Tatsumaki
Tatsumaki is a female anime and manga character who features in One-Punch Man.
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Biography
Tatsumaki (Japanese: タツマキ, Hepburn: Tatsumaki; Viz: Tornado) was a female human born in the modern age where she was the older sister of Fubuki. Her psychic abilities eventually led to her being taken away from her adopted family when she was 7 years old by scientists interested in studying her powers. Her parents were said to had been given money for complying whereupon Tatsumaki was tested on by the scientists because of her extraordinary powers. They rewarded her with candy and toys for cooperation but denied her requests to go outside. Moreover, the scientists locked her up in a cell whenever she would not use her powers. Around 18 years ago, when she was 10 years old when a monster outbreak occurred while she was still locked in a cell leaving her alone to fend off the monster. Luckily, Blast managed to come to Tatsumaki's rescue. He then introduced himself to the young esper and questioned her on why she didn't use her psychic powers to save herself. Tatsumaki answered that her powers weren't working, but Blast realized that she was lying because she held it back so that the scientists would deem her useless and let her go. Tatsumaki admitted this, due to being heartbroken by her parents for selling her out. Blast also somehow realized that Tatsumaki still had her little sister, giving her advice not to expect anyone to save her next time, and be strong to protect her only family.
Tatsumaki visits the Z-City branch of the Hero Association to see if she can investigate the restricted area of Z-City. However, she is informed by Busho that she didn't need to come, since the Association thought that an S-Class wasn't necessary for the job. She leaves, calling Busho an idiot. Later, after both Golden Ball and Spring Mustachio return badly injured, Tatsumaki is enraged and yells at the worker saying she should have gone. The worker shows her a picture of the destruction, saying even she might have had a hard time. Tatsumaki tells him she could handle it then calls him an idiot again. Tatsumaki is sent to the mountains by plane to fight the Ancient King, only to be called back to the Hero Association HQ by cellphone, which angers her greatly. She quickly ends the fight by sending a meteor crashing down on the Ancient King. Tatsumaki later meets Saitama at the Hero Association HQ due to Bang inviting him to the Hero Association S-Class meeting. She becomes indignant at his presence, asking who let Saitama in, pointing out that he is a lower-ranked hero, and accusing him of only coming to the meeting to see the S-Class heroes up close. A perplexed Saitama mistakes her for a child and asks if she is lost, prompting Genos to explain her identity. Genos observes that most of the S-Class heroes have arrived and goes to take his seat, causing Saitama to ignore her, much to her chagrin. Upon the meeting's inception, Bang asks what the heroes were called to the meeting for, to which Tatsumaki states that she had to wait for two hours without hearing an explanation.
During the alien invasion of A-City, Tatsumaki prepares to set out to engage with the enemy and their aircraft. Because of King's moniker of "The Strongest Man on Earth", fellow S-Class hero Superalloy Darkshine asks for King's opinion on how to deal with the spaceship, but King states that they can't do anything due to the ship being too far away. Tatsumaki deems this answer pathetic and decides to take down the spaceship alone, rudely declining Genos's offer to assist. At the site of the heroes' engagement with Melzargard, the aircraft of the Dark Matter Thieves fires cannons towards the ground in an attempt to eliminate Bang, Atomic Samurai, Metal Bat and Puri-Puri Prisoner, only to be intercepted by Tatsumaki, who redirects them back at the aircraft. In the midst of the battle, Tanktop Master attempts to help her by throwing concrete blocks at the enemy, until he realized that Tatsumaki's psychic ability can do more than Tanktop Master could ever accomplish on his own. The spaceship eventually falls, though she is not convinced it is because of her doing. After the fight is over, Saitama bursts out from the wreckage, and is asked by Tatsumaki if he came on his own. He ignores her and starts a conversation with Genos. Angered by being ignored, she starts insulting Saitama and slams Genos against a wall after he addresses her as a brat in retaliation. Bang stops her when she is about to attack Saitama, telling her to act properly as an S-Class hero.
Tatsumaki causes an explosion in the city where Do-S and Fubuki are fighting. When she arrives, Tatsumaki immediately tells Fubuki to go home and that she will handle the rest. Do-S orders her love slaves to attack Tatsumaki as a distraction as she escapes. Tatsumaki immobilizes all of the love slaves and tells Fubuki that they will only get in her way and to not call them her allies. Tatsumaki then takes off to find the rest of the monsters. She later appears arriving in I-City, killing a wounded Hundred-Eyes Octopus, much to the chagrin of Flashy Flash. She berates the heroes and then leaves as Flashy Flash tries to argue with her. Tatsumaki is one of heroes seen fighting against monsters, when Suiryu is calling for help. Tatsumaki was later summoned by the Hero Association to attend a meeting to prepare for the Monster Association raid operation. With her usual superiority complex, she brags that the Monster Association is just a bunch of cowards and if they were not, they would not be a match for her. When she is briefed about the situation by Sekingar, she suggested reducing Z-City to rubble to kill all the monsters while disregarding the life of the hostage. The S-Class heroes, Tatsumaki, Child Emperor, Atomic Samurai, Pig God, Flashy Flash, Superalloy Darkshine, Zombieman, Puri-Puri Prisoner and Sekingar attend a meeting and they reassure Narinki that they will rescue his son. They each receive a transmitter that will show their location to each other. She gets into an argument with Sweet Mask on who wants to lead the strike force. Ultimately, the situation is calmed by King who arrives from Z-City. The Hero Association strike team heads out to Z-City to confront the Monster Association. At the Z-City Ghost Town, the battle begins as Tatsumaki fights Evil Eye. She kills the monster, twisting it into oblivion. Tatsumaki then heads into the Monster Association Headquarters at her assigned route. Tatsumaki is later seen challenging Gyoro Gyoro. Gyoro Gyoro underestimates her power, and Tatsumaki manages to quickly gain the upper hand in their fight. Gyoro Gyoro quickly starts calling Orochi for help, but to no avail. When Tatsumaki hears Orochi was killed by a 'bald dude', she wondered if it was Darkshine.
Overview
Personality and attributes
In appearance, Tatsumaki was a petite woman where this quality made her being mistaken for being much younger than she actually was with this sometimes leading to her being thought of as a child. Her adolescent face had emerald green eyes and green hair that naturally curled up on the ends. She came to be known by the alias of the Tornado of Terror (戦慄のタツマキ, Senritsu no Tatsumaki; Viz: Terrible Tornado).
Typically, she was rather brash, moody, hotheaded, and impatient personality. She tended to be disrespectful towards most people especially to those she deemed to be incompetent. Even after trying in vain to defeat Saitama, she still asserted that she was much more powerful than him, showing her incapability to see or accept the fact that someone is much more powerful than her. Her superiority complex is further explained by Fubuki from the fact that Tatsumaki never faces enemies that are more powerful than herself during her day-to-day hero activities.
The superiority complex Tatsumaki has developed has prevented her from developing any humility and she has little empathy towards others. This poor self-awareness has caused her to use her power seemingly without caution or care for those around her and has often prevented her from thinking carefully about the consequences of her actions. For example, her explosive temper caused earthquakes and multiple threats that the hero association tried to respond to when she became angry at Saitama for calling her a brat and a midget. This may be part of the reason why her fellow S-Class heroes and others within the association, while very respectful of her abilities, see her as a spoiled brat and a child rather than an adult, much to her chagrin. Her poor communication skills and prideful attitude have done little to soften this initial impression and are the cause of her poor relationship with her sister.
In contrast to her younger sister, her great power and confidence make her suffer from a massive superiority complex, believing that she can beat any foe if she is in top shape.
She especially disliked being ignored or being called things like 'brat' and 'runt'.
Tatsumaki had claimed multiple times that no monster stood a chance against her and even tended to take a situation nonchalantly.
Both she and her sister came to be referred together as the Psychic Sisters (エスパー姉妹, Esupā shimai).
Fubuki highly respected Tatsumaki but believesd she would be on top if not for her and Sweet Mask. Tatsumaki highly criticizes Fubuki for having followers and losing to Demonic Fan and Do-S but still saved her from both monsters. Tatsumaki believes her actions make her a great sister and she is unaware of how strained her actions have made their relationship, all while Tatsumaki was also too proud to admit that she genuinely loves her younger sister. Tatsumaki cares deeply about Fubuki, as she didn't wish for her little sister to participate in any battle believing that she could get hurt. After seeing Fubuki's injuries for healing Genos, Tatsumaki was furious and immediately wanted to know who hurt her sister before she was corrected. Though dismissive and believing that Fubuki can't possibly assist her in battle, Tatsumaki did show a moment of somber when Fubuki declared that she wanted to save Tatsumaki as a hero and was momentarily happy at how her little sister has grown.
Powers and abilities
Tatsumaki was born a human with the powers of an Esper (エスパー, Esupā) where she had psychokinetic abilities. Such was her power that she was ranked as the second-ranked S-Class hero. Many people believed that there existed no being that could defeat her with conventional methods and the world treated her as the association's ultimate weapon. Fubuki described her as a monster much like Sweet Mask, who chooses not to advance from A-Class to S-Class to prevent weaklings from climbing up the ranks. Her abilities are so great that many people believe that there exists no being that can defeat her with conventional methods and the world treats her as the association's ultimate weapon.
She can also sense when her younger sister, Fubuki, was in danger.
Tatsumaki has demonstrated superhuman stamina and endurance in her battles against the Monster Association. She is able to keep fighting even after having exerted herself from using too much power and while suffering serious wounds. During the fight against the fusion of Psykos and Orochi, she managed to create a massive psychic barrier that its size enveloped large parts of Z-City as well as maintain it while still suffering heavy injuries from the battle.
During her fight with the fusion of Psykos and Orochi, Tatsumaki demonstrated the ability to pull meteor-sized rock formations out of the ocean and toss them at high-speeds to attack the foe. fter finally being able to go wild, she showed absolute dominance over the fusion of Psykos and Orochi, able to stop a powerful energy attack from the fusion monster dead in its tracks before simply tossing it away.
Tatsumaki can erect barriers that vary in size for defense. She was able to create a barrier large enough to protect her and her fellow heroes from several falling buildings.
Tatsumaki possesses extreme skill in wielding her psychic abilities, whether it be for offense, defense, or miscellaneous uses. Her knowledge about psychic powers is also as vast as her skill in wielding them. Instead of relying purely on brute force, Tatsumaki has demonstrated the ability to strategize by creating a dummy of herself to distract Psykos while flying discretely beneath Psykos to target a weak point.
Notes
- Tatsumaki was created by ONE where she featured in the setting of the One-Punch Man universe.
- During a stream, manga illustrator Yusuke Murata claimed that Tatsumaki could lift the entirety of Z-City.
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Appearances
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