Edward Elric
Edward Elric (Japanese: エドワード・エルリック,Hepburn:Edowādo Erurikku)is a fictional character and the titular protagonist of the Fullmetal Alchemist manga series created by Hiromu Arakawa.Edward, titled the Fullmetal Alchemist (鋼の錬金術師, Hagane no Renkinjutsushi,lit.Alchemist of Steel),is the youngest State Alchemist in the history of the fictional country of Amestris.His left leg was divinely severed in a failed attempt to resurrect his dead mother,and then his right arm was taken in exchange for his brother's soul.His missing limbs have been replaced with sophisticated prosthetics called automail (機械鎧(オートメイル), ōtomeiru).He and his younger brother,Alphonse,who lost his entire body and is spiritually bound to a suit of armor,scour the world in search of the Philosopher's Stone in the hopes of restoring their bodies.Edward has appeared in other media from the series,including video games,original video animations (OVAs) and light novels.

An rubuta wallafe-wallafe da yawa a cikin kafofin watsa labarai daban-daban kan batun halin Edward.Masu dubawa sun yaba wa Edward a matsayin daidaito tsakanin ɗan yaro mai hankali da kuma ɗan yaro mai taurin kai.Bugu da ƙari,an yi bikin lokacinsa na ban dariya a matsayin wasu lokuta mafi kyau a cikin jerin.'Yan wasan muryarsa na Jafananci da Ingilishi,Romi Park da Vic Mignogna,duka sun sami yabo don wasan kwaikwayonsu na Edward kuma sun sami lambobin yabo da yawa don aikinsu.An fitar da kayayyaki da yawa masu ɗauke da kamannin Edward,gami da maɓalli na sarƙoƙi da adadi na aiki.

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Mawallafin Hiromu Arakawa ya haɗa matsalolin zamantakewa da yawa a cikin makircin, kamar yadda Edward da Alphonse suke rayuwa a matsayin 'yan'uwa bayan mutuwar mahaifiyarsu, Trisha.Ta kuma duba yadda ’yan’uwa suke taimaka wa mutane a duk faɗin ƙasar don su fahimci ma’anar iyali. Lokacin da yake kwatanta halin halayen,Arakawa yayi sharhi cewa bayan tafiyar mahaifinsa daga gida da mutuwar mahaifiyarsa, Edward yayi ƙoƙari ya maye gurbin aikin mutumin ga iyalin Elric. A sakamakon haka,bayyanar da Van Hohenheim ya haifar da dauki mai ban tsoro da firgita a cikin halin. Arakawa ta lura cewa Edward na ɗaya daga cikin jaruman da ta fi so a cikin jerin, duk da cewa ta musanta cewa tana da hali iri ɗaya da shi lokacin da ɗaya daga cikin mataimakanta ya ambata. 

Lokacin da aka kwatanta 'yan'uwan biyu a lokacin Alphonse ya sami damar yin amfani da ilimin kimiyya ba tare da da'irar kamar Edward ba,Arakawa ya ce babu wanda ya fi dacewa a ilimin kimiyya saboda su biyun suna da fifiko daban-daban kamar yadda sauran masana kimiyya suka bayyana a cikin jerin. Ko da yake ta yi ikirarin cewa ba ta yi tunanin ranar haihuwar jaruman ba,Arakawa ta lura cewa ta yanke shawarar ranar haifuwar Edward yayin jerin jerin shirye-shiryen. A cikin wani babi da aka ambata cewa Edward yana gab da cika shekaru 16,lokacin sanyi ya kusa farawa a Hokkaido,mahaifar Arakawa, don haka aka yanke shawarar ranar haihuwar Edward a cikin hunturu.  A cikin gag na gama-gari daga jerin,Edward yakan buge shi da wrench na Winry Rockbell.Yayin da yake tsokaci cewa Edward yana da ikon kawar da ita cikin sauƙi,Arakawa ya yi tsokaci cewa an buge shi da gangan sakamakon halayensa. Daraktan wasan kwaikwayo na farko na wasan kwaikwayo,Seiji Mizushima,ya ce a cikin ci gaban labarin Edward "ya inganta kuma ya rushe";Mizushima yayi sharhi cewa Edward yana ci gaba da shawo kan gwagwarmayar ciki don sanin yadda ake girma. Ana amfani da bayyanar sa na atomatik a cikin anime don nuna alamar rashin daidaituwa na halinsa,yana sa masu kallo su lura cewa Edward ya rasa wani abu mai mahimmanci. 

A cikin wani samfuri daga jerin,Edward matashi ne ɗan shekara goma sha takwas da ke tafiya tare da mahaifinsa wanda ransa ya rufe a cikin squirrel mai tashi.Samfurin Edward yana da matsakaicin tsayi,amma ya riƙe saƙon saƙo na atomatik.Domin dacewa da masu karatu daga mujallar manga Monthly Shonen Gangan,halayen Edward sun kara gyaggyarawa, suna barin na yanzu.An rage tsayinsa domin ya bambanta da babban sulke na Alphonse. A cikin zanen halayen,Arakawa yakan damu da rashin sanya automail dinsa yayi girma sosai don gujewa daidaita shi ta hanyar kara tsokar Edward,yana sanya kamanninsa bai dace da shekarunsa ba. Haka kuma ta sha zana hali a tsawon jiki,amma lokaci guda ta lura ta yi tsayi sosai. Yayin da manga ya ci gaba da yin serialization,Arakawa ta gano cewa ta zana Edward rabin tsirara sau da yawa fiye da Alex Louis Armstrong wanda ke nuna alamun jikinsa.Yayin da ta bayyana cewa hakan ya faru ne saboda tana son zana automail din Edward,ta bayyana cewa ya zama ruwan dare maza su rika tafiya cikin rigar karkashin kasa a gidajensu.