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.
Japanese study overview
Busou Renkin is a Japanese anime of 111,124 characters, with 5,839 unique words and 1,525 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.3 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 5,839 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
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Vocabulary highlights
Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.
- 俺I×369
- 錬Ren×254
- 斗貴子Tokiko×246
- お前you×244
- 事thing×229
- 金gold (metal)×216
- 私I×214
- 戦士soldier×214
- 君you×193
- 今now×180
- 武装arms×177
- 核stone (of a fruit)×169
- 武藤Jiyoruji×128
- 蝶野Chōno×72
- 剛太Gouta×38
- 秋水clear autumn water×33
- 超常paranormality×30
- 真赤bright red×26
- 燃えたぎるto be ardent (of passion, zeal, etc.)×26
- 桜花Ouka×26