Fire Punch

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.

Fire Punch
First tankōbon 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

Fire Punch takes place on an Earth that has become frozen over and barren. The protagonist Agni is a boy who has the blessing of regeneration. After his village succumbs to inextinguishable flames he is left constantly on fire, leaving him in anguish and vowing to get revenge.

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, another 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, written and illustrated by Tatsuki Fujimoto, was published on Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ website from April 18, 2016,[3] to January 1, 2018.[4][5] Shueisha collected its chapters in eight tankōbon volumes, released from July 4, 2016,[6] to February 2, 2018.[7]

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,[8] to October 15, 2019.[9]

Volume list
No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 July 4, 2016[6]978-4-08-880731-7January 16, 2018[8]978-1-4215-9717-1
2 October 4, 2016[10]978-4-08-880797-3April 17, 2018[11]978-1-4215-9718-8
3 December 2, 2016[12]978-4-08-880873-4July 17, 2018[13]978-1-4215-9719-5
4 March 3, 2017[14]978-4-08-881014-0October 16, 2018[15]978-1-4215-9808-6
5 June 2, 2017[16]978-4-08-881061-4January 15, 2019[17]978-1-4215-9944-1
6 August 4, 2017[18]978-4-08-881147-5April 16, 2019[19]978-1-9747-0039-4
7 November 2, 2017[20]978-4-08-881170-3July 16, 2019[21]978-1-9747-0451-4
8 February 2, 2018[7]978-4-08-881327-1October 15, 2019[9]978-1-9747-0452-1

Reception

In 2017, Fire Punch was nominated for the 10th Manga Taishō.[22] The series ranked 15th on the "Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2017" poll by Honya Club online bookstore.[23] It also ranked third on Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! list of best manga of 2017 for male readers.[24]

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. Archived from the original on May 15, 2019. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  2. "VIZ Media Announces the New Manga Series Fire Punch". Viz Media via Anime News Network. January 15, 2018. Archived from the original on May 13, 2019. 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. Archived from the original on May 18, 2019. 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.
  5. Ressler, Karen (November 25, 2018). "Shonen Jump Magazine Launches 3 New Manga in December". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on May 3, 2021. 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.
  6. ファイアパンチ 1 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on December 23, 2019. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  7. ファイアパンチ 8 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on May 10, 2019. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  8. "Fire Punch, Vol. 1". Viz Media. Archived from the original on November 18, 2021. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
  9. "Fire Punch, Vol. 8". Viz Media. Archived from the original on January 25, 2021. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
  10. ファイアパンチ 2 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on May 22, 2019. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  11. "Fire Punch, Vol. 2". Viz Media. Archived from the original on November 18, 2021. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
  12. ファイアパンチ 3 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on June 2, 2019. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  13. "Fire Punch, Vol. 3". Viz Media. Archived from the original on November 18, 2021. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
  14. ファイアパンチ 4 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on May 25, 2019. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  15. "Fire Punch, Vol. 4". Viz Media. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
  16. ファイアパンチ 5 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on May 29, 2019. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  17. "Fire Punch, Vol. 5". Viz Media. Archived from the original on January 25, 2021. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
  18. ファイアパンチ 6 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on May 24, 2019. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  19. "Fire Punch, Vol. 6". Viz Media. Archived from the original on January 25, 2021. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
  20. ファイアパンチ 7 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on May 28, 2019. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  21. "Fire Punch, Vol. 7". Viz Media. Archived from the original on January 25, 2021. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
  22. Hodgkins, Crystalyn (January 23, 2017). "10th Manga Taisho Awards Nominates 13 Titles". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  23. Pineda, Rafael Antonio (February 2, 2017). "Japanese Bookstores Recommend 15 Top Manga for 2017". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on March 21, 2019. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
  24. Ressler, Karen (December 9, 2016). "Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Reveals 2017's Series Ranking for Male Readers". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on June 7, 2019. Retrieved September 14, 2019.

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