Brothers Edward and Alphonse Elric pay a devastating bodily price after a forbidden transmutation fails, setting off a sixty-four-episode quest to restore their bodies. Studio Bones adapts Hiromu Arakawa's complete manga without filler, balancing political intrigue, alchemy rules, and earned emotional payoffs. Adapts all twenty-seven manga volumes into sixty-four tightly plotted episodes with zero wasted arcs. Gives supporting military officers like Roy Mustang, Riza Hawkeye, and Olivier Armstrong decisive agency. Maintains strict equivalent-exchange rules so combat victories rely on strategy rather than sudden power spikes. Delivers a five-part Promised Day finale that resolves every character thread cleanly.
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