9.024 minSeason 1 • Episode 26
LatestTokiko attacks Papillion in an attempt to settle the debt Kazuki made with him. Papillion makes no move until she threatens the large flask behind, which contains something he wishes not to be destroyed. Tokiko, thinking its his weapon to destroy the world, manages to crack the flask open only to reveal a white kakugane, made in one month from scratch. As everyone watches, the moon shines a light like the sun, proving that Muto Kazuki still lives on. Using aid from the General and others, Buster Baron launches into space to retrieve Kazuki. But upon his return, Papillion chooses this time for his duel. What outcome will this duel between Papillion and the now human Kazuki be? What will happen to Victor? The end of Busou Renkin is here.
The story begins when high school student Kazuki Muto is killed one night saving a mysterious girl from a monster, only to wake up in his school dorm, believing it to have been a dream; however, he soon finds out that dream wasn't a dream at all when a giant serpentine monster attacks him and his sister. Tokiko Tsumura, the girl he saved, explains that the monster is a homunculus. Kazuki had been attacked and killed by it when he was rescuing her; however, she, feeling responsible for him, revived him by placing a Kakugane medallion in his chest, serving as a replacement heart.
Writing
Watsuki's post-Rurouni Kenshin energy: melodramatic, sincere, unhinged
Practical Effects
Buso Renkin designs are gloriously stupid—sunlight heart, anyone?
Creator
Nobuhiro Watsuki
Jun Fukuyama
Kazuki Muto
Ryoka Yuzuki
Tokiko Tsumura
Aya Hirano
Mahiro Muto
Hitomi Nabatame
Ouka Hayasaka
Kisho Taniyama
Shuusui Hayasaka
Masashi Ebara
Captain Bravo
Mitsuaki Madono
Koushaku Chouno
Sayuri Yahagi
Hanaka Busujima
Yu Kobayashi
Chitose Tateyama
Junko Minagawa
Madoka Maruyama
Kouki Harasawa
Deep Blessing Warrior
Katsumi Cho
Dr. Butterfly
Kenji Hamada
Shinobu Negoro
Makoto Yasumura
Rintarou Inukai
Masako Katsuki
Alexandria Powered
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Nobuhiro Watsuki created this immediately after finishing Rurouni Kenshin, burning through his 'peaceful life' energy in one chaotic season.
The Kakugane-as-heart mechanic directly riffs on Fullmetal Alchemist's Philosopher's Stone, but Watsuki's take is somehow louder and more emotionally constipated.
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