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On the Full Metal Alchemist Wiki under the Category Alchemy. It says this...

> The circle itself is a conduit which focuses and dictates the flow of power,
> tapping into the energies that already exist within the earth and matter. It
> represents the cyclical flow of the world's energies and phenomena and turns
> that power to manipulable ends.

But does this energy not come from a parallel world on the other side of the
gate where alchemy took a different form of science? Did it not come from the
lives of those who died in that world? Or is this different in FMA
Brotherhood, because I am certain this is what Hohenhiem told Edward in the
FMA Anime (2003).

Answers are appreciated. :)


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Where does the flow of power come from for a Transmutation Circle to work?


Yes, It's different. The original FMA anime didn't wait around for the manga
to catch up (like DBZ did), so it diverged instead.

What you ended up with was 2 completely different endings, and 2 different
explanations for why alchemy works:

  * In the original anime, the explanation was that It came from the other side of the gate.

  * In the manga and in brotherhood, it came from energy that was already in the earth.


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I believe Alkahestry (the other form of alchemy from a different country
called Xing) was powered by this thing called the 'Dragons pulse' (essentially
tectonic movement) and the Father's philosopher's stone powered alchemy in
Amestris, at least in _Brotherhood_ it did.


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