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I found this Summary on 2ch

(Please scroll down for the translations!! )




<Last edited by Michiyo- on Jan. 22, 2012>

Thanks! waiting for translation ^^

Edit: the title of the chapter is something like "the messenger of the darkness".

Thank you, Aizen!

EDIT: Haha. I found a really confusing translation.

The voice that calls Alphonse. Loathing 早 yet to die false main was not a なま easy person.

The 86th conversation "the messenger of darkness" (a/the color door picture: a/the アル 2 body)

From the explosion scene, the figure of the president is not discovered yet. Until death is confirmed with the subjective eye..with it is グラマン that does not face in the base center of the theory where says. The dirt job is the abdomen that pushes against it to ロイ and mirror.
It is the one and ら that even アル moved how that be with missing, although even a/the north corps is able to read the hand of グラマン.

Of it is the pride that takes the armor of アル っ and appeared before エド. The purpose of for the time being be the erasure of greed.
It is Mr./ Ms. ゴリ that even the conversation escapes before end. Although even エド wants to escape the back be the direction that has the slum.
If be defeated and be not able to be without っぱ what エド brought forth be the darkness that even the moonlight does not project.
《主語なし》' If 'it is not able to project a/the shadow I am not able to attack pride. Thereupon, greed....

セリム that was wrapped to pitch-black darkness after all. If s/he is the same condition even a/the partner waits and sees as the intention that is not able to move.
That was a failure. 《主語なし》I encounter the assault of ハインケル from the back. The wild eye was not being calculated.

《主語なし》When it may be a trap, although アル that stopped moving is エド that is anxious about it is pinned on Mr./ Ms. ゴリ.
《主語なし》I stop it if ハインケル throws down セリム by the time the light of the slum returns.
It was worrying about that greed was known a/the quarters place with so. How do it?
The answer came from the other side. グラトニー that traces a/the smell and attack.
《主語なし》If be lacking in certain nature in the feeling of Mr./ Ms. ゴリ and have turned on a/the light it is the prey of pride.
Such a difficult situation becomes the chance that phosphor takes a/the body from greed and return.
《主語なし》If it is phosphor I am able to perceive the indication of グラトニー. Situation reversion.
Only エド is not seen that, although the abdomen is opened when グラトニー that got angry will set range attack.
It is there. The one that looks like a/the thread about whether what person wraps グラトニー completely and tear.
《主語なし》I smelled it the smell that even グラトニー has case it is the thing of the cullion fan that wrapped the body in a/the mask.

《主語なし》It revives here アトヒキ: the servant of strongest! ! !

Please instruct the place where wants to go in (a/the theme: summer a/the comment! 《主語なし》) It was enjoyable the joint work cover with Mr./ Ms. Okubo! !
The place where wants to go in summer in an/the Okhotsk floe exhibition mansion.

Thanks Winry chan. Yeah.... very confusing xD we'll have to wait for more spoilers and images ^^

Thank you Aizen!!

(And, thank you Winry Chan for the "confusing" translation. ^^)

The translation of Chapter 86 Preview Summary (by a live person XD)

Chapter 86: Messenger from the Darkness
(As usual, this is a tentative title till I can read the whole raw chapter ^^)

Note: this month we are treated with TWO color pics of AL!!

Caption: There is a voice calling Al. The voice tells Al it is not time to die yet.
And, the source of that voice was no ordinary man... (Note: Wow, sounds so mysterious!! ^^)

Chapter 86: Messenger from the Darkness

The body of Führer hasn't been found yet from the explosion site.
General Grumman insists on confirming Führer's death himself by seeing his body, and hence he is not heading for Central...
Fact is, he is intending to push all the dirty works onto Mustang and Armstrong who are already in Central by not moving himself from East.
The Northern Army realizes what General Grumman is doing also, but with Al being missing, they haven't decided what move to take next.

Meantime...
Pride has taken over Al's armor and showed up in front of Ed and the gang. The immediate target is to murder and eliminate Greed.
Even before Pride ends his words Darīus and others run away.
Ed wants to run also, but the behind him is the slum town, and so he can't run that way and leading Pride toward the slum.

Ed can't stay kept being attacked... got to do something... and he devises the way to counter-attack. He create a pure darkness.. not even a dim light of moonlight exists, but the complete darkness where no light means no shadow....
And, if Pride can't project shadows, he can not attack...
So, Greed escapes the attack by Pride.

Selim is in the same total darkness. He calmly calculates that if in the same darkness, the opponents are also not being able to make a move. And so he calmly waits in the darkness.
He was wrong. Behind him is Heinkel and he attacks Selim with his keen eyes of the wild animal.

Al stops moving.
Ed is worried, but Darīus stops him from approaching Al, saying this might be a trap.
They're hoping that before the daylight come up Heinkel would take down Selim.
By the way, Greed mentions that he is wondering how Pride and the gang have learned where Greed was.
How??? The answer came, attacking the gang. Gluttony can smell and hence even attack in the total darkness.
Compare to Gluttony, Darīus''s wild eyes are lacking on precision in total darkness.
But, they can't bring back the light, else Pride would attack them.

Taking the benefit of this bad situation and confusion, Ling takes over his body back from Greed.
Ling can sense Gluttony and his move.
Now the situation is reversed and Ling gets upper-hand over Gluttony.

Gluttony gets mad and opens up his stomach. But Ed can't see this.
Then, someone in the darkness throws threads that cut down into Gluttony.
The smell of attacker is familiar to Gluttony.
The source of the smell is RanFan in a black mask!!

Closing caption: The most loyal and the most powerful subordinate returns!!!

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(End of chapter 86 summary)


As usual, I'll be back later to correct typos and whatnot. ^^

Thanks, Aizen!

And thanks for the slightly confusing translation, Winry Chan! xD

EDIT: Thanks for the translation, Tombow! It certainly looks like an interesting chapter, especially the beginning.
EDIT2: Oh, RanFan? Hell yes! :'D

Ok, done translation of chapter 86 summary!!

And...

OMG!!!! RanFan fans... rejoice!!!!

I'm soooo excited to see her return!!!!
*Dances around in excitement*

Thanks Aizen, Winry Chan, and Tombow!

YES!!! It's about time Ran Fan returned! And Ling is in control of his body! I'm looking forward to a reunion between the two. It's been WAY too long.

Can't wait for the RAW to catch a glimpse of Ran Fan's arm...if they show that...

thanks to all!! wow!! i'm happy! Ran Fan at last!!!! thanks, as always ^^

Is there going to be something key to her being so loyal? I too want to see her arm, since she appears to have adapted to it haha.

Thanks for the info/translations all.

Thank you to all who put up summaries and translations!

As much as I'm happy that RanFan's back, I'm also scared for her. I mean, I know she can handle herself, but the last time she tangled with the homunculi... didn't turn out so well. However, the way she and Ling can sense things is pretty handy, so I won't worry too much about her.

And YAY! Al's being told he can't die yet! So what can he do? Hang out where he is? Does that mean that he's kind of like Greed and Ling, only with Pride having absolutely forced his way in, without Al's consent?

Wow... Things are looking pretty tense here, and this is only the beginning, I'm sure. (Please, when all's said and done, may we not have an anti-climactic ending! *ducks from pitchfork-wielding mob screaming about JS's lack of belief*)

Yay!! ^^

RanFan is back! \o/ Thanks Aizen, Winry Chan and Tombow!

Can't wait to read this chapter.

Thank you Tombow, for a more accurate translation!! ^^

I'm so happy RanFan is back!!! I am interested to see her arm. Would it be automail? Another form of prosthesis found in Xing?

I will wait for RAW. ^^ This is almost as exciting as Chapter 81 when Ed returned.
Almost.

EDIT: Maybe the last page will be like this. XD


It took me 15 minutes to do, mainly because I couldn't find how to flip an image. @.@

Ranfan~ yayness! thanks aizen, winry chan and tombow!

nya...is it me or does it feel like this chapter's so short?!

It has 40 pages, so it's back to the good old standard amount of pages =D

(borrowing someone's comp to post)

Just gonna quickly post a few comments.

Ed's comment about Al makes me want to stone him. Rebellous stage? =_=; wtf
I totally went wtf at the first few pages too. Like WUT R J00 DOING TO ARU, DAMN PRIDE?!
and AWESOME, Ranfun is back <3 Her new arm is so cool! So I guess she has disappeared for 6 months (story-wise)? Ed should indeed be 16 (and Al be 15) by now.
Lin is back (temporarily) too! Awesome
and I love how the Lion dude beat the sh!t outta Pride.
I also love how action packed this chapter is. 40 pages is awesome although not a whole lot of content =D Action packed just feels exciting and hot-blooded and all =D

Gotta go, awesome chapter =D Too bad aru is still in great danger ;-;

Winry Chan can probably remover the attachment now since the real pic is out 8D;;; I was kinda shocked when I see bare chest w/ no boobs lol... took me a second to realize that it's actually Ed 8D;;

@AA Battery, you have seen the chapter? I think you are the first person to see it. ^^

If the attachment is bothersome, I can remove it.

A Chinese forum has the raw.

Thanks AA battery for the comment, and thanks a buch for that page, Ropespinner!!!

Winry Chan that pic made me laugh sooo harrdd!

Thank you, Ropespinner!!!

Caould someone possibly turn it to DL link?
That would be highly appreciated!!! ^^

Here I am

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2YILWD1R

Thank you, Aizen!!!

*Goes to DL* ^^

Be back shortly to start the translation.. ^^

Thank you, Ropespinner and Aizen! :'D

I'm off to read! ^^

HOLY HELL RANFAN'S AUTOMAIL. 8'D

Ed's automail promptly dies of shame in comparison to RanFan's

Thank you to everyone for sharing spoiler summaries, translations, the RAW, etc. You are all awesome. <3

Possessed Al is creepy. O_O And you all said it already, but it bears repeating: Ran Fan's automail is awesome! Poor Winry's been majorly outdone.

Plus we got that volume cover. I really like this one. Seeing Ed in white is weird...but in a good way.

Thank you Ropespinner and Aizen!

I'll be back later with a rapidshare link, because megaupload doesn't work in some countries.

EDIT: Here it is
http://rapidshare.com/files/136684255/__31..._35805__RAW.zip

Winry made a machine gun to fit in an automail, for God's sake I think the only reason Ed doesn't have weapons fitted in his automail is because he doesn't want to, or Winry is afraid of what he could do with one And I'm not talking about the fact that Ed is short and his automail must be as light as possible

Wow,Ed's facial expressions are priceless, and Ranfan's back XDwith awesome automail. I wonder if her grandfather is anywhere nearby.

I love RanFan's Automail. I also like how she came back. Arakawa-sensei has an incredible sense of when and how to re-introduce a character.

She wasn't kidding when she told Al that if Ed did it in one year, she'd do it in six months.

I'm going to make an avatar now. ^^

EDIT: Got it. ^^


It looks a bit weird...

EDIT: I just realised that Ling's arm was bitten off. O_O

Nice icon!

Yeah, his arm was bitten off, but he has Greed's regenerative abilities, so no worries there!

Full chappie translation's done!

Shameless plug - my cosplay gallery from Otakon 2008 - http://www.cosplay.com/gallery/122921/
Raw and other goods at http://mangahelpers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36925

Page 1:
Pride: ...Alphonse.

Stay focused.
Al: Who...

Pride: It's too soon for you to leave.

We still need...

to make use of you.
Side: A voice calls out from the abyss...!

Page 2-3:
Giant white text: I will not surrender
my soul.
Title: chapter 86 - Messenger from the Void

Page 4:
Grumman: Find 'em yet?
Soldier: Not yet, sir?

Page 5:
Soldier: It's difficult to get a foothold out there, so the search is going slower than planned.
Grumman: Uh-huh...

Miles: Lt. General Grumman.
Grumman: Ah, c'mere, c'mere.

Miles: Is the Fuhrer still MIA?
Grumman: They found the body of one of his men a ways downstream, that's all.

Miles: It'd be a miracle if anyone survived.
SFX: SHAAAAAAAAA

Grumman: Well, I've ordered the Northern troops to assist in dragging the river.
Miles: YOU did, sir?

Page 6:
Grumman: I won't relax until I see his corpse with my own eyes.

So, I can't move my men yet.
Miles: We're not going following our original plan of going after Central?
SFX: whisper whisper

Grumman: Can't yet.
We'll have to leave all the ugly Central business to Colonel Mustang.

"Bradley's administration's worked up until now without any major problems."
"When Colonel Mustang and Major General Armstrong strike, they'll be painted as traitors."
"If it goes well, the top brass and the general public will fall for it."

"And when they do, I make my move."
"With them established as the "bad guys", the great "hero" General Grumman will appear to save the day."

Page 7:
Grumman: "I'll be able to seize power with almost no risk to me."
"I'll let the kids handle all the dirty work."

Miles: ...I wouldn't put it past this old codger to have that as his REAL plan.

Alphonse Elric is still missing, too.

I wonder what's become of him...

SFX: GSSSSHHHH GSSSSHHHH GSSSSHHHH GSSSSHHHH GSSSSHHHH

Page 8:
SFX: SHHHHSHHHSHHH

Ed: A-
Al?
What is that?
Are you turning on us?!
Greed: Gh-

Page 9:
Greed: It's "Pride."

Greed: f*!@...
How'd you know where we were?

Pride: There is no limit to your betrayals, Greed.
You are now just another obstacle to us.
SFX: SHUUOOOO

Ed: You know him?
Greed: Yeeeeep.
He's my oldest brother...I guess.

Ed: A Homunculus!

Bastard...you disguised yourself as Al!
Pride: This is no disguise.

Page 10: [H: Am I the only one who finds the tiny Pride hands cute?]
SFX: CLink

SFX: ZUZUZUZUZUZUZUZUZUZU
Pride: This IS your brother.

Ed: Son of a b*tch...!

Page 11:
SFX: Clink.
Pride: I'm here to eliminate Greed.

And you, Fullmetal Alchemist...you will come with me.
SFX: ZOZO

Ed: Guys...hurry and get awa-
HEY! That was a little TOO fast!
Darius: Our animal instincts are telling us "Don't fight that thing!"

You gonna be okay, kid?
Ed: Yeah.
They need me and Al...they won't kill us.
SFX: ZORUZORUZORUZORU

Page 12:
Ed: You may not be allowed to go all out, but I sure as hell am.
You're going down.

Pride: I see.
...No, I won't kill you.

But I may have to rip off two or three of your limbs.

SFX: SHING

Page 13:
Ed: Waagh-
SFX: SHINGSHING

Ed: Who-ho-hoa!

I can't lead him anywhere near the slums!

SFX: SHWANG

Ed: I'll have to hold him here!
SFX: BZZRT

Page 14:
SFX: Slice

SFX: CRAACK

Greed: Blockades don't work with this guy!
SFX: Zazazazazazaza

SFX: SPING

Greed: BHURGH-
SFX: STAB

Page 15:
Greed: ...close one!

SFX: Shp

SFX: Zweee

SFX: Squeeze

Pride: And now I've got your friend.

Page 16:
Pride: What now?
Will you listen to my demands if I take those slum-dwellers, as well?
Lady: What's that?
Guy: Some weird noises coming from out that way.
SFX: Chatter chatter

Greed: Heh. He went right for your weak spot.
SFX: Zozozo

SFX: zozozozo

SFX: Zozozo

Ed: No one beats me the same way twice.
SFX: Clap

Page 17:
SFX: BOOM

SFX: BZZZRT

SFX: click click

SFX: Boom

Page 18:
SFX: CLICK

People: Eek!
What happened?
A blackout.
SFX: Thud

SFX: ......

Page 19:
Ed: I can't see a thing...

But the eyes are gone.

Greed: Hup-up-up-
SFX: THUNK
Darius: Careful.

Heinkel: Well? What happened?
Greed: Hmm?
That you, Heinkel?
Small text: I can't see .....

Greed: It's pretty simple.
It's pitch black now. We can't see, but neither can Pride's eyes.

Ling: Is it gone?
Greed: No.
He's just waiting.
The second a shadow's cast somewhere, he'll be back.
Darius: What the hell do we do?!

Page 20:
Greed: Were you watching his feet?
Heinkel: Yes...those tentacle-like things came out.
Greed: Not THAT.

He was right next to a giant shadow.

Somewhere in the shadows of these trees is his main body.
Heinkel: ...Main?
As in NOT the armor?
Greed: Exactly.
His container is somewhere else.

Heinkel: ...Describe it.

Page 21:
SFX: Blink

Selim: No moon and no stars.

But in this darkness, they'll be paralyzed, too.
I'll have to wait for the power in the slums to come back on.
Bubbles: Go check the plant.
Anyone got a match?

Page 22:
SFX: SLAAAAASH

Page 23:
SFX: Slashslashslashslashslash
SFX: JUMP

SFX: Taktaktaktaktak

Page 24:
Heinkel: Too slow!

SFX: CRACK

Selim: Impressive...attacking me in this form without any hesitation.
Heinkel: I admit it feels weird to be beating up on something that looks like a little kid...

But I know...

Page 25:
Heinkel: The beast within keeps howling,
"Kill him or be killed!"
SFX: SLAM

SFX: Squeeze squeeze squeeze
SFX: SNAP

SFX: slash slash slash
WHAM
Crackcrackcrack

Darius: Ed...
ED!

Page 26:
SFX: shuffle
Darius: You there?

Ed: Donkey Kong?

Darius: Is he-
Ed: I don't think he's moved at all.
Small text: I haven't heard any "CLANG" sounds.

Darius: We should leave him, for now at least.
Ed: LEAVE him? ALONE? Like THAT?

Darius: I know you're worried, but what if it's another trap?
C'mon.
Ed: .......
All right...

But what do we do about "Pride?"
When the lights come back on...
Darius: We'll have to pray Heinkel does the job before then.
Ed: You mean Lion King?
SFX: Rustle

Page 27:
Darius: Let the nocturnal predator take care of things.
SFX: squint squint
Ed: I can't see...
SFX: Stare

SFX: Rustle rustle rustle

Greed: Damn you, Pride...
How did you know we were here?!
SFX: Rustle

SFX: Gasp

Page 28:
Darius: DUCK!
SFX: CHOMP

SFX: SNAP

SFX: Cre
CREEEEEEEE

SFX: CRAAAASH

Page 29:
Gluttony: I smell the Fullmetal Alchemist.
And I smell Greed, too.
SFX: chew chew chew

Greed: That voice...it's Gluttony!
Now it makes sense...Pride used Gluttony's sense of smell to track us down!
Ed: I can't SEE.

Gluttony: And I smell...someone I don't know.
So I can eat him.
SFX: Sniff sniff

Page 30:
Greed: You know your orders, Darius.
He's another Homunculus.
Darius: How'm I supposed to fight that monster?!

Greed: Can you see him?
Gluttony: Sniff sniff...
Over here.
Darius: No...at this distance, I can only sense something bad in that general direction.

Greed: He's using his sense of smell to move around.
SFX: TRIP
Gluttony: Oof-
Greed: I'd say it's a pretty even match.

Darius: My animal instincts are saying "Get the hell out" again...
SFX: Growl

Darius: But screw them!
I'm a MAN, damnit!
SFX: BABABABABA

Darius: First strike wins it all!
SFX: DASH

Page 31:
Darius: Nuuuuoooooah! [H: Darius, use Cross Chop!]
SFX: WHAM

SFX: Skidddd
Darius: Gotcha!

SFX: RIIIIP
Darius: BWAH!

SFX: GRAB

Darius: FNNNGAAAH!
SFX: CRACK

Page 32:
Gluttony: Your head's hard.
I bet it's chewy.
SFX: Throb throb

Gluttony: Lemme have a bite~
SFX: GAAAH

Darius: Eat THIS!
SFX: THWAAAACK

Gluttony: Owwwwie!
Darius: Ah-

SFX: Run run run

Greed: You get him?
Darius: I know I made contact.

Page 33:
Greed: Good! Don't let up!
Darius: It ain't that easy! I can't see in the dark like Heinkel!

I can't get him if he gets too far away...
SFX: Shuffle

Darius: THERE YOU ARE!
SFX: THWACH
Ed: GHWUGH-

That...freakin'..hurt...
Darius: Oops...that was Ed.
Small text: Sorry.
No wonder the silhouette was so small.

Ed SFX: RAAAAAAAAARGH

Greed: We turn the lights on and Pride comes back.
We leave 'em off and Gluttony eats us.

Page 34:
Lin: Greed, switch places with me.
Greed: Lin?

Lin: I can track Homunculi by their presence. I can sense them!
In this darkness, I'll be able to escape much easier than you!

SFX: CHOMP, rip rip

Greed: Grr!

SFX: BZZRT
Greed: Fine, you convinced me!

Page 35:
Greed: Don't go running away with MY body, though!
Lin: Screw you! It was MY body to begin with!

Gluttony: Dinner time!

Lin: I have you NOW!
SFX: CRACK
Gluttony: GRGH-

Greed: Ooh, nice shot! I'm glad I got paired with you! [H: HAHAHA TINY GREED HEAD]
Lin: Thanks!

Page 36:
Gluttony: Owww..
SFX: throb throb
Gluttony: Now I'm mad!

It's dark, I can't see,
I'm hungry, but no one's letting me eat them!

Gluttony: I'll just have to SWALLOW you all whole!
SFX: SKRAAH

Darius: This is BAD!
Ed: What's bad?!
Lin: Something new's coming!
Ed: What? WHAT?!
Small text: It's pitch black!
Ed: What do you guys see?! I'm the normal here! TELL MEEEE!

SFX: Zwing zwing

Page 37:
SFX: Zweeeeee

SFX: Sliiiiice

Page 38:
Ed: Huh?!
Darius: Get down!
Something's out there!

SFX: Bzz SKREEEEEEEE

Ed: Another enemy?!
Lin: I don't know!
I don't know...but...

Gluttony: I...
know...
this
scent..

Page 39:
SFX: SKSH

Page 40:
SFX: Clink

SFX: Flip
gluttony: GHAK-
'
Page 41:
SFX: SLAM

SFX: Flutter flutter

Lin: Glad you're feeling better!

Page 42:
Lin: I've been eager to see you again, Ran Fan!
Text: His strongest servant returns to action!

Thanks a bunch, Hisshou ^^

Thanks, Hisshou! ^^

Dammit, I keep giggling uncontrollably every time I read over the part where Gluttony trips over the log. He's so adorable! xD <3

Whoa, okay, while I really don't want Al to die, why did it have to be Pride that called him back, huh? This is getting really complicated! I don't even know how Al's going to get his body back at this rate!

I really hope Grumman's got some sort of plan to save Mustang & co.'s butts when all is said and done if he's going to go in and be the hero. He can't be in it all for himself, can he? Nah... *knocks on wood*

Anyway, more celebration about RanFan being back! I love it! I can't wait to see the scans! (I generally don't read the raw for whatever reason.)

Actually, that dialogue was Miles imagining him thinking that.

I too am totally excited to see Ran Fan again, she's looking really sharp with that automail (and a lot tougher too )! I'm not sure exactly how long its been since she left but it seems like some really quick recovery!

Hisshou- Thanks. *blushes* I guess it helps if I actually read it without doing something else at the same time, now then, doesn't it? Now that I see Miles's line a second time, that makes sense. Oops. My bad! Still, it really had me going, there!

I was searching for a good site to see all the chapters of Fullmetal Alchemist and I found that
---->Fullmetal alchemist scan

It has chapt 86 also ! I hope that it will help people. Oh, the scans are all in english.

Thank you, HisshouBuraiKen!

That site is OneManga, correct? I go there, too. ^^

Thanks for the translation and scanlation!

Does anyone have any idea where the scanlators got the HQ raw? I've only found the raw with small resolution, and the scanlation, where some pages are quite blurred and messy.

As everyone keeps saying, Ran Fan is seriously badass there. And poor Ed, keeps asking what's happening because he can't see it... Al possessed by Pride is probably the most disturbing thing ever. WHAT is Pride doing to him, anyway? Is he just possessing the armor with shadows, or does he have some kind of connect to Al's soul/mind, since he was able to talk to Al in whatever Limbo his soul has gone to (and why/how did the Pride-shadows talking to Al take the form of the armor? Is that Pride and Al at the same time, or is Pride just messing with him?) ... I'm confused and freaked out and thinking it's kind of awesome at the same time.

(Edit: typos)

lofkjalskdfj RanFan's automail is awesome. 0_0 I'm so glad she's back.
Smart idea with the darkness thing. *nods*
And that was cool now Greed let Ling take control for a bit.
I'm excited for the next chapter. I'd love to see a flashback of RanFan getting her armor and training with it and stuff.

@ Ropespinner

I absolutely agree with all of your points concerning pride/al

What is happening? is pride taking over al? is he imprisoning al? or is he placing him where he needs to be for the promise day?

And why was Al's soul the suit of armor? just so that the readers would not be confused as to who it was...

Well i am soo confused .... but that is just going to make the next chapter a trillion times more amazing!

Ropespinner - I think that Pride's connection to the Gate/Truth may be a bit more blurry than the others, since he was the first Homunculus Father made and he's looks closer than them to the flask form.

The tiny greed head talking to Lin is still cracking me up. So priceless.

WOW this is the first time in a while i've felt satisfied by the end of the chapter. I've missed that kind of action!

That chirema guy (the monkey) ripped his shirt just like Alex LOL

Loved Ran Fan's automail! i was happy Lin was in charge of his body when she returned.

It's so weird to see Selim in an actual action scence, especially with what he's wearing XD

I don't really know what to say about Grumman. I want to be pissed, but that guy amuses me far too much.

I'll bet you Ed designed the spiky details on Ranfan's arm. That silly wannabe goth did something right.

There was no HQ raw, they just blew up the LQ one. They looked like ...., too...I miss TMI Scans more than ever

Also, again - It was Miles was IMAGINING Grumman thinking that stuff. His line after Grumman's little inner monologue was, very literally, "...or something like that is what this sneaky old man could be thinking."

I personally don't think the G-Man has any ulterior motives, he's too old to want to seize power. He probably just wants to retire in peace, in his home country, and trusts Mustang to do the job.

The quality of this chapter was inversely proportional to the RAW's quality.

RAN FAAAAAAAANN!!!!! ( *o*) [/fanboy]



Me too, but that was a certainly creepy part there... And why did she put it? Maybe Miles is right and Grumman will turn out to be some ambitious bastard? I doubt it too, from what we've seen of him. Maybe Miles' distrust of Grumman will screw up the plan in the future? Dunno.

Anyway, that inner monologue is really intriguing and I don't think it was put there just to fill in... Or was it?
What do I know... U

At first, before I read the panel that shows it as Miles' own line of thought, I thought Grumman was starting to be revealed as a "bad guy"... only to be killed off right away suddenly by a showing up alive and well Bradley. XD

lol, i bet the HQ raw will pop up in the next 2-3 days, like it did in the past 5 months or so.

Just that I can't install a potentially harmful software into my friend's computer to download it right now, thats all. Mangahelper may have it later. lol The scanlators just can't wait till they get their hands on the HQ raw, huh?

See it that way : Mustang does his little coup d'état. His legitimacy would be low, very low. But if Grumman comes as the savior, supported by the legitimate government, to stop the rebellion, while Mustang has already disposed of the corrupted generals? This leaves Grumman, a good guy, as the only one who is really fit to take the lead. He will take it, and bring the country to a more peaceful state. This leaves Mustang in a very dark situation? No matter, Mustang was always ready to make sacrifice in order to reach that goal, even sacrifice his own life.

Sure, this leaves Grumman as a lot less sympathetic character, but not as an "ambitious bastard".

Alright, i am going to put a warning here, that i am about to spit out a theory that might be rediculous

OK, i still think Grumman is a good guy becuase of atleast Riza, and i do think he likes Roy. I think that he might make a political sacrifice so that Roy can rise to the top.

I think it might be linked to the fact that Roy and the others in the Ishbalan Genocide will be tried for war crimes once the peaceful gov is instituted.

So maybe Grumman will be able to take the blame on himself or do something in the gov that will let all the good guys off the hook for Bradleys Regime.

So i think he is good, and i think that miles is just makeing a nice parallel so that when Grumman does his selfless act, It will show that it really was selfless becuase Grumman was in the position to take complete power....and didn't