Buso Renkin, Vol. 4

武装錬金 [Buso Renkin] #4

by Nobuhiro Watsuki

High school students heroic act turns into epic human vs. monster sword fight!

Buso Renkin is the story of teenager Kazuki Muto, 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, and 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 the Alchemist Warriors, 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.

Kazuki inadvertently reveals his identity as an Alchemist Warrior to the Hayasaka twins, members of the L.X.E. (League of Extraordinary Elects), when he activates his Buso Renkin in front of them. After Tokiko and Kazuki take on the twins in a late-night battle, they learn the location of the L.X.E. headquarters, and head there along with Captain Bravo. Intending to put an end to Dr. Butterfly's organization, they discover that yet another evil plan has been set in motion...

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Graphic Novels, Fiction, Shonen, Action, Japanese Literature

216 pages, Paperback

First published September 3, 2004

About the author

Watsuki Nobuhiro (和月伸宏) is a Japanese manga artist, best known for his samurai-themed series Rurouni Kenshin. He once worked as an assistant for his favorite author Takeshi Obata.

Reviews

[melhara · Rating 3 out of 5]

This review is part of a personal challenge to: 1) read more French books; 2) improve my French; 3) read all the French manga novels from my mom's manga collection. Seeing as I read this book in French, the actual review will be in French (duh).
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Cette critique fait partie d'un défi personnel: d’améliorer mon français!

Ceci s'agit du quatrième volume de la série. Je l'ai aimé un peu plus car Papillon n'était pas dans l'histore. J'ai aussi aimé l'histoire des jumeaux (malgré le fait que leur relation sont un peu incestueux). Cette volume a aussi des scènes amusants qui m'a fait rire.

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Note moyenne de la série: 2.7/5
Critiques pour le reste de la série:
Tome 1 | Tome 2 | Tome 3 | Tome 4 | Tome 5 | Tome 6 | Tome 7 | Tome 8 | Tome 9 | Tome 10

[Jeffrey · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nobuhiro Watsuki moves quickly through his plot points, dispensing with comedic or suspensful stringing along for the sake of overall advancement. With some uncharacteristically crass humor and some harsh, if characteristic, pathos, Watsuki provides another enjoyable, if standard, manga volume.

[Isabella · Rating 1 out of 5]

nope, i was right, incestuous twins are incestuous

[Shin Donghae · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hore Papillon tidak ada di sepanjang jilid 4. Namun Watsuki sensei sepertinya memang membuat karakter yg rada nyelekit. Kali ini kembar Hayasaka (terkesan hubungan mereka agak incest). Volume ini juga memiliki beberapa adegan lucu yang cukup menghibur. Semakin menarik

[Kurtis Burkhardt · Rating 4 out of 5]

From the creator of Rurouni Kenshin, This series is definitely far from the greatness of that manga! The plot and art was all over the place, Great at times and hard to stay with it at times... 👌😁💕

[Alexis · Rating 2 out of 5]

This turned into a literal dick measuring contest.

[M.D. Williams · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was definitely the peak of this series.

For me at least. I'll decide if I feel that way moving on, but this volume and the next definitely are on a high level. Everything else feel like they're building to something bigger. Specifically the contrasts between the two 1v1s.

Kazuki and Shusui were excellent contrasts for one another. It wasn't so opposite the way that Papillion and Kazuki were. But Shusui became darkness because of his past. Where, Kazuki, whose past was good, was thrust into his own darkness. The conflicting personalities reminds me a lot of Naruto and Neji, though the themes are different.

Ouka, who is much more a intelligent utility character fighting off against Tokiko who was a straight up warrior was fun to watch as well.

I really just want to give it up to Watsuki for Shusui's and Ouka's flashback. That was something I remember sticking with me so firmly as a teenage reading this because it was much darker than anything I'd seen. I was a big fan of that being the motivation for the characters.

This is also when I think the humor began to find more of it's fix for me. I think before hand the humor was kind of strong armed into the series to make some of the characters a little more relevant. Also, to break up some of the dark narrative tension. However, it finally started to find it's stride. Though the friends are still pointless characters.

Rating 8/10

[Mr · Rating 5 out of 5]

kazuki muto is learning to be an alchemist warrior. we was dead but brought alive by a girl named tokiko by using her kakugane.they find out that two of their friends are their enemy,ouka and shusui hayasaka.while they are at combat.they are suppose to be under cover watching kazuki and tokiko.but gets discovered by kazuki and tokiko when two homunculas appears.the one who wins is kazuki and tokiko.ouka and shusui was about to get killed by tokiko when kazuki covered that one hit for them.now they are friends again and for real.they tell where the L.X.E headquarters are.[the L.X.E is their main enemy:]shusui leaves to farther his training.when tokiko, kazuki and their warrior cheif goes there the heart of the place was gone and a homunculas named moonfacecomes and fights with them.turns out dr. butterfly took the heart to their high school the devore their classmates souls.warrior cheif stays and fights with moonface when tokiko and kazuki goes to the school to save everybody in the school.
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