Awakened Cockroach

Awakened Cockroach (覚醒ゴキブリ, Kakusei Gokiburi, Viz: Roach Awakening) was a Demon-level Mysterious Being and a member of the Monster Association. He was killed by Orochi.^[1]

Appearance

Awakened Cockroach was a humanoid cockroach with a dark-colored carapace and a human face. He had six arms and long antennae.

Personality

Awakened Cockroach is very confident in his abilities, particularly his speed. He prefers targeting heroes in contrast to other monsters. Awakened Cockroach does not seem to kill heroes, but rather focuses on incapacitating them and then letting other monsters finish them off.^[2] He occasionally humors himself during battle.^[3]

Plot

Human Monster Saga

Monster Raid Arc

Genos vs — Awakened Cockroach fights toe-to-toe with Genos in hand-to-hand combat.

Awakened Cockroach attacks C-City as part of the organized strikes against the human cities. He defeats 3 heroes with apparent ease and encounters Genos, warning him that he is strong.^[4]

During the fight with Genos, Awakened Cockroach maintains superiority, blocking or dodging every attack by Genos, while sending out his own attacks, outmaneuvering the cyborg with his speed and tricky movements. Awakened Cockroach has the upper hand until Genos decides to use instant adhesive to trap the monster, which was originally meant for use against speedster villains like Speed-o'-Sound Sonic. However, before Genos could kill the monster, Awakened Cockroach sacrifices his feet to get away.^[5]

Monster Association Arc

Orochi eats Awakened Cockroach — Awakened Cockroach is about to be devoured by Orochi for his failure

After his battle with Genos, Awakened Cockroach goes to the Monster Association Headquarters in order to partake in a meeting that the monsters were having. During the meeting, Orochi impales Awakened Cockroach with one of his horns after realizing that he lost a battle prior to the meeting. Despite begging for mercy and asking other monsters to save him, Awakened Cockroach is devoured and killed by the Monster King while the other monsters watch in horror. ^[6]

Abilities and Powers

As a Demon-level Mysterious Being of the Monster Association, Awakened Cockroach is an extremely powerful being, having defeated three heroes with apparent ease, although the heroes were rather weak. However, he was utterly powerless against Orochi, and was easily defeated and subsequently consumed by the Monster King.

Physical Abilities

File:Awakened Cockroach Movement.png

Immense Speed and Reflexes: Awakened Cockroach possesses an incredible amount of speed and sharp reflexes, being able to fight on par with Genos, a powerful S-Class Hero with immense speed who just received his G4 upgrades.

Immense Strength: As a demon-level mysterious being, Awakened Cockroach is very strong. He is able to damage Genos with his G4 upgrades quite a bit during their fight.

Cockroach Traits: True to his title, Awakened Cockroach possesses many of the natural traits of a cockroach. This includes having six separate arms, giving him a natural advantage in close combat, and the ability to survive with important body parts missing and regrow them later. He used the latter to escape Genos' Incineration Cannons, breaking off his own trapped feet in order to escape and later reappearing with his feet fully intact.

Heightened Senses: Awakened Cockroach's senses are far beyond the norm. According to him, even if his opponent could attack at the speed of light, they still would not be able to hit him because his body developed a sixth sense; being able to sense killing intent and dodges attacks on its own in advance.^[7] However, this is most likely a boast, because he was unable to dodge Orochi's attack.

Fighting Style

Expert Hand-to-Hand Combatant: Awakened Cockroach has shown to be on par with S-Class heroes when it comes to close quarters combat.^[8] He tries to be unpredictable in his movement, moving erratically during his fight with Genos. His unique footwork keeps him outside the field of view of his foes, with even Genos' advanced sensory systems being unable to properly track him. He uses his surroundings to break his opponent's line of sight.^[9]

Reference

↑ One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 79
↑ One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 64, page 22
↑ One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 64, page 21
↑ One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 63, page 18
↑ One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 64, page 27
↑ One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 79, page 15
↑ One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 64, page 20
↑ One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 64, page 14
↑ One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 64, page 19

Navigation

v • eMonster Association
Leaders	Orochi ^† • Psykos/Gyoro Gyoro ^†
Executives	Black Sperm • Elder Centipede ^† • Evil Natural Water ^† • Fuhrer Ugly ^† • Gouketsu ^† • Gums ^† • Homeless Emperor ^† • Nyan ^‡ • Overgrown Rover
Dragon	Bakuzan ^† • Gale Wind ^‡ • Golden Sperm ^† • Hellfire Flame ^‡ • Phoenix Man
Demon	Awakened Cockroach ^† • Baquma ^† • Bug God ^† • Building Booper ^† • Devil Long Hair ^* • Do-S ^* • Eyesight ^† • Face Ripper ^† • Fist Fight Djinn ^† • Free Hugger ^† • G5 ^† • Hundred-Eyes Octopus ^† • Rafflesidon ^† • Rhino Wrestler ^† • Royal Ripper ^† • Senior Centipede ^† • Showerhead ^† • Super Mouse ^† • The Great Food Tub ^† • The Three Crows ^† • Unihorn ^† • Vampire (Pureblood) ^†
Tiger	Destrochloridium ^† • Electric Catfish Man • Mad Doctor Fish ^† • Maiko Plasma • Marshall Gorilla ^* • Master Joe ^† • Sludge Jellyfish ^†
Unknown	Benpatsu ^* • Choze ^† • Evil Eggs ^† • Evil Eye ^† • Gale ^≠ • Goddess Glasses ^≠ • Gyoffrey ^† • Hamukichi ^* • Haragiri ^† • Hellfire ^≠ • Junior Centipede ^† • Manako • Platinum Sperm ^† • Raptora ^† • Reptera ^* • Rosie ^† • Sword Devil Executioner ^† • The Three Tempest Brothers • Venus Mantrap ^† • Volten ^*

v • eMysterious Beings
Dragon (or higher)	Boros ^† • Orochi ^†
Dragon	Bakuzan ^† • Black Sperm • Carnage Kabuto ^† • Elder Centipede ^† • Energiser ^† • Forest King ^† • Fuhrer Ugly ^† • Gale Wind • Geryuganshoop ^† • Gouketsu ^† • Groribas ^† • Gyoro Gyoro ^† • Gums ^† • Golden Sperm ^† • Hellfire Flame • Homeless Emperor ^† • Kenzan Rat ^† • Marugori ^† • Melzargard ^† • Nyan • Overgrown Rover • Pluton ^† • Psykos • Vaccine Man ^†
Demon	170,000-Year-Old Cicada Larva ^† • 170,000-Year-Old Cicada Adult ^† • Armored Gorilla • Awakened Cockroach ^† • Baquma ^† • Beast King ^† • Bruinado ^† • Bug God ^† • Building Booper ^† • Deep Sea King ^† • Demonic Fan ^† • Devil Long Hair ^* • Do-S ^* • Eyesight ^† • Face Ripper ^† • Fist Fight Djinn ^† • Free Hugger ^† • G4 ^† • G5 ^† • Game-Berus ^† • Giant Crow ^† • Giant Snowman ^† • Grizzly Nyah ^† • Hundred-Eyes Octopus ^† • Internet Surfers ^† • Jumping Spider ^† • Lord of Mountains ^† • Macho Daikon ^† • Mosquito Girl • Rafflesidon ^† • Rhino Wrestler ^† • Royal Ripper ^† • Scaledon ^† • Senior Centipede ^† • Showerhead ^† • Sky King ^† • Subterranean King ^† • Super Mouse ^† • Surprise-Attack Plum ^† • The Great Food Tub ^† • The Three Crows ^† • Twin-Headed Tsuchinoko ^† • Unihorn ^† • Vampire (Pureblood) ^†
Tiger	Black Roast ^† • Crablante ^† • Delorean ^† • Destrochloridium ^† • Electric Catfish Man • Fighting Bull-Frog ^† • Forest Folk ^† • Frog Man ^† • Ground Dragon ^† • Kamakyuri ^† • Kombu Infinity • Mad Doctor Fish ^† • Maiko Plasma • Marshall Gorilla ^* • Master Joe ^† • Man-Eating Capybara • Octopus Claw Man ^† • Personification Of A Light Pull Cord ^† • Sludge Jellyfish ^† • Slugerous ^† • Three-Eyed Ghost ^† • Urn Eel ^† • Withered Sprout ^†
Wolf	Beer Bellee • Himawari ^† • Hotdog ^† • Messenger of the Seafolk ^† • Piggy Bancon ^† • Tongue Stretcher • Shiverhuahua ^†
Less than Wolf	Monster Chick Man
Unknown	Alien Seer ^* • Ancient King ^† • Angry Grandpa ^† • Autumn Phantom Red Golden-ringed Dragonfly ^* • Benpatsu ^* • Choze ^† • Cruel Dragon ^† • Dark • Dark Matter Gunner ^† • Dirt Earthworm ^† • Eagle ^† • Empty Void • Enamel ^† • Evil Eggs ^† • Evil Eye ^† • Evil Natural Water ^† • Falcon ^† • Fish of Darkness • Gale ^≠ • Giant Salamander ^† • Gigakigan ^† • God • Goddess Glasses ^≠ • Gyoffrey ^† • Hamukichi ^* • Haragiri ^† • Hawk ^† • Hellfire ^≠ • Junior Centipede ^† • Kite ^† • Lord Great White ^† • Manako ^* • Men's Esthetician Man ^* • Platinum Sperm ^† • Rosie ^† • Raptora ^† • Reptera ^* • Rangor ^† • Research Hybrid Monster ^† • Sage Centipede ^† • Sea Slug • Snake-type monster ^† • Super Custom YO649Z Mk. II ^† • Suppon ^† • Sword Devil Executioner ^† • The Mad Cyborg • The Three Tempest Brothers • TV Junkyard Monster ^† • Venus Mantrap ^† • Volten ^*

[1] One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 79

[2] One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 64, page 22

[3] One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 64, page 21

[4] One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 63, page 18

[5] One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 64, page 27

[6] One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 79, page 15

[7] One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 64, page 20

[8] One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 64, page 14

[9] One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 64, page 19

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]