Fire Force 1x18

1. Many years ago, mankind faced a divine fury.

2. In an event is known as the "Day of the Cataclysm,"

3. our entire world was burned.

4. The fire raged with an intensity

5. that threatened to reduce mankind to ash.

6. The places they lived, the languages they spoke,

7. the culture they had built—

8. none could escape its wrath.

9. Their base is one ramshackle shack.

10. Hello, Lieutenant Karim. It's good to see you.

11. What brings you all here?

12. Tamaki, it looks like you're doing well here. I'm glad.

13. We came here to compare notes on the Evangelist.

14. Hopefully we can all work together

15. from this point forward.

16. If we end up going after the White-Clad,

17. then I'm probably gonna have to fight Sho again.

18. Stop spacing out and say something.

19. Meow?

20. How did this happen?

21. You might not be the steed fated to carry me,

22. but you're still my comrade-in-arms.

23. We've been through a lot. It's good to have you back, Silburro.

24. Could you maybe not put up

25. freaky fake animal heads on our wall?

26. This celestial charger just returned to earth.

27. Thanks to Vulcan's miraculous work.

28. Yeah, it's a donkey.

29. Are you really okay with this, Lieutenant?

30. Arthur, get back to work.

31. I'm guessing that hat came from Vulcan, too?

32. Found it by my desk this morning.

33. Those big horns, don't they get in the way a bit?

34. They don't interfere with my work.

35. No offense, Lieutenant,

36. but when it comes to fashion, you're oblivious.

37. You want me to help you pick out clothes some time?

38. I wouldn't trust you to pick out anything

39. that didn't come from a fairy tale.

40. Well, you couldn't look worse than you do with horns.

41. Okay. That's enough idle chatter.

42. I feel like they do interfere with your work, sir.

43. Thank you, miss. That's kind of you.

44. I made it with my guts, sir.

45. What gives, Obi?

46. Why do you have Iris doing the work

47. of a common house maid right now?

48. No. It's okay, Sister, I offered to do this.

49. But hey, what are you sitting like that for?

50. I'm sitting up here because I refuse to be placed

51. at the same level as this gravel.

52. Would you feel better if I sat on the floor then?

53. I would. Go ahead and get down there.

54. What's the hold up? You offered, so hop to it.

55. Damn it.

56. I wasn't actually offering to, it was just a little joke quip.

57. All right.

58. Let's skip the formalities and get right to the meat of it.

59. We'll share what information we've scrounged up,

60. see if that gives us any clues,

61. then decide how to deal with the White-Clad moving forward.

62. My company didn't think the White-Clad existed until now,

63. so we're still playing catch-up.

64. Beni asked me to come on his behalf,

65. but I won't have much to contribute.

66. White-Clad operatives have made countless Infernals.

67. They're especially likely to be the orchestrators

68. of any mass combustion events.

69. Rekka Hoshimiya wasn't turning those kids

70. to cause chaos.

71. He wanted to find a compatible host

72. for the so-called "Pilot Light."

73. So those bugs do more than create Infernals.

74. They're also used to find people with a special ability.

75. Doctor Giovanni's a White-Clad,

76. and he was looking for the key to Amaterasu.

77. I guess these guys have plans for our perpetual power plant.

78. The media's been told that the man who attacked Vulcan

79. was actually an imposter wearing a mask

80. that looked like Giovanni's.

81. But the man Company Three sent to their press conference

82. was the real fake.

83. Haijima wanted to prevent a scandal,

84. so they made a new captain.

85. Vulcan's seen Giovanni's face, and he said that wasn't him,

86. so we're safe to assume the real Giovanni took off.

87. I hear that quite a few soldiers

88. have suddenly disappeared from the Third.

89. It seems likely that all of them were White-Clad spies as well.

90. They've probably all returned to the Evangelist by now.

91. I have no idea if Haijima itself has been compromised,

92. but as long as the Third has its backing,

93. they're out of the government's reach.

94. The longer we wait,

95. the bolder and more radical the White-Clad are gonna get.

96. Till we know how to root out their spies,

97. we should look for their base and hit them directly.

98. I agree, and I've already got my man Licht

99. looking into the base's location.

100. So tell me,

101. how's the Special Fire Force been treating you?

102. The gig's been downright convenient for me.

103. Got me permission to come to this crime scene.

104. Is that really all you need

105. to find the White-Clad base?

106. Nah, even I need more than this.

107. Do you believe Licht is trustworthy?

108. So far at least, he's doing good work for us.

109. Once we've pinpointed the location of the Evangelist,

110. the Eighth'll move in and take him out.

111. Is the Eighth up to that task?

112. About half of your company's fighters are rookies, correct?

113. It'd be a shame if some meathead led them to their doom.

114. You might find the Evangelist's base,

115. but the Eighth isn't strong enough to attack it yet.

116. Are the White-Clad that strong?

117. You have no idea.

118. Having seen their commander's power firsthand,

119. I believe it comes from a direct link to the Evangelist.

120. An Adolla Link, huh?

121. So what does the Eighth need to do to get strong enough?

122. Our company's rookies are fine soldiers.

123. They've got solid instincts and powerful abilities.

124. But they still have room to grow.

125. How can we help them do that quickly?

126. When I saw them sparring at the First,

127. they struck me as green and wet behind the ears.

128. They've got first-class, top notch powers,

129. but they need more combat training.

130. Combat training, eh?

131. I just happen to know the best fighter in the entire Force.

132. Why don't'cha send 'em back with me?

133. What matters most is that our Devil gets stronger.

134. Can you think of a way to upgrade his flames?

135. I might have an idea.

136. But whether or not he catches up to you and Sho...

137. that depends on him.

138. Konro, what's going on?

139. Huh? And why should I agree to babysit their rookies?

140. Say what? I "owe them"?

141. Oh, yeah. Guess I do.

142. Hey, Captain Shinmon? It's me, Shinra Kusakabe.

143. Um, is everything okay, Captain?

144. In a real fight, you'd be dead.

145. Okay, step right up, people!

146. Lesson one:

147. You never know when a foe might strike, so stay sharp.

148. Dumbass.

149. What part of "stay sharp" did you miss?

150. Who's dumb now?

151. Iron-madillo, the Magnetic Extinguishing Ball.

152. So how does it work?

153. I'll let'cha see for yourself.

154. And there it goes.

155. It hits the fire with a quick magnetic blast

156. and the flames sputter out a second later.

157. Way to go, Vulcan.

158. An unpowered person like me could make good use of that.

159. Shinra and Arthur are getting

160. special training in Asakusa, right?

161. I don't wanna get shown up,

162. so I figured I'd make us some new tools.

163. You aren't relaxing, are you?

164. There are no rules in a real fight,

165. which means you can't predict when something might happen.

166. Getting tired?

167. Y-Yes, sir.

168. That's because you know your life isn't on the line.

169. You need to act like it is

170. and channel all that tension you're feeling.

171. Let that stress heighten your awareness.

172. Feel life around you.

173. Not just your ally's, but your enemy's, too.

174. Focus on the lives at stake in a fight

175. and you can turn stress into a tool.

176. So we should value life. Channel it.

177. When you're feeling alive in that way,

178. self-defense becomes reflexive.

179. All right. Let's get some practice in.

180. Come at me like I'm out for your lives.

181. Ah. So it begins.

182. [HIKAGE, HINATA] Kill 'em, Waka!

183. That's enough.

184. Already?

185. Your technique isn't bad,

186. but you're not about to hit me.

187. All of your attacks are completely predictable.

188. You need to shake things up somehow.

189. And how do I do that?

190. Well, I think you need what I call...

191. a finishing move.

192. Like an ultimate a—

193. [HINATA, HIKAGE] Ooh...

194. That's what happens when ya let your guard down.

195. What you need is a finishing move

196. that capitalizes on your speed advantage.

197. Well said, Captain Shinmon.

198. You're not just crazy strong, you're perceptive.

199. Huh?

200. Hi. It's nice to meet you.

201. I'm the head of the Eighth's one-man science team,

202. and I'm here to crash your party.

203. My name is Victor Licht.

204. I've thought of a way to help Shinra

205. give himself a power boost.

206. I'm gonna need help to demonstrate.

207. Hey, Captain, could you help me out for a second?

208. Depends on what you want.

209. I wanna show Shinra how jet propulsion works.

210. If he can emulate it, he should get

211. a lot more burst firepower outta those feet of his.

212. If he compresses his fire as he emits it,

213. the thrust he gets'll straight-up skyrocket.

214. So basically, you want me to show him

215. how to tighten a flame?

216. Yes, I do.

217. Will this be enough firepower?

218. Yes, it will.

219. That was awesome!

220. See, when you fly normally, your flames get pushed out

221. in all sorts of useless directions.

222. Rein 'em in a bit and you can take advantage

223. of all that raw power you've got.

224. If you can do like the captain showed you

225. and condense your flame so it only shoots one way,

226. it should increase your speed by a good margin.

227. And if I can do that, then I'll have my ultimate attack.

228. I want you to focus on making

229. that finishing move of yours work, Shinra.

230. Sir!

231. Arthur, your power is already a finishing move.

232. Let's just keep sparring— work on the basics.

233. Come try to kill me.

234. Tch.

235. All righty then. Let's watch this cookie crumble.

236. I have'ta say,

237. you've got a different air than the rest of the Eighth.

238. I heard that you were sent there by Haijima Industries.

239. A different air, huh?

240. You tryin' to say I'm too smart for them?

241. Too strange.

242. Try anything funny with them and I'll dump you in the sea.

243. Why does everyone think I'm a traitor? What did I do?

244. I fly with my toes.

245. Fine-tune my positioning with minor movements.

246. If I don't pay attention to that, I lose my balance.

247. But when I'm trying to squeeze my flame tighter,

248. I really wanna scrunch up my feet.

249. Since I haven't even made it work once yet,

250. there's no point thinkin'.

251. Just need to plug on for now.

252. I think he might be on to something.

253. You can deal with most problems by saying one of two things.

254. "Time to give up" or "Whatever, just do it."

255. For a "brilliant" scientist,

256. that's a real simple way to think.

257. Eh, sometimes thinking's pointless.

258. If you're at the start line of a race

259. against rivals you don't know on a track you've never seen,

260. ya gotta start runnin'.

261. The toughest problems are solved

262. by throwing effort at the wall and seein' if it breaks.

263. That's certainly a surprise.

264. Think we might have something in common after all.

265. Captain Shinmon has perfect control of his flames.

266. How does he do it?

267. There's got to be some kind of secret.

268. Sputter, sputter, sputter, sputter, sputter.

269. Flare, flare, flare, flare, flare, flare, flare.

270. - Sputter, sputter... - Flare, flare...

271. I've told you before and I'll tell you now.

272. We do not play with fire here.

273. Now what can I do to help you remember?

274. It isn't what it looks like, sir.

275. Sputter and Flare have an important mission this time.

276. Has your obsession with fairy tales finally driven you mad?

277. She's tellin' you the truth, Lieutenant.

278. I made Maki some new equipment

279. and it needs Sputter and Flare to operate.

280. What?

281. I gave the twin hover units a name. It's Tekkyo.

282. They use Sputter and Flare as power sources.

283. Which means Maki can use her second-gen powers to move them.

284. What exactly do they do?

285. They're pretty much flying hammers.

286. I know a lot of pyrokinetic enemies are flame resistant,

287. so I figured these might help.

288. So what do you think?

289. I think you three just passed your flight test.

290. Then the Sput-flare-witch is ready for action.

291. Yeah, that isn't what we're calling 'em.

292. The name's Tekkyo.

293. Many years ago, mankind faced a divine fury.

294. In an event is known as the "Day of the Cataclysm,"

295. our world was bathed in fire.

296. The fire raged with an intensity

297. that threatened to reduce mankind to ash.

298. The places they lived, the languages they spoke,

299. the culture they had built—

300. none could escape it.

301. Come on! Tighten up!

302. I got plenty of fire, I just need to pinch it!

303. Your flames haven't changed at all!

304. Like all you can do is switch between gross faces.

305. What? Was the face I made that weird?

306. If by weird you mean disgusting, sure.

307. The fugliest pucker face I've seen.

308. Guess this gesture won't work either then.

309. I could try the one that Captain Obi likes to do.

310. Rock and roll! Yeah!

311. The hell was that?

312. Did Shinra just rip a huge fart through his feet?

313. Eh?

314. Huh?

315. Now it's you who's not on guard!

316. Doesn't count as a sneak attack if you announce it.

317. Good try though.

318. You've got your head in the right place now.

319. Think he's dead.

320. Shinra, show me what you're doing.

321. I saw you make gestures with your hands

322. when you powered up your flames,

323. so I thought I'd try it out for myself.

324. I got the last one I tried from Captain Obi.

325. And, I don't know,

326. I feel like this one might've done something.

327. Hell yeah!

328. No dice.

329. Take off your gloves so I can see what you're trying to do.

330. Yes, sir.

331. You saw me using hand forms, which are also known as Kata.

332. They were commonly used by the martial artists of old Japan.

333. There are many.

334. I usually use this one to control my fire.

335. But every single one of these Kata

336. is meant to have a different effect.

337. There's even one that channels power to the user's feet.

338. It's called Tiger Crusher.

339. Watch closely.

340. Put your index finger on the base of your thumb,

341. and bend your thumb,

342. pushing it towards the base of your pinky.

343. By using these Kata,

344. you can channel your energy, or "ki,"

345. into certain parts of your body.

346. This also affects your flames.

347. Amazing. I had no idea.

348. Yeah. Good luck.

349. Thank you for the help, sir!

350. We've got more training to do. Up and at 'em.

351. So I bend both my index finger and thumb inward.

352. Focus on channeling energy into my feet.

353. I think that was it. My fire compressed.

354. I was about to blast off like a rocket.

355. The Tiger Crusher's amazing.

356. So this is how my power works.

357. By channeling the flow of my body's energy,

358. I can master my flames.

359. I feel the heat in my feet.

360. The shape of my hand...

361. pushes all my strength down.

362. Sho needs my help.

363. I need to reach him as fast as possible.

364. Faster.

365. Faster!

366. Okay. I think I see what Joker sees in you now.

367. Pretty impressive.

368. Hey. I'll give ya credit for being quiet that time.

369. Shinra! Use that speed boost to come after me now!

370. Beni was really dreading this.

371. I'm glad to see he's having fun now.

372. Is he? It's hard to tell from looking at his face.

373. Two fighters who're worth training have come his way.

374. I bet you Beni's ecstatic right now.

375. A true knight... never surrenders.

376. It looks like your friend's pretty worn out.

377. Think we better call it a day.

378. It looked like you got knocked around a lot. You good?

379. Of course. Knights are resilient.

380. So tell me,

381. d'ya have a name for that new finishing move?

382. Oh, yeah! My ultimate attack!

383. Stay sharp.

384. So, what's this move of yours called?

385. The Kicker-Man Ki—

386. Overruled.

387. Whaddaya think? They any good?

388. Yeah, but they're still just a couple kids.

389. Too shaky for their own good.

390. We'll make a proto-nationalist swordsman of you yet, kid.

391. That single-edged blade isn't like yours.

392. It works differently.

393. Its own technique.

394. But it never hurts to learn, right?

395. Okay. You did good.

396. Would've hit me if I hadn't known.

397. Use it wisely.

398. Sir!

399. I heard about your brother, Sho.

400. How he's the only family you have.

401. Keep him safe, okay?

402. Thank you, sir. Will do.

403. I'm coming, Sho.

404. Huh?