Incapable of reversing the transmutation and not knowing what else to do, Ed and Al apologize to Nina and leave, but report Shou's actions to Colonel Mustang at Eastern HQ. But while Edward loses his temper and begins to thrash Tucker, Nina intervenes sadly, understanding the situation just enough to plead piteously for her father's life. As he attempts to pass Nina off as his second speech-capable chimera, however, Edward realizes the horror of what the Sewing-Life Alchemist has done when Nina speaks innocently to him from inside her new monstrous form. While the Elrics are away, Shou transmutes Nina and Alexander into a Human Chimera using the same method with which he transmuted his wife. As Shou's yearly assessment approaches and his license comes into jeopardy, Nina attempts to console her depressed father, but her reassurances merely inspire the man to begin his depraved practice once again. Unfortunately, what the little girl did not understand was that her mom had not abandoned her family as Shou had claimed, but rather had become an unwilling human test subject in the secretly deranged State Alchemist's chimerical experiments and died. The Elrics immediately understand how Nina feels as they remember their own father paying little attention to them and declare their intention to play with Nina and Alexander and the three kids and dog spend most of the rest of the day playing together. The three kids (and canine) grow very close over the few days of their acquaintance after Nina confides in the boys that her loneliness is largely due to the fact that her mother had left her father two years ago, just before Shou Tucker received his State Alchemist certification, after which point his increasing immersion into his research greatly limited the amount of time he was able to spend with his young daughter. This immediately attracts Alphonse's attention but Ed gets annoyed at Al for getting distracted. However, the lonely little girl quickly forms a rapport with the Elric brothers, convincing them to spend a great deal of their time each day playing with Nina and her lovable dog, Alexander. Young Nina first appears in Chapter 5, when Edward and Alphonse Elric arrive at her father's estate in East City in order to study bio-alchemy with the help of his specialized notes and resources. 2.2 Revived Nina's Appearance (2003 Anime Only).This whole plotline could be disturbing to little kids, so I don’t recommend this manga for them. Later a murderer named Scar puts Nina out of her misery. Nina begs for Edward and Shou in a raspy voice. The following scene when Ed and Al find Nina chimera is quite disturbing. And it’s also revealed that Shou made a combo of his wife and an animal. Under pressure, he creates a combo of Nina and Alexander. Shou is on a deadline to show the government a Chimera (human/animal combo). His wife “left” him, and his daughter Nina stays with him. SPOILER ALERT: If you don’t know the full crux of the situation, basically Shou Tucker is an alchemist who is working on a way to generate combinations of humans and animals. It has gone down in history as one of the saddest scenes in anime/manga EVER, and it is quite disturbing to think that a father would do this to his child. My main concern for young kids reading this series is the Nina Tucker reveal. It can get intense-not as much as Demon Slayer, but more than Naruto. CSM’s assessment of violence is pretty accurate. It probably WILL make your kids beg you to buy them the next volume, as Arakawa is excellent at generating cliffhangers. It also has a bunch of strong female characters. It’s an incredible blend of humor, action and philosophy. I have not watched the show, I have read the manga.
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