King

Characteristics

CHARACTERISTICS ALIAS The Strongest Man on Earth (地上最強の男, Chijō Saikyō no Otoko)[2] RACE Human GENDER Male AGE 29[3] STATUS Alive HEIGHT 187 cm (6'1½")[4] WEIGHT Undisclosed[3] LOCATION King's Apartment (M-City)[2] ABILITIES ABILITIES King Engine Extreme Luck Master Gamer Intimidating Aura STATUS OCCUPATION Hero RANK S-Class: Rank 5 (Current) S-Class: Rank 7 (Formerly) S-Class: Rank 6 (Giant Meteor Arc) AFFILIATION Hero Association Saitama Group MEDIA WEBCOMIC DEBUT Chapter 32 MANGA DEBUT Chapter 13 (Cameo) Chapter 30 (Full Appearance) ANIME DEBUT Episode 1 (Cameo) Episode 4 (Cameo) Episode 10 (Full Appearance) JAPANESE VA Hiroki Yasumoto ENGLISH VA Rich Brown I'm the strongest man on earth. The S-Class Rank 7 hero, King. Do you know that!? ” — King to G4[1] This article is about the character. For the chapter, see King (chapter). King (キング, Kingu) is the S-Class Rank 5 professional hero of the Hero Association. In public, King is known as "The Strongest Man on Earth" (地ち上じょう最さい強きょうの男おとこ, Chijō Saikyō no Otoko) and "The Heroes' Hero". In truth, however, he is just a normal civilian who unintentionally gained credit for the heroic acts performed by Saitama. King is also part of the Saitama Group.

Appearance

King is a tall, lean man with light tan skin, blue eyes, and shoulder-length, slicked-back blonde hair combed down to the nape of his neck. He has a long face with sunken cheeks and a well defined jawline. His most notable physical feature is the set of three vertical scars over his left eye. Unlike most heroes, he dresses casually without any hero suit or uniform. He is sometimes seen wearing a cap that has the kanji for 'King' on it.

Personality

When in a threatening situation, King appears calm and displays an intimidating aura. Despite the intimidating personality he projects, King is usually a coward. He is well respected by the public and other heroes, even those in the upper echelon of the Hero Association.[5] King also has a caring side, worrying about Saitama's well-being and offering insightful advice as well as inviting him to play video games. King even promises to play with only two fingers to handicap himself against Saitama.[6] King also seems to have an interest in romance games. He would buy and play dating simulator games like Doki Doki Sisters, but when Saitama found out about it, he was greatly embarrassed about it and tried to hide his romance games.[2] Since gaining the title as the world's strongest man, King has become very good at bluffing and tricking his opponents, both intentionally and unintentionally, causing them to hesitate or even downright surrender. When assassins attempted to take his life, King was able to use clever intimidation and wise explanations to make the assassins back down and leave him in peace even though he had no idea they were assassins.[7]

Abilities And Powers

Despite not being the highest-ranked hero of the Hero Association, he is considered to be the most powerful man on Earth, and it is due to this strength that he receives praise and respect from fellow heroes.[12] His strength is so feared that criminals and mysterious beings will often surrender before having to fight him.[2] King intimidating Tongue Stretcher However, this is due to miscommunication and mistaken identity. King's intimidating presence while near the defeated Mysterious Beings gave the Hero Association the false impression that he was strong. King, in reality, has never brawled before in his life, meaning he is the weakest person in S-Class if not the entire Hero Association.[13] Walking up a single flight of stairs is enough to leave King winded.[14] His intimidating characteristics also have no effect on robotic opponents.[2] His status has resulted in being targeted by assassins who are paid with huge sums of money by crime bosses. Fortunately, all assassins sent after him are just as delusional as normal people in terms of perceiving King's false power, so they often think they are targeting the formidable foe and willing to give up when King peacefully confronts them.[7] It should be noted that his hero title does not fail to describe his video game accomplishments. He is an expert at video games and has conquered some video game tournaments in his youth. This talent later proves to be useful when King saves Saitama, who irresponsibly signed a contract without reading it to Fubuki. Fubuki forcibly wanted to have Saitama, Bang, Genos, and King join the Blizzard Group should they win the bet outlined in the contract. The bet was decided with video games and King defeats thirty gamers by himself.[15] He is also able to write scripts about video game content since he often works on creating an independent game during weekends.[7] King once stood in front of millions of enemies and all of them were scared of him just staring at them.

Physical abilities

Strong Heartbeats: The "King Engine" (キングエンジン, Kingu Enjin) is a rumbling sound that others claim to hear when King readies for battle or when he is generally serious. The sound has a formidable impact on his opponent's psyche.[16] In reality, it is simply the sound of King's heart beating rapidly and loudly from fear, anxiety, or other uneasiness. Because of King's intimidating visage and reputation, it is mistaken for bloodlust.[17] It is rumored that his King Engine is so powerful that it can shake the earth.[citation needed] Fighting Style King Style (キング流, Kingu-ryū): While his intimidating appearance and presence usually scares off potential opponents, King has to rely on this style if his opponents aren't scared and are still ready to fight. It is not a fighting style in the traditional sense. King mostly bluffs himself out of battles or just runs away. King is highly skilled in bluffing, which makes his opponents think he is formidable, sometimes even rendering them unable to perform techniques against him. His frightening aura was so powerful, King managed to literally scare a monster to death.[18] King Face (キングフェイス, Kingu Feisu): King's intimidating facial expression, which scares off Villains and Mysterious Beings.[19] King Hand (キングハンド, Kingu Hando): King places his hand on the shoulder of his opponent in order to intimidate them even more.[19] King Brain: King has a powerful skill that allows him to instantly think of and simulate strategies.[19] Super Catch: King supposedly has a technique that allows him to catch heavy weights such as a large group of people, but he claims not to want to use it for the injured heroes as the shockwaves he produces will aggravate their injuries. Super Sparking King Mode (SSK) (スーパースパーキングキングモード (SSKエスエスケー), Sūpā Supākingu Kingu Mōdo (Esu-Esu-Kē)): A supposed powered-up form of King's mentioned by Child Emperor that increases his abilities and powers.

Misc abilities

Master Gamer: Even though he is actually not the strongest hero, King is possibly the strongest gamer in the world, having won multiple gaming competitions when he was younger. After Saitama's group was quickly wiped out in a gaming competition against the Blizzard Group, he single-handedly took out the other 30 contenders and won, also taking out Piko, who is an ex-pro gamer in the Blizzard Group. He is shown to be an avid member in gaming and told the Hero Association that he was taking out a "monster", which in reality was really his video game. His mastery is capable of overcoming some of the severest handicaps. For instance, King was capable of effortlessly defeating Saitama in a fighting game despite being low on health and using only two fingers. His skill in video gaming being the equivalent to Saitama's sheer power with no known equal, often to the point where King complains about his overwhelming strength even defeating the likes of Saitama, Garou, and Suiryu (all utilizing VR technology) with only a controller. Superior Luck: King has ridiculous amounts of luck; equal parts good and bad. He is able to thoroughly fool the media and the Hero Association, get all the credit for defeating opponents he never fought, become one of the most popular people on the planet, and has made extremely strong enemies back-off in fear when facing him. He always managed to get away from many dangerous or stressful situations that may potentially cost his life, popularity, or reveal his secret. Paradoxically he unintentionally draws upon the good merits of others by mistake, as well as have the unprecedented knack for either stumbling into or drawing the most cataclysmic situations imaginable his way. On the other hand, King is always in the wrong place at the wrong time when monsters attack; enemies often zero in on him specifically, sometimes for miscellaneous reasons and sometimes because they are motivated to confront him due to knowing his fearsome reputation.

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Overwhelming Presence: Due to King's reputation as the Strongest Man on Earth, King can manipulate people into fearing or even obeying him, and most of the time he never even realizes that he is doing so. In one instance, when he was in a restaurant, King was beset upon by six elite assassins, but they were intimidated and humbled by King's way of speech and gave up on being assassins entirely. In reality, King thought they were civilian fans of his and didn't want to be bothered with them, using the hunting of monsters as an excuse to get them out of his hair.[7] While wandering in the Monster Association Headquarters, King stumbled upon a monster disguised as Waganma and stopped his own assassination by intimidating the monster into having a heart attack and melting. In reality, he just didn't want to be responsible for the child and phrased his attempts at dissuading him in an intimidating way.[29] When confronting the likes of Black Sperm, Golden Sperm and Homeless Emperor, his mere presence was enough to make those Dragon-level Monster Association executive members cautious in approaching him.[30] King was one of the very few who survived cosmic Garou's radiation and the one who protected Fubuki and Tasumaki from an army of more than 50 million high level threat enemies without showing fear, he even scared the enemies away.

Hero rating

Hero Rating King's rating determined by the Hero Association[3]: Ability Type Stamina Intelligence Justice Endurance Power Popularity Effectiveness Fighting Ability Total Physical 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 80 Makes King the perfect score from 80/80

Quotes

"No matter how sweet and cute you act, it's just not possible. Not at all, not for me... You can't expect anything, it's useless... It will only turn into despair." "Aw crap. I've had enough of being a hero." "My job is to exterminate monsters. I'm not here to deal with you, got it? A while back, I was taking a walk when I got bombarded by a ton of people. Even if I make it quick, there's always a next one, and then a next one, and it never ends!" "If my innocence is under suspicion, I’m left with no choice" "Such decisions are mine to make" "I’m a 29-year-old unemployed otaku and antisocial loser!" "I somehow made it home safely but… I’ll just play some games and try to forget about it.I’m the strongest man on Earth.My job is to exterminate monsters. I’m not here to deal with you, got it?" "A while back, I was taking a walk when I got bombarded by a ton of people. Even if I make it quick, there’s always a next one, and then a next one, and it never ends!" "I'm sorry Saitama, but King stays with the cool girls" *says when he steal girls from Saitama