Well I just wanted to say that I also love the FMA anime very much, but the anime wasn't made when the manga was near it's end. It was made 2004 and the manga is still ongoing. 
And because the manga wasn't finished bones made up the ending for the series. I agree on that the FMA anime might be more popular than the manga but the manga is very famous too! 
yeah,you are probably right,in fact i just stated that unthinkinglyÂ
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but at least even if Bones didn't know the end of the manga they were enough hard working to create episodes without any dead time and sufficiently intelligent to anticipate what the author of the manga was planning to do!
the only "useless" episode of the anime is the 37,where Roy and his team are investigating about inexistants ghosts,but even this one is HILARIOUS and brings some coolness to the atmosphere mostly sorrowful of the animeÂ
the fillers episodes of Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle conveys all the inverse,instead of refreshing they are stifing and Mokona's stupid jokes are all Beetrain has found to try to make us laughÂ
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even Black Hayate who didn't talk is really much more touching than Mokona,it's a shame for BeetrainÂ
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