It's not as if Ed wasn't short already, but Pride wants him to be even shorter.
Summary:
Aided by the ingestion of Gluttony and the growing forest fire, Pride has become too powerful for Lin/Greed, Ran Fan, and Ed to hold off. Nearby, Hohenheim wakes Al up while old man Fu brings the injured Heinkel back to Darius . After figuring out where he is and what's going on, Al has an idea of how to deal with Pride and asks for his father's help.
Now that is some impressive alchemy.
Pride has Ed, Greed (the homunculus is back in control) and Ran Fan surrounding with his shadowy tendrils. Hohenheim walks into the middle of the battle and draws Pride's attention. As Pride focuses on Hohenheim, Al tries to sneak up on the homunculus from behind but Pride catches him. As Pride recalls his tendril to deal with Al, Hohenheim uses his alchemy and seals both Pride and Al in a giant dome. Ed starts arguing with Hohenheim about him trapping Al inside, and Hohenheim reveals that everything was Al's idea, including the part where they decided not to tell Ed about it. Everybody then suddenly notices that Greed has run off. Elsewhere in the forest, Greed is running as fast as he can towards Central, because he knows that only Sloth and Father remain. Greed decides that this is an opportunity that's too good to pass up and go ahead with his plan to take over the world.
Inside the darkness of the mud dome, Pride is trying to dig himself out but his efforts prove to be futile. Without his tendrils, Pride is only as powerful as a small child. With nothing else to do, Al and Pride start talking to each other. Al reveals that he plans to stay in the dome with Pride until the "promised day" has passed. The two then start talking about Pride's "mother" Mrs. Bradley. Pride explains that Mrs. Bradley doesn't know that her husband and son are both homunculus, and thus she behaves like a loving mother to him. The homunculus comments that he had never known what a "mother" is like and he is intrigued by Mrs. Bradley's behaviour. Al is somewhat surprised at Pride's not-so-evil comments towards Mrs. Bradley, but he decides not to let his guard down and change topics. Al asks Pride about the "sacrifices" and states that it's a pretty poor plan given Ed, himself, or any other of the "sacrifices" can leave the country. Pride answers that it doesn't matter, because Ed, Al and everyone else remained in the country, and the homunculus reasons that it's because Al and all the "sacrifices" are human. While talking, Pride picks up a stick and starts tapping on Al's fallen helmet.
The white pimp suit is back!
Somewhere not so far away, Scar's group talk to some of the locals. Scar wants to go to Kanama, which is where Ed and company are currently located. One of the locals mention seeing May Chang not so long ago, and this surprises Scar. In a dilapidated building somewhere, Kimblee has slain a bunch of Ishvalans and is about to start the task given to him by the homunculi.
Scar and his group arrive at the slums of Kanama and spot the aftermath of the battle between Ed's group and Pride/Gluttony. The two group meet up with each other, and it's soon decided that Fu will go check out what's happening in Central. After one final look at the mould that holds Al and Pride, Ed tells everyone that it's time for them to finish the job.
Still the Little Red Riding Hood.
In Central, Denny Brosh is waken up by his little brother and sister who want to use his telescope. The two kids want to look at the solar eclipse that is supposed to be happening, but instead they spot trucks full of soldiers deploying on the street. After spotting the soldiers, Denny rushes out of the house and tells his family to stay indoors.
Seems like Mustang and company maneuvered themselves into a corner.
Not too far away, Mustang and his loyal subordinates have started their campaign against Central. Brigadier General Clemin is in charge of the Central forces, and he tells his subordinates to only take Mustang alive. Everyone else in Mustang's group including the Fuhrer's wife are to be killed. Despite their much smaller numbers, Mustang and his subordinates are holding their own against the Central soldiers. Mustang's group retreat into a small room and the Central soldiers manage to surround them. The room is too small so Mustang cannot use his alchemy, and the enemy commander tells his forces to shoot everyone except Mustang.
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This episode moved a bit faster than the last, covering a bit more than one chapter of the manga (last episode covered exactly one chapter). Without a good way to defeat Pride, Al and Hohenheim instead chose to trap Pride in a giant dome with Al using himself as the bait. It's a clever plan, but we all know Al and Pride won't be trapped inside the dome during the Promised Day. Al is one of the protagonists and Pride is an important villain, so look for them to escape soon. Instead of sitting there and chatting with Pride, Al could just to swing away in the dark and kill Pride while Pride is unable to fight back, but I guess Al is too much of a nice guy. The chat between the two was interesting though and Pride showed that he is not completely evil and has an appreciation or at least curiosity for Mrs. Bradley. He is still mostly evil though.
The various factions in this conflict continue to move in this episode. After trapping Pride, Ed and Scar's group is heading towards Central. Meanwhile, Mustang's group has started their campaign, and looks like a lot of the next episode will be devoted to Mustang and company battling the Central soldiers in the streets (obviously they are going to get out of the jam at the end of this episode). While Mustang's group will continue to move even knowing that the Central soldiers don't care for Mrs. Bradley, the news is probably quite devastating to Mrs. Bradley herself. Finally, Kimblee showed up again after disappearing at the end of the Brigg arc. Let's see what sort of role he'll play in this battle.
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