This is meant to be a fairly popular anime but I really don't see the appeal of it.Granted I have only watched an episode and a half but I have a fair idea of its premise. I have also browsed the wiki.
-It is just another fighting shonen that contains superpowers and fights that we have all seen before.
-Lack of a unique or complex power system like hxh. Originally the series seemed to have powers only based on fire but Arthur Boyle can generate lightning (and other characters have superpowers that are non fire related such as healing).
-Protagonist is cliche especially with his backstory.
-Lack of an interesting world with it just being fire worshiping version of Tokyo.
-Premise makes little sense since the characters are trying to get rid of fire and fire monsters (infernals) with more fire.
All in all, I really don't understand the appeal it has and why it's so popular so I thought it would be nice to hear some different perspectives.
I would love to provide another perspective but the problem is the show is gutter trash so I won't be able to oblige
Blake Edwards
Everyone I know who picked up Fire Force has dropped it. I don't think its as popular as Kimetsu or Dr. Stone.
Lincoln Stewart
You don't have to know. You could have just stopped after it failed to catch your interest. It's not like it'll suddenly be fun for you if somebody makes a compelling argument.
Jaxon Bailey
Is it even popular to begin with?
David Myers
My work foreman and I were talking Anime and he mentioned Fire Force and he literally said it was such a "tell don't show" type of anime with backstory and such, which seems to be so fucking grating.
I think people love it a bit, I know it came outta nowhere, now is all over.
A play on the modern struggle of girls to maintain their decency at odds with their natural desire for sexual satisfaction. The cultural need for career and status in juxtaposition to biological imperative. Nyan.
Carter Powell
All shonen is super power fights. Power system seems to be generation based but idk yet since it's only a few eps in. protag is cliche: shonen. I do enjoy his smile and personality. Humans have the power of fire but for some reason some of them are combusting. Sounds like a good mystery to me. Using the basis of fire is a hand fire is flawed. Maybe it's heat? Since that guy can produce ice and some can heal in ways?
Caleb Kelly
No I meant how the fuck did she lose her clothing, did she just trip the fuck out of it?
Adam Walker
Yes that's exactly what happened.
Mason Taylor
Also so like, shes wearing only a bikini under all that fire fighting gear???
What the FUCK is this fucking manga man. At least burn the clothing off for your fan service..
Isaiah Parker
I wanted fire ghostbusters, but that hope died fast.
Connor Rogers
Fire Emblem + Shining Force
Julian Adams
Essentially it comes down to this 1st Generation: Infernals 2nd Generation: People who can manipulate flames, but can't start them 3rd Generation: People who can generate flames 4th Generation: People who have awakened their Adolla Link and with the Preacher's blessing, are able to perform phenomena that defies physics such as faster then light speed travel and time stop
Samuel Rogers
>Lack of a unique or complex power system like hxh. Originally the series seemed to have powers only based on fire but Arthur Boyle can generate lightning (and other characters have superpowers that are non fire related such as healing). The powers are always going to be the least interesting part of a story, so the less time devoted to figuring out an unnecessarily complex system the better. >Premise makes little sense since the characters are trying to get rid of fire and fire monsters (infernals) with more fire. They aren’t putting out the fires. They are simply killing monsters.
Jose Garcia
Don't question it.
Colton Edwards
The manga calls it Lucky Lewd Syndrome. I'm not even kidding
Samuel Sanders
>how is shounenshit popular gee I wonder
Samuel Martinez
I don't understand why it's popular either. I read the manga for a while, but dropped it.
Lincoln Reed
She us literally cursed to have this happen to her
Asher Price
this
Juan Reyes
>hxh Kill yourself
Jayden Jackson
This show is better than Kimetsu that's for sure
Michael James
Really unfortunate for David Pro that this had to air the same time as the Kyoani arson - definitely seemed to have put a damper on things
Dominic Brooks
>Lack of a unique or complex power system like hxh. Stopped reading there
Brayden Lopez
I like simple straightforward shonen and it delivers on that. It's not setting my world on fire, but I'm watching it every week and reading ahead in the manga. I think the anime actually improves on the source quite a bit actually, even if it skips some stuff sometimes -- last episode's scenes with Rekka beating Tamaki were a hell of a lot more impactful. I'm looking forward to next episode's fight, it had some very nice choreography.
Eli Butler
Not really, Fire Force is still AOTS despite kyoanal burning down.
Bentley Cooper
I wanted to be like early Bleach.
Brandon Johnson
The setting is kind of interesting. But the main cast is jobbers
Ayden Cox
>fire force >aots Thanks for making me laugh user, I needed that.
Michael Butler
I like the captain, i have a soft spot for non powered characters.
David Perry
at least she doesn't punch the guys that grope her by accident and makes them fly a hundred miles, that shit was never funny but japs do it all time and it's one of the main reasons why Sakura is the most hated Naruto character.
Noah Cook
Too bad he doesn't do anything. The cast feels very wasted after the early arcs. The anime is still at the part where they're unironically useful
Levi Cooper
you mean after Netherworld
Jayden Reed
MC is bland as hell, his only distinguishable character trait is smiling awkwardly but the blonde faggot bragging about muh chivarly is even worse
Who the fuck cares about MCs? Why you paying so much attention to boys? You gay, fag?
Lucas Edwards
this might be an alien concept for you but I actually watch anime to see badass male characters doing badass stuff instead of just jerking off to the chicks
Ryder Flores
You literally have to be 18 or older to use Yea Forums
Justin Allen
>4th generation This is a joke right? Good Lord thank God I drop that shit
Jason King
>implying people on mid puberty aren't more like to get enjoyment out of fanservice
Cameron Sanders
They're not because people your age still think girls have cooties
Dominic Nelson
They're only able to do it when they're linked tothe nether or something. Not sure why this is coming as a surprise to people when the entire series is spent talking about literal Gods and Devils
Dominic Cox
I read the mango and dropped it due to the dumb humor. I remember dropping it on the chapter when one of the character was being his shit pushed in because he forgot what his dominant hand was.
Henry Sanchez
I'm wondering where OP is seeing that this is "really popular"? People were talking about it largely because of the great animation but it only gets a thread for new episodes now. It got the usual new anime flair but the story is not very interesting, literally nobody cared about it until this anime aired.
Jace Sullivan
That's honestly why I keep watching the series. So rare to see a dumb character in shonen be actually, debilitatingly stupid.
Grayson Cruz
I wish most animefags were still like this, hate all these pedos and trannys that flooded the fan base.
Cooper Nelson
Virgin
Ryan Jenkins
It's by the same soiboi that created Soul Eater, so a few retards will flock to his latest creation like a bunch of flies to shit. It's expected.
Isaiah Wood
It's popular because it's shonenshit.
Noah Reyes
>Granted I have only watched an episode and a half but I have a fair idea of its premise. Oh no, you have no idea.
Sebastian Ross
after all the whining against fanservice I hope we get this scene animated
Brandon Perry
>that chart >having a normal face/haircut means you're normal/boring that way of thinking is why we have retarded-looking characters like Dr Stone's Senku or 3/4 of the Hashiras in Demon Slayer.
Jordan Perry
>if something looks different it's retarded looking That way of thinking is why there's so many carbon copy characters that look the same. You're a moron
Xavier Green
Did I imply the problem is that they are "different"? I implied they look like fucking retards.
But the problem isn't about that, it's about the implication that normal people have to look normal and crazy people have to look normal and so on. That's not how it works. Most of the insane serial killers look like average joes, and on the other hand there's plenty of people of weird style who have absolutely nothing special other than said style.
Benjamin Gomez
>But the problem isn't about that, it's about the implication that normal people have to look normal and crazy people have to look crazy*
Hunter King
>i implied they look like retards Stopped reading there, because they don't.
Benjamin Barnes
Picked the fuck up
Owen Wilson
>K1 and Aikawa >Boring Fight me
Eli Howard
Lucky Sukebe is the name of the trope. Every accidental lewd situation gets called that on Japan regardless of the series, it might be older than anime itself.
Oliver Harris
A retarded way of getting the girl naked. Author didn't even bother to put in effort.
Gabriel Robinson
>t.10 yr old
Hunter Ward
Sakura has a lot more reasons to be hated.
Evan Taylor
>Sakura is the most hated Naruto character. That's Sasuke retard
Hudson Moore
Because that's exactly how you create a really popular anime, especially a shonen. Style over substance, rehash all the same old tropes about how the mc is going to be the greatest of whatevers while the fight scenes and quirky cast of mostly one-dimensional characters are what primarily sell the series. And if it happens to be fairly well animated, in this case it is, is also a huge selling point. Having said all that, I think this post is pretty stupid. FF isn't bad because of fanservice and that page was very clearly a joke. Watching people stumble so awkwardly over that page is almost painful.
Benjamin Gonzalez
Bleach >>> shit > FF
Isaac Carter
I am keeping like one hundredth of an eye on it because one of the villains has a vision about the Soul Eater moon coming into play
So maybe Maka will show up and wreck the hero's shit to get her trapfu back
Charles Gonzalez
Good setting, good designs, good characters, cool powers.