FMA Rules of Alchemy

[Mlle Bienvenu]

Manga rules are in Navy, Anime rules are in Maroon Both anime and Manga is Black

Basic Alchemy
[First?] Law of Equivalent Exchange- To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. (In the direct translation it's not designated as the 'first' of anything)

Law of Conservation of Mass and the Law of Economy

"An object with the properties of water can only be transmuted into another object with watery attributes." Alphonse Elric

"If you want to make something, you need something of the equvialant cost." Edward Elric

Izumi's Alchemic Riddle: "All is one and one is all."

There are:
Four Elements
Three Principles


Human Transmutation
The Human Body is composed of Body, Mind, and Soul.

Componants of a single adult body according to Ed: 35 Liters of Water, 25 kilograms of carbon, 4 liters of ammonia 1.5 kilograms of lime, 800 grams of phosphorus, 250 grams of salt, 100 grams of saltpeter, 80 grams of sulfur, 7.5 grams of flourine, 5 grams of Iron, 3 grams of silicon.. and 'a little bit of 15 other elements'

Ed claims there's 'still not enough of something'.


Philosopher's Stone

[Big Brother]

Mlle said:

Human Transmutation
The Human Body is composed of Body, Mind, and Soul..

Hmmmm....so when Ed bound Al's soul to that suit of armor, the armor replaced his body, but Ed screwed up on binding and/or retreving from the vortex Al's mind, and this explains Al's memory lapses?

Just curious...

[Mlle Bienvenu]

That very well could be.... but you have to keep in mind that the rules are slightly different in the manga than in the anime, which is why I differentiated the two...so....it might be, or it might not be the case...hard to tell so far :-)