Episode 26: Her Reason (2003 series)

Synopsis
In Rush Valley, the auto-mail capital of the world, Winry encounters a street-wise girl who asks her a tough question: Why is Winry helping Ed if he doesn't even seem to care?

Episode Notes

 * This episode is adapted from content in Chapter 17: The Boomtown of the Broken Down and Chapter 18: The Value of Sincerity.
 * This is the first episode of the third season.
 * Paniya's automail arm is exclusive to this anime series, likely due in part to the group needing to meet her in the arm wrestling tournament. In the manga and 2009 anime, Paninya only has automail legs.
 * The man who accompanies Hakuro is Frank Archer, a character exclusive to this series who is properly introduced three episodes later.
 * In the manga, only Ed was cheating when he competed in the automail arm wrestle match due to the fight promoter and audience insulting his height.
 * In Edward's invoice at the beginning of this episode, it calls the state "Modern Britain."