Fullmetal Alchemist 3 - Full Metal Edition Hardcover

This deluxe hardcover continues the Elric brothers’ brutal journey, collecting the next stretch of Hiromu Arakawa’s epic in oversized, crisp black and white. Edward and Alphonse chase the Philosopher’s Stone deeper into conspiracy territory, where the military’s polished uniforms hide rot beneath the brass. The brothers’ fight against Scar escalates with bone-cracking intensity, while the horrifying truth behind the Stone begins to surface in whispers and bloodstains.

The volume sharpens the series’ moral edge. Alchemy here is not just science but sin management, and every transmutation feels like a debt unpaid. New layers of the homunculi threat creep in from the shadows, their inhuman calm clashing with Edward’s fury and Al’s quiet grief. Humor still flickers between battles, but it is gallows humor, the kind that knows the cost of failure.

Presented in the premium Fullmetal Edition format with sturdy binding and color pages, this is the story tightening its fist. The adventure grows darker, the stakes grow heavier, and the brothers’ search for redemption becomes less a quest and more a reckoning.