Blast

When humanity is in peril and must be saved, he will surely take action.

Blast (ブラスト, Burasuto) is the S-Class Rank 1 professional hero of the Hero Association. Outside of Saitama, he is the Hero Association's most powerful hero. He currently appears to be going to various places in order to collect the mysterious cubes, which is a hobby of his. Only a few select Hero Association staff members have the means to communicate with him.

He is Blue's father.

Appearance
Blast is a tall man with a very muscular build, spiky gray hair, and a slight beard. He wears bulky armor with large shoulder pads, a large cape worn out at the bottom, and emblems of his name on his chest and the backs of his shoes. His gloves have circles on the back of his fists, which form an infinity symbol when he presses them together to teleport. His suit has mild damage, presumably sustained from his many battles. He also wears shades and has a scar running across his face between his eyes. The outline of his iris is a wavy black pattern, as opposed to just a consistent shape seen in other characters.

In the past, Blast's appearance was largely similar to today, but he looked younger, with darker hair and no beard. Additionally, neither his armor nor himself had sustained damage or injuries, and he did not wear shades.

In the webcomic, he sports the same spiky hair as seen in his manga appearances and appears to have a simple fabric suit with a front zipper outlined with a fiery contour. His outfit looks similar to Saitama's hero suit.

His eyes appear the same as his purported son Blue's: they have multicolored irises, the light near the center but dark towards the outside. His hero costume also appears to be similar to Blue's battle suit, with the gauntlets of both suits having circles on the back of the hand.

Personality
Blast does not disclose his personal information in the Hero Association Catalog. However, like Saitama, he considers his hero work a hobby. He also seems to have independent tendencies, keeping his location and status unknown and advising Tatsumaki to use her powers to defend herself rather than expecting others to save her.

In the present, Blast has a casual and easygoing attitude as he does not seem to be very bothered by Saitama, Flashy Flash, and Manako touching a mysterious cube since they didn't know what it was nor did they accept the deal, and he was willing to explain what the cube was. Blast was also not angered by the fact that Flashy Flash tried to attack him, simply telling him to calm down, and he was willing to teleport them out of the area they were in. Blast did not question the presence of Saitama with an S-Class hero and even answered Saitama's question about him warping there; however, he became momentarily serious with the company of Manako with them since she is a monster. After Saitama's explanation, he quickly went back to his easygoing attitude and accepted the answer with no further questions.

Blast seems to not be completely out of touch with other heroes, as he recognized Bang, addressing the elder martial artist by his hero alias, as well as recognizing Flashy Flash and knowing his exact ranking upon meeting him. He also requested Flashy Flash and Saitama to send Sitch and Tatsumaki his regards.

While highly analytical and perceptive, Blast failed to see the true merit of Saitama upon their first meeting, showing the same sensory blindness as others throughout the series. Despite this, he could immediately recognize the immense danger Garou presented after the latter had been given power by "God", wondering how much more dangerous the Hero Hunter would have become if he had fully come under the mysterious entity's influence. However, as Garou clashed with Saitama, Blast came to see his error in judgement when underestimating the Caped Baldy, growing very concerned about their imminent clash destroying the Earth after sensing the energy contained in their punches.

Blast's attack on the ninja village also indicates that he doesn't show mercy towards humans who he views as evil, similar to Sweet Mask.

History
For the past twenty years, Blast, an unknown partner of his, and a group of many other collaborators, were searching for mysterious cubes that could turn humans into Mysterious Beings. They had attempted to analyze those cubes. Eighteen years ago, Blast saved Tatsumaki from a hybrid monster. He then introduced himself to the young esper and questioned why she didn't use her psychic powers to save herself. Tatsumaki answered that her powers weren't working, but Blast realized she was lying. Knowing she still has her little sister, Fubuki, Blast told her not to expect anyone to save her, encouraging Tatsumaki to use her power and protect her only family.



Sixteen years ago, Blast allegedly fathered his son Blue with an unknown mother. Blue would then create the Neo Heroes, becoming a powerful hero in his own right.

Fifteen years ago, Blast defeated the Ninja Village Leader and put him into a coma.

Nine years ago, on the night of the Ninja Village graduation exam, Blast attacked the Ninja Village and killed the trainees who managed to survive Flashy Flash's attack from earlier that day. Sonic managed to escape Blast's wrath, but the incident left him with a great disdain towards heroes.

Two years ago, Blast fought Elder Centipede and almost killed the monster. While battling Elder Centipede, Blast encountered "God" and after refusing the transaction of power from "God", he engaged in battle with the mysterious entity and managed to survive. The sudden appearance of "God" was possibly the reason Elder Centipede managed to escape from Blast. In the Hero Association, only Sitch was aware of that encounter, with Blast deciding to keep the existence of "God" from other people in the association.

Alien Conquerors Arc
During the S-Class meeting, Child Emperor is slightly disappointed in Blast's absence, which is later confirmed by Sitch who mentions his unknown whereabouts.

Monster Association Arc
Blast is mentioned in a Hero Association meeting. A staff member is frustrated at Blast's lack of activity despite being the top-ranked hero in the S-Class. Sitch says that Blast cannot be ordered around but has enough faith in Blast that should humanity be in peril, he will appear. When Drive Knight asks whether or not Blast will appear if the Hero Association Headquarters is attacked, Sekingar says that it is not very likely, stating that Blast is more or less retired.

During Sweet Mask's mental breakdown, he has a vision of Blast telling him that everything is fine while a dead monster lays beside them. This could mean that Blast saved Sweet Mask from a monster in the past.

Tatsumaki also had a flashback of Blast when he saved her from a monster 18 years ago. This flashback and the advice Blast gave provide Tatsumaki with the motivation to continue fighting even though her body was giving up on her. An object that resembles the cube Blast was holding in Tatsumaki's flashback appears again during the Monster Association raid when Saitama pulls it out to free Flashy Flash's arm from some rubble. The cube is revealed to be extremely heavy, as it was able to get Flashy Flash's arm stuck, sink into the ground when Saitama drops it, and Manako was unable to lift it. Blast suddenly appears to Saitama, Flashy Flash, and Manako after the voice of "God" speaks in their head due to their contact with the cube. He notes how he managed to make it in time and makes sure that they haven't accepted the deal yet. He briefly goes over the schematics of the cube and questions why Flashy Flash is so far below the ground. Flashy Flash then attempts to "test" the hero using his fastest kicks, but Blast manages to dodge and appear behind Flash in an instant nonchalantly. Blast notes how time flows slower in the space they're in than outside and that he can take them to the surface. He also questions why they have a monster that's not their prisoner with them but leaves Manako after Saitama's explanation. He then generates a portal to teleport all of them, saying they would meet again and requesting the two heroes to send his regards to Sitch and Tatsumaki. On the surface, Blast drops Saitama, Flashy Flash and Manako near Garou before teleporting away to do his unknown business. Shortly later, he teleports to a half-conscious Tatsumaki, who had just appeared to resist an illusion from "God". He remarks on her growth and states that while he managed to hold "that thing" off at the brink, he allowed it to come in contact with her while he was in a time aperture created by the cube. Noticing that King is around and recognizing him, Blast hands Tatsumaki off, telling him to take care of her and that he has to go back and provide backup. While King questions what he meant, Blast steps through a portal that appears to have multiple people on the other side, stating that he is not fighting alone shortly before teleporting away.

Later on, in another dimension, Blast and several others of his companions notice a disturbance upon Earth that distorts the magnetic and gravitational fields, caused by the battle between Saitama and Garou. They then head toward an unknown seal that apparently holds "God" within to repair it, preventing the latter from breaking out. Later, Blast emerges at the heroes' standoff with Garou, who has been influenced and mutated by "God", reaffirming Bang's suspicions that Garou was unconsciously being controlled by "God". While further explaining that every attack from Garou would now endanger the life of all living things, and the cosmic radiation emitted from him would kill the other heroes nearby, Blast offers him to go into a different dimension to protect the Earth. As Blast notes that due to Garou still retaining some humanity, he surmises that the Hero Hunter must have managed to stave off full impartation of power from "God", wondering what would happen if he had allowed himself to be fully imparted. Garou denies Blast's offer, claiming that he was to become Disaster Level God and an enemy to humanity with the blessing of his new abilities. Bang attempts to stop Garou, but Blast warns him to stay back. At this moment, to Blast's surprise, Genos, using the remaining bits of power he has left, hurls himself towards Garou and headbutts him in the chest, although to no avail. When Garou picks a helpless Genos by the hair with the intent to kill, Blast attempts to protect the young S-Class and a fight ensues. He seems to gain the upper hand in the battle thanks to his exceptional speed and portal abilities. Still, Garou quickly adapts and copies his ability to create portals, creating a new powerful attack that combines Garou's power with Blast's, forcing the top hero to go on the defensive. After a brief engagement in battle, Garou claims that Blast lives up to his Rank 1 position but isn't worthy of his time anymore. Knowing that Saitama will return, Garou picks up Genos again and kills the helpless cyborg by impaling him through his chest and tearing out his power core, in order to trigger Saitama to get serious and bring out his full strength. Shortly later, when Saitama finally returns from being launched away by Garou's Gamma Ray Burst, he is visibly distressed with the fact that he was too late to save his disciple and the other heroes while Blast warns the Caped Baldy to stay away, unaware of his strength. However, Saitama, now enraged, charges at Garou with a Serious Punch, which the Hero Hunter instantly copies and responds with the same attack. Blast senses the energy contained in their punches and is afraid that the Earth will be destroyed by their confrontation. Using his portal abilities, Blast manages to teleport Saitama, Garou and himself outside Earth's atmosphere before their fists collide. When their fists finally make contact, the shockwave of energy released from their punches proves too much even for the highest-ranking S-Class hero to handle, although he is still trying to somehow alter the vector of the destructive energy away from the Earth. At this moment, three of Blast's companions emerge behind him and offer him help, combining their efforts to increase his energy redirection capabilities, successfully deflecting the destructive energy of Saitama's and Garou's mighty punches away from the planet. As a large black void appears visible in space from a far distance, seemingly as a result of a large number of star systems being obliterated by the diverted energy shockwave, Blast and his companions wonder how far both combatants have been sent flying from the recoil of that enormous amount of energy.

Later, due to Saitama traveling to the past and defeating Garou before Blast could appear and fight the Hero Hunter again, therefore saving the other heroes from being killed by Garou's cosmic radiation and changing the Ominous Future, it is likely that Blast is currently unaware of what happened prior to the time travel event.

During the battle between the Monster Association, Hero Association, and Garou, Psykos manages to successfully take down Tatsumaki and mentions that it was naive for the heroes to be dependent solely on Tatsumaki to take down the Monster Association. Psykos says they should have brought along Blast and Metal Knight to their hero team, which she refers to as bishop and rook respectively. Even so, she thinks that they would not have helped.

Psychic Sisters Arc
Later, after Tatsumaki fights Saitama, she briefly contemplates telling him about Blast but decides against it and flies away, much to Saitama's confusion. Tatsumaki then asks herself when Blast will come back.

Abilities and Powers
Being the highest-ranking hero of the Hero Association, Blast is the most powerful hero in the world, excluding Saitama, and has demonstrated amazing combat prowess to justify his rank. He has proven capable of holding his own against Cosmic Fear Mode Garou, an immensely powerful and dangerous adversary who had received powers from "God", a mysterious entity that possesses frightening supernatural powers, causing the Hero Hunter to remark that he wasn't the top-ranking S-Class hero for nothing. As Blast wanted to get the unconscious heroes present to safety first and prevent collateral damage, it was also implied that he held back against Garou to an extent.

Fubuki mentions that Blast "sits atop the hero world" during her talk with Saitama in his apartment, putting Blast alongside King in terms of power. Sitch also mentions Blast would only present himself if humanity is in peril and that he is valuable enough to receive special treatment over the other heroes. Blast was able to bring Elder Centipede, a Dragon-level threat strong enough to combat the likes of Bang, Bomb, and Genos simultaneously, to the brink of death. However, Elder Centipede was smaller and presumably weaker when he first fought Blast. Despite this, Gyoro Gyoro believed Blast could still defeat Elder Centipede even in his current state.

Right before meeting Tatsumaki in the past, Blast effortlessly killed a giant monster that could smash through reinforced steel doors in just a few seconds. Since the battle was offscreen, it's unknown how exactly he killed it, but the creature had a massive hole inside its torso. When Blast placed his hand on Tatsumaki's head, he saw a vision of Fubuki and was able to tell that she's her sister. Due to this, it is implied that he may have some sort of psychic or mind-reading ability.

In the databook, Fubuki speculates that Blast is stronger than King, can shoot lasers from his eyes and rules over psychic powers, and can command trillions of robots. She hypothesizes that he could beat the rest of the S-Class simultaneously. Blast also defeated the leader of the ninja village, who is regarded as the most powerful ninja to ever exist and stated capable of defeating Flashy Flash, Speed-o'-Sound Sonic, and the entire Heavenly Ninja Party at once as if he were handling an infant. The leader's defeat at the hands of Blast was so severe that it put him in a 15-year-long coma.

Physical Abilities
Immense Speed and Reflexes: Blast possesses immense speed and is one of the fastest individuals shown. He has demonstrated his superiority over Flashy Flash, who is an S-Class hero well-known for his extraordinary speed, dodging one of his fastest attacks from a very close distance and appearing behind him faster than he could even see. He was also capable of keeping up with Cosmic Fear Mode Garou in combat, who was strengthened by "God" and whose speed and agility have also greatly surpassed that of Flashy Flash. When Garou unleashed a barrage of punches that could generate massive nuclear explosions, Blast was able to fully counteract each punch by quickly redirecting them into portals created by his ability. As another testament to his amazing reaction speed, when Saitama and Garou rushed each other with a Serious Punch, Blast managed to immediately respond by teleporting them to space before their fists could collide.

Immense Strength: Blast possesses immense levels of physical strength, easily able to carry around the Mysterious Cube, even casually spinning it on his fingertip in a playful fashion. Meanwhile, this cube is heavy enough to cause Flashy Flash's arm to get stuck under it and sink into the ground upon being tossed away by Saitama.

Radiation Resistance: Blast has strong resistance to radiation. He was capable of being in the vicinity of Cosmic Fear Mode Garou without being affected by the cosmic radiation the Hero Hunter emitted, despite the radiation being potent enough to cause many other heroes in the vicinity to collapse and die shortly after.

Supernatural Abilities
Portal Creation: Blast possesses the ability to generate portals which allows him to move through another dimension or transfer objects. When he generates a portal that resembles a black hole to teleport himself, Flashy Flash, Saitama, and Manako, Blast clasps his fists together and an infinity symbol appears across his fists. He can also create several singularities that connect so the opponent will be teleported to a certain position that he can attack them at their blind spots or keep them off balance. During his fight with Garou, Blast created multiple portals to transfer Garou's attacks that generated nuclear explosions to somewhere else. However, he noted that the gates were bursting from the energy overlord of Garou's attacks.

Gravity Manipulation: Blast can manipulate gravity to enhance the power of his punches.

Fighting Style
Expert Hand-to-Hand Combatant: Blast appears very skilled in close-range combat and uses the power to create portals to aid him in battle, as demonstrated in his fight against Garou.


 * Dimension Cannon (, Dimenshon Kyanon): After clasping his fists together, Blast shoots a miniature singularity in the direction of his opponent to forcefully teleport them to another location at his discretion.


 * Gravity Knuckle (, Gurabiti Nakkuru): Blast uses gravity to enhance his fists, allowing him to deliver powerful punches. He was able to knock back Cosmic Fear Mode Garou with this attack, albeit the latter did not suffer major damage.
 * Shut (, Shatto): Blast clasps his hands together to close two portals upon one another. He can use this ability to trap his opponents in a different dimension.

Equipment
The Mysterious Cubes: A series of cubic objects that enable humans to contact with "God" and transform into monsters. Blast was shown to hold a cube when having a conversation with Tatsumaki 18 years ago, and he later appears again to collect the cube touched by Saitama, Flashy Flash, and Manako. It is also revealed by him that there are multiple of these cubes in various places. The cubes can distort the space and time within its vicinity. Blast has been collecting these cubes as a "hobby" of his and teleports them to unknown locations.

Quotes

 * (To Sweet Mask) "It's fine now."
 * (To Tatsumaki) "...I guess this is more of a hobby."
 * "When the time comes, don't go expecting someone to come save you."
 * (Regarding Garou) "I hope he'll listen to reason and come along with me, but if not...it'll be a battle for supremacy between two beings who manipulate the reality of the cosmos...to decide who is right and who is wrong...!"

Trivia



 * Blast's debut in the manga was originally less ambiguous, clearly showing a long head of hair and a cape. However, in the tankōbon release of the manga, his appearance was changed to be even more mysterious and equivocal.
 * Blast shares some features with DC Comics superhero Superman:
 * Both perform hero activities as a hobby because Blast has a job on his own, while Superman is a journalist in his real/secret identity Clark Kent.
 * Blast's hero suit and haircut seem to be based on Superman himself.
 * The halo of mystery around Blast's powers might reference Superman's secret identity as a hero.
 * According to Fubuki, Blast can shoot laser beams through his eyes, a clear reference to Superman's heat vision
 * Blast's suit resembles that of Android 16, a character from the famous Dragon Ball series.


 * Blast was the reason Tatsumaki became a hero.

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