Suiryu

“	So you're one of those guys. The way I see it that industry is just no good. I fought some A-class heroes in this tournament, but they were so weak... it's not even worth talking about. The so-called "hero" is just a name. In reality, heroes don't exist. It's just a job, but they pretend to be some kind of benefactor doing good and bringing justice. I think people on their level can't save the world no matter how hard they try. Their effort is useless. Great ambitions. High and mighty ideals. An inflated sense of morality. A heroic sense of justice. The fun life I'm looking for doesn't require any of these. They're just impurities that would lead to boredom. You're strong so you shouldn't restrict yourself with these lame things either. Why don't you choose the fun way of living freely? Just join a tournament from time to time to earn some price money. Huh? Are you feeling down? I'm telling you my real thoughts because I've acknowledged you. Just see it as advice coming from someone who is living happily.	„
	~ Suiryu to Saitama about his worldview of heroes

Background

Suiryu is a martial artist and user of the Void Fist. He was a top contender in the 22nd Super Fight and a five-time champion of the tournament.

Personality

• Darwinist Worldview: Originally Suiryu viewed being a hero as pointless as nature will weed out the weak and only the strong will survive. He loses this worldview after Snek and Lightning Max saved him from The Three Crows despite having no reason to and being willing to fight Goketsu and hold him off for as long as they could, along with Saitama coming to help him. having him want to be a hero too after experiencing true heroism

• View of Stregnth: Suiryu views strength as something fun, where the stronger a human is, the freer they become and the easier they can live.

General Information

Name: Suiryu

Nicknames: "Dark Corporeal Fist" Suiryu

Origin: One-Punch Man

First Appearance: One-Punch Man Monster Raid Arc

Latest Appearance: One-Punch Man Neo Heroes Introduction 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

• English Voice Actor: Alan Lee
• Japanese Voice Actor: Masaya Matsukaze

Sex: Male

Sexuality: Heterosexual

Pronouns: He/Him

Age: Unknown

Homeworld: Earth

Residence: Unknown

Story Role: Cocky Character, Redeemed Character

Classification: Martial Arts Competitor, Hero

Species: Human

State of Being: Regular

Physiology: Humanoid Physiology

In-Universe Creator: Potentially God

Occupation: Hero in NEO Heroes Organization

Affiliations: Suiko (Younger sister), Suicho (Grandfather), Saitama, Snek, Lightning Max, NEO Hero Association

Enemies: Choze, Bazukan, Goketsu

Status: Deceased before time travel (Everyone died due to the cosmic radiations emitted by Awakened Garou), Alive after time travel (Saitama traveling through time stopped Garou before he went to attack everyone in his Awakened Garou state, preventing the deaths of everyone from his cosmic radiation)

Date of Death: End of Monster Association Arc

Alignment: Initially True Neutral (The reason why Suiryu sought strength was so he could glide through life easily. Originally Suiryu viewed being a hero as pointless as nature will weed out the weak and only the strong will survive. Believes that noble aspirations, fine thoughts, lofty ethics, and heoric justice aren't necessary for a fun life and are jsut boring contaminants), becomes Neutral Good (Suiryu experienced true heroism after Snek and Lightning Max saved him from The Three Crows despite having no reason to and being willing to fight Goketsu and hold him off for as long as they could, and calls for help from a hero after learning that his way of thinkign was wrong and heroes truly are those who help others. His admiration for Saitama saving him had him try his hardest to not have Saitama walk into a fight he thought he would die in but after Saitama beat Goketsu he made Suiryu want to become a hero too)

Codex Statistics

Grade: A (Post-Alien Conquerors Arc Genos considered him considerably strong, noting that it's possible Suiryu may statisfy Saitama's desire to expeirence martial arts)

Tier: At least 7-B

Cardinality: Finite

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: At least City level (Potency) (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. Post-Alien Conquerors Arc Genos considered him considerably strong, noting that it's possible Suiryu may statisfy Saitama's desire to experience martial arts. Easily defeated Lightning Max with a single kick. While going all out he split the martial arts stadium in half and destroyed parts of it, while lifting the rest of it)

Durability: At least City level

Striking Strength: At least City Class (Potency)

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

Travel Speed: At least Superhuman (Him and Choze moved around the arena so fast none of the martial artist could keep up with them. Moved so fast that no one could see what happened and they needed to use slow motion on a camera. Moved so fast he disappeared from sight)

Attack Speed: Massively Hypersonic (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: Massively Hypersonic

Stamina: Superhuman+ (Fought repeatedly in the martial arts tournament with no rest without tiring. Even after losing his match against Saitama where he was wounded, he proceeded to fight against four different monsterized martial artist. Fought while badly injured and kept fighting against Goketsu, even with broken bones. Able to fight against the Three Giant Crows even while greatly injured and having broken bones. Took an extensive beating from Bakuzan and could still find the means to move and call for help)

Range: Standard Melee

Intelligence: Unknown Intelligence

Knowledge: Master level (Only used kicks to defeat all of his opponents in a martial arts tournament. Could defeat four different monsterized martial artist while injured back to back with no real difficulty asides from Choze)

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Powers and Techniques

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Martial Arts (Showed Saitama the experience of martial arts), Acrobatics (Displayed great acrobatic abilities when hitting Saitama with an experience of martial arts), Body Control & Pierce Resistance (Standard Pierce Resistance; Can strengthen his muscles to stop himself from being stabbed by horns and bladed weapons), Pain Tolerance & Sheer Will (Despite having parts of his body broken and injured greatly, he kept moving and fighting against Goketsu. Took an extensive beating from Bakuzan and could still find the means to move and call for help).

Resistance to Extreme Heats (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, which Homeless Emperor notes the energy bullets evaporates a target)

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

• Void Fist: This style focuses on maximizing damage output, while keeping a consistent flow of damage. His kicks are strong enough to launch Saitama high into the air and pin him deep into the ground. After Saitama blows off his clothes, he is shown using hand techniques with moves that involve spinning in a tornado movement accompanied by multiple hand thrusting attacks and punches, as well as a twisting punch that is strong enough to launch Saitama in mid-air. The style also contains defensive techniques, such as concentrating to harden a body part to withstand an attack from an opponent.
  • Void Sky Dragon Fist: Suiryu attacks his opponents rapidly with a barrage of punches to the point of creating tremendous momentum that makes him twist like a tornado in mid-air. The momentum he creates from his repeating blows preserves his mid-air rotations.
  • Void Shaking Tiger Fist: Suiryu drives his foot into the ground and takes a stand to put more power in his strikes.
  • Void Ascending Pheonix Fist: A follow-up to Void Shaking Tiger Fist in which Suiryu initiates a twisting punch that is launched into his opponent's body. The twisting motion further increases the power of his punch. Suiryu states that he can pulverize a truck with this attack. He uses this move to defeat Choze and it was powerful enough to break through Choze's heavily armored body.

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Other

Standard Tactics: Suiryu will size up his opponent and use various of his martial arts attacks on them.

Weaknesses: Initially he was very cocky and arrogant, not taking fights seriously. His boredom had him do things like use only kicks in tournament matches. Though after expeirencing true heroism, his strength has turned to wanting to be a hero.

Trivia

• In ONE's first storyboard, Suiryu was Lin Lin's brother and used Drunken Fist (酩酊拳) instead of Void Fist (冥躰拳). During the finale of the tournament, he gets drunk, goes all out against Saitama, but loses. Afterwards, Lin Lin comforts him, telling him to work harder in the future. This setting was scrapped because a drunkard vs Gouketsu was deemed too comical and they wanted to show despair. Murata didn’t say who changed the setting.
  • The kanji for “void” and “drunken” are homonyms in Japanese, both are pronounced “meitei”.
• As a result of being first introduced in the manga, Suiryu doesn't meet Saitama and change his worldview in the webcomic.
• During a stream when describing what the characters look like in the real world, Yusuke Murata stated that Suiryu looks Italian.
• Suiryu's name means "Water Current" (水流).

Battle Records

6-3-0

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

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

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

• Saitama - Fight
  • Conditions: Match was under tournament rules.
  • Location: Martial Arts Tournament
  • Note: Saitama only lost due to a disqualification from the tournament rules, without them Suiryu has no way of beating Saitama, shown with their fight right after this.

• Choze, Benpatsu, Volten, and Hamukichi - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Martial Arts Tournament

• The Three Crows - Fight
  • Conditions: Lightning Max and Snek helped Suiryu out.
  • Location: Martial Arts Tournament
  • Note: Suiryu was greatly injured and was going to die to The Three Crows if Lightning Max and Snek didn't come help.

• Saitama - Fight
  • Conditions: This took place seconds after their tournament match.
  • Location: Martial Arts Tournament

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

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

None.