Fullmetal Alchemist Volume 1

Japanese Cover

North American Cover

Japanese Release Date: January 2002
American Release Date: May 2005

Chapters
Chapter 1: The Two Alchemists
Chapter 2: The Price of Life
Chapter 3: The Mining Town
Chapter 4: Battle on the Train

Dialogue Error
In Chapter 1, Ed states that he's Agnostic to Rosé. The problem here is that being Agnostic means you're unsure about whether God exists or not. Ed later declares scientists, like Alchemists, don't believe in God. Not believing would make one an Atheist (which he's declared to being one in the original and stated he's a non-believer in the anime). Ed is and has been an Atheist, not Agnostic.

Translation Error
The watch is supposed to be silver. Viz (and even fan scanslators) mistranslated the watch to be gold. Gin (Silver) and Kin (Gold) are sorta easy to confuse, if you think about it.

Thoughts
Despite that one error, the entire book was translated perfectly. Even the little snippets were kept, such as a dog wearing Al's head and Cornello fluttering in the sky as an angel. The entire book is uncensored and aside from the dialogue error, everything is kept exactly the same. The book's 100% unchanged edit-wise. Hopefully Viz keeps up the good work.

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