This Underrated Shonen Jump Manga Was Chainsaw Man's More Hardcore Version

Summary Fire Punch, by Tatsuki Fujimoto, is a wild and hardcore manga that predates Chainsaw Man, with epic fight scenes and interesting characters.

Despite sensitive and disturbing content, Fire Punch is still worth reading for fans of action and violence in manga.

Tatsuki Fujimoto's unique personality shines through in Fire Punch, making it a gripping and haunting story that manga fans will appreciate.

Before the serialization of the iconic Chainsaw Man, Tatsuki Fujimoto had an even wilder and more hardcore manga called Fire Punch, the series that put him on the map. It has everything to love about Chainsaw Man and more, and it is often debated whether it's better than his most popular work.

Published from April 2016 to January 2018, the series has a total of 82 chapters that were collected into 8 volumes, and it received an English publication by Viz Media. Although it isn't nearly as popular as Chainsaw Man, fans of the series who like its action and violence will enjoy Fire Punch.

However, it should be known that Fire Punch isn't for the faint of heart, as it contains sensitive and controversial subjects and many truly disturbing contents that readers should be aware of before diving in. However, like Berserk, Fire Punch uses these shock effects to enhance the story and show readers just how brutal the world is.

Related 10 Best Chainsaw Man Manga Covers, Ranked Chainsaw Man has an incredibly distinct art style, and that's led to more than a few incredibly iconic covers for the collected editions of its manga.

Fire Punch Is Fujimoto's Personality On Full Display

His Unique Personality Is Reflected In His First Hit

Close

Despite the hard-to-stomach scenes or incredibly tragic story and conclusion, Fire Punch is still worth reading, especially for anyone who's fallen for Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man.

Tatsuki Fujimoto's boldest and quirkiest is seen in Fire Punch, and although he has improved a lot both as a writer and an artist, Fire Punch still reigns supreme as his most interesting story. The fight scenes are epic as can be, the characters are interesting and messed up, the art displayed was Fujimoto's best and the plot is gripping from beginning to end. Furthermore, the creator's love for movies is inserted using the character Togata, whose whole gist is to restore the world to when Star Wars and movies existed.

The creators of Dandadan, Spy X Family and Hell's Paradise were assistants of Fujimoto for Fire Punch.

Set on Earth that has been destroyed by a never-ending winter, the two siblings, Agni and Luna, are Blessed and have regenerative abilities, and they use them to cut off their limbs to feed the famine-struck villagers. Doma, a Blessed with fire abilities encounters the village and is disgusted by the cannibalism, and he burns the entire village and its residents to the ground.

Luna's regeneration couldn't keep up with the flames, and she died. Unfortunately for Agni, Doma's fire can never be extinguished, and his immortality allows him to live despite being constantly on fire. With a protagonist locked in a constant cycle of pain and unbelievable hatred for his sister's killer, Fire Punch is a revenge story of a man in a truly despicable world.

Fire Punch Is A Fantastic Read Despite Its Graphic Content

Close

Just as he has shown in the one-shot Goodbye, Eri, Fujimoto is a master at taking readers in unexpected directions, flipping simple storytelling concepts and character tropes to achieve unique effects. Any modern manga fan must keep Tatsuki Fujimoto on their radar, and Fire Punch is the perfect place to start.

Despite the hard-to-stomach scenes or incredibly tragic story and conclusion, Fire Punch is still worth reading, especially for anyone who's fallen for Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man. An interesting setting meets a hilarious yet heartbreaking story that will inevitably leave readers mesmerized, and the ending will deliver a dagger to the heart that is very common in Fujimoto's manga. There is a lot to like and dislike about Fire Punch, but nothing beats diving head-first into one of the most haunting manga created.