# 鋼の錬金術師 Volume 19 **URL:** \ **Category:** Book Clubs\ **Created:** [June 27, 2026, 4:57pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E9%8B%BC%E3%81%AE%E9%8C%AC%E9%87%91%E8%A1%93%E5%B8%AB-volume-19/74873 "2026-06-27T16:57:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Doumori](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/doumori/32/635870_2.png) [@Doumori](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Doumori)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2026, 4:57pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E9%8B%BC%E3%81%AE%E9%8C%AC%E9%87%91%E8%A1%93%E5%B8%AB-volume-19/74873/1 "2026-06-27T16:57:35Z")
# 鋼の錬金術師 Volume 19 Discussion Thread ![firefox_57yIBKaf7D](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/e/0/8/e082ae2099749b7317c24271d234be9b838bfbc2.jpeg) [鋼の錬金術師 Offshoot Home Thread](https://community.wanikani.com/t/x/67237) [\<\< go to vol. 18](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E9%8B%BC%E3%81%AE%E9%8C%AC%E9%87%91%E8%A1%93%E5%B8%AB-volume-18/74474)・[go to vol 20 \>\>](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E9%8B%BC%E3%81%AE%E9%8C%AC%E9%87%91%E8%A1%93%E5%B8%AB-volume-20-now-reading/75316) ## Reading Schedule | Chapter | Start Date | Pages | No. of Pages | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 第 74 話 [フラスコのなかの小人](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E9%8B%BC%E3%81%AE%E9%8C%AC%E9%87%91%E8%A1%93%E5%B8%AB-volume-19-now-reading/74873/2) | Jun 27 | 7–46 | 40 pages | | | 第 75 話 [クセルクセス最期の日](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E9%8B%BC%E3%81%AE%E9%8C%AC%E9%87%91%E8%A1%93%E5%B8%AB-volume-19-now-reading/74873/5) | Jul 4 | 47-82 | 36 pages | | | 第 76 話 [人の形 石の形](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E9%8B%BC%E3%81%AE%E9%8C%AC%E9%87%91%E8%A1%93%E5%B8%AB-volume-19-now-reading/74873/9) | Jul 11 | 83-116 | 34 pages | | | 第 77 話 [逆転の連成人](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E9%8B%BC%E3%81%AE%E9%8C%AC%E9%87%91%E8%A1%93%E5%B8%AB-volume-19-now-reading/74873/14) | Jul 18 | 117-148 | 32 pages | | | 第 78 話 [七つの罪](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E9%8B%BC%E3%81%AE%E9%8C%AC%E9%87%91%E8%A1%93%E5%B8%AB-volume-19-now-reading/74873/17) | Jul 25 | 149-185 | 37 pages | | ## Discussion Rules - If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask. - Please mention the chapter and page number. - Please use spoiler tags for _ **major** _ events. - If you read ahead, please hold questions until during or after the appropriate week. ---
**Author:** ![Doumori](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/doumori/32/635870_2.png) [@Doumori](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Doumori)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2026, 4:59pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E9%8B%BC%E3%81%AE%E9%8C%AC%E9%87%91%E8%A1%93%E5%B8%AB-volume-19/74873/2 "2026-06-27T16:59:00Z")
# 第 74 話 ![firefox_btSfBWKyCI](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/4/3/5/4359823df137bf5c774589e1d6f9f87d5f32053a.jpeg) **Start Date:** Jun, 27 ## Participation Mark your participation status by voting in this poll. (You can change your answer later if you’d like.) _Poll ([view on site](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E9%8B%BC%E3%81%AE%E9%8C%AC%E9%87%91%E8%A1%93%E5%B8%AB-volume-19/74873/2))_ ---
**Author:** ![Belthazar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/belthazar/32/4469_2.png) [@Belthazar](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Belthazar)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2026, 5:02am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E9%8B%BC%E3%81%AE%E9%8C%AC%E9%87%91%E8%A1%93%E5%B8%AB-volume-19/74873/3 "2026-06-28T05:02:20Z")
Page 19, the English version replaced the bubble reading 虎穴に入らずんば虎子を得ず with “They say you should keep your friends close, but your enemies closer”, but those are _not_ equivalent proverbs, and it also required them to rewrite all of the tiger references over the rest of the page. Why not just translate it as-is? The meaning is apparent enough. Been waiting a long time to see this scene between Mustang and Hawkeye. It was absolutely fascinating to read in the English version, where they have a conversation about absolutely nothing, and then Mustang walks away and deciphers a message from it, and I’ve been wanting to see how it works in Japanese too. I can’t imagine how either of them manage to have a conversation while also remembering their place in the message they’re trying to convey or receive. Interesting, the English version tweaked some of the names (replacing シュガー with “Susan”, for example) to insert an “A” after the “IS”, and rewrote Mustang’s note on the final page accordingly, though the partial view on page 28 still says “BLADLEY”. The name the original Homunculus _tries_ to give 23 in the dream/flashback is “Theophrastus Bombast von Hohenheim”, which is [Paracelsus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paracelsus)’ full name. ---
**Author:** ![Doumori](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/doumori/32/635870_2.png) [@Doumori](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Doumori)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2026, 7:31pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E9%8B%BC%E3%81%AE%E9%8C%AC%E9%87%91%E8%A1%93%E5%B8%AB-volume-19/74873/4 "2026-07-03T19:31:03Z")
> [@Belthazar](#): > > Page 19, the English version replaced the bubble reading 虎穴に入らずんば虎子を得ず with “They say you should keep your friends close, but your enemies closer”, but those are _not_ equivalent proverbs, and it also required them to rewrite all of the tiger references over the rest of the page. Why not just translate it as-is? I think if they used “you will not get the tiger cub without entering the tiger’s den” translation, the readers wouldn’t have got what’s with the tigers suddenly. But they could’ve added a small note saying that it’s a proverb 🤷‍♀️ Also I’m impressed with this exchange of information, but what’s Mustang going to do with it?!! Too short 😭 And I don’t think they interacted much with Selim, so it doesn’t affect him much? 🤔 Also, yes, I’m reading just in time for the next chapter 🫠 ---
**Author:** ![Doumori](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/doumori/32/635870_2.png) [@Doumori](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Doumori)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2026, 7:32pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E9%8B%BC%E3%81%AE%E9%8C%AC%E9%87%91%E8%A1%93%E5%B8%AB-volume-19/74873/5 "2026-07-03T19:32:55Z")
# 第 75 話 ![firefox_zXxzai6jMp](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/a/1/f/a1f6c3e11bec1fca94aef232ecf719fb1238c73b.jpeg) **Start Date:** Jul, 4 ## Participation Mark your participation status by voting in this poll. (You can change your answer later if you’d like.) _Poll ([view on site](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E9%8B%BC%E3%81%AE%E9%8C%AC%E9%87%91%E8%A1%93%E5%B8%AB-volume-19/74873/5))_ ---
**Author:** ![Doumori](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/doumori/32/635870_2.png) [@Doumori](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Doumori)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2026, 7:16am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E9%8B%BC%E3%81%AE%E9%8C%AC%E9%87%91%E8%A1%93%E5%B8%AB-volume-19/74873/6 "2026-07-04T07:16:19Z")
> **第 75 話** > > And I thought the first homunculus was Selim. The same smile! Also homunculus is “little person”, and he is small! 🤣 Ok, I’m bad at predicting/deducing staff, ahem. > > ![firefox_OshdTXNmcJ](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/4/1/b/41bf48d5eaac59d8a68bb975aaeffa76c2a28571.png) > Heh, that’s why they can do anything just by touch. But how do they cancel alchemy? And not 煉丹術。 ---
**Author:** ![Belthazar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/belthazar/32/4469_2.png) [@Belthazar](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Belthazar)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2026, 4:02am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E9%8B%BC%E3%81%AE%E9%8C%AC%E9%87%91%E8%A1%93%E5%B8%AB-volume-19/74873/7 "2026-07-05T04:02:06Z")
This chapter quite neatly answers a whole bunch of questions from the series’ backstory that have been lurking around for a while. The legend of how Xerxes was wiped out in a single night. The Sage from the East who taught alchemy to Amestris, and the sage from the west who taught alchemy to Xing. Why Ed and Al('s body) specifically have **golden** hair and eyes (in contrast to Winry’s regular old blonde), though that one’s a bit tricky to spot in black-and-white. > [@Doumori](#): > > And I thought the first homunculus was Selim. I guess Selim is specifically the first 人造人間ホムンクルス, whereas the dwarf in the flask was フラスコの中の小人ホムンクルス. Or something. ---
**Author:** ![Doumori](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/doumori/32/635870_2.png) [@Doumori](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Doumori)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2026, 6:40am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E9%8B%BC%E3%81%AE%E9%8C%AC%E9%87%91%E8%A1%93%E5%B8%AB-volume-19/74873/8 "2026-07-05T06:40:48Z")
Yep, so many answers! I didn’t get at first what country Hohenheim was in, and from the thin clothes on people somehow thought that it was Ishval 😅 And I think I missed the piece about sages, I have to reread the chapter 🙈 Also what are the plans for Amestris? To get more homunculi? To make them stronger? Is their Father ill (with all these tubes), and they want to cure him? I think at this point it is a solid guess that 人柱 are pillows for the 錬成陣. Do they have to be strong alchemists? We have only 7,5 volumes to find out! ---
**Author:** ![Doumori](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/doumori/32/635870_2.png) [@Doumori](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Doumori)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 3:54am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E9%8B%BC%E3%81%AE%E9%8C%AC%E9%87%91%E8%A1%93%E5%B8%AB-volume-19/74873/9 "2026-07-10T03:54:21Z")
# 第 76 話 ![firefox_EUwHWPPIe4](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/f/6/6/f663db48aa24161435fefa6b41d2fb4a24a1773a.jpeg) **Start Date:** Jul, 11 ## Participation Mark your participation status by voting in this poll. (You can change your answer later if you’d like.) _Poll ([view on site](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E9%8B%BC%E3%81%AE%E9%8C%AC%E9%87%91%E8%A1%93%E5%B8%AB-volume-19/74873/9))_ ---
**Author:** ![Belthazar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/belthazar/32/4469_2.png) [@Belthazar](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Belthazar)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2026, 2:09pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E9%8B%BC%E3%81%AE%E9%8C%AC%E9%87%91%E8%A1%93%E5%B8%AB-volume-19/74873/10 "2026-07-11T14:09:18Z")
> **Chapter 76** > > Page, um, 87, I think, first panel, ラサ―ヤナ is [Rasayana](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasayana). In the second panel, アウレリアン sounds like [Aurelian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurelian), though it’s perhaps intended resemble “aurum”, the Latin name for gold (which is the reason why the chemical symbol is Au). > > Fourth panel of the same page, 真人 is usually read as either しんじん or まひと, so I’m curious as to whether Mei’s しんひと pronunciation is supposed to reference something. Though then she expands it to 真の人 in the following panel. Maybe it’s just her less-than-perfect grasp of the Amestrian language. > > Following page, maybe I jumped the gun last week with my comment about Ed and Al’s air and eyes, heh. > > Page 104, in case anyone has been fortunate enough not to experience it directly, ammonia smells like three-week-old rotten socks. > > That cliffhanger, though. Things do not look good for the Homestar Runner. I mean, Fullmetal Alchemist. ---
**Author:** ![Doumori](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/doumori/32/635870_2.png) [@Doumori](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Doumori)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 6:20pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E9%8B%BC%E3%81%AE%E9%8C%AC%E9%87%91%E8%A1%93%E5%B8%AB-volume-19/74873/11 "2026-07-15T18:20:05Z")
> **Ch. 76** > > > [@Belthazar](#): > > > > That cliffhanger, though. Things do not look good for the Homestar Runner. I mean, Fullmetal Alchemist. > > Reminds me of the last week’s ダンジョン飯 cliffhanger. > > So, Kimberly always carries 賢者の石 in his month 🫠 Howww > > Also as usual a lot is happening, I think I should reread the whole volume… on some weekend maybe 🫠 ---
**Author:** ![Belthazar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/belthazar/32/4469_2.png) [@Belthazar](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Belthazar)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 9:36pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E9%8B%BC%E3%81%AE%E9%8C%AC%E9%87%91%E8%A1%93%E5%B8%AB-volume-19/74873/12 "2026-07-15T21:36:54Z")
> [@Doumori](#): > > Kimberly Kimblee. > [@Doumori](#): > > month Stomach. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Doumori](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/doumori/32/635870_2.png) [@Doumori](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Doumori)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 4:16am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E9%8B%BC%E3%81%AE%E9%8C%AC%E9%87%91%E8%A1%93%E5%B8%AB-volume-19/74873/13 "2026-07-16T04:16:03Z")
> [@Belthazar](#): > > Kimblee. 👌. > [@Belthazar](#): > > Stomach. 🙂 No waaaay ---
**Author:** ![Doumori](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/doumori/32/635870_2.png) [@Doumori](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Doumori)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2026, 6:08pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E9%8B%BC%E3%81%AE%E9%8C%AC%E9%87%91%E8%A1%93%E5%B8%AB-volume-19/74873/14 "2026-07-17T18:08:31Z")
# 第 77 話 ![firefox_TP3vKhykW9](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/6/f/2/6f20cb9994a4a2ce0958aace2b71fa3f336d8cf5.jpeg) **Start Date:** Jul, 18 ## Participation Mark your participation status by voting in this poll. (You can change your answer later if you’d like.) _Poll ([view on site](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E9%8B%BC%E3%81%AE%E9%8C%AC%E9%87%91%E8%A1%93%E5%B8%AB-volume-19/74873/14))_ ---
**Author:** ![Belthazar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/belthazar/32/4469_2.png) [@Belthazar](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Belthazar)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2026, 11:17am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E9%8B%BC%E3%81%AE%E9%8C%AC%E9%87%91%E8%A1%93%E5%B8%AB-volume-19/74873/15 "2026-07-18T11:17:04Z")
There’s some poetry in gorilla guy finding Kimblee’s stone in the rubble only _after_ Ed has already used his own soul as a stone - like, he’s proven he’s willing to sacrifice to use the power of the stone, so now he’s earned the other one. Or something? ---
**Author:** ![Doumori](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/doumori/32/635870_2.png) [@Doumori](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Doumori)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2026, 6:57pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E9%8B%BC%E3%81%AE%E9%8C%AC%E9%87%91%E8%A1%93%E5%B8%AB-volume-19/74873/16 "2026-07-21T18:57:52Z")
I hope this guy won’t throw it away, or put it into a pocket and completely forget about it… ---
**Author:** ![Doumori](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/doumori/32/635870_2.png) [@Doumori](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Doumori)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2026, 5:53pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E9%8B%BC%E3%81%AE%E9%8C%AC%E9%87%91%E8%A1%93%E5%B8%AB-volume-19/74873/17 "2026-07-24T17:53:20Z")
Finishing the volume! # 第 78 話 ![fyspPfcM9O](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/8/8/c/88cd3ab61e29c720dbd30669c0ea0c7ec8f6efc1.jpeg) **Start Date:** Jul, 25 ## Participation Mark your participation status by voting in this poll. (You can change your answer later if you’d like.) _Poll ([view on site](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E9%8B%BC%E3%81%AE%E9%8C%AC%E9%87%91%E8%A1%93%E5%B8%AB-volume-19/74873/17))_ ---
**Author:** ![Doumori](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/doumori/32/635870_2.png) [@Doumori](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Doumori)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2026, 6:39pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E9%8B%BC%E3%81%AE%E9%8C%AC%E9%87%91%E8%A1%93%E5%B8%AB-volume-19/74873/18 "2026-07-24T18:39:47Z")
I’m reading in chunks. > **Till p. 159** > > ![firefox_RRYfRoA0NV](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/3/d/3/3d34fab361fcc19b818c5014293a517518eaa511.png) > > Among all things wondering about his sense of direction… > > ![firefox_IoE13ZGu7a](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/d/6/2/d621db546ff866a70c457f0aa5672704620ea0db.png) > Family resemblance is obvious here! ---
**Author:** ![Belthazar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/belthazar/32/4469_2.png) [@Belthazar](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Belthazar)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2026, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E9%8B%BC%E3%81%AE%E9%8C%AC%E9%87%91%E8%A1%93%E5%B8%AB-volume-19/74873/19 "2026-07-26T12:19:00Z")
> [@Doumori](#): > > Among all things wondering about his sense of direction… Well, I mean, the guy is Sloth. He wants to do the least amount of work possible, which means no getting lost and having to double back. 😛 > [@Doumori](#): > > Family resemblance is obvious here! Are you confusing Ed for Ling? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Doumori](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/doumori/32/635870_2.png) [@Doumori](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Doumori)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2026, 1:51pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E9%8B%BC%E3%81%AE%E9%8C%AC%E9%87%91%E8%A1%93%E5%B8%AB-volume-19/74873/20 "2026-07-26T13:51:56Z")
> [@Belthazar](#): > > the guy is Sloth. He wants to do the least amount of work possible, which means no getting lost and having to double back. 😛 Hehe, my thoughts too! > [@Belthazar](#): > > Are you confusing Ed for Ling? 😛 Ah, he must be their long-lost relative or something! [Next page](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E9%8B%BC%E3%81%AE%E9%8C%AC%E9%87%91%E8%A1%93%E5%B8%AB-volume-19/74873.md?page=2)