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Busou Renkin

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English: Buso Renkin
Synonyms: Arms Alchemy, Embalming: Dead Body and Bride
Japanese: 武装錬金

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Type: Manga
Volumes: 10
Chapters: 83
Status: Finished
Published: Jun 23, 2003 to Apr 25, 2006
Genres: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, School, Shounen, Supernatural
Authors: Watsuki, Nobuhiro (Story & Art)
Serialization: Shounen Jump (Weekly)

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Score: 7.371 (scored by 6676 users)
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Ranked: #51292
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Popularity: #656
Members: 13,326
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Synopsis

Busou Renkin is the story of the teenager Kazuki Mutou, who dies trying to save a girl who was being attacked by an eerie monster. The next morning, however, Kazuki is left wondering whether it was all a dream. Lo and behold, the girl, the monster, and his death are all real! The girl, Tokiko Tsumura, was actually trying to slay the homunculus (a beast that can take the form of humans, but whose main source of food is people), but Kazuki got in her way. To revive Kazuki, Tokiko replaces his heart with a "kakugane," an alchemic device that allows him to summon a lance with which to fight the monsters. It turns out that Tokiko is a member of Renkin Kenshi (Alchemist Soldiers)—an organization sworn to protect the world from the diabolical creatures. Soon, Kazuki joins Tokiko in her quest to terminate the sinister being that creates and controls the homunculus.

(Source: VIZ Medai)

Included one-shot:
Volume 10: Embalming: Dead Body and Bride

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Background

This manga was published in English by VIZ Media under Shonen Jump Advanced imprint from August 1, 2006 to February 5, 2008.

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Related Manga

Adaptation:Busou Renkin
Other:Embalming: The Another Tale of Frankenstein

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Characters

Tsumura, Tokiko
Tsumura, Tokiko
Main
Muto, Kazuki
Muto, Kazuki
Main
Chouno, Koushaku
Chouno, Koushaku
Main
Sakimori, Mamoru
Sakimori, Mamoru
Main
Victor
Victor
Main
Moon Face
Moon Face
Supporting
Hayasaka, Shusui
Hayasaka, Shusui
Supporting
Victoria
Victoria
Supporting
Muto, Mahiro
Muto, Mahiro
Supporting
Hayasaka, Ouka
Hayasaka, Ouka
Supporting

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Apr 5, 2011
83 of 83 chapters read
artist-retired (All reviews)
24 people found this review helpful
Alchemy is a very interesting concept, but shonen isn't really an interesting genre.
Add them together though, and you just might get a mildly entertaining action story.

STORY: Buso Renkin is shonen story number 362445815-there's not really much else that can be summed up after that, if you're tired of the typical shonens, well this isn't the place where you should look.

But for those wanting to give the shonen genre a look at, I could easily talk about others that stand out more like Naruto, Bleach, One Piece, or Dragonball, but I'm going to talk about the one that started my obsession with the shonen genre (Not read more
May 14, 2010
83 of 83 chapters read
Kyonkochan (All reviews)
23 people found this review helpful
Story: While it may feel like a tired shonen plot to some viewers, Buso Renkin more then makes up for in pure fun. Never taking itself too seriously, as a good shonen should, the story is the lighthearted tale of a young boy who acquires powers and the responsibilities that come with them.

Art: Perhaps the best part of Buso Renkin. The characters are drawn by the masterful Nabuhiro Watsuki of Ruruoni Kenishin fame. Anyone who knows of him knows of his strict adheerance to the Akira Toriyama doctrine of clean smooth characters and epic battles. Which I might add he delivers in plethora.

Character: WHAT CHARACTERS!!! read more
Nov 28, 2009
82 of 83 chapters read
Silverfan (All reviews)
9 people found this review helpful
Buso Renkin is in a sense Fullmetal Alchemist without a main character who has a nepolian complex. Taking place in a world where Alchemy was successful but at the same time immortality and turning bread to gold was a failure.

Story
I think the story was actually very orginal for a Shonen series, while not the first Shonen manga to use Alchemy as a theme, it does give it a sense of orginality for the plot device the Kakugane.

Art
The artwork is very good when designing the characters, effects, and enemies. Some of the background is also detailed to show where the read more
Jun 22, 2009
82 of 83 chapters read
Guyver1 (All reviews)
5 people found this review helpful
Buso Renkin is very similar to Bleach , so if you like Bleach, you'll like Buso Renkin. Buso renkin was done by the guy that did Kenshin ( cant spell the first part >< ) so the artwork is exactly the same . Some characters are unique, others are annoying, unique characters come mostly in the forms of hommunculi, the villians of the series, the other characters are good, theyre just the usual seen it before characters.Some characters to me just arent necessary, Mahiro is an example, however characters like these dont take away from the story. The weapon designs are intresting, some are more read more

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