In defiance of the first quote up there the Raikage punches him anyway and has his arm on fire when he cuts it off to avoid the rest of him getting burned up.
which quickly becomes a Curb Stomp Battle that gravitates rapidly between Crowning Moment of Awesome and Crowning Moment of Funny. Upon learning that Absalom is going to try to marry Nami, Sanji explodes in flames of Anger for no apparent reason, and sets off to kill Absalom. In One Piece in the Thriller Bark arc.
At one point, his flame aura becomes so intense as to become a Sun-like sphere of radiance. Saffron, the Phoenix Emperor, is constantly shrouded in flames.But then, she's Akane, and her gi under the padding also catches fire. Akane, from Ranma ½ tries to assist Ranma in his training by wearing flammable padding on her arms (as his training required the opponent to emit a hot aura while he kept a cool one).Then it hits Viral feetfirst, literally curbstomping him Also worth mentioning is Kamina and Simon's Man On Fire BLAZING CHARIOT KICK! in which the Gurren Lagann jumps onto the Dai-Gunzan, somehow getting hit by only one blast, which only serves to set it on fire.
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Whatever it is, the chances are that being set on fire for your big moment will result in a Crowning Moment of Awesome.ĭoesn't really apply to persons who are normally Wreathed in Flames anyway, like The Human Torch. Maybe it's just because it looks really damn cool. Maybe colours and lights from fire are delightful, especially when moving and when it's dark. Maybe it is due to the association of fire with hot blood. Maybe it's because, what with being on fire is generally very, very painful, it's assumed that quite a lot of Heroic Resolve is required to overcome it. In application this means that, if somebody does something awesome, that action would be really fricking awesome by general consensus if the person in question does it while he or she is set ablaze. The perceived Badassery of any given action will increase tenfold if the action is performed while on fire. If one encounters writer's block, there is always the option of setting something on fire.Ī combination of the Rule of Cool and a Man On Fire, The Incendiary Exponent is officially defined as such: