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| “ | If you think I'm a gear-head, that's fine, but you had better get used to it! Because as long as you're wearing my automail, you're stuck with this gear-head whether you like it or not! | „ |
| ~ Winry Rockbell |
Winry Rockbell is a major character of the manga and anime series Fullmetal Alchemist. A childhood friend of the Elric brothers, she is almost like a sister to the two and essentially their only family. An amateur surgeon and mechanical repair specialist/enthusiast, Winry acts as Edward's rear line support as his personal automail engineer and mechanic, making sure his prosthetic right arm and left leg are always in good working order. Additionally, she provides a great deal of emotional support for the pair and plays the role of Edward's love interest.
In both the 2003 anime series and Brotherhood, she is voiced by Megumi Toyoguchi in the Japanese version and by Caitlin Glass in the English version, the latter of whom also played Mina Ashido, while in the live-action film adaptation, she is portrayed by Tsubasa Honda.
Story
Winry's first appearance is when the Elric brothers return to Resembool in order to ask Winry and Pinako to create another automail for Edward's right arm after it was destroyed by the criminal Scar. Winry is portrayed in the series as kind, optimistic, and sincere, acting as a concerned and compassionate family member to the Elrics in their company. She had known Edward and Alphonse since childhood. In the story, she was orphaned at a young age when her parents were killed while serving as doctors in the Ishvalan war. She lived with her grandmother in Resembool from then on. Known as an "Automail Otaku", she is fascinated by any and all types of machines, tools, and excels in building and repairing automail. Along with her grandmother, Pinako, also a famous automail engineer, the two run a small shop out of their home. Winry is known to be an automail prodigy. They made and installed Edward's automail arm and leg after he lost his original limbs in a failed human transmutation of his mother. Winry takes it upon herself to make sure that his automail is in top form, and travels to service it when as needed. This dedication is either out of enthusiasm (due to these moments making up most of the moments she gets to be with Edward and Alphonse, as well as getting paid for each) or out of frustration (due to Edward constantly breaking his automail, which she is worried as to how Edward breaks the arm and what dangerous situations he is put in). In the first anime series, it is hinted that Winry and Edward share romantic feelings for each other, but this is never confirmed. In the manga and second anime series, Edward is unnaturally flustered by the mere thought of being romantically linked to Winry, while Winry eventually realizes that she loves Edward and has for most of her life. After three all-nighters, she forgets to add a screw to Edward's automail and so it breaks after one of his fights. Winry goes to Central City to fix Edward's automail, feeling guilty (as Edward is in the hospital as well), but quickly overcomes it when she realizes no one else has any idea about the screw. She then spends the night at the house of Maes Hughes.
While the Elrics continue their search for the Philosopher's Stone, they decide to go meet their old mentor, Izumi Curtis. Winry gets them to take her to Rush Valley, the automail capital of the world, along the way, much to their dismay. There she meets a pickpocket named Paninya. They become friends because Winry convinces her to try to earn her money honestly and helps her out and her interest in automail. Winry also meets the family of Dominic, an automail engineer, and when Dominic's daughter-in-law goes into labor, Winry successfully delivers her baby at the mere age of 15, saving the lives of both the mother and baby. She asks to be Dominic's apprentice, but is refused both because Dominic doesn't take apprentices and because he has an unexplained past with her grandmother, Pinako, and is terrified of her. He introduces her to another engineer named Garfiel, who happily takes her on.
Personality & Traits
Winry is the Elrics' childhood friend and Ed's personal automail mechanic, who happens to have a crush on him. She is the only character without combat skills, but she manages to stand out as one of the braver characters through her sheer kindness and willingness to help others. In fact, Winry's main purpose is to keep the Elrics grounded in reality.
Trivia
- In the live-action film, she is portrayed by Tsubasa Honda. In the English Dub of the live-action film, she is once again voiced by Caitlin Glass.
- Her first Japanese voice actress, Megumi Toyoguchi, also voiced Dawn in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, Pyrrha Nikos and Kali Belladonna in RWBY, Yukari Takeba in Persona 3, Chifuyu Orimura in Infinite Stratos, Haruka in Senran Kagura, Miranda Lotto in D.Gray-man, Ellen Kurokawa in Suite Pretty Cure♪, Brigitte "Rosie" Stark in Valkyria Chronicles, Sara Valestein in The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel, and Nami in One Piece.
- Her English voice actress, Caitlin Glass, also voiced Kyoko Kirigiri in Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc, Haruhi Fujioka in Ouran High School Host Club, Kim Diehl in Soul Eater series, Diancie in Pokemon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction, Dia Viekone in The World's Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat, Machi Kuragi in Fruits Basket, Sumomo in Sgt. Frog, Miria Harvent in Baccano!, Mina Ashido in My Hero Academia, Nefertari Vivi in One Piece, Vados in Dragon Ball Super, Cammy White in Street Fighter IV, Maki Nishikino in Love Live! School Idol Project, Ryouko Kusakabe in Date A Live, Elma in Xenoblade Chronicles X, Evergreen in Fairy Tail, Deneve in Claymore, Retoree in Show By Rock!!, Sarasvati in Is This A Zombie?, Saki Nikaido in Zombie Land Saga, Pipimi in Pop Team Epic, Rose in Tales of Zestiria, Ragna the Bloodedge (young) in BlazBlue: Alter Memory, 5pb in Hyperdimension Neptunia, Diancie in Pokémon, Erica Fontaine in Sakura Wars, Takane Katsu in Burst Angel, Souka in That Time I Got Reincarnated As a Slime, Willow Schnee in RWBY, and Hitomi Kanzaki in The Vision of Escaflowne.
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