The Life Of Van Hohenheim (Fullmetal Alchemist)

The Life Of Van Hohenheim (Fullmetal Alchemist)

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Van Hohenheim—also known in the 2003 anime series as Hohenheim of Light—is a deceptively ancient and extremely powerful Alchemist as well as the estranged father of Edward and Alphonse Elric. Despite disappearing suddenly during their infancy, Hohenheim returns during the course of the series in order to right the wrongs of his mysterious past.

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CHAPTERS

00:00 Intro
00:37 The End Of Xerxes
04:19 An Endless Life
08:32 Preparation
11:31 The Promised Day

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CREDITS

PRODUCER: @AmagiPublishing
NARRATOR: @Adrian Apolonio
EDITOR: @Imubi5
MUSIC: @Christian Andersen

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This video uses material from the "Van Hohenheim” article on the Fullmetal Alchemist Wiki at Fandom, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License.

[TheAmagiYT]

Should we make more Fullmetal Alchemist videos?

[Bthakillarilla]

The immortal man with unlimited power who wanted nothing but to grow old and die happy with his loved ones

[evelina]

I absolutely love how Van Hohenheim didn’t turn out to just be another father who abandoned his children but a gentleman who got tricked into immortality and actually an interesting character

[mayav]

I broke down when he went to Trisha’s grave while slowly dying and he said “And now believe it or not I want to live, I’m hopeless aren’t I” that whole scene was so heartbreaking and peaceful at the same time

[Anosh]

VH's life is literally the whole anime.

[Lupinemancer]

FMA: Brotherhood isn't just the greatest Anime of all times, it's a masterpiece.

[chibiittomi]

I have got to say, Van Hohenheim was a well written character, a mature and humble yet a socially awkward dad who just wanted to grow old and die with the people he loved

[alexthering]

From a n immortal who sees no point life to a dying man who wished for a little more time, his character development is amazing.

[alperonce]

I love Van Hohenheim. He is the best character for me. Also very underrated

[duchi]

When my time comes
I want to leave this world the same way Van Hohenheim did... with a smile.

[Lasherluke]

In many ways Hohenheim was the true protagonist of fullmetal alchemist since everything in the story starts and ends with him.

[Miniae_Cecilia]

I really think in his own way Hohenhime was actually a good father, he decided to leave not because he didn't love his family but because he did and wanted to save them from Father's plan. Being immortal couldn't allow him to forsee Trisha's death and how his boys would react to it and he isn't to blame for their actions as both knew human transmutation was forbidden. I love his character so much as it's not black and white, people dislike him because we mostly see him through Ed's lense of hatred and lack of understanding for his father's actions.

[fabulousmyriad]

Nice summary.
I would add that Hohenheim's body was also rapidly decaying by the time he reached Trisha's grave.
As he was technically bound to the dwarf by blood, and had his own philosopher's stone drained in the final battle it was inevitable that he couldn't live longer with his sons.
Its a nice parallel to Edward's sacrifice enabling him to pull Alphonse out of the gate - 2 living beings emerging from the gate vs 2 beings who must return to the gate.
The former slave who was forced to be "born" as an immortal being, finally had the freedom to choose his moment of death...

[LumiLunar]

This again proves that supporting characters arguably have the more interesting stories to tell.

[ignisofficialgaming]

The way they set him up as the absentee father made the reveal of who he really is an amazing subversion. Hoenheim is one of the most interesting characters in the series and was set up perfectly

[HiHello-wbyq]

I seriously wish we'd gotten like a mini-series or something of just Hohenheim's travels. I know it's far too late for any of that now but it would've been so interesting. You could probably also include bits about how Father formed Amestris too.

[ancientbaltoy]

Amazing how the picture of Edward punching his father in the face with his automail arm is described as "Hohenheim meets Ed again"

[jadianradiator]

9:02
Technically the loss of his arm was _not_ part of the rebound of trying to bring their mother back.
The loss of Ed's arm was actually a rebound from bringing Al's soul back and binding it to the armor.

[superomegaprimemk]

One minor detail about his relationship with Trisha is wrong, he never actually married her, he loved and lived with her but never married her which is why his sons have their mother's surname instead of their father's!

[scribbles]

A story with family bonds, a redeemed father who actually was doing the right thing, masculine being brave and strong females. This story is an affront to all that is modern entertainment and will forever be one of the best stories told.