A compound metal surpassing all expectations, born by gathering the essence of alchemy
Kakugane
activating upon a person‘s fighting instincts
it changes the user‘s hidden strength into a tangible state
and a unique weapon is created
That is Busou Renkin
So you‘re finally awake
Hotel plus!
Panty plus!
Tokiko-san in civilian clothes!
Just what exactly happened?!
Another New Life
Last night you fell asleep just like that
so I took you to the hotel I was staying at because it was closer than your dormitory
What else could there have happened?
Nothing at all…
So Tokiko-san lives in a place like this
A little unexpected
Did you think I lived in the clouds, living off of dewdrops or something?
You‘re rude!
(Come to think of it, I don‘t know anything about Tokiko-san)
Which school do you go to and what grade are you, Tokiko-san?
Wahat? Out of the blue
I don‘t go to school
That uniform is from the school that I infiltrated on a former mission
If I went to a normal school I would have been in my third year of highschool this year
So you really are older than me
Are you happy that I’m older than you?
But why did Tokiko-san become a Renkin Warrior?
Because I despise all homunculi
We should find the Creator, instead of asking useless questions
Because today‘s a Saturday, we‘ll be at it all day
(So it‘s something I shouldn‘t have unreasonably started asking about)
(I’m sorry)
(Tokiko-san is protecting everybody while fighting those human-eating monsters)
(That‘s enough for now)
(Before that, there‘s only two days left to save Tokiko-san)
(Let‘s just concentrate on that)
Got it?
For the four days up until yesterday, we haven‘t been able to find him at school
But that’s proof that anybody that didn‘t go to school for four days is suspicious
and the thing that the enemy you beat told you
you didn’t do things thoroughly enough
The school building isn‘t the only facilities that students use…
If it‘s a school faculty besides the school building
It’s the dormitories
You go to the dormitories and find a third year dorm-student that‘s rested from school for four days
Look for that guy
What about you, Tokiko-san?
I‘m going to sneak into the school and check things like attendance books
But you know…
What?
It’s hard to be able to pick his special characteristics out with just the memo from before
I see…
Then should we draw a portrait
but I‘m not good at drawing
That‘s okay! Nothing to hide!
I‘m a master of drawing portraits!
You… just spit that out without thinking, didn‘t you?
Finished!
(So good! but something looks different)
Then I‘ll leave it to you
[5th day]
I‘m looking for this man!
Has anyone seen him?
So I‘m just a perverted guy no matter what, eh!?
Before that, where were you last night?
Before that, just who is Tokiko-san?
Oh wow, there‘s one perverted person
What‘s wrong with Okakura?
Well, you see
perverted
Are you happy that I‘m older than you?
Older than me…!
What about ‘older than you?’ Onii-chan
Well, we have nothing to do, so we‘ll be searching as well
Yeah
Stature of 175-180 cm
Thin, has good posture, and has a frontal parting with black hair
His skin isn‘t quite white, but rather pale
Nobody seems to know him
If it‘s this, he‘s pretty ordinary, so it seems like he‘d be easy to find…
Is this that useless?
It‘s a masterpiece made with one combined pencil and soul
Oh, look, over there
He has a green armband so he‘s a third year
Let‘s ask
Excuse us~
There‘s something we‘d like to ask…
Ah, wait a moment please
Would you let me drink these first?
-He‘s drinking all of them -Is it really okay for you to drink that much pills?
It‘s not okay
But if I don‘t, my body won‘t last
Is you‘re body frail?
I guess so
Besides that, was there something you wanted?
Oh, yeah
We’re looking for a third year male dorm student that’s rested school for four days until yesterday
We‘ve been asking, but so far everybody‘s said that they don‘t know…
Is that so?
So there‘s not guy like that, eh…
That must mean that this man has a transparent existence
transparent?
Though visible, he’s not recognized as anything more than a part of the background; there’s always one of these in every class
the classmate that nobody cares about whether he‘s present or not
An existence with that type of feel
Pitiful, isn‘t it
Is there anything specific you know about that person?
There aren‘t many special characteristics, so all that‘s left is the portrait…
Combination of one pencil and soul!
There really wouldn‘t be a person like that, right?
And even if there was, he‘d be a pervert
Really? If it was just the mask, I thought it was pretty cool
Onii-chan! Just what about it is cool!?
No, he is correct!
Yes, this mask is magnificent
The butterfly is magnificent
from a despicable caterpillar that nobody gives any notice to,
transforming into a beautiful butterfly that makes everybody notice itself…
The Papillon mask is a symbol of a magnificent transformation
You‘ll know when you see his eyes
Eyes saturated with evil
Stature of 신장톡 175 to 180cm, thin, has good posture, and has a frontal parting with black hair
His skin isn‘t quite white, but rather pale
Mahiro
Should we eat lunch soon?
Y, yeah
Go call Rokumasu and the others and go wait at the front gate first
Since last year, I’ve lived here for a whole year
But I‘ve never seen your face, Senpai
I told you
He‘s a transparent existence
Though visible, he’s not recognized as anything more than a part of the background
And now there‘s only two days…
I‘ve found him, Kazuki!
There‘s a third year dorm student that‘s rested from school for four days
Room 3-C, number 8
Chouno Koshaku, 19 years old!
That guy‘s the Creator, the Papillon mask!
A weak caterpillar that can‘t even protect his own life with is own strength…
But he‘s found it
The great power of Alchemy
The way to magnificently transform!
(This guy is the homunculi creator, Papillon Mask)
(If I catch him here, there won‘t be any more sacrifices)
(Tokiko-san can be saved!)
I’ll be there in five minutes, wait!
(I don‘t know just how much power he has, but I‘ll get him no matter what!)
Busou…
Stop right there
That is?!
That‘s right it‘s the Homunculus essence antidote
I made it to use it as a countermeasure if there were any accidents in the experiments
So this is a one-of-a-kind valuable
I‘ve finished my last experiment, so this is no longer of any use to me
But if you don‘t have this, your comrade will become a homunculus in two days, right?
So what about trading this for your kakugane?
It‘s a crystal of alchemy that goes shoulder to shoulder with homunculi
I‘d heard of it, but after I saw it myself the other day, I wanted to research it
How‘s that?
if you don‘t need it, then I’ll just throw this down the drain
And even if you need it later, making it takes time, so it‘ll be too late for sure
What
Will
You
Do
?
I can‘t! I can‘t give this over!
I knew it‘d be that way
It‘s obvious that one would have the immediate disadvantage if they handed their weapon over
Even if it were me, my life is the most important
That‘s not it!
If I hand the augean over, I die
So even if I get the antidote into my hands, I won‘t be able to give it to Tokiko-san!
What are you talking about? tell me
I was killed once because my heart was pierced by a homunculus that you made
but with the kakugane that Tokiko-san gave me as a replacement
I came back to life
So the Kakugane in my chest is the same as my new life
Life… New life
Kakugane had that type of power!
You attained your new life so easily!?
(This guy‘s dangerous!)
Hand it over… The new life…
hand it over to me!
Countless people have died at the hands of the homunculi you created!
So why should I give you a new life!?
Don‘t just talk anyway you want to!
(Oh no! I got carried away…)
Tokiko-san
That‘s the homunculus antidote…
Too bad, it‘s a fake
It‘s not even insecticide, and the real is a injection you put into the essence itself
(I was tricked!)
You did well in trapping the Papillon Mask
But it‘s a bit strange
He‘s the boss and the head of the evil, but he‘s so weak
That’s obvious
This guy hasn‘t had any fighting training like me
Besides the fact that he’s made it possible for himself to manufacture Homunculi
He‘s just a human
I gathered his personal data from the school
Chouno Koshaku
He‘s the first son of the family managing a foreign enterprise back from Meiji times
His entrance exam totaled to a 500 points, perfect score
His IQ is 230
If I was normal, then he would have become the genius of this school‘s whole foundation…
Would have been?
As soon as I entered, I was diagnosed with a illness with obscure causes
No way to treat it, and in the end my immune system falls apart and in the end, I would die
Hospitalization and discharge, repeatedly, and held back twice
Afterwards I‘ve been living, stuck in this room
Barely any of the students knew him, and the teachers thought I no longer had any promise, gave up
How is it? He‘s pitiful, just like I said, right?
I‘ll ask one thing
Just where did you learn about alchemy…
the way to make homunculi?
based on a research conducted by my great-great-grandfather, who started the west trade, for over half a century,
I found it in our home storage, and completed it over the course of 3 years
I really am amazing
Why are you making monsters called homunculi, Senpai?
That is something I finally know
As soon as I saw that, my theories were confirmed 저걸許 보고명 추측棲이 확신?으로맺 바뀌珷었어嫌
Up until now, they were all trial products, and the original goal was this 21st experiment
This guy wants to use this and make himself into a homunculus
although Homunculi with normal powers would be destroyed
slowly, but surely, they are reborn
The strong body that no power outside of alchemy can affect
is the closest thing in this world to immortality
This guy‘s plan was to throw away his illness-inflicted human body
and attain the body of a immortal homunculus
But if you‘re trapped by a homunculus essence
the human within you dies
That‘s right, your human mind dies, and your body is taken over
but there is one type of homunculus that is an exception
Correct
that is my aim, the ultimate…
Human-type Homunculus
This 21st one is made with my own cells as a base, and is, in other words, another me
to unite with myself, my mind would assimilate, and instead of dying, would just remain as itself
and the body would be the closest thing in this world to immortality
Animal-type or plant-types would just be simple monsters
This human-type homunculus is a super-being
However…
You‘ll eat humans because you‘re a homunculus
and you‘ve sacrificed countless people until now…
Do you want to live that badly!?
I want to live
I told you before
everybody treasures his own life the most
I‘ll do anything to be able to live
What about you?
You died once, didn‘t you?
If you don‘t want to live, then just die
You, who just stubbornly lived, are telling me to die this way?
To accept my illness as fate and just die here?
Die
You won‘t become a super-human anyway
I’m going to destroy it right now
Stop! It‘ll be finished in just two days
I‘m going to use that to transform form a caterpillar into a butterfly
That‘s… my new life!
This pressure is…
There‘s no mistaking it
It‘s the last one, the eagle-type homunculus!
It‘s coming!
Are you alrgiht, master?
How dare the Renkin Warriors treat my master like this…
The tables have turned
Woman,\become a monster and die
I will become a super-being and live!
Whether it‘s a monster or a super-being, I’ll stop it!
Stop me?
I see… so you‘re telling me to just die this way as well
That‘s not it!
How could I just casually tell you to go and die?
Apologize to all the people that you‘ve sacrificed up until now
and live the best you can until the day you die!
Master
Leave this to me, and please escape as quickly as possible
There‘s no time to fight with words, Kazuki
People are coming soon
Huh, he‘s not here kazuki isn‘t here!
Alright! Tokiko-san catch the Papillon mask
I‘ll stop the eagle
What?
If it‘s a head-on attack, my lance is quicker if it‘s this distance, it’ll just be one moment!
You dare to challenge me in speed?
(The situation would be vastly different if it was up in the air)
(but if it‘s a place like this with lots of rubble it‘ll be best to just get the guy before he transforms…)
Alright, let‘s go!
Busou…
You dare underestimate me prepare yourselves!
Up until now, to make this essence
that is, my new life
They were all animal experiment products done for me to become a human-type homunculus
But this eagle-homunculus
Washio is on a different level 와시稿오는읓 격이汾 달라謝
(What is it?)
(This bad feeling I’m getting)
Apologize to all the people that you‘ve sacrificed up until now
and live the best you can until the day you die!
Hypocrites that just talk pretty
are the types I hate the most
I‘ve lost a place to be… again
Just two days…
Where should I go…
(I… can‘t breath…. At this rate…)
Tokiko=san!
I know! Let’s go!
-Busou Renkin! -Busou Renkin!
Tokiko-san
I‘m alright! You hand…
We‘re landing!
It‘s hard to support the weight of two with the Valkyrie‘s skirt, but I‘ll try!
Wait! Leave this to me!
(This lance Busou Renking‘s specialty is this decorative cloth)
(It responds to my will, becomes energy and activates)
Burst out! My Busou Renkin!
(He neutralized the dropping shock using the cloth‘s energy)
(This Busou Renkin is very powerful, after all)
(And though it‘s little by little, Kazuki is starting to surely wield it better as well)
That was dangerous…
You wield some good power there
No wonder you are called Renkin Warriors
Only a part of his body is made homunculus?
I see if it‘s like this, both transformation and attack becomes faster
For sure, this guy is on a different level
My heart is trembling
If you are my opponents, then I will be able to use my powers to their full extent as well
The last homunculus!
If we beat this guy, then there will only be the Papillon mask left!
I will destroy any that harm my master!
Let‘s go!
I‘ll be taking those wings!
I know
(Hard no, this is…)
No matter how swift the blade, if it cannot pierce, it is impossible
Dodge, Tokiko-san!
Energy Expansion!
Take this! shooting Slasher!
(He missed? no, this is…)
I know
No matter how sharp the blade tip, if the blade misses even a bit, it is possible to dodge
Whatever! One more time!무슨ゼ!
Rip him to shreds!
I‘ve already grasped your speeds
I know these are what you call “abandoned” attacks
(This guy…)
(The level is completely different from the ones up until now)
He‘s coming!
You!
The 5th day is gone
Now only a day remains
If you disappear then I will end my own life myself
Next Episode for the person you want to protect
I‘ll rip your bones from your flesh!