Garou (One-Punch Man)
Garou is a male anime and manga character who features in One-Punch Man.
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Biography
Garou (Japanese: ガロウ, Hepburn: Garō; Viz: Garo)
As a child, he proved to be unpopular at school and was a social outcast where one day he was reading a book as several other kids were playing heroes. At their head was a popular boy named Tacchan where Garou tried to make them realise that it was dangerous to kick another student to the ground. It was then that Tacchan declared Garou to be a new villain and that he named himself a hero called Justice Man. He tried to kick Garou then who dodged with Tacchan missing leading to him hurting himself. Tacchan asked him what was he doing, pointed out that Garou was the monster, and then kicked him in the face while making others kids to restrain him. Later Garou tried to stand up for himself by making Tacchan fight him to make him realize that he cannot bully Garou anymore, but the other children gathered around and started defending Tacchan, saying it was just how the game works. Tacchan then cowardly asked other children to pin Garou to the ground and called the teacher while running away. Garou noticed how Tacchan was the one always smiling, liked by everyone, and was good at everything, even though he was a jerk; while Garou was alone, gloomy, and had no friends. When talking to his uncaring and unsympathetic teacher, he ignored Garou and simply lectured him on how he should not be fighting and what might have happened if it had continued as well as reprimanding him for not distinguishing reality and game. After he was done, he forced the crying Garou to apologize and then notified his parents. Garou eventually snapped, coming to see the fraudulent heroes as nothing more than a bunch of self-important bullies who are preying on the weak and outcast of what he believed to be a reviled social order like him. All while receiving praise from other people who equally hate said undesirables. On another occasion, Garou watched the Justice Man TV show and was rooting for the villains to win. He became frustrated every time Justice Man comes and stops them. He asked his father when there would be a villain that could defeat Justice Man, but only to hear the negative; he believed it did not make sense, as he reasoned that the monsters were the ones who are always trying their best, but no matter what, they were always killed off unfairly in the end simply because they were monsters. Unwilling to accept the status quo, Garou resolved to become the strongest monster and never lose to anyone, seeking to change such a dilapidated scenario.
Sick of being a helpless kid throughout his childhood, he became determined to be stronger. Because of this, he decided to venture to Bang's dojo during his adolescence, traveling very far to meet the martial artist. When he arrived at the dojo, he rudely demanded to know if Bang was strong. Sour Face chimed in and asked who the arrogant child was when Garou passed out from the exhaustion of venturing to the dojo. Sour Face asked Bang if he should throw Garou out, but the hero was impressed by Garou's determination, telling Sour Face to feed him until he was full when he woke up. After this, Bang accepted Garou as a student, and Garou quickly became the top student in Bang's dojo. After observing Sour Face's difficulties in smashing ceramic tiles during training, Garou outperformed his senior by successfully smashing all but one tile, even after adding extra tiles to the already considerable tower. Bang was impressed by Garou's performance, yet he noted the one tile missed at the very bottom. This served as a reminder to Garou that he still had much ground to cover in perfecting his technique. Six months prior to the Super Fight martial arts tournament that Saitama attended, he decided that he has nothing left to learn and rampaged through the dojo, disabling many of the students, including Sour Face. He then received a beating from Bang and was expelled from the dojo. While fleeing the dojo, Garou broke into a safe that contained the scrolls of secret techniques, and got a grasp of Exploding Heart Release Fist. After his expulsion, Garou attended the Super Fight, disguising himself as Wolfman after incapacitating the real one and taking his mask. Garou won the tournament, although his identity remained unknown. Garou was mentioned by Bang, after Genos questions him about his dojo being filled with skilled fighters, after defeating Bangs "best disciple" Charanko. Bang reveals that the dojo used to be filled with skilled fighters until his best disciple, Garou, went on a rampage and disabled them all for life, scaring the rest away as well. Because of this, Bang expelled Garou after giving him a beating.
Overview
Personality and attributes
In appearance, Garou was a young man with sharp features, yellow eyes, and long silver hair that spikes upward in two large prongs, giving a feeling of a young wolf. He came to be known as the Human Monster and as the Hero Hunter.
He was shown as a person with hatred for heroes and had a confident, vindictive persona. He hated being insulted and continued to attack any who offended him.
Garou was shown to be driven by a deep hatred for heroes. He hated being insulted and will attack anyone who offends him. He thinks highly of himself and uses that assertion to threaten high-ranking personnel such as heroes and Sitch. He will also attack low-ranked heroes and Hero Association staff members if he encounters them.
Powers and abilities
Such was his superhuman strength that he was comparable to that of an S-Class level hero.
He had a unique learning ability (超学習能力, Chō Gakushū Nōryoku) that allowed him to learn countermeasures for other people's fighting styles while making their fighting styles his own.
Among the techniques known to him included:
- Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist (流水岩砕拳, Ryūsui Gansai-ken) :
- Whirlwind Iron Cutting Fist (旋風鉄斬拳, Senpū Tetsuzan-ken) :
- Tanktop Blow (タンクトップブロー, Tankutoppu Burō) :
- Secret Combination: Cross Fang Dragon Slayer Fist (連携奧義 交牙竜殺拳, Renkei Ōgi: Kyōga Ryūsatsu-ken) :
One of his main attributes was his accelerated growth rate that increased his abilities to match more powerful foes. This ability was shown to operate even in the midst of combat.
Notes
- Garou was created by ONE where he featured in the setting of the One-Punch Man universe.
In other media
Television
Video games
- In One-Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows, Garou appeared as a playable character in DLC in the setting of the 2020 video game.
Appearances
- One-Punch Man:
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