Talk:Re: Chapter 83/@comment-26940038-20160703034635/@comment-217.212.214.57-20160703083447

That´s the point.

For clarity, there´s a distinct difference between "homunculi" and "homunculi" dpeending on the work and setting.

The ones in "FMA" was unique in that they had a power source that allowed them to act outside of their bottles (they actually didn´t have any because of that source) and the moment it was shattered, they evaporated within a minute.

A "Homunculus" aka "half-human" from the sunlit Garden would be the "logical" conception of the very definition of a "homunculus" in contrast to the more "fantasy type" representations of the word.

They´re "Artificially made humans" (Check)

They´re raised to be "ghoul investigators" (servants of V) (check)

They got powers above ordinary humans due to the "ghoul material" used to make them (supernatural abilities: check)

They don´t live long once born (in comparison to normal humans that is) which means that they can live up to half the age of a ordinary human being (as in, 30-40 years, maximum, compared to the usual 60-80years of a ordinary human)...(Reduced life-span: check)

They were made through "Science" (Homunculi born of Alchemy (another branch of science that became chemistry so science regardless) Check)

They were conceived in petri-dishes. (born in bottles: check)

They´re sterile (uncomfirmed but likely...Check.)

The sunlit children have every condition fullfilled to be called "Homunculi" in the word´s truest sense, it´s just that we have this pre-decided image of what a "homunculi" is "supposed" to be from other sources...(FMA...which are actually different from normal homunculi due to having power sources of their own artificially grafted into their very existence.)

So I see nothing wrong in referring Arima, Ihei, Chin and Furuta to "Homunculi" in this context... since that´s what they basically are.