Hello everyone and it is bitter-sweet for me to welcome you to the very final edition of FMAB catchup as we have reached episode 64, Journey’s end. Now I was not sure about this show when I started but now I am so sad I’ve reached the end. It’s so damn good, mastering the art of long term storytelling with a gloriously rich ensemble cast. Now I’ve finished it I am actually looking forward to watching it again to see all the little bits and foreshadowing that I may have missed.

The episode basically ending up showing various happy endings and I was completely fine with that. First up was Mustang who got a visit from not one but two doctors. I really liked how Mustang mentioned himself how he wanted to restore Ishval before Marco asked him to, as it really showed how although vicious, he does have a good heart. It was also a good way to get his sight back without it feeling like they were just undoing what had happened for the sake of it. And of course, the icing on the cake…I cheered so hard when we found out that after so many episodes Havoc was finally going to get his legs fixed.

Next up was Scar who agreed to work alongside Major Myles (who I still love with little reason why, I just do) to help promote and teach the ways of the Ishvalin people. Scar agreeing to it and even see him smile was as happy an ending as you could get for this guy who has been through so much over the course of this show. He also looked like a total bad ass in his Ishvalin gear in the end pictures. I like how we never learnt his name either and even if we did, Scar is the name everyone associates with him anyway.

I still find I weird seeing human Al, and as happy as I am for him to finally have his body back, a part of me missed his big metal form. I liked how he channelled his father in his attire too (as did his brother later on). The reunion with Whinrey was emotional to say the least. I was just as happy as that three legged dog. I was just left smiling all the way through this episode at all the happy endings: we even got to see Ling and May with a nice greed pun thrown in for good measure!

We then got a time jump to two years later! I didn’t see it coming but it just helped to solidify that the battle was over and that everyone got to move on with their lives. Ed was taller (him being taller than Whinrey when he hugged actually made me cheer aloud) but still without alchemy which I was glad about, as I feared that he would get it back and undo some of the impact. Out of all the people though Drummen did maybe the best as he somehow managed to end up becoming the fuhrer. Even Mrs. Bradley got a happy ending with a new Selim, unaware of his previous actions. Drummen wanted to keep an eye on him and it does leave things open to us maybe returning to it one day. Ed and Al both leaving on desperate quests did this too, so you never know if they might make a spin off or sequel. I sure do hope so!

The over credits pictures were great but the best had to be Roy’s moustache…I kid of course, Ed and Whinrey eventually get together and have kids. It’s just all so happy and great. A beautiful end to a beautiful shos. One of the easiest perfect scores I have ever given and one of the most heart-warming finales maybe ever.

DD Rating: 10/10