Volume 20

Translation

 * Many of my possessions that have been through the days with me ever since the beginning of this serialization are all starting to break one after the other these days.
 * The large pot that I shared with my assistant, my stereo components, my anti-back pain chair, etc...
 * You guys!!
 * How could you just fall like this when we're still in the midst of battle!! (Cry)

Chapters Included

 * Chapter 79 "Bite Of The Ant" (蟻のひと噛み Ari no Hito Kami)
 * Chapter 80 "The Prodigal Father Returns" (瞼の父 Mabuta no Chichi)
 * Chapter 81 "A Full Recovery" (バリバリの全開 Baribari no Zenkai)
 * Chapter 82 "Family By Spirit" (魂の家族 Tamashii no Kazoku)
 * Chapter 83 "The Promised Day" (約束の日 Yakusoku no Hi)

Synopsis
From the back of the volume:

"Betrayal and double-crossing are the order of the day. Greed, Pride and Envy prove to be formidable enemies, but one homunculus seems to be having pangs of--could it be?--conscience. Ominous news spreads quickly about a mysterious portal. Will this gateway help the Elric brothers regain their natural bodies? And will the gigantic underground transmutation circle be completed, leading to a major regime change? Plus, a moving reunion between Al and someone from his past!"

Outside Cover

 * Greed (In Ling Yao's body)

Inside Cover (In Memoriam)

 * Bido

Trivia

 * Though countless Drachma soldiers and the commander of the Drachma army himself died in this volume, they were not depicted on the spine of this volume in memoriam.
 * In this volume, Hiromu Arakawa announced that a second anime adaptation was being produced. This series would become Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood.