Plot
The actual story is a revival of the very first Musha Gundam storyline focusing on Ark's "Seven of Light" defenders,seven brave Musha Gundams who defend the land of Ark by order of the Shogundam. This basic story was presented in Musha Retsuden Zero,whilst Musha Retsuden was set a few years later. Just about all of the legendary defenders have fathered sons and are training them to one day assume their father's roles.
After the war against Yamikoutei (闇皇帝),Ark is ruled by evil forces. Descendants of the Seven of Light defenders scattered across the land,in search of the Bukabuka (武化舞可) armour that can bring peace to the world. One day,when Retsumaru's family was threatened,a sword from the armour set appeared in front of Retsumaru,and so the story began...
- Volume 1- Years ago,the forces of good and evil met in a climactic battle. Now,Ark is ruled by various tyrannical warriors. Retsumaru,son of the legendary hero Rekka Musha Gundam,sets out to form a new band of heroes and restore Ark's former glory.
- Volume 2- Uniting with their fathers,the new generation of defenders prepare to strike the final blow against the demonic warlord Capiturn.
- Volume 3- With the defeat of Capiturn,the young defenders have gone their separate ways. However,Retsumaru soon becomes aware of an even greater danger. Matured by his adventures,Retsumaru must launch a covert mission into the heart of enemy territory.
This form of the storyline was backed up by a model kit line which featured all of the fathers and sons,as well as their Mobile Musha secret weapon. Each of the kits had elements of interchangeable armour,with a story point being that one certain combination gave the central father and son pair a Dai-Shogun form. This form itself was released as the final kit of the line,based on how it appeared in Gundam Evolve 14.
The instructions for the model kits also presented a full colour manga side story. This sidestory,despite using elements from the main manga,appears to conflict with it,most notably in the portrayal of characters. The sidestory was primarily used to show the gimmicks of the kits (such as armour changing) in action in a story setting. Additionally,some of the kits had brief 4-panel humour comics on the bottom of their boxes. These comics made reference to events happening in the main manga story.
Model kits
Bandai released a full line of model kits based on the manga within the long running BB Senshi model kit line. In contrast to the earlier Musha Maruden series,a fair number of Gundams in the story did not receive model kits. In cases where such a character contributed to the Dai-Shogun armour,their contribution was given to another character. Specifically,a lack of kits for Kakuremaru and Susamaru saw their Bukabuka given to Double Zeta. Hobby Japan's SD Gundam World mook revealed that kits were designed for the two characters but not released. This small number of kits extends to the series releasing a single kit of the main character Retsumaru,in contrast to earlier series releasing multiple kits of the lead Gundam. At least one of his later forms was designed to at least be achievable using parts from the other kits. Also scrapped were more gimmicks for Kirimaru (including a pet dragon,a bird-like mask similar to Barzam Shogun's and a Base Jabber sled) and more armour for Retsumaru which seemed to imply he would grow up to be the First Gundam Dai-Shogun seen in Musha Senki.
This model kit series is also the second time a BB senshi Musha Gundam model series printed with Romanized names. Previously,Romanized Musha Gundam names were used on models based on the first SD Sengokuden series,running from BB #23 (MUSHA Z GUNDAM) to BB #41 (SHŌGUNDAM),and also a limited box set which included BB #113,#158,#232 . Romanized names were included with BB models 265-278.
In 2009,a new series titled BB Senshi Sengokuden Bushin Kourin was announced. The series will reuse molds from this line with additional parts to make the Gundams resemble actual historical samurai such as Takeda Shingen. Most of the kits will also come with a Ball or Zako soldier. Coming at the same time as the similar Sangokuden Sidestory,the line is likely a response to the Late-2000s recession. Although designs for ZZ and Psyco were shown in initial announcements (in addition to GM soldiers,using the Sangokuden GM designs as a basis),no such kits have been released as of April 2010. The line instead opted to reuse two unrelated Dai-Shogun kits from previous BB Senshi Musha Gundam series.
- BB #265- Retsumaru (Can be converted between normal mode and battle mode.)
- BB #267- Rekka Musha Gundam (Removable armour,which can be placed on Retsumaru.)
- BB #270- Ranmaru (Removable armour.)
- BB #271- Musha Zeta (Removable armour,which can be placed on Ranmaru. Can combine with horse. Additionally,Ranmaru's chest armour can be placed on horse.)
- BB #274- Kirimaru (Removable shoulder armour.)
- BB #275- Musha Nu (Removable armour,some of which can be placed on Kirimaru. Can combine with dragon. Additionally,can wear Kirimaru's shoulder 'wings'.)
- BB #277- Ikazuchimaru (Basic figure can be armoured up in various ways.)
- BB #278- Musha Double Zeta (Removable armour. Armour can combine separately to make a tank. Additionally,can combine with Ikazuchimaru to make a larger armour vehicle.)
- BB #279- Onmitsu (Removable armour. Large ninja star which can assume many forms,with each blade holding a different weapon. Additionally,can wear Rekka Musha Gundam's armour to disguise himself as him.)
- BB #282- Musha Mk II (Removable armour. Can form an eagle like form. Contains parts to be built as either the good or evil Mk II.)
- BB #283- Mobile Musha Rekka Dai Hagane (Large Musha-styled robot. Can be transformed between Mobile Musha and statue. Retsumaru or the included pilot can sit in the chest. Various weapons can be used by other kits in the series. Additionally,armour from other kits in the series can combine with it.)[Note:This kit is in fact a re-release of an earlier kit with some additional parts to give better proportions. The parts of both versions are intentionally included,with the instructions implying the unused characters/elements maybe connected to the unit's original use]
- BB #284- Tekki Musha Psyco (Can be transformed into various forms. Can be built as good or evil Psyco.)
- BB #286- Dai-Shogun Evolve Version (Can be built as new sculpt basic Rekka Musha Gundam or as golden armoured Dai-Shogun. Basic form can wear the armour from BB #267.)
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