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** 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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* [[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 (Manga)|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 (Manga)|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 (Light Novel)|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.
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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 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.
* [[Shoot the Bullet]]
* [[Shoot the Bullet]]

Revision as of 15:33, 25 January 2014
"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, 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.

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.

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