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3.78 AVERAGE
3.78 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
fast-paced
Really not too sure what to think about this story.
I think that the main crux of it is commenting on the dangers of blind faith. I think that this is particularly evident when you consider the "god" of the world- Agni- feeding his followers parts of his body. This is directly out of Christianity.
I will have to ruminate more on this. I think that Fujimoto's art was fucking awesome. It was brutal and they did not shy away from any of that, which I appreciate. But, overall, I have very mixed feelings about this story.
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
i honestly have no idea why i decided to finish this out of the manga ive read, but this manga is really bad and its themes are all over the place and it just feels like its going all over the place
you can definably tell that fujimoto improved so much in-between fire punch and chainsaw man, and i mostly read fire punch for the art but god the writing got worse and worse from each volume and it jumped the shark so many times im astonished
anyway im gonna go read some good stuff, i had to clean my palate somehow you know?
you can definably tell that fujimoto improved so much in-between fire punch and chainsaw man, and i mostly read fire punch for the art but god the writing got worse and worse from each volume and it jumped the shark so many times im astonished
anyway im gonna go read some good stuff, i had to clean my palate somehow you know?
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
All edge, no plot.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence
Moderate: Child death, Death
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I can wholly understand the mixed reviews and ratings Fire Punch elicits, and it’s obviously warranted with its overtly mature, crude, and heavy themes. The entire world building and civilisation is an obvious retelling of an era of thousands of years ago, into a now future dystopian era where egalitarianism was foreign and education was unfamiliar, humans were categorised into slavery since birth, and living had expectations of suffering: as the story tells, “user or used.”
This focuses on Agni blessed with the strongest regeneration abilities albeit being born as a ‘used’, and personally I think Fujimoto’s storytelling AND ALSO ART is so so sublime and meticulous, that we see so much of what makes a Agni, Agni in only 83 chapters. A huge metaphor this whole story carries is the art of films and filmmaking, particularly action films, and I initially thought it was really strange at a glance too, but it serves its purpose in the plot and makes occasional returns to cinemas symbolising a place of safety, warmth, and love; a peaceful afterlife. I feel like there were so so many themes in this story that it becomes overwhelming thinking about them all, but it really sticks with you. Acting has also become a part of Agni’s personality, innately lying many times in his life for his Luna’s sake, which happens in the first and the last arcs of the story.. coincidence! Having to act as a God for religion with a mentality of a child, to act tough for Luna’s safety, to act as the enemy to defeat them, and to act as friends to his victims, would absolutely make one so deranged and uncertain of self.
Familial love border-lining (or maybe crossing…?) incest was arguably the most controversial point here, and understandably so, but being a story of tragedy and quite quickly, one where SA is normalcy in its world, i felt it paled comparatively. Love was a crucial motive for Agni, overcoming his incessant need to die for the sake of Luna, with Fujimoto using cleverly annunciated quotes of Luna and Togata telling him, “live,” it’s no surprise that it overrules every other care and emotion he would have had. Jumping from motive to motive to enact his revenges and tolerating the ceaseless burning, to finding hope in a new path of acceptance only to once again regress into his former hateful self. There is a sadness and pity in seeing him in such a state. His former self who accommodated his burning body wanting only to find peace in it all and be free of living in agony, and whence found and free from the fire, continued suffering in the unfamiliarity and void in regularity, understandably so after decades of torture, now having picked up suicide attempts as a pastime and cursing his overwhelming regeneration. His final act in casting aside everyone who took him in to save his “sister,” igniting the flames in his victim’s blessing-inherited children to once again bear the flame he cursed so deeply, to find comfort and strength as Fire Punch one final time.
It ends in an epilogue style manner, a peaceful yet uncertain ending that goes on to show the proliferation of life and warmth on Earth that all of the past had wished to see. Agni now free of his memories and lived his life anew, finding solace in Judah’s tree. I think the ending that explores the rest of Luna’s life as a piece of firewood metaphorically encompasses the constant message of the past world, and also finalises this love story nicely, when the two of them eventually drift into each other after millenias, concluding on their inveterate familiarity in each other with an embrace even after having lost their self and memories to time.
I REALLY enjoyed this story, and although I was expecting a much more tragic ending, this one gives way more closure even if it’s a bit silly.
I also had so many thoughts on this i felt like i just recapped the fuckin story bruh but wow yes meaning if life and justification and god is good but god is bad and its just so fcuking chaotic its great
This focuses on Agni blessed with the strongest regeneration abilities albeit being born as a ‘used’, and personally I think Fujimoto’s storytelling AND ALSO ART is so so sublime and meticulous, that we see so much of what makes a Agni, Agni in only 83 chapters. A huge metaphor this whole story carries is the art of films and filmmaking, particularly action films, and I initially thought it was really strange at a glance too, but it serves its purpose in the plot and makes occasional returns to cinemas symbolising a place of safety, warmth, and love; a peaceful afterlife. I feel like there were so so many themes in this story that it becomes overwhelming thinking about them all, but it really sticks with you. Acting has also become a part of Agni’s personality, innately lying many times in his life for his Luna’s sake, which happens in the first and the last arcs of the story.. coincidence! Having to act as a God for religion with a mentality of a child, to act tough for Luna’s safety, to act as the enemy to defeat them, and to act as friends to his victims, would absolutely make one so deranged and uncertain of self.
Familial love border-lining (or maybe crossing…?) incest was arguably the most controversial point here, and understandably so, but being a story of tragedy and quite quickly, one where SA is normalcy in its world, i felt it paled comparatively. Love was a crucial motive for Agni, overcoming his incessant need to die for the sake of Luna, with Fujimoto using cleverly annunciated quotes of Luna and Togata telling him, “live,” it’s no surprise that it overrules every other care and emotion he would have had. Jumping from motive to motive to enact his revenges and tolerating the ceaseless burning, to finding hope in a new path of acceptance only to once again regress into his former hateful self. There is a sadness and pity in seeing him in such a state. His former self who accommodated his burning body wanting only to find peace in it all and be free of living in agony, and whence found and free from the fire, continued suffering in the unfamiliarity and void in regularity, understandably so after decades of torture, now having picked up suicide attempts as a pastime and cursing his overwhelming regeneration. His final act in casting aside everyone who took him in to save his “sister,” igniting the flames in his victim’s blessing-inherited children to once again bear the flame he cursed so deeply, to find comfort and strength as Fire Punch one final time.
It ends in an epilogue style manner, a peaceful yet uncertain ending that goes on to show the proliferation of life and warmth on Earth that all of the past had wished to see. Agni now free of his memories and lived his life anew, finding solace in Judah’s tree. I think the ending that explores the rest of Luna’s life as a piece of firewood metaphorically encompasses the constant message of the past world, and also finalises this love story nicely, when the two of them eventually drift into each other after millenias, concluding on their inveterate familiarity in each other with an embrace even after having lost their self and memories to time.
I REALLY enjoyed this story, and although I was expecting a much more tragic ending, this one gives way more closure even if it’s a bit silly.
I also had so many thoughts on this i felt like i just recapped the fuckin story bruh but wow yes meaning if life and justification and god is good but god is bad and its just so fcuking chaotic its great
I was worried of where the story was heading but the ending was satisfying to me
Pretty cool ending after all that - not sure it was "satisfying" but this was never a series that cared about satisfying anything or anyone.