Introduction
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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Audience reviews
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violetkei
This show is actually really good I do not agree with the MAL score AT ALL. I was in tears for multiple episodes because it feels like real lives are on the line and it captures the anxiety of both the rescuer and the victim so vividly. It makes you feel such palpable relief when they manage to save the victim, and such profound grief for the firefighters who gave everything to save the victim and they still did not make it. It made me appreciate firefighters even more. I also enjoyed the educational aspect of learning about the ins and outs of the firefighter job and how demanding it is.
THIS SHOW IS GOOD. Who cares if there's a lot of recap? Skip it!! The middle is still super enjoyable and the cliffhangers are killer!
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Firefighting in animation has always been a niche topic, and the original Megumi no Daigo manga stood out precisely because it combined credible operational detail with gripping drama. Rescuer in Orange inherits that legacy, and on paper it does with a solid continuation and more grounded, procedure oriented approach. The anime adaption however, feels more like a misfire than a controlled burn.
As a televised anime it functions, but only in the most technical sense. The production comes across as a strained tribute to the manga, bogged down by filler that pads out every episode, direction that feels indecisive, and an alm…
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Super underrated! If you like One Piece, you’re already used to tedious recap. Thank God for skip button on crunchyroll nowadays haha. Minus the recap, this show is highly emotional and encouraging about life.
The story is quite confusing at first because of the time skips and recaps. And they never truly explain the cause of the “2 yrs from now fire event”.
The characters are all intelligent and quick witted which i like. I hate stupid characters but it seems they don’t have a place in this show so im happy.
I just hate the ending though. I demand a second season!
Read at the sourcePubejoy
Firstly, the recap, intro and preview take up a lot of the episode, Yes. Only these days it's really not that difficult to skip it and get straight back into the part you're up to. So no issues there.
The show, is captivating and unique, Fire Rescue is super interesting and whilst the events that take place may be exaggerated for viewer entertainment, It's not hard to imagine many of these rescues or similar taking place somewhere around the world. The traits for these rescuer's highlight their bravery, courage and determination to save people and it was easy to connect with these characters. It focuses mostly on the efforts of the Fuwa Special Rescue Corps and it's two latest recruits; Toake Daigo and Onoda Shun. Their development, whilst it sometimes skips ahead in time, was really good…
Read at the sourceBuchelaruzit
i know this is the kind of seinen most people would find boring, and it's low budget, but as a realism and characters/psychology and drama enjoyer i would gladly watch a second season.
execution can make or break a show, and personally i found the direction very good; even though i'm usually not a fan of action and find it boring, here i was captivated both during the action and the character moments. what pulled me in at the beginning was those character moments, more specifically the realistic way they're written, which is a crucial thing to me. this, plus character drama in general, tense action (rather than fun, over-the-top shounen-like action), and of course the entire concept of firefighting and the very wholesome and humane core of this show are what shine in it.
the visuals are o…
Read at the sourceThePhoenixMaster
In between all of these big shot Shonen anime, this was a breeze of new air. Eventhough this is a sequel of Firefighter Daigo, a sorta well known manga. It feels great. The story is nice and entertaining with the later half being even better. The only problem was the pacing and recaps being good awful long. The story has a Season 2 potential.....
The story follows the same concept as in it's predecessor. But, i don't think there are material in the field of Firefighters as such, overlooking Fire Force and this itself. While Fire Force is bit more into the fantasy side of things Firefighter Daigo follows the story of an irl firefighter, making a unique piece of fiction certainly. The story in it self never felt dragged or boring, but the way it was handled by the production by 6 minute reca…
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Tired of all the fantasies, I was happy to see an anime with realistic workplace theme like this. The show also included non-trivial firefighting and rescue knowledge which I found refreshing. Several stories in the show touched me deeply.
However, the story progressed **extremely** slow: each episode had looong recaps (about 2.5-5 minutes); the same events and shots were often repeat multiple times, and every conversation was accompanied by lengthy pauses (you would rarely see people speak like that in real life!). Therefore, the show had really low information density, and didn't explain the core mystery (despite full 24 episodes!). The content probably won't even fill 12 episodes if paced normally. I would not recommend it to anyone without great patience.
On a side note, the ending…
Read at the sourceSenseiSempai-san
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 assign…
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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 stu…
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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 sto…
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The original Megumi no Daigo anime was a story about firefighters combining action, drama and romance but was quite over the top and cheesy in its approach and rushed and poorly written mostly because of its short runtime. It was more of a promotional material of a long manga than anything else.
This series is not an adaptation of that manga either, but an adaptation of the sequel manga, which came out way later. So, what you have here is the adaptation of a sequel, of a manga finished long ago, and not a sequel of the forgotten and never really popular ova, so if you try to watch it as a sequel to that entry you will be completely lost. The best thing to do is watch this entry and treat the other one as background lore or some shit.
So this series begins with a flash forward where you…
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