Fire, smoke, adrenaline, and fear--when everyone is running to escape from a fire, a few courageous people are running to jump right into the thick of it. Firefighters put their own lives on the line to protect others and Daigo Asahina has always dreamed of becoming one. He's fresh out of the training academy and has been newly assigned to Medaka-Ga-Hama fire station. Cocky and overconfident, Daigo responds to a few calls and is quickly humbled and put in his place--he's still got a lot to learn before he can call himself a true firefighter.
Fire, smoke, adrenaline, and fear--when everyone is running away from a fire, a few courageous people are rushing to jump right into the thick of it. Firefighters put their own lives on the line to protect other people, and Daigo Asahina has always dreamed of becoming one. Now, he's fresh out of the training academy and has been assigned to sleepy Medaka-Ga-Hama fire station. After going out on a few calls, Daigo discovers that he's got an uncanny ability to rescue people and save lives--but will his impetuous lack of discipline get him into more trouble than he can handle?
Daigo Asahina is fresh out of firefighter training academy and he's raring to go. At first he's cocky and overconfident, but after going out on a few calls, he is soon humbled and put in his place. He's got a lot to learn before he can call himself a true firefighter. Nevertheless, Daigo does discover that he has an uncanny ability to resue people and save lives. Rookie firefighter, Daigo Asahina--he'll risk his neck to save yours, but who'll be there to save Daigo from himself!?
Daigo Asahina is a rookie firefighter with a perfect rescue record. However, his impetuous and undisciplined rescue methods are as unorthodox as they are unsafe. So far, Daigo has relied on his incredible luck and his uncannily acute instincts to save the day. But his luck can't last forever, and when it runs out, ace reporter, Okano, will be there waiting to ruin Daigo's firefighting career.
What do firefighters do when they're on vacation? Daigo and Company M take time out for a much needed vacation, but the "R" and "R" on this vacation stands for "rescue" and "resuscitation" when their hotel turns into a firing inferno. Later, Daigo is assigned to temporarily fill-in for the short-staffed paramedic team. Not having to deal with fires for a while is going to be a piece of cake...at least, that's what Daigo thinks...
Rookie Daigo Asahina is shaping up to be quite an impressive firefighter, but all the training and experience in the world wouldn't be enough to prepare him for the ordeal he's about to face. Daigo finds himself alone on the roof of a high-rise building undergoing construction. The massive steel crane that is perched up there is toppling over and is about to come crashing down onto an oil tanker truck parked below. How in the world is a lone firefighter going to prevent this disaster from happening?!
Firefighter Daigo Asahina's burning desire to save lives at all cost finds him on the eve of the grueling qualifying exams for the city's most elite group of danger busters--the Emergency Rescue Unit.His brawny firefighting exploits may have yielded (marginally) positive results to date, but now he must convince everyone that he's got sound judgment and exceptional mental alertness--skills that his colleagues believe he sorely lacks--to pass the test. Will he shine bright enough to prove everybody wrong?
The qualification exams for the elite emergency rescue unit are coming up and rookie firefighter Daigo Asahina wants to take it to test his own mettle. Unfortunately, on the eve of the exam Daigo goes out on an all-night rescue and instead of waiting for next year, he decides to tough it out and take the test. With no sleep and on the verge of collapsing from fatigue, how in the world is Daigo going to pass a grueling test of mental alertness and physical endurance?
Firefighter Daigo Asahina and fellow Medaka-Ga-Hama teammate Taira find themselves beneath an inferno when they barge into a burning auditorium alongside Chuo Rescue. Their mission is to locate the victims trapped deep inside, but first they must cross a room flooded with electified water!Just as the rescue team begins to inch its way back through the hazardous lake, Daigo glimpses an ominous flash in the rafters high above them. Peering up into the blackening smoke, he senses that something is about to go horribly wrong!
Rookie firefighter Daigo Asahina will go to extraordinary lengths to save lives, but his latest unauthorized rescue method may get him fired! Insisting to his supervisors that he did the right thing, Daigo resigns himself to his fate and hangs up his firefighting gear. Then, on a dinner date with his former high school teacher (and object of his affections), a blackout traps them in a glass elevator high above the city, and things go from bad to worse... Until now, Daigo could always count on Company M to back him up, but this time he's on his own!!Also in this volume: Daigo of Class C, a side story in which a teenage Daigo investigates his high school teacher's disappearance!
Daigo narrowly escapes being fired after his latest escapade, and his morale has hit an all-time low. Tired of risking his life in the field, he enters the elite Rescue Training Program thinking that he can quit whenever he wants. But when his trainee battalion is unexpectedly called for active duty, Daigo discovers, to his horror, that he's feeling the first signs of panic!
Standing on the threshold between life and death at his latest fire, Daigo realizes that firefighting is his true calling, but afterward his superiors remain deeply disturbed by his impulsive behavior at the scene. Blissfully unaware of their concern, Daigo races off to share his discovery with his mentor, Ms. Ochiai, only to be drawn to a major chemical disaster....
A deadly gas leak threatens to seep through a residential neighborhood, but all Daigo and the other firefighters can do is watch in horror. Meanwhile, little do they know that they themselves are just moments away from being buried by a massive landslide! The crazy situation seems beyond even Daigo's control. But is it?
Sengoku finally has acquired a second firefighting helicopter. Then disaster strikes during a reunion of Daigo's fellow Rescue trainees. While they're contemplating whether he's a changed man or just as hotheaded as ever, the chopper goes missing on its maiden voyage! Daigo joins the search. He locates the injured copilot, but where is the helicopter?
Daigo succeeds in locating Sengoku Fire Department's missing helicopter at an abandoned construction site, and the pilots, though badly injured in the crash, are alive. What Lieutenant Oshitori and Amakasu want to know is how on earth Daigo found them?! Did he plain-old luck out again, or are his preternatural rescue instincts simply beyond the ken of his fellow firefighters (and possibly all of mankind)?
Sengoku Fire Department is afforded an opportunity to put their latest piece of firefighting technology to work when a blaze breaks out at a local parking lot. Unbeknownst to the rest of the company, this location was once home to Sengoku Memorial Hospital, the site of an incident many years ago that radically altered both Captain Gomi and Lieutenant Oshitori's lives. Daigo is ready to show everyone that he has what it takes to operate Sengoku's powerful new tool, but when a bizarre explosion engulfs Daigo in flames, who will come to his rescue?!
Captain Gomi is trapped underneath Sengoku Coast International Airport and the only way to save him is through a circulation pipe that is filled with high levels of volatile methane gas! Disobeying direct orders, Daigo enters the pipe alone, but time is running short and the stakes have never been higher. Does Daigo have enough oxygen in his tank to make it to Captain Gomi and prevent the entire airport from going up in flames?
In the aftermath of the Sengoku Coast Airport fire, one of the worst disasters in recent memory, the city decides that it's high time for the Fire Department to undergo some much-needed restructuring. Lieutenant Oshitori is assigned to spearhead a new project, but Daigo is prepared to resign from active duty as a result of his outlandish actions at the airport fire. Can a special firefighting detail be complete without Daigo in the mix? More importantly, will his fellow firefighters ever agree to work with him again?
A deadly forest fire rages in the jungles of Sumatra, a blaze so intense that a coalition of Japan's best firefighters will be dispatched to help the relief effort. In yet another brazen act of disregard for departmental procedures, Daigo illegally heads to Sumatra on his own! Time is running out for Ms. Ochiai, Daigo's former high school teacher and mega-crush. Visiting Sumatra on a science expedition, she is fighting for her life inside the tropical inferno! Can Daigo save her before tragedy strikes?
Fighting time and the elements, Daigo succeeds in getting Ms. Ochiai out of the Sumatran jungle firestorm, but now he's trapped with little more than a can of gasoline to save himself. Unreachable by helicopter, Daigo must find a way to survive the deadliest part of the conflagration all on his own. Will he successfully fight fire with fire, or will his legend perish in this jungle blaze? Get ready for the pulse-pounding conclusion to Daigo's heroic exploits. Just what is the most reckless firefighter in manga history cooking up for his final hurrah?!