Episode 62: A Fierce Counterattack (2009 series)

A truly epic battle erupts when Edward, Mustang, Hawkeye, Greed, Izumi, and Armstrong attack the god-like Father. The odds are against the forces of good – until one brave boy makes a shocking sacrifice.

=Episode Notes=
 * This episode is adapted from content in Chapter 106: The Abyss of Pride and Chapter 107: The Final Battle.
 * The symbol that appears in the background of this episode's title card is Alphonse's Blood Rune.
 * Several aspects of the battle are changed in this episode.
 * When the Briggs soldiers open fire on Father to protect Edward and Izumi, he takes damage from a bullet and falls to the ground rather than blocking the shots with energy.
 * In the manga, when the souls of the Xerxesians were "reborn" through Father, their bodies began to deteriorate rapidly soon after, as they were technically "imitation humans". In the anime, however, there is no sign of the bodies deteriorating. Nontheless, the bodies were still destroyed when Father unleases a full blast in his attempt to wipe out the Five Human Sacrifices.
 * Greed's frontal attack on Father is altered so as to be a grab at Father's "God energy" rather than a tactic to have him drop his guard so that Edward can strike from behind.
 * Edward's punch is blocked with a rapidly transmuted wall rather than energy and instead of going in alone, he is joined in his close-range onslaught by Izumi and Major Armstrong, who had both attacked from long-range in the manga.

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