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Review: Fire Force, Vol. 2

Fire Force, Vol. 2 Fire Force, Vol. 2 by Atsushi Ohkubo
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

We finally got our first fight in the very first chapter of this second volume, but I gotta say it wasn’t great. The movements weren’t drawn clearly enough which ruined the fight since I couldn’t enjoy something I couldn’t understand. This whole volume is actually pretty fight-sy and dramatic. It was more fast-paced than the first volume and I found myself having finished reading it in no time. It’s still by no means close to being a great series, but it sure is entertaining and keeps me reading.

This volume was also less in-your-face offensively terrible, which is why it got a 1 star bump in my rating. But now that I keep thinking about it, I wonder if I should round it back down to 2, because honestly this series is so mediocre and forgettable that I’m finding it very difficult to try and remember the events that happened in this volume. *Edit:* I've decided that 3 stars is giving this series too much credit. The first volume was more of a 1.5 anyway, so this one gets 2 stars.

Something else that’s also not great about this manga is the art. I mean, it’s okay. Whatever. But I can’t help but constantly notice how Ohkubo never draws backgrounds, and just leaves everything but the character(s) in the frame white. It comes off as super lazy to me. (Yeah he does draw backgrounds, but never when there are characters standing in front of it. He draws an establishing shot then leaves the setting alone.)

Something I must add: THE TOURNAMENT ARC WAS RUUUUUIIIIINNNNED!!!!! I take back what I took back from my review on the first volume: This is a 0/10, worst manga!!!

But in all seriousness I probably won't be continuing with this series since I have now exhausted my pre-bought supply of volumes and I have a lot of other series that are actually GOOD that I'd rather spend my time reading. Ohkubo, it's an L from me today sir.


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