Rekka no Honoo (Flame of Recca)

Most people think that ninjas are a thing of the past, but Rekka Hanabishi wishes otherwise. Although he comes from a family that makes fireworks, he likes to think of himself as a self-styled, modern-day ninja. Sounds like fun, right? Maybe not. Rekka ends up in lots of fights because he once made the bold announcement that if someone can defeat him, he will become their servant.

Then one day, Rekka meets Yanagi Sakoshita, a gentle girl with the ability to heal any wound or injury. Their meeting sets off a chain of events, which culminate into a shocking discovery. Rekka is the last surviving member of a legendary ninja clan that was wiped out centuries ago. Even more astonishing than being an actual ninja, he also wields the power to control fire. What does this mean for Rekka? Who are these strange people after him and Yanagi? Find out in Rekka no Honoo!

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Hanabishi, Rekka

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Okano, Kousuke
Japanese

Kurei

Main

Okiayu, Ryoutarou
Japanese

Mikagami, Tokiya

Main

Midorikawa, Hikaru
Japanese

Kirisawa, Fuuko

Main

Hiramatsu, Akiko
Japanese

Koganei, Kaoru

Main

Kumai, Motoko
Japanese

Sakoshita, Yanagi

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Masuda, Yuki
Japanese

Ishijima, Domon

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Tobita, Nobuo
Japanese

Kagerou

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Mitsuishi, Kotono
Japanese

Joker

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Madono, Mitsuaki
Japanese

Tsukishiro

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Seki, Tomokazu
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Abe, Noriyuki

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Date, Hayato

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Yoshida, Shunji

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Takayanagi, Shigehito

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"Nanka Shiawase" by the OYSTARS

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	1: "Love is Changing" by Hikaru Nishida (eps 01-32)
	2: "Zutto Kimi ni Soba de" by Yuki Masuda (eps 33-42)

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Nov 29, 2023

Matthappy

Recommended

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What can is say about "Rekka"? the thing is shit and is one of the worst anime ever made but HEEEEELLLLLL... The episode 21 and real anime of "Rekka" is the is good as all FUCK and is the best anime material of all, yes better than "EVANGELION", "HUNTER X HUNTER" (of course), FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST", "JOJO" (of course) and any anime or anime material you could thing. WHY? well that thing... IS SO SATANIC... That is good, yeah, many people knows that "Rekka" is satanic and its episode 21 is not free from being satanic but its satanism makes ...

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Dec 17, 2020

Cyranical

Mixed Feelings

Flame Of Recca is the anime adaptation of the manga with the same name by Nobuyuki Anzai. It is a shounen, martial arts, adventure and superpower anime. It tells the story of Recca Hanabishi a boy that has been sent 400 years into the future after his mother Kagerou used a forbidden technique in order to rescue him from getting wiped along with the Hokage ninja clan. In modern day times Recca has grown up to become a troublemaker promising foes that he will become their loyal ninja if they can beat them at a one on one fight, one day he encounters Sakoshita Yanagi ... a girl with the power of healing in danger at a construction site, he then saves her and then after that Recca's world starts delving into a whole new direction going forward. At it's core Flame Of Recca is a average shounen at best. The story is mediocre and the characters are not well developed and fleshed out enough, but aye that's what you expect from a shounen anyway, since you don't watch Shounen anime or read shounen jump for the story or the characters, you read or watch it for the epic fight scenes, the power-ups and the out of these world supernatural powers that the characters do end up possesing. Flame Of Recca is not all that different despite being made in the 90's it has the generic let's infiltrate the enemies base, and a tournament arc as well for crying out loud, now granted the genre wasn't that big in the 90's except for Yu Yu Hakusho and DBZ, but both of those shows contained those exact same arc concepts that this show follows. These exact same arc formulas have been adapted by Shounen anime to this day, so Flame Of Recca in theory did contribute as one of the OG 90's anime in a sense, so it has that going for it at least. These are some things that I did enjoy from this show tho, the first OP and ED were really good and I listened to them constantly and that is why it sucks that the second ED was ass since the first one was a banger but it is what it is, next up the fight scenes were pretty good tho even tho most of them were won by the classic power of friendship that I must protect my nakama cliche but at least the fight scenes were good enough to entertain me, after that the madogu were actually fairly interesting they each have their own power and drawbacks even tho most of those drawbacks were because of the user plus if you break them they lose their power, but for the most part the madogu felt unique as powers to me since shounen powers tend to be bland and boring or overpowered for no reason whatsoever most times, the madogu are actually fairly weak but are still equally dangerous, to top that off they were interesting as well for me. Finally the characters were decent enough that despite not being relatable or realistic they are still not that bad as characters, if anything I actually fairly enjoyed them on their journey and rooted for them in most cases, that said unfortunately there is no getting around the fact that they are still generic shounen characters made for a generic shounen manga or anime.

Pros:
-Banger OP and ED
-Interesting power known as madogus
-Entertaining
-Fight scenes are decent enough

Cons:
-Mediocre story
-Bland shounen characterization
-Some scenes start up with good animation then get cut or panned out to a different scene in order to not look as bad , but to no avail since it just ends up looking like they ran out of budget for their animation
-Uses generic shounen troupes, cliches and arcs such as power of friendship overcomes everything, and the classic tournament arc
-Is dated in terms of production quality

Overall Flame Of Recca is a generic shounen anime made in the 90's adapted from a shounen jump manga, it utilizes generic characterization, cliches and arcs that the genre has recycled for multiple years now, but it is surprisingly entertaining with its decent fight scenes and it's interesting powers that it introduces. If you're looking for a old school shounen anime to watch then Yu Yu Hakusho or Flame Of Recca might be you're go to watches. I give it a 6/10 for my overall anime rating. With that this has been Cyranical's review of Flame Of Recca, and I'm signing off, btw thanks for reading my review bye everyone Xd.

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Jan 13, 2024

MizuhoKamui

Not Recommended

This show tells the story of a young ninja who wants to be a Hokage. He relies on elemental attacks and ninjutsu. This is probably the kind of story you already know.

But it doesn’t match the benchmark of Naruto. It is not as diverse or complicated. Plus, it's not even finished. The show fails to generate sufficient tension as it lacks seriousness. For instance, the main character belongs to history and is moved to the present-day. This generates a sense of bewilderment.

The show only lasts for 42 episodes. But that is not enough time to care about the characters or the story. The show was ...

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