History Manga / FireForce

''Fire Force'' (''Enen no Shouboutai'', lit. "Fire Brigade of Flames") is a manga by Atsushi Ohkubo of ''Manga/SoulEater'' fame, which was serialized in ''[[Magazine/ShonenMagazine Weekly Shonen Magazine]]'' from 2015 to 2022. It was brought over to English audiences by Kodansha in 2016. An anime adaptation by Creator/DavidProduction was announced in November 2018, with Creator/{{Funimation}} to stream the show abroad and serve as co-producers. The series began airing July 5, 2019 on Creator/TokyoBroadcastingSystem, and began airing on United States television via Creator/{{Toonami}} on July 27th.

* AndIMustScream: Infernals are fully aware of what is happening to them and once the transformation ends, they exist in constant pain and burn until they are killed. Infernals [[TheAgeless don't age]], so they ''have'' to be [[MercyKill killed for the pain to stop]]. Some of them have survived since the cataclysm. ''They have been burning to death for 250 years''.

* AndIMustScream: Infernals are fully aware of what is happening to them and once the transformation ends, they exist in constant pain and burn until they are killed. Also, Infernals don't age, so they ''have'' to be [[MercyKill killed for the pain to stop]]. Some of them have survived since the cataclysm. ''They have been burning to death for 250 years''.

* PowerIncontinence: For unknown reasons, First Generation pyrokinetics can't control their flamesleading to spontaneous combustion and subsequently, their transformation into as Infernal. Second and Third Generation pyrokinetics retain control over their powers and have a [[ConvectionSchmonvection strong resistance to heat and burning]] which seems to prevent them from transforming.

* PowerIncontinence: First Generation pyrokinetics can't control their flames, leading to spontaneous combustion and subsequently, their transformation into an Infernal. Second and Third Generations have a [[ConvectionSchmonvection strong resistance to heat and burning]] as RequiredSecondaryPowers.

* TakeAThirdOption: Shinra's solution for dealing with the final dilemma at the climax of the story. [[spoiler: On one hand, reviving the world will just cause another cataclysm once humanity wishes for despair all over again. On the other, Shinra can destroy the world. He chooses neither, choosing to remake the world while lowering the value of human life, so people are more comfortable with death as a concept. The resulting change creates a world that is balanced by "madness and sanity" instead of "despair and hope", creating the world of ''Soul Eater''.]]

* UncannyValley: In-Universe example in Chapter 216, [[spoiler:where Shinra and Inca combine their abilities to see the world before the Cataclysm and find... a photo-realistic version of 21st century Tokyo, with the sight being described by Shinra as nausea-inducing madness]]. Shinra [[spoiler:later describes to Arthur that the pre-cataclysm humans are as them as they are to a drawing in the dirt:able to be classified as humans but still different]].

* TheVirus: The Infernal conduction is conduction that [[ViralTransformation turns people into fire monsters]].

* EliteMooks: The Demon Infernals. An explosion strong enough to level a city is required to defeat them. To it put into perspective, these Infernals are so powerful that it took [[TheAce Benimaru]] himself a great deal of effort to destroy one, and a literal team effort to recreate a ''rail gun'' to destroy another.

** [[CreepyTwins Hina and Hika]] of the 7th Brigade's powers: Their flames manifest as clothes and a "mask" that resembles a {{Kitsune}}.

* SuperSmoke: Kurono can create and shape smoke as he wishes, though it's unclear if it's a unique trait or some manner of creative use of his fire powers.

* AbandonedArea: In a variation of an AbandonedMine, the Tokyo subway system has been abandoned and sealed off and renamed the Netherworld. It remains a highly dangerous, incredibly vast underground system that was destroyed by the cataclysm that wrecked the planet. This results in the state religion viewing it as the ''literal entrance to Hell'' because the sun's light cannot reach into it. This was probably done to discourage people like Vulcan from exploring. As a result most believers are very worried about going into it. [[spoiler: Being religiously forbidden and just plain terrifying to the average person made it the perfect place for the cultists to hide out (there's also the irony of a bunch of sun cultists hiding in a place where the sun don't shine), though they're probably going to abandon it after they fight with the 8th fire brigade.]]
** Not as abandoned as it first appears, [[spoiler: there was a regiment of assassins living in the Netherworld to serve the state.]]

* TheMagicGoesAway: [[spoiler:Once Shinra creates the being that becomes known as Lord Death, said Grim Reaper decides that the PlayingWithFire powers that the cast uses are [[NoManShouldHaveThisPower too powerful for humans to have]], and removes them from the world. The powers of the [[SoulPower Soul Wavelength]] and Magic [[DiscardAndDraw replace the]], at least in some people]].

* MauveShirt: Essentially weaponized in Chapter 251. [[spoiler: By having his name be said out loud and silencing the antagonistic attitude of his mother, Tatsuto survives while his mother simply disappears when she's no longer relevant.]]

In May 2020, Ohkubo announced that ''Fire Force'' would be his last official work before retiring from manga.

* ShockAndAwe: Haumea has electrical abilities. Not only does she have the ability to generate electrical shocks but she can also use it to directly influence people's nervous systems. It won't work if she tries using it against plasma though.
** [[spoiler: Made even funnier when, in the end, Iris herself ends up bearing one of Shinra's children.]]

* NoManShouldHaveThisPower: [[spoiler:In the climax "God"/Lord Death decides to [[TheMagicGoesAway remove pyrokinesis from the world under this logic]].

* StealthSequel: The end of the series reveals that story is actually [[spoiler:a prequel to Ohkubo's prior manga ''Manga/SoulEater''. The smiling moon shows up, Arthur's Excalibur refers to him as a fool, and Shinra, Sho and their mother perform a Soul Resonance. Chapter 300-301 goes even further by having Shinra create a new world with locales directly from ''Soul Eater'', as well as Lord Death, the three-eyed Madness of Fear, and the laughing sun.]]

''Fire Force'' (''Enen no Shouboutai'', lit. "Fire Brigade of Flames") is a manga started in 2015 by Atsushi Ohkubo of ''Manga/SoulEater'' fame, which was brought over to English audiences by Kodansha in 2016. An anime adaptation by Creator/DavidProduction was announced in November 2018, with Creator/{{Funimation}} to stream the show abroad and serve as co-producers. The series began airing July 5, 2019 on Creator/TokyoBroadcastingSystem, and began airing on United States television via Creator/{{Toonami}} on July 27th.

In May 2020, Ohkubo announced that ''Fire Force'' will be his last official work before retiring from manga.

* StealthSequel: The end of the series reveals that story is actually [[spoiler:a prequel to Ohkubo's prior manga ''Manga/SoulEater''. The smiling moon shows up, Arthur's Excalibur refers to him as a fool, and Shinra, Sho and their mother perform a Soul Resonance. Chapter 300-301 goes even further by having Shinra create a new world with locales directly from ''Soul Eater'', as well as Lord Death and the three-eyed Madness of Fear.]]

* StealthSequel: The end of the series reveals that story is actually [[spoiler:a prequel to Ohkubo's prior manga ''Manga/SoulEater''. The smiling moon shows up, Arthur's Excalibur refers to him as a fool, and Shinra, Sho and their mother perform a Soul Resonance. Chapter 300-301 goes even further by having Shinra create a new world with locales directly from ''Soul Eater'', as well as Lord Death and the three-eyed Madness Wavelength.]]

* StealthSequel: [[spoiler: Endgame chapters reveal that series is actually a prequel to Ohkubo's prior manga ''Manga/SoulEater''. The smiling moon shows up, Arthur's Excalibur refers to him as a fool, and Shinra, Sho and their mother perform a Soul Resonance. Chapter 300-301 goes even further by having Shinra create a new world with locales directly from ''Soul Eater'', as well as Lord Death and the three-eyed Madness Wavelength.]]

* StealthSequel: [[spoiler: Endgame chapters reveal that series is actually a prequel to Ohkubo's prior manga ''Manga/SoulEater''. The smiling moon shows up, Arthur's Excalibur refers to him as a fool, and Shinra, Sho and their mother perform a Soul Resonance. Chapter 300 basically confirms it as Shinra creates Lord Death.]]

** [[spoiler: Once Shinra gains omnipotence, he brings back ''everybody'' from the dead. This includes characters literally retconned out of existence, and characters who were dead before the manga even began, such as Benimaru's adoptive father. Even minor characters such as the first Infernals Shinra took care of come back.]]

* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:A major facet of Doppelgängers is that they are the counterparts of people in the real world, except flipped in personality and demeanor. Even of people, and dangerous pyrokinetics, who died. As such, when the Great Catalcysm occurs, Doppelgängers of the dead start pouring into the real world to attack others, such as the case with Rekka and Hague.]]

* StealthSequel: [[spoiler: Endgame chapters reveal that series is actually a prequel to Ohkubo's prior manga ''Manga/SoulEater''. The smiling moon shows up, Arthur's Excalibur refers to him as a fool, and Shinra, Sho and their mother perform a Soul Resonance.]]

* ShockAndAwe: Haumea has electrical abilities. Not only does she have the ability to generate electrical shocks but she can also use it to directly influence peoples nervous systems. It won't work if she tries using it against plasma though.

** Company 3's [[spoiler: leader is working with the cultists. When he is discovered, a large number of officers disappear as well. Implying that many of them where also part of the cult.]]