Bakuzan

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“	You heard what Gouketsu said. If monsters really are wrecking everything outside, then it must be chaos out there. There's no hero heading this way. Your voice won't reach anyone. No hero is coming. No one will save you. And now, you will die here.	„
	~ Bakuzan to Suiryu

“	Did you hear that, Suiryu? The monster association has lots of monsters stronger than me! Funny, isn't it? I was so confident! Goketsu's punches were frightening. And some monsters are even stronger! Heh... I'm done tryin' to be the strongest. Monsterizing awakened me to my true self. I... I like tormenting people weaker than me! That's why I wanna be strong! And now I can do it like never before!	„
	~ Bakuzan to Suiryu

Background

Bakuzan was a martial artist and user of the Dark Hell Assassination Art fighting style and was a top contender in the Super Fight tournament. After eating a monster cell, he turned into a monster and joined the Monster Association. He was killed by Saitama.

Bakuzan was a two-time winner of the Super Fight Tournament, known for winning in an extremely one-sided manner, due to his extremely brutal fighting style.

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

Monster Raid Arc Bakuzan is participating in the Martial Arts Tournament in C-City at the C-City Super Stadium. This is the third time Bakuzan has participated in the tournament. The Super Fight staff decide to evacuate the tournament when monster reports started to pop up, but Bakuzan goes against that decision, stating that it would only cause chaos. Also, he suggests that he will take care of any monster that comes in. Bakuzan prepares to face Saitama (who is disguised as Charanko) as the crowd and commentators are in awe of him. Bakuzan warns his opponent to be on guard and to prepare to defend himself. Otherwise, he will mercilessly crush Saitama instantly. However, much to his ire Saitama is not listening and struggles to tie his belt. An annoyed Bakuzan claims that Saitama 'is dead'. Bakuzan walks up to Saitama when the match begins, puzzled by Saitama's lack of movement. He becomes irate when Saitama does not take on a stance, believing him to be untrained and an insult to fight. When Saitama asks for a demonstration of his strength, Bakuzan agrees to comply, detailing exactly how he intends to defeat Saitama, in a brutal fashion. However, he touches Saitama's head and nearly knocks over his wig, causing Saitama to punch him into the air in panic. Bakuzan crashes into the floor headfirst, defeated, much to the shock of the audience and the commentators. Super Fight Arc Bakuzan is later present at the closing ceremony, visibly displeased, when it is suddenly interrupted by The Three Crows and Gouketsu, who tells them they will become monsters. He later watches silently as Suiryu fights the transformed martial artists. As The Three Crows attack Suiryu, Bakuzan is asked for help by the martial artist, but he refuses. Bakuzan acknowledges Suiryu for being stronger than him and decides to become a monster instead. However, rather than taking one monster cell, Bakuzan eats several of them and gets knocked out in the process, with Gouketsu thinking that he died from eating too many. He soon awakens after transforming progressively and attacks Suiryu when the latter attempts to escape from Gouketsu. After Gouketsu tells him that there are monsters stronger than Bakuzan, he attacks the Monster Association executive, but is subdued easily by Gouketsu's overwhelming strength. Gouketsu then leaves after warning Bakuzan to not overestimate his strength and fight the Hero Association alone. Bakuzan hearing this realizes that there are people far stronger then him even with this much power and realizes what he seeks is not to be stronger then everyone, but to merely pick on those weaker then him. He begins to torment Suiryu physically and mentally, to the point where he is willing to stomp on the injured Sneck to make Suiryu feel even more despair, only for Saitama to come in time and save Sneck's life. Despite being defeated by Saitama, Bakuzan seemingly forgot who he is. After realizing Saitama is the one who defeated him in the first place, Bakuzan uses all the moves he had demonstrated during their first confrontation to get revenge on him. However, none of the attacks faze Saitama, only moving him a short distance. But due to his extreme arrogance, Bakuzan cannot comprehend the fact that Saitama is unfazed by all his attacks and deduces that Saitama is paralyzed by fear. In order to finish the fight, he initiates the Hell Dispatch Chop as the final blow, only for Saitama to blow off half of his body, killing him.

Personality

• Insulted by Novices: Bakuzan hates novices to martial arts, killing or crippling them for even being in his presence.

• Loves to Torment to Weak: Bakuzan realized after his fight with Goketsu he doesn't actually want to be the strongest but instead wants to torment people weaker then him.

General Information

Name: Bakuzan

Nicknames: Dark Hell Killing Jutsu

Origin: One-Punch Man

First Appearance: One-Punch Man Monster Raid Arc

Latest 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: Taro Yamaguchi
• English Voice Actor: Bill Butts

Sex: Male

Sexuality: Heterosexual

Pronouns: He/Him

Age: Unknown

Homeworld: Earth

Residence: Unknown

Story Role: Corrupted Monster, Villain

Classification: 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, Goketsu

Enemies: Suiryu, Snek, Lightning Max

Height: Unknown

Weight: Unknown

Status: Deceased (Killed by Saitama)

Date of Death: One-Punch Man Super Fight Arc

Alignment: Neutral Evil (Was going to break down and kill someone just because they weren't taking martial arts seriously enough, noted to have killed opponents just because he only cares about winning and was going to attempt to kill Suiryu in the finals. Forced the men to not cancel the tournament claiming he would stop any monster and ended up joining them instead. Choze's already vague sense of morals disappeared upon monsterizing, which should apply to Bakuzan as well. Revealed in truth he doesn't want to be the strongest but instead torment people weaker then him)

Threat Level: Street Threat (Noted to have killed opponents just because he only cares about winning and was going to attempt to kill Suiryu in the finals. Despite becoming a dragon threat when monsterized, his only real goal is to torment people weaker then him)

Codex Statistics

Key: Human | Monster

Key Information

• Human: This key covers his human self.
• Monster: This key covers his monster self.

Grade: A (Bakuzan was believed to be the one to be fighting Suiryu for the championship. Once monsterizing, it was noted by Goketsu to be a splendid success and that he's a dragon threat that's stronger than a Class-S hero)

Tier: At least 8-A | At least 7-B

Cardinality: Finite

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: At least City District level (Potency) (Bakuzan was believed to be the one to be fighting Suiryu for the championship, meaning they believed him to be superior even to the two A Class Heroes participating, who should be superior to Hammerhead as he holds a B-Class Bounty, who with his battle suit, toppled and destroyed an entire skyscraper with a single punch, which nets these results) | At least City level (Potency) (Easily beat down a weakened Suiryu, and confirmed he was stronger then him, where Suiryu could block and kick away Choze's energy attack where its noted by Murata that the energy bullets from Choze, Vaccine Man and Homeless Emperor all are the same, where Vaccine Man gathers bi-energy from the Earth and releases it, creating explosions that can pulverize high-rise buildings which results in these levels of energy)

Durability: At least City District level | At least City level

Striking Strength: At least City District Class (Potency) | At least City Class (Potency)

Lifting Strength: At least Peak Human (Noted that with his kick he will crush one's bone so they never stand again, which takes about 4000 newtons of force to break the typical human femur) | At least Class K (Easily beat down a weakened Suiryu, and confirmed he was stronger then him, 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 (Held in high regards even above A-Class heroes, who are stronger then bears, who can move at 35 mph) | At least Superhuman

Attack Speed: At least Superhuman | Massively Hypersonic (Easily beat down a weakened Suiryu, and confirmed he was stronger then him, where Post-Alien Conquerors Arc Genos considered him considerably strong, noting that it's possible Suiryu may statisfy Saitama's desire to expeirence martial arts, 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 Superhuman | Massively Hypersonic

Stamina: Superhuman

Range: Standard Melee | Extended Melee via size (Much larger then the average human)

Intelligence: Unknown Intelligence

Knowledge: Master level (Bakuzan is a two-time champion in the super fight tournaments, where they believe that Bakuzan and Suiryu are the most likely to end up in the chamion-ship match. His Dark Hell Assassination Art is viewed as so gruesome that a stretcher and medics are immediately on ringside with the referee ready to stop the match as fast as possible)

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Powers and Techniques

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Martial Arts (His Dark Hell Assassination Art is viewed as so gruesome that a stretcher and medics are immedieatly on ringside with the refree ready to stop the match as fast as possible)

Superhuman Physical Characteristics (Monsterization results in superhuman strength, even to someone who already naturally had superhuman strength), Martial Arts, Acrobatics (Leaped far higher then Suiryu), Bloodlust (Choze's already vague sense of morals disappeared upon monsterizing, which should apply to Bakuzan as well), Natural Weaponry & Penetration Damage (Physical Penetration; Has spikes around his arms and legs), Longevity (As Bakuzan has monsterized, he has a longer life span then the standard human), Sheer Will (Upon monsterizing, he still kept his sense of self and awareness, which would normally turn a person completely mindless), Large Size (Supersized; Much larger then the average human)

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

• Dark Hell Assassination Art: This style focuses on delivering fatal strikes against an opponent. The style is very aggressive and power reliant. Bakuzan focused on important vital areas of the body such as the ribs and the top of the head. His strike placement and variation were an important part of his style.
• Devil Cry Low Kick: Bakuzan kicks his opponent's leg, pulverizing their bones so that they will never stand again.
• Bear Killer Mid Kick: Bakuzan kicks the arm of his opponent to make sure they will not be able to retaliate.
• Shura Straight Punch:Bakuzan punches the body of his opponent with enough force to blow them apart.
• Hell Dispatch Chop:Bakuzan launches a chop to the skull of his opponent to finish them off, possibly killing them as well.

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Other

Standard Tactics: Bakuzan will use his Dark Hell Assassination Art to torment his opponent both in human and monster form.

Weaknesses: Arrogant to where he believed he was the strongest just from eating the monster cells.

Trivia

• Bakuzan is the only enemy that Saitama defeats in human form and kills in monster form.

Battle Records

1-3-0

• Suiryu - Fight
  • Conditions: Suiryu was heavily injured by this point.
  • Location: Martial Arts Tournament

• Saitama - Fight
  • Conditions: Match was under tournament rules.
  • Location: Martial Arts Tournament

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

• Saitama - Fight
  • Conditions: Bakuzan was now monsterized and wanted a rematch against Saitama.
  • Location: Martial Arts Tournament

None.