Fire Force (炎炎ノ消防隊)

SOLAR YEAR 198

TOKYO, KITA-KU

Next stop, Tabata.

Today's Amaterasu operational rate is normal.

We are running according to schedule.

Attention all commuters at this station!

The train traveling between Komagome and Tabata...

TRAIN NUMBER 1

-A fire has broken out on a running train. -That's a huge fire.

I heard it was an Infernal.

Another fire?

You must be in pain.

I'll put you out of your misery now.

Special Fire Force!

All civilians, please get back!

This area is dangerous!

You too. Don't stand around here. Step back now.

Hey, aren't you...

Lieutenant! What are you doing?

Excuse me.

0810.

Let's put this Infernal to rest.

-Roger! -Roger!

Sister, please begin the prayer.

Right.

Flames are the breaths of souls.

-Firing a special ire extinguishing shell! -And smoke is the souls' release.

Readying the core-annihilating pile bunker!

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.

This soul,

return to the raging flames.

Latom .

Latom .

Awesome.

This is it!

TABATA STATION

Sister, are you hurt?

No.

Sister!

Are you...

Yes! Forgive me for the late introduction.

I'm a newly-assigned member of Special Fire Force Company 8 as of today,

Third Generation Fire Soldier, Shinra Kusakabe.

So these are the Devil's Footprints I've heard about.

SPECIAL FIRE CATHEDRAL 8

The newly-formed unit isn't in a modern facility?

What a dump.

Shinra, come in.

Yes, sir!

-You think it's a dump? -No!

Reporting in!

Oh, you're here.

I'm the Captain of Special Fire Force Company 8,

Akitaru Obi.

Please stop training when you're introducing yourself at least.

Oh, right.

Takehisa Hinawa, Lieutenant of Company 8.

So Shinra...

SHINRA

About this resume photo, why are you smiling in it?

Sir! I'm sorry about that.

When I get nervous, my face tightens up,

I seem to have a tendency to smile.

What?

Well about that...

I smile whenever I tense up. My whole face...

Sorry.

You're just so adorable.

So it must have created a lot of misunderstandings.

Yes, sir! It's not that I'm making light of anyone.

"Adorable"? I think the word you're looking for is "disgusting."

So tell me, Shinra,

what was your motivation for joining the Fire Force?

Sir!

I came here to be a hero.

Heroic ideation is fine and all, but Fire Soldiers are a team.

We have to make sure that we put cooperation first.

A hero, huh?

From what I understand,

you were called a devil even at the Training Academy,

over an incident that took place when you were a little child.

Are you sure you're not just a delinquent with a bad reputation

who became a Fire Soldier to score a little credit?

And you expect to be a hero?

SPECIAL FIRE CATHEDRAL 8 SHOWER ROOM

Sister...

What is it, Maki?

Earlier, you were swept off your feet like a princess

by the new recruit at the station, right?

When he did that,

did you feel it was the hand of fate or anything?

THUMP

Maki you're usually so cool.

But your head is full of girly imagination.

Reporting in!

Thanks for your help earlier.

Don't mention it.

Any hero would do the same.

It really is fate!

Iris, our lovable Sister, violence isn't your thing.

Isn't it nice and romantic?

I adjusted the cuffs on your pants to go with your ability.

Is the length okay?

Yes. Thank you very...

That kind of smells nice.

Is that the scent of a damp woman?

Excuse me! That's not what I was thinking!

Captain Obi, it's about time.

All right. Everyone's here, so let's get started.

None of us know when or who it might happen to.

The terror that grips every person who lives on Earth

is because of Spontaneous Human Combustion.

One day, it just started.

Out of the blue, people all over the world began to catch fire.

These victims of Spontaneous Human Combustion

were labeled the First Generation.

This First Generation, who lost their sense of themselves

and ran out of control until their lives were spent,

were feared as Infernals.

An Infernal would not cease their activity

until the core where their heart was is destroyed.

Or in other words, they are put to rest.

The Special Fire Force's mission

is to put Infernals to rest and save the souls of both humans and Infernals.

It is also our duty to solve the mystery

and find the cause of Spontaneous Human Combustion,

and more than anything, to save humanity from the flame terror

as soon as possible.

I'm going to be a hero.

No, I have to be a hero.

SPECIAL FIRE CATHEDRAL 8 DORM, UNIT C

Mom...

Mom, I'm going to be a superhero, and keep both you and Sho safe.

That's so cool.

Devil!

Of course, I'm not going to take in such a dangerous child!