Oedo Fire Slayer -The Legend of Phoenix- (火喰鳥 羽州ぼろ鳶組)

That place's soba was pretty good, huh?

Like, really good.

The soup was perfect,

but the soba noodles themselves were nowhere near as good as at Komoroya.

What's wrong, boss?

Oh, uh, I've got something stuck in my back teeth.

Ah, good timing.

Let's make a quick stop here.

Toothbrushes?

No, I'll get it out eventually.

Let's go. I need to buy some toothpaste.

And they say a firefighter's teeth are his life, don't they?

They do not.

We're already called the Shabby Kites. We can't let our teeth be shabby, too.

Right, boss?

Thank you for your purchase.

This toothpaste is popular with Edoites. Did you know that?

No.

I hear they use salt for toothpaste overseas.

But Edo prefers sand. Sand from Boushuu, specifically.

Oh? Did you get it out of your back teeth?

No, this is something else.

What was that?

Let's go!

Boss?

That sound again.

OEDO FIRE SLAYER THE LEGEND OF THE PHOENIX

What is that?

Seijuurou, what's going on over there?

I have to get closer to see.

Hey! Get a move on! Don't turn chicken!

It's Kingorou-san.

Show us what you can do!

Group I is here, huh?

First, put out the fire in the storehouse!

That comes later!

Stop the fire from spreading first!

I don't even know where to start.

Hey!

Why are you looking down?

A firefighter needs to face forward, no matter what. Right?

Right!

Hey, old man.

Oh, Gengo?

What's going on here?

I've been fighting fires since you were a little kid,

but I've never seen anything like this.

Thanks. You saved my life.

I can't have you dying on me here.

These fireballs are bad news, but this thing here is worse.

I heard an explosion. Was it a backdraft?

Yeah, the first one was a backdraft.

The first one?

Yeah. After that was when it got weird.

When you get a backdraft, it usually explodes, then it's over, right?

But today, there was a second big blast after the first.

Two explosions in the same spot?

And for a single second, the flames looked blue.

I've never seen fire like that.

Blue fire?

What is it, Seijuurou?

Could this be...

Out with it. What is it?

The blue flames were likely created by zinc.

If powdered zinc caused an explosion...

There's no time to waste.

We need to put out the fire in front of us.

Don't!

Renji!

Ah, the sweet smell of burning firefighter.

But this is just the beginning.

Make the firefighters suffer the same fate your daughter did.

Don't talk about her.

Renji! Renji!

I'm fine, old man.

You idiot.

Thanks. You saved my life.

Glad you're okay.

Water won't put it out?

It's not that it just won't work. It will actually make it worse.

Water and zinc powder react to make a gas.

A gas? What's that?

A burning wind, you could call it.

I don't understand. But how do we put it out?

The only way is to cut off the flow of air.

And we'll need sand for that.

A lot of sand. As fine as we can get.

Sand?

There are no beaches near Nihonbashi.

We'll have to rip it off the streets.

If we take the time to do that, this whole area will burn.

What do we do?

Sand. Sand. Sand.

That's it!

Well done, Shinnosuke.

U-Uh, what did I do?

"A firefighter's teeth are his life."

That toothpaste is made with sand, right?

O-Oh, you're right.

That's Boushuu sand, right?

Look at all these storehouses.

One of them must belong to Kamiya.

And it's probably packed to the rafters with Boushuu sand.

Good thinking. Which storehouse bears their mark?

Um, which is it?

Well? Do you see Kamiya's storehouse?

One moment.

Found it.

It's 18 meters to the northeast.

Listen up, guys!

Pour the sand on and stop the fire!

Do it!

More!

Keep going!

Damn it. Another one?

Tora.

You seem to be having a hard time.

You're late, Hikoya.

What should we be doing?

We're busy dealing with this monster.