Zombieman

Zombieman (ゾンビマン, Zonbiman) is the S-Class Rank 8 hero for the Hero Association.

Appearance
Zombieman has short, scruffy black hair, red eyes, and pale skin. He wears a worn out, open grey trench coat over his black singlet, with tan stitched pants and a thick brown belt. He has belts wrapped around his body under his coat and wears tanker boots. He sometimes smokes a cigarette.

Personality
Zombieman appears to be bothered by the peculiarities of the Hero Association meeting, noting that the heroes do not look very cooperative and hiding his annoyance at Pig God's continued consumption. He is unusually sensitive to the death of a human. Zombieman is stated to be nihilistic, possibly due to the fact that he has "died" several times, therefore he is always calm. This is rather ironic, since he is a nihilistic individual, yet he is very sensitive to the deaths of people. In addition, he prefers to work as a lone wolf and dislikes gathering, although he still respects common courtesy. It is possible that his bleak view of the world and his nihilistic behavior comes from all the years of experimentation in the house of evolution and his immortality. Moreover, he rarely talks about his past. Despite his bleak view of the world, he is a fairly forgiving individual who does not hold onto a grudge when there isn't a point in pursuing it.

Due to his immortality and his regeneration, he is a smoker, since it calms him and it has no side-effects. He is also shown to be a rather smart individual, with detective-like thinking, and knows when he cannot win a fight, such as when he fought against Homeless Emperor.

'''The following section contains Webcomic spoilers. You have been warned manga-only readers.''' After witnessing Saitama defeat Garou, it is revealed that he wants to become stronger, and begs Dr. Genus to help break his limiter and become as strong as Saitama, hinting at a possible inferiority complex which stems from his over-reliance on his regenerative abilities and his rather weak physical abilities in comparison to other S-class heroes.

History
Zombieman was created by Dr. Genus in the House of Evolution and was known as Subject 66. He was one success of the immortal series. 10 years ago, he managed to break free and got away, leaving behind a destroyed lab.

He once fought against a mysterious being in a fierce battle for 140 hours and emerged victorious. This event made him a bit famous.

Alien Conquerors Arc
Zombieman first appears in the S-Class Hero Association meeting, commenting on the lack of cooperation among the heroes. Later Sitch explains the matter of the meeting, stating the seer Shibabawa has died, which shocked Zombieman, questioning the cause of death.

Monster Association Arc
Zombieman arrives in W-City to track Marshall Gorilla, who left the field of battle to another side of the city to hunt other heroes. As he plans his course of action while trailing Marshall Gorilla, his plans hit a snag when the latter runs into one of the House of Evolution's test subjects, Armored Gorilla, who happens to be in the area and who beats up Marshall with a single punch. Due to the change in situation, Zombieman decides to trail Armored Gorilla to the House of Evolution's current hideout.

Upon finding the House of Evolution's current hideout through trailing Armored Gorilla, he decides to use his intent to eliminate them once and for all. Unfortunately, Armored Gorilla informs him that the old House of Evolution they once knew has already been defeated, much to Zombieman's surprise. While confronting Dr. Genus, while also having an axe prepared to kill the researcher with, Zombieman demands to know how the House of Evolution was defeated and why Dr. Genus has not rebuilt it. Genus tells Zombieman that he had witnessed a power more amazing than artificial evolution and that his research had lost. He explains to Zombieman the concept of "limiters" and that he had encountered a person, who we know is Saitama, who had succeeded in removing his. An unconvinced Zombieman sarcastically asks Genus if this person was strong enough to blow away Genus' whole ideology and had achieved such strength with no compensation, to which Genus tells him that the price this person had paid was that he became bald and suffered an overwhelming feeling of alienation. Zombieman is unamused by this, telling Genus he has lost it, and that he knows of many people that disregard their limits. Genus corrects him, explaining that these people were born with the possibility of becoming that powerful or had achieved it through mechanizing their body or human experimentation. However, this person, through effort alone, had broken past his natural limits, adding that he seems to be working as a hero now. A frustrated Zombieman asks why Genus started a Takoyaki shop. Genus tells him that he was researching cloning and had successfully created an unlimited amount of octopus tentacles.

Called upon by the Hero Association to raid the newly discovered Monster Association in Z-City, he immediately agrees to join because he was "in the mood for smashing that kind of organization."

Zombieman encounters Vampire (Pureblood). He is seen on the floor with an unfazed look despite his injuries. His bullets are useless against Vampire (Pureblood) as they are easily caught and released. Zombieman then tells his opponent to "prepare for some mud slinging" and 30 minutes later, he stands victorious in the middle of a bloody wrecked room with an axe slung over his shoulder. After taking about 200 fatal wounds from Vampire (Pureblood), he decides to rest, saying 3 minutes are needed for automatic full recovery.

Zombieman wanders around, wondering what the rumbling noise is about. Suddenly, Homeless Emperor is behind him who then blasts him with his energy spheres. He immediately gets up, much to his new opponent's surprise. He then asks how Homeless Emperor came to acquire such enormous power. It was a plan to stall time for his regeneration to work, but he comes to learn that a "God" had granted Homeless Emperor his "Divine Power". Unfortunately, Homeless Emperor had finished talking before Zombieman could fully recover and the two proceed to fight once again.

The next time Zombieman is seen, he has a huge hole in the middle of his body. He falls, and Homeless Emperor is seemingly the winner. But during the hero's all out fight with the association's Dragon-level monsters, he crashes out of the rubble and pins Homeless Emperor down. Homeless Emperor, who was apparently physically average had no means to free himself from Zombieman's grasp. The battle is won by Zombieman when God takes away Homeless Emperor's divine powers along with his life.

As the self-proclaimed "God Level Threat" Monster Garou defeats one hero after another, Zombieman steps up to stop him while knowing it is futile. As a result, he is reduced to a bloody pile in a matter of seconds. He recovers just in time to witness Saitama perform his Serious Table Flip.

Seeing Saitama has no intentions to kill Garou, Zombieman offers to kill Garou for him. However, Saitama and Bang refused to kill Garou because of having an empathy for Garou, understanding how he feels and what he truly wants; besides realizing he had saved a child whom the heroes thought to be kidnapped and about to be killed by Garou, thus letting him get away.

Psychic Sisters/Fall of Hero Associations Arc
By the time the Hero Association is about to fall soon enough, Zombieman returns to Genus informing him of what the former doctor said to him about how Saitama's power being reached through the removal of his limiter was true, and begged the doctor to make Zombieman's power equal to Saitama by having his limiter removed. However, Genus told Zombieman that in order for the hero to be on par with Saitama he'd have to do so under certain conditions after which he takes Zombieman to the basement of his Takoyaki shop.

The Murder Case That Is Too Impossible
After the invasion of the Dark Matter Thieves, the Hero Association invited all of the S-Class heroes to a hot spring resort. At the hot spring Zombieman was stabbed and killed with Atomic Samurai's sword. Child Emperor concluded that the murderer is one of the heroes. As heroes were being questioned and no progress was made, Tatsumaki decided to restrain everyone, until Zombieman suddenly woke up. Zombieman couldn't remember the night before since he drank a lot. The only thing he could remember was the sword was flying and glowing green, much like Tatsumaki, before it stabbed him and fell asleep. Tatsumaki denies the fact she was the one who stabbed him, but Zombieman reassured that he doesn't care and everyone disbanded. It was later revealed, through video footage, that Tatsumaki did in fact stab Zombieman, out of a drunken rage from being denied sake by Saitama.

Audio Books

Dr. Kuseno develops Virtual Genocide System (VGS), a headgear that reads brainwaves and simulates battles between the wearer and monster data stored in VGS. You picture how you fight in your head and VGS will carry it out in the simulation, the resulting battle is visualized on an external monitor. Genos uses these simulated battles to gauge his abilities and gain experience. The events in the audio drama take place before Genos’s encounter with Gouketsu, as in the episode Genos claims Carnage Kabuto was the strongest monster he faced. Given the release date and small details in the dialogue, like how characters refer to each other, Japanese fans are saying it's Genos post-G4 upgrade.

Genos contacts HA and sent out a call for powerful heroes to gather at the HA headquarters to get more reference data for VGS. The following four heroes agree to participate:


 * Sneck: It can’t be helped, as your hero senpai I have to help you out.
 * Zombieman: This would be interesting data for future reference.
 * Metal Bat: Sounds like fun.
 * Darkshine: Would be a good work out.

The heroes engage in simulated combat vs. Carnage Kabuto. Zombieman vs. Carnage Kabuto Carnage Kabuto quickly destroys Zombieman, leaving only his head. A one-sided beat down continues for one week, but Carnage Kabuto eventually exhausts himself in Carnage Mode and becomes immobile. Zombieman kills him with a counter attack.

Simulation clock is sped up to save time. Zombieman mentions that VGS didn’t stop the simulation because his brain didn’t register injuries as serious damage or real danger.

Genos concludes his body is too weird, and is not good as reference.

Abilities and Powers
Being a S-Class hero, it can be assumed that Zombieman is very powerful. It is stated that the flowers of blood and slaughter blossom wherever he goes. Though in terms of destructive power and physical capabilities, he is rumored to be one of the weakest S-Class heroes.

Physical Abilities
Regeneration: Described as "a man that even in death cannot die," Zombieman possesses one of the best regeneration capabilities in the series. He is able to regenerate any part of his body no matter how severe the injury is. He can keep on moving even without his head or innards. He needs 3 minutes to recover from 200 fatal injuries and 15 minutes to recover a cut off arm completely. However, Zombieman is also not truly immortal despite his regeneration, as he will die if he is reduced to mincemeat. Virtual Genocide System's (VGS) simulations show that Zombieman is capable of withstanding an onslaught from Carnage Kabuto and regenerate from just a head.

Immeasurable Endurance: Zombieman defeated Pureblood despite suffering the pain of about 200 lethal wounds and recuperated in only 3 minutes. He was also able to move, speak and think normally after being hit by Homeless Emperor's explosions. Zombieman got famous from one fight against a monster that lasted 140 hours. Virtual Genocide System's (VGS) simulations show that Zombieman is capable of withstanding an onslaught from Carnage Kabuto, which lasts a whole week.

Immense Durability: Zombieman withstood Homeless Emperor's beams without completely vaporizing.

Enhanced Strength: Zombieman is capable of killing a demon with his own strength in a timely manner.

Enhanced Speed: Zombieman can match the speed of a Vampire that can catch bullets.

Fighting Styles
Expert Hand-to-Hand Combatant: When not relying on his long-ranged weapons, Zombieman engages in close quarters combat. He seems to possess a decent amount of skill during close quarters combat, as he defeated Pureblood, a Vampire capable of easily catching bullets. He was also able to subdue Homeless Emperor with his bare hands, although Homeless Emperor's physical abilities are very weak in comparison to other Dragon level monsters. Virtual Genocide System's (VGS) simulations show that Zombieman can find a way to kill Carnage Kabuto with a counter attack after the monster exhausted himself.

Marksman: Zombieman is shown using a handgun with some proficiency.

Swordsman: Having a katana, Zombieman likely has some swordsmanship skills.

Miscellaneous Abilities
Proficient Detective: Zombieman has been shown to have some skills in investigation, as he was able to locate Dr. Genus with little information to work with.

Equipment
Trench Coat: Zombieman's trench coat possesses special properties allowing him to carry a lot of various weapons with him at all times.


 * Desert Eagle: Zombieman's signature handgun. Zombieman wields a black desert eagle.


 * S&W 500: Zombieman wields a black S&W 500 revolver.


 * Beretta: Zombieman wields a black Pietro Beretta 9mm.


 * Long-bearded Axe: Zombieman's favored melee weapon. Zombieman has been witnessed using a long bearded axe as one of his primary weapons. The axe has a wooden handle and a larger blade than most axes. It greatly resembles axes used in battles in the Viking Era. He is shown wielding it when confronting Dr. Genus.


 * Katana: Zombieman was seen carrying a slightly curved katana.

Hero Rating
Zombieman's rating determined by the Hero Association:

Major Battles
Audio Books

'''The following section contains Webcomic spoilers. You have been warned, manga-only readers.'''

Trivia

 * ONE has said that there is a rumor that he is the physically weakest among the S-Class heroes.
 * ONE has said that it would be difficult for Zombieman to defeat Deep Sea King.
 * Pureblood notes that Zombieman's blood tastes bad.
 * According to the databook:
 * What he likes are killings that will create rivers of blood.
 * The origin of Zombieman's hero name comes from his undying body.

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