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[[The Hero]] of the story, Kazuki is a very well-meaning guy that enjoys helping people and does so by utilizing the gift of his Kakugane to create a Busou Renkin.

* [[Badass]]: Definitely.

** [[Badass Normal]]: Before getting his powers, facing down a giant snake-like homunculus with nothing but a steel pipe! Guy's got some guts, {{spoiler|even though getting them ripped out of him doesn't do him any good, he still manages to cope with it.}}

* [[Big Fancy Sword|BFL]]: His Busou Renkin, Sunlight Heart.

* [[Bishonen]]

* [[Can't Stay Normal]]: Had the chance to go back to his regular life after {{spoiler|Tokiko resurrected him with the Kakugane.}} [[Jumped At the Call|He didn't take the offer, apparently.]]

* [[Chivalrous Pervert]]: A mild example, he's a really nice guy and doesn't think that dirty, but he does have a [[Porn Stash]].

* [[The Dulcinea Effect]]: Got his foo' self killed trying to save a chick he didn't even know.

* [[Even the Guys Want Him]]: Papillon certainly does.

* [[First Girl Wins]]: Do we need to spoiler that?

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: First episode, succeeds.

** Actually turns out to be a [[Senseless Sacrifice]], sense Tokiko wasn't actually in any danger and was just luring Homunculus Mita into a trap.

* [[Hypocrite]]

* [[Idiot Hero]]

* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: Especially his [[Calling Your Attacks|BURST THROUGH! MY BUSOU RENKIN!]] attack, which involves shooting forward super fast and super hard.

* {{spoiler|[[Power Dyes Your Hair]]: And skin}}

* [[Purple Eyes]]

* [[Shirtless Scene]]: Gets a couple, but prominently when {{spoiler|he turned into a Victor}} which could count as [[Fan Disservice]].

* [[Sword Beam|Spear Beam]]: Sunlight Heart doubles as a [[Boom Stick]].

* {{spoiler|[[Walking Wasteland]]: His Kakugane is actually the third Black Kakugane, thus giving him the power to counter Victor, though almost at the cost of his life-drain aura becoming stronger and killing everybody else}}.

 

 

* [[Action Girl]]

* [[Badass]]: Even more than [[The Hero]], which is saying something.

** [[Badass Adorable]]: She ''DEFINITELY'' has her moments.

* [[Belated Backstory]]: Her origin is not revealed in the manga until the final issue, where it's revealed {{spoiler|she's the only person in her school who survived a homunculus attack, and ended up killing the homunculus (who had posed as a fellow classmate) with the Valkyrie Skirt, using the Kakugane which was being used to heal her wounds. She gained both her scar and her hatred of homonuculi during the incident}}.

* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: She doesn't really fight fair.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Whenever she isn't fighting.

* [[Fantastic Racism]]: Really, really hates homunculi or anybody who would [[The Quisling|help them]].

* [[Four Is Death]]: Her Busou Renkin, "Busou Renkin of the Death Scythe: Valkyrie Skirt," has four blades.

* [[The Hunter]]: Was the [[Sole Survivor]] of a homunculi massacre, which explains her ruthless attitude toward them.

* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: Even more then Kazuki, it's four scythes on the end of robot arms attached at her thighs.

* [[Magic Skirt]]

* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: Her clothes are always getting ripped up and she [[Reluctant Fanservice Girl|reluctantly]] wore a bikini in one episode.

* [[Scars Are Forever]]: The scar across her nose that she got from a homunculus attack. Actually, it could have been healed, but she wanted to keep it.

* [[Sexy Mentor]]

* [[Sole Survivor]]: Of a homunculus attack on her school. She was rescued by Captain Bravo.

* [[Transfer Student Uniforms]]

* [[Vapor Wear]]: She doesn't wear a bra, not like she needs one, but was it necessary to show her undress? ([[Fetish Fuel|Yes, yes it was]].)

* [[Weak but Skilled]]: Compared to Kazuki, her Busou Renkin specializes in precise and swift movement, as opposed to giant energy blasts.

* [[Zettai Ryouiki]]: Grade B-.

 

 

* [[Agent Peacock]]

* [[Ambiguously Gay]]: Beyond his manner of dress, his obsession with Kazuki is nuts

* [[Badass Bookworm]]

* [[Badass Normal]]->[[Badass Abnormal]]: In the second episode, he is riding around totally calmly on Washio's back, even when Washio is attacking and defending - from a few hundred feet up in the air. Including perfectly holding his balance during dives and blurringly-fast maneuvers. Not bad for a guy with an [[Incurable Cough of Death]]. Then he becomes a homunculus and gains his Busou Renkin...

* [[The Chessmaster]]

* [[Combat Sadomasochist]]: One of the saner examples of this (and more of a masochist than sadist), but he has shown what seems like arousal in reaction to injury, and on the sadist front, look at his commentary after eating his family.

* [[Evil Is Hammy]]

* [[Evil Tastes Good]]

* [[Good Costume Switch]]: His purple butterfly logo turned orange in the finale.

* [[Hidden Depths]]: Who knew the sickly wallflower Chouno Koushaku would become the shameless, flamboyant Papillon?

* [[Incurable Cough of Death]]: Both before and after his transformation.

* [[Immortality Immorality]]: Hommunculi have to eat people, {{spoiler|but he doesn't, its the desire of the homunculi to become human that drives them to consume human flesh, since he hated his human life, he doesn't have to eat them.}}

* [[Large Ham]]: [[Catch Phrase|PAPIIII...LLON!!!]].

* [[Mad Bomber]]: His Busou Renkin allows him to create and control gunpowder, and he's rather crazy.

* [[Playing Against Type]]: [[Spike Spencer|Wait]], [[Mind Screw|what]]?

* [[Refuge in Audacity]]

* [[The Starscream]]: Can't stand being second best.

* [[Stripperific]]: His costume is essentially just a jumpsuit and a mask.

* [[Teen Genius]]

* [[Trouser Space]]: He likes hiding things in his crotch... a little too much.

** To be fair, he doesn't really have pockets.

 

 

* [[Badass]]: Goes without saying.

** [[Badass Longcoat]]: It's one of his special powers.

* [[Calling Your Attacks]]: BRAVO!!! ______!!!

* [[Catch Phrase]]: It's all in his name.

* [[Charles Atlas Superpower]]: His Renkin, Silver Skin, only helps his defense, all his earth shattering punches and acrobatics come from hard work and dedication.

* [[The Charmer]]: Bravo Secret Art! Captain Bravo...Kiss!

* {{spoiler|[[Face Heel Turn]]: It doesn't last forever though}}.

* [[The Good Captain]]

* [[Wrestler in All of Us]]: Considering that he specializes in unarmed close combat, it's not that surprising that he pulls off some wrestling moves, like an Octopus Stretch and an Argentinean Backbreaker.

 

 

* [[Blood Knight]]: Loves burning people, doesn't matter who.

* [[Colonel Kilgore]]

* [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]]: Loves calling his minions ladies.

* [[General Ripper]]

* [[Token Evil Teammate]]: Seems the worst out of all the Alchemist Warriors.

* [[Walking Shirtless Scene]]: With a [[Sarashi]].

 

 

* [[Fragile Speedster]]: Can use his Renkin, Motor Gear, as roller-skates for maximum speed.

* [[Guest Star Party Member]]

* [[Ignored Enemy|Ignored]] [[The Rival|Rival]]: Thinks he can take Tokiko away from Kazuki, Kazuki doesn't lift a finger to stop him, he doesn't have to.

* [[I Just Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]: Eventually.

* [[Weak but Skilled]]: Takes down a lot of people with his relatively weak abilities using his brains and speed.

* [[Wrong Genre Savvy]]: Thinks that he's the [[Romantic False Lead]] and [[Betty and Veronica|Veronica]] between Kazuki and Tokiko, he really isn't, Tokiko treats him as a mild annoyance and is somewhat glad to see him again, Kazuki is completely oblivious to his aggression and talks about what great friends they are. Kind of veers into [[All Love Is Unrequited]] territory.

 

 

* [[An Axe to Grind]]

* [[Awesome McCoolname]]

* [[Batman Can Breathe in Space|Victor Can Breathe In Space]]

* [[Walking Wasteland]]: It's like breathing to him; even if he wanted to stop it, he can't.

 

 

* [[Doppelganger Attack]]: The ability of his Buso Renkin, Sattelite 30.

* [[Meaningful Name]]: his head looks like a moon his name is also a play on "moon phase", which refers to his Buso Renkin's ability to create a duplicate representing every phase of the moon during a month.

** His original name also counts, being [[Captain Obvious|similar to "lunar"]], meaning "of the moon".

 

Around a century ago back when Bakushaku Chouno was a normal human, new sciences and technologies were flooding in from all over the world. One of them was alchemy which most people dismissed as charlatanry, however Bakushaku sensed there was more to it and so he began to delve into its mysteries. To his disappointment he found that there were limits to how far he could go on his own. His studies had consumed a fortune and years of his life went by until he discovered the homunculi and the Kakugane which led him to a dead end. However, not long after he met Victor Powered, a traitor of the alchemist warriors, the two then joined forces. Victor was severely injured so in exchange for his knowledge of alchemy, Bakushaku promised to heal him when he had finished his research.

At some point later Bakushaku became a humanoid homunculus and discarded his identity, now calling himself Dr. Butterfly. He then went on to found the L.X.E.

* [[Animal Motif]]: The Moth despite being called Dr. Butterfly

* [[Badass Grandpa]]

* [[Light Is Not Good]]