fullmetal alchemist, volume 6: captured souls (episodes 21-24)

while al defends himself against the transmuted barry the chopper, ed discovers more about the dark alchemic experiments deep within lab five. but the biggest threat of all may be ed's own morality, as he's tempted with the ultimate power he's been seeking for years. hughes issues an order to allow armstrong, bloch and ross to investigate what's going on inside the 5th laboratory. now ed sees that tucker was hiding the fact that there were human prisoners involved in the making of the stone...and that ed would have unknowingly killed them. but lust has al held hostage...forcing ed to attempt the unthinkable, meanwhile, al's recurring questions about his existence come to a boil. was ther ever an alphonse elric? or are his memories and soul alchemically created lies? SKU:ADIB000AARKY4

Product Description product description while al defends himself against the transmuted barry the chopper, ed discovers more about the dark alchemic experiments deep within lab five. but the biggest threat of all may be ed's own morality, as he's tempted with the ultimate power he's been seeking for years. hughes issues an order to allow armstrong, bloch and ross to investigate what's going on inside the 5th laboratory. now ed sees that tucker was hiding the fact that there were human prisoners involved in the making of the stone...and that ed would have unknowingly killed them. but lust has al held hostage...forcing ed to attempt the unthinkable, meanwhile, al's recurring questions about his existence come to a boil. was ther ever an alphonse elric? or are his memories and soul alchemically created lies? amazon.com the battle at prison #5 continues in the sixth installment of fullmetal alchemist, as edward and alphonse elric duel with suits of armor animated by the disembodied souls of murderers. in the deeper dungeons, the brothers learn that many of their adventures have been arranged by unseen puppeteers. shou tucker, the alchemist who created hideous chimeras in episode 7, has continued his research at the prison, helping to draw ed there. but tucker is just a pawn for the homunculi, lust, envy, and gluttony, who want the philosopher's stone for their own purposes. edward is faced with the terrible choice of losing his brother or committing a hellish crime when the experiment is interrupted by scar, the powerful and vengeful survivor of ishbal. although these conflicts are dramatic, they're eclipsed by the elric brothers' inner struggles: al has begun to doubt that he ever existed in human form, while ed fears that al hates him for delving into the forbidden knowledge that destroyed his body. many series lose their energy and momentum as they near their midpoint; fullmetal alchemist shows no signs of slackening. (rated tv pg: violence, grotesque imagery, tobacco use) --charles solomon