Although Al has learned a lot, he cannot stop all of them, and Ed cannot use Alchemy while in the other side. Stripped of his alchemical powers, he has been all this time researching. He finds out that the Germans are planning on opening the gate, and attack the other side, which is Ed and Al’s home. Two years have passed since Edward Elric was dragged from his own world to ours, leaving behind his country, his friends and his younger brother, Alphonse. He has befriended someone who resembles his brother, Al, and has met a gypsy resembling Rose.