Fire Punch

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Fire Punch
Firepunch12.jpg
First volume cover, featuring Agni
ファイアパンチ
(Faia Panchi)
Genre
Manga
Written byTatsuki Fujimoto
Published byShueisha
English publisher
ImprintJump Comics+
MagazineShōnen Jump+
DemographicShōnen
Original runApril 18, 2016 – January 1, 2018
Volumes8 (List of volumes)
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Fire Punch (Japanese: ファイアパンチ, Hepburn: Faia Panchi) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tatsuki Fujimoto. It was serialized through Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ website from April 2016 to January 2018, with its chapters collected in eight tankōbon volumes. In North America, Viz Media licensed the manga for English release.

Plot[]

Fire Punch takes place on an Earth that has become frozen over and barren, purportedly at the hands of a being known as the Ice Witch. The witch is among a few who possess special abilities known as "blessings". The protagonist Agni is a boy who has the blessing of regeneration, along with his sister Luna. They help the few elders in the village subsist on the meat of Agni's severed arms. One day, their village is visited by a blessed named Doma who offers to take Agni to his city of Behemdorg. Doma, disgusted at their practice of cannibalism, immolates the inhabitants with his inextinguishable flames. Luna, whose regeneration is slower, also succumbs, but not before imploring Agni to "live".

Constantly on fire, Agni's body breaks down and regenerates, leaving him in anguish. Over eight years, he is able to control his body again, vowing to get revenge on Doma. Agni comes across a convoy of slaves to Behemdorg and kills the soldiers. A boy named Sun, who thinks Agni is a god, follows him. Later, more soldiers find Agni, and one of them, Judah, a blessed resembling Luna, beheads him. They take him to Behemdorg, and Sun is tied up and made to generate electricity for the city. A repentant Doma asks Agni for forgiveness, but does not allow Agni to kill him.

Judah decides to try to kill the seemingly immortal Agni by throwing his severed head into the ocean, taking a train there. Also on the train is Togata, a regenerative blessed and twisted cinephile who has taken an interest in Agni, aiming to make him the subject of a film as director. Togata kills all the Behemdorg soldiers on the train, saving a girl named Neneto from being raped and making her camerawoman. Agni agrees to let Togata film his revenge on Doma in exchange for training.

At Behemdorg, Agni decides to free the slaves. While fighting Behemdorg's blessed, Agni's flames burn the city down, killing the residents. Agni defeats the blessed and the slaves are transported by an ally. Judah, no longer needing to maintain a facade of divine revelation, sets herself on fire using Agni's flames, but is stopped when the Ice Witch beheads her.

Publication[]

Fire Punch is written and illustrated by Tatsuki Fujimoto. The series was published on Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ website from April 18, 2016, to January 1, 2018.[3][4] Shueisha collected its chapters in eight tankōbon volumes, released from July 4, 2016, to February 2, 2018.[5][6]

In North America, Viz Media announced that they licensed the manga for English release in January 2018.[2] The eight volumes were published under the VIZ Signature Imprint from January 16, 2018, to October 15, 2019.[7][8]

Volume list[]

No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 July 4, 2016[5]978-4-08-880731-7January 16, 2018[7]978-1-4215-9717-1
2 October 4, 2016[9]978-4-08-880797-3April 17, 2018[10]978-1-4215-9718-8
3 December 2, 2016[11]978-4-08-880873-4July 17, 2018[12]978-1-4215-9719-5
4 March 3, 2017[13]978-4-08-881014-0October 16, 2018[14]978-1-4215-9808-6
5 June 2, 2017[15]978-4-08-881061-4January 15, 2019[16]978-1-4215-9944-1
6 August 4, 2017[17]978-4-08-881147-5April 16, 2019[18]978-1-9747-0039-4
7 November 2, 2017[19]978-4-08-881170-3July 16, 2019[20]978-1-9747-0451-4
8 February 2, 2018[6]978-4-08-881327-1October 15, 2019[8]978-1-9747-0452-1

Reception[]

In 2017, Fire Punch was nominated for the 10th Manga Taishō.[21] The series ranked #15 on the "Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2017" poll by Honya Club online bookstore.[22] The 2017 edition of Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! guidebook listed the series at #3 on its list of manga for male readers.[23] Fire Punch ranked #97 on Alu's manga community "My Manga Best5" 2020 ranking, in which 46,641 users (via Twitter) participated.[24][25]

References[]

  1. ^ 「ファイアパンチ」最終8巻発売、炎を纏いし男のダークファンタジー. Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. February 2, 2018. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c "VIZ Media Announces the New Manga Series Fire Punch". Viz Media via Anime News Network. January 15, 2018. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  3. ^ 飢餓に悩む世界で少年が取った行動は…ジャンプ＋新連載「ファイアパンチ」. Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. April 18, 2016. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  4. ^ [83話]ファイアパンチ. Shōnen Jump+. Shueisha. January 1, 2018. Archived from the original on December 31, 2017. Retrieved June 24, 2020.

    Ressler, Karen (November 25, 2018). "Shonen Jump Magazine Launches 3 New Manga in December". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 14, 2019. Fujimoto launched Fire Punch on Shueisha's Shonen Jump+ website and app in April 2016, and ended it on January 1.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b ファイアパンチ 1 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b ファイアパンチ 8 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b "Fire Punch, Vol. 1". Viz Media. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b "Fire Punch, Vol. 8". Viz Media. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
  9. ^ ファイアパンチ 2 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  10. ^ "Fire Punch, Vol. 2". Viz Media. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
  11. ^ ファイアパンチ 3 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  12. ^ "Fire Punch, Vol. 3". Viz Media. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
  13. ^ ファイアパンチ 4 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  14. ^ "Fire Punch, Vol. 4". Viz Media. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
  15. ^ ファイアパンチ 5 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  16. ^ "Fire Punch, Vol. 5". Viz Media. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
  17. ^ ファイアパンチ 6 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  18. ^ "Fire Punch, Vol. 6". Viz Media. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
  19. ^ ファイアパンチ 7 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  20. ^ "Fire Punch, Vol. 7". Viz Media. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
  21. ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (January 23, 2017). "10th Manga Taisho Awards Nominates 13 Titles". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  22. ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (February 2, 2017). "Japanese Bookstores Recommend 15 Top Manga for 2017". Anime News Network. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
  23. ^ Ressler, Karen (December 9, 2016). "Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Reveals 2017's Series Ranking for Male Readers". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  24. ^ マンガコミュニティの「アル」、Twitterユーザー4万人が選んだ「#私の2020年マンガBEST5」ランキングTOP100を発表！. PR Times (in Japanese). December 17, 2020. Archived from the original on December 17, 2020. Retrieved February 16, 2021.
  25. ^ #私の2020年マンガBEST5 4万人が選んだTOP50ランキング. alu.jp (in Japanese). alu inc. December 16, 2020. Archived from the original on December 17, 2020. Retrieved February 16, 2021.

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