One-Punch Manis a shonen anime series that has been unlike any other. It has been able to create waves with its unique plot that breaks the fourth wall with a protagonist so strong that he cannot be defeated by anyone or at least that has been the case so far. Besides its protagonist Saitama, the series has numerous other extremely powerful and strong characters. These strong characters inOne-Punch Manare divided into two factions - Heroes who protect the Earth and villains who cause mayhem. Most heroes are part of the Hero Association that administers the heroes and organizes them amongdifferent classes and ranks depending on their strengths.
On the top of these rankings sit the S-class heroes, and the strongest ones even in the S-class are the top 10 heroes ranging from rank 1 to rank 10. The strongest one according to the strength as per the Hero Association’s rankings is the S-class Rank 1 hero Blast. Although, the fans have not been able to witness Blast in action and there is still not muchknown about him and what his powers are. However, the series has mentioned Blast and his immense strength several times occasionally.
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The Man, The Myth, The Legend
Weirdly, the Hero Association’s number one hero is an inactive one since he currently seems to be visiting various places as he has developed a hobby of collecting mysterious cubes that could turn humans into mysterious beings. Not only he is inactive in the hero scene, but also there are only a few staff members of the Hero Association that have the medium to communicate with him. Even though Blast is inactive it should be kept in mind that besides Saitama he is the strongest hero that the Hero Association has. Being the number one hero is no joke in a world full of powerful and dangerous monsters, andit comes with a great deal of responsibility. Blast is a man of a muscular build who wears heavy armor with an emblem of his on his chest.
He was last mentioned in the anime after Saitama landed his punches on the Elder Centipede monster and as the latter was about to die he recalled his memory of Blast since he thought Blast was the only hero that could defeat him. Blast fought the Elder Centipede two years ago and almost killed the monster, however, amidst this he came across Goda mysterious entity who offered him power. Upon refusing God’s offer of giving him power, Blast had to battle the former where he somehow survived. Blast kept his encounter with and the existence of God a secret from the Hero Association with only Stitch knowing about this incident apart from him.
A Glimpse of Blast’s Power
Blast has defeated the Elder Centipede monster in the past, although the latter was not that strong when he first fought Blast. Gyoro Gyoro, the meat puppet of Psykos, stated that Blast could defeat the Elder Centipede who was a dragon-level threat even in his current state. He saved Tatsumaki from a hybrid monster when she was just a kid, and also ignited in her the flame to protect her only family her sister Fubuki by using her own powers. It is said that just before meeting Tatsumaki, Blast wasstrong enough to easily kill giant monstersthat were powerful enough to smash steel doors in mere seconds. Apart from having immense strength, Blast also seems to have some sort of min-reading or psychic power ability as evident from the instance when he placed his hand on Tatsumaki’s head and saw a vision of her sister Fubuki.
Hisability to manipulate space-timehas got to be the greatest power in his arsenal, and it was thanks to this ability that Blast was the only hero to be able to fight against God as recalled by the Minister Officer of Justice for the Hero Association. In theOPM: Hero Encyclopedia, Fubuki hypothesizes that Blast is stronger than King, can shoot lasers from his eyes and even rules over psychic powers, and can control trillions of robots to his advantage. She also speculates that he is so powerful that he can defeat the rest of the S-class at the same time.
Top-Tier Moves and Abilities
Blast has multiple powerful and quite useful abilities at his disposal. He has super speed and reflexes, and he is one of the fastest people in theOPMworld. Not to forget the incident when he tookFlashy Flash the S-class heroknown for his extraordinary speed by surprise as he dodged one of Flashy Flash’s fastest attacks from a close range and appeared behind him, and he could not even track Blast getting behind him. He is so strong that he could hold his own in a battle against Cosmic Fear Mode Garou or popularly known as Cosmic Garou who has gotten a power boost from God. He dodged the hero hunter’s destructive attacks by creating several portals through his ability.
He even speculated thedestruction that Saitama and Garou could causeto Earth if their punches collided, therefore, without thinking twice he teleported them into space before their fists could connect. Along with the above-mentioned powers and abilities, Blast also happens to have radiation resistance as seen in the manga when he could withstand the cosmic radiation emitted by Cosmic Garou while the same radiation caused other heroes nearby to collapse and even die shortly after.
All things considered, Blast surely deserves to sit atop the hero world not only because of his immense strength and abilities but also because he likes what he does, and he is responsible for his duty to save people and the Earth.He was intelligent enough to not go all-outon Cosmic Garou because he wanted to deliver the unconscious heroes to safety first and not cause any collateral damage to the Earth.One-Punch Manfans are extremely excited to see Blast get animated in the subsequent seasons of the anime series, it’s only a matter of a short time before they get to witness S-class rank 1 hero Blast in motion on their screens.
