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, and collected in eight tankōbon volumes. In North America, Viz Media has licensed the manga for English language release.

Fire Punch
Volume 1 tankōbon 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

Plot

Agni is a man who is both blessed with immortality and cursed with the state of constantly being on fire. The fire is magical and can not burn out, leaving him in a state of painful half-regeneration, which is slowly driving him mad. The periods of lucidity where Agni finds peace are marred by moments where he loses awareness and wakes in the midst of fire to find that everyone he loves is dead. This, combined with the fact that he loses memories every time he dies and revives, means he just can not catch a break. The people close to him keep dying, usually by his own hand, but Agni himself is cursed to live on forever, alone.

Publication

Fire Punch is written and illustrated by Tatsuki Fujimoto. The series started publishing in Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ website on April 18, 2016.[3] The manga finished on January 1, 2018.[4][5] Shueisha has compiled its chapters into eight individual tankōbon volumes, released from July 4, 2016 to February 2, 2018.[6][7]

In North America, Viz Media announced the license of the manga for English language release in January 2018.[2]

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[9]978-4-08-880797-3April 17, 2018[10]978-1-4215-9718-8
3 December 2, 2016[11]978-4-08-880873-4July 17, 2018[12]978-1-4215-9719-5
4 March 3, 2017[13]978-4-08-881014-0October 16, 2018[14]978-1-4215-9808-6
5 June 2, 2017[15]978-4-08-881061-4January 15, 2019[16]978-1-4215-9944-1
6 August 4, 2017[17]978-4-08-881147-5April 16, 2019[18]978-1-9747-0039-4
7 November 2, 2017[19]978-4-08-881170-3July 16, 2019[20]978-1-9747-0451-4
8 February 2, 2018[7]978-4-08-881327-1October 15, 2019[21]978-1-9747-0452-1

Reception

In 2017, Fire Punch was nominated for the 10th Manga Taishō.[22] The series ranked #15 on the "Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2017" poll by Honya Club online bookstore.[23] The 2017 edition of Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! guidebook listed the series at #3 on its list of manga for male readers.[24]

See also

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). February 2, 2018. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  2. "VIZ Media Announces the New Manga Series Fire Punch". Anime News Network. January 15, 2018. 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). April 18, 2016. 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. 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. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  7. ファイアパンチ 8 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  8. "Fire Punch, Vol. 1". Viz Media. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
  9. ファイアパンチ 2 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  10. "Fire Punch, Vol. 2". Viz Media. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
  11. ファイアパンチ 3 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  12. "Fire Punch, Vol. 3". Viz Media. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
  13. ファイアパンチ 4 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  14. "Fire Punch, Vol. 4". Viz Media. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
  15. ファイアパンチ 5 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  16. "Fire Punch, Vol. 5". Viz Media. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
  17. ファイアパンチ 6 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  18. "Fire Punch, Vol. 6". Viz Media. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
  19. ファイアパンチ 7 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  20. "Fire Punch, Vol. 7". Viz Media. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
  21. "Fire Punch, Vol. 8". Viz Media. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
  22. Hodgkins, Crystalyn (January 23, 2017). "10th Manga Taisho Awards Nominates 13 Titles". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  23. Pineda, Rafael Antonio (February 2, 2017). "Japanese Bookstores Recommend 15 Top Manga for 2017". Anime News Network. 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. Retrieved September 14, 2019.

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