8.0/10536 votes#1 - Shinra Kusakabe Enlists
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/5/2019
On his first day with Special Fire Force Company 8, Shinra Kusakabe, a third-generation pyrokinetic who is able to produces flames from his feet, meets his fellow company members and begins to fulfil his wish of becoming a hero.
Director: Yuki Yase
Writer: Yamato Haishima
7.6/10438 votes#2 - The Heart of a Fire Soldier
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/12/2019
Arthur Boyle, the self-professed “Knight King,” arrives at Company 8, and immediately, there are tensions between him and Shinra. With the Rookie Games coming up, Hinawa wants to see what the two new recruits are really capable of.
Director: Shuntaro Tozawa
Writer: Yamato Haishima, Yoriko Tomita
7.8/10389 votes#3 - The Rookie Fire Soldier Games
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/27/2019
Shinra and Arthur compete in the Rookie Fire Soldier Games, a contest to test the abilities of each year’s newest recruits. However, they are interrupted at the goal by the mysterious man who created explosions at their last fire scene.
Director: Yuya Horiuchi
Writer: N/A
7.6/10377 votes#4 - The Hero and the Princess
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 8/3/2019
A call mistakenly comes in to Company 8 to rescue a dog out of a tree, to which Shinra and Arthur respond. However, when an Infernal suddenly appears at the district courthouse, the two must play catch-up to join the rest of the company.
Director: Shuntaro Tozawa
Writer: N/A
7.8/10363 votes#5 - The Battle Begins
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 8/10/2019
While jogging, Shinra inadvertently disturbs Iris’s purification rite, and sees that she is troubled. When Iris later turns up missing, the other members of Company 8 rally to Company 5’s compound, to which Iris had secretly slipped away.
Director: Yuji Tokuno
Writer: N/A
7.8/10361 votes#6 - The Spark of Promise
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/17/2019
Shinra confronts Hibana in an attempt to rescue Iris, and must once again deal with her ability to make his body shut down. The story of Hibana and Iris’ youth as orphans, as well as Hibana’s rise to prominence, is revealed.
Director: Kazuomi Koga
Writer: N/A
7.5/10340 votes#7 - The Investigation of the 1st Commences
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 8/24/2019
The members of Company 5 and 8 get together for a cookout, ostensibly to celebrate a successful nighttime training exercise. Using the bylaws of the Special Fire Force, Obi gets Shinra and Arthur temporarily assigned to the 1st to investigate it.
Director: Yuki Yase
Writer: N/A
8.5/10400 votes#8 - Infernal Insects
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 8/31/2019
Obi goes over Hibana’s research, and learns that the artificially-created Infernals she dissected all had traces of insect DNA in them. Shinra and Arthur’s investigation at the 1st continues, and they finally get their first lead on a culprit.
Director: Shuntaro Tozawa
Writer: N/A
8.8/10434 votes#9 - The Spreading Malice
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 9/7/2019
Tamaki watches on as Shinra confronts Rekka over his actions, and reminisces about how she once looked up to the lieutenant. Rekka reveals his objective in seeking out compatible children, one which could spell disaster for the entire world.
Director: Yuji Tokuno
Writer: N/A
7.6/10320 votes#10 - The Promise
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/14/2019
A captains’ conference is convened to allow the Special Fire Force to discuss the situation with the Evangelist and the White-Clad. Shinra once again has an encounter with Joker, in which startling information about Shinra’s brother is revealed.
Director: Shuuji Miyazaki
Writer: N/A
7.8/10315 votes#11 - Formation of Special Fire Force Company 8 / The Mightiest Hikeshi
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 9/21/2019
While Company 8 searches for clues about the Evangelist, Hinawa recounts the tale of how the company originally came into existence. A lead prompts the crew to pay a visit to Company 7’s jurisdiction in Asakusa, and its captain, Benimaru.
Director: Yuushi Ibe
Writer: Yoriko Tomita
8.2/10327 votes#12 - Eve of Hostilities in Asakusa
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 10/12/2019
Company 8 pitches in to help rebuild Asakusa after the latest Infernal incident, helping to gain the trust of its people. However, a White-Clad plot threatens to undo all of their goodwill, prompting Obi to take matters into his own hands.
Director: Yuki Yase
Writer: N/A
8.2/10317 votes#13 - The Trap is Set
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 10/19/2019
With Konro’s help, the members of the 8th begin investigating events in the 7th’s jurisdiction. Chaos breaks out one dozens of cases of mistaken identity crop up, and the town’s people turn on each other. The 8th comes under White-Clad attack.
Director: Ryota Aikei
Writer: N/A
8.9/10434 votes#14 - For Whom the Flames Burn
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 10/26/2019
As Asakusa burns around them, Konro encourages Benimaru to step into his role as a community leader. Benimaru devises a way for the townspeople to foil the designs of the impostors among the crowd. Konro reaches out to Shinra for help.
Director: Yuji Tokuno
Writer: N/A
7.6/10295 votes#15 - The Blacksmith’s Dream
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 11/2/2019
Viktor Licht is assigned to Company 8 as its forensic scientist, but he is viewed with suspicion, since the assignment came from Haijima. Obi sends Shinra, Arthur and Iris to speak to a man named Vulcan about joining the 8th as its engineer.
Director: Shuntaro Tozawa
Writer: N/A
8.0/10302 votes#16 - We Are Family
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 11/9/2019
Vulcan teaches Yu a lesson in the importance of forging things that cannot be broken, and his hope to create similarly unbreakable family ties. Sensing a threat to Vulcan, the members of Company 8 take up positions to keep him safe.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.3/10299 votes#17 - Black and White and Gray
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 11/16/2019
While Dr. Giovanni continues to search Vulcan’s workshop, Hibana comes to Shinra’s aid, allowing him to rush back to help Vulcan. Meanwhile, Arthur has his hands full trying to deal with Mirage’s illusions, and Iris resists in her own way.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/10281 votes#18 - The Secrets of Pyrokinesis
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 11/23/2019
Vulcan gets settled in at the 8th, while Captain Obi meets with Hibana, Konro, and Karim to exchange data on the White-Clad matter. Konro proposes that Shinra and Arthur be given combat training in Asakusa to improve their fighting skills.
Director: Yuji Tokuno
Writer: N/A
8.0/10286 votes#19 - Into the Nether
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 11/30/2019
Licht’s analysis of the attack on Vulcan’s workshop reveals that the Evangelist’s men have been in the “Nether,” the area beneath Tokyo. Company 8 proceeds underground in search of the White-Clad and the secrets behind human combustion.
Director: Daisuke Chiba
Writer: N/A
8.7/10331 votes#20 - Wearing His Pride
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 12/7/2019
Hinawa comes upon an abandoned subway station, where he gets into a shootout with Arrow. Arthur and Mirage find themselves in a rematch, as Arthur gets the chance to put the training he received from Benimaru and Konro to the test.
Director: Shuntaro Tozawa
Writer: N/A
8.9/10374 votes#21 - Those Connected
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 12/14/2019
Obi and Vulcan face off against Dr. Giovanni and Lisa, during which Giovanni tells Obi more about the nature of Adolla Bursts. Shinra has an unusual experience that leads him to find Sho, but their reunion proves more volatile than hoped for.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.8/10348 votes#22 - A Brother’s Determination
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 12/21/2019
As Shinra and Sho continue to share their Adolla Link, Shinra learns a startling truth about the origin of his Adolla Burst flame. Shinra comes to understand the Link’s nature further, developing his skills even more in his effort to reach Sho.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.7/10337 votes#23 - Smile
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 12/28/2019
Shinra revisits his childhood to share his memories with Sho, to try to forge a deeper connection. When one of their own is critically injured, the members of the 8th rally to the rescue, and turn to Captain Huang of the 6th for assistance.
Director: Shuntaro Tozawa, Sho Sugawara
Writer: N/A
8.9/10427 votes#24 - The Burning Past
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 12/28/2019
Before being discharged from the hospital, Shinra is visited by Captain Burns, who offers to tell him all about the fire that happened 12 years ago, but only if Shinra can demonstrate that he is strong enough to hear the whole truth.
Director: Yuki Yase
Writer: Yamato Haishima
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Shinra Kusakabe Enlists" is the best rated episode of "Fire Force" season 1. It scored 8/10 based on 536 votes. Directed by Yuki Yase and written by Yamato Haishima, it aired on 7/5/2019. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "The Heart of a Fire Soldier".