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Published: 2005-11-09 03:55:54 +0000 UTC; Views: 8871; Favourites: 154; Downloads: 1598
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Read the Japanese way. Right to left.My art teacher used to tell me it was impossible to draw a perfect circle free-hand... But not only can Ed draw a perfect circle, he can draw it with his hands literally tied behind his back! (re: Barry the Chopper episode)
Damned Amestrians and their innate sense of... geometry!
And HEY! Did you know that the Elric brothers are ambidextrous? Although Ed seems to prefer his left hand, especially after he lost his right arm? Watch him when he draws his transmutation circles. He almost always does it with his left hand. And he writes, eats, and shoots a gun with his left hand too. XD He still tends to hold knives and spears with his right though.
Al, however, seems to use both without a real preference.
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Nice comic. And I totally agree with your description. They both amused me greatly.
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ambidextrous people can use both brain hemispheres, which means they have more neuronal connections developed... this means they're smarter XD
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Really funny! I give you a thumbs up!... And some pie, ...cheese pie....oh cheese pie of dooooom!
Um...I can! I can draw a perfect circle free handed! XD One of my teachers back in Jr. High said it was not possible, so me being myself tried, and Ta-da! Haha shut up beyotch!
And yep, I noticed. But both being geniuses, its not that surprising.
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hah. i read it fowards and was like
but then i read the despriction and read it the right way and laughed XD
lol that was funny. nice work!
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Well, knowing their Sensei, she probably made them go a couple of months with their right hands tied behind their backs to have them become more dependent on their left hands. Similar in nature to her lesson where she abandoned them on a deserted island for a month. ^.^ And yes, drawing circles sucks and Ed would not make a good teacher himself-- he'd get too impatient. Al would be a much better choice. Cute mini-comic!
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LOL. More Elric torture during training? Talk about a "school of hard knocks". XD
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my cousin david can draw a perfect circle it was really wierd how he did it
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Thant's me hands down! I can't draw for the life of me. So, I write, a lot.
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XD Really amusing and great art. ^^ But who is the... no-face guy? XD;
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I can draw a perfect circle! 
-sporfle- They ARE ambidextrous! I hadn't noticed that before. o.O
Hilarious comic. I love your humor. <3
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interesting observations. I never paid attention to the use of his limbs unless he was missing one. -_-;;; Very cute comic!
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I noticed that he wrote with his left hand while looking at the manga. I'm glad that Arakawa-sensei made it easy to tell if the people working on the animation flipped the frames. They did that in Sailor Moon, as some fan-site pointed out. For a few seconds, the characterwould be to the right of the driver, then to the driver's left a few seconds later. Why'd they go and do that?!
Anyway, this pic is awesome as well as funny.
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OMG *feels loved* I'm ambidextrous!
I love the guy's mustache ^^
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Uuuuuugh, the evil that is geometry... I *barely* managed to get through that math class. I could never remember all the various things for the different shapes. Numbers and my memory do *not* mix. ...And yes, geometric circles are eeeevil to draw by hard. I am totally in awe of anyone who can do it. And its not *fair* that Ed can do 'em with his feet!
Very funny comic, tho. *giggles* I feel sorry for nameless, funny-faced dude. That *does* figure, tho. Not only do alchemists have to be scientific minds and stuff, but artists as well. ...And now I have to go back and watch FMA again *just* to watch how Ed usually does everything with his left hand. 'Cause such details normally go flying over my head.
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LOL!I suck at drawing circles and I have to master it for my photoshoot!GAH!I tried to 'transmute' a leaf on the church grounds,only to get cold hands.
This is a great piece!*glomps you*
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*Grins* I'm amused. VERY amused. For some reason, the guy trying to lear alchemy reminds me of the Count from Yami no Matsui... 
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there are times when I can't too
cool avatar!
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I am not alone! Heh.
Thank you so much! made it for me!
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...I can can draw a somewhat nearly perfect circle freehand... never bothered to measure. But I do the sketchy thing so I'm not sure if that counts.
Gyah, you draw Ed so well! I envy you! 
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AWESOME!!! I could never draw Ed as good as you 
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...I'm ambidextrous...although I can't draw with my right hand I can only write with it...
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Have you ever noticed a lot of people in anime have nail polish on? 
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ha! I'd kinda been wondering about those perfect shapes too. The circles at least, once you have that down you could probably do the lines pretty well. And how do they do them so fast? Remember the fight between Ed and Al? Al's chalk was holding its own against Ed's hands!
I'd never noticed the hands they used, but I know I've heard it mentioned before. I'll just have to look out for it from now on.
Great comic ^_^
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That's whay my circles look like when I try drawing them with a single line. I figured out that if you give it a slight curve and keep truning the peper, you can make an almost perfect circle.
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LOl
You know you got a good point about geometry picture.
I also have some difuculty about drawing circles with a free hand ^^
Anyway, awesome work!!!
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lol! you handle ed and al really well - i love ed's expressions!
and my god you've got an eye for detail! I never once noted the hand preference!
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mwhaha. I always noticed that. Perfect cirlces, triangles, the whole thing and they could do it in the blink of an eye!
I love your comics/sketches, they always amuse.
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xDD
My art teacher said only insane people can draw a perfect circle freehand. T___T;; Does this make people who know all that geometry insane?
... >__>; XDD Haha.
O.O And I never really noticed that! I mean, I would figure that Ed would rather use his left arm more often now for more "precise" things, but I never really gave much though to it. @.@ Random little facts like that SPARK my mind XD I also found out recently that Link is left handed! O__O;; I never really played the Zelda games myself (I am an observer when it comes to games mostly, including cool ones @_@
>.> The guy that is learning alchemy's "face"... just AMUSES me so much. XDD
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Heheh. I was too lazy to try and draw a serious face on the guy.
Yes! Link is a lefty. 
Someone else mentioned Sephiroth being left-handed too, but off-hand (*cough*), I can't think of any other animated left-handed characters except for one of the kids in The Magic School Bus that I've long forgotten the name of.
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Man, you're really observant but hey, someone has to be.
Liked the little doujinshi. *shakes fist* Damn those circles. And damn that geometry!
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Oo Damn, I never noticed that myself. Cool, I'll have to look our for that sometime. Awsome job. ^^
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The poor man.... DX Not the geometry kit!! Even at home i can't get away from the geometry!!!
*cough* Ahem, sorry bout that. >.>;; But really, this is quite humorous. And wow, they can use both hands? *has never bothered to watch that carefully* I'll have to watch out for that. BTW, Love the comic, it makes me laugh.
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I had to read it through twice before I realised it was right to left... I suck
I didn't notice they were ambidextrous... I noticed that Sephiroth [FFVII] is left handed though
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Ah! I forgot to mention which way to read it!
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