He devises a plan that requires the use of certain pyrokinetic powers to take advantage of how winds naturally react around fire to create a vortex that will destroy the demon. The first instance transpires during the emergence of a Demon Infernal during the birth of the fifth Pillar. In the early chapters, Licht uses his scientific mind on two occasions. Fire Force offers the former through the various generations of pyrokinetics and the latter via the scientist Viktor Licht of Fire Force Company Eight. It's even better when mangaka actually use real or convincing enough cases of pseudo-science to further explain or embellish certain attacks or techniques. There's just enough stability to keep readers grounded but ample amounts of intrigue to keep them hooked.Īll great Shonen feature complex battle systems. Mangaka Atsushi Ohkubo also doesn't risk losing fans in a sea of ambiguity through this particular method by creating so much mystery that readers don't actually know what's going on. It's incredible how Fire Force so capably pivots without jarring readers, allowing this new mystery to compound the previously unanswered question while causing fans to view this new variable with just as much enthusiasm as the first if not more so. Yet, almost immediately, mangaka Atsushi Ohkubo provides a crucial clue before introducing another mystery that's just as compelling as the first.
It's so pivotal that fans are led to believe that the purpose of the series is to answer this Infernal mystery.
Fire Force's original question that burned in the minds of both readers and characters alike is where Infernals come from and why. By presenting a mystery, readers are compelled to stay along for the ride, at least, until the truth is unveiled. All effective manga create intrigue through ambiguity.