User blog comment:Plexioth- xD/Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate/@comment-24.218.161.23-20121017200437/@comment-4563270-20121018035336

@bellgoriiing You would think the bomb element synonymous to fire but fire is merely a bi-product of the combustion... this kind of combustion usually involves fuel i.e. the slime molecularly breaking apart in a burst and usually atoms fly forth and break everything apart near by.. the fact that it produces light and fire is only a condition that the particles are heated to a plasma state and can otherwise ignite other materials and start an actual fire. fire fire requires molecules breaking apart by atoms loosing electrons temporarily to break bonds but this can be FROM a larger combustion and/or simple ignition of feul, difference being you can touch a match to a candle and pass the heat of the flame to the wick till it ignites as opposed to the wick chemically igniting so fast the wick breaks apart completely leaving fire behind from the heat...

sorry long explanation but it explains why even a fire element monster like agnaktor could succumb to bomb ailment. while those monsters are flame retardant they aren't slime retardant and the force of the explosion will hurt more than the heat. try dropping pure alkali metals and they'll not only catch fire.. they might break the dish haha.. imagine that being agnaktor with all his fire resitance being covered in slime.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSZ-3wScePM