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[Poll #379650]

This poll was born of my extreme Saturday midday boredom.

I was thinking about this (seriously and analytically, god knows why), and I think if all the alchemists in FMA could do alchemy without circles like Ed can, and if they were trained to fight in hand-to-hand combat like Ed and Al were, they'd be a better army than the ninjas. Primarily because they'd be more flexible and more adaptable-- you can transmute *anything* with alchemy as long as you have a good imagination to feed you ideas. The shinobi of Narutoverse have to learn individual techniques that, while powerful, are limited if you're not the Hokage or something.

But I think if you were to take all the state alchemists of FMAverse as they are right now (dependent on transmutation circles, and not all hand-to-hand fighters), and pit them against the ninjas, the ninjas would win cause they have Teh Stealth Powers that allow for espionage on a level the Amestris military could only dream about.

Then again there's the whole gun issue, which might seriously throw the shinobi for a loop, since projectile weapons don't exist in Narutoverse. Hmmmm.


I cross-posted this to fm_alchemist and chuunin. Heh heh hehh... let's see what people think.

WARNING: when commenting, MARK ALL MANGA SPOILERS, for both Naruto and FMA. I've still seen only the anime for FMA, and don't wish to be manga-spoiled. Thank you!

WARNING #2: vague Naruto spoilers to about episode 100 or so, FMA spoilers for approximately the first 22 episodes of the series.

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It also comes down to the fact Ed gets more sloppy when he's angry, and Naruto doesn't, and coming from their personalities, if they're pitched in a room, it'll get down to "Yo mamma" and "short" insults pretty quick, and then it's up to who gets more angry over their angsty past.

That sentance, is one of the most brillant things i've heard. Someone needs to write a crossover for this whole thing. ^^