look… you can make fun of anime straight to my face and i will either blink and go on with my life or even agree with you… but you can’t mock fullmetal alchemist… fullmetal alchemist isn’t just an anime it’s a lifechanger
Does Al realize how lucky he is that his dad happened to own a suit of armor?? In the moment, Ed picked the best item to bond his soul to based on what could make his life easiest. What if the armor hadn’t been there? Ed was bleeding out, he didn’t exactly have a lot of time to think about it. Like
“Hi. I’m Edward Elric the Fullmetal Alchemist. I saved my brother’s life my binding his soul in this side of the portal.”