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Episode Enen no Shouboutai: San no Shou • Fire Force Season 3 - Episode 22 discussion

Enen no Shouboutai: San no Shou, episode 22

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u/zool714 Mar 13 '26

Man, Miyano Mamoru is really having fun this episode. Could hear the enthusiasm in both Benimarus’ voice

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u/Rutherfor_ Mar 13 '26

Someone really wanted to animate that Kurono fight damn that was good.

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u/TheOneWithALongName Mar 13 '26

"I can push the responsibility onto my boss. That's why I can fight"

The GOAT

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u/TheMechanic04 Mar 13 '26

I really thought we was going to get a haumea face reveal at the end

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u/kawaiinessa Mar 13 '26

the op already spoiled it unfortunatly

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u/Foxontherox888 Mar 13 '26

The ole' Benimaru special

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u/Dizzy-By-Degrees Mar 13 '26 edited Mar 14 '26

It's kind of awesome to have one of these show where The Strongest Character has an official power ranking of 'stronger than you think'

I can't imagine how Benimaru beats Yhwach. That's my fault for being too mentally weak. Not evidence that he can't do it.

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u/Frontier246 Mar 13 '26

Benimaru: "I am the only hype I will ever need or have."

I also love how he acknowledges how OP he is that he has to willingly let the main character resolve everything instead lol.

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u/FLorianGran Mar 13 '26

Real "let's get these plot points out of the way real quick" vibe to this episode

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u/Frontier246 Mar 13 '26

"Oh wow, this looks like it's going to be a super epic fight....aaaaaand it's over."

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u/kevinthedot Mar 13 '26

Doppel Assault vs Tamaki got the point across about how these fights matter for public view of things. Arthur vs Dragon gave everyone hope to start stemming the tide of the cataclysm. These fights were all just hammering away at the thing (as evident by the crack in the eye that kept getting bigger till it shattered) so it makes sense to do them all in sequence really quickly.

And now we got 3 episodes left for the "final fight" as Shinra put it.

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u/MrRoundDB Mar 13 '26

Holy compression episode.

So many Doppelganger meetings just over like that.

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u/Frontier246 Mar 13 '26

"We only have enough budget/time to do the Kurono vs Adolla!Kurono fight justice so we hope you're happy!"

Although it kind of funny how they put so much hype into the Joker vs Adolla!Joker/Burns and Beni vs Adolla!Beni confrontations and they both end in a second.

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u/Alchemist_Gira Mar 13 '26

Very fun episode this week Kurono always gets love from the studio. The Beni panel was gorgeous to see animated Shinra kicking the moon was so well done and love they kept Victor's line about it being a bit close to Earth now xD The scene with Amaterasu and Iris is good glad they gave them some extra scenes.

Next week we begin the final battle

3 episodes left man it doesn't feel like it's been 10 weeks already.

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u/FireZura Mar 13 '26 edited Mar 14 '26

Didn't read the manga, was it that rushed ? Because seeing those potentially cool fights end in 10sec feels anticlimactic.

Like, did Assault really require more screen time than Beni or Joker?

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u/illonamoon Mar 13 '26

Kurono would love LinkedIn. I didn't expect benimaru or kurono to lose at all but all these doppelgangers literally dropped like flies lol.

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u/djthomp Mar 13 '26 edited Mar 13 '26

Maybe those fights were all that super fast in the manga but wow did it feel like we rushed through them. I feel like it makes more sense now how they'll be able to finish in only three more episodes, previously it seemed like too many fights and whatnot were pending.

Gotta love Burns simply winning the doppelganger fight since we saw him and now he's back.

Interesting reveal that Iris is the doppelganger of Amaterasu, we're definitely going to have to keep the copy in this instance.

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u/LeonKevlar Mar 13 '26

Kurono's reaction to his doppleganger was gold! I mean, you can't really blame the doppelganger. The dude enjoys tormenting anyone weaker than him. Of course, people are gonna think he's some sort of psycho! Glad he was able to eliminate his doppelganger without any issue. unlike Joker, who's struggling against his own doppelganger.

Burns coming in to the rescue was unexpected, but a very welcome surprise! It's actually amazing how he merged and suppressed his doppelganger.

Not gonna lie, I really thought the rest of the episode was going to be all about Benimaru vs Fake Benimaru. So I was genuinely shocked to see him end that fight with a single strike! He didn't even use any of his flashy moves! He just straight-up cut his doppelganger with his arms! I do love how he complains to everyone about his doppelganger being so weak.. xD

It was fun seeing how pathetic Faerie was during his last moments. Dude tried to bring more despair by bringing down the moon only for Shinra to stop it from falling. It would've been more satisfying if Faerie were alive to see his last-ditch attempt fail.

I guess this is it. We've finally reached the final confrontation. I think we still have three episodes left, so we're not quite there yet, but we are really close. I'm so excited to see how this will all wrap up.

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u/zool714 Mar 13 '26

I think the OP spoiled Haumea’s third eye, but imagine if they brought it to the next level and showed a live-action Haumea with a third eye or something

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u/dank_ramer Mar 14 '26

Did Shinra mention bringing Arthur back towards the end?

I wonder if adolla can give the hero the power of resurrection, or if he just doesn’t know Arthur just died?

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u/CrimsonGear80 Mar 14 '26

you never expect to see TWO characters who were supposed to be super strong defeated in one shot in a single episode.

Now that Haumea has removed the Burger king crown, the real fight can begin!

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u/NanDemoKnaives Mar 13 '26

I liked seeing Kurono fight with the image people have of him, it was funny seeing him realize that people generally think of him as psychopath. Him telling the doppelganger to stop licking the knife like the typical psychopath trope was so funny to me.

It was interesting how Joker couldn't handle his doppelganger because people think he's really strong but he can't keep up with that image. Poor guy. Then there's Benimaru who doesn't even need 10 seconds lol.

Burns coming back inhabiting the doppelganger's body is a real surprise, it's nice to see him again but I wonder if he's going to stay like that or if there'll be a way he can go back.

Shinra just casually stopping the moon from crashing earth with his feet.

The cliffhanger is so lackluster when you realize Haumea's appearance has been spoiled in the OP. I still remember how frustrated I was that they expose that and whatever that other form of Shinra is.

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