Vaccine Man

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I exist because of humankind's constant pollution of the environment! I am Vaccine Man! The Earth is a single living organism! And you humans are the disease-causing germs killing it! The will of the Earth gave birth to me... ...So that I may destroy humanity and their insidious civilization! But you do this for fun?! That's the reason you dare to oppose me, the Earth's apostle?! Then indeed I must... ...Wipe humankind from existence!

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Background

Vaccine Man was a Mysterious Being born from the "Will of the Earth" and the release of excessive pollution and waste generated by the industries made by human beings. He claimed he was created as an incarnation of nature's wrath and was tasked to wipe out humanity and thus effectively "vaccinate" the Earth against future "infections." He was killed by Saitama.

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

Vaccine Man appears next to A-City, creating a crater as a result of his travels. He conceives multiple balls of energy that cause further destruction to the city. Lightning Max and Smile Man were sent after Vaccine Man but are defeated easily. He then notices a crying schoolgirl and proceeds to try to grab and crush her. She is saved by Saitama, whom Vaccine Man questions regarding the hero's identity. Saitama says that he is just an average hero doing average hero things as a hobby. Offended at Saitama's casual attitude, Vaccine Man launches into a diatribe about his name and purpose while transforming into his original form. Saitama quickly defeats him in a single punch, the staple of the latter's heroic deeds for the rest of the series. Credit for defeating him ultimately went to King, who was passing by and accidentally tripped onto Vaccine Man’s remains.

General Information

Name: Vaccine Man

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: Ryūsei Nakao
• English Voice Actor: Christopher R. Sabat

Sex: Male

Sexuality: Asexual

Pronouns: He/Him

Age: Unknown

Homeworld: Earth

Residence: Unknown

Story Role: Villain, Monster

Classification: Born from the Will of the Earth

Species: Unknown

State of Being: Regular

Physiology: Monster Physiology

In-Universe Creator: The Will of the Earth

Occupation: None

Disaster level: Dragon

Affiliations: The Earth

Enemies: Humankind

Height: 2 meters in normal body, 18 meters in true form

Weight: Unknown

Status: Deceased (Killed by Saitama)

Date of Death: One-Punch Man Saitama Introduction Arc

Alignment: Lawful Evil (Was born from the will of the Earth so that he may destroy humanity and their civilization, due to humankind's constant pollution of the environment intending to wipe humankind from existence)

Threat Level: Global Threat (Was born from the will of the Earth so that he may destroy humanity and their civilization, due to humankind's constant pollution of the environment intending to wipe humankind from existence. Caused massive destruction around the city)

Codex Statistics

Grade: A (Was born from the will of the Earth so that he may destroy humanity and their civilization, due to humankind's constant pollution of the environment intending to wipe humankind from existence)

Tier: Unknown-D physically, 7-B with Energy Bullet

Cardinality: Finite

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: Unknown: True level physically (His true form's body is capable of easily killing a child, along with this it's noted that it is an extreme power-up and drastically increases his fighting strength, however he showcases no other physical feats, using energy bullets to attack due to being killed by Saitama), City level (Potency) with Energy Bullet (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: City level (Takes no damage from being within his explosions, which can pulverize high-rise buildings which results in these levels of energy)

Striking Strength: Unknown: True Class

Lifting Strength: Unknown: True Class

Travel Speed: Unknown: True level (Vaccine Man only ever interacted with Saitama before dying, thus not ever being able to show off his speed)

Attack Speed: Unknown: True level

Reaction Speed: Unknown: True level

Stamina: Superhuman (Fought 31 other heroes, along with causing massive destruction around the city without tiring)

Range: Standard Melee Range, Tens of Meters in True Form (18 meters in true form), Tens of Kilometers (His explosions can be seen from 20 kilometers away)

Intelligence: Unknown Intelligence

Knowledge: Unknown level

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Powers and Techniques

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Large Size in True Form (Building Sized; 18 meters in original form), Blessed (Was born from the will of the Earth so that he may destroy humanity and their civilization, due to humankind's constant pollution of the environment), Flight (Despite Vaccine Man not having wings, he is able to fly freely on his own), Transformation (Vaccine Man can get an extreme power up by transforming from his normal body to his true form, drastically increasing his fighting strength), Energy Projection (Can fire out energy projectiles refered to as energy bullets), Curtain Fire (Can fire out a multitude of energy bullets), Absorption (Noted that his energy bullets are from him gathering the bio-energy of the Earth), Explosion Manipulation (Noted his energy bullets create explosions that can pulverize high-rise buildings), Heat Manipulation (Noted by Murata that the energy bullets from Choze, Vaccine Man and Homeless Emperor all are the same, which Homeless Emperor notes the energy bullets evaporates a target), Light Manipulation (Noted by Homeless Emperor the balls, are light balls and refers to it as "light power"), Size Manipulation (Vaccine Man is able to increase the size of his body being acknowledged as "gigantification")

Resistance to Extreme Heats (Takes no damage from being within his explosions, which Homeless Emperor notes the energy bullets evaporates a target)

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Equipment

Nothing notable.

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Notable Techniques

• Flight: He does not have any wings but possesses the ability to fly freely on his own. He can also easily attack from midair.
• Transformation: He can get an extreme power-up by transforming from his normal body to his true form. It drastically increases his fighting strength.
• Gigantification: He can revert just a part of his body to its original form to attack. This allows him to partially increase his offensive ability while minimizing energy consumption.
• Energy Bullet: He gathers bio-energy from the Earth and releases it. When it lands, it creates explosions that can pulverize high-rise buildings.

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Other

Standard Tactics: Shown to be shooting out energy projectiles across an entire city while flying around, though he seems to be up close against singlular targets, turning into his original form when angered by Saitama calling himself a hobbyist.

Weaknesses: Nothing notable.

Trivia

Murata's initial design sketch

• Vaccine Man's normal form bears a strong resemblance to the character Piccolo from the popular manga series Dragon Ball. Coincidentally, the character happens to share the same English voice actor, Christopher Sabat, and the same German voice actor, David Nathan.
• Vaccine Man happens to be a parody of the character Baikinman, the primary antagonist of Anpanman, given that One Punch Man is a reference to Anpanman. The way Saitama defeats him (a single punch) is also an exaggeration of how Anpanman effortlessly dispatches Baikinman with his "An-Punch". Vaccine Man also shares the same Japanese voice actor as Baikinman, Ryusei Nakao.
  • Nakao himself is also known for voicing Frieza in the Dragon Ballseries (DBZ and DBS).
• Murata stated that the energy balls Vaccine Man uses are the same as Choze and Homeless Emperor.
  • Interestingly, Homeless Emperor notes he has been given his abilities by God while Vaccine Man notes he was given to it by the Will of the Earth, there could be a possible connection due to this.
• Murata stated jokingly in an interview that because there's no way to measure Saitama's strength, it can't be excluded the possibility that Vaccine Man is the strongest monster of the series, as ONE breaks the storytelling mold of introducing monsters that are subsequently stronger.

Battle Records

1-1-0

• 31 Heroes - Fight
  • Conditions: A total of 31 heroes from Classes A, B, and C all engaged Vaccine Man.
  • Location:: City A

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

None.