I see Hohenheim's death rather differently. Envy doesn't seem to do slow torture (judging by his quick killing of Hughes(...) and Edward), and yet he lets Hohenheim live for days. Also note Envy's eye when Hohenheim tries to close his mouth to crush himself. It shivers for a moment. The message I'm getting from this scene is reluctance. Envy's isn't initially intending to kill his father; torture him, yes, but not kill him. Hohenheim has been Envy's life-goal. He has nothing else; he's stuck in this world, stuck as a serpent, Dante is gone, and in poetic irony, after spending centuries pawning and mopping the floor with humanity, now he's the pawn/mop of the humans. Life pretty much sucks for the Hughes killer. Hohenheim is all he has left. He's gone, his reason for existing is gone as well. Hohenheim's assisted suicide shows that killing him is hollow victory for Envy (not to mention insulting; Hohenheim is doing it to help Ed and Al). It's a further note to Anime1Envy being Edward's doppelganger- the Edward who let his father issues consume him.
I felt Izumi's death was realistic. She had her body problems, and with Dante gone, she could no longer get the medicine. Having her still living after two years would have looked rather ridiculous.
Tell the truth, and I know I'm in the minority in this, but I actually felt good about the Brothers being in our world. I dreamt many a possibilities of what they might get here (airplanes, baseball, movies). So it never bothered me. Yes, it's sad for Winry, but she seems to have accepted it. I also liked that Gracia and Hughes got their happy ending.
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