Kakugane, the paranormal alloy forged from the essence of alchemy...
Activated by the person's fighting instinct,
the possessor converts their latent power into form
and creates a weapon like no other.
That is Buso Renkin.
Oh... Oh... Da...
With You
There's no time for me to stand still
There's no leisure for me to think through
With every feeling within my heart
I head off to the scorching battle
The wall of power,
the darkness of the world that is too great.
I won't lose no matter what, exceeding my limits
Though there are so many things I don't understand about right now
I can only go on with this path I believe in.
Whoever the enemy, or the ally is I don't care
I'm never letting this hand go, on my crimson vow
Forever, Forever, I continue to follow
Wherever, Wherever, The courage for tomorrow
Wherever, Wherever,
The boiling heart with you
All right, you guys. Clean out your ears and listen carefully!
Now I'll tell you everything about the LXE!
But before that, Tsumurin! On your knees and apologize.
Huh?
When you were fighting, you tried to kill Ouka, right?
If she dies, I disappear along with her, you jerk.
In the first place, you can't get information if you kill Ouka and Shusui,
so pull your punches!
You're not so bright, are you? You're a failure as a warrior. Quit already!
Now, now.
She may not look it, but warrior Tokiko is very gifted.
Although she is beyond our control
once she loses her temper and goes berserk.
She's really very nice.
Though she'll immediately want to splatter everyone's guts out.
You guys get down on your knees and apologize later.
It'll get dark soon at this rate, so I'll talk first.
The League of Extraordinary Elects, commonly known as the LXE.
The brief overview is...!
It's a community of homunculi and familiars in the northern Kanto area!
The number of homunculi is unknown.
The number of familiars is unknown.
The number of kakugane is unknown.
That's no good.
Good-for-nothing.
It can't be helped! Ouka is low on the totem pole!
But the hideout has been revealed.
A cottage in the forest in the outskirts
of Ginsei City.
Under normal circumstances,
I'd want to bring each and every one of them down in one fell swoop.
But if we don't act quickly,
there's the possibility of the traitor warrior getting back into peak condition.
Before that happens, we must defeat Doctor Butterfly!
The operation will begin in thirteen hours. Tomorrow morning at eight!
Roger...
Carnival
Hey-hey-hey, come on. Is Kazuki gonna be okay?
He's looking all stiff from nervousness.
I don't blame him. It's his first major battle.
Yes.
But enemies don't care about that.
But I believe... he is worthy of being a warrior.
Now then, as for the global situation...
What, isn't there anything more interesting written in there?
Oh, you're finally here!
You're late. What were you doing?
They're right... Kazuki.
What were all of you guys doing?
We were waiting for you is what we were doing.
The hospital visit went well, right? How'd it go?
Oh, that thing, huh?
But how did you know it was me.
It's so dark you couldn't see my face, right?
We've been together since our first year of junior high school.
You know better than that.
We can tell it's you first try,
even without seeing that moronic face of yours.
I see.
So, Ouka Senpai is going to be hospitalized a little while longer.
I wonder what Shusui Senpai is going to do about school...
But this kind of takes us back.
Buying between-meal snacks at the convenience store and chatting around.
Wasn't that our usual thing
when we'd go home from cram school in our third year of junior high?
True, we haven't done stuff like that as much after entering high school.
Lately, in particular.
That's because a certain someone has been obsessed
over Tokiko all the while!
I don't recall being obsessed. But I'm really sorry!
Golden Week passed by without us really doing anything, so...
Then let's draw up a plan for summer vacation.
Let's go to the beach, the beach!
That sounds good!
All right, we're settled on the beach!
No running out on us, Kazuki!
I mean, bring Tokiko no matter what!
Right.
It doesn't look like we'll be able to avoid a major battle
with the alchemist warriors.
I'm going to have you fight as well.
That's just what I want!
Oh, yeah. If you're talking about fighting strength, what about Papillon?
I think he could fight okay in his own way.
No, he's no good.
Oh, really?
After all, he's just a dullard who could only become
an incomplete homunculus despite using my research.
he'll be found immediately by the alchemist warriors
and get taken out.
He may be a butterfly,
but he's a good-for-nothing who can't fly high or far by himself.
Even so, he is more or less a homunculus,
so I'm protecting him for pity's sake.
I can't fly high or far by myself, eh, my ancestor?
Then I'll try testing one thing out.
Buso Renkin!
It's been a long time... This feeling.
This pain! This agony!
I'd forgotten the ecstasy of near-death for a good while!
Thanks for protecting me until now, my ancestor!
In appreciation, I'll show you...
how well I can fly!
- Morning. - Morning!
Morning, Mahiro.
Have you seen Kazuki?
Morning. I didn't see him this morning.
I see. About going to the ocean this summer vacation...
Oh! Me, too! Me, too!
Of course!
Yay! Yaaay!
I checked out some possible places on the internet last night.
But where'd that Kazuki go?
Say, can you swim, Tokiko?
Are you making fun of me? What're you talking about?
Oh, I'm talking about all of us
going to the beach during summer vacation.
Is this discussion necessary right now?!
I'll drive the car!
Roger!
Warrior Chief...
But before that, we're going to eliminate
the source of dark alchemy that's grown thick in this land!
The deep inside this cottage. That's Doctor Butterfly's laboratory.
- All right, let's go! - All right, let's go!
Hold it!
Angel Gozen?
It'll explode if you don't unlock it by answering the password.
What's the password?
I'll tell you guys the password.
And what's required lastly is for each of you to strike a cool pose!
Strike poses, you say?!
No way can I do something embarrassing like that!
Let's do it, Tokiko.
Let's do it, Warrior Tokiko.
Why are you two so into this?!
What're you going to do?
The door won't open if we don't all do it.
Shut up!
In one hand...
A pistol.
Wait! Don't move on yet.
In one's heart...
A bouquet of flowers.
Please, Tokiko.
On one's lips...
Liquor of fire.
On one's back...
Now!
Life.
Life!
Well, no one's stupid enough to open the door knowing an enemy's there.
- That's true! - That's true!
Don't think they can get away so easily after making me do this much.
Buso Renkin!
Let's go!
- Warrior Chief. - Yeah.
I'd heard that security was lax during the day,
but to think there wouldn't be any presence at all...
This is the place, Kazukin! Come on!
Let's go. Sunlight Slasher!
So this... is the deepest part of the...
LXE hideout, huh...?
Doctor Butterfly's laboratory...
Whoa?!
What's the matter, Angel Gozen?
It's gone!
What is?
The restoration flask in the heart of the laboratory is gone!
That's because his body is almost completely restored.
He'll be resurrected if we complete the supplementation of his nutrition.
So Doctor Butterfly took him away.
Are you a humanoid?
Of course! My name used to be Lunar Nicholai.
Now I'm Moon Face.
And this... is my Buso Renkin.
Where'd Doctor Butterfly go?!
It's a simple quiz, isn't it?
What's a place nearby that's brimming with young life?
It couldn't be...
Ginsei Academy?!
Correct!
Direct hit! Bravo Fist!
Let's hurry. Everyone's in danger!
Moon...
I think it's a joke to send just kids, though.
It's needless to worry about those two.
Also, the only enemy remaining here is you.
It'll be concluded if I take care of you with a swift attack!
Indeed. But...
- that'd be if it were just one of me, right? - that'd be if it were just one of me, right?
Please let us make it in time. Please be safe, guys!
Wh-What's that?!
That's... coming from the school!
Hey, there's a ton of fog outside.
I can't see outside the school at all!
Hey, get back to class!
No good. My cell phone won't work.
Mine, too!
Be quiet!
The teachers are outside now checking things out.
Anyway, just stay calm.
What's the matter, Takagishi Sensei?
We can't get out...
Huh...?
I should be heading for the school gate,
but before I know it I end up back where I started...
It's like a sea of trees...
This fog isn't natural!
Did Big Brother come?
No, neither he nor Tokiko have come yet.
This doesn't look good.
It'd be better if you stay together with us.
Yeah. I'm going to go get Chii-chan and Saa-chan...
Hey, what's that?!
There's something in the schoolyard!
The car navigation isn't working!
What's going on with the traffic light?!
You idiot! I have the right of way.
Whoa! Look out!
Chief!
Oh, how'd it go?
Actually... No matter what I do, I can't move ahead from here.
What did you say? What's up ahead?
If I remember correctly, it's the Ginsei Private Academy.
Tokiko, this fog!
You also noticed, huh? Be careful!
If you look really carefully, there are metal particles mixed in.
This is a Buso Renkin!
The special property throws off people's sense of direction
and blocks off the inside of the fog and the outside!
Darn it. Which way?!
This way, Kazuki!
Angel Gozen! You know the way?
My Angel Eyes can totally see through far and clear!
Let's go. Follow me!
Right!
Kazuki, hide your face with something while you have the chance.
It'd be pretty bad if your identity were to be known
by the students in school.
Got it. But what about you, Tokiko?
I can hide with my hair, and there's also this fog.
Rather, the problem is this uniform.
All right, then...
I brought them.
Good.
Hey, Mappi. Is it okay for us to leave class?
The teachers haven't been able to grasp the situation, anyway.
We'll be there for you guys in a pinch, so rest easy.
To be honest, I'm scared.
But I think we should at least be able to buy some time to escape.
Hey, the things in the schoolyard started moving!
Oh, no! They're coming this way!
What're... those things?
Feed us!
The Revised Humanoid Homunculi.
I set out to create Homunculi that can stand against
the alchemist warriors without Buso Renkin, but...
As I thought, it is still far inferior to you.
But even so,
I do take pride in having completed a good specimen...
at least in terms of fighting strength.
Feed me!
- Buso Renkin! - Buso Renkin!
We made it in time!
So the alchemist warriors have appeared.
Here we come, you monsters!
No way will I let you get any closer to the school building!
What?
They're fighting the monsters?!
Who're those two?
Are they fighting each other?
No, just two of them look human.
But to think they can fight those monsters.
Are those two human?
Those two are...!
Monsters!
Monsters are attacking the school!
Let's all work together and protect the school!
I'm Shinyo Suzuki,
the student council secretary and deputy student council president!
The school presently has no contact with the outside world,
Ieft high and dry.
Until help arrives,
we must not let the monsters fighting outside
approach the school building!
All of them?
Monsters?
You idiot!
Okakura, Daihama.
I know!
- Let's go! - Let's go!
They're all monsters.
Whether or not they have taken on human form,
all of them in the schoolyard are monsters!
Do not let them in, no matter what!
- No! - Chii-chan!
Monsters! It's the same as that time!
They're in human form but are monsters!
- Chii-chan! - Hang in there!
Hey, look...
It's a monster...
That's...
Unbelievable...!
Everyone's help is necessary to protect the school from the monsters!
Let's show those monsters!
We'll all protect the school together!
Serves you right!
Stay away!
Get out!
Monster!
Stay back!
You monster!
What're you doing?!
They're fighting to protect you guys!
It's okay, Angel Gozen.
This isn't the time to get them to believe us.
Exactly.
This is the time to fight!
Kazuki...
The will to resist! The will to refuse!
Bags! Notebooks! Desks! Chairs!
Although small individually,
they should certainly chip away at the monsters' will to fight,
albeit little by little!
Everyone work together and fight off the monsters!
Attacking with backdoor tactics.
That's a clever idea, familiar Shinyo.
This assailment should make a deep impression...
on this greenhorn still wet behind the ears.
Kazuki!
Uh, oh!
There's one over there quailing!
I-I've got to... pursue quickly...
Kazuki!
Everyone beat down that monster at once...
Darn it. It won't open!
It's locked from the inside.
Daihama, you try!
I'm not really confident, though...
Daihama?!
You jerk!
What're you doing talking nonsense?!
What do you mean nonsense?
I'm doing this broadcast to protect the school from the monsters.
You jerk!
Suzuki, you're pursuing the matter
as if everything in the schoolyard is a monster and enemy.
But aren't the two fighting the monsters who appeared later...
humans just like us?
Rokumasu...?
No way could there be a human who could fight on even terms
against such a huge army of monsters.
T ry thinking with more common sense.
This situation itself already isn't common sense.
Is this common sense to you, Suzuki?
Either way, there's no doubt
that we don't know who those individuals are.
We must not acknowledge them as being on our side.
We know who they are.
Those two...
are our friends!
Talk about being driven by distress.
Friends? On what basis? We can't see faces in this fog.
Not to mention the fact that
one of them even has the indications of deliberately hiding.
We can tell.
Even if we can't see his moronic face...
We can tell right way!
The ones fighting are our friends.
- Allies of us all! - Allies of us all!
That's right, you moron!
That fool is such an idiot,
he went so far as to save the life of an enemy
who tried to kill him!
He's a total, total idiot! He's a super, super huge idiot!
There's no way...
that idiot could be your enemy, you moron!
Angel Gozen, what're you doing here...?
I heard you, Suzuki. How do you know this intruder's name?
Uh...well...
- What's the idea? - Which one's right?
Are the two in the schoolyard allies?
Could those two be...?!
The monsters have gotten in!
Get up, Chii-chan! We have to get out of here!
No good...
I'm so scared I can't move... Run, Saori.
Chii-chan!
- Mahiro! - Look out, Mappi!
I'm okay. I've remembered. I told you guys, right?
About the scary dream a lot like this
that I had around the time when I first entered school.
But that was something that really happened.
Big Brother protected me in the end!
Feed me!
So I'm sure he'll protect us this time, too!
This time he's everyone's ally, so!
He'll protect all of us!
Hey, do you hear my voice for you?
Does it reach deep in your heart?
If I find one shooting star, would it grant my wish?
Would it deliver the words that I couldn't say to you?
"Thank You"
I want to give this song, from the bottom of my heart
The feelings I've realized because of now,
I won't ever forget them...
The Revised Humanoid Homunculi increase in numbers!
Doctor Butterfly's plot engulfs the school.
And with the sound of the flask's alarm, the Homunculi King awakens.
Next time, "Signs of Death."
I'll splatter your guts out!