Fire Force has the potential to be one of the best and most entertaining contemporary shounen if it wasn't for its ever-changing quality in direction and animation. To list a few of those directing issues we have: Awkward panoramic shots with no-face characters that last for five seconds fights with seemingly no correlation between cuts, sound designs that make my ears bleed from the pain that is to hear Shinra's feet explode, among others that I won't detail for spoilers.
Nonetheless, the characters are what maintain the show afloat and what kept me still watching this show. They are all very charismatic, each one of them having specific character traits to make them stand out. Not a single one of them feels out of place and they all have such good chemistry between them that you can mix any characters and have a comedic and/or dramatic scene with no problem.
The story has a pretty basic structure and nothing innovative in that aspect but the execution is what matters and Fire Force does a pretty good job at adapting a story to its specific world and set up. Fire Force has a unique story in that aspect and it never feels forced, boring or uninteresting; it always has you on the edge and wanting to see more of this world and its story.
The designs overall of background and characters are well translated in spite of some colour and lightning choices that sometimes put me off but nothing too distracting. However, as much as this show sometimes made me want to drop the series, there were moments where Fire Force outshone itself in the production design and brought me to hope for the future of this shounen.
Fire Force might be a production mess at times but it has competence enough for it not to be a pain to sit through more like an enjoyable and unique show to watch.
