Fire Force, Vol. 22

炎炎ノ消防隊 [Enen no Shouboutai] #22

by Atsushi Ohkubo

Arthur has spent many years training as the Knight King, and now he has finally found a worthy opponent: a man who calls himself Dragon, who is just as formidable as his fire-breathing namesake. Meanwhile, Shinra fights a desperate battle against Captain Burns to stop him from turning Captain Obi into an Infernal!

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Fiction, Shonen, Graphic Novels, Science Fiction, Supernatural

194 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 17, 2020

About the author

OHKUBO Atsushi

Atsushi Ōkubo ( 大久保篤), also romanized as Atsushi Ohkubo, is a Japanese manga author and fantasy artist known for his work on the manga series Soul Eater, which has been adapted into an anime. Okubo worked as an assistant under Rando Ayamine, on the manga series Get Backers. He also created artwork for various cards for the Lord of Vermillion game.

Atsushi Ōkubo was not a model student and was more attracted to drawing than to learning. At the age of 20, after finishing studies at a manga school where he met Rando Ayamine, the author of Get Backers, he became Rando Ayamine's assistant for two years. Finally, he won a competition at Square Enix's Gangan magazine with his first manga series B.Ichi and it was published for four volumes. After the end of his last manga, he created Soul Eater, still for Square Enix's Gangan magazine, which brought him worldwide success.

Reviews

[Gabriel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Más ha gustado mucho este tomo. Quizás medio se pasa de sobreexponer varias veces la cosmovisión de este señor Burns pero la batalla entre él y Shinra muy buena.

En el otro costado, mención especial a los músculos de Obi, que esta vez se lucieron en una escena bastante divertida.

Y Arthur tiene que ser uno de los personajes más fáciles de querer.

[Sara · Rating 5 out of 5]

بالاخره پنج دادم بهش
گذشته برنس هم چندتا جمله جالب داشت
و مبارزه برنس و شینرا!!🤯🤯🤯
خیلی یاد مبارزه گیلدارتز و ناتسو انداختتم.

نمیدونم انیمیت شده یا نه ولی باید برم چک کنم
اگه انیمیت شده باشه خیلی قشنگ خواهد بود.

[Ian Morando · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hace como tres tomos que empezó a dibujar casi siempre los fondos, antes había muchos paneles en blanco y era una lastima porque la ambientación steampunk que tiene me encanta.
Mucha comedia, me cagué de risa con Arthur like always y también con cómo se libra el capitán Obi del bicho para evitar convertirse en un infernal.
Muy buenas las coreografías de pelea, sobre todo en el Shinra vs. Burns. Me sirve banda el concepto de doppelganger y cómo lo incluyen en la obra.
No me gustó lo repetitivo que fue Burns, se entiende su personalidad y por qué eligió este camino para su vida, no hace falta explicarlo tantas veces. Se terminó convirtiendo en un personaje bastante bobo, y que Shinra le de cabida no me cerró.

[Mert · Rating 5 out of 5]

5/5 Stars (%86/100)

It was a great volume in general. I said it before but Arthur's whole imagination thing is super smart and I've never heard or seen it before. Though he is mostly weak because of his imagination (by weak I mean weaker because he is still super strong) but it also means his power has unlimited potential. As a Knight, he faces his biggest enemy: Dragon. This volume is full of action and cool fights. I also really like the 8th being outlaws and fighting like vigilantes.

[Olive rigsby · Rating 5 out of 5]

scratching my nails against a chalkboard to get everyone to understand how much i love this series. the art alone is just absolutely incredible, every panel could be a framed piece. the character design is on its own level. the dragon is one of the most unique monster designs i’ve seen in so long. we are truly blessed to be living at the same time as Atsushi Ohkubo.

[vagnus · Rating 4 out of 5]

un bordello oh si

[a · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the best fights

[Yoshiro · Rating 5 out of 5]

POPKulturowy Kociołek:
Dwudziesta druga odsłona serii to kontynuacja wątków napoczętych w poprzednich rozdziałach, z ogromnym naciskiem na walkę (która rozlewa się na cały tomik). Shinra konfrontuje się z kapitanem Barnsem, aby uratować kapitana Ôbi. W tym samym czasie pozostała ekipa ósemki również musi zaprezentować przeciwnikowi swoje ogniste zdolności. Dotyczy to zwłaszcza Arthura, który jak na rycerza przystało, staje w szranki z potężnym „smokiem”.

Te dwie walki szczelnie wypełniają tomik, nie pozostawiając czytelnikowi nawet momentu na wytchnienie. Z każdego kadru mangi wylewa się tu ogień i adrenalina. Autor kolejny raz udowadnia więc, że jest mistrzem w kreśleniu widowiskowych i angażujących walk, których wynik nie jest pewien do samego końca.

Nie zapomina on przy tym odpowiednio zaprezentować samych bohaterów. W przypadku Barnsa poznajemy pewne wydarzenia z jego przeszłości, które pozwalają trochę lepiej zrozumieć jego motywacje, łącząc to wszystko z wątkiem religijnym. Shinra z kolei ma tu chwile słabości włącznie z kwestionowaniem swojego dotychczasowego celu i samego siebie. Tylko przełamując własne wewnętrzne ograniczenia, będzie on wstanie pokonać wroga. Swoje pięć minut ma również Arthur, który na przestrzeni historii mocno ewoluował, nadal będąc jednak wierny postawionym sobie zasadom....

https://popkulturowykociolek.pl/fire-...

[Connie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read an ebook of this.

Picking up where volume 21 left off, this follow begins with more on the bombshell revelation in the previous volume that Captain Burns is working solely with the Evangelists now. The White Cloaks have him in their hooks and Shinra finds himself face-to-face with the man he once considered a father figure. Captain Burn's unwavering service to God is his justification for his defection of sorts. He has seen Adolla and has seen where his prayers go. We get a look into Burn's past with the Joker in this volume also, a mysterious character we still don't know a lot about. Meanwhile, Obi fends off multiple bugs attacking him to make him into an Infernal while the rest of Company 8 face against the Dragon. Arthur fights valiantly and does what he can to bring down his eternal nemesis as a Knight. Company 5 Captain Hibana also discovers more information on the Doppelgangers which may hold the secret to the infernal bugs too.

This series was one I felt was lulling a bit, the story in the previous volumes has been good but it was definitely falling victim to the "filler chapter" issue I've found with a lot of manga. However, as we move further into the mysteries of the Holy Sol Empire being uncovered by Company 8 and hopefully closer to a Sho and Shinra reconciliation, it is beginning to pick back up again. I look forward to the next volume!

[Timothy Pitkin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Burns vs Shinra was really good especially once he started forming Adolla links with his brother in the distance which I hope means something but it was really touching showing everyone Shinra's determination to become a hero. We also learn a lot more about Burns like learning that his name Leonard is not his real name but one given to him when he became a priest and it also shows why he is so determined to serve the Holy Sol even if it means destroying the world. We also get some more mystery about Hibana and Lisa's past. Arthur vs the Dragon was pretty cool but just wished it has more to it then just Arthur banging on the Dragon while the Dragon just stood their.

[Jennifer]

I may need to reread, as the story has become pretty complex. TBH, it’s not the type of manga I prefer, as I dislike it when the villains keep leveling up to impossible heights, forcing the protagonists to level up impossibly higher (usually after getting their butts handed to them when they’re theoretically injured). Arthur and Obi made me laugh (the flexing killed me 🤣).

I’m tired of the psycho cult with the guardians and their pillars, but I’ll probably read more after a break.

[KathleenB · Rating 4 out of 5]

Both entertaining and a little ridiculous with several simultaneous fights and a few hints.

[ReadingFrog · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars.

[Kai · Rating 2 out of 5]

Stop with the stupid gags in the middle of the battles.

[Bell Potter · Rating 2 out of 5]

(Aviso: lectura hecha en ejemplar en español, publicado en México. La presente nota se modificará cuando se dé de alta en GR la edición correspondiente).

[Djendon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Man it’s starting to heat up.

[Phantom_Redux · Rating 4 out of 5]

Two major battles. Stakes are getting higher and higher.

[S. Alberto ⁻⁷ (semi-active, always yearning) · Rating 3 out of 5]

2 MASSIVE Ls TAKEN OMG !?

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 stars LFGGGG

[Karissa Blum · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5/5. Unsure about if I'm sad or not...

[Blake the Book Eater · Rating 4 out of 5]

Arthur fights a Dragon!! And the connections to Soul Eater are starting to pop up and I am LOVING IT!!

[Krystal Caloia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Did Iris just.....save them?....

[Catherine · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Burns fight was dumb.

I think I spoiled myself because I remembered NOTHING of doppelgängers and decided to wikia it.

Ummm is sister iris a pillar?!

[Siegfried · Rating 5 out of 5]

The fight with Burns really hit me.
Such a great character and an absolutely tragic death.
Also, Moonlight Mask by the end was amazingly funny

[ash · Rating 4 out of 5]

idk how into the doppelgänger plot i am but so far they’ve always turned it around so i have faith… ironic with the way faith is questioned in this volume

[Logan Kinch · Rating 5 out of 5]

Shinra’s fight against Burns was incredible. The way religion is written in this story is amazing.

[sierra · Rating 4 out of 5]

there’s so much happening i-

[Rodri · Rating 3 out of 5]

3/5: lmao

[Cristhian · Rating 4 out of 5]

Arthur, wth.

[N.E.C.C. · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of the best volumes so far.

This series does fight scenes very well and this volume is full of them. I'm also loving the doppelganger storyline, it intrigues me a lot.

As for characters, Arthur is probably on the top for me but i hate the whole "image = power" for him, i'm really not a fan of the whole thing. I hate the fact that if he sees himself as a great knight or is up against a powerfull enemy, he's super strong but if his image diminishes, he's super weak. But for some reason (maybe because of he's lighsaber) he's one of my favourites :D.