Gouketsu

Gouketsu (ゴウケツ, Gouketsu) is a Mysterious Being and part of the Monster Association.

Appearance
Gouketsu is a large monster who has a spiky body covered by a black ripped shirt. Gouketsu also has four eyes, sharp teeth and pointy ears. He also has black marking on his forehead and a X-mark on his chin.

Before becoming a monster, Gouketsu's human form holds similarity to his monster appearance. His face and hairstyle was similar with the difference being he had two big sharp eyes and a scar over his lips.

Personality
Similar to martial artists like Bakuzan and Choze, Gouketsu is extremely cruel and arrogant, to the point that he often looks down on every opponent he sees. His arrogance is so great that he was willing to challenge Orochi to a one-on-one fight, only to end up losing to him and getting captured and tortured for countless days. As a monster, his cockiness is amplified greatly to the point that he treats all the martial artists who are turned into monsters nothing more than low life and expendable soldiers of the Monster Association. Before that, he looks down at all martial artist to the point that giving them Monster Cells for him is just to make them become decent fighters, rather than as strong as him.

He also lusts for power since he was willing to trade his humanity to gain tremendous power as a monster when his mind broke down under torture. At the same time, he displays a dark sense of humor when he kicks both Lighting Max and Sneck into the air while wondering that if they both died since he just simply poked them.

History
At one point in the past, Gouketsu was once a Martial Arts fighter and the winner of the first Super Fight. He was later defeated and captured by the Monster Association. Succumbing to the torture by his captors, he ate the Monster Cells handed to him by Orochi and Gyoro Gyoro. This resulted him in becoming the monster he is today.

Monster Association Arc
Gouketsu managed to take out Genos while on his way to the C-City Super Stadium. Gouketsu arrives at the Super Stadium and catches Benpatsu, as he was trying to leave. He then orders every Martial Artist to become a Mysterious Being.

Lightning Max and Sneck attempt to fight him but were again easily defeated in one kick. He forcefully offered a lower class martial artist to eat the Monster fruit to become monsters. Those who joined him are Rosie (though he is killed shortly and replaced by his murderer Choze), Benpatsu, Volten, and Hamukichi.

Abilities and Powers
The full extent of Gouketsu's strength and fighting prowess is currently unknown; however, he was strong enough to win the first Super Fight as a human and defeated Genos, an S-Class hero, after his transformation into a Monster.

Physical Abilities
Immense Strength: Gouketsu is physically strong as he appears in stature. He was easily able to crush Genos into the pavement. He also defeated Lightning Max and Sneck with a single kick.

Immense Speed: Gouketsu is fast enough to catch Genos by surprise and attack him before he could act. He also kicked Lighting Max and Sneck before either of the Heroes could react, despite his large body.

Trivia

 * The name Gouketsu can also mean hero (豪傑).


 * Gouketsu was originally designed without the black marking on his forehead and chin. His teeth were larger and sharper, while the redrawn version looks more human.
 * "I guess the reason why Frieza's final form looked strong despite its simplicity was that in contrast to the forms to that point, it looked (intelligent/calculating/rational). Being able to feel the intelligence is scarier (than not)." - Murata