Gums

Overview

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Gums
Characteristics
Race	Mysterious Being
Status	Deceased
Location	Monster Association Headquarters (Z-City)
Abilities
Abilities	Superhuman Physical Prowess Inhuman Digestive System Elasticity Regeneration
Status
Level	Dragon
Affiliation	Monster Association
Media
Webcomic Debut	Chapter 58
Manga Debut	Chapter 90

Gums (ハグキ, Haguki) was a Dragon-level Mysterious Being and an executive member of the Monster Association. It was killed by Fuhrer Ugly.

In the original webcomic, Gums was killed by Bang.

Appearance

Gums is a large, gluttonous and rotund creature 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, it 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 its mouth.

Gums' appearance after swallowing Pig God

Personality

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. Gums also shows incredible anger if its meals are interrupted or delayed by others, as seen when Pig God saved Tanktop Master from its jaws, or when Fuhrer Ugly's punch was redirected into its face by Bang, causing it to spit out Genos. It then flew into a rage and even tried to digest Fuhrer Ugly despite being its ally in the battle.

Plot

Human Monster Saga

Monster Association Arc

Gums consumes some monsters prior to the confrontation with the Hero Association. It and several other executive members are summoned by Gyoro Gyoro for a meeting.

Gums and Pig God clashing

During the heroes' raid on the Monster Association Headquarters, Gums stealthily approaches Pig God and swallows him whole. However, the hefty hero fights his way back out, leading to a hand-to-hand battle between them. As Gums seems to gain the upper hand, Tatsumaki momentarily frees Pig God using a psychic barrier. Nevertheless, Gums bites through her barrier, preventing the hero from escaping, and their battle resumes. Eventually, as Tatsumaki begins to lift the entire Monster Association base from the ground, Pig God manages to escape Gums.

Gums is tackled by Pig God

After Orochi and Psykos are defeated in their battle against the heroes, Gums and several executive members rise from the rubble. It attempts to devour Pig God and Tanktop Master, but they narrowly evade its jaws. Gums then targets Tanktop Master, who momentarily keeps the monster's jaws pried open. Pig God quickly tackles Gums, allowing Tanktop Master to break free. Infuriated, Gums bites down on Tanktop Master once more after he is distracted by Fuhrer Ugly. With its body expanding and its veins throbbing in anger, Gums nearly crushes Tanktop Master, but Pig God tackles the monster just in time. After Fuhrer Ugly severely beats down Tanktop Master, Gums swallows the hero whole.

Gums is attacked by Bang

Suddenly, Bang arrives and kicks a hole through Gums to rescue Tanktop Master, while Genos incinerates its insides. Despite the burns and blood loss, Gums quickly heals and bites down on the cyborg to chew him. Bang intervenes by redirecting one of Fuhrer Ugly's attacks onto Gums, causing damage and freeing Genos. Enraged that Fuhrer Ugly's fist allowed its prey to escape, Gums retaliates by devouring Fuhrer Ugly, believing the latter struck it intentionally. Although Gums swallows him whole, Fuhrer Ugly manages to escape by tearing through its stomach from the inside. Later, Gums' corpse is seen being consumed by Pig God.

Abilities & Powers

As a high-ranked member and a Dragon-level Mysterious Being of the Monster Association, Gums was 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

Inhuman Digestive System: Similar to Pig God, Gums possesses an exceptionally rapid digestive capability that enables it to quickly consume virtually anything. It can instantly break down debris while continuing to eat, prompting Pig God to acknowledge that his own digestive system pales in comparison. Gums' stomach acid has demonstrated the ability to digest Fuhrer Ugly and melt through materials as durable as Atomic Samurai's katana and even Darkshine's highly durable skin, subjecting the latter to significant pain.

Gums bites through debris concrete

Immense Strength: As a Dragon-level threat, Gums possessed immense strength. It was capable of easily chomping through metal and debris using its massive mouth, and even swallowed the hero Pig God, who is known for consuming monsters. It also appeared to be gaining the upper hand over Pig God in its fight with him. According to Drive Knight, Gums has a bite force powerful enough to crush heavy machinery. However, it was unable to fully bite through Pig God's extensive layers of fat. After exerting significant effort, Gums succeeded in biting through the psychic barrier Tatsumaki had created to shield Pig God from the destruction of the Monster Association headquarters. Furthermore, its bite force was so powerful that even Tanktop Master, an S-Class hero with immense physical strength, struggled to escape its jaws.

Immense Durability: Gums was shown to have sustained no visible injury from its tussle with Pig God, a powerful S-Class hero. It was also unharmed after being tackled by the hero several times during his attempts to save Tanktop Master.

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

Underground Mobility: Gums showed the ability to burst forth from the ground when it attempted to swallow Pig God and Tanktop Master by surprise, suggesting that it possessed the capacity to maneuver and navigate underground environments

Elasticity: Gums could 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. It is also shown to become huge in size after consuming a large amount of rubble, only to digest it immediately and return to its original size in mere moments.

Regenerative Healing Factor: Gums possesses a remarkable capacity for regeneration, allowing it to quickly recover from extreme injuries. This was shown when it was able to regenerate the hole Bang kicked through its body and the internal damage from Genos' incineration, with the damage healing almost completely in short succession. However, Gums' regenerative abilities were not without limits, as it was unable to regenerate after being torn in half by Fuhrer Ugly, leading to its death.

Major Battles

Participants	Chapter(s)	Episode(s)	Result
Gums vs. Pig God	114, 122, 123, 130	None	Interrupted by Tatsumaki
Monster Association Executives vs. Heroes	139, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154	None	Interrupted by Garou

Trivia

• The design and personality of Gums are similar to 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.