History PlayingWithFire / AnimeAndManga

** Natsu, the Fire Dragon Slayer, and by extension his adopted dragon parent, the Fire Dragon King Igneel. Then there's also Natsu's HonoraryUncle, the [[{{Hellfire}} Hell Flame Dragon]] Atlas Flame.

** Recca especially, as in-universe his flame is cursed and thus formless, meaning he can use his flames as anything he can think of.

* ''Manga/FireForce'': People with 'Spontaneous Human Combustion' are classified into three categories:

** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood Phantom Blood]]'': Jonathan Joestar can use the [[PowerOfTheSun Ripple]] to perform an attack known as Scarlet Overdrive, where he charges Ripple into his fist in the form of a flame.

** Portgas D. Ace, main protagonist Luffy's older brother, is quite literary the embodiment of fire, having eaten the Mera Mera no Mi (Flame-Flame Fruit). He can create fire, manipulate it however he wants, and turn his body into it at will, allowing both for rocket-like flight and letting attacks pass through him. Extra credits for shooting flame beams from {{finger gun}}s. [[spoiler:After Ace dies, the Mera Mera no Mi returns into circulation and, in the Dressrosa arc, is eaten by his and Luffy's other brother, Sabo]].

** Kin'emon, who can cut with fire as well as cut fire blasts.

Examples of PlayingWithFire in anime and manga.

* Takahisa Tajima from ''VisualNovel/ElevenEyes'' has the ability to conjure and control fireballs. [[spoiler:Which gets really bad when he goes into an UnstoppableRage.]]

* Mao from Manga/ChibiDevi magically breathes fire when wearing his dinosaur costume, which is ironic considering how even tempered he is, meanwhile, the much more [[HotBlooded quick tempered]] Karin uses [[AnIcePerson ice]].

** In ''Manga/PhantomBlood'', Jonathan Joestar can use the [[PowerOfTheSun Ripple]] to perform an attack known as Scarlet Overdrive, where he charges Ripple into his fist in the form of a flame.
** Esidisi, one of the [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Pillar Men]] from ''Manga/BattleTendency'', uses what's known as the Flame Mode, which allows him to [[MyBloodRunsHot heat his blood up to 500 degrees Celsius]], then fight with them by using [[BodyHorror his own blood vessels]] as a form of CombatTentacles.
** In ''Manga/StardustCrusaders'', Muhammad Avdol's [[FightingSpirit Stand]], Magician's Red, has the ability to conjure and control flames. Strangely enough, his flames also seem to be useful at binding people.
** ''Manga/{{JoJolion}}'''s Jobin Higashikata wields the Stand, Speed King, which is capable of a heat variant. It doesn't create physical fire, but it can indefinitely store heat of a single point in space, causing heat to build up over time, and when weaponized can cause multiple blood vessels to burst and leave his victims near catatonic. However, it is heavily implied that this is merely an application of Speed King's true power.

* ''Manga/SoulHunter'':
** StarterVillain Chinto wields the Paopei Karyuuhyo (Fire Dragon's Javelin), a pair of boomerang-like weapons that leaves trails of scorching hot flames (hot enough to melt stone, according to Chinto) behind them. Upon defeating Chinto, Taikobou takes them form himself and later lends them to Kou Tenka.
** One of the Juttenkun, the dual-bodied Shintenkun, wields the spatial Paopei Restuenjin (Raging Flames Formation), which allows them to set things inside it on fire and use them to attack.
** Subverted during the fight between Fugetsu Shinjin and the Juttenkun Entenkun: when the former uses his Paopei to dissolve the latter's ice attack, Entenkun assumes that Fugetsu's Paopei is a fire-based one. Turns out, it manipulates atoms and chemical reactions.
** TheAce of Kong Rong, Nento Dojin, wields the FlamingSword Paopei Hienken (Flying Flame Sword), but he's so skilled he can freely use fire-based techniques without the need of a Paopei.

** Luffy by combining vulcanization and gear second can also use burning attacks.

** The Paopei Kaako (Fire Crow's Nest) is a living Paopei consisting in a gigantic bird made of living magma.

* ''LightNovel/{{Kampfer}}'': Natsuru uses fire powers as his Zauber ability.

* Flame Magic is fairly common in ''Manga/BlackClover''. Magna can throw different types of fireballs, Fuegoleon creates large fire forms, and Mereoleona uses her fire to burn through spells and form fists to pummel her enemies. Mars and Fana can also use fire to heal themselves, and Fana has the fire spirit Salamander, allowing her to create extremely destructive fire blasts and claw slashes.

** Sanji's Diable Jambe (Devil Leg), which covers his foot in heat, allowing him to set fire to or burn opponents.

** Kinemon, who can cut with fire as well as cut fire blasts.
** Charlotte Oven, of a sort. His Devil Fruit, the Heat-Heat Fruit (Netsu Netsu no Mi) allows him to radiate heat and make anything he touches extremely hot, as if they had been just taken out of the oven - case in point, Pedro tried attacking him with his sword and wound up scalding his hand badly because his sword overheated from touching Oven. Oven's younger brother Basskarte can also project fire from his hands (and, in the anime, his mouth).

* Homura Hinooka's specialty in ''LightNovel/FireGirl'' is to conjure flames and control them.

* In the anime ''LightNovel/DragonCrisis'', we have Rose, a cute [[TokenMiniMoe loli]] with a strange necklace--who is also able to throw fire.

* ''LightNovel/LoveChunibyoAndOtherDelusions'': So Yuuta's [[OldShame delusions]] go. Black fire, to be exact.

* ''Manga/MobPsycho100'': Miyagawa possesses pyrokinesis. Even after Teru tricks him into immolating himself shows that Pyrokinetics are somewhat flame-retardant for some psychics.

* ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'':

* ''LightNovel/TheGardenOfSinners'' has Azaka Kokuto, whose fire abilities are shown in the 6th chapter.

* In ''LightNovel/KazeNoStigma'', the whole Kannagi family (except Kazuma) use fire magic due to the fact that the first Kannagi made a contract with the spirit king of fire. Ayano even fits the personality aspects of a fire user to a T, being a {{Tsundere}}, HotBlooded, and FieryRedhead triple threat.

** League of Villains member [[NoNameGiven Dabi]] generates blue fire. He's also covered in burns and scars due to his power burning him the more he uses it. {{spoiler:It's later revealed that this is due to him not having his father's flame resistance when he was born, and he only inherited his mother's ice resistance.}}

** League of Villains member [[NoNameGiven Dabi]] generates blue fire. He's also covered in burns and scars due to his power burning him the more he uses it.