Withered Sprout

“	This hero looks weak. I know the Class-S and A heroes, so he must be lower! Victory is mine!	„
	~ Withered Sprout upon seeing Saitama

Background

Withered Sprout was a Tiger-level Mysterious Being. The Surly Brothers estimated the monster's disaster level to be Dragon. He was killed by Saitama.

Withered Sprout is seen in Z-City when the Surly Brothers show up. Withered Sprout pretends to be scared and is attacked by one of Angry Man's attacks, but quickly freezes him. Withered Sprout still acts weak, but manages to defeat Crying Man and Smile Man. Saitama later passes by and Withered Sprouts still acts weak but uses a sneak attack on him. After Saitama easily breaks his glaciers, he attacks him again only to be killed by Saitama's punch.

General Information

Name: Withered Sprout

Other Names: Scrawny Bean Sprout

Origin: One-Punch Man

First Appearance: One-Punch Man Bonus Chapter: Threat Level

Company: Shueisha, Tonari no Young Jump,

Creator: One, Yusuke Murata (The illustrator)

Sex: Male

Sexuality: Unknown

Pronouns: He/Him

Age: Unknown

Homeworld: Earth

Residence: Unknown

Story Role: Monster, Villain

Classification: Sprout-Based Monster

Species: Mysterious Being

State of Being: Regular

Physiology: Monster Physiology

In-Universe Creator: Potentially God

Occupation: None

Disaster level: Initially believed to be Wolf, bumped up to a Tiger threat by the Hero Association, realistically a Dragon Threat

Affiliations: None

Enemies: Hero Association, Surly Brothers, Saitama

Height: Unknown

Weight: Unknown

Status: Deceased (Killed by Saitama)

Date of Death: One-Punch Man Bonus Chapter: Threat Level

Alignment: Neutral Evil (Purposefully pretends to be weak and pitiful to be able to kill his targets)

Threat Level: Street Threat (Purposefully pretends to be weak and pitiful to freeze his targets completely in ice)

Codex Statistics

Grade: A (As a Dragon Threat, he is beyond even some S-Class Heroes)

Tier: Unknown-D

Cardinality: Finite

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: Unknown: True level (Does not fight physically), can ignore conventional durability through Ice Manipulation (Instantly encases his foes in ice)

Durability: Unknown: True level

Striking Strength: Unknown: True Class

Lifting Strength: Unknown: True Class

Travel Speed: Unknown: True level

Attack Speed: Unknown: True level

Reaction Speed: Unknown: True level

Stamina: Unknown

Range: Below Standard Melee, Tens of Meters with Ice Manipulation (His ice is capable of reaching this far)

Intelligence: Average Intelligence

Knowledge: Journeyman level+ (Uses his weak look and appearance for the Hero Association to give him a false rating so that he can easily defeat his foes)

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Powers and Techniques

Irregular Physiology (Has the body of a sprout-like being), Ice Manipulation (Withered Sprout can shoot out ice attacks that instantly encases the user fully in ice, being able to spam this as much as he wants)

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 extreme will 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 (To experience explosive growth, one must be on the brink of death and die than resurrect).

Resistance to BFR (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

Nothing notable.

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Notable Techniques

• Freeze: Withered Sprout shoots out ice attacks from his hands that instantly encase a user in ice.

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Other

Standard Tactics: Withered Sprout will pretend to be weak and feeble and then catch a hero unaware to freeze them entirely.

Weaknesses: Nothing notable.

Trivia

• Jumping Spider and Withered Sprout are the only Mysterious Beings officially considered with three different disaster levels.
  • He was first considered to be a Wolf-level threat, due to his cowardly nature and weak-looking appearance.
  • He was considered a Tiger-level threat by the Hero Association after being defeated instead of a higher threat level to prevent "destroying the balance of the pro hero world".
  • He was suggested and considered to be a Dragon-level threat by a Hero Association staff member and Smile Man, but not officially registered as one.

Battle Records

1-1-0

• Surly Brothers - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: City Z

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

None.