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I was bitten by a Fullmetal Alchemist plot bunny while hiking around the park over the weekend, and I've gotten it to sit still for long enough to let me try and get it on paper. Normally, I'm against the use of Japanese in settings where Japanese is not the native language--in FMA, it's made pretty clear that the language they're using is actually either English or something extraordinarily like it if you look at any of the written material that shows up onscreen in the anime and, if I remember correctly, in the manga as well. However, as I've been writing, Al keeps referring to his brother as "Niisan," and I have no problem with it.

( Here's why )