FIRE PUNCH炎拳 6

ファイアパンチ [Fire Punch] #6

by Tatsuki Fujimoto, 藤本樹, 林佳祥 (Translator)

在冰之魔女的控制下，
猶妲化身成會吸收所有生物生命力的巨＂樹＂。
「殺了我－－」
已喪失求生動力的艾格尼耳中，
響起了猶妲悲痛的懇求。
艾格尼仍不放棄繼續追尋亡妹露娜的身影。
破壞與再生的盡頭，將迎來什麼樣的結果！？

Genres: Manga, Comics, Horror, Fantasy, Action, Fiction, Dystopia

208 pages, Paperback

First published August 4, 2017

About the author

Tatsuki Fujimoto 藤本タツキ (Fujimoto Tatsuki) is a Japanese manga author, mostly known for Chainsaw Man.

Awards:
- Shōgakukan Manga Award: Shōnen category for Chainsaw Man (2020)
- Harvey Award: best manga for Chainsaw Man (2021-2022)

Chinese language profiles: 藤本樹 and 藤本树.

Reviews

[Keiko the manga enthusiast ♒︎ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Okay, let me take a moment. I'm kinda confused.

[Alexandra Elend Wolf · Rating 4 out of 5]

“I’m not Agni. I’m not the hero. I’m not a god either. Other people have always decided for me who I am. So now, I’m Fire Punch.”

TW: Gore, graphic violence, death, body horror, mentions of sexual abuse, mentions of cannibalism, madness.

This was very disturbing. Which really shouldn't come as a surprise at this point in the series, and it doesn't, but the way that Fujimoto draws certain expressions upped the ante for disturbing.

While at the beginning I did not have a lot of faith in Agni's character development, or in him as a character that could carry the weight of the story alone, he really has come a long way since then and become a very interesting individual to follow.

Moreover, the deconstruction of Agni's character is something that is beyond fascinating to see. We've peeled so many layers only to find that it wasn't the last one and there is still something more there to explore, and that needs to be understood in order to really get a grasp of his motivations and psyche.

The turn it all takes in this volume was so straightforward it was a surprise it went so deep.

Getting to focus mostly on Agni felt like a return to form that grounded the story well, and the breathing room offered complexity in exchange.

“You can’t forget painful memories. So always remember doing this.”

Regardless of the focus of the story, there was still a lot happening, and the ever-changing gears of the plot continue to astound me.

As the plot progresses, the need for a trustworthy narrator increases and the mystery created by so many different, opposite, and contradictory ideas and ideals sharpens and crystalizes. The scope of things, however, remains exuberantly big.

Last, but not least, the beautiful and cinematic panels continue to give the story a powerful air and atmosphere that really sucks you into the story; but the use of black panels is something that I never thought could be so effective. I could stare at their compositions for ages.

“Miracles exist. Like how I’m engulfed in flames and yet somehow still alive. I’d always thought that my own existence was a miracle. But now, at last, this stupid head of mine is starting to understand. There’s no such thing as miracles.”

[The Book Dragon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Agni fights a tree, somehow puts out his fire, and gets his sister(?) back...

Yeah I have no idea what's going on. I'm starting to think this entire thing is just some fever dream. It's the dead of winter; Agni is delirious with a high fever; the series will end with him waking up or dying. I'm calling it now.

This series has 8 volumes.

[Rod Brown · Rating 3 out of 5]

The plot takes another sudden left turn, this time into stupid, and it gets more than a little creepy and pathetic. But there are only two volumes left, so I'm sure more swerves are coming.

[Kristian Dobson · Rating 5 out of 5]

This series has been reinventing itself since the beginning but it keeps on surprising me. This is probably it’s biggest narrative shift yet and I love it. This series has more going on in six volumes than most do in sixty. And that’s a good thing. I also feel like a lot of the reviewers here are missing the point of the series (or at least the point I’m getting so far).
With that said, only two more volumes left. Excited!

[ege · Rating 5 out of 5]

when ur whole crew doesn't know a damn thing

[Matthew · Rating 2 out of 5]

Fire Punch, by volume 6, has descended deep into surrealism, the distinction between reality and hallucination no longer apparent. The author, bored by his own story, time and again destroys what he has built and moves off in a different direction, abandoning narratives before they can come to fruition. It is part deconstruction of storytelling tropes, part existential commentary on religion, philosophy, and meaning, part acid trip.

Unfortunately, it’s all boring. I no longer care about the characters and my only question is wtf is going on? Reminiscent of some of hideo kojima’s stranger turns or any number of pretentious films too clever for their own good.

[Alberto Palomino · Rating 3 out of 5]

Continuamos con nuestra travesía en la vida de Agni. En este volumen ocurre un giro de guion bastante sorprendente con respecto a lo que nos estaba contando el manga hasta ahora. Es complicado hablar de la historia a partir de ahora porque se podría hacer spoiler fácilmente, pero digamos que el tono oscuro se ha suavizado un poco porque la historia ha pegado un rumbo radical. Aunque me huelo a que es la calma antes de la tempestad.

No comentare mucho más, solo me quedan dos volúmenes, y supongo que en el último hare una reseña más extensa sobre la obra en sí.

[R · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'll quote another review
Agni fights a tree, somehow puts out his fire, and gets his sister(?) back...

Did I say the series was random? Understatement.

[Suppi · Rating 4 out of 5]

help! help! help! help!

[Aimé · Rating 3 out of 5]

Todo ha cambiado tan rápido que es que no sé ni qué decir.
Resulta casi imposible predecir qué es lo que va a suceder en este manga, se le puede llamar una virtud.

[elif sinem · Rating 3 out of 5]

Imagine a thought experiment titled "what if the story can't progress because the main character's motivations are too benign so the thrill-seeking author has to switch up and live with the consequences". That's this volume.

[Dannie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Somehow this manages to be even more messed up than the previous chapters. I'm enthralled and can't look away.

[Waldkauzz]

What is going on.

[Luc Retour · Rating 3 out of 5]

Okay, here we go again! Fire Punch, it's like the dumpster fire you can't look away from. The story is so completely insane, my curiosity of the ending is all that has kept me tentatively coming back.

Is this series good? For me, no. However the uncomfortableness and darkness of the story is probably its biggest strength and it's rare to see a series commit so hard to something that makes the series less marketable.

Lastly, to Fujimoto's credit - more has happened in 6 volumes of Fire Punch than in 27 volumes of Komi Can't Communicate and so at least I've been 'entertained.'

[Joshua Jonah · Rating 4 out of 5]

This volume is confusing, only because things happen so quickly. As another user said, it feels like a fever dream and with all the events coming into play like Judah and Luna, this makes for something not easy to follow, I am curious to know the ramifications of these actions and especially the reveal of one of the newer characters being related to someone. I’m wondering what’s next given the final line of this volume.

[Aida · Rating 3 out of 5]

End. 1401/4/24
نمره ۳/۵ یا ۴؟

فقط میتونم بگم، وای!
وای!
وای!
وای!

[Danny™️ · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fire punch is really good

[Jimmyjamjamesjayy · Rating 4 out of 5]

im not ready for the next volume

[Recep · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

[Juul :) · Rating 4 out of 5]

wild

[Marcos · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cuando el pavo que iba en llamas coje a la pava que se parece a su hermana muerta tiene amnesia y la gaslightea para poder tener la vida de hermanos que siempre quiso ah pero genocidar a toda una civilización no sale gratis y ahora no sabe si lo que vive acaso es real.
Bueno el caso es que ha prometido matarse a sí mismo porque ya no es ni Agni, ni el Fire Punch, ni el Protagonista ni na. ¿Qué nos depararán estas magicoaventuras?
(aquí ya observamos como fujimoto tiene alergia a las palabras y como mucho hay bocadillos con más de 5 palabras cada 3 páginas) (es cine no pidan explicaciones)

[Kiki · Rating 4 out of 5]

This volume was engaging and disturbing, something normal for Fire Punch at this point. In this volume, I really think Agni hits rock bottom. I was on edge all the time, just waiting for him to snap, but his resolution on the last chapter was something that I was expecting.
I’m looking forward to the next installment.

[Nelson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some interesting developments, even though they are just slightly different versions of prior plot devices. Still, I can't stop reading.

[Mahdiye HajiHosseini]

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[Sofya · Rating 2 out of 5]

Boring yawning

[DonutKnow · Rating 3 out of 5]

Amidst the violence, there is a lot of self-reflection in this manga that I hadn’t expected 🤔

[Michael Sorbello · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a review of the entire series.

One day, a miracle happened. A new breed of children called gifted ones were born into the world, each with their own bizarre powers. In the distant past, an evil gifted one known as the Ice Witch unleashed a never-ending blizzard upon the world which led to a new ice age and the near-extinction of all life on Earth. Humanity returns to their primal nature, surviving only by cannibalizing, pillaging and enslaving each other.

Agni and Luna are orphaned siblings, gifted ones with the power of regeneration. They can regrow any limb they lose and heal from any injury. Agni's powers are nearly unlimited while Luna requires much more recovery time. Their fellow villagers take advantage of this by repeatedly chopping off their limbs and cooking them over a fire for daily nourishment. They're treated like fuel and life is bleak for the brother and sister, but they find comfort in surviving together.

That all changes when an army of wicked gifted ones raid their village for slaves and resources, only to misinterpret them as maniacal savages who torture and cannibalize their own people. They burn the entire village down along with everyone who lives there. Luna's powers are too weak to fully resist the might of the flames, leaving Agni the only survivor of the massacre. His gift becomes a curse, as the flames that consume his body can only be extinguished upon death, which his unlimited regenerative powers prevent. Unable to die, he becomes a walking inferno that's in constant agony of being devoured by fire. With nothing but pain and hatred consuming him, he turns his fiery rage into a weapon to take revenge on the ones who took his sister away and the Ice Witch that caused the destruction of the world.

Fire Punch is an insanely edgy dystopian thriller with a unique ice age setting. The first volume alone contains torture, cannibalism, incest, extreme child abuse, genocide, slavery and just about every other nightmarish thing you can imagine. Most of the disturbing content is purely for shock value, along with the characters all being very over-the-top twisted. Agni is your typical edgelord antihero, there's a wannabe film maker girl who likes to record real murder and tragedies for her own entertainment, there's cultists who worship fire, constant gore and death all over the place, it's wild and shocking all the way through.

It's the type of series you read just to see how weird, disturbing and shocking it can get. It's definitely not for everyone, only fans of extreme shock horror would probably find any enjoyment from it. The plot and characters are passable, but neither have much depth to them. It's still entertaining for the shock-value alone and the entire second half of the series reaches levels of absurdity that I can't even begin to properly describe. I honestly have no idea what the hell happened because it was so ridiculous, surreal and just barely coherent.

That's Fire Punch in a nutshell. It's edgy and absurd for no reason, but it's so weird, gruesome and over-the-top that it still manages to be entertaining so long as you have a strong stomach and a dark sense of humor.

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[Andrew Sammut · Rating 3 out of 5]

As much as I like how much of a conflicted character Agni is and how exceptionally well-written a character, the story itself leaves much to be desired. In this one Agni faces reality, wishes to die, but then again strives to survive because those he values the most tell him to live prior to dying. There genuinely isn't much to read and the story is told more through pictures rather than words which makes for a lot of guesswork save for the few lines towards the start of each volume where the reader is granted a summary of the story up to the current point. Doma and his family members are all gone, the rebels are destroyed by Agni, a character who looks way too much like Luna but apparently isn't shows up, and there is a tree that is sucking the life out of everything around the globe. those aboard Artemis II would have absolutely nothing to worry about but then again they would not form part of this narrative either. Agni would do everything to protect his sister and it's depressing how much the denial seems to extend as far as her demise is concerned (first thing to happen in volume 1 btw so not a spoiler haha).

I still don't quite understand what the Ice Witch is after or who Judah actually is but I can appreciate how much of a bad rep rape is given in this series especially considering the misogyny and objectification of women (and people in general). There are a few moments during this volume where Agni is not in pain, isn't on fire, and can't regenerate to the point where bullets would have killed him if a group of people hadn't saved him & his sister from the horrible state of the world. Agni's wish to die, alongside his persistence in life, makes for a memorable character although the action sequences are generic and nothing mind-blowing truly stemmed from this volume in particular although it is rather confusing due to how few words are used and how obscure some panels are. I did read this in one sitting and still plan on completing the series btw but I am a tad disappointed and hope that the conclusion to this series lives up to my expectations which is very ironic considering how living is definitely not at the centre of Fujimoto's series. To be completely transparent though, I found Chainsaw Man to be quite mid too so this was perhaps to be expected.

[Melissa · Rating 3 out of 5]

“Which is the real me again?”

I take back what I said in a previous review. NOW I have no idea what is happening. I am so confused, to the point where I don’t even know where to begin.

As another reviewer so eloquently put it, Agni fights a tree and gets back his sister(?). Then they meet up with another group that hates men, but they make an exception for Agni after he helps them. Things happen and now Agni has promised to kill “Fire Punch.”

For the first half of this volume, I honestly thought Agni was having another dying dream. I was waiting for him to snap out of it, but the story kept going, so I think this is actually reality. The plot has taken such a detour that it’s almost a completely different story.

Despite my confusion, I am enjoying Fujimoto refocusing on Agni. He is not doing well and doesn’t appear to be improving, even though the danger of the Ice Witch is gone for now. I really liked the end of the volume, where he finally realizes how he’s being used by everyone around him. And now he’s just…no one. But now that Agni has had this revelation, will he be able to move past it? Will he be able to kill Fire Punch?