Blast

Blast (ブラスト, Burasuto) is the S-Class Rank 1 professional hero of the Hero Association. Without the knowledge of Saitama’s strength, he is largely suggested to be the Hero Association’s most powerful hero.^[2] He currently appears to be going to various places in order to collect the Mysterious Cubes, which is a hobby of his.^[3] Only a few select Hero Association staff members have the means to communicate with him.^[4]

Appearance

Blast is a tall man of muscular build, with spiky, graying 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.^[6]

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.^[7]

Blast seems to not be completely out of touch with other heroes, as he recognized Flashy Flash and knew his exact ranking.^[8] He also requested Flashy Flash and Saitama to send Sitch and Tatsumaki his regards.^[9]

History

18 years ago, Blast saved Tatsumaki from a hybrid monster. He then introduced himself to the young esper and questioned her on why she didn’t use her psychic powers to save herself. Tatsumaki answered that her powers weren’t working, but Blast realised that she was lying. Knowing she still has her little sister, Fubuki, Blast told her not to expect anyone to save her, encouraging Tatsumaki to use her power and protect her only family.^[11]

2 years ago, Blast fought Elder Centipede and brought him to the brink of death. However, the monster managed to escape underground before he had the chance to finish it off.^[13]

Plot

Hero Association Saga

Alien Conquerors Arc

During the S-Class meeting, Child Emperor is slightly disappointed in Blast’s absence^[14], which is later confirmed by Sitch who mentions his unknown whereabouts.^[15]

Human Monster Saga

Monster Association Arc

Blast is mentioned in a Hero Association meeting. A staff member is frustrated at Blast’s lack of activity despite being the top ranked hero in the S-Class. Sitch says that Blast cannot be ordered around, but has enough faith in Blast that should humanity be in peril, he will appear.^[16]

When Drive Knight asks whether or not Blast will appear if the Hero Association Headquarters is attacked, Sekingar says that it is not very likely, stating that Blast is more or less retired.^[17]

During Sweet Mask’s mental breakdown, he has a vision of Blast telling him that everything is fine while a dead monster lays besides them.^[18] This could possibly mean that Blast saved Sweet Mask from a monster in the past.

Tatsumaki similarly has a flashback of Blast back when he saved her from a monster 18 years ago. This flashback and the advice Blast gave provides Tatsumaki with the motivation to continue fighting even though her body was giving up on her.^[19] An object that resembles the cube Blast was holding in Tatsumaki’s flashback appears again during the Monster Association raid when Saitama pulls it out to free Flashy Flash’s arm from some rubble. The cube is revealed to be extremely heavy, as it was able to get Flashy Flash’s arm stuck, sink into the ground when Saitama drops it, and Manako was unable to lift it.

Blast suddenly appears to Saitama, Flashy Flash, and Manako after the voice of God speaks in their head due to their contact with the cube. He notes how he managed to make it in time and makes sure that they haven’t accepted the deal yet. He briefly goes over the schematics of the cube and questions why Flashy Flash is so far below the ground. Flashy Flash then attempts to “test” the hero using his fastest kicks, but the hero manages to nonchalantly dodge and appear behind the hero in an instant. Blast notes how time flows slower in the space they’re in than the outside and that he can take them to the surface. He also questions why they have a monster that’s not their prisoner with them but leaves Manako be at Saitama’s explanation. He then generates a portal to teleport all of them out, saying they would meet again and requesting the two heroes to send his regards to Sitch and Tatsumaki.

Abilities and Powers

Being the highest ranked hero of the Hero Association, it can be presumed that Blast is an extremely powerful S-Class hero. 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.^[20] 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.^[21] 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.^[22]

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.^[23] 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.^[24]

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.^[25]

Physical Abilities

Immense Speed and Reflexes: Blast possesses incredible amount speed and reflexes. He was able to easily react to and dodge one of Flashy Flash’s fastest attacks from a very close distance and appear behind him in an instant, utterly shocking him.^[26]

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.^[27] 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.^[28]

Supernatural Abilities

Dimensional Travel: Blast possesses some sort of ability to generate portals which allow him to move through another dimension^[29] or transfer objects.^[30] When he generates a portal that resembles a black hole to teleport himself, Flashy Flash, Saitama, and Manako, he clasps his fists together and an infinity symbol appears across his fists.^[31]

Equipment

The Mysterious Cube: Blast was shown to hold a cube when having a conversation with Tatsumaki 18 years ago,^[32] and he later appears again to collect the cube touched by Saitama, Flashy Flash, and Manako.^[33] 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, who he refers to as “him“.^[34] The cubes are able to distort the space and time within its vicinity.^[35] Blast has been collecting these cubes as a “hobby” of his and teleports them to unknown locations.^[36]

Major Battles

Quotes

• (To Sweet Mask) “It’s fine now.”^[37]
• (To Tatsumaki) “…I guess this is more of a hobby.”^[38]
  • “When the time comes, don’t go expecting someone to come save you.”^[39]
• (To Saitama and Flashy Flash) “You haven’t accepted the deal yet, right?”^[40]
• (Fubuki on Blast) “Blast… You may have saved my sister’s life… but… You’ve left a curse… on her heart”^[41]

Trivia

• Blast’s debut in the manga was originally less ambiguous, clearly showing a long head of hair and a cape. However, in the tankōbon release of the manga, his appearance was changed to be even more mysterious and equivocal.^[42]
• Blast shares some features with DC Comics superhero Superman:
  • Both perform hero activities as a hobby due to having a job: Blast has a job on his own, while Superman is a journalist when impersonating his alter ego Clark Kent.
  • Blast’s hero suit and haircut seem to be based on Superman himself.
  • The halo of mystery around Blast’s powers might be a reference to Superman’s secret identity as a hero.
  • According to Fubuki, Blast can shoot laser beams through his eyes, a clear reference to Superman’s heat vision

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