mmmkitt's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Animal cruelty
bookishcryptid's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
4.25
Graphic: Gore, Death of parent, Death, Body horror, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Child death, Incest, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Rape, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Pedophilia
bvbs's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Gore, War, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury
mkc_0423's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault
Minor: Child death, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury
brenticus's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
That is the first chapter and it gets worse from there. Fire Punch is weird.
The whole volume proceeds like the fever dream of a man literally too angry to die repeatedly having his PTSD shoved in his face. It jumps around, showing the brutality of the world, the innocence and depravity of its inhabitants, and the injustice rampant in every aspect of civilization. We see early on that the flames Agni carries with him can burn anything to dust, and as time goes on I only see more things that he needs to burn.
This isn't a shonen where you see a person grow to face greater challenges; Agni is the challenge, and you wonder whether there is anything in the world you would want to stop him.
Graphic: Abandonment, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Slavery, Violence, and Torture
Moderate: Pedophilia, Rape, and Incest
dya515's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.75
Graphic: Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Incest, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Cursing, and Murder
Minor: Body horror and Fire/Fire injury
ally_p's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Reading Fujimoto’s first work, it’s so obvious that he has improved so much from the time he wrote fire punch to the time he wrote csm. Certain things definitely carry over as he has an extremely distinct writing style (ie the darker themes, philosophical musings, incredibly flawed yet fascinating characters, and overall chaos of the setting/plot), and these things were all parts of fire punch that I thoroughly enjoyed. I do think the one area that has the most marked improvement between series 1 and series 2 is that fujimoto has improved in leaps and bounds in his ability to write memorable, lovable characters. While the characters of fire punch were fascinating in terms of seeing which decision they would make or how they would respond to their (incredibly brutal) situation, i also found some of them somewhat hard to connect with on an emotional level, and the sheer number of characters also made it difficult to keep track of/fall in love with the characters on the page. Although the character writing in this series wasn’t bad in any sense— in fact, far from it— it’s obvious that between this first series and the next Fujimori has really learned how to make the reader truly care about his characters.
Graphic: Body horror, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, and Violence
Moderate: Sexual assault, Incest, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Rape, and Self harm
Minor: Outing
mindhoneys's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
0.5
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Violence, and War