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“Teen revived by alchemy joins girl to battle man-eating homunculi with lance powers.”
Buso Renkin
武装錬金
7.38
4,521 rank · 18,633 readers · 249 favorites
Shounen
School
Action
Comedy
Fantasy
Supernatural
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Synopsis
Teen revived by alchemy joins girl to battle man-eating homunculi with lance powers.
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 Media) Included one-shot: Volume 10: Embalming: Dead Body and Bride
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Community consensus
Derived from 9 sampled reviews
8.1
/10
What 9 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 7
σ 1.66
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.66 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↑ 1.11
Running avg · Jun 2009 → May 2022
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “Well at first i watched the anime, which was "outstanding", then looked to see if there was a manga. Happily i found out that there was one, and to my surprise it was also outstanding. I don't know...”
- 8 “Good and strong story plot. A decent pace for the manga, expect for the rushed ending towards chapter 83. Else, the overall enjoyment is there. The art is not as modern compared to the other manga...”
- 7 “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...”
Verbosity
Short · 56%
Medium · 33%
Long · 11%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 83 × 10 ch × vol
- Total read 11h 04m approx
- Published Jun 2003 – Apr 2006
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M0039 catalog