Audience reviews
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4ndual
Do not watch this. This is not Soul Eater. This is not good. The characters lack personality and feel like cardboard cutouts rather than real people. The plot moves far too quickly, skipping over world-building and character development in favor of flashy battles and forced drama. Relationships between characters are pushed by the script rather than earned—nothing feels natural or believable.
The animation is... good, I guess? At least visually, it has some cool moments. The art style is stylish and does resemble Soul Eater, but that's about where the similarity ends.
The story is generic shounen fare with an edgy coat of paint. It's not unique, and when it's not predictable, it's just confusing. The show tries to be deep or emotional, but it lacks the groundwork to make any of it land.…
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Brief overview: Not worth watching, unless you like fighting anime
This review will be based on seasons 1 and 2 as both seasons are pretty much the same at the time of 31/08/2024
Introduction
Set in a world where at all times there will be cases where a normal human being will be infected with a flame virus that causes them to turn into monsters. A military force that mainly consists of fire force users is established to eliminate the threat of the monsters.
Characters 3/10
So the character here is more like what the fuck because look, ok you have this priest girl that basically does nothing, but pray to the enemy for forgiveness. The problem is, what does the praying benefit do in the midst of the battle? It literally does nothing, and she is there for nothing. The character is also so…
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the story was average at best but the fan service was unbearable and incredibly distracting. just go watch hentai at this point. a promising anime ruined completely by boobs jiggling in your face in every shot possible 😑
the story was predictable nothing new honestly
art style was really pretty but wasted the animators potential on stupid shit all the time
this might as well have been a 5 minute music video or something. the editing community will have a good time doing epic AMVs to imagine dragons but the actual anime is not worth watching just watch the AMVs or a few edits of the fights and thats all you need cuz there isn't much else worth watching for
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Fire Force is the most criminally underrated anime in existence.
If someone said it was an 8 or a 9, I could understand. But this show being this low rated and nearly every written review being under 5 and talking about hating the show makes absolutely no sense.
This show at the very, very minimum has amazing action sequences, so if you somehow hated everything else about it, you could at least say it looked pretty and had cool fights. But no, this seems to be a very divisive show, with a very loud hate base.
As a fan of both shounen and story driven anime, and having a friend group that are fans of both as well, we all share the opinion that Fire Force is amazing and underrated to bits.
My/Our Review:
Fire Force is a beautifully animated shounen that has a unique world, entertaining…
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I thought this anime had potential.
But while the story and world building was quite original, the characters just lacked personality and the fanservice was just excruciatingly bad and sexist.
But I'll be starting with some positive vibes here:
The first intro was great. I loved the song so much, it even ended up in my Spotify playlist. There are much better shows with much worse intros out there. (But I'd rather give the budget to those)
Also the whole concept of fire fighters and spontaneous combustions was a refreshingly new take on action anime.
The aesthetics were great too, with lovely backgrounds and detailed designs of the buildings and surroundings.
The puffy firefighter outfits with the light blue stripes that shone in the dark (and contrast the red flames) were genius.
And w…
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*contains minor spoilers*
I wasn't expecting much when I started Fire Force. I'd already heard about the excessive fanservice, so I knew this wasn't going to be a high quality show, but somehow Fire Force reached lower than my already low expectations.
First off, the pacing was atrocious. The first four or so episodes were jam packed and nonsensical, so much happened over the season that I barely remember. We're introduced to all the main characters, except for the fanservice girl, in just the first few episodes. The world is barely established before we're thrust right into a tournament arc that lasted maybe two episodes. During those episodes we're also introduced to a villain, given a bit of the Shinra's backstory, and we're told that the Fire Force may not have good intentions. It's…
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Fire Force was my most anticipated anime of 2019. As a person who loves Soul Eater, I was looking forward to seeing another of Atsushi' works animated in its beautiful and charming glory. I really wanted to love Fire Force just how I loved Soul Eater.
I genuinely don't know what happened to Atsushi between the years 2013 and 2015 because I felt like degraded as a writer and a comedian between the 2-year gap of Soul Eater and Fire Force and it really shows from his character handling especially with the females, story structure, pacing and writing.
The biggest problem you will notice right out the gate is the pacing. The Fire Force has absolutely no idea of what pacing is since everything from start to finish was either rushed or dragged out. The show moves at an inconsistent pace meaning…
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I see way too many negative reviews for this show and not enough completed reviews that I strongly agree with, so here goes.
Fire Force is an awesome show that captures the cool action, fun characters, and powerful emotions I look for in anime.
I was skeptical of this show due to its mixed reviews, but I’m pleased to say it was fun and exciting show from the start. In just the first episode this show had me on the edge of my seat. Many of the following episodes would proceed to push me even further to hop off my seat onto my feat. Does this normally happen with me when watching anime? Very rarely. That is a testament to just how hype this show is.
The stakes are high, as are the emotions at many times. Fire Force establishes a world where some unfortunate humans turn into infernals, d…
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This anime is ok.
The concept is interesting, but everything is based on fire in this world, even though this element has destroyed the world all the fire is a basic element in this anime.
People's abilities come from fire, but where does God have them from? Nothing is explained about this.
I can resemble this anime with BNHA, but instead of quirk we have fire, but I saw something strange in the last episode as someone had electricity powers an element that is not related to fire and I have a question, where the logic disappeared in this anime?
The animation is extraordinary, the music is good, but you still have to work on the story and the characters.
Hibana, for example, is a poorly written guy because he was initially the enemy of Brigade 8, but Shinra comes and punches him and falls i…
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This is my first review that I've ever taken the time to write on Myanimelist. I am doing this because the ammount of people that are misunderstanding the directors approach to the show is just absolutley mind blowing. This is one of the most original shounens to come out in quite a long time.
Just to cut to the chase, I am seeing tons of people complaing about how the show is directed. How the camera jump cuts at weird times. So I'm guessing no body has ever watched a Shaft show in their life? The Director, Yuki Yase, has worked on a ton of Studio Shaft shows, and it definitley shows in Fire Force. Just because something is different, doesnt mean its bad. It's an artisitc choice, and I for one am happy to see a nice artistic change in the way this Shounen story is told. I'm getting the…
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Enen no Shouboutai, or in Fire Force in English, is quite possibly one of my favorite anime of this year. Let me explain why.
Story: 8/10
The story has a well-written, properly-conceived plot. It's easy to understand and you are pulled into the progression of the story as the anime continues. The focus of the story is also very unique: there aren't many anime or manga about firefighters. And the world-building that the anime does is excellent, and the subtleness of hints regarding the secrets of the world only bring the audience to want to learn more about the world. The pacing of the revelations is also excellent.
Art: 8/10
To be expected from David Productions and Atsushi Okubo. DP has given us classics like JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and Okubo is the creator of the fantastic Soul Eate…
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If you're just reading this to decide if the show is worth your time or not, let me start by putting it into a single sentence for you. Fire Force is my personal favorite anime of the year, watch it.
This show has pros and cons, but I'll be breaking this down into a few categories to make it a bit cleaner.
First, the story:
A classic shounen storyline, with simple enough character arcs, easy to follow power scaling, and minimal depth. The positive here is that it's widely accessible, but the negatives are clear too in that you won't find any deep philosophical arguments being made here. Not everyone is looking for a deep dive into a psychologically complex argument every time they watch a show, I personally love those kinds of shows and they have a place for sure, but this show isn't…
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the fan service is abysmal, i could go on and on about it but just know don't take this show seriously because there's fan service mid fights just to try to break immersion because the show itself doesn't even want you to take it seriously, the story is mediocre at best, animation gets lazy a lot of time ( which i don't blame them because fire is usually hard to animate so every other scene they probably cut budget if its not a fight), most characters are boring and lame which makes it not very fun to watch, fights are mostly very short/not that great to watch
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Let me take you back to 2003. Atsushi Ookubo, creator of Fire Force, is making waves with Soul Eater, a manga that would go on for 10 successful years - sparking an anime adaptation and a spin-off series.
Soul Eater was a stand-out shounen that excelled in not only having a fascinating universe, but also characters that were compelling by having...well, personalities. And while Soul Eater did have characters with wacky quirks - most notably Death the Kid's OCD, used as the butt of many jokes - they weren't the epicenter of every character's existence.
2 years after Soul Eater, Ookubo started Fire Force. And in almost every way, it feels like he has de-evolved as a storyteller. Characters in Fire Force are defined by singular traits, and you're bashed over the head with them constantly. F…
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Anime’s had a lot of ups and downs over the course of 2019, but I don’t think this year will ever give us a better reason to say “careful what you wish for” than Fire Force. Another story from the author that brought us Soul Eater, brought to life by the talented folks at David Production? With a healthy glug of Blue Exorcist thrown in for good measure? You could practically hear me salivating at the thought when it was first announced. But then it actually started airing, and within three episodes, I realized I’d just wished upon a monkey’s paw. Fire Force is a goddamn catastrophe, one of the worst shows I’ve had the misfortune to suffer through this year. And it’s a catastrophe precisely because of all the reasons it seemed so exciting at first glance. It’s a mangled, twisted effort comp…
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Another new shonen has ended its first run thus making it's mark on the genre. Talk about a flashy finish with Shinra vs Sho being absolutely stunning to see animated. David Production I applaud them for how this show has looked. No matter what you say about the story you cannot in any way discount the art and animation. Every one of the many fights had your jaw on the floor with the fluidity and dynamism being put on display. A feast for the eyes if nothing else, and I'd say there's a good deal else.
The characters I think made the show a lot of fun even when it was middling in the story. I know many people didn't like the whole situation with Tamaki especially when Rekka came around in like episodes seven through ten. Personally didn't find it awful or worse than the fan service in ma…
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My biggest pet peeve when it comes to anime has got to be when the story could be killer, but the lack of consistency just ruins it. Unfortunately, Fire Force is in that category.
There was *so* much wrong with this series. The plot felt like it didn't know where it was going. You'd have something minor happen that had a lot of emphasis put on it, but then something important would happen in the blink of an eye. Certain characters were introduced through a poorly written backstory, and others were given three or four episodes to fully join the cast. There was an element of "talk no jutsu" in this series that totally flopped as well. Back to characters for a second, many of them had character traits that just got plain annoying after a while. That coupled with the fact that the story wasn…
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Fire Force offers one of the more original takes on Shonen, instead of being about a kid out to get stronger or take on the world, we get a story about a world in which humans live in constant fear of suddenly exploding and turning into flame monsters.
As someone who has been following the manga since the start, I was quite excited for this adaptation and was not disappointed at all. The source material was perfectly adapted and pacing was never an issue throughout. Characters and the world are properly developed and after the series gets going, you really do become attached to the main cast and genuinely become invested in their individual stories.
The fight scenes are the main selling point of any battle shonen and they’re done extremely well in this series. Gorgeous animation and am…
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Fire force is a story about people with fiery hearts fighting fire with fire. Set in a world where people spontaneously combust and turn into mindless burning zombies the Fire Force is responsible for controlling the damage caused by these “infernos”. Many people in this world are bestowed upon by Solomon the ability to control fire. After watching the first two episodes I really thought I would be able to enjoy this, but shortly afterwards the enjoyment I found in the bombastic nature of the first two episodes was burnt and tossed into oblivion.
This is probably the worst directed and worst framed show to come out this year. Riddled with sudden cuts, weird framing, stupid fanservice and soulless jokes and characters every bit of potential that the show held was thrown into the nether. Pl…
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Many people say Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is the hottest new show of 2019 and it’s no understatement. Then, there’s this show called Fire Force where reports told that it had only sold 107 blu-ray disks in Japan. On the other hand, Demon Slayer sold more than 11k copies in its first week. What went wrong?
First of all, I don’t want to actually compare the two shows because they are actually not very similar. Both shows deals with supernatural entities to survive in their world and that’s where the similarity ends. But why did Fire Force suffer so much from popularity? Judging by the show on its own, Fire Force actually has a unique premise, one that deals with death by fire. It’s one of the most fearful ways mankind can die since the dawn of time. The thought of being burnt alive is…
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