ch. 104 translation fine points

[dragonimp]

Okay, on page 49, according to the rough translation from Tombow, Ed says: "Did everyone turn into a philosopher's stone?!" Which I took to mean everyone there - meaning Ed and co.

However, in the translation from Hisshouburaiken, Ed's line is "Did you turn all those people into a philosopher's stone?!

Father's lines from both translations imply that he used the souls to hold "god" inside himself, and that god and the souls are now inside him - nothing about them being inside anyone else.

So have Ed and co. been turned into philosopher's stones, or are all of the souls now inside Father? That makes a big difference in how powerful our heros now are and how much of a chance they stand against the new and improved Father.

Comments

[fullmetalrose.livejournal.com]

I understood that ALL the souls were now inside Father. With only the few living ... it is my belief that he let those that lived become equal to Hoenheim ...

[dragonimp.livejournal.com]

Hohenheim is the way he is because he had half the souls of Xerxes placed inside of him, which made him a philosopher's stone - but if all the souls are in Father, then the others should be mortal. The Tombow translation is ambiguous, but the Hisshouburaiken seems to say pretty clearly that all the souls went to Father.

[fullmetalrose.livejournal.com]

Ok but then why did he keep the few that are there alive? That is what has me completely lost UNLESS there is more that we don't know which will be revealed next month ... dammit Arakawa for all this suspense and confusion!