Tbaism

Oh that is what happened in the manga huh? Well as expected I suppose. Interesting.

Well it is true enough that nobodoy actually won. Just calling it as I saw, and there are far too many variables to actually determine a winner. A lot of "what ifs", too many really. But in the series at the last moment, when Roy had the flash back, Ed could have finished it there. That is how I would determine him the winner. Roy didn't fully realise what had happened until Ed had stopped his thrust, and if it hadn't, his originally shock would have been replaced by the shock of a sword through his throat.

If it wasn't a mock fight, Roy would win. He still lit that kid on fire during the Ishbalan inccident, and a life or death situation will just about always determine Roy as the winner.

maamon

well ... as I think ... Roy won the fight but when he wanted to finish Ed ( end the fight ) ... he just remembered how he won an old fight like this with a very young boy from Ishibal ... and how he killed him ... that's why he couldn't finish Ed ...
and Ed proved this when he asked him later when they were cleaning : Why didn't you finish me there ?

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Hassun

Untrue.

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LichGRIFFIN

Roy won the fight if you take in consideration his experience on the real battle grounds which Ed lacked but in this fight Ed won only because Roy hesitated finishing him because of the bad memories Roy recalled of the ishibalian child that he killed once long time ago

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maamon

May I know why ? ... I mean what do you think about the outcome of the fight ... after you replied to me ... I went and reviewed the episode to make sure that what I said is true ...
but I'll be happy if you explained why do you think so ... and what do you think in return ...

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ILikeApples5520

Roy did win the fight in the manga because of his superior experience as alchemist.

To be honest, I don't know why there's a "who do you think" thread about something that had a definite outcome.

But, If Ed had more experience, I think he would have won, hands down because he was on the path to becoming a much more powerful alchemist than Mustang.

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Hassun

He never had a fight like that in Ishbal, he just killed people there. In a flash he sees a frightened child he executed during the war. No duel.

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LichGRIFFIN

Roy did kill a lot of people in Ishibal because they fought him back but you can't compare Roy killing men to Roy killing a child who barely carries his own weapon
,Roy is a human you know not a killing machine

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