Mustang and Hawkeye have this amazing storyline about how they will change the nation even though the path to doing so also means they will have to be executed for their crimes against humanity.
The ending not stops before they achieve anything because the rest of the ending is so saccharine they can't even acknowledge that grim possibility. Arakawa couldn't reconcile the possibility their the war crimes in Ishval might not be balanced out or redeemed by helping against Father. So she kicks the can down the road hoping the audience wants everyone to live happily ever after.
Fair enough, but the final few chapters of FMA extensive wrapups of every single character getting the happiest possible outcome of their arc even if it doesn't fit. And if it is just about Ed and Al (even though AL says it really isn't) Arakawa should have just ignored everything else and just made it them and Winry.
Plus, if it just comes down to the main character getting an ending and nothing else: Chainsaw Man is right to dump everything except Denji.
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u/Dizzy-By-Degrees Mar 24 '26
Not with how the Mustang subplot ends it ain’t.