Blast - One Punch Man

Blast (ブラスト, Burasuto) is the S-Class Rank 1 professional hero of the Hero Association. Outside of Saitama, he is the Hero Association's most powerful hero. He currently appears to be going to various places in order to collect the Mysterious Cubes, which is a hobby of his. Only a few select Hero Association staff members have the means to communicate with him.

Appearance

Blast is a tall man with a very muscular build, spiky gray hair, and a slight beard. He wears bulky armor with large shoulder pads, a large cape worn out at the bottom, and emblems of his name on his chest and the backs of his shoes. His gloves have circles on the back of his fists, which form an infinity symbol when he presses them together to teleport. His suit has mild damage, presumably sustained from his many battles. He also wears shades and has a scar running across his face between his eyes. The outline of his iris is a wavy black pattern, as opposed to just a consistent outline seen in other characters.

In the past, Blast's appearance was largely similar to today, but he looked younger, with darker hair and no beard. Additionally, neither his armor nor himself had sustained damage or injuries, and he did not wear shades.

Personality

Blast does not disclose his personal information in the Hero Association Catalog. However; akin to Saitama, he considers his hero work as just a hobby. He also seems to have independent tendencies, keeping his location and status unknown, and advising Tatsumaki to use her own powers to defend herself rather than expecting others to save her.

In the present, Blast has a casual and easygoing attitude as he did not seem to be very bothered by Saitama, Flashy Flash, and Manako touching the cube since they didn't know what it was nor did they accept the deal, and he was willing to explain what the cube was. Blast was also not angered by the fact that Flashy Flash tried to attack him, simply telling him to calm down, and he was willing to teleport all of them out of the area they were in. Blast did not question the presence of Saitama with an S-Class hero and even answered Saitama's question about him warping there; however, he became momentarily serious with the presence of Manako with them since she is a monster. After Saitama's explanation, he quickly went back to his easygoing attitude and accepted the explanation with no further questions.

Blast seems to not be completely out of touch with other heroes, as he recognized Bang, addressing the elder martial artist by his hero alias, as well as recognizing Flashy Flash and knowing his exact ranking upon meeting him. He also requested Flashy Flash and Saitama to send Sitch and Tatsumaki his regards.

Abilities and Powers

Being the highest-ranking hero of the Hero Association, Blast is the most powerful hero in the world excluding Saitama, and has demonstrated amazing combat prowess to justify his rank. He has proven capable of holding his own against Cosmic Fear Mode Garou, an extremely dangerous adversary who had received powers from "God" and previously matched a suppressed Saitama blow for blow in a collision of fists, causing the Hero Hunter to remark that he wasn't the top-ranking S-Class hero for nothing. As he wanted to get the unconscious heroes present to safety first as well as prevent collateral damage, it was also implied that Blast held back against Garou to an extent.

Fubuki mentions that Blast "sits atop the hero world" during her talk with Saitama in his apartment, putting Blast alongside King in terms of power. Sitch also mentions Blast would only present himself if humanity is in peril and that he is valuable enough to receive special treatment over the other heroes. Blast was able to bring Elder Centipede, a Dragon-level threat strong enough to combat the likes of Bang, Bomb, and Genos simultaneously, to the brink of death, although Elder Centipede was smaller and as such presumably weaker when he first fought Blast. Despite this, Gyoro Gyoro believed that Blast could still defeat the giant monster even in his current state.

Shortly before meeting Tatsumaki in the past, in just a few seconds, Blast effortlessly killed a giant monster that could smash through reinforced steel doors. Since the battle was offscreen, it's unknown how exactly he killed it, but the creature had a massive hole inside its torso. When Blast placed his hand on Tatsumaki's head, he saw a vision of Fubuki and was able to tell that she's her sister. Due to this, it is implied that he may have some sort of psychic or mind-reading ability.

In the databook, Fubuki speculates that Blast is stronger than King, can shoot lasers from his eyes and rules over psychic powers, and has the ability to command trillions of robots. She hypothesizes that he could beat the rest of the S-Class all at once.

Physical Abilities

Immense Speed and Reflexes: Blast possesses immense speed and reflexes and is one of the fastest individuals in existence. He was able to easily outpace Flashy Flash, an S-Class hero who is well-known for his extraordinary speed, dodging one of his fastest attacks from a very close distance and appearing behind him faster than he could even see.

Immense Strength: Blast possesses immense levels of physical strength, easily able to carry around the Mysterious Cube, even casually spinning it on his fingertip in a playful fashion.[9] Meanwhile, this cube is heavy enough to cause Flashy Flash's arm to get stuck under it, and sink into the ground upon being tossed away by Saitama.

Resistance to Radiation: Blast has strong resistance to radiation. He was capable of being in the vicinity of Cosmic Fear Mode Garou without being affected by the cosmic radiation the Hero Hunter emitted, despite the radiation being potent enough to quickly incapacitate almost all other heroes in the vicinity.

Supernatural Abilities

Cosmic Manipulation: Blast possesses the ability to manipulate cosmic energy, which he does so by generating portals that allows him to move through another dimension or transfer objects and even attacks. When he generates a portal that resembles a black hole to teleport himself, Flashy Flash, Saitama, and Manako, Blast clasps his fists together and an infinity symbol appears across his fists. During his fight with Garou, Blast creates multiple portals to transfer Garou's attacks that generate nuclear explosions to somewhere else.

Equipment

The Mysterious Cube: Blast was shown to hold a cube when having a conversation with Tatsumaki 18 years ago, and he later appears again to collect the cube touched by Saitama, Flashy Flash, and Manako. It is also revealed by him that there are multiple of these cubes in various places, and they act as sort of a transmitter to communicate with "God". The cubes are able to distort the space and time within its vicinity. Blast has been collecting these cubes as a "hobby" of his and teleports them to unknown locations.