Garou/Synopsis

History
As a child, Garou was unpopular and a social outcast. At school, while he was reading a book, a popular boy named Tacchan and another student were playing heroes, after Garou tried to make Tacchan realize it was dangerous to kick another student from high ground, Tacchan declared Garou to be the new villain and himself as Justice Man. He tried to kick Garou, Garou dodged, but after Tacchan missed and hurt himself, to which Garou apologizes. Tacchan asked him what was he doing, pointed out that Garou was the monster, and then kicked him in the face while making others kids to restrain him. Later Garou tried to stand up for himself by making Tacchan fight him to make him realize that he cannot bully Garou anymore, but the other children gathered around and started defending Tacchan, saying it was just how the game works. Tacchan then cowardly asked other children to pin Garou to the ground and called the teacher while running away. Garou noticed how Tacchan was the one always smiling, liked by everyone, and was good at everything, even though he was a jerk; while Garou was alone, gloomy, and had no friends. When talking to his uncaring and unsympathetic teacher, he ignored Garou and simply lectured him on how he should not be fighting and what might have happened if it had continued as well as reprimanding him for not distinguishing reality and game. After he was done, he forced the crying Garou to apologize and then notified his parents. Garou eventually snapped and began to see that heroes are nothing more than a bunch of bullies who are preying on the weak and outcast of society like him while receiving praise from other people who equally hate the outcast.

On another occasion, Garou watched the Justice Man TV show and was rooting for the villains to win. He became frustrated every time Justice Man comes and stops them. He asked his father when there would be a villain that could defeat Justice Man, but only to hear the negative; he believed it did not make sense, as he reasoned that the monsters the ones who are always trying their best, but no matter what, they were always killed off unfairly in the end simply because they are monsters. Unwilling to accept the status quo, Garou resolved to become the strongest monster and never lose, and to change the scenario.

Sick of being a helpless kid throughout his childhood, he became determined to be stronger. Because of this, he decided to venture to Bang's dojo during his adolescence, traveling very far to meet the martial artist. When he arrived at the dojo, he rudely demanded to know if Bang was strong. Sour Face chimed in and asked who the arrogant child is when Garou passed out from the exhaustion of venturing to the dojo. Sour Face asked Bang if he should throw Garou out, but the hero was impressed by Garou's determination, telling Sour Face to feed him until he was full when he woke up. After this, Bang accepted Garou as a student, and Garou quickly became the top student in Bang's dojo. After watching Sour Face make a fool of himself while smashing ceramic tiles as a training exercise, Garou out performs his sempai by smashing all but one of which after adding extra tiles to the already considerable tower of which. Bang voices his amazement but sites he missed one at the very bottom. Garou realized he still had a long ways left to go before honing his technique.

Six months prior to the Super Fight martial arts tournament that Saitama attended, he decided that he has nothing left to learn and rampaged through the dojo, disabling many of the students, including Sour Face. He then received a beating from Bang and was expelled from the dojo. While fleeing the dojo, Garou broke into a safe that contained the scrolls of secret techniques, and got a grasp of Exploding Heart Release Fist.

After his expulsion, Garou attended the Super Fight, disguising himself as Wolfman after incapacitating the real one and taking his mask. Garou won the tournament, although his identity remained unknown.

Alien Conquerors Arc
Garou was mentioned by Bang, after Genos questions him about his dojo being filled with skilled fighters, after defeating Bangs "best disciple" Charanko. Bang reveals that the dojo used to be filled with skilled fighters until his best disciple, Garou, went on a rampage and disabled them all for life, scaring the rest away as well. Because of this, Bang expelled Garou after giving him a beating.

Garou Introduction Arc
During a meeting in the Hero Association headquarters in the middle of a coalition between a large group of villains and the Hero Association. He states himself as an extremely powerful individual, able to beat every present person by himself even if they gang up on him. He reveals that his presence on the location was merely to find strong opponents and to punish the cowards. After three heroes agree on taking him down it's revealed that Garou never liked heroes and always supported monsters because of his sympathy for their ambitions. After the flashback, he promised to become the strongest monster and change the scenario. He attacks three A-Class heroes border-lining S-Class in strength and beats up everyone present with the exception of Sitch and Speed-o'-Sound Sonic as Sonic had left said meeting pre-haste. As he leaves proclaiming this was the epic intro of Garou the Human Monster, he promises to come bursting through the front door of the Hero Association in six months time after his training journey was over. Musing perhaps he will fight King, the strongest hero in their ranks one day while out on his jaunt.

The Blizzard Group Arc
After his rampage at the meeting, it's been revealed that Garou has a reputation and the title of "Human Monster" within the Heroes Association, but no one sees him as a threat beside Sitch. Garou later happens to encounter an upper A-Class hero Tanktop Vegetarian in an empty alleyway. He easily defeats the hero but is disappointed by the fight. When Tanktop Vegetarian threatens him about messing with heroes, Garou simply knocks him out, proclaiming excitement to fight a monster class hero.

Hero Hunt Arc
Garou later meets C-Class hero Mumen Rider and threatens to attack him, but not before Tanktop Vegetarian, whom Garou had beaten and spared last afternoon, calls his Tank Topper Army to exact revenge against Garou. Suddenly, S-Class hero Tanktop Master appears and punches Garou, after Garou knocked out Tanktop Vegetarian.

Mumen Rider defends Garou from Tanktop Master's attack, but Tanktop Master knows about Garou's evil intents and the possible threat he's posing and reaches for the finishing blow. Garou counterattacks with the special technique Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist and beats Tanktop Master with ease. Tanktop Master then realizes that Garou was merely holding back. Garou then proceeds to attack all heroes present alongside Mumen Rider and Charanko, the bodies of whom are found by Bang and Bomb. Garou later interrupts the conversation between three C-Class heroes and proceeds to beat them up. Afterwards he finds Tareo, a child with a catalog, containing info about the heroes. Garou asks the kid for the catalog, but the kid refuses. Garou's interest furthers once he learned that the catalog contained information about monsters as well. Garou ends up reading through the catalog to find out Golden Ball's location. Garou finds Golden Ball in a bar and challenges him into a fight. Golden Ball eventually accepts and they head towards the parking lot. It is revealed that Golden Ball was putting up an act and begins the fight in the alley heading towards the parking lot. Garou dodges Golden Ball's first two attacks. Golden Ball initially believes that Garou was able to dodge them due to watching his hand movements and then shoots a shot that ricochets and pierces Garou's leg. Golden Ball, believing that he has the advantage now, follows up with Golden Breakout. However, Garou effortlessly dodges all of them, thus refuting Golden Ball's initial thought that Garou used Golden Ball's hand movements to dodge his bullets. In a final effort, Golden Ball fires one more shot directly at Garou. Unfortunately, the Hero Hunter is able to deflect the final bullet and also redirect the rest of the bullets into themselves, destroying them. Before Garou can attack Golden Ball, Spring Mustachio appears. Spring Mustachio then starts swinging in every direction forcing Garou to jump. Spring Mustachio then initiates his secret move, Tomboy. Garou dodges the attack, but his left hand got stabbed. Succeeding the dodge, Garou punches Spring Mustachio, launching Spring Mustachio into several trash cans and crates. Garou reveals that he knew about Spring Mustachio's secret technique and that he is now used to armed combatants.

After the fight he went on to target Sweet Mask, by chance, he overheard a corrupt officer of the Hero association using his position and the heroes' name to pick up chicks and proceeded to clobber him in annoyance. Irked with dissatisfaction at the official he beat up, Saitama just happened to be around finding a wig shop, which is directly in front of Garou. Thinking Saitama is a small fry who thinks he can make a big name by arresting him, Garou attacked Saitama, sinking his feet into the ground from the impact. Unfazed, Saitama delivered a chop of his own to Garou's nape, knocking him unconscious as he proceeded to buy a wig. Garou eventually woke up on a pile of garbage bags with a fuzzy memory.

Monster Raid Arc
Garou returns to his hideout, wrapping his injuries and checking the wall of photos of heroes he possibly wants to fight. Garou is later seen talking with Tareo, the same child with a catalog and asks him the whereabouts of the S-Class hero Watchdog Man, with the intention of fighting him. However, their conversation is interrupted by S-City's alert about a Demon level monsters and Metal Bat. Garou then tells Tareo to run while he looks forward to fighting Metal Bat. Garou arrives to the scene just when Metal Bat has launched hundreds of meters across the city. Initially believing Metal Bat got defeated by Elder Centipede, Garou decides to go after Watchdog Man. However, Metal Bat soon gets up and begins heading back to fight Elder Centipede. This causes Garou to attack Metal Bat. Garou is later seen fighting Metal Bat on an empty city and comments that he's disappointed that he was being unable to see Metal Bat's true strength due to the exhaustion of his fight against Elder Centipede. Metal Bat retaliates against Garou's comment with an attack, but Garou manages to dodge it. Garou is surprised by Metal Bat's persistence despite Metal Bat's numerous injuries but insists that Metal Bat is at his limit. Suddenly, Metal Bat rushes to Garou with incredible speed. Garou still manages to avoid Metal Bat's attacks and attempts to counterattack, but Garou's attack is no longer able to faze Metal Bat either. Garou notes that Metal Bat's speed and attack power have increased significantly. Garou asks Metal Bat for the reason for this sudden increase in physical strength and Metal Bat simply explains that "It's Fightin' Spirit!". Metal Bat tells Garou to hurry up with the fight. Garou replies that he'll play for a little bit to see how long Metal Bat can keep up his fighting spirit. Garou throws a manhole cover at Metal Bat, but Metal Bat hits it back with his bat. However, Garou already managed to reach Metal Bat by the time Metal Bat followed through. Metal Bat tries the take the offensive, but none of his attacks connect. Garou continues to mock Metal Bat, asking him if he's going to persist until he dies. Metal Bat retorts by saying he'll fight until he wins and continues to attack. Garou tries to kick Metal Bat, but Metal Bat deflects it and proceeds to initiate a killing move. Fortunately, Garou manages to fairly easily repel the technique and launches a blow to Metal Bat's chest, leaving Metal Bat laying on the ground. Garou dismisses Metal Bat and Tanktop Master as hot-blooded idiots who lack counters to anti-human martial arts. Nonetheless, Garou notes that, despite being able to repel all of Metal Bat's attacks, his bones are shaking and if Metal Bat had hit him, even once, it would have ended badly. Abruptly, someone shouts, "Big Brother!". Metal Bat is about to land a powerful blow on Garou, but stops because he hears his sister's voice. Garou then punches Metal Bat and comments that Metal Bat might have ended the fight if he did not stop the swing midway. Before the two could clash again, Zenko, Metal Bat's sister, jumps in the front of Metal Bat and says to Garou the fight is over because her brother promised to not fight in front of her. Though reluctant, Garou accepts and then leaves the fight to look for Watchdog Man.

While leaving, Garou is being watched over by Phoenix Man and Sludge Jellyfish. They discuss that Garou could be useful. When Sludge Jellyfish tries to capture Zenko, it is attacked by Garou, stating that he does not like being watched. Phoenix Man quickly comes and tells Garou that they are not enemies. Both monsters try to be friendly and invite him to the Monster Association. Garou turns them down and demands them to leave. The Mysterious Beings decide to leave but say to him that they will definitely meet again later if Garou continues to hero hunt. When the monsters are finally out of sight, Garou simply says, "Disgusting".

Super Fight Arc
Garou reaches the Watchdog Plaza to search for Watchdog Man. Watchdog Man is sitting on top of what was a Monster Association invasion force of many monsters. Garou attempts to attack Watchdog Man while the hero is sitting.

However, due to Garou's underestimation of Watchdog Man, he quickly becomes overwhelmed by Watchdog Man's fast and powerful attacks to the point that he cannot even read his wild and unpredictable movement. All the training he had been through with Bang was never meant to be used to fight monsters and as a result, all his techniques were countered effortlessly by Watchdog Man. After being severely injured by Watchdog Man, he runs away and Watchdog Man stops chasing him once Garou escapes his territory. Despite the outcome, he feels excited about the battle since he now has the experience needed to battle monsters properly and embraces the happiness that he can become stronger.

During this time, he sees King and Saitama in which he tries to attack King, despite his injuries. As he is about to confidently lay a hit on King's body after reading all of his possible movements, he fails to notice Saitama. As a result, he is sent flying by Saitama with a single kick and smashed through a wall.

Monster Association Arc
After recovering from being knocked into a wall, he unintentionally encounters Death Gatling and decides that it's best for him to recover and rest due to the injuries he sustained from Watchdog Man and King (Saitama). As he stumbles away, Death Gatling looks over and spots him.

Garou is seen recovering from his injuries in his hideout and re-encounters Tareo. Tareo explains to Garou he has to leave the hut, but Garou figures Tareo was bullied into it. Garou tells Tareo that if he wants to stand up to his friends he has to become strong, which Tareo already knew. Garou then sensed that he was surrounded and asks Tareo for the hero catalog.

Garou asks Tareo for the hero catalog to identify each one of the heroes outside his shack. After identifying all of the heroes, he proceeds to exit the shack. Death Gatling tells Garou that they are here to capture him, but Garou retorts that with Death Gatling and his group, the hero hunt will surpass 100 heroes. Gun Gun quickly opens fire on Garou, but Garou easily dodges and attempts to counterattack. However, he is forced to dodge again because of Stinger's attack. Stinger's attack is quickly followed up with Arrow Rain from Shooter, which Garou also manages to dodge. Chain'n'toad begins the next wave of attacks as Smile Man attacks from above as Wild Horn attacks from behind. Gun Gun manages to land a hit as tries to attack Wild Horn. Stinger follows up and manages to cut Garou's arm. Garou notices that Glasses lack of action, but is then hit by Chain'n'toad's weapon and attacked by Smile Man again. Chain'n'toad uses his Ear Cutter technique but failed to injure Garou a second time. Smile Man and Chain'n'toad proceed to continuously herry Garou before the Human Monster has any time to recover. Arrow Rain comes down as Smile Man, Chain'n'toad, and Gun Gun attack all at once. Despite twisting in the air, Garou is hit by two of the arrows. Glasses resupplies Shooter before Garou tries to go after the hero. Glasses manages to dodge Garou's initial attack and lands a hit on Garou as the Hero Hunter is distracted by the heroes behind him and the pebbles thrown by Glasses. Afterwards, Death Gatling gives Garou one last chance to surrender. As he continues to fight the heroes, flashbacks of his childhood come back to Garou, as he remembers all of the villains that were unfairly defeated just because they were outnumbered by the heroes. Chain'n'toad attacks Garou with his chain, but to his surprise, Garou managed to intercept the chain, even though the chain was aimed at his blind spot. Smile Man then attacks Garou from behind with his kendama and throws it at him. Garou, however, catches the kendama and redirects it toward Chain'n'toad, taking him out of the battle. Gun Gun fires his pistol at Garou, but Garou uses Smile Man's kendama to shield himself from the bullets. Then, he propels the kendama toward Gun Gun, knocking him out in the process. The next hero who attacks is Wild Horn, who uses his Pile Bison and destroys the kendama. However, Garou wraps the chain from Chain'n'toad around Wild Horn's legs to prevent him from escaping and also preventing Shooter from firing his poisonous arrows. Glasses then throws several pebbles at Garou while he was distracted, but Garou easily catches the pebbles. Taunting Glasses by saying it was just what he needed, he threw the pebbles with blinding speed at Shooter, effectively knocking him unconscious. Stinger attempts to strike him with his Roaring Bamboo Shoot Gigantic attack, but Garou once again uses Wild Horn as a barrier. Garou then runs toward Stinger at full speed, telling him it would be one-on-one, to which Stinger accepts, telling the other heroes to stay out of his way. But just as Garou is going to strike Stinger, he changes his target and hits Smile Man square in the jaw, taking him out of the fight. Next, Death Gatling fires at Garou, to which Garou dodges, all the while running to his next target: Glasses. Garou strikes him with a flurry of punches. Glasses attempts to retaliate with a right punch, but Garou blocks the punch and hits him square in the jaw. A few meters away, Stinger decides to intervene and save Glasses from this torturous onslaught and attacks Garou with his Gigantic Drill Stinger, but Garou expertly intercepts the bamboo and counters with a left punch to Stinger's face, continuing with a consecutive string of blows to his chest. Behind him, Glasses works through the pain and tries to strike him, but Garou nails him hard in the stomach with a right elbow, removing him from the battle. With only Death Gatling remaining, the hero states to Garou he considers him a monster, revoking his previous idea to take him alive and declaring he will finish him off. Garou tells him not to attack, as a child is in the building behind him, but Death Gatling ignores his words. Death Gatling uses his ultimate attack: Death Shower, in which he quickly empties all of his bullets and fires a very quick round of bullets. Alas, Garou manages to intercept all of the bullets, leaving the building behind him still standing. After receiving an emergency call from Glasses, who is with Death Gatling and their group of heroes to ambush Garou and failed, Genos arrives to fight the already extremely weakened Garou. Genos and Garou's fists collide midair, propelling Garou back. Genos follows up his attack with his Machine Gun Blows, giving Garou a tough go of it. Garou retaliates with his Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist, but Genos ducks and strikes him with a punch that's propelled by a booster integrated into his elbow. Garou intercepts the attack, then counters with a left knee to Genos' head. The attack sends Genos into the ground, and Garou prepares to land the final blow. However, Genos fires an incineration blast, to which Garou just barely manages to evade.

Genos gets back up by thrusting himself upward with turbines built on his back, and he intently observes and analyzes Garou's movements. Genos tells Garou to surrender, as Garou's legs are about to give out, but instead, Garou jumps up into the trees and changes his movements to mimic that of Watchdog Man. Genos is momentarily caught off guard by this change of battle style, and Garou uses this moment to rip off Genos' right arm. Alas, Genos arm is still operational, and the right arm grabs Garou's neck. The arm uses its rocket propeller and slams Garou into a tree, using wires to trap Garou in the process. Genos then taunts Garou that he is just a thug not a serious threat to be worth the time to take care of, unlike the Monster Association. Genos then lifts his arm and prepares to fire his incineration blast, but Garou pushes his legs onto the tree and breaks it apart, saving himself from the incineration blast. He then jumps into the roof of the shred and proclaims that the Hero Association doesn't need to look any further since he is the most powerful monster right here and he is not some common thug. Genos prepares another attack, but from the ground, a horde of monsters tunnels out of the ground and simultaneously attack Genos to protect Garou, but the monsters are all swiftly defeated. A flower monster appears behind Garou telling him that the Monster Association has recognized his talent and wants to recruit him into their rank as one of the top executive members. However, due to Garou's lone wolf nature, he coldly rejects the offer and tells the monster to get out of his sight. The monster then tries to forcefully capture him to join their rank because of its order from the Monster Association but is bisected by Genos's arm-blade. After taking care of the monsters, Genos proclaims that he cannot be defeated by a surprise attack like this and he has to follow the teaching of Saitama to become stronger by training both mind and body. As a result, Garou then questions Genos about Saitama, in which he proudly states that Saitama is the mightiest hero that no monsters can hope to surpass. For the third time, Genos readies his incineration cannon, but this time, the one to intervene is none other than Bang and Bomb. Genos is surprised to see them both present, and he proceeds to do battle with the other monsters still flooding out of the hole in the ground.

While Bomb and Genos fight off the monsters, Bang stands hovering over Garou, admonishing his weakened and abominable state, and tells Garou to stand up and fight him. Garou does as his former master says, and the two of them ready their stances. Garou lunges for Bang and attempts to attack him with the Flowing Water Rock Streaming Fist, but before he even has time to react, Garou is viciously pummeled by Bang. As he is pummeled rapidly by Bang, Garou tries to counter-attack against his former teacher but his efforts are in vain due to his weakened state and their difference in Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist mastery. He ends up continuing to be overwhelmed. Knowing that he cannot win, he attempts to escape and uses Death Gatling's unconscious body as a meat shield to cover his escape. However, Bomb intercepts him and kicks him in the face toward the group of remaining monsters, causing the monsters to be shredded by Bomb's razor-sharp Whirlwind Iron Cutting Fist. Afterward, Bomb and Bang combine their martial arts against Garou. In the state of great pain, Garou remembers his miserable past as a misunderstood child being bullied. In his anger and despair, he commences a counterattack with Tanktop Master's Tanktop Blow and grabs a huge tree during the confusion, and then swings at both Bomb and Bang making them back off. Phoenix Man suddenly appears and creates immense air pressure that launches everyone and proceeds to grab Garou in the air while calling for Elder Centipede to cover their escape. Despite Garou's protest, he cannot do anything against Phoenix Man as he is being escorted to the Monster Association HQ.

After being rescued by the Monster Association, Garou sees the association has captured Narinki's Private Squad to be put on trial and the unexpected recruitment of a mysterious G5. During the trial, a voice in his head, presumably Psykos tells him to remain low profile until the trial is over. Once the trial is over, with Do-S takes it to brainwashed the captured Private Squad for the Monster Association’s usefulness, Royal Ripper senses Garou’s scent and tells him to now to reveal himself. Later, Garou speaks with Gyoro Gyoro and the rest of the association’s members, as well as its leader Orochi, who promotes Garou as one of the executive members of the association and send him to murder a hero in one day without hesitation in order to prove that he is a real monster. Unaware to Garou, Gyoro sends Royal Ripper and Bug God to keep an eye on Garou, should he fail.

A new group agrees with the monster outbreak. They attempt to capture a citizen for disagreeing with their ideology but bump into Garou. Unfortunately for them, Garou knocks them out with a flick before heading off. As a news boracast about societies downward spiral gets underway, Garou agrees with one of the Anchor's co-hosts berating the citizenship for the shameful behavior displayed by the great many who're committing horrendous acts throughout various cities. Vacating to a nearby restaurant while a drunk delinquent gets in a fight with an elderly person; the human monster is quick to frighten the hooligan off when they try to threaten Garou with a knife. Siting alone ruminating on his disappointment with humanity as a whole due to the half measures of the Monster Association throwing society into chaos, Garou eats everything on the menu within the restaurant before dashing out. Later, Garou scares some boys who were bullying Tareo. Tareo thanks Garou for his heroism, to which Garou is disgusted by. Soon enough Saitama catches up to Garou and lets Garou off with a warning. This severely angers Garou, thinking that heroes have starting to take pity on him. He resolves to carry out his task by bringing back Saitama's head, but Saitama accidentally punches Garou, knocking him out. Sometime later, Garou wakes up and asks Tareo who the hero was. Immediately after, Bug God and Royal Ripper confront Garou for not seeming like a monster. Royal Ripper approaches Tareo, to which Garou tells him to back off.

Garou is seen assuming a stance in front of Tareo and forming a fist as Bug God and Royal Ripper approach the pair. Royal Ripper reveals that Gyoro Gyoro had sent him and Bug God to follow and monitor Garou. After observing his behavior, they now have doubts about Garou’s intent, questioning whether if he is a true monster or not. Garou then proceeds to provoke Royal Ripper to little use, as the latter then demands the former to kill Tareo. Garou then inquiries about the reasoning behind the request, to which Bug God replies that one must leave behind what makes them human in order to qualify as a monster. Royal Ripper reaffirms this statement and continues, adding the fact that Garou might not be the best candidate after being defeated by Saitama. Garou then proceeds to tell Tareo to go home, but he was unable to do so because of fear. Due to this, Tareo is berated by Garou, who then forces the hero catalog out of his hand, saying that the boy needs to get stronger during times like these. While doing so, Royal Ripper attacks Tareo. The attack is quickly stopped by Garou, who hoisted Royal Ripper up in the air by his blades and swiftly delivered a kick to his opponent’s abdomen. Royal Ripper then flies into the air as a result but is quick to get back on his feet by thrusting his blades onto the ground and perform a somersault with the two blades acting as anchoring points. The move severely disfigured his arms, but Royal Ripper restores his limbs back to their original state by twisting them back. Then, Garou yells at Tareo, telling him to run. The boy complies and is seen dashing away. As he is doing so, Royal Ripper announces Garou to be an enemy. Garou then assumes a stance as the two monsters charge at him.

As the two monsters charge, Garou delivers a punch towards Bug God’s torso. Unfortunately, this injures his own hand. Royal Ripper then performs a chain of frenzied slashes aimed at Garou, but they are all dodged or reflected. As Garou is busy with Royal Ripper’s chain of attacks, Bug God approaches him from behind but is bombarded with a flurry of deflected slashes originating from Royal Ripper. The monster is undeterred by this as he quickly pounds Garou into the ground and then flinging him onto electric cables, which briefly electrocutes Garou. Garou immediately rebounds himself towards the two monsters as they leap towards him. The three eventually enter a stalemate, with Garou now confident in his abilities to defeat his opponents, while the pair of monsters declaring to go all out. Garou is not discouraged by this, even going on to say that he has seen everything they have to offer and will not be hit by them again. It then transpires that Tareo was captured by Sludge Jellyfish. Garou is briefly distracted by this occurrence, so Royal Ripper brutally slashes him in the back and subsequently struck in the torso by Bug God before ultimately being assailed with a series of slashes leaving him in a pool of blood. Bug God quickly puts a stop to the assault, explaining that Garou should be left alive. Royal Ripper ceases attacking but declares that it might be too late for Garou. He then invites Tareo back home with an eerie grin, saying that they will be great friends.

After a while, Garou wakes up and is perplexed upon what happened at first before recalling fighting and being defeated by Royal Ripper and Bug God. He also realizes that Tareo was kidnapped by the monsters but brushes it aside while wondering how he managed to heal himself. Upon recovering, Garou then proceeds to the Monster Association HQ while also seemingly undergoing a change in his body. Much later, Garou breaks into the facility just in time to save Tareo from Royal Ripper. Despite being stabbed in the gut by the monster, Garou punched Royal Ripper's head off with one blow, killing him in the process, before using the Whirlwind Iron Cutting Fist to shred the monster to pieces. He and Tareo then make their escape only to encounter two monsters who were quickly dispatched by Garou. The Hero Hunter devours one of the limbs of the monsters to replenish himself before proceeding with Tareo. As they make their escape, Tareo tells him that there is another child that is in need of rescuing but that's not Garou's concern and he did not come here to save Tareo, either. However, before the two can continue, they are confronted by Overgrown Rover. He and Tareo manage to not provoke Rover, but they encounter Super Mouse, Showerhead and Unihorn. While he manages to hold his own, the monsters accidentally injure Rover and he proceeds to attack them. Garou fights Rover and is knocked through the floor to where Gyoro Gyoro resides. There, Gyoro Gyoro restrains Garou with her psychic powers and tells him that she wants to raise Garou into the most powerful monster through a special nurturing process. Garou denies it and begins to resist the psychic powers, a confrontation in which he manages to outmaneuver around all of her psychic powers at first, declaring that he will hunt Gyoro Gyoro and with the brain of the Monster Association gone, it will naturally collapse on itself. Seeing the need for aid, Gyoro Gyoro enlists Orochi's intervention, grabbing Garou and crushing him. They battle and Garou uses Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist to defend himself. Garou is pierced, scorched, punched and thrown across the room. Garou proclaims that Orochi is not a true monster as he is missing one vital component — fear. Garou feels no fear from him and moves to his fighting stance. Orochi copies him and through their battle, Orochi has learned Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist. Garou mocks him and they battle once more only for Garou to be knocked unconscious. Soon after his defeat at the hands of Orochi, Garou is imprisoned in chains much deeper within the Monster Association's hideout. Puri-Puri Prisoner, while burrowing through the underground base, stumbles upon Garou. Thinking he's a hostage of some sort, he moves to release him, only for Garou to suddenly stir. Garou then breaks his chains and brutally attacks the S-Class hero, bringing him to his knees with a single flurry of punches. He then observes as Superalloy Darkshine finds Puri-Puri Prisoner and vows to defeat Garou for him, and the two begin to fight.

Upon sustaining a fierce blow from Darkshine, Garou snaps out of his blind rage and comes to his senses. He wonders where Orochi is and if Tareo managed to escape. Darkshine gives Garou a chance to surrender and join the Hero Association, but Garou refuses. Disappointed, Darkshine proceeds to attack Garou with a tackle, which he is incapable of deflecting the attack with Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist, launching the Hero Hunter through several walls and breaking all of his ribs. However, Garou still stands back up, and begins taunting and mentally attacking Darkshine as he continues his onslaught of blows. Garou subconsciously acquires Cross Fang Dragon Slayer Fist as Darkshine realizes he is moving faster and faster, and fear suddenly enters the hero's heart. He counters with a brutal punch, but Garou manages to block the attack. As the Hero Hunter continues his brutal assault, Darkshine comments in his own mind that Garou's speed isn't the only thing that's been magnified as his physical power has been steadily climbing too. As if a testament to such claims the next series of blows launched at the S-Class hero not only knocked him clean through several walls into an open space, but even powderized the area around Darkshine on his way through.

Realizing that the former had only used him to further galvanize his martial arts. Darkshine shakily rises again as the Hero Hunter moves to prey upon him some-more, taunting the physically robust paragon about putting a stop to his Monster Play. Garou and Darkshine continue their battle only this time with the hero on the losing end of their conflict. With his defenses waning bit by bit and means of assault cut off before such a savage barrage, Darkshine quickly finds himself outmatched by the tenacious rogue, so much so that the thought of losing to someone stronger than he was paralyzes Darkshine with fear. With his opponent's confidence destroyed, Garou moves in to deliver a final blow on his enemy, but falls back after seeing his fearful expression. As the terrified hero's debilitated state reminded him of the times he himself had been demoralized in such a manner. Backing off on his assault after parrying the weak counterattack by the shaken adversary. Garou ruminates on his own desires of becoming the ultimate monster for a brief period, before his own body begins to cave in due to his abrupt monsterization taking effect.

Just as Darkshine moves in to check up on Garou, a psychokinetic barrier forms around the hero as the surrounding area begins to collapse. Although the hero is lifted away to safety at the last minute, a still-paralyzed Garou is left underneath the crumbling base. As he lays there, Garou has an epiphany, realizing he must become the kind of absolute evil that unites people instead of the biased justice they have today. Garou has a flashback to when he called himself a monster and transforms. A short while later, he, in his "unconsciousness" state, emerges aboveground in front of Bomb and Fubuki. He lunges towards them with blinding speed and he and Bomb attack each other, seemingly on equal footing. Garou attempts to attack Fubuki, but Bomb blocks his punch and body slams him away. The two of them continue trading blows a short distance away, and Bomb notes Garou's increasing fighting skills. As Garou lunges, Bomb shatters the ground with his foot and launches his signature Whirlwind Iron Cutting Fist attack, but Garou cancels out the technique by responding with the same attack, following up with an elbow strike that knocks Bomb down. Bang arrives, and the master and the student face off again. They begin engaging in combat and the two of them are capable of fighting evenly against each other. Garou manages to make his former master bleed after a brief clash, causing Bang to remark that he is now much more worth teaching than before. As their fight continues, Garou suddenly takes the stance of Exploding Heart Release Fist, a martial art style that Bang primarily used before developing Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist, which surprises his former master. Utilizing his new fighting style, Garou is able to overwhelm Bang, pushing him back and significantly injuring him. However; Bang refuses to give up, attempting to reach him by the voice hidden within his fists and expressing his desire to be Garou's master once again after he retires from being a hero. The two continue to fight, with Garou gaining the upper hand against Bang, but is momentarily grappled and kicked away by his former master. Garou then demonstrates his Roaring Aura Sky Ripping Fist, to the shock of his master, and crosses fists with Bang in a rapid clash of blows until they simultaneously attempt to land a final hit on each other. Bang successfully punches Garou in the face, drawing a noticeable amount of blood from him and cracking his face, while Garou simply grazes Bang's chest but the shockwave from his blow is still strong enough to cause a heavy toll on him, which makes his former master finally fall defeated after a tough fight. Having defeated his former master, Garou is apparently in agony as his face was damaged by Bang's final blow. The hard exterior in his face begins to partially shatter, exposing only his left eye. As he seemingly hears Bang telling him to follow the voice of his heart, Garou finally wakes up and regains his senses. Meanwhile, Fuhrer Ugly has approached Bang and is about to finish him off with his Full Body Melting Punch, trying to take his revenge on the elder martial artist. At this moment, Garou suddenly lets forth a monstrous roar and interrupts Fuhrer Ugly by kicking a large hole straight through his body before his acidic punch could reach Bang, inflicting a fatal injury on the monster. Immediately after, Garou dashes towards Platinum Sperm, who is confronting King, and sends the former flying with a single punch, before proceeding to scatter Evil Natural Water with multiple blows, seemingly beating them in only a split second. While Garou is standing on the ground and muttering about his former master as he has regained his senses, a black wormhole emerges near him as it releases Saitama, Flashy Flash and Manako, who have been teleported to the surface by Blast. Garou prepares to face off against Saitama, but is surprised as the caped hero runs past him to Genos. Left standing there alone, Garou wonders what happened, recalling that he remembers being underground but then dreaming about one of Bang's lessons in the past. Flashy Flash tries to surprise attack Garou with a kick, but the Hero Hunter dodges it, successfully identifying the ninja as the S-Class hero rank 13 and chastising him for launching a dirty attack. Flashy Flash asks him if he is the Monster King, but Garou instead declares his intent to rise to disaster level God and straighten the world out. Suddenly, Platinum Sperm interrupts and attacks the two of them, expressing disappointment that Garou would not join the monster side. Garou and Flash are unfazed by the attack, and they both stand up, with Garou declaring that he will thrash the other two and rise up to become the ultimate symbol of fear, disaster level "God". The three of them soon start their free-for-all battle. As Flashy Flash and Platinum Sperm charge at Garou, he jumps into the air and stomps downward, creating a shockwave and sending large chunks of ground into the air. Jumping from rock to rock, the three opponents move with such blinding speed that it creates a geometric light structure above the battleground. During the fight, Platinum Sperm proposes to Garou that they join forces to defeat Flashy Flash, but he instead punches Platinum Sperm after pretending as if he has agreed, laughing and expressing contempt at taking orders from him. While the fight goes on, Garou finally perfects his fighting style using everything he has absorbed, showcasing his Monster Calamity God Slayer Fist and momentarily repelling Platinum Sperm and Flashy Flash. The three of them continue to trade blows, and Flashy Flash ultimately ends up being the first to fall after being knocked out by Platinum Sperm. Now fighting one-on-one, Garou and Platinum Sperm begin to increase their speed even further, making the light structure denser. After exchanging multitudes of blows evenly with him within only 1.3 milliseconds, Garou manages to send Platinum Sperm skyrocketing down into ground. An injured Platinum Sperm gets up, becomes furious and calls out him. At this moment, Garou dashes through him at lightning speed, delivering a double spear hand attack that causes the fusion monster to explode into bits. After his victory against Platinum Sperm, Sage Centipede suddenly emerges from the ground, announcing intent to destroy the abominable fist that has turned against god. Garou immediately springs into action, hitting the giant monster with a series of strikes.

Immediately setting out to do battle with the titanic mysterious being, Garou boasts of how his fist instills fear into god himself and that one of his mere apostles are no match for him regardless. Taking a moment to spot a moving helicopter with Tareo onboard, Garou breaths a sigh of relief seeing the kid he'd helped save managed to escape. Opting to keep Sage Cetipede's attentions on him to help the civilians escape attempt. Of coarse, the monster was not fooled by Garou's prodding and declared if he made any more retaliatory advances against him. His opposite number Evil Ocean Water would strike down the escape vehicle he could sense in the distance.

Sensing his hesitation the centipede entity launched his counterattack. Knocking the human monster a good distance away with a powerful blow of its own while the living sea complemented his attack with a heavy water jet in response. An assault which proved only momentarily effective, as the Hero Hunter quickly gathered his wits about him and was prepping to intercept his kaiju like adversary when it went after the chopper Tareo was in.

Only to be startled and surprised at the reappearance of Metal Bat, whom had rushed all the way from the hospital to aid the heroes against the Monster Association, after he came crashing in while he was in pursuit of the enemy. Metal Bat soon recognized the newly transformed hero killer even despite his drastic transformation and went on the attack. But said ne'er-do-well ignored him in order to resume battle with the giant insect beast. Internally voicing his annoyance at the heroes dogmatic persistence. Despite this however, the two of them quickly come to terms after working together in order to get a News Helicopter out of harms way. The rogue informing his heroic adversary the only reason he was doing what he was doing was so the world would come to acknowledge and fear Garou as a greater threat than all others. Professing they temporarily work together in order to put down the giant monster until the evacuees are able to escape. Only to humorously get into a screaming contest with the delinquent due to the former not taking kindly to taking orders from a former enemy while in battle. Something which is interrupted by their striking back at Elder Centipede when he attempts to attack them during they're bickering. The duo set about the war front, launching one vigorous attack after another. But Garou was dismayed at how Metal Bat's attack wasn't having any effect on their quarry. The Hero Hunter inquires if it'd be possible to exert copious amounts of destructive force on it from head to toe in a single instant. But his obstacle turned assistance countermanded that they would need a score of S-Class strength heroes to accomplish such a feat.

While still annoyed that the S-Class Rank 15 is dragging behind the warfront. Sage Centipede finally caught up with the rescue copter they were protecting. Left with no means to fight back now, they come under the effrontery of their shared enemy. Garou ends up in the clutches of the monster when he was stunned by its attack. But is able to escape the centipede's grasp after he'd been distracted by the lower ranked heroic strike team gathered by Sekingar in their initial assault on the monster encampment. Going back on the attack, the Hero Hunter is able to land several decisive blows against Sage, freeing the captive war party in the interim by ripping through its tentacle feelers.

Just as he was about to catch another of the Mysterious Beings attack while unawares. Metal Bat comes roaring in with a counter offensive all his own, having had his Fighting Spirit ramped up considerably after riding out the torrential stampede of harsh attacks from the monster.

Left aghast at the astonishing display of power before his eyes. Garou snaps back to reality just long enough to secure the wellbeing of the irrevocably damaged aviary shuttle as it was falling out of the sky. Taking advice from the hero about a safety net some 500m outside of their battleground. Garou chucked the broken down freighter towards it before the hero and the renegade resumed their epic brawl with Sage. Seeing another big attack coming their way. Garou questions whether or not Bat has any brilliant ideas on how to counter the coming storm's regenerative ability. But is unsurprised at the brash actions he proposes when the beast goes on the offensive against them. Despite their adversarial misdemeanor, their union causes an odd form of empowering phenomena to occur. Their unique proclivities intersecting to cause a resonance effect that greatly amplified each others powers & strength.

Inadvertently amplifying and coordinating their simultaneous attacks with one complementing the other's striking power. Despite Metal Bat being knocked out of the fight, the hero killer managed to land a decisive blow against Sage Centipede. Taking notice of how despite its vast regenerative ability, he remembered there was a pulsating core at its chest cavity when it went by its Monster King persona that seemed to supply its incredible levels of vitality. Garou then catapults the regeneration core deep into planetary orbit, to which Sage Centipede gives immediate chase. The awakened hero killer hitches a ride on its back to follow suit, after running along the surface of its body to rebound off the recuperation supplementary organ, destroying it, Garou remembers back to when he was still a green horn training at Master Bang's dojo. He proudly boasts of how his fist had finally reached the pinnacle of its conception after striking the killing blow against Elder Centipede. Vertically splitting the titan in half in his final assault. Musing how the so-called "Divine Retribution" was in fact a blessing which enabled him to hone his technique to perfection. After dispatching Sage Centipede, Garou lands back on solid terrafirma non the worse for wear. As he surveys his surroundings, he notices none of the other heroes have resurfaced after he'd dispatched the monster. Seeing this as an opportunity, he espouses his vow to become the "Absolute Evil" in the world seeing as there was nothing left to fear. Even still, he felt a lingering sense of unease due to sensing he'd forgotten something huge. But couldn't figure out what it was for the life of him. Afterwards questioning whatever happened to the sea monster from a while back, only to be met by its original destroyer. As Saitama drops in on him wondering just who and/or what he's supposed to be. In response to the nameless cape in question, Garou explains who he is and what his motivations are. Not thinking very highly of the individual standing before him. But this mindset subtly changes as Saitama voices how he'd protected that escaping helicopter whilst battling the centipede monster. The latter surprising the Hero Hunter with his sharp observations. Seeking to further intimidate his captive audience with a speech of spreading fear across the world as the ultimate enemy of mankind as he destroys both the Monster & Hero Associations. Garou is instead flabbergasted when the hero instead moves onto find and help any survivors. Citing to the Human Monster that he doesn't seem all that monstrous to him in the slightest.

While largely annoyed by this turn of events. The sense of disquiet had only been reinforced after witnessing the ire of his new target. Despite being put off by his uncanny pressure. Garou would still fearlessly attack him in order to make an example out of those whom underestimate his designs. Only to be swatted away by a simple backhand in response.

It was then and there Garou realized that his edginess was caused by this man. The same one whom he encountered time & time again throughout his monsterization jest, only to be dispatched by him just as often during they're ad hoc encounters. The Hero Hunter curses himself for a fool after finally remembering the individual he should've taken into account above all others, was him. Soon after they expediently engaged one another in battle but inspite his long series of power-ups, Garou found he was still outmatched by Saitama. Bitterly voicing internal discontent, his body begins to transform again due to the rage he feels at the impossible gauntlet standing in his way. The Hero Hunter is soon met again by the child he'd saved after having escaped a life raft that was vacating as the battle resumed. Incensed that Tareo was still confusing him for a hero, Garou went into a rant about his being the pinnacle of monsterdom.

But Tareo wouldn't believe that, given the number of times he'd saved him despite claiming otherwise. Begging him renounce his monster hobbies before people the world over began to misunderstand the situation and hate him for it. Having heard everything, Saitama drops in on the two of them while citing how he was told about Garou by his associate Silver Fang. But finds himself somewhat disappointed that such an impressive individual is having a conniption over blasé triviality.

While not taking too kindly to Saitama's jabs, he beckons Tareo to watch his fight as destroys peoples outlook on heroes. All so he can step in as the ultimate villainy who punishes the world for screwing people like them over. Tareo tries to dissuade his coarse of action as best he can, but Saitama's goading does not help matters. After weathering his initial assault, Saitama simply swats him away as he tries to press the attack.

Still finding contention with the fact that he still cannot keep up with Saitama despite his monsterization having accelerated during the battle. Garou is met with a host of questions from the opponent that contradict his actions and general modus operandi. But the villain rebukes such claims, citing temporary alliances with those he opposes demanded such sacrifice for the sake of efficiency. Saitama notes that his ideal of Absolute Evil eventually denotes to world peace, a notion which leaves said renegade rather flustered, the hero goes onto say that Garou seemed the type to push hapless sorts. Like the child whom he saved, to stand up and push foreword no matter the cost. Something which he was impressed by since the little boy showed no fear regardless of how dangerous the situation was. This angers Garou into going on the offensive, the former initially parrying his blows but the appellation of technique to which catches Saitama off guard. Enabling him to land a decisive strike upon his counterpart. Having noticed this, Saitama correctly deduces that Garou is a martial artist after coming out of the conflageration relatively unharmed. Garou boasts he'd developed the ultimate martial practice and he, the hero, should be thankful for experiencing it. In defiance of his claims though, nothing he threw at the pinnacle of ultimate unfairness in the world appeared to be having any effect on the latter. Either withstanding or simply parrying all of the Hero Hunter's best moves & tactics. But the former was still confident he had the advantage over the super seeing as, while his motions & reflexes are nigh-godly, his fighting ability is still pretty lackluster in comparison to a seasoned hand to hand combatant. Proving as such by landing a critical hit by taking advantage of the openings in his defense.

Under the misconception that he landed a crippling blow. The Hero Hunter stands shocked to learn Saitama is completely unharmedm standing perfectly fine within the powdered remains of the buildings Garou knocked him into. Shortly afterward survivors of the succession of monster attacks which reorganized the continental structuring crawled out of a buried shelter entrance. Saitama deflected genuflection directed at him over to the Human Monster, seeing as it was his attacks that ended up freeing them from being buried underground. After the civilians flee, once after showing gratitude, Garou looks off to the side in mortification as Saitama calls him out on saving more people than he terrorizes. In response to which, Garou lashes out at Saitama in anger and indignation again while the hero nonchalantly dodges every strike. Whilst undergoing another transformation, Garou happenstantially causes another heroic incident when knocking Saitama into an erupting volcano blows it apart. Causing the incredibly destructive lava flow to be redirected, thus saving countless lives as well as their homes and livelihood.

Further irritated both by his own gainsaying and the hero noting how helpful his Absolute Evil is to the common good. Garou transforms again, gaining extra arms and some additional muscle mass increasing size on top of strength. But he still finds himself outmatched by the mysterious hero whom he just cannot overcome. Questioning that despite becoming the absolute evil he envisioned, Garou continues to fall short against the unassailable adversary. Spiting himself as something of an incompetent for letting his resolve waiver even for a moment because of various incidents that ended up helping the very people he'd intended to scare into more civil obedience because of his harsh upbringing. Diving straight into the bald wonder with the most powerful attack in his arsenal. Dragging them both into the earth using incredible force, causing a massive geological shift in which new continental masses sprung up out of the ocean. Even still nothing done unto his enemy seemed to work. In the midst of a heavy counter attack, Garou thinks back to what Sage Centipede spoke of regarding the fist that turned against god. It was only then, on the verge of his imminent defeat, that the Hero Hunter realized he was referring to Saitama, not him. But something odd occurred while the conflict was reaching its climax. Due to disruptions in the planets magnetic & gravitational fields, haphazardly caused by Garou's battle with Saitama, a malevolent trans-dimensional force heard the fallen warriors plight and opted to move in. Finding yet another suitable host for its power, the entity would appear to Garou within his subconscious as his former mentor Bang and offer him aid with an outstretched hand.

Of coarse the Human Monster would have none of that however. Knowing full well that their current relations are more or less than frayed at the time of his hero hunting. Garou was perceptive enough to guess whomever it is that's contacting is not Bang. Still, because he unthinkingly made contact with the divine effigy, a little bit of the entities power ended up flowing through him just the same. Causing the hero hating martial artists to undergo another transformation as a result. back in the material plane, Saitama could sense a change in the atmosphere from when he'd knocked Garou into orbit. Seeing the once beaten monster hobbyist descend back to Earth with a new costume change. Garou ruminates about how his new form stands antithetical to the fist that turned against god, colloquializing this new state of being he's in as "The Fist of God".

Now boasting the power of the cosmos at his fingertips, the newly Awakened Garou adorning his Cosmic Fear Mode enters another battle stance. Resuming the initial conflict with his overpowered opposition.

Relinqishing his newfound capabilities. Garou's empowered technique derived from mastering the flow of celestial energies through the understanding of Flowing Water, Crushed Rock fist enables him to trigger nuclear explosions with the flick of his wrist. Causing widespread devastation while duking it out with the heroic guardian. Saitama laments how his power boost had both ruined his super threads and now makes it impossible to keep his promise to Tareo. Seeing as Garou has grown way too powerful for the hero to stop without going all out. However, Garou slights his nonchalantness at how far and how expediently the Hero Hunter's abilities have grown. Especially after having seen and assimilated some of Saitama's moves through the practice of Shakkei to acclimate his fighting style, on top of the absurd amounts of raw dynamism behind it. After being reminded of Tareo during their fight, Awakened Garou recollects he'd intended to show him how the monster flips the script in order to win out over the heroes in the end. Simulating the effects of an exploding star through his All Life Eradication Fist to BFR the greatest impediment to his ultimate design for a while until he accomplishes his new mission parameter. While the survivors look upon the devastation in the distance caused by the both of which. Garou presents himself to the enforcers of hero society as a preeminent being of abject terror, whom even everyone present could tell was behind the cataclysmic display they purviewed beforehand. Thinking of having finally become the ultimate symbol of fear whom can bring even the most stalwart of champions to their knees, just from seeing the reaction he garnered by the surrounding onlookers as confirmation that he'd fulfilled his long spanning obsession, Awakened Garou looks up into the sky giving a simple thank you to the cosmos in response. When asked by his sifu Bang if he was in fact the very same Hero Killer that the association tasked him to track down.

He would confirm Silver Fang's suspicions by acknowledging his identity as well as indulging his curiosity as to how he came into his new form. Speaking of how he'd almost fell into the hands of an estranged something which tried to tempt him with the form of his old tutor, but rejected its full control just enough to maintain his identity. While reminiscing back to how the elder martial artist taught him the true essence of his art in the past, he would go onto say he'd perfected the technique by partaking the essence of said entity to affect his own agenda. Bidding final farewell to the young child whom he'd bonded with in they're short time together, the Human Monster prepared to enact his plan against all heroes. As the universal radiation he was emitting began negatively effecting everyone and everything around him.

Garou rebukes Silver Fang's claims of being under the thrall of someone or something else more malevolent than he is. But the elder heroes suspicions are confirmed by the arrival of Blast, whom is well aware that the Hero Hunter has fallen under the influence of darker elements beyond their reality. Going onto say that such an ability increase comes at the cost of literally being too toxic to maintain a presence in their universal continuum. The number one hero asking the Hero Hunter if that aligned with his core ideals. But Garou simply laughed off these notions, seeing as it helps sell his presence as the ominous future he'd always claimed to be. The disaster level god whom will bring all of humanity to the depths of despair in his wake.

Bang would not stand for this, seeing as he'd spent a good portion of his time trying to prevent his wayward student from falling down the exact same dark path he's currently on. But Blast recommends he steps back, seeing as he's not resilient against the fatal radiation Garou's divine empowerment begets. Irregardless of the present danger however, Silver Fang defiantly stands against his errant apprentice. Garou ruminates that for the sake of his Absolute Evil he will have to undercut his opposition, despite being aware that this will sever any connections he had to the one friend he ever really made. But the tensions are soon interrupted by the arrival of the badly damaged Genos. Barreling in between the standoff while speaking of his own resistance to the rad rays Garou emits in his new transformation. But he is soon overpowered by the cosmically emboldened villain standing before him. Who also comes to the conclusion that the bald hero he fought earlier before was the hero whom this man called his master when they first met. Recollecting about how he was prominent enough to have someone amongst the S ranked heroes as a disciple. Before he could do anything to his would be opposition, Blast moved to assail this dominant threat to the world and existence as a whole. Tricking him into jumping up through one of his portals before trying to banish Garou to another dimensions. This tactic falls short relatively quickly however, as The Human Monster's power now allows him to assimilate special abilities as well as fighting techniques. Having assimilated the former's gravity based powers and imprinting it upon his newfound God derived martial arts. Creating his own portal to escape the null space he'd been forcibly shunted into.

He would respond in kind by unleashing a literal carpet bombing of nuclear explosive and gravity charged strikes which Blast had a difficult time trying to parry by shifting them away using his portals. Feeling it was only a matter of time before Saitama recovered and came back to resume combat. Garou would seek to further improve himself by copying all of Saitama's moves, but only when he's going no holds barred, intending to do away with the Demon Cyborg to incur his nemesis's wrath. Seeing, as of now, that Blast was no longer a threat to him. Before he and Silver Fang could stop him. Garou ripped into Genos's chest and tore out his power core. By the time Saitama made it back, he was present to see many a hero had fallen. Including the old man and Genos, whose remains lay in complete disarray at the Hero Hunter's feet. Adding insult to injury, Garou tosses Caped Baldy his drained energy processor to put the final nail in Saitama's patience. Now forced to get serious, Saitama advances toward Garou with his Serious Series, to which the Human Monster reciprocates in Mode: Saitama. Their like power based attacks coming dangerously close to colliding with planetary scale devastating force.

Original Webcomic
Garou finally emerges from the rubble near Fubuki, who had just defeated Psykos and was shocked by his appearance. He had almost finished transforming into a monster and claimed that he was going to be responsible for the ominous future that had driven Psykos insane, proclaiming himself to be disaster level God. After dealing with Fubuki, Garou rips through Black Sperm, reducing him to a single cell, in order to get him away from Tareo. He also dealt a mighty blow to the surprised Golden Sperm's face. Garou and Golden Sperm then had a battle that was too fast for any of the heroes present to follow, resulting in the death of Golden Sperm and Garou completing his transformation into a monster.

Excited by his victory, Garou began to pummel the rest of the heroes present, quickly defeating them all with ease. Zombieman was the only hero able to stand long enough to speak to him, so Garou briefly explained his motivations to him. He also claimed to have developed a new technique of martial art known as "Monster Calamity God Slayer Fist". Puri-Puri Prisoner emerged from the rubble with Darkshine and Saitama, but Garou ignored Saitama's attempts to intervene and continued to fight the other heroes. Amused by their inability to fight back, Garou then proclaimed that he was going to kill Tareo and challenged them to stop him. Zombieman was the only one who stood in his way and could do nothing but get torn to shreds by the human monster.

Suddenly, Evil Natural Water appeared, having been attracted to the scene by the emotions of those there and threatening to finish off the heroes, so Garou let it have its way. However, it is blasted into droplets by Saitama in an instant, and he asks Garou who he is. Garou attacks Saitama, surprised when he finds he can keep up so easily. The two fought, and despite his best efforts, the human monster found that he couldn't defeat the Caped Baldy, growing increasingly frustrated over the course of the battle. Saitama not only beat him physically but mentally as he forced him to realize that he never wanted to be a villain but a hero. Saitama came to this conclusion because, despite being easily able to do so, Garou did not kill any of the heroes that he fought, as well as the fact that Garou stated that he wanted to create world peace through people's fear and hatred of "Garou the monster".

Many of the present heroes had gotten back up by this point and demanded that Saitama kill Garou, but the Caped Baldy refused their request, stating that Garou was still human - however, he found that he no longer wanted to live, having lost all purpose in life. The other heroes decided to kill Garou themselves, only for Bang to step in. He started beating Garou while scolding him for choosing the path in life that he did, although it was clear that his attacks were not meant to actually kill Garou, so Sweet Mask stepped in to kill Garou himself. He was interrupted by Tareo, who grabbed his leg and told him that Garou saved him twice in the past while the heroes couldn't even save him once. Seeing this, Garou was inspired to continue living and ran away, moving so quickly that only Saitama was able to see where he went.

Neo Heroes Introduction Arc
While walking around the Final Training Ground, King stumbled upon Garou deep in meditation under a waterfall. Startled, King hid himself, but Garou had already sensed his presence and opened his eyes.

Neo Heroes Uprising Arc
Later on, the Hero Hunter is spotted by Suiryu and his Neo Heroes group moving boxes for a company. After loading the last box onto a truck, Garou receives praise from his superior, who offers to buy him a meal to congratulate him on a hard days work. Garou turns down his offer, but then is immediately shot with numerous tranquilizer darts by the band of Neo Heroes, who think they had managed to incapacitate him. However, Garou actually caught all of the darts before they hit him. The Neo Heroes barring Suiryu then decide to rush at him with their power-suits, only for the ex hero-hunter to swiftly defeat all of them. Impressed, Suiryu then steps up to challenge Garou.

The two engage in combat, during which Suiryu throws the truck belonging to Garou's employers at him. He then causes the truck to explode point-blank in Garou's face with a single punch, but Garou is left unscathed. Sensing that Garou is not even using half of his full strength, Suiryu decides to put his new battle suit to the test.

Against the added power of Suiryu's battle armor, Garou holds his own. Suiryu notices that Garou has been observing his technique and has even started to match it and realized that he would soon overwhelm him, so he tests out his suit's Limiter Release. Garou himself quickly becomes overwhelmed by Suiryu's increased speed, but the battle suit causes Suiryu to lose control over his own attacks. He proceeds to pummel Garou into the ground; only stopping after the suit malfunctions and breaks down.

Thinking he had accidentally killed him, Suiryu is shocked when Garou rises from the ground, only slightly injured. As the two square up once more, Garou's superior runs out of hiding, shouting about his destroyed truck. The superior laments having ever hired Garou and shouts at Suiryu to capture him. With his suit destroyed, Suiryu is left open and vulnerable, but a disheartened Garou walks away instead of continuing the fight.