A review by wolvenbolt
Fire Punch, Vol. 6 by Tatsuki Fujimoto

dark emotional reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This was pretty short compared to the other volumes, one of the reasons it's not a 5 star rating.

I can tell this is heavily inspired by Berserk, I made comments in a previous review and talked about Berserk, but now the inspiration is pretty overt.
A big, tall muscular dark haired man, with one intact arm and other cut off, travelling with a woman he cares for who's brain isn't all there and he lives only to protect her. That's Guts in Berserk after the Eclipse, and that is Agni right now after he destroyed the giant tree. Also Berserk did the giant three thing too, Fire Punch (all though that's common mythology stuff, but still another thing Berserk did that Fire Punch has done).
Its pretty overt "inspiration" ngl.

He's even talking like Guts, sometimes a bit dense but sometimes makes some philosophical observations about himself and the world around him.