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{{quote|''"The ultimate battle strategy: To avoid battle by removing an enemy's will to fight."''
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'''a.k.a.:''' ''Grenadier [[The Smiling Senshi]]''
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{{quote|''"The ultimate battle strategy: To avoid battle by removing an enemy's will to fight."''|'''Empress Tenshi'''}}


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Based in an alternate version of Japan's civil war period, ''[[Grenadier]]'' is the story of the travels of Rushuna Tendo, a buxom young woman possessing astonishing skill with a revolver. Known as a senshi, or firearms expert, Rushuna is on a personal journey to bring peace to the land. Uncomfortably aware that shooting people is not the best way to accomplish this, Rushuna is struggling to master the peaceful teachings of the Empress Tenshi. Accompanying her is Yajiro Kojima a.k.a. Yatchan, a skilled samurai who has grown weary of battle and sees value in Rushuna's goals. Also along for the ride is Mikan Kurenai, an orphaned balloon artist who has painful memories of her own to deal with.
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'''a.k.a.:''' ''Grenadier ~The Smiling Senshi~''

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Based in an alternate version of Japan's civil war period, this is the story of the travels of Rushuna Tendo, a buxom young woman possessing astonishing skill with a revolver. Known as a senshi, or firearms expert, Rushuna is on a personal journey to bring peace to the land. Uncomfortably aware that shooting people is not the best way to accomplish this, Rushuna is struggling to master the peaceful teachings of the Empress Tenshi. Accompanying her is Yajiro Kojima a.k.a. Yatchan, a skilled samurai who has grown weary of battle and sees value in Rushuna's goals. Also along for the ride is Mikan Kurenai, an orphaned balloon artist who has painful memories of her own to deal with.


Learning that there is a price on her head, Rushuna journeys back to the Capital to clear her name. Pursued and watched by a mysterious man in a clown mask, Rushuna must battle the Juttensen or Ten Heavenly Enlightened one by one, each armed with strange and deadly weapons. She gains allies as she travels, beating her enemies with her skills and winning them over with her purity, trying to learn more about the mysterious Jester and to understand the Empress's strange actions.
Learning that there is a price on her head, Rushuna journeys back to the Capital to clear her name. Pursued and watched by a mysterious man in a clown mask, Rushuna must battle the Juttensen or Ten Heavenly Enlightened one by one, each armed with strange and deadly weapons. She gains allies as she travels, beating her enemies with her skills and winning them over with her purity, trying to learn more about the mysterious Jester and to understand the Empress's strange actions.


There's also a manga version with a plot far differing from that of the anime, with Rushuna trying to find her homeland, editing the backstories of some of the major characters (including turning her evil counterpart into an adoptive sister, and the Iron-Masked Baron into a nutjob capable of making Hitler look sane), and turning the world they live in into a [[After the End|post-apocalyptic scenario]], except it's been so long after it that the [[Lost Technology|ancient super weapons]] are buried deep and the world is somewhat flourishing. Production of the manga is currently discontinued in the United States, though; price gouging is inevitable.
There's also a manga version with a plot far differing from that of the anime, with Rushuna trying to find her homeland, editing the backstories of some of the major characters (including turning her evil counterpart into an adoptive sister, and the Iron-Masked Baron into a nutjob capable of making Hitler look sane), and turning the world they live in into a [[After the End|post-apocalyptic scenario]], except it's been so long after it that the [[Lost Technology|ancient super weapons]] are buried deep and the world is somewhat flourishing. Production of the manga is currently discontinued in the United States, though; price gouging is inevitable.

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* [[Absolute Cleavage]]: Rushuna and many other females display this quite nicely.
* [[Absolute Cleavage]]: Rushuna and many other females display this quite nicely.
* [[Absurdly Sharp Blade]]: In the manga, Yajiro's katana can {{spoiler|cut a giant cannon, with the helpful push of [[Improbable Aiming Skills|12 well-placed bullets]] from Rushuna.}}
* [[Absurdly Sharp Blade]]: In the manga, Yajiro's katana can {{spoiler|cut a giant cannon, with the helpful push of [[Improbable Aiming Skills|12 well-placed bullets]] from Rushuna.}}
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* [[Anime Theme Song]]: Since it aired on two different networks, there are two theme songs.
* [[Anime Theme Song]]: Since it aired on two different networks, there are two theme songs.
* [[Barbie Doll Anatomy]]: Although Rushuna is rarely ''completely'' naked, there are situations where you'd think that at least her nipples would be exposed...
* [[Barbie Doll Anatomy]]: Although Rushuna is rarely ''completely'' naked, there are situations where you'd think that at least her nipples would be exposed...
* [[Bizarre and Improbable Ballistics]]
* [[Bizarre and Improbable Ballistics]]
* [[Blasting It Out of Their Hands]]: This is Rushuna's primary method of disabling opponents, leaving them moaning and clutching their wounded hands. Of note is a time where she blasts out the axle of a gatling gun.
* [[Blasting It Out of Their Hands]]: This is Rushuna's primary method of disabling opponents, leaving them moaning and clutching their wounded hands. Of note is a time where she blasts out the axle of a gatling gun.
* [[Boobs of Steel]]: Rushuna is the best marksman in the show, and the most endowed female. Unfortunately, so is her [[Evil Counterpart]] and [[The Rival|rival]].
* [[Boobs of Steel]]: Rushuna is the best marksman in the show, and the most endowed female. Unfortunately, so is her [[Evil Counterpart]] and [[The Rival|rival]].
** Other [[Action Girl|Action Girls]] in the series, such as Touka Kurenai, also sport considerable assets.
** Other [[Action Girl|Action Girls]] in the series, such as Touka Kurenai, also sport considerable assets.
** Considering where Rushuna keeps her spare ammo, her boobs ''literally'' have to be made of something like steel.
** Considering where Rushuna keeps her spare ammo, her boobs ''literally'' have to be made of something like steel.
* [[Bottomless Magazines]]: [[Mooks]] with assault rifles can fire them on fully automatic for several seconds at a time without having to reload.
* [[Bottomless Magazines]]: [[Mooks]] with assault rifles can fire them on fully automatic for several seconds at a time without having to reload.
** Averted in that Rushuna can only fire six shots at a time, and even after reloading repeatedly she still runs out of bullets in at least one episode. That cleavage of hers can only hold so much, you know...
** Averted in that Rushuna can only fire six shots at a time, and even after reloading repeatedly she still runs out of bullets in at least one episode. That cleavage of hers can only hold so much, you know...
** Still, at the end of the last episode, it is shown just how many rounds her cleavage can carry as they are spilled out in a shower of bullets.
** Still, at the end of the last episode, it is shown just how many rounds her cleavage can carry as they are spilled out in a shower of bullets.
* [[Bratty Half Pint]]: Mikan has her moments of this.
* [[Bratty Half-Pint]]: Mikan has her moments of this.
* [[Broke Episode]]: Rushuna and Yajiro have to resort to street performances in order to get money in one episode.
* [[Broke Episode]]: Rushuna and Yajiro have to resort to street performances in order to get money in one episode.
* [[Bullet Time]]: Done completely in animation any time the action is too fast to humanly follow, such as when Rushuna creates a bullet cascade or stacks a half dozen bullets.
* [[Bullet Time]]: Done completely in animation any time the action is too fast to humanly follow, such as when Rushuna creates a bullet cascade or stacks a half dozen bullets.
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* [[Dramatic Wind]]: With Mikan's forgiveness, Rushuna's skirt is blown in the wind.
* [[Dramatic Wind]]: With Mikan's forgiveness, Rushuna's skirt is blown in the wind.
* [[Everyone Loves Blondes]]: Yajiro for Rushuna.
* [[Everyone Loves Blondes]]: Yajiro for Rushuna.
* [[Everything's Better With Spinning]]: Rushuna's method of dodging bullets tends to involve a lot of spinning. In fact, it seems as though simply spinning in place can cause bullets to miraculously change their paths.
* [[Everything's Better with Spinning]]: Rushuna's method of dodging bullets tends to involve a lot of spinning. In fact, it seems as though simply spinning in place can cause bullets to miraculously change their paths.
* [[Everything's Worse With Bears]]: Part of {{spoiler|<s>Setsuna</s>Namari's [[Heroic Sacrifice]]}} in the manga.
* [[Everything's Worse with Bears]]: Part of {{spoiler|<s>Setsuna</s>Namari's [[Heroic Sacrifice]]}} in the manga.
* [[Evil Counterpart]]: {{spoiler|Setsuna the Tenshi impersonator.}} This is reflected quite well visually, with her outfit, hair, and skin being stark contrasts to Rushuna's brighter colors.
* [[Evil Counterpart]]: {{spoiler|Setsuna the Tenshi impersonator.}} This is reflected quite well visually, with her outfit, hair, and skin being stark contrasts to Rushuna's brighter colors.
* [[Fan Service]]: One of the figurines actually came with two different detachable bosoms.
* [[Fan Service]]: One of the figurines actually came with two different detachable bosoms.
* [[Firing in The Air A Lot]]: Win a weekend at the Peach Blossom Tower!
* [[Firing in the Air a Lot]]: Win a weekend at the Peach Blossom Tower!
* [[First-Name Basis]]: Yatchan
* [[First-Name Basis]]: Yatchan
* [[Follow the Leader]]: A blonde, pacifistic outlaw with ridiculously good gun skills; a group of assassins whose main purpose is to torture the main character with their inevitable deaths; and a mysterious, completely nihilistic antagonist, much like ''[[Trigun (Manga)|Trigun]]''.
* [[Follow the Leader]]: A blonde, pacifistic outlaw with ridiculously good gun skills; a group of assassins whose main purpose is to torture the main character with their inevitable deaths; and a mysterious, completely nihilistic antagonist, much like ''[[Trigun]]''.
* [[Furo Scene]]: Rushuna is constantly searching for her next hot bath.
* [[Furo Scene]]: Rushuna is constantly searching for her next hot bath.
* [[Full Frontal Assault]]: The second half of the second episode, by Rushuna.
* [[Full-Frontal Assault]]: The second half of the second episode, by Rushuna.
* [[Gag Boobs]]: Rushuna
* [[Gag Boobs]]: Rushuna
* [[Gainaxing]]: Like you wouldn't believe. Actually used for a practical purpose, though.
* [[Gainaxing]]: Like you wouldn't believe. Actually used for a practical purpose, though.
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* [[Gun Kata]]: Rushuna and Setsuna in episode 12.
* [[Gun Kata]]: Rushuna and Setsuna in episode 12.
* [[Happily Married]]: {{spoiler|Rushuna and Yajiro at the end of the manga.}}
* [[Happily Married]]: {{spoiler|Rushuna and Yajiro at the end of the manga.}}
* [[Hey It's That Voice]]: Both Japanese and English.
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Both Japanese and English.
** Yajiro is [[Samurai Champloo|Mugen]] and [[One Piece|Zoro]].(See [[Kazuya Nakai]] below)
** Yajiro is [[Samurai Champloo|Mugen]] and [[One Piece|Zoro]].(See [[Kazuya Nakai]] below)
*** In English he's [[Eternal Sonata|Alegretto]] and [[Naruto|Zaku]].
*** In English he's [[Eternal Sonata|Alegretto]] and [[Naruto|Zaku]].
** Mikan is [[Azumanga Daioh (Manga)|Osaka!]]
** Mikan is [[Azumanga Daioh|Osaka!]]
** Somehow it's easier to believe some of the screwy things Rushuna says when you hear [[Haruhi Suzumiya (Light Novel)|Haruhi Suzumiya]]'s voice, via [[Wendee Lee]].
** Somehow it's easier to believe some of the screwy things Rushuna says when you hear [[Haruhi Suzumiya]]'s voice, via [[Wendee Lee]].
* [[High Speed Missile Dodge]]
* [[High-Speed Missile Dodge]]
* [[Hooker With a Heart of Gold]]: Touka Kurenai. After retiring, she became a pacifist who works to give both refuge to the victims of banditry and redemption to bandits who choose to reform themselves, as well as a provide a neutral zone where warriors can seek peaceful (and pleasurable) sanctuary from their violent lifestyle.
* [[Hooker with a Heart of Gold]]: Touka Kurenai. After retiring, she became a pacifist who works to give both refuge to the victims of banditry and redemption to bandits who choose to reform themselves, as well as a provide a neutral zone where warriors can seek peaceful (and pleasurable) sanctuary from their violent lifestyle.
* [[Hot Springs Episode]]: Seen in the closing credits.
* [[Hot Springs Episode]]: Seen in the closing credits.
* [[Hyperspace Arsenal]]: Mikan manages to produce an inflatable boat, costumes, a glider, even fully colored doubles of herself on demand. And her 50 gallons of water balloons vanishes without a trace. Apparently Mikan is carrying an inflatable portable hole!
* [[Hyperspace Arsenal]]: Mikan manages to produce an inflatable boat, costumes, a glider, even fully colored doubles of herself on demand. And her 50 gallons of water balloons vanishes without a trace. Apparently Mikan is carrying an inflatable portable hole!
** In a less serious example, Setsuna. Where in hell does she keep that chest when {{spoiler|dressed as Tenshi}}?
** In a less serious example, Setsuna. Where in hell does she keep that chest when {{spoiler|dressed as Tenshi}}?
* [[I Have the High Ground]]: While the Jester can stand on air, he favors high vantage points such as tree tops and cliffs.
* [[I Have the High Ground]]: While the Jester can stand on air, he favors high vantage points such as tree tops and cliffs.
* [[Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy]]: The senshi are often armed with ''machine guns,'' yet hardly ever seem to hit anything.
* [[Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy]]: The senshi are often armed with ''machine guns,'' yet hardly ever seem to hit anything.
* [[Implausible Fencing Powers]]: Yajiro uses his katana to fend off bullets, [[Star Wars|Jedi-style]].
* [[Implausible Fencing Powers]]: Yajiro uses his katana to fend off bullets, [[Star Wars|Jedi-style]].
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* [[In a Single Bound]]: Rushuna can pull this off, but so can others.
* [[In a Single Bound]]: Rushuna can pull this off, but so can others.
* [[Karma Houdini]]: After orchestrating the deaths of countless innocents and attempting to conquer the world, Setsuna ... goes for an ocean cruise.
* [[Karma Houdini]]: After orchestrating the deaths of countless innocents and attempting to conquer the world, Setsuna ... goes for an ocean cruise.
* [[Kazuya Nakai]]: Yajiro. [[One Piece|Another]] [[Sengoku Basara|swordsman]] [[Samurai Champloo|by]] [[Gintama (Manga)|him.]]
* [[Kazuya Nakai]]: Yajiro. [[One Piece|Another]] [[Sengoku Basara|swordsman]] [[Samurai Champloo|by]] [[Gintama|him.]]
* [[Lovable Sex Maniac]]: Teppa.
* [[Lovable Sex Maniac]]: Teppa.
* [[Luminescent Blush]]: Kasumi gets the hots for Teppa.
* [[Luminescent Blush]]: Kasumi gets the hots for Teppa.
* [[Magic Bullets]]: Every blessed one of them.
* [[Magic Bullets]]: Every blessed one of them.
* [[Marshmallow Hell]]: Done humorously, but also practically and for emotional effect as well. Rushuna hides Yajiro from enemy troops in a hot spring with it, but also uses it on a couple of her defeated enemies in a form of the [[Cooldown Hug]].
* [[Marshmallow Hell]]: Done humorously, but also practically and for emotional effect as well. Rushuna hides Yajiro from enemy troops in a hot spring with it, but also uses it on a couple of her defeated enemies in a form of the [[Cooldown Hug]].
* [[Mask Power]]: The Jester.
* [[Mask Power]]: The Jester.
* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: Rushuna. ''Yes.'' If it weren't for Mai Shuranui, she'd be the queen of this.
* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: Rushuna. ''Yes.'' If it weren't for Mai Shuranui, she'd be the queen of this.
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* [[Serious Business]]: Rushuna, on hearing a villain refuse her offer of peaceful surrender with no more bloodshed: "Well, in that case; ''You don't get a smile.''"
* [[Serious Business]]: Rushuna, on hearing a villain refuse her offer of peaceful surrender with no more bloodshed: "Well, in that case; ''You don't get a smile.''"
* [[Scary Shiny Glasses]]: Though not very scary, when Aizen Teppa hides his emotions, his lenses go shiny.
* [[Scary Shiny Glasses]]: Though not very scary, when Aizen Teppa hides his emotions, his lenses go shiny.
* [[Schizo Tech]]: Robots, machine guns, and missiles, right next to swords and samurai armor.
* [[Schizo-Tech]]: Robots, machine guns, and missiles, right next to swords and samurai armor.
* [[She Is All Grown Up]]: With the use of balloons, Mikan briefly appears to be older than she is, and even does [[Marshmallow Hell]] to Yajiro at one point.
* [[She's All Grown Up]]: With the use of balloons, Mikan briefly appears to be older than she is, and even does [[Marshmallow Hell]] to Yajiro at one point.
* [[Shoot the Bullet]]
* [[Shoot the Bullet]]
* [[Social Darwinist]]: The Jester.
* [[Social Darwinist]]: The Jester.
* [[Soft Water]]
* [[Soft Water]]
* [[Spared By the Adaptation]]: Koto-chan.
* [[Spared by the Adaptation]]: Koto-chan.
* [[Spin to Deflect Stuff]]: Oh, yeah.
* [[Spin to Deflect Stuff]]: Oh, yeah.
* [[Super Not-Drowning Skills]]: Rushuna vs. Suirou.
* [[Super Not-Drowning Skills]]: Rushuna vs. Suirou.
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* [[Take My Hand]]: Yajiro and Fuuka, episode 9.
* [[Take My Hand]]: Yajiro and Fuuka, episode 9.
* [[Talking Is a Free Action]]
* [[Talking Is a Free Action]]
* [[Talking With Signs]] - Suirou, one of the Juttensen, communicates underwater at great length with Rushuna, educating her in underwater combat through an extensive series of pre-prepared signs.
* [[Talking with Signs]] - Suirou, one of the Juttensen, communicates underwater at great length with Rushuna, educating her in underwater combat through an extensive series of pre-prepared signs.
* [[Team Shot]]
* [[Team Shot]]
* [[Technical Pacifist]]: Yatchan believed that only with a sword could you feel the weight of a human life.
* [[Technical Pacifist]]: Yatchan believed that only with a sword could you feel the weight of a human life.
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* [[What Measure Is a Mook?]]: Averted: Anyone Rushuna meets is offered a hug and a smile, and if they try to kill her, she'll stick to her ultimate strategy.
* [[What Measure Is a Mook?]]: Averted: Anyone Rushuna meets is offered a hug and a smile, and if they try to kill her, she'll stick to her ultimate strategy.
* [[Wrongly Accused]]
* [[Wrongly Accused]]
* [[You Have Failed Me]]: Standard operating procedure for the Jester and part of his master plan.
* [[You Have Failed Me...]]: Standard operating procedure for the Jester and part of his master plan.


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Latest revision as of 13:37, 24 August 2020

"The ultimate battle strategy: To avoid battle by removing an enemy's will to fight."

—Empress Tenshi

a.k.a.: Grenadier The Smiling Senshi

Based in an alternate version of Japan's civil war period, Grenadier is the story of the travels of Rushuna Tendo, a buxom young woman possessing astonishing skill with a revolver. Known as a senshi, or firearms expert, Rushuna is on a personal journey to bring peace to the land. Uncomfortably aware that shooting people is not the best way to accomplish this, Rushuna is struggling to master the peaceful teachings of the Empress Tenshi. Accompanying her is Yajiro Kojima a.k.a. Yatchan, a skilled samurai who has grown weary of battle and sees value in Rushuna's goals. Also along for the ride is Mikan Kurenai, an orphaned balloon artist who has painful memories of her own to deal with.

Learning that there is a price on her head, Rushuna journeys back to the Capital to clear her name. Pursued and watched by a mysterious man in a clown mask, Rushuna must battle the Juttensen or Ten Heavenly Enlightened one by one, each armed with strange and deadly weapons. She gains allies as she travels, beating her enemies with her skills and winning them over with her purity, trying to learn more about the mysterious Jester and to understand the Empress's strange actions.

There's also a manga version with a plot far differing from that of the anime, with Rushuna trying to find her homeland, editing the backstories of some of the major characters (including turning her evil counterpart into an adoptive sister, and the Iron-Masked Baron into a nutjob capable of making Hitler look sane), and turning the world they live in into a post-apocalyptic scenario, except it's been so long after it that the ancient super weapons are buried deep and the world is somewhat flourishing. Production of the manga is currently discontinued in the United States, though; price gouging is inevitable.

Tropes used in Grenadier include:
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