Review of Fire Force

Fire Force is the most criminally underrated anime in existence. If someone said it was an 8 or a 9, I could understand. But this show being this low rated and nearly every written review being under 5 and talking about hating the show makes absolutely no sense. This show at the very, very minimum has amazing action sequences, so if you somehow hated everything else about it, you could at least say it looked pretty and had cool fights. But no, this seems to be a very divisive show, with a very loud hate base. As a fan of both shounen and story driven anime, andhaving a friend group that are fans of both as well, we all share the opinion that Fire Force is amazing and underrated to bits.

My/Our Review:

Fire Force is a beautifully animated shounen that has a unique world, entertaining characters, and dark political/religious undertones interwoven into the current world and the past. The power system isn’t mind blowing, yet it has really unique moments (ie Sho, Karim, Kurono, etc). They do a good job of making every single person feel powerful, yet somehow it all feels balanced and makes sense. They do don’t do the crap of only the protagonist and his group is special, no almost every power is unique and there are a plethora of powerful characters. The story is pleasantly complex, and the history is mysterious and dark, while at the same time, the show can definitely have it’s funny moments. The only cons about the show is the fan service and the sometimes over the top cliche protags. If you can survive those two things, there’s no way you won’t find something to like about the show.