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
the residents of a family distinguished for their territorial personage disappeared overnight
and four days have passed since this incident has become an issue
There have yet for any clues to be found
The outbreak of disappearances in Ginsei city
has, this year, already become…
What are you guys!?
-Nii-chan, can you see?! -Oi, Kazuki! You looking!
Your blood marks…
are still here
10 days before, I pulled you into the world of alchemy and combat…
I‘m still regretting that
You did really wel-
I didn‘t do well
In the end, I wasn‘t able to carry out any of the words that I said
and in the end, with these hands…
In the end, Chouno said
Don‘t apologize, you hypocrite
I… did my best
But wonder if I… really am a hypocrite…
Kazuki…
Good, or evil
there was no falsehood in the belief that you carried out until the very end
If you suspect that yourself of hypocrisy
Continue to battle, Mutou Kazuki!
Commander…
This person is…
The next battle will begin soon
Next battle?
Will you continue to fight?
If you have the intention to do so
With my authority
I will
scout you for a Renkin Warrior
If you suspect that yourself of hypcocrisy
Last week, the English teacher, Mita-sensi
suddenly became ill and was hospitalized
so starting this week on…
if you suspect yourself of hypocrisy
Continue to battle, Mutou Kazuki!
Then we‘ll introduce our transfer student
Come in
(Tokiko-san)
In our class, starting today, Tsumura Tokiko will become our new classmate
What a scar…
She seems a bit warlike, for some reason
How did she become like that?
(It‘s exactly like the school I infiltrated before)
(As I thought, it‘s more comfortable being alone)
Well then, do you have anything to …
Not really
(Yes, it‘s fine that way)
(There‘s no way I can enjoy school life now)
Umm…
Well then, do any of you have question for her?
YES!!
What is your relationship with Kazuki!?
Please tell us already!
Yes! I want to know too!
Wait, this is the 2nd year…
Homeroom has already started
Huh huh?
You know the Four Idiots + One?
Relationship?
C‘mon how do you know them?
(It‘s a bit different from the school before!)
No questions about this scar and Kazuki!
Any other questions besides that?
Your birthday and zodiac?
August 7th, Leo
Where do you live?
In the dorms, starting today
Aren‘t you going to wear our school‘s uniform?
It flaps around so it‘s annoying to move around in
Hobbies and specialties?
Training, and changing clothes quickly
What type of guys do you go for?
No interested in dating
Please swear
You piggy bastard
Wait a second!
The last one wasn‘t a question! Who the hell was that!
Lucky… that looks fun
So the relationship between you two?
We‘ll keep it going as a secret
I‘m… alive
Good Morning you‘ve awakened, Koushaku
No, is it Papillon now
Who is it?
To think that the portion of research that I left behind as a whim to give hints to my descendants
Would be completed single-handedly by somebody
You must have truly wanted to become immortal
Portion of research… immortality?
It can‘t be great-great-grandfather Chouno Bakushaku?!
I cast that name away the day I quit being human
Now, among comrades, I am called Dr. Butterfly
Welcome, Papillon
We acknowledge your exceptional intelligence and actions
We of the Union of Extraordinary and Chosen, L.X.E, have decided to welcome you
First, restore your body
and afterwards, grant you
what you have not yet attained, the true power of human-type homunculi
You will never lose to mere humans again
How are you feeling?
Just wonderful (The Chou here splits two ways… It could me “very“ or “butterfly“ )
How is it? do you think you‘ll get used to school?
Thanks to you
but why are Tokiko-san and I in the same class?
You‘re older than me
The commander probably gave us that small convenience to make it easier for us to do our mission
but truthfully, up until now, I was more comfortable with the action…
What type of person is that commander?
What do you mean, ‘what type’ It‘s just as you see it
He‘s always covering himself with that coat, so his identity is hidden
I‘ve never hear his name, origins, or anything
Man of mystery, eh…
Maybe it’s because that‘s just cooler?
It can’t be that
All I know, is that he disappears as quickly as he appears, and when he shows up
a huge battle is sure to take place, and he has a habit of saying ‘Bravo‘
so starting today, I am the supervisor of this dormitory
Call me Captain Bravo
(Commander?!)
Please don‘t say stupid things and just tell us your real name
Bravo
Good question
but my real name is a secret because…
That‘s cooler!
Tokiko-san that supervisor…
Yeah… I don‘t want to believe it, but…
For some reason,I get the feeling that we‘ll get along very well!
Stop staying such stupid things!
What?
Haven‘t you noticed yet?!
Hey hey the blockhead and the Tsukkome over there
When somebody is introducing himself, you’re not supposed to be in Strawberry Paradise.
I have to talk to you too, so come to the Supervisor‘s office later
Story?
Yes
A story from a century before, when I was still a human
At that time, alchemy was already treated as something suspicious
and was handled as an occult
but within in all, I was able to differentiate the true from the false
and became absorbed in my research
but in the end, through my studies
I learned of the existence of homunculi and kakugane
but from there, I was at a standstill
but then, ‘he‘ appeared
He?
Traitor?
That’s right
A century before, there was a man who was a Renkin Warrior became a homunculus and escaped
I‘ve heard of this He was…
an extremely powerful warrior, and at the brink of death, he was pushed to Japan
but at the very end, he they failed to capture him
and even a century later, his whereabouts are still unknown…
Bravo As expected from Warrior Tokiko
With the recent Papillon case, the existence of Chouno Bakushaku was discovered
and after a reinvestigation, there were two connections resulting from the further progress
In this land, the traitor and Chouno Bakushaku became allies
He had been severely wounded
So in exchange for being taught everything about alchemy
I promised to further the research, and heal all of his wounds
It took a century, but I think I’ve finally succeeded
As I thought…
I‘m just experiment material
remember this
He is the leader of our L.X.E
And the man to become the King of all homunculi
Really?
Then I should clear out of this thrown as soon quickly
Is this…
the power of the Recovery Flask? Or is it…
I have one favor to ask
Would you prepare some magnificent clothes for me?
There‘s a man I would like to meet as soon as possible
The mission this time around
is to find the Union of Extraordinary and Chosen, L.X.E, that Dr. Butterfly leads
and destroy it
Since their name has already been discovered
it seems as if the investigation is already under process
That’s right
One that I brought four days ago has already started his move
Then, th mission is for, including that warrior, for the three of us?
No, it‘ll probably be two
I lost contact with him two days ago
That‘s why, Mutou Kazuki
I‘d like you to become the third member
It looks as if it‘s still hard for you to decide
Somehow, I‘m half and half
If there are still dangerous guys out there
I should fight them using the power of alchemy, is what one half of my heart feels
but that my lack of strength
,may create another situation similar to what happened with Chouno, is what the other half of my heart is afraid of…
I feel that you shouldn‘t fight anymore
Leave the combat to us warriors, and you go back to your highschool life…
Mutou
Phonecall he says he‘s a friend?
Friend?\I wonder who it is?
Yes, hello?
Hmm? You don‘t sound very energetic
While I, the loser, feel so lively, yet you, the one who was victorious, sound so depressed is a bit worrisome
If it‘s alright with you, wouldn‘t you like to meet me tomorrow?
Mutou Kazuki
Chouno Koshaku!
Yo, right here
Chouno Koshaku…
It‘s a bit strange to just stand and talk, so let‘s go in somewhere
One hamburger set A, and two cups of Coffee M
Will you be eating here…?
Or will you be having it as take out…
Here
Yes… Enjoy your meal…
You don‘t have to keep your guard up like that, I have no intention to fight against you today
Keep your jokes to your clothes!
Joke? what is?
It‘s a suit of clothes that are magnificent enough to go to a masquerade just this way
Don‘t you think so? Mutou
At least, it‘s better than just the underwear from last time
(Just the underwear?!)
I liked that in it‘s own way, for it‘s sexual violet, and it‘s elegant
I think you‘ve got the wrong idea about elegance
Just wear the mask then it‘s elegant
That‘s not it! that mask comes off first!
I can’t do that
I will never take off this mask in front of others again
This is proof that I‘ve quit being a human
I‘ve fixed my body
but the illness is still at the base
My physical strength hasn‘t recovered enough to fight
and I still haven‘t attained the ‘true strength‘
True strength?
Mutou
You don‘t seem to be in normal shape either
So let‘s just declare war today
Our fight will be when we‘re both prepared
Then there was no need for me to come here,
Captain Bravo!
Commander!
Miss, I would also
like a hamburger set A
Will you too, be having it here…? Or will you take out……
Here
Boss!
You need not pay, so please take out!
Wonderful service Bravo
I‘ll come here regularly from now on
I also think it‘s just wonderful! (back again, to the ‘chou‘ meaning both ‘very‘ and also ‘butterfly‘)
[But they paid the money properly]
Tasty
The taste of blood that seeps out is beyond words
That‘s the taste of your blood vomit
Was it?
That‘s fine too
How many years I came to school
Come on!
Let‘s go!
-Take this! -IT was dodgeball?!
But nothing has changed
No matter who I listen to
I can only hear sneers
Even after being reborn as a superhuman, nothing has changed in this world
Going back to my idea before, and burn it all to a crisp
and afterwards creating a world that fits my comforts would be the best after all, I wonder?
You’re not satisfied with L.X.E, Chouno Koshaku
I don‘t want to be confined anymore
and…
Don‘t call me Chouno Koshaku!
Only Mutou Kazuki is allowed to call me by that name!
Mutou
I have no intention of asking, and I don‘t even want to know, why you have no energy
But one day I will settle things with you
Unless I do so, my heart will not be able to take flight
Chouno
Someday, I‘ll settle things with you for sure as well
It‘s a relief that you seem a bit more energetic
I wonder if I feel a little happy
You do understand, Kazuki
that when you say you‘ll settle the score, that you‘ll have to kill that guy again
Can you do it? You…
I‘m sorry to interrupt but there‘s something that must be done has come up
It’s the enemy
Unlike Papillon, they seem to have true power
The experiment was a success
Then we‘ll start healing him?
It‘ll be after the maintenance, so I can’t say that it’ll be immediately
I‘m looking forward to it
and what about Papillon-kun?
He left wearing elegant clothes that I prepared for him
He said that he‘d be declaring war with a warrior he knew
Probably the comrades of the guy that we cleaned up before
Oh my, will it be okay?
There won‘t be any mishaps
I made sure he was followed
Homunculus!
Busou!
Renkin!
Light Gauntlet Busou Renkin! Peaky Gulliver!
The difference between human-type and animal-type
aren‘t just trivial things like hunting methods and looks
No matter if the animal-type gains a human‘s understanding
they can only instinctively fight with their claws or fangs
Only human-type has his own fighting instinct
and fight with all different types of weapons
That‘s why
They can use kakugane as Busou Renkin like us
This is the true power of the human-type homunculus!
I‘ll take care of the weak-looking ones later!
Coat over there! I‘ll take care of you first!
A homunculus‘s power, which surpasses those of humans, and the power of Busou renkin, that surpasses current science!
Do you think you can win the two most powerful types of alchemy combined
With just one Busou Renkin!
We will win
This is why we Renkin warriors exist
Busou Renkin!
Lance Busou Renkin! sunlight Heart!
Energy expansion! let’s go!
I said that the weaker ones are for later
Jousting alteration! Sunlight Slasher!
The fist grew bigger?
Why are you so surprised?
You should know fully well that Busou Renkin aren‘t ordinary weapons!
This is my Peaky Gulliver‘s specialty!
You bastard!
I‘ll pierce you with Sunlight Slasher this way!
Naive! Laputa Pull !
You think a homunculus will lose to a human in a battle of power!?
Kazuki!
Are you okay? Kazuki
Tokiko-san that guy powerful
I know
Busou…
Both of you stand back I will fight
Commander
This guy may be just a minion, but the two of you right now can‘t win him even if you team up
I‘m a minion?
You‘re eyesight is worse than I though
That Kakugane definitely had… a serial number of 52
You looked well it‘s just as you said
I officially received the one from the warrior that Moon-face cleaned up
Don‘t tell me he was your underling?
So that was it
Well that‘s too bad then you were so angry that your eyes went bad too
no, warriors do not grow angry because of defeat or death
You‘re pretty cold-blooded!
Here I go! brobbidennag Nuckle!
What is this? this texture!
It‘s so hard! It can‘t be?!
Metal Jacket Busou Renkin silverskin!
It hardens into metal upon immediate contact
and regenerate
Did you think I wore this just to be cool or just because it seemed interesting?
(We did think so!)
Pretty good
But it‘s still just a simply defensive Busou Renkin!
Brobidennag Finger!
I have a weapon
My weapon is this trained and toughened warrior‘s body of mine!
Y, you…
really are angry…
I told you, didn‘t I that I‘m not…
angry
amazing… he‘s so powerful
but…
(Bravo really isn‘t angry)
(Even now, he has a face as if he‘s about to cry…)
Bravo, Tokiko-san
I‘ll do it
If we let L.X.E this way, this town will become a mess
For Mahiro, my friends, this school, or for the townspeople
and for all of them to be safe somebody has to fight
even if I‘m called a hypocrite
even if I have to suffer in my helplessness
It‘s okay if it‘s rather than everybody suffering and being sad
I can stand it
so Tokiko-san!
I‘m just going to keep on fighting this way
Captain Bravo make me into a Renkin warrior!
Mutou Kazuki
There is no victory in a fight where you are dependant upon your Busou Renkin as your only strength
If it‘s just this way, in the next battle, you will lost and die for sure
First to make you into a Renkin warrior, I will have to mercilessly train you
If you don‘t want to die, then follow me prepared to die
Understand?
Aiming for a dorm, a place with the most “food,”
the enemy has appeared again
I won‘t ever let a tragedy play again
I will kill homunculi for sure
Next episode The Night in the Dormitory
Rip out their guts!