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|year    = [[600 AD]] and [[12000 BC]]/Unknown
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|hometown = Kingdom of Zeal
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|magic    = Wind
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'''Masa & Mune''' are beings of unknown species that combine to form the [[Masamune]] in both [[Chrono Trigger]] and [[Chrono Cross]] and the [[Mastermune]] in just [[Chrono Cross]].
'''Masa & Mune''' are beings of unknown species who appear in both [[Chrono Trigger]] and [[Chrono Cross]].  In both games, they are brothers who are associated with the legendary weapon [[Masamune]].  Mune is Masa's younger brother.


Masa and Mune are shape shifters that, when first encountered, take on the forms of children in the [[Denadoro Mountains]] in Trigger. They are encountered in the chapter [[Tata And The Frog]]. When you inform them that you wish to have ownership of the [[Masamune]], they will transform into their main demon-like forms. You will battle them both, but only the defeat of one is necessary to procede to the true boss of the [[Denadoro mountains]], Masa & Mune combined. Here they take on a brutish form with horns facing downward and it appears like one of them in their demon form except without the robe, puffy lips, and massive biceps. For victory over the two the player recieves half of the Masamune. They can also be encountered in the [[Kingdom of Zeal]]. Often the two are found speaking deep and intellectually about what may happen when [[Lavos]] is released. There is also in [[Enhasa]] a being that is similar to the two named [[Doreen]] whom is in fact their sister.
In '''Chrono Trigger''', Masa and Mune are first encountered in the [[Denadoro Mountains]], during the quest to find the Masamune.  Initially appearing as children, Masa and Mune chide the party for seeking the blade, pointing out that humans never seem to understand the sword's true purpose, and generally see the Masamune as a prestigious or powerful weapon.  Masa is a slightly more childlike personality, whereas Mune is more philosophical and even slightly cynical.  The children transform into their natural forms (cloaked figures with pointed ears and yellow skin) and engage [[Crono]] and his allies as a test of their mettle. Masa and Mune use the [[X-Strike]] dual-tech throughout the battle.
 
When one of the twins has taken enough damage to fall, the battle stops.  Masa and Mune observe that Crono and his companions are serious about their convictions, and that only [[Cyrus]] had ever made it this far in their test. They then fuse into a single, massively muscled creature and attack once more, making extensive use of wind techniques during the battle.  During the fight, the creature will periodically charge up a vortex attack that can be dissipated by Crono's [[Slash]] Tech.
 
Upon the defeat of the fused creature, Masa and Mune once more separate and transform into two children, and submit themselves to the party.  Mune's cynical attitude shifts slightly in defeat, and he asks Masa if Crono will 'fix us'. Masa reassures him, and the two vanish into the Masamune, which the party discovers is broken and must be repaired.
 
Later in the game (though, due to the time-traveling nature of Chrono Trigger, much before this first encounter), the party meets Masa and Mune in the magical [[Kingdom of Zeal]]. They live there as mystics, along with their sister [[Doreen]].  This is before their spirits are bound to the Masamune (because it predates the creation of the Masamune).
 
It is unknown how exactly Masa and Mune became the living spirits of the Masamune, as the twins predate the creation of the sword.  One possible explination centers around [[Enhasa]], the Zeal city of Dreams.  When Crono plunges the [[Red Knife]] into the [[Mammon Machine]] (the event that creates the Masamune), Mune whispers to Crono that they (Masa and Mune) embody [[Melchior]]'s dreams.  It is possible that Mune was not speaking figuratively; instead, he was explaining that, as a Guru of Zeal, Masa and Mune were literally manifestations of Melchior's powerful desire to help humanity.
 
In [[Chrono Cross]], the brothers (along with their sister Doreen) return as avatars of the Masamune.  Though less central to the game's storyline, the Masamune remains a powerful, though corrupt, weapon.  After defeating [[Dario]] during a sidequest, Masa and Mune will appear and reveal that the evil power which corrupts the weapon was allowed to enter because they were sleeping.  Their big sister Doreen appears and, after chastising the boys for allowing this to happen, she fuses herself into the blade, along with the brothers and [[Serge]]'s original weapon, the [[Sea Swallow]].  This creates the [[Mastermune]], the most powerful weapon in the game.


In [[Chrono Cross]] their role is not as important but none the less can be important. If one completes the [[Dario]] [[sidequest]] in order to get the Mastermune, after [[Dario]] is defeated Masa & Mune will appear from the blade revealing evil plagued the sword because it seeped inside while they were sleeping. [[Doreen]] shows up yelling at the two for allowing it to happen and ensures it won't happen again by merging with the blade herself and the three also transfer the power of their blade into [[Serge]]'s first weapon the [[Sea Swallow]] turning it into the Mastermune, the most powerful weapon in Chrono Cross.


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