Gouketsu

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Background

Gouketsu was a Dragon-level Mysterious Being and an executive member of the Monster Association. He was killed by Saitama.

He is the main antagonist of the Super Fight Arc.

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Gouketsu swiftly takes out Genos on his way to the C-City Super Stadium. He arrives at the stadium and catches Benpatsu, who was fleeing from the Three Crows. He then orders every martial artist to eat a monster cell and become a Mysterious Being. Max and Sneck attempt to fight Gouketsu, but the monster defeats them with a swift kick. He then offers the contestants a chance to either eat the monster cells and become monsters or die. Rosie, Choze, Benpatsu, Volten, and Hamukichi yield and become monsters. Gouketsu expresses satisfaction with the results of the transformation, especially Choze's. After Suiryu refuses Gouketsu's offer, he orders the newly-transformed martial artists to kill him. He silently watches the fight between Suiryu and Choze. After Suiryu wins, Gouketsu offers him a second chance to join the monster's side and even offers an executive position in the Monster Association. Suiryu refuses and immediately jumps to strike Gouketsu, but the monster strikes Suiryu with a downward punch, heavily wounding him. Gouketsu then toys with Suiryu, showing the difference in their strength. After easily beating down Suiryu, he lets The Three Crows attempt to finish him off. As Bakuzan consumes the remaining monster cells, Gouketsu notes that Bakuzan was being greedy and that his body would not withstand numerous monster cells. He is initially proven correct when Bakuzan collapses instead of initiating his transformation. To Gouketsu's surprise, Max and Sneck reenter the stadium, bruised but mostly unharmed, to help Suiryu fight The Three Crows. The Three Crows are quickly killed by the trio, and Gouketsu confronts the heroes, knocking them unconscious while Suiryu attempts to escape. To Gouketsu's surprise, Bakuzan's transformation initiates, and he viciously pummels down Suiryu. Gouketsu assesses the newly monsterified Bakuzan as a success and rates his disaster level as Dragon, like him. Bakuzan, drunk with power, declares himself to be the strongest monster and battles Gouketsu. Gouketsu effortlessly handles Bakuzan, lectures him on the Monster Association and the wealth of strong monsters, and intimidates Bakuzan with a powerful punch launching shockwaves that leave a large hole in the stadium. He then gives Bakuzan a firm warning about the danger taking on the whole Hero Association alone and heads to the ruins of Z-City, the meeting point of the Monster Association. Along the way, Gouketsu is confronted and killed in a quick exchange by Saitama after Suiryu informs the latter on Gouketsu's strength. After hitting Saitama at least twice, which seems to have no effect, his head is ripped off by Saitama's punch and flies up into the atmosphere before landing in the Super Fight stadium in front of a shocked and beaten Suiryu.

General Information

Name: Gouketsu

Other Names: Goketsu

Origin: One-Punch Man

First Appearance: One-Punch Man Super Fight Arc

Company: Shueisha, Tonari no Young Jump, Madhouse (Season 1 anime studio), J.C. Staff (Season 2 anime studio)

Creator: One, Yusuke Murata (The illustrator), Shingo Natsume (Season 1 anime director), Chikara Sakurai (Season 2 Anime Director)

Actor

• Japanese Voice Actor: Kenji Nomura
• English Voice Actor: Kellen Goff

Assigned Gender: Male

Sexuality: Unknown

Pronouns: He/Him

Age: Unknown

Homeworld: Earth

Residence: Monster Association Base

Story Role: Monster

Classification: Monster Association Member, Martial Artist

Species: Human (Formerly), Mysterious Being (Currently)

State of Being: Regular

Physiology: Humanoid Physiology (formerly), Monster Physiology (Currently)

In-Universe Creator: Potentially God

Occupation: None

Disaster level: Dragon

Affiliations: Monster Association, Bakuzan, Choze

Enemies: Hero Association, Genos, Suiryu, Saitama

Height: Unknown

Weight: Unknown

Status: Deceased (Killed by Saitama)

Date of Death: One-Punch Man Super Fight Arc

Alignment: Lawful Evil (Goketsu despite his immense power is aware of there being people stronger than him as he serves under the monster association leader, Orochi. Comes from the monster association and forced the martial artist to either eat his monsterizing fruit or be killed)

Threat Level: Global Threat (Comes from the monster association, whose plan is to take over the world)

Potential

• Potential Type: Limitless Potential
• Potential Level: Limitless
• Description: All beings in One-Punch Man have a limiter they can break with the right condition
• Limitations: Nothing notable.

Codex Statistics

Grade: A (Post-Alien Conquerors Arc Genos noted that Goketsu's strength was almost like Saitama's and thought that a group of Class-S heroes plus Saitama should confront him all at once otherwise they would never beat him)

Tier: 6-C

Cardinality: Finite

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: Island level (Potency) (Post-Alien Conquerors Arc Genos noted that Goketsu's strength was almost like Saitama's and thought that a group of Class-S heroes plus Saitama should confront him all at once otherwise they would never beat him, where Genos witnessed Saitama destroy the Giant Meteor, which size and weight would net these levels of energy through speed. It was predicted to destroy all of City Z, with Genos noting that it would also destroy the surrounding towns)

Durability: Island level

Striking Strength: Island Class (Potency)

Lifting Strength: At least Class K (Far stronger than Suiryu, where Suiryu while going all out split the martial arts stadium in half and destroyed parts of it, while lifting the rest of it)

Travel Speed: At least Superhuman (Moved far faster than Suiryu)

Attack Speed: At least Massively Hypersonic (Easily defeated Post-Alien Conquerors Arc Genos, where Genos was able to move and attack so fast that Fubuki couldn't see him, who can protect Bang and Bomb from an attack from Overgrown Pocchi, where BangFought together with Atomic Samurai, Metal Bat, and Puri-Puri Prisoner, where Atomic Samura can draw his sword and do over a hundred slashes, to where a man who can draw his sword faster than the speed of sound couldn't perceive his movements, resulting in these speeds)

Reaction Speed: At least Massively Hypersonic

Stamina: Superhuman

Range: Several Meters with sheer size (Reaches around this size), Higher with Shockwaves (Gouketsu's punches can leave behind massive shockwaves that travel farther then his punch do)

Intelligence: Unknown Intelligence

Knowledge: Master level (Gouketsu was the Super Fight's first champion, billed as the largest martial arts competition ever, the inaugural superfight attracted the most atheles ever, and Gouketsu was stillt he one to reign as champion after the fierece fighting)

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Powers and Techniques

Unqiue AbilitiesWith EquipmentLimiter Abilities

• Superhuman Physical Characteristics
• Martial Arts (Striking Arts; Gouketsu was the Super Fight's first champion, billed as the largest martial arts competition ever, the inaugural superfight attracted the most athletes ever, and Gouketsu was still the one to reign as champion after the fierce fighting)
• Enhanced Senses (His multiple eyeballs can easily keep up with and see the fight between Suiryu and Choze)
• Longevity (Monsterization gives one a longer life span then the standard human)
• Bloodlust (Choze's already vague sense of morals disappeared upon monsterizing, which should apply to Bakuzan as well)
• Large Size (Building Sized; Reaches around this size)
• Sheer Will (Gouketsu retains his sense of self after monsterizing which would normally turn a person completely mindless)
• Shockwave Generation (Gouketsu's punches can leave behind massive shockwaves that travel farther then his punch do)

• Corruption & Biological Manipulation (With Monsterizing cells, when one eats it, they will have their body change and transform into a monsterized form)

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

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

• Resistance to
  • Battlefield Removal (Forced Teleportation; Child Emperor due to his strong will, can break out of Pheonix Space)
  • Mind Manipulation & Absorption (Psykos resisted Orochi absorbing them into them and taking over their mind through sheer will)
  • Telekinesis (Garou with his sheer will couldn't have his movements negated by Gyro Gyro)
  • Sleep Manipulation (Through sheer will and getting pumped up Metal Bat can resist the tranquilizing odor that made him nearly lose consciousness)
  • 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)
  • Power Nullification (Limits are meant to be intrinsic limits placed on people)

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Equipment

• Monsterizing Cells: Fruit made by God, where if one eats it they will undergo a biological process where the person turns into a monster.

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Notable Techniques

• Uncoupled Eyes: Each of Gouketsu's four eyes are capable of moving independently from each other. He was able to switch freely between synchronous and uncoupled saccadic eye movement. This enabled Gouketsu to track faster individuals that other persons otherwise wouldn't and to observe different objects in different directions simultaneously, similar to a chameleon. He demonstrated this ability when observing the battle between Suiryu and Choze.

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Other

Standard Tactics: Gouketsu will utilize his martial arts and blocking various attacks.

Weaknesses: Nothing notable.

Trivia

• Gouketsu's last fight was skipped because ONE specifically told Murata so.
• The term Gouketsu (豪傑) refers to a man who is larger than life.
• Gouketsu was originally designed without the black marking on his forehead and chin. His teeth were larger and sharper, while the redrawn version looks more human.
• "I guess the reason why Frieza's final form looked strong despite its simplicity was that in contrast to the forms to that point, it looked (intelligent/calculating/rational). Being able to feel the intelligence is scarier (than not)." - Yusuke Murata
• In a bonus page from Volume 14 depicting his fight with Saitama, Gouketsu is seen using a side kick known as Sokuto-Geri (足刀蹴り).
• Gouketsu could very well be a homage to Street Fighter. He seems to have a combination of the names Gouken and Goutetsu of the Street Fighter series, and holds a physical resemblance to many of the characters, wearing a Gi outfit with torn sleeves.

Battle Records

3-1-0

VictoriesLossesInconclusive

• Genos - Fight
  • Conditions: Fight was off screen.
  • Location: Unknown City

• Suiryu - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Martial Arts Tournament

• Bakuzan - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Martial Arts Tournament

• Saitama - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: City C

None.