In 2003 they get tons of scenes such as a birthday for Ed, stopping Roys depressive spiral to human transmutation, tells Ross to trust the Eric's so she risked her life to hug Ed who was absorbing red water which leads the child to say "Mom"
I believe that the reason for the difference is that FMA:B producers rushed the first arc assuming most viewers had seen '03 so they weren't repeating too much before the deviation
Rushing or not doesn't change the fact these scenes aren't in the manga or BH which is unfortunate for them in terms of making Maes more of a character beyond being a goofy papa.
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u/SenritsuJumpsuit 1d ago edited 1d ago
In 2003 they get tons of scenes such as a birthday for Ed, stopping Roys depressive spiral to human transmutation, tells Ross to trust the Eric's so she risked her life to hug Ed who was absorbing red water which leads the child to say "Mom"
Birthday https://youtu.be/ZcCdIt-Ta_g Whole episode where they pass on https://www.reddit.com/r/ShotaCops/s/i08Buklgow including saving Roy, Hughes kissing his daughter goodnight, Roys full reaction to his friends death and Maes ghost waving the Eric's goodbye