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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.
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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.
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.
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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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Date: 2006-09-08 04:33 am (UTC)The thing is, alchemy offers endless possibilities. It's actually rather silly that Ed, with his amazing alchemic abilites, resorts to knife fighting of all things. He could transmute oxygen into a toxic gas. He could transmute poisons. He could solidify the air in someones lungs. He could transmute sound, creating shockwaves. He could - nevermind, I'll stop now, before I start getting sillier. (you can tell I've thought too much about it, can't you?)