An amazing action shonen that you can see on Crunchyroll
Crunchyroll is one of the most interesting streaming platforms for those people who enjoy watching anime. If we take a look at its series catalog we can see that it is led by some of the most successful shonen of recent years, such as Attack on Titan, Frieren: After finishing the trip either Jujutsu Kaisen.
On the other hand, on Crunchyroll we can also find a good number of animes that, although they do not have the same popularity as the previously mentioned titles, are still more than interesting proposals for their subscribers. On this occasion we want to highlight Fire Forcethe official adaptation of the manga created by Atsushi Okubo.
Fire Force, the latest from the author of soul eater
The story of this action anime has many of the most common characteristics of the shonen genre. For some strange reason, many citizens in various parts of Tokyo are suffering spontaneous combustions that envelop their bodies in flames and transform them into demonic beings.
To investigate and stop this mysterious phenomenon that is destroying families, Japan has created several special squads made up of firefighters who are specialized in the use of magic and advanced technology weapons. This is when our protagonist enters the scene, Shinra Kasukabean impulsive young man who has just joined the Eighth Squadron and who is determined to stop the spontaneous combustion of the country.
Although it does not invent anything new within shonen, Fire Force has the important virtue of being an honest series that does not fall into pretensions and that prioritizes viewer entertainment above all. Its first episode perfectly frames the spirit of the work. The rhythm does not slow down, the mysteries don't take long to appear and its main plot, which appears to be very simple in its first sections, gains more and more depth.
Fire Force It also has a fantastic first opening and a curious aesthetic that mixes realism with some fantasy, both in the weapons used by the characters and in their uniforms. At this time it has 48 episodes divided into 2 seasonsand all of them are available in VOSE on Crunchyroll.
