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Maes Hughes is a minor character in the manga series, Fullmetal Alchemist, and its anime adaptation, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood.

He is a skilled government officer, who is best friends with Colonel Roy Mustang. He is always seen talinkg and bragging about his family, in other words, his wife, Gracia, and adorable three-year old daughter, Felicia. While not a major character, his part in the series and death always gain the admiration of many fans, due to being devoted to anything else other than his friends, family, and wanting them all to be happy.

He was voiced by Keiji Fujiwara in Japanese version and Sonny Strait in English version.

What makes Him Love Exalted?[]

  • He supports Roy Mustang, despite the latter's seriousness and occasional annoyance with Hughes, always being one position below Roy to ensure he can support his friend in every single way.
  • He loves his family to an incredible extent, always talking to people how cute they are.
  • He also tries to convince Roy and Edward to engage in marriage as well, so they can have beautiful families like his.
  • He supports brothers Edward and Alphonse Elric in their quest to recover their bodies.
  • He is always very good-tempered, and almost never loses his way, always staying true to his morals.
  • Made a big birthday party to his daughter, and promised to come back early.
  • His speech to Winry made a great impact with her in the series, leading to her being more pacient with the Elric Brothers, and support them properly throughout their journey.
  • When he discovered important information about the governemtn's conspiracy, he tried to inform Roy Mustang against it, and when Lust appeared and tried to stop him, he fought and incapacitated her.
  • He chose to call Mustang from an anonymous line, instead of the official one, to ensure the safety of a secretary, in case more Homunculi appeared.
  • He loved so much his family, he couldn't bring himself to stab Envy when he tried to stop him from calling Roy, as Envy took his wife's form.
  • In his lat moments, while agonizing in the floor, he still tried to warn Mustang about the Fuhrer.
  • He apologized for his wife and child before dying, as he wouldn't be able to get home early as he promised.
  • Despite having little participation in the series, his death and funeral scene still are considered to be one of the most heartwrenching moments, alongside Nina being transformed into a chimera, showing how impact him and his personality made with people, even in story, such as Winry.

Trivia[]

  • He is the complete opposite of Shou Tucker, as while both are characters with small parts in the series, but still deal a great impact in the audience and the other in-story characters, both died early in the serie, and while Shou Tucker remorselessly sacrificed his family into horrible experiments to become an alchemist and save his job, Hughes cares about his family more than anything in the world, and while Tucker is a Hate Sink, Hughes is Love Exalted.
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