Gums

Overview

Gums (ハグキ, Haguki) is a Dragon-level Mysterious Being and an executive member of the Monster Association.

Appearance[edit | edit source]

Gums is a large, gluttonous and rotund monster with two arms and two legs. Its head contains no features other than an incredibly large mouth that lacks any lips. Despite having no ears, its presence at the meeting with the other cadres of the Monster Association implies that Gyoro Gyoro can communicate with Gums through unknown means. In the webcomic, he has a more humanoid body shape. When in need of a more powerful bite force, Gums will increase the muscles of its mouth and get a more muscular appearance, including visible veins.

Its size seems to change constantly, from being slightly taller than Homeless Emperor, a human being of presumably average height, to easily fitting the extremely large and tall hero Pig God in his mouth. It is unknown whether Gums can grow in size, aside from when it consumed something, but it appears that Gums can at the very least keep its new size for some time. Even after having regurgitated a prey, Gums was shown to have grown up to twice Pig God's height without any sign of resizing.

Personality[edit | edit source]

Gums appears to be incapable of speech. As it is called into a meeting, it seems to be intelligent enough to understand speech. However, it is incredibly gluttonous and driven by the desire to consume.

Plot[edit | edit source]

Human Monster Saga[edit | edit source]

Monster Association Arc[edit | edit source]

Gums eats some monsters before the battle against the Hero Association.^[1] Gums and several other monsters are called by Gyoro Gyoro for a meeting.^[2]

Gums sneaks up behind Pig God and swallows him whole, only to have Pig God fight his way back out of Gums' mouth, and the two engage in hand-to-hand combat.^[3]

Tatsumaki briefly frees Pig God from the jaws of Gums but the monster shatters her barrier, preventing Pig God from escaping and the battle between the two of them resumes.^[4] As their battle continues, Pig God somehow manages to escape Gums as he is seen on the ground with the other heroes.^[5]

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Later, Gums is seen rising from the rubble and joins up with the other Dragon level monsters to fight Tatsumaki. When Genos attacks Fuhrer Ugly, Gums rips off Genos' arm with his teeth, and Black Sperm assists him. He was killed instantly later on by Bang with the top of his head being ripped off.

Abilities & Powers[edit | edit source]

As a high-ranked member and a Dragon-level Mysterious Being of the Monster Association, Gums is an extremely powerful being. Its abilities are very similar to Pig God's, mostly revolving around brute physical strength and eating and digesting opponents.

Physical Abilities[edit | edit source]

Immense Strength: As a Dragon-level threat, Gums boasts a great strength. It was able to use its huge mouth to chomp through things like metal and debris with ease and swallow Pig God, a hero known for eating monsters, to defeat them.^[6] It also appeared to be gaining the upper hand over Pig God in its fight with him.^[7] According to Drive Knight, Gums has a bite force capable of crushing heavy machinery.^[8] Despite this, he wasn't strong enough to fully bite through Pig God's immense layers of fat.^[9] After exerting himself, Gums was able to bite through Tatsumaki's psychic barrier which she created to shield Pig God from the destruction of the Monster Association HQ.^[10]

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He was also shown to able to rip off Genos' arm with ease, and possibly would have killed him without Silverfang's intervention.

Immense Durability: He was shown to have sustained no damage from his brief tussle with Pig God, a powerful S-Class Hero.^[11]

Enhanced Stealth: Despite his bulky and pudgy appearance, Gums was able to sneak up on and take Pig God, an S-Class hero, by surprise.^[12]

Elastic Jaws: Gums can stretch open its mouth to inhumanly wide proportions in order to consume large masses such as swallowing the immense Pig God in a single bite.^[13]

Major Battles[edit | edit source]

Participants	Chapter(s)	Episode(s)	Result
Gums vs. Pig God	114, 122, 123, 130	None	Interrupted by Tatsumaki

Trivia[edit | edit source]

The design and personality of Gums might be based on Taberu from Makai no Ossan. Both share the same appearance and seem to be unable to speak, the only difference being that Taberu is occasionally seen in a schoolgirl outfit, whereas Gums has nothing to wear.

References[edit | edit source]

↑ One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 89, page 66
↑ One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 94, page 151
↑ One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 114
↑ One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 130, page 10
↑ One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 134, page 22
↑ One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 105
↑ One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 123
↑ One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 122, page 10
↑ One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 123, page 2
↑ One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 130, page 10
↑ One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 123, page 2
↑ One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 114, page 4 - 5
↑ One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 114, page 5 - 7

Navigation[edit | edit source]

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

v • eMysterious Beings
Unaffiliated	Crablante ^† • Vaccine Man ^† • Marugori ^† • Piggy Bancon ^† • Giant Snowman ^† • Himawari ^† • Personification Of A Light Pull Cord ^† • Kombu Infinity • 170,000-Year-Old Cicada Larva ^† • 170,000-Year-Old Cicada Adult ^† • Demonic Fan ^† • Delorean ^† • Alien Seer • Three-Eyed Ghost ^† • Surprise-Attack Plum ^† • Tongue Stretcher • Giant Crow ^† • Octopus Claw Man ^† • Grizzly Nyah ^† • Suppon ^† • Gigakigan ^† • Hotdog ^† • Game-Berus ^† • Autumn Phantom Red Golden-ringed Dragonfly • Jumping Spider ^† • Scaledon ^† • Enamel ^† • Black Roast ^† • Macho Daikon ^† • Withered Sprout ^† • Research Hybrid Monster ^† • Twin-Headed Tsuchinoko ^† • Man-Eating Capybara ^† • Pot Bellee ^† • Kenzan Rat ^† • Pesky Clown
Native Tribes	Forest Tribe (Forest King ^†) • Seafolk (Deep Sea King ^† • Lord Great White ^† • Messenger of the Seafolk ^†) • Skyfolk (Sky King ^† • Eagle ^† • Hawk ^† • Falcon ^† • Kite ^†) • Subterranean People (Subterranean King ^†) • Terror Lizard Clan ( Ancient King ^†)
Dark Matter Thieves	Boros ^† • Geryuganshoop ^† • Melzargard ^† • Groribas ^† • Dark Matter Gunner ^†
The Organization	G4 ^† • G5 ^†
House of Evolution	Carnage Kabuto ^† • Beast King ^† • Armored Gorilla • Kamakyuri ^† • Ground Dragon ^† • Frog Man ^† • Slugerous ^† • Mosquito Girl ^†
Anime-Only Mysterious Beings	Super Custom YO649Z Mk. II ^† • Fish of Darkness ^* • Pluton ^† • Men's Esthetician Man ^* • Dirt Earthworm ^† • Giant Salamander ^† • Lord of Mountains ^† • TV Junkyard Monster ^† • Urn Eel ^† • Crazy Brown Bear ^†

[1] One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 89, page 66

[2] One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 94, page 151

[3] One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 114

[4] One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 130, page 10

[5] One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 134, page 22

[6] One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 105

[7] One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 123

[8] One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 122, page 10

[9] One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 123, page 2

[10] One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 130, page 10

[11] One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 123, page 2

[12] One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 114, page 4 - 5

[13] One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 114, page 5 - 7

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