An addicting manga with unforgettable characters and enough twists to build a story labyrinth that you will WANT to be trapped in forever! I was delighted in practicing the equilalent exchange of forfeiting a few minutes of my free time in exchange for this unforgettable storyline. 
 (view spoiler)[ Ed and Al Elric are victims of tragedy who make a mistake by committing the "unforgivable" taboo of attempting to bring back the dead with the most innocent of intentions: to see their deceased mother's smile again. The alchemic transmutation goes horribly wrong and costs Ed both his leg and his only brother, Al. In an act of desperation, Ed sacrifices his arm to retrieve Al's soul and bind it to a convenient container: a suit of armor. 
 After receiving prosthetics, Ed willingly becomes a state alchemist at the age of twelve in order to receive the resources needed to find or create the philosopher's stone, the only material capable of getting his brother's body back. Things aren't that simple though, and many physical and moral obstacles stand in his way. In order to get back what they have lost, the Elric brothers have to wade through a river of mud. Though the two trudge on and try to prevent themselves from getting dirty in the process, will the emerge clean on the other side? Will things have returned to normal when they do? (hide spoiler)]