Gums (ハグキ, Haguki) is a Dragon-level Mysterious Being and an executive member of the Monster Association.
Appearance
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. In the webcomic, he has a more humanoid body shape. Its size changes constantly, from being slightly taller than Homeless Emperor, a human being of 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.
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.
Plot
Human Monster Saga
Monster Association Arc
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] After a relatively short battle, Gums stands victorious.[4]
Abilities & Powers
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
Immense Strength: Gums is able to use its huge mouth to chomp through things like metal and debris with ease - it managed to swallow Pig God, a hero known for eating monsters, to defeat them. 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 capable of crushing heavy machinery.[5] Despite this, he wasn't strong enough to fully bite through Pig God's immense layers of fat.[6]
Immense Durability: He was shown to have sustained no damage from his brief tussle with Pig God, a powerful S-Class Hero.[7]
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.[8]
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.[9]
Major Battles
Participants | Chapter(s) | Episode(s) | Result |
---|---|---|---|
Gums vs. Pig God | 114, 122, 123, 130 | None | Interrupted by Tatsumaki |
Trivia
- 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
- ↑ 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 122
- ↑ One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 122, page 11
- ↑ One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 123, page 2
- ↑ 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