Boros

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Background

Boros, also called Lord Boros by his subordinates, was the leader of the Dark Matter Thieves, a group of alien invaders responsible for the destruction of A-City and the main antagonist of the Alien Conquerors Arc. Like Saitama, Boros faced a self-imposed existential crisis, having become so powerful that no battle thrilled him. His intergalactic travels in search of a worthy opponent led him to Earth, where he was killed by Saitama. Boros acts as a reflection of Saitama, while Saitama has become the strongest hero, Boros is the strongest villain, with not even Boros being able to thrill Saitama in battle.

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The Dark Matter Thieves appear above A-City and bombard it with shells, destroying 99.8% of the city in an instant. The only structure left standing is the Hero Association headquarters. Saitama, who was in the building, breaks into the spaceship and kills Groribas and Geryuganshoop, two of Boros's top subordinates, much to the alien's surprise. Saitama then confronts Boros. Face to face with Saitama, Boros explains that he traveled to Earth because of a prophecy that foretold of a worthy opponent there. He attempts to goad Saitama into fighting with him. Suddenly, Saitama punches him into a pillar and berates him for destroying A-City for a stupid reason. Boros, much to Saitama's surprise, survives the hero's punch and stands up. With his restraining armor now destroyed, Boros unleashes his true strength and prepares to fight the hero. Boros and Saitama engage in an intense fight. Seeing Saitama is unfazed by his attacks, Boros uses his trump card, Meteoric Burst and continues his assault on Saitama. He finishes his attacks with a knee that launches Saitama to the moon. Soon, Saitama jumps back from the moon, landing right on the ship. Upon the hero's return, Boros is surprised but also excited, and he charges at him with a barrage of attacks. Although Saitama is initially not moving, he soon counters with a normal punch that knocks him back before attacking him with his Consecutive Normal Punches, tearing Boros into pieces. However; his regenerative ability allows him to re-form almost immediately. Eager to end the fight, Boros decides to use his final attack, Collapsing Star Roaring Cannon, to annihilate Saitama and the planet's surface itself. Before the blast hits the planet, Saitama uses his killer move, Serious Punch to repel it and critically damage Boros. Defeated and incapable of regenerating from the heavy damage, Boros compliments Saitama for the splendid battle. Although Saitama agrees with him, Boros replies that the hero was lying and that he had strength to spare, stating that the prophecy he had gambled on was unreliable as Saitama is too powerful. Boros then passes away while a victorious Saitama leaves the ruins of the spaceship.

Personality

• Battle Junkie: Boros is outright a battle junkie, traveling for 20 years just to try and find a challenging fight on earth, feeling absolute joy from Saitama being the first person to ever go toe-to-toe with him. Boros even notes how his fight with Saitama wants to have him hit Saitama with all he has. Even going out of his way to use an attack that'll release alll the energy within him. With Boros having no anger after losing, merely being delighted from the fight, though knowing the truth that Saitama did not feel the same and that he barely even fazed Saitama.

General Information

Name: Boros

Nicknames/Other Names: Lord Boros

Origin: One-Punch Man

First Appearance: One-Punch Man Alien Conquerors Arc, "From Space..."

Latest Appearance: One-Punch Man A Hero Nobody Knows

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

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

Actor

• English: Chris Jai Alex
• Japanese: Toshiyuki Morikawa

Sex: Male

Sexuality: Unknown

Pronouns: He/Him

Age: Unknown

Birthday: Unknown

Homeworld: Unknown

Residence: Space

Story Role: Villain, Monster, Space Leader

Classification: Alien, Dominator of the Universe

Species: Unknown, Mysterious Being

State of Being: Regular

Physiology: Alien Physiology

In-Universe Creator: God

Occupation: Leader of the Dark Matter Thieves

Disaster Level: Dragon

Affiliations: Dark Matter Thieves

Enemies: Earth, Saitama

Height: 2.4 meters

Weight: Unknown

Status: Deceased (Killed during his fight against Saitama)

Date of Death: One-Punch Man Alien Conquerors Arc, "Boros's True Strength"

Alignment: Neutral Evil (He is the leader of the Dark Matter, a band of thieves who have taken over the universe)

Threat Level: Cosmic Threat (He is the leader of the Dark Matter, a band of thieves who have taken over the universe)

Codex Statistics

Key: Armored | Armor Removed | Meteoric Burst

Key Information

• Armored: This covers him in his armored state, as it holds his "overwhelming power".
• Armor Removed: This covers his armor removed, where he can unleash his overwhelming power.
• Meteoric Burst: This key covers when he entered his Meteoric Burst state during his fight with Saitama.

Grade: A (Boros species survived the struggle for existence on a harsh planet, possesses the greatest healing in the universe, along with him having the greatest physical performance and potential energy of all his species) | A | A

Tier: 6-C | At least 6-C, Far Higher with Energy Bullets | At least 6-C. High 6-A with Collapsing Star, Roaring Cannon

Cardinality: Finite

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: Island level (Potency) (He is the leader of the Dark Matter, a band of thieves who have taken over the universe, and defeated everyone in the universe with none of them being a challenge, and notes that Saitama is the first one to ever go toe-to-toe with him. His sheer strength makes him superior to his three highest ranks, Melzargard, Groribas, and Geryuganshoop, the latter of who can throw rocks at near-light speed, resulting in these levels of energy) | At least Island level (Potency) (His armor held his "overwhelming power", commented on being strong. Noted out of his species he has the greatest healing, physical performance, and potential energy of them all), Far Higher with Energy Bullets (Energy Bullets shoots an energy blast that is a massive release of energy from his body) | At least Island level (Potency) (Meteoric Burst achieves speed and power beyond the body's limits by releasing internal energy as propulsive force. Noted by Saitama that Boros was the strongest he ever faced up to that point). Multi-Continent level (Buster) with Collapsing Star, Roaring Cannon (Collapsing Star, Roaring Cannon is the process of Boros releasing all of the energy within him to shoot a massive blast that he was going to use to wipe Saitama and the planet's surface, with the Hero Encyclopedia noting its a desperate attack to destroy the earth, which results in these levels of energy)

Durability: Island level, Higher with armor (His armor seems to protect him from attacks) Regeneration makes him very difficult to kill | At least Island level, Regeneration makes him very difficult to kill | At least Island level, Regeneration makes him very difficult to kill

Striking Strength: Island Class (Potency) | At least Island Class (Potency) | At least Island Class (Potency)

Lifting Strength: Unknown | Unknown | Class M (Kicked Saitama up into the moon, releasing this amount of force doing so)

Travel Speed: Unknown, Faster Than Light with Ship (Traveled across the universe to defeat everyone and find a strong opponent, it took them 20 years to get to Earth from an unknown part of the universe) | Massively Hypersonic (Noted to move at speeds so fast that the average joe would not be able to follow, which resulted in these speeds), Faster Than Light with Ship | At least Massively Hypersonic, Faster Than Light with Ship

Attack Speed: High Hypersonic | Massively Hypersonic | At least Massively Hypersonic, Relativistic launching speeds (Kicked Saitama to the moon through releasing his internal energy as propulsive force, which resulted in these speeds)

Reaction Speed: High Hypersonic (He is the leader of the Dark Matter, a band of thieves who have taken over the universe, along with being a threat level Dragon, putting him above threat level demons like Mosquito Girl, a monster noted for her unimaginable speeds, who should be faster then her mosquitoes, who can travel to her from a 50-kilometer radius, moving at these speeds. Defeated everyone in the universe, which should make him superior to his three highest ranks, Melzargard, Groribas, and Geryuganshoop, the former of who did an attack that came out in an instant which reach these speeds) | Massively Hypersonic | At least Massively Hypersonic

Stamina: Superhuman (Noted to Saitama that no one before Saitama has ever fought equally with him, going through a long fight with Saitama without tiring)

Range

• Armored: Standard Melee
• Armor Removed: Standard Melee, Kilometers with Energy Bullet (Energy Bullets shoots an energy blast that is a massive release of energy from his body, that affected a large portion of his ship, which covered a large amount of City A)
• Meteoric Burst: Standard Melee, Kilometers with Attacks (His meteoric burst state makes it where even a regular punches have this much after effect distance), Planetary with Collapsing Star, Roaring Cannon (Collapsing Star, Roaring Cannon is the process of Boros releasing all of the energy within him to shoot a massive blast that he was going to use to wipe Saitama and the planet's surface, with the Hero Encyclopedia noting its a desperate attack to destroy the earth), Far Higher with Launching (Kicked Saitama to the moon through releasing his internal energy as propulsive force, where Saitama would've likely flown further into space if the moon was not in the way)

Intelligence: At least Above Average Intelligence (Noted out of his species he has the greatest healing, physical performance, and potential energy of them all, implying he is a naturally gifted being for his species)

Knowledge: Grandmaster level (He is the leader of the Dark Matter, a band of thieves who have taken over the universe, and defeated everyone in the universe with none of them being a challenge, and notes that Saitama is the first one to ever go toe-to-toe with him)

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Powers and Techniques

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Acrobatics (Throughout their entire fight, Boros showcases inpeccable acrobatics against Saitama, flipping around his ship while fighting Saitama, punching him into the wall and dropkicking by jumping the distance he punched him from, along with doing a large spiral shape jump out of the ship), Extrasensory Perception (Boros can sense immeasurable energy within Saitama), Adaptation (His species survived on a planet with a very harsh environment), Statistics Boost & Transformation (Partial Transformation; Can trasform into his Meteoric Burst state, a state that achieves speed and power beyond the body's limits by releasing internal energy as a propulsive force), Regeneration (High-Mid; Boros possesses the greatest natural healing in the universe, allowing him to regenerate from Saitama's consecutive normal punches ripping his body apart. As he possesses the greatest natural healing in the universe, it should be superior to Melzargard who can regenerate as long as his core remains), Energy Manipulation (With Energy Bullets, condenses the enormous energy in his body and shoots it out through his eyes), Heat Manipulation (Boros noted that his energy bullet would make it where not even Saitama's bones would remain), Electricity Manipulation (Unleashing his immense power, created an electricity field around him).

Resistance to Extreme Temperatures (The harsh planet Boros has lived on contains a massive amount of lava)

All previous powers and abilities to a greater extent, Flight (When unleashing Collapsing Star, Roaring Cannon, Boros was flying in the air), Aura & Electricity Manipulation (His Meteoric Burst form created a large energy aura aroud him with electricity shooting out of his body), Energy Projection (Collapsing Star, Roaring Cannon is the process of Boros releasing all of the energy within him to shoot a massive blast that he was going to use to wipe Saitama and the planet's surface, with the Hero Encyclopedia noting its a desperate attack to destroy the earth), Energy Manipulation (Kicked Saitama to the moon through releasing his internal energy as propulsive force)

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)

Power Suppression (Statistics Suppression; Boros' armor suppresses his overwhelming power)

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Equipment

• Armor: An armor Boros wears to hold in his overwhelming power.
• Ship: Lord Boros' ship, one so gigantic that it covered a large amount of City A. Each of it's shells were so powerful they leveled City A within an instant, being noted to have destroyed 99.8% of it in an instant.

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Notable Techniques

• Power Release: Because of his enormous strength, he usually wears an especial armour that seals his power. When he takes off his armor, his true power is released.
• Regenerative Powers: By concentrating energy and boosting his healing factor, he can recover from a near-death injury in seconds.
• Meteoric Burst: Using the energy released from his body as a propelling force, he is able to surpass his limits and achieve extreme speeds, delivering meteoric levels of destructive power. He can control the latent internal energy into his body and do things like send someone flying to the moon at fast speeds.
• Energy Bullets: Condensing the enormous energy in his body and shooting it out through his eyes. Turning a large area into dust in an instant. This is one of Boros' special techniques.
• Collapsing Star Roaring Cannon: Boros notes it as his finishing move, where he releases all of his energy into a single beam that he claims will blow one away along with the planet surface.

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Other

Standard Tactics

• Armored: We have not seen Boros fight with his armor on as Saitama destroys it with a single punch, though with what he implies to Saitama, he has never had to take it off for any of the fights across the universe. Though it's likely it would be similar tactics to his armor-removed state, merely with weaker attacks.
• Armored Removed: Boros displays in his fight against Saitama quick punches and kicks, using the environment to hit Saitama around, hitting him precisely with every strike utilizing energy blast against him.
• Meteoric Burst: It is also shown that if the enemy isn't able to be defeated even with his unleashed power is around he will activate his Meteoric Burst state, directly noting himself it places a large burden on the body and that he only uses it to end a fight quickly. If the opponent is still too strong, Boros will resort to using Collapsing Star Roaring Cannon in order to finish his opponent off.

Weaknesses

• Armored: His armor holds his "overwhelming power", making him not able to fight at full strength until it's removed or broken.
• Armor Removed: Nothing notable.
• Meteoric Burst: Like anaerobic exercise, meteoric burst places a large burden on the body.

Note

• One-Punch Man has a weird two chapter numbering system, one based on those published in volumes and one based on the online chapters, along with the numbering being further messed with due to redrawn chapters and merges/splits, due to this it is not viable to do references to chapters, but rather through arcs.
• Boros is not scaled above any of the monsters after him or to the likes of Tatsumaki or Blast as he has no feats to showcase this. For those who try to use his fight with Saitama, he did not harm Saitama. The scan of him taking damage is either edited or from a fan translation, as in the official translation no such text appears, this especially wouldn't even make sense given Saitama's character trait is that he wants to find someone to fight and harm him to give him the thrill of a fight again with no one thus far doing that beyond Cosmic Garou. Even enemies that can fling Saitama around or that he acknowledges as strong have no reason to be relative or scale to him as he's called enemies such as Marugori strong too, with Marugori being noted he would've eventually become a dragon level threat. Saitama even after his fight with Boros notes he doesn't remember what a real fight is like. Even when it looks like Saitama is putting effort into a punch, he's still heavily suppressing himself, such as when he punched Pochi with such a punch it was felt all across the city yet he noted he was merely disciplining the dog. This extends to him using moves from his "serious series", this is not Saitama going fully serious, as shown when he uses water to casually redirect a blast from Orochi as one of his serious series. Along with this, during his fight against Saitama, his body was torn apart from consecutive normal punches while he was in his meteoric burst state, and only survived due to his species having the greatest natural healing factor in the universe.

Miscellaneous Feats

• Boros fought and defeated everyone in the universe before he faced against Earth.

Trivia

• Boros is ranked 11th in the character popularity poll.

Boros' original design (left) and redesign (right)

• In the first release of the manga, Boros looked more human and had a steel-plated looking armor with a skull ornament. His design was later redrawn by Yusuke Murata in order to look more alien.
• Boros was the first on-screen opponent of Saitama that survived after getting punched. He is one of the first of Saitama's opponents that took more than one punch to kill, with Saitama even noting that his fight with him was almost a real fight. Though Boros realizes that this fight was not a challenging fight to Saitama with Boros barely even fazing Saitama and noting he was too strong.
• The origin of Boros' name is from a game ONE played. It could be a reference to Ballos, the true antagonist of Cave Story, who shares the same Japanese name.
• In an interview where ONE was questioned about who would win in a fight between Boros and Garou, ONE stated that it would be a "good match"; however, Garou is stronger in close combat. Though this statement was made long before the introduction of Awakened Garou: Cosmic Fear Mode.
• ONE has stated that Boros' disaster level is "Dragon or higher," but did not outright say God. A similar statement was also made about Orochi's disaster level by Murata.
• Boros is one of the few opponents that has deduced Saitama's immense power without first underestimating him based on appearance, the other two being Carnage Kabuto and Orochi. This is likely due to Boros' ability to sense one's power and aura.
• Boros is actually an allusion to one of ONE's previous works that was never officially released, Taiyo Man (Sun Man). In the story, the final boss was too strong for the plot to progress, so ONE had to scrap it.
• Murata states that Boros and Deep Sea King are his favorite monsters due to the impact they have had on the series.

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  Scrapped concept for a transformation past Meteoric Burst

  Murata wanted to give Boros another transformation past Meteoric Burst before unleashing Collapsing Star Roaring Cannon. The idea was abandoned because that would imply Boros was still holding back in Meteoric Burst, which was not the case, as he was already going all out.
• In the 2017 One-Punch Man Halloween cover, Boros was depicted as Great King Enma with the kanji 王 (King) on his hat.
• In the anime, Boros' fight against Saitama presents many similarities with Saitama's dream fight against the Subterraneans in terms of poses and the heartbeat, creating a connection between the first and the last episode of the season. This further highlights how Boros can relate to Saitama's existential crisis and felt the exhilaration of a real fight like Saitama in his dream. Ironically enough, Boros got his wish for a real fight, though it was against someone far too powerful for him to even faze.
• One of Blast's companions bears a strong resemblance to Boros and may be the same species as him.

Battle Records

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  • Location: Lord Boros Ship

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