I wonder if the Philosopher's Stone would be in a desolate town like this.
It almost seems like a lie that up until just recently, this town was prosperous from gold.
Which is why they would be that much more likely to research the Philosopher's Stone.
How do you mean?
Since they stopped being able to get gold out of the mines,
they'd want to transmute it with the Philosopher's Stone that much more.
This used to be a gold producing area, and all,
so if they created just a little, no one would find them out, right?
It's terrible the way grown-ups think.
Elisa!
Hey, everyone, give me a hand here!
It's no use! It won't budge!
Papa...
It's all right.
We're going to help you out of there, no matter what!
What's the matter?
My daughter is pinned!
Just be patient for a bit, okay?
Man cannot obtain anything without first sacrificing something.
In order to obtain anything, something of equal value is required.
That is alchemy's Law of Equivalent Exchange.
At the time, we believed that to be the true way of the world.
Take the memories of distant days, tear them up with your own hands,
kimi no te de kirisaite tooi hi no kioku wo
Take the memories of distant days, tear them up with your own hands,
kimi no te de kirisaite tooi hi no kioku wo
and squeeze the life out of your sorrows for me
kanashimi no iki no ne wo tomete kure yo
and squeeze the life out of your sorrows for me
kanashimi no iki no ne wo tomete kure yo
and squeeze the life out of your sorrows for me
kanashimi no iki no ne wo tomete kure yo
Come on, and pierce my heart as it yearns for your love!
saa, ai ni kogareta mune wo tsuranuke
Come on, and pierce my heart as it yearns for your love!
saa, ai ni kogareta mune wo tsuranuke
Come on, and pierce my heart as it yearns for your love!
saa, ai ni kogareta mune wo tsuranuke
Looking at the sky, thinking tomorrow must be coming,
asu ga kuru hazu no sora wo mite
it's too much for my captivated heart to take
mayou bakari no kokoro mote amashite iru
As a bird flutters along beside me,
katawara no tori ga habataita
I wonder where he managed to find his light
doko ka hikari wo mitsukerareta no ka na
Say, would you carry me along on your back as well?
naa, omae no se ni ore mo nosete kurenai ka?
Say, would you carry me along on your back as well?
naa, omae no se ni ore mo nosete kurenai ka?
Say, would you carry me along on your back as well?
naa, omae no se ni ore mo nosete kurenai ka?
And leave me at the highest place there is,
soshite ichiban takai tokoro de
far away from kindness?
okizari ni shite, yasashisa kara toozakete
Take the memories of distant days, tear them up with your own hands,
kimi no te de kirisaite tooi hi no kioku wo
and squeeze the life out of your sorrows for me
kanashimi no iki no ne wo tomete kure yo
Come on, and pierce my heart as it yearns for your love!
saa, ai ni kogareta mune wo tsuranuke
Come on, and pierce my heart as it yearns for your love!
saa, ai ni kogareta mune wo tsuranuke
Come on, and pierce my heart as it yearns for your love!
saa, ai ni kogareta mune wo tsuranuke
Land of Stones, Part 1
Wow, to think that an alchemist would come along!
You really came through for us!
Thanks to his armored father too!
No, no, we're brothers, actually. This is my younger brother.
Younger brother? Even though he's bigger than you, Big Brother?
Anyhow, we're glad that you weren't hurt, Elisa-chan.
Elisa!
Is Elisa all right?!
Uncle Belsio!
Papa?
Look, you...
How dare you come into my house!
After making Elisa help you out like that!
Listen to me, Elisa. No matter what anyone tells you,
you can't help Belsio out in his work anymore!
No!
It wasn't Uncle Belsio's fault! I asked him to let me help out!
I-I'm sorry, Elisa! Here, drink this.
I'm sorry.
Uncle Belsio told me...
that your lemon pies were the best, Papa.
And that it was a shame that there were so few farms left in town.
Hey now, once the Philosopher's Stone is finished, the town will become prosperous!
Then we'll be able to buy our fruit!
The Philosopher's Stone?!
Right, right!
You two came to assist Mugear-sama in his research, right?
To create a Philosopher's Stone?
Mr. Alchemist, please create the Philosopher's Stone as soon as you can!
We want to get back our town of gold— Xenotime—no matter what!
We're depending on you, Master Alchemist!
It looks like there's a lot to this,
but in any case, I guess we'll go see this Mugear person.
By the way,
if you would please tell us your names?
Our names?
I'm Edward. Edward Elric.
H-His brother, Alphonse. Alphonse Elric.
The Elric brothers?
The State Alchemist ones?
Yeah!
What did you do that for?!
You hush! The real Elric brothers are already up there!
Come back when you've decided to be honest about your real names!
Who is it that's been using my name here?
Brother, are you really planning to sneak in?
Course I am!
I'm going to catch that impostor
and have him tell me about the Philosopher's Stone while I'm at it.
Brother? Was that...
A transmutative reaction.
Look at this. This is all material on the Philosopher's Stone.
So, this is where they're making the Philosopher's Stone, all right.
No doubt about it.
This place is off-limits to unauthorized persons.
By any chance, are you guys...
There you are, you impostors!
Which would mean that you're the real Edward, huh?
No! No! I'm Edward! Me!
You're the older brother?
Got a problem with that?!
Don't get so excited.
The security guys will realize you're here.
What do you know, the real younger brother wears armor, huh?
You sure don't look like you're fourteen.
You know about us?
What, you want to go at it?
If you guys will go home quietly, I don't plan on fighting.
Just let us stay here for a little while longer.
Is that any attitude to be asking somebody for something with?
Sit.
Stop looking down on me!
That would bother you, huh?
Being only that tall, when you're fifteen?
Automail, huh? The real one has his troubles too, it seems.
By saying that,
you sound as if you haven't just been living in idleness yourself!
I'd like to have a look at the skill of a State Alchemist.
You're gonna be sorry you did!
Not bad. No transmutation circle, huh?
The impostor doesn't use a transmutation circle either?!
Why, you!
Have you got a Philosopher's Stone?!
What was that noise just now?!
This way!
Damn! I ache all over.
That impostor sure was strong, huh?
It was just the Stone's power, after all.
So, I wonder if they've completed a Philosopher's Stone yet.
We're going to make sure we find out.
I wonder what those brothers' names are.
The two of them must have real names, after all.
I wonder if the older brother is older than you, Brother.
Don't go judging us just on our size!
Brother, let's give this up already.
If those two report what's really going on, what will we do?
Don't worry. Nobody is going to believe what they say.
Let's hurry and complete the Philosopher's Stone and leave town.
I hope it goes that smoothly.
I'm not about to let Mugear get the credit for the research Dad spent his whole life on.
But...
Don't worry.
If it comes to that, I'll make sure that no matter what, at least you get away.
Brother, you don't understand.
That won't...
make me happy...
Are you sure you should just be standing there like that?
You're here, are you?
It seems some outsiders have appeared.
Y-Yes, but not to worry. The Elric brothers have been chased away.
I'm not so sure.
Those boys could prove to be extraordinarily crafty.
But then, having come to this point,
it's only a matter of time before the military comes to learn of the research.
I think that maybe it's about time you pulled out, Mugear.
Please don't say that!
Just a little more time, please!
I promise you, I will complete the Philosopher's Stone!
Hurry.
Use any means that you have to.
It's starting to swell up pretty good.
Your coldness feels so good.
I'm happy to be of use to you, Brother, even in this body.
You were at the store this evening.
If you have no place to stay, come to my place.
Thanks for helping us out.
I couldn't let you children sleep outside.
You're not going to ask us our names?
You're the Elric brothers, right?
Then, you believe us?
No.
I just think that everyone has their own reasons.
I'm not the one who bears responsibility for them.
That's up to you.
You don't appear to have any interest in the Philosopher's Stone, huh?
The folks in this town
are still unable to forget the wealth that gold has brought them,
and Mugear has them wrapped around his finger.
Good morning, Uncle Belsio!
If you keep coming to my place, you're going to get yelled at again by your pop.
No problem, no problem!
Papa is all wrapped up in talk about the gold mine. He won't notice.
Good morning.
Big Brothers, you're here!
Wow, that looks like it hurts!
That's what you get for telling lies, huh?
I'm telling you, we're not the ones who are lying.
And yet I'm the one who gets clocked!
You don't mean, you're the ones who snuck into Mugear-sama's mansion yesterday, Big Brothers?
Of course it was us! We can't let those impostors get away with this, you know!
And besides, using a Philosopher's Stone to make gold is no small matter.
Brother...
I'm going to go see what's happening in town.
Brother!
Hey, big guy!
Yes?
Would you go to the drugstore for me?
I'd like for you to get Elisa's medicine,
and your brother needs a compress too, right?
Say, it's that armor. He's that impostor!
Oh, dear! I wish he would hurry up and leave.
I'll bet it was those boys who broke in to rob Mugear-sama's mansion last night.
Hey, you!
What have you come here for?!
I-I need to get some medicine...
We don't have any medicine that treats liars! Go on! Go on!
I give up. I can't buy any medicine like this.
Um...
You...
I'll go buy your medicine for you.
An equivalent exchange...
to apologize for us lying.
Here.
Thank you very much.
Both of us have it hard when our older brothers act rash, huh?
Aren't you angry?
You must have your reasons, right?
I'm sorry.
For us to participate in Mugear-san's research,
we needed to use names such as yours.
To be a child and a State Alchemist—
the Elric brothers are the only ones around.
You need the Philosopher's Stone that badly?
It's something my dad spent his whole life researching.
Then, your father was an alchemist as well?
Mm-hmm.
But then, one day, he was suddenly gone.
That's why my brother is forcing himself to carry on after our dad.
That's the complete opposite of our family.
My brother hates our dad, who was also an alchemist.
Our dad was completely absorbed in alchemy,
and our mom suffered because of it.
We've also seen a bunch of other people who have met with sadness because of alchemy.
Listen, if your brother is doing something wrong,
you're the only one who can stop him.
You can't make others do it.
If you do, I think your brother will be deeply hurt.
I've been a little concerned about this,
but aren't there a lot of people coughing around town?
U-Uh-huh.
Is this cough medicine, then?
I-It's...
Brother!
Sorry, I have to go now.
Hey, what's your name?
Fletcher!
Brother?!
What's the matter?
The impostor is here! The older one! Have you seen him?
Nuh-uh.
That bastard! What a hypocrite!
He's been fixing the townspeople's hoes and transmuting wheels for them!
That's better than having him do bad things, though.
I don't like the way he operates!
He's ignoring the Law of Equivalent Exchange!
Al, we're going to sneak in there again tonight!
Even though it's the very next day?!
Because it's the very next day!
Brother...
There's something I want to talk about.
Today, we're going with the mole-man strategy!
Mole-man?
All right, we should be just about under the building now.
Are you sure?
Well, we're going to come out somewhere.
We're here!
What is this?
Could it be...
This might be the water that forms the base of the red stone.
The red stone?
I read some documents about it at the library in Central.
It's a stone, made of a compound of roughly the same material
as the Philosopher's Stone, which you get by refining red water.
Then, you can make a Philosopher's Stone from this water?
Apparently, it won't be the exact same thing, but yeah.
As I remember, some alchemist named Nash-something-or-other was researching it,
but in the end, it didn't work out.
Brother?
For some reason, I suddenly feel...
Brother! Brother!
Over here!
Who's there?!
It's me! Quickly!
Hurry up!
Fletcher...
Brother, are you all right?
Huh? Where am I?
What are you doing here?!
I-I'm sorry...
What? What are you crying about?
Fletcher...
If you know something, tell us.
You really don't like what's going on here, do you?
That red water...
It's water that's very dangerous to humans.
But it's vital for creating a red stone.
You mean, the people in town are also coughing because of that?
I'm sorry... I'm so sorry...
Jeez, this is ridiculous.
I'll just smash all of this up.
I can't let you do that.
We've finally raised up a red stone this far.
My dad sacrificed himself for this.
If his experiments go unfulfilled, he'll never be redeemed, right?
What's so great about that half-baked rock?
That sword is just a fake too, right?
I'm going to mess you up, together with your rock!
Mine is the genuine article!
What?!
It's the red water.
If you're showered with it, you're done for.
You won't just lose consciousness!
Fine!
Brother! This is crazy!
Your brother is right! Get out of here!
No way!
I'm not going to lose to someone who's chasing after his own pop!
Fletcher!
Fletcher, hang in there!
Brother, Dad was researching the red water
to bring happiness to people, right?
And yet what we're doing is making the people in town suffer, aren't we?
Brother, you should've known this!
It doesn't matter who gets credit, does it?
Dad...
Dad would not be happy about this!
With you always in my sight, I can manage to draw breath
itsumo no shisen ni kimi ga ite kokyuu ga dekiru
And for me, that ought to be enough in itself, and yet...
boku ni totte nara sore dake de mou juubun na hazu na no ni
All little old me ever does is repeat the same old mistakes
chippoke na boku wa kurikaesu ayamachi bakari
How much strength do I need to come by
dore hodo tsuyosa wo te ni shitara
before I can get by without hurting anything?
nanimo kizutsukezu ni sumu no?
I am not going to stray, I'm going to trust this love,
mayowazu ni kono ai wo,
and with it I will go on living!
shinjikite yuku
I'm going to take these wounds,
fusagaranu
the ones that will not close, and squeeze them tight!
kizuguchi mo gyutto dakishimete
The two of us must keep on walking,
futari wa arukitsuzukeru
The two of us must keep on walking,
futari wa arukitsuzukeru
since we can never return again
ato ni wa modorenai kara
Even now, deep within my heart,
ima demo kono mune no oku,
I still feel the pain of this indelible sin
kesenai tsumi wa itamu kedo
Darling
Fullmetal Alchemist...
Land of Stones, Part 2
Episode 12: "Land of Stones, Part 2"
Now that you've taken on the name of Edward Elric,
are you prepared for the consequences?!