Max

Lightning Max (イナズマックス, Inazumakkusu) is an A-Class, rank 19, superhero for the Hero Association.

His real name is revealed to be simply called as Max (マックス, Makkusu).

He is a fairly recurring character in the series.

Appearance
Lightning Max is a young man with blonde hair that is slicked back and tapered to a point and has a prominent widow's peak. He has relatively thick eyebrows, dark lines around his eyes, and a lightning symbol on his left cheek. He wears a tight fitting outfit that consists of a tank top, shorts, long socks and sleeves that go from mid-bicep to mid-forearm. His hero outfit is black with yellow lining, and lightning symbols emblazoned on all the pieces of his outfit. As a martial artist, he wears karate gi, while retaining most of his hero outfit parts.

Personality
Max is shown to think ahead and spy on his target to know how to defeat them but it is shown that he has some doubt in his abilities.

Introduction Saga
In the anime, Lightning max arrives at A-City with Smile Man to fight Vaccine Man, but is utterly defeated.

Rumored Monster Arc
Lightning Max and many other heroes decided to head to Z-City to investigate the rumored monster of the city after it defeated Golden Ball and Spring Mustache, but he came to the scene after it was already beaten by Saitama.

Sea Monster Arc
He is seen observing Stinger's defeat at the hands of the Sea King through a telescope and decides to go and fight the Sea King himself until reinforcements arrive. But before he can even act, the Sea King appears behind him in an instant smiling menacingly. This startled Lightning Max and he quickly attacks the king with his Lightning Kick, but it has no effect on him and the Sea King casually remarks that it hurt a little. Lightning Max realizing he can't win tries to think of a way to escape, but before he can move he's punched with full force by the Sea King, who sends him flying into the building across from them. The building begins crumbling down and Max tries to escape but is confronted once again by Sea King. In a desperate effort, Max unleashes his Flying Reverse Roundhouse Kick, but once again it has no effect on Sea King and he knocks out Max with a punch and sends him flying once again into the streets below where the building threatens to crush him. Luckily he is caught by the S-Class Hero Puri-Puri-Prisoner before the crumbling building crushed him. He was later hospitalized alongside Stinger. While reading the newspaper, about the incident and the hero who took their credit, Puri-Puri-Prisoner appears, much to their horror, and is about to give them both his special medicine, but Lightning Max and Stinger ran away with fear. Sometime after the event, he received a promotion to rank 19.

Monster Raid Arc
Max is participating in the Martial Arts Tournament in C-City at the C-City Super Stadium. This is the first time Max has participated in the tournament. His first opponent was Lin Lin, and he won the battle without (according to the audience) much difficulty, but it was a tough fight according to himself.

Lightning Max tries picturing Suiryu as the Sea King so that he can overcome his real goal. Lightning Max tells Suiryu that Suiryu's strength is minuscule compared to the Sea King's. When the match begins, Lightning Max charges at Suiryu.

Lightning Max shows off his new move but gets easily outmaneuvered by Suiryu. Suiryu proceeds to kick Lightning Max to the edge of the ring, knocking Max out. '''The following section contains Webcomic spoilers. You have been warned, manga-only readers.'''

Physic Sisters Arc
He is one of the heroes examining the prison after Saitama's and Tatsumaki's battle.

Abilities & Powers
Lightning Max's high ranking as an A-Class hero shows that he is a highly capable individual. He is also a fairly capable martial artist.

Physical Abilities
Enhanced Endurance: Lightning Max was able to continue to fight the Sea King, even after being punched by the latter and being send flying into a building.

Fighting Style


Hyper Karate (ハイパー空手, Haipā Karate): Lightning Max's preferred method of fighting. Being revealed to be a martial artist, Lightning Max has been shown to be a skilled hand-to-hand combatant. He uses multiple inbuilt mechanisms of his shoes while acting as a hero.


 * Lightning Kick (稲妻蹴り, Inazuma Geri): Lightning Max throws a super fast kick that causes a small explosion utilizing gunpowder stored in his shoe.


 * Flying Reverse Round-House Lightning Kick (稲妻飛び後ろ回し蹴り, Inazuma Tobi Ushiro Mawashigeri): Lightning Max clicks his heel down which causes the toe of his shoe to open, revealing small boosters that light and cause his kick to become even faster. The kick is exceptionally fast and causes a large explosion.


 * Giant Wheel Double Heel Drop (大車輪両かかと落とし, Daisharin Ryō Kakato Otoshi): Lightning Max does a flip in the air and swings with both of his feet towards a target.

Equipment
Special Shoes: Lightning Max wears a pair of special shoes with gunpowder stored inside them. The shoes also have multiple inbuilt mechanisms such as boosters inside them.

Telescope: Lightning Max carries a telescope with him to observe events from afar.

Hero Rating
Lightning Max's rating determined by the Hero Association.

Major Battles
Lightning Max and Smile Man vs Vaccine Man

Lightning Max vs Sea King

Lightning Max vs Lin Lin

Lightning Max vs Suiryu

Anime and Manga Differences
Episode 1
 * In the manga, Lightning Max did not fight Vaccine Man.

Episode 9
 * After his defeat at the hands of Sea King, he is in the hospital along with Stinger frustrated from reading a newspaper, only later shocked to see Puri-Puri-Prisoner comes by to see them both and run off afterwards when Puri-Puri Prisoner was going to give them shots.

Episode 11
 * Lightning Max appears at Hero Association HQ to help out with the Rescuing operation with Stinger and License-less Rider.

Trivia

 * Lightning Max's shoe's brand is Nike.
 * In the anime he and Smile Man are the first heroes of the Hero Association to appear.