FIRE FORCE Manga Series - Epigraphs
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In literature, an epigraph is a phrase, quotation, or poem that is set at the beginning of a document, monograph or section thereof. The epigraph may serve as a preface to the work; as a summary; as a counter-example; or as a link from the work to a wider literary canon, with the purpose of either inviting comparison or enlisting a conventional context. A book may have an overall epigraphy that is part of the front matter, or one for each chapter.
We can find some epigraphs on Atsushi Ohkubo's Fire Force manga series.
Fire Force, which original title is En'en no Shōbōtai (炎炎ノ消防隊), is Ohkubo's 4th fictional work. It was serialized in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine from September 2015 to February 2022, collected in 34 tankōbon volumes. In North America, the manga has been licensed for English language release by Kodansha USA. Ōkubo's style includes bright, vibrant colors, excellent line work, and abstract elements to provide a sense of odd surrealism in his pieces. As of May 2022, the Fire Force manga had over 20 million copies in circulation, making it one of the best-selling manga series.
Plot: Shinra Kusakabe is a young firefighter with pyrokinetic capabilities who earned the nickname "Devil's Footprints" for his ability to set his feet on fire at will, and was ostracized as a child for the fire that killed his mother and younger brother Sho twelve years ago. He joins Special Fire Force Company 8, which is dedicated to saving people from Spontaneous Human Combustion while investigating Companies 1 through 7 for potential corruption in their ranks. As he carries out his missions, Shinra and his allies uncover the current government's shady dealings with a mysterious doomsday cult known as the White Clad, whose goal is to recreate the Great Cataclysm, an event that plagued humanity more than 200 years ago.
Each epigraph are related to a specific theme such as fire extinction, world salvation, doppelgängers, altruism and so on. Ohkubo uses satire and morals to make readers reflect on the importance of life and how death need not be seen as something so tormenting and terrible.
Find them attached:
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NOTES:
(1) The Japanese word Nichi-rin (日輪) means Sun wheel or Sun ring literally. This epigraph must have been based on one of the works of Kayama Matazô (加山又造, 1927 - 2004), a Kyōto born Japanese Nihonga (Japanese style) painter. The word is an example of poetry to praise someone for beauty or behavior. In order to refer to the star at the center of the solar system, Japanese native speakers use the word taiyou (太陽 (たいよう)).
(2) Epigraphs from volumes 01 to 04 were not created by Ohkubo and his teamwork. They were created by the author of this article based on his own interpretation about Ohkubo's work. Fire Force is a fiction, therefore its events have no relation to reality.
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REFERENCES:
(1) The Art of Social Criticism: Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun. University of Michigan. Date of access: 04-10-2023.
(2) BRIDGEMAN, Teresa. Negotiating the New in the French Novel: Building Contexts for Fictional Worlds. Page 129: Psychology Press, 1998.
(3) Epygraph. Cambridge Online Dictionary. Date of access: 04-10-2023.
(4) SHINDO, Noriko. Dicionário de Nomes Japoneses. JBC - Japan Brazil Communication. São Paulo, 2006.
(5) OHKUBO, Atsuchi. Fire Force Manga Collection. Kodansha. Japan, 2020; MONTE, Felipe [tradução]. Panini Brasil. Barueri, SP. 2022.
(6) MORI, Masaki. How to say sun in Japanese?. Japanese Particles Master. Date of publication: 06-22-2020.
We can find some epigraphs on Atsushi Ohkubo's Fire Force manga series.
Fire Force, which original title is En'en no Shōbōtai (炎炎ノ消防隊), is Ohkubo's 4th fictional work. It was serialized in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine from September 2015 to February 2022, collected in 34 tankōbon volumes. In North America, the manga has been licensed for English language release by Kodansha USA. Ōkubo's style includes bright, vibrant colors, excellent line work, and abstract elements to provide a sense of odd surrealism in his pieces. As of May 2022, the Fire Force manga had over 20 million copies in circulation, making it one of the best-selling manga series.
Plot: Shinra Kusakabe is a young firefighter with pyrokinetic capabilities who earned the nickname "Devil's Footprints" for his ability to set his feet on fire at will, and was ostracized as a child for the fire that killed his mother and younger brother Sho twelve years ago. He joins Special Fire Force Company 8, which is dedicated to saving people from Spontaneous Human Combustion while investigating Companies 1 through 7 for potential corruption in their ranks. As he carries out his missions, Shinra and his allies uncover the current government's shady dealings with a mysterious doomsday cult known as the White Clad, whose goal is to recreate the Great Cataclysm, an event that plagued humanity more than 200 years ago.
Each epigraph are related to a specific theme such as fire extinction, world salvation, doppelgängers, altruism and so on. Ohkubo uses satire and morals to make readers reflect on the importance of life and how death need not be seen as something so tormenting and terrible.
Find them attached:
| Volume | Original epigraph | Translation to Brazilian Portuguese language |
|---|---|---|
| Number 01 | Fire walk with me | Caminhe no fogo comigo |
| Number 02 | Hero or Devil? | Herói ou Demônio? |
| Number 03 | Argument and assumptions: which of them will win? | Argumento e Suposições: qual deles vencerá? |
| Number 04 | Death by fire or life by light? | Óbito pelas chamas ou vida pela luz? |
| Number 05 | Risking your life to calm the inferno | Arriscando sua vida para acalmar o inferno |
| Number 06 | Before our friends, our families... Our planet... Burns to nothing | Antes que nossos amigos, nossas famílias... Nosso planeta... Seja reduzido a nada |
| Number 07 | The fire connect you with your precious | O fogo liga você aos seus preciosos |
| Number 08 | The flames devour the time between us | As chamas engolem o tempo entre nós |
| Number 09 | Into the heart of the unholy flame seeking the light | No núcleo da chama profana buscando a luz |
| Number 10 | Is it time that separates the two, or... Only the divine flame can shed light on the truth? | É o tempo que separa os dois, ou... Apenas a chama divina pode iluminar a verdade? |
| Number 11 | Are you ready for the truth? | Você(s) está(-ão) preparado(-a)(s) para a verdade? |
| Number 12 | What if you were the burnt offering needed to save the world? | E se você fosse a oferenda flamejante necessária para salvar o mundo? |
| Number 13 | To a new world... Across the great fiery deep | Para um novo mundo... Além do grande abismo em chamas |
| Number 14 | A new world, a new adventure, a new tragedy... | Um novo mundo, uma nova aventura, uma nova tragédia... |
| Number 15 | Beyond the darkness, and farther still... There you will find the truth, and the falme that illumines it | Além da escuridão, muito além... Lá você encontrará a verdade e a chama que a ilumina |
| Number 16 | Blue, white, gray. Who will dominate in the battle of crimson flame? | Azul, branco, cinza. Quem vai dominar na batalha das chamas escarlates? |
| Number 17 | Boys, don't be ambitious | Jovens, não sejam ambiciosos |
| Number 18 | Dive, dive, dive... Burn, burn, burn... Die, die, die... | Mergulhe, mergulhe, mergulhe... Queime, queime, queime... Pereça, pereça, pereça... |
| Number 19 | The netherworld is approaching... | O submundo se aproxima... |
| Number 20 | The world becomes one | O mundo torna-se um só |
| Number 21 | Jailhouse burn! Let's roll! | Que a cadeia arda em chamas! Vamos nessa! |
| Number 22 | Spare the battle and spoil the child | Poupe-se da batalha e mime a criança |
| Number 23 | The truth is surely out of the light | A verdade certamente está fora do alcance da luz |
| Number 24 | Prepare for the great disaster | Prepare-se para o grande desastre |
| Number 25 | Who are you? Are you me? | Quem é (são) você(s)? Você(s) sou (são) eu? |
| Number 26 | Nichi-rin. I want to give back to you | O sol. É isso que quero devolver a você |
| Number 27 | Boy, you are the hero! | Cara, você é o herói |
| Number 28 | Stop the countdown for world destruction! | Parem a contagem regressiva para a destruição do mundo! |
| Number 29 | Despair or hope? | Desespero ou esperança? |
| Number 30 | A head-on confrontation | Um confronto direto |
| Number 31 | A battle big with fate | Uma grande batalha com o destino |
| Number 32 | It is wonderful to express your love on the battlefield | É maravilhoso expressar seu amor no campo de batalha |
| Number 33 | Hope, salvation, tender love are going to attack us | Esperança, salvação e o amor tenro nos atacarão |
| Number 34 | Hello, new world! | Olá, novo mundo! |
NOTES:
(1) The Japanese word Nichi-rin (日輪) means Sun wheel or Sun ring literally. This epigraph must have been based on one of the works of Kayama Matazô (加山又造, 1927 - 2004), a Kyōto born Japanese Nihonga (Japanese style) painter. The word is an example of poetry to praise someone for beauty or behavior. In order to refer to the star at the center of the solar system, Japanese native speakers use the word taiyou (太陽 (たいよう)).
(2) Epigraphs from volumes 01 to 04 were not created by Ohkubo and his teamwork. They were created by the author of this article based on his own interpretation about Ohkubo's work. Fire Force is a fiction, therefore its events have no relation to reality.
_ _ _ _
REFERENCES:
(1) The Art of Social Criticism: Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun. University of Michigan. Date of access: 04-10-2023.
(2) BRIDGEMAN, Teresa. Negotiating the New in the French Novel: Building Contexts for Fictional Worlds. Page 129: Psychology Press, 1998.
(3) Epygraph. Cambridge Online Dictionary. Date of access: 04-10-2023.
(4) SHINDO, Noriko. Dicionário de Nomes Japoneses. JBC - Japan Brazil Communication. São Paulo, 2006.
(5) OHKUBO, Atsuchi. Fire Force Manga Collection. Kodansha. Japan, 2020; MONTE, Felipe [tradução]. Panini Brasil. Barueri, SP. 2022.
(6) MORI, Masaki. How to say sun in Japanese?. Japanese Particles Master. Date of publication: 06-22-2020.
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