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- 7.8894E9 (dbd:second)
- Joker and Shinmon stage a frontal attack on the imperial seat. Joker reveals that he is a former member of the church's assassination branch, as he confronts his former commander, leaving Shinmon to fight off other enemies. Joker kills his opponent, while Burns emerges from the shadows. Burns and Joker discuss the time they experienced an Adolla Link, being transported to a different dimension where they lost an eye. Burns gives the Joker the diary of Raffles I's wife, who after years of investigation he believes is the only document detailing the events of the Great Catastrophe and the founding of the Tokyo Empire. Meanwhile, Yona reveals to Inca that she impersonated Raffles I and created the Temple of the Holy Sun on the orders of the Evangelist. Joker then turns his attention to Haijima Industries which he believes must be related to the Evangelist. At the brigade headquarters, Lisa arrives after her release from the hospital and everyone learns of the results of Shinmon and Joker's investigation. Victor is called to Hajima Industries following his report on the expedition to the Chinese peninsula. He meets the president of the company, Gureo Haijima, who asks him to bring Shinra to them. Victor reveals to the brigade that he is a Haijima spy, but they already know it. He divulges Haijima's plan to capture Shinra which he sees as an opportunity to investigate their connection with the Evangelist. Shinra agrees to accompany Victor to the Haijima as the brigade prepares to support him. (en)
- Assault undergoes hard training to defeat Tamaki, but when he comes to the confrontation he realizes that he has developed feelings for her. The next day, Tajik Oze, Maki's brother, and his companion descend into one of the underground tunnels to track down and reach a room that appears to be a laboratory containing cans of Infernal insects. Suddenly, a white cape appears wearing a bomb belt and detonates himself, injuring the two investigators. Following the injury to his son, General Oze decides that the military must intervene in the activities of the Evangelist. He instructs the Honda commander of the second brigade to investigate the Nether and he requests the assistance of the eighth brigade. However, Maki is ordered to return to the army by her father for her safety and she reluctantly obeys. Victor suggests simultaneous raids into the Nether to surprise enemies. Due to their previous experience, each member of the octave is assigned to accompany each of the units of the second to carry out the investigation. The firefighters are attacked by Ritsu, who commands a large group of Infernals reanimated from the bodies left behind during the Great Cataclysm. The team suffers a number of casualties which Ritsu then adds to her army. Meanwhile, platoon leader Amon Hajiki uses his heat seeking eyes and sniper skills to destroy all the Infernals attacking their team, however he is suddenly killed by Orochi of the Purple Smoke Knights, who attacks Tamaki by taking slowly gaining the upper hand. Juggernaut overcomes his fears and attacks Orochi to save Tamaki, but the enemy cuts off Juggernaut's enormous uniform, who eventually finds his strength and at the cost of an arm and a leg launches a huge firebomb at close range, that destroys Orochi. Hinawa and Takigi are attacked by Iron of the Knights of Purple Smoke, while Shinra runs into Dr Giovanni. (en)
- The White Hoods try to use the bug on Obi, but Obi resists by flexing his muscles. Arthur fights against Dragon, but the opponent proves to be immensely superior. Stimulated by the fight, Arthur strengthens Excalibur to the maximum, but not even in this state he manages to hurt the opponent and the sword breaks. Arthur collapses to the ground defeated and falls unconscious. The fight between Shinra and Burns continues, and Shinra focuses on constantly increasing his speed to overcome Burns' power. Finally gaining an Adolla Link, Shinra collides with Burns for the last time and ultimately wins the fight. Burns praises Shinra for his strength and asks him to challenge the world. Something a dogmatic veteran could never achieve, but is suddenly impaled by his doppelgänger's horn as he emerges from the shadows. Dragon tries to annihilate the company, but his attack is canceled by Iris and the white cloaks realize that she is the eighth pillar. As they are about to attack, the enemies are stopped by the masked Benimaru. (en)
- The Company captains are called to the Imperial Throne Room for an emergency conference to discuss the Evangelist and Adolla Burst that Shinra possess, Shinra encountering Joker who reveals Shinra's younger brother, Sho Kusakabe, serves the Evangelist as leader of the White Clad cult's Knights of the Ashen Flame. Over dinner, Shinra shares this information with Company 8, with Lieutenant Takehisa Hinawa later telling the story of Company 8's formation. Company 8 decides to arrive unannounced at Company 7's headquarters in the Asakusa district before its captain Shinmon Benimaru kills a town local turned into an Infernal. While Company 8 manage to win over Benimaru by helping him in Asakusa's reconstruction, they are attacked him by after the White Clad trick Benimaru into believing Company 8 caused the Infernal attacks. Obi and Benimaru are evenly matched with former attempting to reason with his opponent before Benimaru's righthand Konro stops the fight on Company 8's behalf. (en)
- Shinra Kusakabe, a youth dubbed "Devil's Footprints" due to his power of igniting his feet at will, joins Special Fire Force Company 8, a specialized fire brigade of pyrokinetics under Captain Obi who destroy humans turned into mindless Infernals. During his first mission, Shinra recalls the events that him got blamed for a fire that killed his family twelve years ago while cementing his desire to become a hero. Meeting his fellow recruit Arthur Boyle while learning of the Rookie Fire Soldier games, Shinra encounters Tamaki Kotatsu of Special Fire Force Company 1 and her captain Leonard Burns, whom he recognizes as the man who saved him twelve years ago. Shinra also encounters a mysterious pyrokinetic named Joker, who previously observed Company 8 before revealing himself out of an interest in Shinra. (en)
- When the team arrives at the oasis, Yata shows Shinra the Tabernacle, an Amaterasu similar to that of the Tokyo Empire. Scop explains the story of the Tabernacle and how a woman dressed in black taught them to speak and repaired the structure. Suddenly the group is attacked by a group of sentient Infernals led by a demon called Tempe. Pan, Victor and Arthur enter the Tabernacle to investigate, while Tempe reveals that his intention is to kill himself and ascend to Heaven by blowing up the Tabernacle, and this will also destroy the surrounding forest and region. Inside the Tabernacle, Pan and Victor attempt to decode the numbers engraved on the tablets and walls, when Arthur suddenly finds a solution. Shinra makes contact with the woman dressed in black, who can only provide him with a second of grace. Shinra accepts the offer and uses it to kill Tempe and discovers that his body travels at the speed of light making time run backwards. The woman in black then tells Shinra that she was inflamed by an Adolla Burst from an Evangelist's bug, and then she used her energy to create the oasis for the animals. The group deduces that the Amaterasu in Tokyo, controlled by the Sacred Sol Temple and the Haijima, is also likely powered by a human, but that it was an involuntary sacrifice. They also suspect that the Evangelist intends to sacrifice the eight pillars and use Amaterasu to kick off a second great cataclysm. After completing their mission, the group returns to the Tokyo Empire and reports to Obi, but are frustrated when Obi reports that Headquarters has recommended that no action be taken for three years while the church evaluates the information. Joker asks Benimaru if he wants to go against the church to find out the truth about what they are hiding and Benimaru accepts. (en)
- As the White Clad members Yona and Haumea observe the battle, Shinra briefly finds himself in a colorless hellscape which Sho explains is the source of the Adolla Burst, encountering an Infernal and the Evangelist at the time before the brothers return their reality. Despite Licht explaining the nature of Sho's Adolla Burst to effect universe's thermal expansion to give the illusion of manipulating time, Shinra braves through his brother's attacks while awakening his Adolla Burst ability to move at the speed of light. Shinra ignores the risks of his new power as he establishes an Adolla Link to show Sho his memories of their past, only for Haumea to reveal herself at the last second. Hamuea explains that the Evangelist seeks six other Pillars besides Shinra and Sho to kick-start the Great Cataclysm again, with her and Yona taking only Sho when Company 8 prevent her from taking Shinra as the Evangelist causes the tunnel to collapse. Company 8 fall back to take Shinra to Special Fire Hospital 6 to be healed by Director Kayoko Huang. Shinra awakens three days later and is greeted by Captain Leonard Burns, furious to learn that Company 1 leader knew what actually happened in the Kusakabe house fire and Sho's indoctrination into the White Clad. (en)
- Having infiltrated Company 1, Shinra and Arthur find nothing amiss until the former sees someone using an insect to turn a human into an Infernal while on a Company 1 mission. The pursuit led the two to Flam Karim and his fellow Lieutenant Rekka Hoshimiya, later learning Flam is also investigating the Infernal Bugs with Rekka revealed to be the culprit. Shinra saves Tamaki from certain death after she realized too late that Rekka used her to gather children with one surviving the process and becoming a pyrokinetic. When Rekka noticed one of his insects react to Shinra, he reveals to be acting on the Evangelist's beckoning to gather "pilot lights" so they can turn Earth into a second sun. Shinra is disgusted by it and that his brother's abduction might be connected, defeating Rekka with Flam Karim freezing him. But Rekka is assassinated by his comrades, who cripple Company 1 Lieutenant Huo Yan Li before falling back. Karim offers his aid to Company 8 while Tamaki is transferred to them following her suspension. (en)
- Victor takes the company to the Joker. Inside their secret hideout, Shinra has an Adolla Link with Burns and discovers that the White Hoods intend to use a hellish bug on Ōbi, prompting him and the Joker to leave for Fuchū's prison. There, they find Burns chaining Ōbi, and Shinra and Joker attack him together. The rest of the brigade reaches the prison and confronts them with the butchers, the branch of the assassins of the White Hoods. They manage to beat Gold with team play, while Arthur, previously separated from the others, defeats Stream with ease. Following this fact, Dragon, the head of the butchers, decides to take the field personally. His name, his inhuman arrogance and his powers excite Arthur, thus pushing him to reach new heights of strength. (en)
- Following Obi and Hibana sharing the latest intel on the White-Clad with Karim and Konro, along with Giovanni have left the Fire Force despite his actions being covered up, Licht meets up with Joker while gathering clues on the White-Clads' base as the two agree that Shinra needs improvement to stand a chance against Sho. After Shinra and Arthur visit Asakusa for training under Benimaru, they and the rest of Company 8 are informed by Licht that the White-Clad are hiding in the Nether, a forbidden area of abandoned subway tunnels beneath the Tokyo Empire. When the company enter the Nether the next day, the plan of staying together is thwarted when they are enveloped in a mysterious fog and encounter impostors created by Yona and Mirage while Sho sends in Assault the Slaughterer to aid in the intruders' disposal. Ending up alone before being found by Flail and his subordinates, Maki defeats a White-Clad group by using the cannon-like devices that Vulcan developed for her living fireballs. (en)
- At Hajima, experiments on promising children continue, involving Nataku Son, who was turned into a pyrokinete by Rekka Hoshimiya's insect. Nataku is forced to fight Yūichiro Kurono. On the way to the Haijima facility, Shinra remembers his bitter experience with the bully Kurono when he was held in factories for 7 to 12 years. Shinra enters the facility and feels a connection with Nataku through the Adolla Link as he is guided into a training room to face Kurono. While Victor is at Haijima's research facility, he realizes that Nataku's Adolla Burst has been awakened. He releases Shinra from the training room and together they search for Nataku as the brigade rushes to their rescue. Meanwhile, Kurono stops Nataku and searches for the weakest of the brigade to destroy, but is thwarted by the intervention of Arthur and Shinra. The White Hoods watch these events unfold and Charon intercepts Kurono so they can capture Nataku, who is revealed to be the Sixth Pillar. The sides continue to fight for custody of Nataku until one of the White Hoods, Ritsu, traps the child in a giant Hell. On the orders of the president of the Hajima, Kurono sides with the brigade to save him. (en)
- As Juggernaut lies badly wounded, Tamaki defeats the remaining Hellions, but is then attacked by two other enemies. Fortunately she is saved by the arrival of Honda and Obi. Elsewhere, Dr. Giovanni reveals to Shinra that the laboratory they found was a trap set to lure firefighters to the Nether so they could be defeated. Giovanni has genetically transformed his body to incorporate insect characteristics and starts attacking Shira until Arthur joins him. Licht deduces that the enemies intend to destroy the Nether's underground structures, sinking the Tokyo Empire into the ground. He suggests that Maki may have the power to redirect the explosion even though they could all be incinerated underground. Maki prepares for the challenge, against his brother's objections. Ritsu initiates the explosions, and Maki and Tajik work together to redirect the flames to the lower levels of the Nether, neutralizing them. Giovanni escapes turning into a myriad of insects after Arthur cuts off his head. The survivors return to the surface and Honda acknowledges the effort of the 8th Brigade, stating that the Fire Force and the army must unite to defeat the Evangelist. Maki returns to the brigade, with the reluctant acceptance of her brother and father. Shinra and Hibana visit Konro to discuss his possible connection via the Adolla Link. Konro then explains that he experienced Adolla two years earlier, when he fought a demon who looked like a doppelganger of himself. Benimaru invites Shinra and Arthur for another workout, to which Tamaki is added, tired of being a burden to others. (en)
- Following the Asakusa incident, Company 8 receive Hajima Industries' eccentric genius Viktor Licht as their forensic scientist while Shinra, Arthur, and Iris try recruiting the crackerjack engineer Vulcan Joseph who lives in a junkyard with his assistants Lisa Isaribe and Yu. Vulcan expresses his desire to restore the planet's wildlife and his inherited disdain towards Hajima for stealing his ancestors' plans for the Amaterasu reactor, refusing both Shinra's offer and that from Company 3's captain Dr. Giovanni, whom he has a history with. Shinra soon learns that Giovanni is a White-Clad member who plots to attack Vulcan's workshop, with Arthur and Hibana losing against Flail and Mirage as Lisa is revealed to be a White-Clad spy. Giovanni acquires Amaterasu's key as Shinra finds himself overpowered by his younger brother Sho, with Joker holding him off so Licht can get Company 8, Vulcan, Yu, and Hibana to safety. Seeing Company 8 first hand and having a similar resolve to his own, Vulcan decides to join their ranks. (en)
- Shinra encounters Joker when he interferes in the Rookie Fire Soldier games, revealing to the youth that his younger brother Sho Kusakabe is still alive while tempting him into an alliance to learn further secrets behind the Fire Force. Shinra later learns that Company 8 was established to investigate the other Special Fire Force Companies since they operate independently and may be deliberately concealing information about human combustion that could end the Infernal threat. During their encounter with Setsuo Miyamoto, a murderous fire fighter who retained his sense of self after turning into an Infernal, Company 8 encounters Special Fire Force Company 5 under the command of Princess Hibana. Company 8 are forced to allow Hibana to take Miyamoto into custody to experiment on. But when Iris ends up being abducted by Hibana when she confronts her former friend, the group mount a rescue mission that places them in conflict with Company 5. (en)
- Shinra is determined to find a way to transform the Infernals into people and unravel the mystery of the Evangelist and Adolla Burst. Maki, Iris and Tamaki take Shinra to buy clothes for Lieutenant Hinawa due to his poor sense of dress. Later, Captain Obi introduces Shinra the Fire Force's highly competitive annual male nude calendar project. However, their cheesy "double cobra" pose causes the photo to be relegated to last place as in the previous year. Shinra then meets Captain Soichiro Hague of the 4th Brigade, who surprisingly asks him to burn it, and Shinra is prompted by a young woman's voice in his head to use all of her power. From afar, Haumea comments to Charon that the woman known as the First Pillar continues to tempt Shinra to use her Adolla Burst. Shinra loses control and Hague realizes the situation so he forces Shinra out where Arthur appears and intercedes to stop Shinra from using all of his power. (en)
- Company 8 slowly gains the upper hand against Company 5 as Arthur destroys Miyamoto while Shinra battles Hibana, who was revealed to be the only other survivor besides Iris when their orphanage was consumed in flames. Despite her resolve and ideals, Hibana is defeated and reveals to Obi that someone is turning people into Infernals within the Shinjuku district which is the jurisdiction of Burns and Company 1. Obi uses the rookie training reassignment system have Shinra and Arthur infiltrate Company 1, the two placed under the care of Lieutenant Flam Karim after Burns defeats them in a sparring match. (en)
- The battle continues until, with the force of Arthur's attacks, Shinra repels the provocations of the First Pillar. As she leaves her consciousness, she reveals that there is another Pillar, a potential resource for both the Evangelist and the Fire Force. Meanwhile, student Inca Kasugatane uses her extraordinary sense of smell to detect the smell of a house about to burst into flames. She gathers her accomplices and they make their way to the place, preparing to rob the property once it catches fire. Subsequently, the First Pillar appears to Inca, arousing her interest. Suddenly, the houses inside the area start to catch fire. As the 8th brigade rushes to the scene, Obi mentions the existence of the student that he suspects she may be the Fifth Pillar. The brigade arrives and splits to face the Infernals who are creating the fires. Shinra is tasked with finding Inca and Arthur to stop Haumea. Haumea finds Inca and sends Charon to get her, but Shinra arrives and engages in a fierce battle with Charon. Shinra tries to convince Inca to join the Fire Force, but she rejects her. Meanwhile, an Infernal demon appears overwhelming the Fire Force. (en)
- Shinmon instructs Tamaki to see if he can take care of the twin sisters Hikage and Hinata, who decide to play tag. Tamaki doesn't take the game seriously at first, but after being beaten up by the sisters, she draws on her determination to push her skills to the point of beating them. Shinra and Arthur continue their strange training with Shinmon, in order to reach a new level in the mastery of their power. Shinmon pushes them to fight, but after hours of intense fighting he still defeats them with little effort. Shinra has used up almost all of the oxygen in his body and enters a semi-conscious state facing death, but his survival instinct kicks in and experiences an Adolla Link while covered in blue flames. Meanwhile, Konro receives a visit from Hibana and Company 6 Captain Kayoko Huang, who examines him and determines that an Adolla Link is still present in those who have a scar from their contact with Adolla. Assuming that the enemies are attacking others marked, Hibana prepares to warn Captain Hague, but he is killed in his office by a white cape with a golden hand. Meanwhile, Shinra sees his mother and Hague dying through his Adolla Link. The white hoods prepare for a final assault on the Tokyo Empire. Raffles III tells Burns that the empire must join the White Hoods for the sake of the empire and the sun god, and Haumea convinces Burns to join their cause. While delivering a mission report to the head of the fire defense agency, Akitaru is arrested by soldiers from the Tokyo army. After Ōbi's arrest, Company 8 decides to become traitors to the empire to save him. (en)
- While Tamaki manages to defeat Assault with Iris's help before the girls find Maki, Hinawa overwhelms Arrow before Arthur saves him from Yona and Mirage by killing off the latter. Elsewhere, Vulcan and Obi encounter Giovanni as he has Lisa attack the two Fire Soldiers before using her as a hostage to force Vulcan into shooting Obi. But Vulcan manages to trick Giovanni into letting his guard down for Obi to attack him. Meanwhile, Shinra and Licht find Sho with the former being forced to fight his brother as Sho reveals his Adolla Burt ability. (en)
- Instigated by Haumea, Nataku loses control, attacking everyone with energy beams. Charon intercepts one before he can hit Shinra, who attacks the colossus in vain. He therefore tries to calm the child, with whom he has an Adolla Link. Nataku emits a huge beam of energy which is deflected by Charon, while Kurono manages to bring down the Infernal and calm the child. The White Hoods retreat, deciding to leave Nataku under Kurono's care, as the only one able to control him. Later, Shinra, Ōbi and Viktor meet up with Gureo Haijima, who admits to knowing that Amaterasu is powered by a human, which is why the Haijima are looking for a person who owns the Adolla Burst to create another version of it. Vulcan interrupts and announces that he can design a unit that does not require a human power source. Haijima agrees to finance him in exchange for ownership and offers to help the brigade in their search against the Evangelist who poses a threat to the profitability of industries. The brigade returns to battle the Hellions, but Iris needs to baptize a new batch of equipment and Shinra offers to accompany her to the central church of the Tokyo Empire, known as the church of baptism. Iris takes Shinra to the cemetery where the clergy are buried and reveals her doubts about the value of the church and whether it was really created by the Evangelist. Suddenly a priest catches fire and Shira puts him to rest. Shinra eventually restores Iris's faith by reminding her that the Sun is beyond the Evangelist and the church. (en)
- As Benimaru leaves to confirm Company 8's testimony, and Konro explaining the injuries he suffered the night that their company fought a dangerous Infernal prior to being made an official branch of the Fire Force, the group find the Asakusa townsfolk arguing amongst themselves. This is revealed to be caused by Knight of the Ashen Flame's Yona using his powers to alter his subordinates' appearance to cause chaos with some becoming Infernals which Benimaru fights while Konro and the others deal with the fires. Shinra and Arthur manage to get the advantage on the White Clad members Arrow and Haran before the latter swallows an Infernal Bug and transforms into a Demon-type Infernal, Arrow recognizing Shinra to have an Adolla Burst as Shinra deflects her attacks while Benimaru safely destroys the Infernal. Later, Benimaru and Obi share some sake to seal the friendship between Companies 7 and 8. (en)
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