Megumi no Daigo: Kyuukoku no Orange

In Tokyo Fire Department's Fire Academy, a talented new rookie is excelling in the strict and grueling rescue training. With high proficiency in both physical and mental categories, Daigo Toake is envied by one of his peers, Shun Onoda. Despite feeling a growing sense of rivalry, Shun recognizes that a part of his jealousy stems from his admiration for Daigo, and that they will eventually work together for the same noble goal of rescuing people.

At the same time, Yuki Nakamura is the only woman among the current batch of recruits. She believes that she will not be outclassed in this male-dominated profession. As the fates of the three newbies intertwine, they may soon realize that the intensity of a real disaster is nowhere near what they have experienced in training. Even so, the heroes in orange will always shine brighter than any fire, saving those in need.

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Nakamura, Yuki Main

Sakura, Ayane Japanese

Onoda, Shun Main

Yashiro, Taku Japanese

Toake, Daigo Main

Enoki, Junya Japanese

Asahina, Daigo Supporting

Konishi, Katsuyuki Japanese

Hirako, Kozue Supporting

Natsuyoshi, Yuuko Japanese

Tomoyori, Shinji Supporting

Ootsuka, Takeo Japanese

Tsuruno, Mako Supporting

Hara, Sayuri Japanese

Nidegawa, Junna Supporting

Sasahara, Yuu Japanese

Kittaka, Hiromi Supporting

Amasaki, Kouhei Japanese

Altonen, Toyomu Supporting

Hikasa, Youko Japanese

Nakata, Hiroya Producer

Kurosu, Nobuhiko Producer

Hidaka, Isao Producer

Ishizuka, Subaru Producer

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Apr 5, 2024

SenseiSempai-san

Recommended

This anime is so under rated. Even the rating's score bear some truth to it but please be open about it as it is one of the most best depiction on slice of life action anime in the long run.

Yes, the series been hobbled by the long cap at the start of every episode usually about 5 to 6 minutes long including the OP song. When it gets going the story is good. Plus two recap episodes at episode 12.5 and 17.5 have drive many fans crazy and abandon the series.

The anime is about a trio of firefighters of the Tokyo Fire Department (TFD) - ... Shun, Daigo and Yuki. They all have various reasons to join the firefighter squad. They were selected and trained under Fire Lt. Yamagami to become part of the elite group in the TFD which is the Fire Rescue Squad. They all passed but awaits available assignment to the rescue squad.

We found Shun got posted to the Fuwa Rescue squad after waiting for six months. There he found the captain of the squad is his trainer Yamagami and Daigo as his team mate who was there since passing the training.
Yuki remained a regular firefighter awaiting assignment. Daigo can dislocate his shoulder to mount rescue in one of the episode. Plus Shun outdid himself too. Soon they were noticed by the Fire Deputy Chief Amakasu who is an elite firefighter in his days with his partner Daigo Asahina whose name inspires Daigo Toake of the Fuwa Rescue.

Amakasu recognizes the need for an elite fire rescue squad and formed Fire Company M. One of its earliest members is Yuki. Yuki was a survivor of a tragic hotel fire 10 years prior in which she lost all 4 members of her family. Daigo Toake's dad was the CEO of the hotel and was shown to show fire regulations violations that contributed to the fire. Daigo Asahina rescued Yuki and inspires to become one herself. Shun is in love with Yuki at high school and wants to become a frefighter when he saw Yuki's lock screen is of a firefighter which revealed to be Daigo Asahina. Shun hopes that Yuki will go out with him when he becomes a firefighter.

In the meantime, Toake ended up in hospital when his classmates tried to drown him for bringing dishonor to their school following the hotel fire tragedy that kills 140. His shoulder dislocated the first time then. Daigo Asahina visited him and told him to become a fire rescue and save 140 people to atone his dad's sins. Toake took Daigo name as his as inspiration.

The fire and rescue are realistic. The details are wonderful and don't even mind the narration. Please give this anime a chance and you will not be disappointed.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Mar 24, 2024

EZGGWP

Mixed Feelings

I don't think there are much anime about firefighters, so I decided to give Megumi no Daigo a chance. I wasn't ever really into firefighting (and Megumi no Daigo is not strictly about firefighting, it's actually about rescue), so I wasn't super excited about this anime, I just thought "huh, that sound pretty fun". This also wasn't a very anticipated, hyped-up anime and it still has a very modest number of users on MAL.

I haven't read the manga, nor have I watched the Kajiba no Baka Yarou prequel, so I was going in completely blank. And as with many small-budget anime, this one is a ... mixed bag. The characters are about what you would expect from a firefighting anime - several have fire-related trauma, there's some romance going on, and there are heroic figures with genius abilities. The story is also unremarkable, but there are some commentaries that explain some technical aspects of the job, which is educational and good.

What's not very good is execution. There are a few threads on MAL that discuss recaps. Recaps are not something uncommon, especially for a two-season shows like Megumi no Daigo. But usually it's just one recap in the middle of the season. Here, however, we have A LOT of them. There are episodes, from which you can remove OP and ED, as well as a recap, and you'll get about 10 minutes of new footage. It's quite confusing, because choosing to have 24-ish episodes and then stuffing them with recaps seems wasteful. If you don't have enough story to fill 24 episodes, you can do something akin to what creators of Hikari no Ou did and split the season into two short (9-10 episodes) parts that air in two sequential seasons. Other issue that rectifies the recap thing is uneven pacing. As some other reviewers mentioned, one episode can be filled with on-site action, and the other is just going to be flashbacks with very little story being delivered. On such episodes, I really wanted the episode to just end already.

But, despite these issues, I have positive opinion about this anime. In those rare occurrences, where we actually get to see the story, it was pretty cool. The last episode greatly contributed to my final score for this season, because it felt like we're finally done with all the introductions and what awaits us in the future seasons (if they will ever come to be) seems to be more action-packed and we'll see the whole "M Company" team assemble and kick the fire's ass! If you are searching for a good anime, I believe you could find a better candidate. But if you're searching for with an unusual theme - you might wanna give Megumi no Daigo a shot.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Mar 26, 2024

robert788

Not Recommended

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THE POWER OF FRIENDSHIP (2023)

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Sorry I mean Megumi no Daigo: Kyuukoku no Orange (2023)

This show, honestly, I am so glad it is over. I don't know what people were thinking about commissioning this since there are so many better stories you could do. The show suffers badly from its storyline, lets watch people do a job but make it slightly over the top for entertainment but keep that line. They could have made a show about watching accountants do accounting and suddenly a last-minute client turns up and the music starts. It would be the same vibe as this show.

This is my worst show ... of 2023. It was not needed and it was boring, like literally boring. Also, it did not need a summary episode, I don't care if a show is 12 episodes or 500, a summary is just laziness. I'd rather the studio give people a week off than do a summary, especially this one, it was like propaganda to remind you that you shouldn't watch this.

The animation itself is the only redeeming factor, it looks good, and it is nicely done for 2023/2024. Will it stand the test of time? Absolutely not, This show will be trash in the future, it doesn't have the aesthetic to come back to and certainly not the story.

The sound is okay, doesn't give you the impression of fire fighting or disaster relief but more just basic sounds that don't go through you. This show needed the sound of concrete crumbling to feel like it was coming down beside you but on my surround sound still sounded like it was behind the screen.

The characters are edge lords, they want to be edgy, and they think they are fighting to be the demon lord of edginess. Everything they do is over the top, something you can't do in real life to that extent without serious issues. Is this real? no. Is it trying to be? Yes. The only difference is trying to build in huge issues that are occurring but they just don't land. People get into elite units from day 1, while others get recruited into other units like they are joining MI5 but then sit behind a desk suddenly after they had a traumatic childhood. It just doesn't land, it just doesn't feel like anything but trying too damn hard. They try to show a few different perspectives about coming together because they are friends but also want to sort the issue themselves until they finally realise they need to rely on others, it just hurts to watch. It works in other shows, just not this one.

Overall, I hope this never comes back, I hope it disappears into history. Not all history needs to be remembered. The only thing it had going for it was the current animation level. 2/10. The closing scene is also cringe 500%

Reviewer’s Rating: 2

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	Is this anime good? Does this have a love triangle? Kira_Illusionist - Sep 27	6 replies	by NatsukiCookies »» Oct 5, 1:48 PM
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