Shinra vs Burns in Fire Force S3 Ep6 sets the bar high

Fire Force season 3 episode 6: In what many are referring to as the most thrilling fight of the year, Shinra Kusakabe and Captain Leonard Burns engaged in a stunning showdown in Fire Force season 3, episode 6. The episode's flawlessly orchestrated fight scenes and superb animation not only met but surpassed expectations in terms of action. Before their fight can fully conclude, Haumea steps in and kills Captain Burns and his Adolla Doppelgänger. The episode has received a lot of positive feedback from anime fans, who have flooded social media with comments and dubbed it the "best anime fight of 2025."

Fire Force season 3 episode 6: Shinra vs Burns

Taking to X, people shared clips of the fight and said that the episode exceeded expectations in every aspect. Some people also mentioned that the fight’s end part was shocking and amazingly shown. 

One wrote, “The impact frames showing the flashbacks?? INSANE. I couldn’t be more pleased with how this was handled. it’s cinema.”

A second went on to add, “Best episode of #FireForce this season so far!!!!! So visually pleasing and that fight was sooo good. Burns is dead now and his doppelganger lives????.”

A third went on to add, “Shinra defeating Burns is what turning a 10/10 manga scene into a 100/10 anime scene looks like.”

#FireForce Ep 6 🔥

They COOKED 🍳. Shinra vs Burns went fucking HARD and it very cool to see get animated. This was one of my favorite parts of the manga and I'm glad that they did it justice for the most part! Not to mention seeing Sho in the episode and Burns doppelganger too pic.twitter.com/VrTkr77CIp

— 𝑫𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒔 👁️ (@ScarletFang423) May 9, 2025

Shinra defeating Burns is what turning a 10/10 manga scene into a 100/10 anime scene looks like

True Cinema #FireForce pic.twitter.com/n9ctpej6fR pic.twitter.com/XazpcShaCe

— 𝐕𝐉☆ (@VjDontMiss) May 9, 2025

Fire Force S3 #6 #FireForce

Burns vs Shinra manga comparison🔥🔥They absolutely COOKED with the ending part of the fight like holy shit it was amazing. The impact frames showing the flashbacks?? INSANE. I couldn’t be more pleased with how this was handled🔥🔥it’s cinema. pic.twitter.com/9JvypWEyEn

— Mars. (@AwayOnMarss00__) May 9, 2025

SHINRA VS BURNS ANIME & MANGA 🥵🔥 #fireforce pic.twitter.com/2HxvOmu55o

— Uzumakii_7 | 🦊 (@Yely_92I) May 9, 2025

I LOVE YOU FIRE FORCE 😭😭❤️‍🔥
This episode was so good from beginning to end 🙏🏻 I'm so happy, so many creative shots/ angles during these sequences. And the impact frames that shows when burns and shinra first meet 😭😭 #fireforce      #炎炎ノ消防隊    10/10 episode!!! pic.twitter.com/XRitsvYwBJ

— Eman (@_EMan8_) May 9, 2025

SHINRA VS BURNS THE FIGHT IS SO GOOD! 🔥 #FireForce pic.twitter.com/mC0couzqPy

— Khalid (@Rm_5aled) May 9, 2025

What is Fire Force anime about?

It centers on a young person with pyrokinetic skills who joins a unique organization created to combat pyrokinetic monsters that pose a threat to Tokyo, the only city left standing in a world devastated by a worldwide fire. Ohkubo's manga work Soul Eater is linked to the series.

Its chapters were collected in 34 tankōbon volumes, and it was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine, Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine, from September 2015 to February 2022. A David Production-produced anime television series adaptation ran from July to December 2019, the second season ran from July to December 2020, and the third and final season was divided into two seasons, the first of which debuted in April 2025 and the second in January 2026.

Where to watch Fire Force?

You can stream Fire Force on Crunchyroll. 

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