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In Jungian theory, the Cosmic Man is an archetypal figure that appears in creation myths of a wide variety of mythology. Generally, he is described as helpful or positive, and serves as a seed for the creation of the world, such that after death parts of his body became physical parts of the...
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Garou (ガロウ, Garō; Viz: Garo) is a martial arts prodigy, the self-proclaimed "Hero Hunter," and a major adversary of the Hero Association and Monster Association. He is a disciple of Bang and was once expelled from his dojo because he went on a rampage. Because of his fascination with monsters, he is commonly called the "Human Monster." Sitch of the...
Garou is 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 has a lean, muscular physique. He wears a tight, black, long-sleeved shirt, loose-fitting white martial arts pants, a yellow sash around his waist, and tai chi slippers on his feet.
As Garou fights further in the Human Monster Saga, his appearance becomes more monster-like over time. After being kicked by Saitama, he removes his shirt and wraps his upper body in bandages as he recovers. While fighting Genos, his right eye turns red and bloodshot, and his hair becomes a dark pinkish-red after he rubs his own blood into it.
Next, he is given a long-sleeved black shirt and tight black pants by the Monster Association. He retains a large diagonal scar across his face after being brutalized by Royal Ripper, and his right eye remains severely bloodshot. His clothes are torn and two strands of fabric flow behind him like scarves due to his encounter with Overgrown Rover, and after being defeated by Orochi his entire body is black with soot. The soot is blown off when Garou blocks Superalloy Darkshine's Superalloy Bazooka, and the force of the attack also shreds his remaining clothing into a spiral pattern around the hole Orochi put in his torso.
After his fight with Darkshine and the subsequent destruction of the Monster Association base, Garou begins transforming, with his hands turning into claws, his teeth transforming into fangs, and his skin hardening. When he emerges aboveground, Garou has hardened, armor-like skin and hair, razor-sharp claws, and glowing veins running along his body. His back also grows several holes that begin glowing a colour and his torn clothes are tied around his shoulders and waist as a makeshift cape. After his fight against Bang, Garou's left eye's armor is shattered as a result of his master's final blow, exposing his eye in the left. As Garou's monsterization progresses through several other battles, his glowing veins become more bright and noticeable while his muscle mass seems to increase slightly. Later, when beaten by Saitama during their fight, Garou's body, in response to his rage, undergoes a mutation that greatly increases his size and stature. His jawline becomes sharper, his mouth becomes more pronounced and filled with razor-sharp teeth. The spikes on his body lengthen and multiply, with his overall appearance becoming much more monstrous and intimidating than previously. Soon later, when attempting to catch up to Saitama, Garou develops into an even more demonic form that grows greater in size, a pair of wings on his back as well as a pair of longhorns on his head, with flames on the back of his neck and both sides of his thighs. Shortly after, Garou grows two more arms while in this form.
After becoming influenced by "God", Garou reverts into a physique more similar to that of his original monsterization form, but with featureless void filled with stars, galaxies and nebulas over his body as it is surrounded by a dark bluish aura.
Once Garou has returned back into a human after cracking out monster-like armour skin, he returns back to his original design with silver spiked up hair and outfit. Though the large diagonal scar across his face stays permanently.
Garou is introduced as an antagonist with a confident, vindictive characterization driven by a deep hatred for heroes. He hates 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.
Garou hates those who are popular, as he believes the popular ones will always win in the end. This is because as a child, he had no friends and the popular children at school enjoyed abusing him both physically and verbally, particularly a boy named Tacchan. They forced him to play Heroes, where Tacchan ("Justice Man") would beat up Garou ("the monster"). Garou noticed how everyone liked Tacchan but hated him. After watching his life repeat over and over again on the basis of the Justice Man TV show, he grew a distaste of heroes in general and believed that in the end, the majority will always want him ("the monster") dead. However, this mentality also leads him to have a soft spot for victims, even his enemies. This is seen when fighting Superalloy Darkshine; when he begins attacking the hero's ears, he recalls moments when he and Tareo were bullied in a similar fashion and stops his attack.
Although Garou is a villain and considered evil by most, he possesses a sense of morality; he fights heroes in a way without killing them, but he is okay with others killing heroes. He has a soft spot for children, as shown when he converses with Tareo in the park, or when he stops fighting Metal Bat after Zenko shows up. When Tareo calls him "Mister" after Garou told him not to, he does not get angry at the child. Later, he rescues and protects the boy from the Monster Association, even risking his own life to do so.
In some ways, Garou can be considered a foil to Saitama. Both of them have their own strong sense of honor and justice, albeit manifested in different ways. While Saitama wanted to be like a hero from his childhood who fought villains, Garou wants to be a monster who defeats heroes. While Garou is a genius fighter and a prodigious martial artist, Saitama fights through improvisation, with no tactics and a rudimentary fighting technique. Furthermore, Garou can enjoy the feeling of losing in order to improve himself and become stronger in most of his fights, while Saitama desires to find a worthy opponent to get the rush of excitement he once had while he was training.
In battle, Garou is very arrogant, often mocking his opponents and calling them "amateurs". He derided Death Gatling and the group of A and B-Class heroes he assembled, calling them all pathetically weak and that despite their smart idea of ganging up on him together, they were still nothing in comparison to S-Class heroes. Despite this, he does give credit to his opponents when it is due, as seen when he commented on Glasses' endurance throughout their battle.
He is very observant in and before battle, always preparing himself to combat his opponent and never fighting without prior knowledge. An example of this is when the group of A and B-Class heroes assembled by Death Gatling arrives to take him to the Hero Association. When he sees them, he asks Tareo if he could look through his Hero Association book with all of the heroes' listed powers, weapons, ranks, and abilities. He uses this to make sure he avoids the attacks that would inflict great damage upon him, specifically Shooter's poisonous arrows.
Human
Prior to his hero hunt, Garou was Bang's best disciple and was able to defeat all of his fellow students before being expelled by Bang. Garou's combination of genius martial art intellect and heightened physical attributes allowed him to defeat numerous heroes from the Hero Association as well as many hardened criminals. During the ambush led by Death Gatling, Garou claimed to have defeated nearly a hundred heroes. He was able to defeat the Tank Topper Army single-handedly early in his hero hunt, including the A-Class hero Tanktop Vegetarian and even the S-Class hero Tanktop Master, who was overwhelmed by Garou's superior technique. Garou later challenged and defeated the S-Class hero Metal Bat, comparing him to an amateur fighter but privately admitted to himself that had a single one of Metal Bat's strikes connected, he could have lost. His advanced martial arts, which he learned from his master Bang, grants him an advantage when fighting humans. He can use targeted thrusts at joints and vital spots in order to incapacitate physical functions and return counterattacks after anticipating his opponent's movements. However, as a result of that, his fighting style becomes far less effective against beastly tactics and non-humanoid forms. This is proven when he is easily overwhelmed by Watchdog Man despite previously defeating two other S-Class heroes.
Monsterfication
After being pushed to his limits in a series of fights against a team of A-Class and B-Class heroes, followed by Genos, Bang, and Bomb, Garou's evolution skyrockets. Later, after being almost killed in his fight with Royal Ripper and Bug God, his power explosively increases, and his clothes merge with his body, causing him to slowly transform until only his face remains untouched. As a result of being pushed to the brink of death and overcoming it, his limiter starts to break, and Gyoro Gyoro identifies him as being a "Half-Monster".[113] His senses and abilities increase so that even while he is asleep, he's still extremely dangerous and able to fight enemies.[114] Even though he admits he's not a pretty sight while he's asleep, he was strong enough to easily defeat Puri-Puri Prisoner. Garou fought well against Superalloy Darkshine, although he suffered great injuries from his attacks.[115] As their battle rages on, Garou's abilities increase to the point that he can match Superalloy Darkshine's full-power Superalloy Bazooka with his own attack.[116] His strength eventually increased to the point where he could pressure and harm the hero both physically and mentally before Tatsumaki interrupted their battle.[117] Though it should be noted that this victory has more to do with the hero's underlying psychological insecurities than any significant advantage in power on Garou's side. After experiencing Garou's explosive rise in power firsthand, Darkshine believes nobody may stand a chance against him by the time he makes it to the surface.[118]
Influence from "God"
Awakened Garou: Cosmic Fear Mode (覚醒ガロウ: 宇宙的恐怖モード, Kakusei Garō: Kozumikku Fiā Mōdo; Viz: Awakened Garo, Cosmic Fear Mode) is the form Garou assumes after becoming influenced by "God".[181] Its appearance is that of a featureless void filled with stars, galaxies, and cosmic dust. His silhouette is reminiscent of how he looked after his fight with Superalloy Darkshine. Upon seeing him still retaining part of his personality, Blast remarks that although Garou's mutation is extreme, he still has not taken a full blessing of power from "God". Nonetheless, his already incredible power reaches even more preposterous levels while in this form, capable of combating unbelievably powerful fighters such as the top-ranking S-Class hero Blast, and even Saitama.[182] Although unable to defeat him, Garou, in this state, was capable of battling and somewhat holding his own against a serious Saitama, making him by far the most powerful opponent the Caped Baldy has faced. However, Saitama, albeit serious, was only using one hand to fight Garou.[183] Following his defeat, Garou can no longer access this cosmic transformation due to all of his "divine power" fading away.
•"Time to conduct evil."[194]
•(To Tanktop Master) "Stay right here and watch as the monster Garou goes on to kill off all of your comrades."[195]
•(To Tareo) "Just become strong."[196]
•"If he was just a little stronger he would've won... it wasn't fair for him..."[197]
•(To Death Gatling) "Watch carefully. Witness the moment the monster is victorious!"[198]
•(To Tareo) "Only you can protect yourself now!"[199]
•Garou is ranked 14th in the character popularity poll.
•Garou (餓狼, Garō) means "Hungry Wolf." While participating in the Super Fight Tournament, he disguised himself with a wolf mask.
•In French, loup-garou means "Werewolf."
•Garou is also a pun on the Japanese pronunciation of "Growth".
•In one of his tweets, Murata revealed that working on Garou "felt like destiny", after working as a reed for a manga called "Garou".[213]
•In the One-Punch Man: Hero Encyclopedia, Garou's threat level was ?.[214]
1.One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 41, page 7-9
2.One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 88, page 26
3.One-Punch Man Encyclopedia; One-Punch Man: Hero Encyclopedia, page 178
4.One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 86, page 2
5.One-Punch Man Webcomic; Chapter 55, page 1
6.One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 166 (Online), page 10
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