friends and drew yonkoma for a magazine. After eight years she moved to Tōkyō and started out as assistant writer for Hiroyuki Etō.
Her debut as manga artist is in 1999 with STRAY DOG. In 2001 she started working on her famous and award winning series Fullmetal Alchemist, that soon gets a successful anime adaptation.
Other works include Silver Spoon (銀の匙 Silver Spoon, Gin no saji Silver Spoon).
Her real name is Hiromi Arakawa (荒川弘美).
Arakawa was born and raised on a dairy farm in Hokkaidō.
She thought of being a manga artist since she was little. After graduating high school, she took oil painting classes while working on her family's farm. During that time, she also created dōjinshi manga with her friends and drew yonkoma for a magazine. After eight years she moved to Tōkyō and started out as assistant writer for Hiroyuki Etō.
Her debut as manga artist is in 1999 with STRAY DOG. In 2001 she started working on her famous and award winning series Fullmetal Alchemist, that soon gets a successful anime adaptation.
Other works include Silver Spoon (銀の匙 Silver Spoon, Gin no saji Silver Spoon).
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November 30, 2021
"You did it because you didn't want to be reminded of your mistake! You wanted to escape from the painful memories. You thought you could erase all traces of your actions, didn't you?"
Cada vez me doy cuenta que este manga es más profundo de lo que pienso. Además los capitulos no son nada cortos y densos por lo que tardas un poco más en leer los tomos. Sin embargo, siento que esto es lo que le hace un manga tan bueno. Le da más realidad a los personajes y sus problemas.
" You don't have the right to a peaceful life...or to find peace in death!"
Cada vez me doy cuenta que este manga es más profundo de lo que pienso. Además los capitulos no son nada cortos y densos por lo que tardas un poco más en leer los tomos. Sin embargo, siento que esto es lo que le hace un manga tan bueno. Le da más realidad a los personajes y sus problemas.
" You don't have the right to a peaceful life...or to find peace in death!"
May 7, 2021
I'm not crying, there's something in my eye
June 18, 2021
This volume was quite good. As Ed finds the truth about the body he had summoned and all his resolved are strengthened and he even contacts his teacher and then he meets his bro in Central and then there is this great resolve and camaraderie between them where they promise each other to get their original bodies back and yeah its something to tear up on and also they have a new vendetta with scar and decide to fight him but the way they plan it and also get the Homunculi involved is a genius!
Loved the volume. Great emotional moments and reunion between the brother, big foreshadowing of things to come for Winry and the villain Scar taking center stage and loving the whole big revelations coming. Also the art and shading just gets better every time.
Loved the volume. Great emotional moments and reunion between the brother, big foreshadowing of things to come for Winry and the villain Scar taking center stage and loving the whole big revelations coming. Also the art and shading just gets better every time.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
February 11, 2021
It's down-home family time as Edward Elric returns to Resembool to a confrontation with his father and a reckoning with his failed attempt to resurrect his mother. Snooze villain Scar who has been wandering around the fringes of the storyline for several volumes comes booming back to the fore, unfortunately. Arakawa loves killing characters, and I heartily nominate Scar for the In Memoriam page in the very near future.
With over three dozen characters being shuffled through the chapters herein, I'm glad I'm bingeing this series after it has been completed, because there's no way I could have kept track of everyone if I was reading individual volumes with months between each one.
With over three dozen characters being shuffled through the chapters herein, I'm glad I'm bingeing this series after it has been completed, because there's no way I could have kept track of everyone if I was reading individual volumes with months between each one.
July 12, 2017
HOLY MOLEY this volume was dark! There was some stuff in this that completely took me by surprise but I loved it. This entire story is so compelling and interesting! There are characters who I didn't like all that much when they were first introduced and now I'm super attached to them. I love the direction this story s going in. As a tiny criticism I will say that some of the more fast-paced combat scenes became a little difficult to volume.. I would get the jist of it but be unable to map it out properly in my head.
September 3, 2018
Just when you thought that this volume is all plot advancement and exposition, it ended with an explosive cliffhanger!
July 12, 2023
Konačno se vratio Alhemičar kakvog volim 💪
July 21, 2022
This was an AMAZING volume!! I even got a little teary-eyed in certain parts when some of our characters were able to let go of past pain. It was beautiful in a really emotional and hard way.
The story continues to get deeper and deeper with questions and trying to find answers. One thing I feel that the Elric brothers don't know yet, but I feel pretty confident(?) about is that their Dad is a bad guy. Based on the previous volume, he has the same stature and facial features (of what we see) that match how his Dad looks like in this volume. Also him giving that "advice" to Granny implies he's behind something big and bad that is going to happen (at least in my opinion)!
I'm not sure why, but Scar is a really compelling villain. I find his fight scenes always really good and maybe because he is more on the hunt of justice and revenge in a religious kind of way, I find his actions fascinating. Those seem to be some of the most compelling (and scary) villains I've read.
I really feel this was the volume where are brothers matured and are putting more and more of themselves on the line. While I wouldn't say they are refusing help from those around them, they are really seeing/learning how their actions and getting others involved effects not just them, but people they are about too. Winry is noticing all this in both of them, though especially Edward and I am here for those two SUPER subtle comments of noticing Edward isn't a boy anymore. Yep, yep, yep, I am here for it!
I am still TBD with Lin. I cannot get a good read on this guy, even though I feel confident he IS a good guy? I mean if he's teaming up with our boys, then he HAS to be a good guy, right? I know I loved their plan at the end, even though when a certain character shows up I'm just wanting to yell at them to run! LOL!
Stand strong, boys!!
The story continues to get deeper and deeper with questions and trying to find answers. One thing I feel that the Elric brothers don't know yet, but I feel pretty confident(?) about is that their Dad is a bad guy. Based on the previous volume, he has the same stature and facial features (of what we see) that match how his Dad looks like in this volume. Also him giving that "advice" to Granny implies he's behind something big and bad that is going to happen (at least in my opinion)!
I'm not sure why, but Scar is a really compelling villain. I find his fight scenes always really good and maybe because he is more on the hunt of justice and revenge in a religious kind of way, I find his actions fascinating. Those seem to be some of the most compelling (and scary) villains I've read.
I really feel this was the volume where are brothers matured and are putting more and more of themselves on the line. While I wouldn't say they are refusing help from those around them, they are really seeing/learning how their actions and getting others involved effects not just them, but people they are about too. Winry is noticing all this in both of them, though especially Edward and I am here for those two SUPER subtle comments of noticing Edward isn't a boy anymore. Yep, yep, yep, I am here for it!
I am still TBD with Lin. I cannot get a good read on this guy, even though I feel confident he IS a good guy? I mean if he's teaming up with our boys, then he HAS to be a good guy, right? I know I loved their plan at the end, even though when a certain character shows up I'm just wanting to yell at them to run! LOL!
Stand strong, boys!!
December 18, 2022
So much happened!
May 24, 2021
Oh noooooo!!
(Also, the feels?? Poor Winry)
(Also, the feels?? Poor Winry)
December 6, 2020
This manga is just perfection 👌
October 30, 2020
Ed y su padre tienen un encontronazo, pero, gracias a ello, se da cuenta de que quizá aquello que invocaron él y Al cuando eran jóvenes no tenía nada que ver con su madre fallecida. También desarrolla una teoría que podría ayudarle a recuperar el cuerpo de Alphonse sin tener que sacrificar a alguien más usando la Piedra Filosofal.
Ya para el final del volumen planean hablar directamente con los homúnculos y se unen con el equipo de Mustang para sacarlos de su escondite y atacarlos directamente.
Creo que este volumen es importante no por las escenas de acción que siempre son entretenidas, sino que poco a poco nos vamos dando cuenta de que la transmutación que Ed hizo cuando era un niño no fue cuestión de mera suerte. Si bien eso le costó un brazo, la pierna y el cuerpo físico de su hermano menor, lo cierto es que la inmortalidad, la vida humana y todos los tabúes que vienen consigo, resultan sumamente abrumadores y podría haber más de una simple respuesta.
Hasta el momento me gusta que tenemos la oportunidad de ver a personajes versátiles, llenos de matices que no se sienten irreales sino todo lo contrario. Inclusive considero que el motivo de los villanos para cometer sus actos es comprensible y cualquiera bajo esas circunstancias hubiera hecho lo mismo.
Pero, lo que más me gusta, es cómo Ed y Al se llevan. Ese cariño fraternal es algo digno de ser reconocido y aunque son unos adolescentes, lo cierto es que se han visto obligados a madurar muy rápido. Afortunadamente se han topado con gente que les brinda su ayuda sin esperar algo a cambio.
Alphonse se merece el mundo pero el mundo no lo merece a él.
Este volumen incluye los capítulos 42 – 45.
REVIEWS ANTERIORES:
Volumen 1 | Volumen 2 | Volumen 3 | Volumen 4 | Volumen 5 | Volumen 6 | Volumen 7 | Volumen 8 | Volumen 9 | Volumen 10
Ya para el final del volumen planean hablar directamente con los homúnculos y se unen con el equipo de Mustang para sacarlos de su escondite y atacarlos directamente.
Creo que este volumen es importante no por las escenas de acción que siempre son entretenidas, sino que poco a poco nos vamos dando cuenta de que la transmutación que Ed hizo cuando era un niño no fue cuestión de mera suerte. Si bien eso le costó un brazo, la pierna y el cuerpo físico de su hermano menor, lo cierto es que la inmortalidad, la vida humana y todos los tabúes que vienen consigo, resultan sumamente abrumadores y podría haber más de una simple respuesta.
Hasta el momento me gusta que tenemos la oportunidad de ver a personajes versátiles, llenos de matices que no se sienten irreales sino todo lo contrario. Inclusive considero que el motivo de los villanos para cometer sus actos es comprensible y cualquiera bajo esas circunstancias hubiera hecho lo mismo.
Pero, lo que más me gusta, es cómo Ed y Al se llevan. Ese cariño fraternal es algo digno de ser reconocido y aunque son unos adolescentes, lo cierto es que se han visto obligados a madurar muy rápido. Afortunadamente se han topado con gente que les brinda su ayuda sin esperar algo a cambio.
Este volumen incluye los capítulos 42 – 45.
REVIEWS ANTERIORES:
Volumen 1 | Volumen 2 | Volumen 3 | Volumen 4 | Volumen 5 | Volumen 6 | Volumen 7 | Volumen 8 | Volumen 9 | Volumen 10
April 3, 2023
3.5 stars
This was a heavy volume in between dealing with Al's condition as soul attached to a suit of armor, the Elric family drama, and a realization that gives peace to the Elric brothers' mentor. Learning more about what Al goes through was so sad. He's so young and to know he fears death so early in life is so sad.
There's set up here for what looks like a romance between Winry and Eric, which isn't that exciting for me to read. I like their friendship (and Winry's friendship with Al), but most mangas have some sort of romance in them so I guess it was just a matter of time.
This was a heavy volume in between dealing with Al's condition as soul attached to a suit of armor, the Elric family drama, and a realization that gives peace to the Elric brothers' mentor. Learning more about what Al goes through was so sad. He's so young and to know he fears death so early in life is so sad.
There's set up here for what looks like a romance between Winry and Eric, which isn't that exciting for me to read. I like their friendship (and Winry's friendship with Al), but most mangas have some sort of romance in them so I guess it was just a matter of time.
July 10, 2020
Here's another intermission one, more concerning itself with exposition and emotional catharsis than straightforward plot advancement. Confronting past traumas, setting the stage for future conflicts, and Scar makes a return. I don't mind one bit: it gets pretty sad and quite dark in places, in the good way.
It's a shame we didn't get more of Gomanche. He gives a good showing of himself here.
It's a shame we didn't get more of Gomanche. He gives a good showing of himself here.
June 5, 2020
4 of 5 stars
December 19, 2020
4.5
EN RESUMEN
Ed tiene un reencuentro incómodo con su padre.
ACLARACIÓN:
Todos estos puntos están de alguna forma influenciados por conocimientos y opiniones que ya tenía sobre la historia gracias a la adaptación del anime, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood.
ASPECTOS POSITIVOS
- La introducción de Hohenheim. Su personalidad es absolutamente opuesta a lo que, creo, cualquiera esperaba (y más si tenés en cuenta ese tease entre él y Padre). Es bastante calmado pero al mismo tiempo intrigante. Sus acciones confunden a Ed y al lector al mismo tiempo. Hay todo un aura de misterio que Arakawa supo instalar alrededor de su personaje y que lo eleve muchísimo. ¿Por qué el tipo parece ir por la vida como si nada? ¿Por qué, si aparentemente amaba a Trisha y se preocupa lo suficiente por su hijo como para sacarle un peso de encima, se fue de su casa y abandonó a su familia? Todavía quedan muchas preguntas con respecto a Hohenheim, pero mierda que se impuso en la historia como una personaje sumamente misterioso e interesante.
- Comprendemos más sobre la alquimia y el pasado de los hermanos Elric. Es increíble como con cada tomo Arakawa logra ahondar más y más en un mundo que parecía muy sencillo al principio. Justo cuando creías que FMA no se podía volver más retorcido y hacerles las cosas más difíciles a los hermanos, la trama va y te prueba cuan equivocado estás.
- Por fin parece que la autora decidió darle un papel más relevante a Ling y su banda. Desde que fueron introducidos, los vagos estuvieron yendo de aquí para allá sin hacer nada relevante. Aquí se da pie a algo diferente. Lo mismo se puede decir de Scar. No hay nada como juntar al grandulón amargado con un niña dulce y tierna para darle el desarrollo que necesita.
ASPECTOS NEGATIVOS
- Otro tomo que funciona como preparación para lo que sigue después.
CONCLUSIÓN
Fullmetal Alchemist vol. 11 nos trae más revelaciones y nos acerca más a la verdad detrás de la alquimia, la inmortalidad y la transmutación humana. Un tomo emocionante y lleno de progreso para los personajes.
EN RESUMEN
Ed tiene un reencuentro incómodo con su padre.
ACLARACIÓN:
Todos estos puntos están de alguna forma influenciados por conocimientos y opiniones que ya tenía sobre la historia gracias a la adaptación del anime, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood.
ASPECTOS POSITIVOS
- La introducción de Hohenheim. Su personalidad es absolutamente opuesta a lo que, creo, cualquiera esperaba (y más si tenés en cuenta ese tease entre él y Padre). Es bastante calmado pero al mismo tiempo intrigante. Sus acciones confunden a Ed y al lector al mismo tiempo. Hay todo un aura de misterio que Arakawa supo instalar alrededor de su personaje y que lo eleve muchísimo. ¿Por qué el tipo parece ir por la vida como si nada? ¿Por qué, si aparentemente amaba a Trisha y se preocupa lo suficiente por su hijo como para sacarle un peso de encima, se fue de su casa y abandonó a su familia? Todavía quedan muchas preguntas con respecto a Hohenheim, pero mierda que se impuso en la historia como una personaje sumamente misterioso e interesante.
- Comprendemos más sobre la alquimia y el pasado de los hermanos Elric. Es increíble como con cada tomo Arakawa logra ahondar más y más en un mundo que parecía muy sencillo al principio. Justo cuando creías que FMA no se podía volver más retorcido y hacerles las cosas más difíciles a los hermanos, la trama va y te prueba cuan equivocado estás.
- Por fin parece que la autora decidió darle un papel más relevante a Ling y su banda. Desde que fueron introducidos, los vagos estuvieron yendo de aquí para allá sin hacer nada relevante. Aquí se da pie a algo diferente. Lo mismo se puede decir de Scar. No hay nada como juntar al grandulón amargado con un niña dulce y tierna para darle el desarrollo que necesita.
ASPECTOS NEGATIVOS
- Otro tomo que funciona como preparación para lo que sigue después.
CONCLUSIÓN
Fullmetal Alchemist vol. 11 nos trae más revelaciones y nos acerca más a la verdad detrás de la alquimia, la inmortalidad y la transmutación humana. Un tomo emocionante y lleno de progreso para los personajes.
June 11, 2019
En ésta décimo primera entrega, los Elric se juntan y dilucidan acerca de su traumático episodio pasado. Darán con ciertas claves que no habían contemplado anteriormente (debido a la falta datos y experiencia vital). Todo ello les devolverá las esperanzas para conseguir retorna Alphose a su cuerpo original; más fácil y efectivamente a priori.
Además, tenemos la misteriosa aparición del padre de Edward y Al, con sus enigmáticos propósitos, y la promesa incumplida a éste de su difunta esposa. También hacen aparición Scar (el terrorista de los Alquimistas) , el dicharachero Ling, en alianza con el bando bueno (del cual sabremos el motivo personal de su búsqueda y conocimiento de la piedra filosofal y la eternidad que la vincula), y la curiosa Meig Zhang....que aún no acaba de encajar en la ecuación del desarrollo..pero promete contenido extravagante en el manga.
Un número con más mensaje que acción, pero igual de apasionante debido a sus explicaciones y solución de algunos enigmas...pero con la entradas de nuevos ¿por descontado!, con un secuestro importante y los homúnculos dando guerra.
Por cierto, me encantó la referencia y visualización de “Barry” en éste.
Además, tenemos la misteriosa aparición del padre de Edward y Al, con sus enigmáticos propósitos, y la promesa incumplida a éste de su difunta esposa. También hacen aparición Scar (el terrorista de los Alquimistas) , el dicharachero Ling, en alianza con el bando bueno (del cual sabremos el motivo personal de su búsqueda y conocimiento de la piedra filosofal y la eternidad que la vincula), y la curiosa Meig Zhang....que aún no acaba de encajar en la ecuación del desarrollo..pero promete contenido extravagante en el manga.
Un número con más mensaje que acción, pero igual de apasionante debido a sus explicaciones y solución de algunos enigmas...pero con la entradas de nuevos ¿por descontado!, con un secuestro importante y los homúnculos dando guerra.
Por cierto, me encantó la referencia y visualización de “Barry” en éste.
October 19, 2020
You did it... because you didn’t want to be reminded of you mistake (...). You were running away, Edward.
aaaahh Hohenheim pero que hdp jajsjsjs
se viene otra de mis partes favs en el siguiente volumen o sea que es hora de llorar 😋
aaaahh Hohenheim pero que hdp jajsjsjs
se viene otra de mis partes favs en el siguiente volumen o sea que es hora de llorar 😋
September 1, 2018
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October 31, 2025
The plot was jumping between too many places for the bigger part of the volume, and while there were some important reveals and we had a chance to see yet another state alchemist in action, it mostly felt like getting everyone in the right spot for the fight at the end.
November 2, 2011
Volume 11 of Fullmetal Alchemistby Hiromu Arakawa nearly coincides with the end of Brotherhood Part 2. Now that the Elric brothers and their friends in the military are beginning to know the truth behind the current mess in Central, they want to take action. To that, though, they need to better understand the enemy.
Ed learns the truth behind human transmutation and while it's a painful lesson, it does bring some comfort. Death is final even if you try to pay the ultimate price.
Havoc pays a price too in a fire fight. Seeing him injured shocked me more than Hughs's death. Like Hughs, he was played for comedy and ends up being a hero above an beyond expectations.
Of most interest, though, is the tidbit that might explain Ed's short stature. Like everything else, a comedic detail is woven right back into the story arc.
Ed learns the truth behind human transmutation and while it's a painful lesson, it does bring some comfort. Death is final even if you try to pay the ultimate price.
Havoc pays a price too in a fire fight. Seeing him injured shocked me more than Hughs's death. Like Hughs, he was played for comedy and ends up being a hero above an beyond expectations.
Of most interest, though, is the tidbit that might explain Ed's short stature. Like everything else, a comedic detail is woven right back into the story arc.
April 2, 2022
Something I really appreciate about this series is that Ed gets to hate his deadbeat dad and it's never condemned by the narrative, in most media for young adults the kid might be upset but then the author will have them come around and be like ohhh well, it was necessary for them to leave, I forgive them, etc etc. But Ed is allowed to be furious and the author makes it clear he's totally justified in this
May 6, 2018
Este tomo es particular porque casi no tiene acción y en vez de eso muestra a los personajes lidiando con temas muy profundos y personales. Arakawa es muy hábil para narrar estas escenas con poco diálogo, simplemente mostrando las reacciones de los personajes. Es otro muy buen tomo, bah, creo que hasta ahora ningun tomo me ha parecido flojo en algún aspecto.
May 31, 2018
I was reading this on the bus and then realised that I had to stop because the way a particular scene was going, it would definitely make me cry soon. Finished it at home - and I was right, so I'm glad I didn't keep reading on the bus. This series has such a great emotional core!
August 3, 2019
Another fun installment of Fullmetal Alchemist. This one has great balance between plot and character development. I enjoyed the answers we got, and the additional questions that came from those answers.
June 21, 2024
VALORACIÓN: 4'5 estrellas
Equilibrio perfecto entre acción, desarrollo de personajes y avance de la trama. Algunas respuestas y preguntas nuevas.
Si no habéis leído Fullmetal todavía, no sé a qué estáis esperando (♥ω♥*)
Equilibrio perfecto entre acción, desarrollo de personajes y avance de la trama. Algunas respuestas y preguntas nuevas.
Si no habéis leído Fullmetal todavía, no sé a qué estáis esperando (♥ω♥*)
August 6, 2024
- we know who will win the worst father award
- the revelation about edward and alphonse's attempt is too cruel
- on the other hand, i like this new theory about alphonse and his body. gives me hope
- i've grown attached to lin and his bodyguards, so i don't want anything happening to them
- the revelation about edward and alphonse's attempt is too cruel
- on the other hand, i like this new theory about alphonse and his body. gives me hope
- i've grown attached to lin and his bodyguards, so i don't want anything happening to them
February 21, 2017
La storia, i personaggi. È tutto perfetto. Sto amando questo manga alla follia.
December 16, 2018
I can't really say anything without spoilering this volume, so I'll just say (for the 87th time) that I really, really love this series and its characters.
March 27, 2019
Amazing. This one was really great. We learned so much here.
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