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Crablante

From The Codex
Huuuh? Shouldn't you be running? Gurgle-blorgle! Glurgle! Are you a new salaryman bored with company life? I transformed into Crablante after eating too much crab. I'm surprised you don't flee. Gurgleblorgle! I guess you wanna die. Well, do you? Glurgle-blorgle! Like mine, your eyes are lifeless. Out of sympathy, I'll let you go. Besides, I'm hunting other prey right now. Some brat with a cleft chin. I'm gonna rip him limb from limb. Gurrrglebablorple!
~ Crablante to Pre-Training Saitama

Background

Crablante was a Tiger-level Mysterious Being. He was originally a human but transformed into a monster after eating too much crab. He was killed by Saitama and the monster that drove him to train and become a hero.

This dropdown contains the synopsis of Crablante’s story. Read at your own risk as you may be spoiled otherwise!

Saitama Introduction Arc
Crablante meets Saitama three years before the main storyline in the middle of a street. Crablante's appearance causes everyone apart from Saitama to flee in terror. When Crablante asks why Saitama is not also running away, Saitama causually replies that since he is unemployed and unable to get a job, he feels that nothing matters anymore and that he does not feel as it even matters if he runs away. Crablante chuckles at this and says that, since he is after a different target and since Saitama's lifeless eyes remind him of his own, he is willing to spare Saitama.

Crablante later appears in a park and discovers a ball-chinned kid, his target. As Crablante is about to finish the boy off, Saitama rushes in and saves the boy. It is revealed that Crablante wants revenge on the kid for defacing his body while he was sleeping in the park by drawing nipples on his chest in permanent ink. Crablante demands that Saitama either surrenders the boy or dies himself. Hearing this, Saitama bursts into a fit of laughter and quips that Crablante reminds him of a villain from an old anime that he used to watch in his childhood (possibly Crab Demon from "Justice Man"). Saitama reveals that his childhood dream was to become a superhero who could defeat villains like Crablante in a single punch. After a brief but intense fight, Saitama defeats Crablante by pulling out an eyestalk along with his internal organs, disemboweling the monster.

Disaster Level
Crablante appears as the example for a tiger level threat, taking 5 B Class Heroes and 1 A Class Hero to defeat him.

One-Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows
Crablante is one of the playable fighters in this game. Story wise he goes through the same events.

Personality

General Information

Name: Crablante[2]

Origin: One-Punch Man

First Appearance: One-Punch Man Saitama Introduction Arc

Company: Shueisha, Tonari no Young Jump, Madhouse (Season 1 anime studio)

Creator: One, Yusuke Murata (The illustrator), Shingo Natsume (Season 1 anime director)

Actor

  • Japanese Voice Actor: Yukitoshi Tokumoto
  • English Voice Actor: Tom Fahn

Sex: Male

Sexuality: Unknown

Pronouns: He/Him

Age: Unknown

Homeworld: Earth

Residence: Unknown

Story Role: First Villain, Villain, Monster

Classification: Crab-like Monster

Species: Crab Monster, Mysterious Being

State of Being: Regular

Physiology: Monster Physiology

In-Universe Creator: Potentially God

Occupation: None

Disaster level: Tiger[3][4]

Affiliations: None

Enemies: Saitama, Cleft Chin Kid

Height: 250 cm[5]

Weight: 200 kg[6]

Status: Deceased

Date of Death: One-Punch Man Saitama Introduction Arc Flashback

Alignment: Neutral Evil (Crablante was going to kill a kid over just drawing nipples on his chest with permenant marker along with noting he's already killed other people[7]. Crablante only seems to spare those who have lifeless eyes like his[8])

Threat Level: Street Threat (Tigers are noted to be a threat endangering the lives of a great number of people)

Codex Statistics

Grade: B (Crablante is a tiger level threat[9], where it takes 5 B Class Heroes and an A Class Hero to defeat a tiger class[10])

Tier: 9-B

Cardinality: Finite

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: Wall level (Potency) (His scissor punch boasts enough destructive power to lightly shatter asphalt when swung down to the ground[11]. Crablante is a tiger level threat[12], which should be above wolf threats like Piggy Bacon who left a massive crater in the wall[13], which results in these levels of strength and Surprise-Attack Plum knocked out police officers being able to crush them along with the ground, which results in this level of energy[14])

Durability: Wall level

Striking Strength: Wall Class (Potency)

Lifting Strength: At least Superhuman (Physically stronger then Pre-Training Saitama, who could rip his eye out of his socket[15])

Travel Speed: Superhuman (As a tiger threat should be superior to the average A class hero, as it takes 5 B Class Heroes and an A Class Hero to defeat a tiger class[16], are stronger then bears[17], who can move at 35 mph)

Attack Speed: Superhuman

Reaction Speed: Superhuman

Stamina: At least Peak Human (Crablante was pummeling Saitma[18] for four minutes and 35 seconds[19] without showing any signs of tiring and could have gone on for much longer if he wasn't killed by Saitama)

Range: Extended Melee through size (250 centimeters in height[20])

Intelligence: Average Intelligence

Knowledge: Journeyman level


Powers and Techniques

Superhuman Physical Characteristics (Noted to possess super strength, with the power overflowing from his massive body being truly inhuman and a single swing of his scissors making average citizens fall through the air like leaves from a tree[21]), Enhanced Senses (Crablante's "cancer eyes" make it where he cannot be caught by a flank attack as he has a wide field of vision[22]), Natural Weaponry (Has a pair of hard and sharp scissors as hands being compared to blunt rock weapons when swung around[23]), Bloodlust (Crablante's inferiority complex and frustration with society that he felt when he was a civilian urges his violent acts and makes him have no hesitation to kill people[24])

All beings in One-Punch Man have a Limiter which through trying to break it[25], starts granting them the following abilities:

Indomitable Will (One that breaks their limiter need to have extreme will to continue[26]), Pain Tolerance (As they constantly need to put constant pressure on both their body and mind[27]), Accelerated Development (Passive, Physical Stats & Abilities; Limiter Removal, allows for endless growth as there is no intrinsic limit placed on people[28]), Adaptation (Garou has shown to increase himself to blitzing and overpowering Darkshine, who previously managed to break his entire ribcage, by breaking his limiter[29]), Supernatural Resilience (Characters like Garou were able to survive being ripped apart and a hole in his chest[30]), Resurrection (To experience explosive growth, one must be on the brink of death and die than resurrect[31]).

Resistance to BFR (Forced Teleportation; Child Emperor due to his strong will, can break out of Pheonix Space[32]), Mind Manipulation & Absorption (Psykos resisted Orochi absorbing them into them and taking over their mind through sheer will[33]), Telekinesis (Garou with his sheer will couldn't have his movements negated by Gyro Gyro[34]), Sleep Manipulation (Through sheer will and getting pumped up Metal Bat can resist the tranquilizing odor that made him nearly lose consciousness[35]), Empathic Manipulation (Fubuki is able to resist Monster Princess' whip due to having a strong will where her whip can turn one into a slave[36]), Power Nullification (Limits are meant to be intrinsic limits placed on people[37])


Equipment

  • Scissors: Serves as him arms. A pair of hard and sharp scissors. They are like a blunt rock weapon when swung around, and turn into a weapon of hell when clamped down.

Notable Techniques

  • Cancer Eyes: He cannot be caught by a flank attack because of his wide field of vision, but the supporting part that connects to the head is thin, making it a weak point.
  • Scissor Punch: A strike with Carblante's greatest weapon, his scissors. It boasts enough destructive power to lightly shatter asphalt when swung down to the ground.

Other

Standard Tactics: Shown in his fight with Saitama that he will repeatedly punch his opponent, leaving his weak spot open[38].

Weaknesses: His cancer eyes have a supporting part that connects to the head which is thin and makes it a weak point[39] allowing for someone weaker then him to pull it out and kill him[40].

Trivia

  • ONE: "I am often asked why use the suffix lante. Actually when I was in the lower grades in elementary school, there was this movie called Godzilla vs. Biollante, and the giant plant monster in it was called Biollante. Biollante was my favorite monster out of the whole series, so I often subconsciously add lante to the end of monster names (laugh)."
  • Crablante is the first Mysterious Being to have been defeated and killed by Saitama. With his death being apart of the entire reason the Hero Association started as Saitama killing him[41] saved Tycoon Agoni's grandchild making him want to make an association to fight against monsters[42].
  • Crablante is the first Tiger-level threat to appear in the series.
  • Despite his brief appearance, he is one of the most influential characters in the series, as his attempts at murdering a child is what inspired Saitama to begin his long training to become a strong hero. Crablante also gave Agoni the idea to create the Hero Association after the former tried to kill the latter's grandson.
  • In the 2017 One-Punch Man Halloween cover, Crablante was depicted cosplaying a monsterified version of Red Riding Hood along with the simpler cosplay of Red Muffler. Crablante's basket is full of crabs, while Red Muffler's contains a bottle.

Battle Records

0-1-0

None.

None.

References

  1. One-Punch Man Saitama Introduction Arc
  2. One-Punch Man Saitama Introduction Arc
  3. One-Punch Man Bonus Chapter: Threat level
  4. One-Punch Man Hero Encyclopedia Pages 106-107
  5. One-Punch Man Hero Encyclopedia Pages 106-107
  6. One-Punch Man Hero Encyclopedia Pages 106-107
  7. One-Punch Man Saitama Introduction Arc
  8. One-Punch Man Saitama Introduction Arc
  9. One-Punch Man Encyclopedia; One-Punch Man: Hero Encyclopedia, page 106-107
  10. One-Punch Man Bonus Chapter: Threat level
  11. One-Punch Man Hero Encyclopedia Pages 106-107
  12. One-Punch Man Encyclopedia; One-Punch Man: Hero Encyclopedia, page 106-107
  13. One-Punch Man Bonus Chapter: 200 Yen
  14. One-Punch Man Bonus Chapter: Pork Cutlet Bowl
  15. One-Punch Man Saitama Introduction Arc
  16. One-Punch Man Bonus Chapter: Threat level
  17. One-Punch Man Bonus Chapter: Numbers
  18. One-Punch Man Saitama Introduction Arc
  19. One-Punch Man Hero Encyclopedia Pages 106-107
  20. One-Punch Man Hero Encyclopedia Pages 106-107
  21. One-Punch Man Hero Encyclopedia Pages 106-107
  22. One-Punch Man Hero Encyclopedia Pages 106-107
  23. One-Punch Man Hero Encyclopedia Pages 106-107
  24. One-Punch Man Hero Encyclopedia Pages 106-107
  25. One-Punch Man Monster Association Arc
  26. One-Punch Man Monster Association Arc
  27. One-Punch Man Monster Association Arc
  28. One-Punch man Monster Association Arc
  29. One-Punch Man Monster Association Arc
  30. One-Punch Man Monster Association Arc
  31. One-Punch Man Monster Association Arc
  32. One-Punch Man Monster Association Arc
  33. One-Punch Man Monster Association Arc
  34. One-Punch Man Monster Association Arc
  35. One-Punch Man Monster Raid Arc
  36. One-Punch Man Monster Raid Arc
  37. One-Punch man Monster Association Arc
  38. One-Punch Man Saitama Introduction Arc
  39. One-Punch Man Hero Encyclopedia Pages 106-107
  40. One-Punch Man Saitama Introduction Arc
  41. One-Punch Man National Superhero Registry Arc
  42. One-Punch Man Saitama Introduction Arc
  43. One-Punch Man Saitama Introduction Arc