History Anime / FullmetalAlchemistTheSacredStarOfMilos

* GenderBlenderName: "Ashleigh" is the way is spelled which doesn't look especially feminine but it causes confusion when the [[SpellMyNameWithAnS more common spelling of "Ashley"]] is used.

* GenreBlind: Again, [[spoiler: Raul/Alan didn't anticipate his co-conspirator would betray him to acquire the Sanguine Star and all its power for himself.]]

* SpottingTheThread: When traveling to Table City, Roy and Hawkeye discusses what they've learned about Ashleigh Crichton. They know now his prison sentence was a means of finding a safe harbor (relatively speaking) from the Cretan Agents pursuing him. That also know now he broke out early because of Julia's arrest and impending deportation back to Creta. What keeps bothering Roy, though, is that this ''doesn't'' explain everything in-between. If he could've broken out of prison at any point, then ''why'' did Ashleigh wait 5 years? They realize the only explanation that makes any sense is that Ashleigh was waiting for ''something'' to happen during that interim. [[spoiler:Indeed, Atlas was actually waiting for Julia to grow up, as her tattooed half of the Sanguine Star's map was too small and didn't match his stolen half of the real Asleigh's tattoo at the time.]]

* PullTheThread: When Roy, Riza, and Winry travel to Table City, Roy discusses Ashleigh Crichton. They know by this point in the film that his prison sentence was a means of finding a safe harbor (relatively speaking) from the Cretan Agents pursuing him. That also know now he broke out early because of Julia's arrest and impending deportation back to Creta. What keeps bothering Roy, though, is that this ''doesn't'' explain everything in-between. If he could've broken out of prison at any point, then ''why'' did Ashleigh wait 5 years? The only explanation that makes any sense to them is that Ashleigh was waiting for ''something'' to happen during that interim. [[spoiler: Indeed, Atlas was actually waiting for Julia to grow up, as her tattooed half of the Sanguine Star's map was too small and didn't match his stolen half of the real Asleigh's tattoo at the time.]]

* PullingOnTheThread: When Roy, Riza, and Winry travel to Table City, Roy discusses Ashleigh Crichton. They know by this point in the film that his prison sentence was a means of finding a safe harbor (relatively speaking) from the Cretan Agents pursuing him. That also know now he broke out early because of Julia's arrest and impending deportation back to Creta. What keeps bothering Roy, though, is that this ''doesn't'' explain everything in-between. If he could've broken out of prison at any point, then ''why'' did Ashleigh wait 5 years? The only explanation that makes any sense to them is that Ashleigh was waiting for ''something'' to happen during that interim. [[spoiler: Indeed, Atlas was actually waiting for Julia to grow up, as her tattooed half of the Sanguine Star's map was too small and didn't match his stolen half of the real Asleigh's tattoo at the time.]]

* FridgeLogic: Invoked in-story when Roy, Riza, and Winry travel to Table City and discuss Ashleigh Crichton. They know by this point in the film that his prison sentence was a means of finding a safe harbor (relatively speaking) from the Cretan Agents pursuing him. That also know now he broke out early because of Julia's arrest and impending deportation back to Creta. What keeps bothering Roy, though, is that this doesn't explain everything in-between. If he could've broken out of prison at any point, ''why'' would Ashleigh wait 5 years? The only explanation that makes any sense is that Ashleigh was waiting for ''something'' to happen during that interim. [[spoiler: Indeed, Atlas was actually waiting for Julia to grow up, as her tattooed half of the Sanguine Star's map was too small and didn't match his stolen half of the real Asleigh's tattoo at the time.]]

The story sees Ed and Al head to Table City, a military-occupied city surround by a circular crevasse called "The Valley", to capture a criminal who escaped prison. En route to the city, the train is attacked simultaneously by werewolves and people in flying suits, all of whom seem to be after a young girl. During the scuffle, Al is knocked into The Valley with the girl.

* TheCameo: Major Armstrong only appears in one scene, to pass on a message to Mustang which causes him, Riza and Hawkeye to travel to Table City themselves. Their own role in the story is also pretty much peripheral.

%%* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent

* {{Interquel}}: The film is set partway through ''Brotherhood''. Fan consensus places the story's events between episodes 20 and 21 (based on comments from Director Kazuya Murata about Ed having deduced Al's body was still inside the Portal of Truth as the perfect catalyst for a road trip to investigate new alchemy). At the very least, it's also set prior to episode 24 (as Mustang's staff has not yet been split up and reassigned by Bradley). Although apart from Al using array-less alchemy (and using the ''Brotherhood'' voice cast), it can also fit in the 2003 series' continuity.

* SequelNonEntity: An interquel variant, but the only characters from the series who appear are Ed, Al, Winry, Mustang, Hawkeye, and Major Armstrong. Scar, the Homunculi, and the Xingese characters are all absent.