The fire-eating samurai who stopped the great fire was called “The fire-eating bird”. Matsunaga Gengo, once known as the “Fire-eating Bird”, was the best fire-fighting samurai in Edo. He had resigned from the fire brigade for a reason, but suddenly received an invitation to serve in the Shinjo clan. The Shinjo clan’s fire-fighting team had no money and no personnel and was looked down upon by those around them. With the support of his wife, Miyuki, Gengo decides to rebuild the disbanded fire brigade, becoming its president. Gengo and his friends, each with their own unique characteristics, strive to “save at least a few lives,” despite being ridiculed as “careless skyscraper workers” (= “Boro-Tobi-Gumi”). A mysterious series of suspicious fires, known as “fox fires,” breaks out in Edo. continue.
(Source: ANN)
