Watsuki Nobuhiro

Another short story taking place in the Embalming universe. Note: Volume 10 of Busou Renkin includes the pilot story Embalming -Dead Body and Bride- along with liner notes for both it and Busou Renkin.

From Viz: Talk about being at the wrong place at the wrong time! High school student Kazuki Muto had no clue what he was in for when he rescued damsel in distress Tokiko from a monster known as a "homunculus." Disguised as humans--who actually eat humans--homunculi are malevolent creatures that affix themselves to people's brains, and once fully grown, the only thing that can…

A story based on the concept of Frankenstein. The late scientist Victor Frankenstein's papers on the creation of a "frankenstein" are being put to use, and Fury Flatliner, motivated by revenge, sets out to kill them and their creator. Note: Volume 10 of Busou Renkin includes the pilot story Embalming —Corpse and Bride— along with liner notes for both it and Busou Renkin.

From Viz: One hundred and forty years ago in Kyoto, with he coming of the American "Black Ships," there arose a warrior who, felling men with his bloodstained blade, gained the name Hitokiri, manslayer! His killer blade helped close the turbulent Bakumatsu era and slashed open the progressive age known as Meiji. Then he vanished, and with the flow of years, became legend. Vol…