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FMA: Brotherhood is great. it follows the plot of the Manga

I like FMA 2003 (just called FMA) better. the origin story for... seven particular characters... is much more interesting.

MonsterZed posted...

the character go and pull spears out of the ground or turn daggers into full length swords. How? Where is the equivalent exchange? I must've missed a part where they explain that? Or maybe it's later on?

it leaves a space in the ground where the spear used to be

there's probably the same amount of metal in the dagger and the sword; it's just less dense. it's mentioned in Brotherhood that Al's armour keeps getting thinner and thinner because Ed has to keep stretching the metal out to repair it after fights

there is a way to bypass equivalent exchange, sort of, but I don't think you will have seen it yet

And can everyone use alchemy without drawing circles because they have transmutation circles on their gloves or something?

different transmutations require different types of circles. the ones on Mustang's gloves only work for creating fire. they're less versatile than generic transmutation circles, but they're also more powerful and the alchemist doesn't need to spend time drawing them

I'm fairly certain that Mustang is the only one, except maybe Armstrong, who uses that, though there are a couple people who have transmutation circles tattooed on their bodies (Kimblee has them on his hands).
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