May 23, 2023
Okay, I just finished this today (after taking a long break on it to finish up some things) and I’ve got to say this - do not pay attention to reviews and read this yourself.
At times, I really enjoyed this manga, and other times I couldn’t believe I was still reading it. Some may say that’s a testament to its ability to drag you in and keep you in, but like many of the negative reviews have said, I believe it was mainly because I wanted to see what crazy turn Fujimoto was going to send me down next.
Now, those turns are what makes
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Fire Punch unique, and are why I rate it a 6, but you have to decide that for yourself. Many people try to ascribe a lot of different themes to this manga, themes that I don’t necessarily agree with. On its face, it’s wholly nihilistic, depressing, and little room for redemption, but that can be what draws you to it.
The difficult part for me with respect to the nihilism, and gradual recision of Agni’s character was that, I really enjoy stories with strong protagonists, one’s that I can identify with, or at least, can identify with their motives and reasons for being. Here, while the story is fantastical and, one can argue, damn near impossible to relate to much of anything going on, for much of the later story I couldn’t fathom, or even remotely understand, what the characters were doing. Or perhaps worse, how they got to thinking what they did and acting how they did with respect to the story prior, and that’s Fujimoto’s fault for the lightening fast pacing.
All in all, read this for yourself and decide. You might hate it after 10 chapters, 30 chapters, 60 chapters, I don’t know. But I think it’s worth it enough to at least try.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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