@ultimateclima:
It was planned that way. The author of Fullmetal knew she wanted to end the series on chapter 108 for awhile so they knew when it was going to end.
I'm assuming Arakawa told them the ending beforehand or before those episodes needed to be done. Either that or those last couple episodes weren't made until the chapters came out which wouldn't be impossible to do.
oh i see. well then here comes soul eater brotherhood and soul eater the movie!