Enen no Shouboutai

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English: Fire Force

Synonyms: Fire Brigade of Flames

Japanese: 炎炎ノ消防隊

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Type: Manga

Volumes: Unknown

Chapters: Unknown

Status: Publishing

Published: Sep 23, 2015 to ?

Genres: Action, Sci-Fi, Shounen

Authors: Ookubo, Atsushi (Story & Art)

Serialization: Shounen Magazine (Weekly)

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Still reeling from the childhood trauma of losing his family to a blaze, Shinra Kusakabe endures both the blessing and curse of being a third-generation pyrokinetic: a person gifted with the ability to freely control fire.

Meanwhile, the Infernals—first-generation pyrokinetics who spontaneously combust into flaming, demonic creatures—ravage the streets of Tokyo. After he is recognized for his abilities, Shinra joins Special Fire Force Company 8, one of many fire brigades developed to combat these Infernals.

Although working with the Fire Force seems to have fulfilled a calling, Shinra learns that becoming a hero is not as easy as it seems. Infernal sightings are worsening across the country, and his own fellow brigadiers struggle to unite against these threats. To make matters worse, Shinra's past returns to haunt him after he confronts a mysterious cult. As he endeavors to reach the truth, Shinra soon finds himself in the middle of a conspiracy that aims to engulf the world in flames.

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Enen no Shouboutai has been published in English as Fire Force by Kodansha Comics USA since November 8, 2016, in Italian by Panini Comics under the Planet Manga imprint since May 5, 2017, and in Spanish by Norma Editorial since June 23, 2017.

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Enen no Shouboutai: Ni no Shou, Enen no Shouboutai

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Kusakabe, Shinra

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Iris

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Kotatsu, Tamaki

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Oze, Maki

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Boyle, Arthur

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Oubi, Akitaru

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Hinawa, Takehisa

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Shinmon, Benimaru

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Joker

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Hibana

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Jul 12, 2019

179 of ? chapters read

Overall Rating: 10

RHS100 (All reviews)

149 people found this review helpful

So far this series has been a good ride for me. The chapters flow in perfectly and each chapters are very engaging. The story arcs are very good. The characters are badass. When the arc where they introduced the main villains and the big bad things get explosive. The plot thickens and intensifies They way the characters are drawn when using the abilities is so detailed and I like it. The writer of this manga is also the writer of Soul Eater and there are a lot of Soul Eater refernces going on during each scenes of the chapter of the manga.

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Mar 2, 2018

110 of ? chapters read

Overall Rating: 7

xiliqs (All reviews)

98 people found this review helpful

[Spoiler Warning]

Important stuff before review:

1) If you don't know, the author of this manga is the same of Soul Eater, so expect a similar character design. (I didn't read ou watch Soul Eater so I can't say if they are similar)

Now the Review:

Story - 6

This is the typical bad appellative shounen (in good portuguese: típico shounen ruim apelão). What I mean with this? I mean it is full of all cliches that we are used to read in a shounen:

#Orphan boy - check

#Rivalry between friends since always - check

#Evil brother - check

#Girl that gets naked all the time without explanation - check

#All the hero read more

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Aug 16, 2019

19 of ? chapters read

Overall Rating: 5

Benzaicho (All reviews)

26 people found this review helpful

To be fair I have to say I dropped this pretty early on because I have zero tolerance for certain stuff in anime/manga, but I will try to confer my thoughts as best I can. This is my opinion as someone who doesn't waste time watching Shonen nowadays, just seinen and the exception of a rare Shonen (such as Boku no Hero Academia, the only one I consider out of the box along with Kimetsu no Yaiba). This review also has some spoilers. Just the basic gist of the first arc I got to read.

Story — 6

Up until chapeter it is pretty simple and bland. You have your standard MC who lost their parents in a fire and decides he's going to be a hero. He also has exceptional powers. So he decides to join some op and badass firefighters. Then he finds that there's a bad smell coming from within the firefighter corps and decides to take a look only to find there's some corruption goin on between and within squads. Pretty cliche. It also has a tournament, by the title of one of the chapters. Another cliche from your typical shonen. If you like that then, by all means, go ahead and watch it.

Art — 9

This is extremely upsetting because it has an amazing art and an amazing character design. I loved Joker as a villain, I loved how the characters had something to them that defined them. Obi's soft eyes, for example, are something I loved. This too has something that backfired: FANSERVICE.

The fanservice is almost downright vulgar. I don't want to watch a character groping another. I don't want to see genitals in a shonen that is clearly aimed for young people. It has so many good moments but the fanservice is a little bit TOO much.

Character — 5

A standard shonen cast. The fanservice girl(s), the brooding older woman (basically a Tsunade), the innocent girl, the one who's constantly sexually harassed, and then you have the boys. The MC who's basically Naruto and can (and will) use the infamous "talk no jutsu" to overcome everything that gets in his way, the soft mentor (which is the only thing I like. I love Obi.), The strict teacher, and the MC's rival. I felt I was watching Naruto all over again.

Enjoyment — 6

I spent half of my time reading cringing and trying really hard not to cry out of frustration. This story had such a good potential and the author threw a lot of cliches and a lot of disgusting fanservice just for the sake of capturing his audience. It gets me sad because a lot of shonen stories with nice ideas get dumped because of mangas like this, full of repetitive, overused tropes and pointless fanservice.

The only thing I will say I like is the corruption part.

Overall — 5

I just cannot day anything else that's good. The art is amazing, the story is mediocre and cliche, it has a lot of fanservice and some glimmers of a good story that doesn't really connect that well due to the excessive use of recycled tropes in shonen—like shows.

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May 19, 2017

76 of ? chapters read

Overall Rating: 9

Xheo (All reviews)

50 people found this review helpful

Enen no Shouboutai is a manga that is really capable of engaging the reader just after reading a few chapters. We are following a story where the main character is called a demon... Interesting? Some people would say yes and will be a no for others.

Story-9 Personally I started the manga after reading about its beginning in one of the covers of Fairy Tail and I immediately fell in love with the story, till this day I cannot say I have read something similar and although in some cases I think they handle the story in a quick way, then they end up convincing me read more

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