炎炎ノ消防隊 [Enen no Shouboutai] #34

A menacing, horned demon figure dominates the cover of this thirty-fourth volume of Fire Force (Enen no Shouboutai), its glowing red eyes staring out from beneath an elaborate dark mask as the stark red-and-white typography frames the chilling question: "DESPAIR or HOPE?" Published by Kōdansha's Shonen Magazine Comics, this penultimate stretch of Atsushi Ōkubo's series carries a palpable sense of high stakes and culmination. If that ominous creature on the cover is any indication, the forces bearing down on the Fire Force are anything but ordinary.