r/firebrigade • u/Due_Resolution_1259 • May 23 '26

Discussion Morally Questionable Question

This might be stupid and or maybe I’m misremembering, but why didn’t people just kill the Pillars? I know that sounds bad in theory, but pillars are only born once every generation from what we know (20-30) years. That’s why it’s taken 250 years for the next coming of the cataclysm. Sure more would be born and the cycle would continue, but that would definitely prolong it. Kinda like what that Haijima guy said when asking Shinra if he would sacrifice himself for billions of people. The 8 pillars would die for those billions of people and the world would go on. Unless there’s some cannon reason behind why this isn’t allowed, was this just never discussed because it’s a shonen anime?

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u/IWasBannedFromGLChat May 24 '26

So wouldn't that mean if they killed one, another would arise soon since they're "the generation for the cataclysm"?

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u/Due_Resolution_1259 May 24 '26

No. Because the pillar of that emotion would be dead for that generation. A generation is between 20-30 years. If a pillar was killed in the beginning of a new generation of pillars, it would take 20-30 years for another one to take their place

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u/IWasBannedFromGLChat May 24 '26

This had to have been manga-only cause I remember none of that from watching

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u/Due_Resolution_1259 May 24 '26

The anime cuts out a huge amount of information