There are so many icons I could have used, but I decided on this one.

It is over. Four wonderful years of my life, over. Saying only four years makes me feel ashamed to consider myself a fan, from not being one from the very beginning. Yes people, Fullmetal Alchemist is over. The wonderful manga from the brilliant mangaka, it’s all done. Finished. No more will I be able to find a happy place once a month when I really need it with the latest chapter. Soon I won’t even be able to blow steam off with the anime, because that ends this month as well. And after that, Fullmetal Alchemist is done. The fandom which has consumed a large part of my teen years and the first year of my 20′s is done. And I must say, I feel almost as empty as I did when I finished the last Harry Potter book. Although perhaps the reason for that is because I had to wait years between the books, and only a month between chapters. It’s still a painful, empty feeling. I really did tear a bit when I finished it.

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