History Anime / Grenadier

''Grenadier'' is a manga series written and illustrated by Sōsuke Kais, which ran in ''Monthly Shonen Ace'' from 2003 to 2006. It received an anime adaptation in 2004, produced by Creator/StudioLive and Creator/GroupTAC and directed by Hiroshi Kojina.

* BoobsOfSteel: Rushuna is the best marksman in the show, and the most endowed female, as is her EvilCounterpart and [[TheRival rival]].
** Other {{Action Girl}}s in the series, such as Touka Kurenai, also sport considerable assets.

%%* GagBoobs: Rushuna.

* {{Gainaxing}}: Like you wouldn't believe. Actually used for a practical purpose, though -- [[UnorthodoxReload reloading their guns.]]

* AbsoluteCleavage: Rushuna and many other females display this quite nicely.

* ActionGirl: Rushuna.

* BigEater: Rushuna

* IHaveTheHighGround: While the Jester can stand on air, he favors high vantage points such as tree tops and cliffs.

* NiceHat: Rushuna's hat is nice. Tenshi features some bizarre numbers, herself. Setsuna sports a weird double-tail hat that may have been stolen from a wizard, or possibly a Keebler elf.

** Averted ''in principle'' for Rushuna, who can only fire six shots at a time without having to do her signature reload from the store in her cleavage. In one episode, even her cleavage runs out! And 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 staggering shower of bullets. That said, she also fires her six-chamber gun seven times without reloading ''twice'' in the very first episode.

** Averted ''in principle'' for Rushuna, who can only fire six shots at a time without having to do her signature reload from the store in her cleavage. In one episode, even her cleavage runs out! And 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 staggering shower of bullets. That said, she also fires her six-chamber gun seven times without reloading in the very first episode.

** Averted for Rushuna, who can only fire six shots at a time without having to do her signature reload from the store in her cleavage. In one episode, even her cleavage runs out! And 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 staggering shower of bullets.

* GunKata: Rushuna and Setsuna [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIOxsYDHWGc&feature=g-vrec in episode 12.]]

* FiringInTheAirALot: Win a weekend at the Peach Blossom Tower!

* GagBoobs: Rushuna.

* GatlingGood: Coupled with ArmCannon.

* TheGunslinger: Rushuna and [[spoiler: Setsuna]].
* HappilyMarried: [[spoiler:Rushuna and Yajiro at the end of the manga.]]

* HotSpringsEpisode: Seen in the closing credits.

* LovableSexManiac: Teppa.
* LuminescentBlush: Kasumi gets the hots for Teppa.
* MagicBullets: Every blessed one of them.

* MaskPower: The Jester.

* SocialDarwinist: The Jester.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: Koto-chan.

* TagalongKid: Mikan.
* TakeMyHand: Yajiro and Fuuka, episode 9.

* ParryingBullets: Yajiro uses his katana to fend off bullets, [[StarWars Jedi-style]].

''Grenadier'' is a manga series written and illustrated by Sōsuke Kaise. It received an anime adaptation in 2004, produced by Creator/StudioLive and Creator/GroupTAC and directed by Hiroshi Kojina.

'''''Grenadier''''', a.k.a. '''''Grenadier ~The Smiling Senshi~''''' is a manga series written and illustrated by Sōsuke Kaise. It recieved an anime adaptation in 2004, produced by Creator/StudioLive and Creator/GroupTAC and directed by Hiroshi Kojina.

'''''Grenadier''''', a.k.a. '''''Grenadier ~The Smiling Senshi~''''' is a manga series written and illustrated by Sōsuke Kaise. It recieved an anime adaptation in 2004.

* ImprobableWeaponUser: Basically every member of the Elite Imperial Guard. Aizen Teppa uses a special, nigh-invincible cloth, another uses sound, and the Jester uses what appears to be FrickinLaserBeams, but is actually soul-powered blasts of focused air that can punch through anything.

* CallingYourAttacks: Nearly every episode someone will do this, complete with full screen titles.

* ChildProdigy: Mikan.
* ChivalrousPervert: Teppa

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Rushuna.

* TheDitz: Rushuna has her moments of this.
* DoesntLikeGuns: Yajiro.

* DVDCommentary: In a real rarity for anime, every episode has a commentary hosted by Mikako Takahashi (Rushuna) and Kazuya Nakai (Yajiro). Some episodes have guest commentators, like Yuki Matsuoka (Mikan), Nobuyuki Hiyama (Teppa), and the director Hiroshi Kōjina for the final episode.

* GodivaHair: Rushuna fashions a ''swimsuit'' out of her hair in one chapter of the manga, when her [[FridgeBrilliance hydrophobic swimsuit melts.]]

* UnorthodoxReload: Rushuna loads her gun by ejecting bullets [[VictoriasSecretCompartment from her cleavage]]. [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/grenadier-unauxreload_9914.gif]] The most amazing part is that she then fetches them with her open revolver. It apparently was part of her training, since [[spoiler:Setsuna pulls this off as well]].

* BoobsOfSteel: Rushuna is the best marksman in the show, and the most endowed female. Unfortunately, so is her EvilCounterpart and [[TheRival rival]].

* DarkerAndEdgier: The ecchi content of the animé is a tad more explicit, however the manga contains more violence by quality and quantity (e.g. [[spoiler: [[SparedByTheAdaptation Koto was killed by the clown in manga, in the animé she survived]]]] and the soldiers killed by the weird-ass RazorWind wielding "monster" ([[spoiler:King Furo in disguise]]) were shown with less detail in the animé).

* FirstNameBasis: Yatchan

* GagBoobs: Rushuna
* {{Gainaxing}}: Like you wouldn't believe. Actually used for a practical purpose, though.

* GorgeousGaijin: Rushuna is implied to be from America, though she travels under a Japanese name. She has golden hair, a colossal bosom and a gentle and generous NiceGirl attitude, and she is a crackshot with firearms.

* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Averted while Namari sustained major injuries in the final battle she survived and doesn’t seemed to have slowed down any.

%%* RuleOfCool:

* ShoutOut:
** ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' – The main characters last name is Tendo and her master is named Soun. She also has the incredible ability to [[AwesomenessByAnalysis copy, learn, and revise other people’s styles after seeing them in action.]]

** Yatchan believed that only with a sword could you feel the weight of a human life.　

* UnorthodoxReload: Rushuna loads her gun by ejecting bullets [[VictoriasSecretCompartment from her cleavage]]. [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/grenadier-unauxreload_9914.gif]]
** The most amazing feat though is that she then fetches them with her open revolver.
** It apparently was part of her training, since [[spoiler:Setsuna pulls this off as well]].

* HyperspaceArsenal: 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!

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.

* TechnicalPacifist: Yatchan believed that only with a sword could you feel the weight of a human life.　

* ObfuscatingStupidity: Some of Rushuna's more oblivious remarks come off as rather snarky if you assume she's just '''pretending''' to be a bimbo.