Format: TV
Episodes: 26
Episode length: 24 min
Status: Finished
Aired from: Oct 5, 2006
Until: Mar 29, 2007
Season: Fall 2006
Source: Manga
Average score: 69%
Mean score: 69%
Popularity: 26,615
Favorites: 301
Studio: Xebec
Producers: Viz Media, NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan, Yomiko Advertising
Genres: Action, Fantasy, Supernatural, Comedy
Romaji: Busou Renkin
English: Arms Alchemy
Native: 武装錬金
Synonyms: Buso Renkin BoRe BuRe

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Arms Alchemy

★ 6.9 26,615 members

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.

The Kakugane, as Tokiko explains, is an alchemical device that, when activated, takes a certain form based on the Kakugane's user, forming a unique Buso Renkin. The Buso Renkin is the only thing that can destroy a homunculus monster. Using this, Kazuki creates his own Buso Renkin (the "Sunlight Heart", a huge lance). Along with Tokiko and her own Buso Renkin (the "Valkyrie Skirt", an execution scythe), Kazuki joins the fight against the homunculi and their master.