Haragiri

Haragiri (ハラギリ, Haragiri) was a swordmaster and a member of the Council of Swordmasters before deciding to join the Monster Association. He was killed by Atomic Samurai.^[2]

Appearance[]

As a human, he had his long dark hair slick back and a prominent widow peak. He appeared to be a middle-aged man, around 40 years old. His attire consisted of a sleeveless haori over his kimono. He carried a katana sheathed away in a scabbard found on the left side of his hip. When in his monster form, his skin became darker and a third eye appeared on his forehead. His teeth became sharper and his hair turned lighter in color. Additionally, it appeared that his hair turned into large vines that stuck out, and several veins pulsed across his skin.

Personality[]

Haragiri was a very blithe individual who was mostly concerned about improving his swordsmanship. He believed the sole purpose of the Council of Swordmasters is to improve their swordsmanship, and that anything else, such as meetings about the hero hunter Garou, were irrelevant and distracted them from their original mission. In exchange for his lust for power, he completely abandoned his humanity and joined the Monster Association. After becoming a Mysterious Being, he became very arrogant, as he believed that he could easily kill all the other members of the Council of Swordmasters, including Atomic Samurai, whom is one of the highest-ranked S-Class heroes.

Plot[]

Human Monster Saga[]

Super Fight Arc[]

During the meeting of the Council of Swordmasters, while Atomic Samurai was thanking the other members for their support in chasing down the "Human Monster", Garou, Haragiri interrupts Atomic Samurai and reveals that he joined the Monster Association who offered, in return for giving up his humanity, a power far beyond that which he currently possessed. He agreed and ingested a Monster Cell, turning himself into a mysterious being.

During the meeting of the Council of Swordmasters, he threatened to kill all members unless they ate one of the Monster Cells and "monsterize" themselves. He was about to kill Atomic Samurai regardless, as he was a target of the Monster Association, after giving them 3 seconds to eat one of the Monster Cells. He prepares to slash the hero's neck, but before his blade could reach the hero, Atomic Samurai had already unsheathed his sword and cut him into pieces with his Atomic Slash, ending the monster's life.^[3]

Abilities and Powers[]

Haragiri was a member of the Council of Swordmasters while human and thus had masterful and high skills in swordsmanship. Before becoming a Mysterious Being, he was capable of drawing sword at the speed surpassed the speed of sound.^[4] His transformation into a Mysterious Being furthermore greatly heightened his strength and speed.^[5] Despite his considerable increase in power, he was no match to the likes of Atomic Samurai.

Physical Abilities[]

Transformation: Haragiri gained the ability to transform his physical form after becoming a monster, as he ate a monster cell prior to the meeting with the Council of Swordmasters, yet only when presenting them to the other members did he reveal his monster form.

Immense Speed and Reflexes: Prior to his transformation into a monster, Haragiri claimed he could draw his sword at speeds faster than sound.^[4] After his transformation, this already astonishing speed was increased even further, yet he still wasn't nearly fast enough to react to Atomic Samurai.

Enhanced Strength: Due to the fact that he was a member of the Council of Swordmasters, it can be assumed that he had impressive strength, which only increased following his transformation.

Fighting Style[]

Master Swordsman: As a member of the Council of Swordmasters, Haragiri was undoubtedly a very skilled and powerful swordsman; though he was completely outmatched by Atomic Samurai.

Equipment[]

Katana: Haragiri was shown to possess a katana.

Miscellaneous Abilities[]

Longevity: Like any human who had eaten a monster cell, Haragiri gained a longer life span.^[6]

Major Battles[]

Participants	Chapter(s)	Episode(s)	Result
Haragiri vs. Atomic Samurai	69	19	Haragiri is killed

Trivia[]

"Haragiri" is similar to the word harakiri, a ritual suicide originally performed by samurai. This is probably a reference to how he let his human self die in exchange for greater power as a monster.
Haragiri is among the few monsters of human origin who can access their human form, the others being Gale Wind, Hellfire Flame and Surprise-Attack Plum.

References[]

↑ https://twitter.com/ONE_rakugaki/status/1034806805979791360
↑ One-Punch Man Manga and Anime; Chapter 69, and Episode 19
↑ One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 69, page 13-25
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 69, page 20
↑ One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 69, page 17
↑ One-Punch Man Manga and Anime; Chapter 69, page 16, and Episode 19

Navigation[]

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 ^† • Golden Sperm • 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
Dragon (or higher)	Boros ^† • Orochi ^*
Dragon	Bakuzan ^† • Black Sperm • Carnage Kabuto ^† • Elder Centipede ^† • Energiser ^† • Evil Natural Water • Fuhrer Ugly • Gale Wind • Garou • Geryuganshoop ^† • Gouketsu ^† • Groribas ^† • Gums ^* • Hellfire Flame • Homeless Emperor • 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 ^† • Bug God ^† • Building Booper ^† • Deep Sea King ^† • Demonic Fan ^† • Devil Long Hair ^* • Do-S ^* • Face Ripper ^† • Fist Fight Djinn ^† • Free Hugger ^† • G4 ^† • G5 ^† • Game-Berus ^† • Giant Crow ^† • Grizzly Nyah ^† • Hundred-Eyes Octopus ^† • Jumping Spider ^† • Mosquito Girl ^* • Rafflesidon ^† • Rhino Wrestler ^† • Royal Ripper ^† • Scaledon ^† • Senior Centipede ^† • Showerhead ^† • Sky King ^† • Subterranean King ^† • Super Mouse ^† • The Great Food Tub ^† • The Three Crows ^† • Unihorn ^† • Vampire (Pureblood) ^†
Tiger	Black Roast ^† • Crablante ^† • Crazy Brown Bear ^† • Delorean ^† • Destrochloridium ^† • Electric Catfish Man • Fighting Bull-Frog ^† • Frog Man ^† • Ground Dragon ^† • Kamakyuri ^† • Kombu Infinity • Mad Doctor Fish ^† • Maiko Plasma • Marshall Gorilla ^* • Master Joe ^† • Octopus Claw Man ^† • Personification Of A Light Pull Cord ^† • Sludge Jellyfish ^† • Slugerous ^† • Three-Eyed Ghost ^† • Urn Eel ^† • Withered Sprout ^†
Wolf	Himawari ^† • Hotdog ^† • Messenger of the Seafolk ^† • Piggy Bancon ^† • Tongue Stretcher
Less than Wolf	Phoenix Man
Unknown	Alien Seer ^* • Ancient King ^† • Autumn Phantom Red Golden-ringed Dragonfly ^* • Benpatsu ^* • Choze ^† • Dark Matter Gunner ^† • Eagle ^† • Enamel ^† • Evil Eggs ^† • Evil Eye ^† • Eyesight ^† • Falcon ^† • Fish of Darkness • Gale ^≠ • Gigakigan ^† • Goddess Glasses ^≠ • Golden Sperm • Gyoffrey ^† • Hamukichi ^* • Haragiri ^† • Hawk ^† • Hellfire ^≠ • Junior Centipede ^* • Kite ^† • Rosie ^† • Raptora ^* • Reptera • Suppon ^† • Sword Devil Executioner ^† • Venus Mantrap ^† • Volten ^*

[1] ttps://twitter.com/ONE_rakugaki/status/1034806805979791360

[2] One-Punch Man Manga and Anime; Chapter 69, and Episode 19

[3] One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 69, page 13-25

[soundspeed-4] 4.0 ^4.1 One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 69, page 20

[5] One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 69, page 17

[6] One-Punch Man Manga and Anime; Chapter 69, page 16, and Episode 19

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