Edition contents & overlap

Fullmetal Alchemist Box Set: Volumes, Novel and Extras

Check the original 27-volume Fullmetal Alchemist paperback set and keep its novel separate from manga coverage.

Mapped coverage: Original paperback box set, volumes 1–27. The Fullmetal Edition hardcovers are not mapped here.

Creator: Hiromu Arakawa Publisher: VIZ Media

Documented contents

What each edition covers

Numbering: Fullmetal Alchemist English single-volume numbering. It describes numbered story units only; separately documented extras remain separate.

Edition coverage for Fullmetal Alchemist
EditionCovered volumeFormatLanguage / marketISBN-13ExtrasSource
Fullmetal Alchemist Complete Box Set1–27Paperback box setEnglish / US9781421541952The Ties That Bind novel, Double-sided posterPublisher source for Fullmetal Alchemist Complete Box Set

Source records were checked on 2026-09-09. A missing ISBN is reported as not verified; unknown extras are never inferred.

Mapped coverage

1–27 · 27 numbered volumes across 1 documented editions. This is the range in this map, not a claim that the series is complete.

Your shelf

Calculate overlap and new coverage

Select the numbered units and editions you already own, then choose candidate editions to compare. The result uses only this series' numbering system.

The original Fullmetal Alchemist Complete Box Set contains manga volumes 1–27, The Ties That Bind novel, and a double-sided poster. This page maps the original paperback numbering, not the separately numbered Fullmetal Edition hardcovers.

The novel does not become volume 28

The story-volume selector stops at 27 because the included novel is a different publication type. Owning that novel separately does not fill a missing manga volume. Conversely, covering manga 1–27 does not assert that the extras are on your shelf.

If you own original paperback volumes 1–18, the box repeats eighteen and adds 19–27: nine new manga units. If those eighteen books are Fullmetal Edition hardcovers instead, do not enter their spine numbers into this selector. The launch does not supply a verified conversion for that format.

An identity check before an overlap check

Read the title and imprint on the books you own, then compare them with this table’s named numbering system. The tool can calculate a correct difference only after the edition identity is correct. It will not guess equivalent contents from a shared series title.

The exact set ISBN and VIZ source are recorded below. For other cases where an extra book changes the physical count without extending the numbered story, use the guidebook and bonus-book explanation.