Bloodshed begets bloodshed. Hatred begits hatred.

I'M NOT SHORT!!!!! ~Edward Elric

I want you by my side. Forever. (Full Metal Alchemist)

Even when our eyes are closed, there's a whole world that exists outside ourselves and our dreams.

In researching this volume, I interviewed veterans who had been at the front during World War II. I read countless books, examined film footage, and listened to many detailed and intense stories firsthand, but the one comment that affected me the most came from a former soldier who lowered his gaze to the tabletop and said, ‘I never watch war movies.

You've certainly mellowed out... you used to be fun, full of life and emotion. Lust, Greed, Sloth, Gluttony, Envy, Wrath, and Pride. Of course, excessive want will destroy anyone, but those same desires are necessary to understand what it means to be human. Why did you rid yourself of them?

When I, who is called a "weapon" or a "monster", fight a real monster, I can fully realize that I am just a "human".