History Characters / OnePunchManNeoHeroes

* {{Seers}}: He also practices clairvoyance just like his late grandmother. [[spoiler:However, [=McCoy=] questions why he didn't foresee the attack of the robot army from the Organization with Fuzzy only answering that he just couldn't see it... even though in earlier chapters, the Neo Leaders note how well-prepared they were for the attack thanks to his "predictions" along with a supposedly great enemy appearing that only Blue can defeat.]]
* SketchySuccessor: Despite supposedly being Shibabawa's grandson, he only does what's good for Neo Heroes rather than the world unlike his grandmother, who always willingly helped the Hero Association to lessen the damage of the disasters she foresaw and even used her last moments to warn them about a potential God-level threat.

* AuthorityInNameOnly: While he is known to the public as Neo Heroes' leader and founder in reality he is only their public face and is kept in the dark about their shadier dealings, with Forte even calling him just as replaceable as any other Neo Hero. It's also made clear that Fuzzy is the one with true power over Neo Heroes with him ensuring his rule by turning all other executives (except for [=McCoy=]) into subservient cyborgs with Blue having no less authority than other Neo Leaders... which he also rarely uses since after the first day he is usually seen fighting alone.

* DecoyLeader: He is introduced as the founder and leader of the Neo Heroes, but in truth, Blue is just the public face, he answers to Fuzzy the real leader and founder of the Neo Heroes.

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: He went to the Hero Association headquarters to negotiate an alliance with them... which just shows his status as an AuthorityInNameOnly since this makes it clear that he does not know that the association tried to negotiate to work together first only for the higher-ups of Neo Heroes to reject them.

* EngineeredHeroics: It is all but stated that the disasters they face were manufactured by their backers or executives only for Neo Heroes to stop them. Not only did the appearances of monsters spike up by an extreme amount when they came onto the scene, Child Emperor's research shows many monsters were enhanced to raise their disaster level and had control chips in their brain. Not to mention the fact that somehow Neo Heroes always came first to defeat their foes with minimal damage. This becomes more apparent once their attempts at defeating already known criminals, Speed-o-Sound Sonic and Garou, end up being complete failures. Standout examples include:
** Blue's fights against Eel Dragon in which Blue was able to defeat the kaiju despite panicking and his tactics devolving to AttackAttackAttack with the monster suddenly dropping dead despite still being in one piece. For comparison, the Dragon-Level threats the Pro Heroes faced were torn, sliced, or punched in ''pieces''. Child Emperor then looks at the monster's corpse and finds [[spoiler:a control chip inside its brain]].

** Also while several Pro Heroes have undergone MiseryBuildsCharacter due to the danger of their work, the Neo Heroes have grown cocky due to the sheer strength their battle suits give them and their "victories" that are all but flat-out stated to have been EngineerdHeroics.

* UnwittingPawn: Child Emperor suspects the suits the Neo Heroes use might have come from Metal Knight, which would give him complete control over them whenever he wants. The story implies the suits actually come from the Organization which also boasts advanced technology and has let others use them under suspicious circumstances to gather battle data for further improvement. However, the biggest pawns are the heroes who joined them aside from Ryumon, A, Webigaza, Child Emperor, and Metal Bat since rather than genuinely being heroes protecting the common folk, they are just pawns of Neo Heroes made to get more resources (Zaedats), convince more people to join (Infelsinave, Raiden, and Mumen Rider), thought this new organization would be less corrupt than the Hero Association (Blue and Accel) or are just people suckered in by the many benefits Neo Heroes give them (Suiryu and nearly every other member) with their fate to either become will-less cyborgs under Fuzzy's control [[spoiler:or being turned into subservient puppets through their battle suits]]. On top of that it is highly implied all threats they face are [[spoiler:EngineeredHeroics with the Neo Heroes being caught too much up in their success to even notice something off]].

* HeroicRROD: [[spoiler:He is on the verge of one during the robot invasion due to him going all out and foregoing all orders to maintain his stamina in order to destroy all invaders.]]

* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: In his first battle against a kaiju-sized Dragon-Level threat he was forced to use all his limiters and only barely defeated the humongous monster. Yet a few chapters later his technology and enhancements somehow became enough to allow him to defeat an albeit smaller Dragon-Level threat in one strike without any problem. [[spoiler:This is to be expected, considering it was all EngineeredHeroics, even if Blue wasn't aware of it.]]

* LaserGuidedKarma: After insulting Tanktop Master for being "too prideful" and refusing his help, he is left alone when [[spoiler:the Hunters undergo a VillainOverride with him running away in panic from his squad under the control of the battle suits he used to praise]].

* StepfordSmiler: Her squad notes how fake her smiles for her livestream are, and she's likely insane beneath it all. [[spoiler:Her conversation with Child Emperor shows it also partially comes from sadness since she was unable to truly beat Amai Mask due to him becoming an {{unperson}} upon revealing his status as a monster, which means her bodily modifications did nothing to beat him and only turned her into a slave of Neo Heroes.]]
* UnknownRival: The reason she became a hero was to surpass Amai Mask, but it is implied he has not even met her at all unlike the Soda Pop Boys.

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* BreakTheHaughty: When he grew rather cocky due to the success of Neo Heroes with him even berating Tanktop Master for being "too prideful", he breaks down in complete panic and horror when [[spoiler:his whole squid is turned against him when they taken over by their battle suits]].

* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: He remains loyal to Neo Heroes despite knowing they are willing to turn others into cyborgs under their control under the belief they only do that to criminals. [[spoiler:He pays for this when Neo Heroes take control of him with the battle suit he wears, turning him no different than the cyborgs.]]

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: He went to the Hero Association headquarters to negotiate an alliance with them... which just shows his status as a PuppetKing since this makes it clear that he does not know that the association tried to negotiate to work together first only for the higher-ups of Neo Heroes to reject them.

* PrideBeforeAFall: In the robot invasion, he insults Tanktop Master for being "too prideful" and leaves him bringing the unconscious Pro Heroes to safety by himself, while he and his squad continue to destroy the robots. He even has an ImagineSpot in which he sees all civilians safe while wearing the battle suits of Neo Heroes. [[spoiler:When the robots are seemingly defeated, his entire squad undergoes a VillainOverride due to said battle suit with him being forced to run away in complete panic and horror.]]

* JerkassHasAPoint: While being interviewed for an article, he makes solid points regarding the battle suits of the Neo Heroes: they help greatly reduce the risk of dying in battle and thus allow upcoming heroes not to be discouraged from wanting to do hero work, which allows far more people to become effective heroes and prevent monster-related deaths. To hammer in what a jerk he is though, he does this by calling anyone who fights with their own strength an "arrogant fool." To further prove his point, [[spoiler: Mumen Rider, the top C-Class Hero who only suffers to be a TheChewToy towards the monsters, manages to defeat a Demon-Class monster all by himself while protecting the citizens due to wearing a battle suit when he defects to the Neo Heroes. Later on however, his point is brought into question when it's revealed that many and potentially all of the Neo Heroes' victories were EngineeredHeroics.]]

* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Deconstructed; They perform one on [[spoiler:Amai Mask]]. However, once he's unconscious, they stop and feel guilty over it causing them to try and take him to a hospital feeling that they have gone too far.

* LaserGuidedKarma: After insulting Tanktop Master for being "too prideful" and refusing his help, he is left alone when [[spoiler:the Hunters undergo a VillainOverride with him running away in panic from the squad wearing the battle suits he used to praise]].

* HiddenDepths: Just like Webigaza, they did genuinely admire Amai Mask and wanted to be just like him with them being [[spoiler:saddened over the fact he is a monster]]. After they have beaten him up, they only felt empty and didn't even try to kill him despite their earlier words. They were even bringing him to a hospital [[spoiler:before the VillainOverride]].

* SpottingTheThread: After capturing [[spoiler:Amai Mask]], they start walking towards the hospital and note that despite being dispatched to destroy the robot army and having walked through the city, none of the robots actually put any attempts to attack them with one robot even just motionlessly standing without doing anything despite them being right in front of it, yet the robots did fire at the town and Pro Heroes. [[spoiler:Before they can delve deeper in this realization, they all undergo VillainOverride and are forced to kill Amai Mask for real this time.]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Amid the [[spoiler:robot invasion]], he is nowhere to be seen, unlike Blue, Accel, Raiden, Webigaza, and Suiryu, who are shown fighting. [[spoiler:It's later mentioned by McCoy that after cyberization and presumable brainwashing, he's attempting to get his cult to undergo cyberization as well, which is likely the true reason the Neo Heroes wanted him instead of for fighting.]]

** [[spoiler:The robot army from the Organization attacking the entire world appears to be an escalation if not the total end of this considering how easily Neo Heroes can scrap them along with the robots giving them enough time to attack. Many Neo Heroes outright comment on how well prepared they are for the supposedly sudden attack. Aside from [=McCoy=] the other executives are very calm while the attack is ongoing, whereas at least four million robots are targeting the Hero Association headquarters for complete destruction along with several Machine Gods seeking to eliminate greater threats including the S-Class Pro Heroes, Garou and Sonic, they suspiciously don't do the same to Neo Heroes. For extra measure the higher-ups even tell Blue there will supposedly be a "great enemy" only he can defeat, only for Blue to put a wrench in the plan by ignoring all orders and fighting by himself to exhaustion.]]

* UnwittingPawn: Child Emperor suspects the suits the Neo Heroes use might have come from Metal Knight, which would give him complete control over them whenever he wants. The story implies the suits actually come from the Organization which also boasts advanced technology and has let others use them under suspicious circumstances to gather battle data for further improvement. However, the biggest pawns are the heroes who joined them aside from Ryumon, A, Webigaza, Child Emperor, and Metal Bat since rather than genuinely being heroes protecting the common folk, they are just pawns of Neo Heroes made to get more resources (Zaedats), convince more people to join (Infelsinave, Raiden, and Mumen Rider), thought this new organization would be less corrupt than the Hero Association (Blue and Accel) or are just people suckered in by the many benefits Neo Heroes give them (Suiryu and nearly every other member) with their fate to either become will-less cyborgs under Fuzzy's control [[spoiler:or being turned into subservient puppets through their battle suits]]. On top of that it is highly implied all threats they face are [[spoiler:EngineeredHeroics with the Neo Heroes being caught too much up in their hype to even notice something off]].

* VillainWithGoodPublicity: They have criminals like A working with them, and turn humans into cyborgs. However because of all their 'good deeds', they have publicity at their side while conducting their less-than-legal activity in the shadows. Even attempting to [[spoiler:turn real heroes like Metal Bat]] into their pawns.

** Blast's group is colorful and individualistic, and despite their small amounts of interaction it's clear they are TrueCompanions with each other, Blue's group is very uniform and more similar to co-workers with no relationship with each other along with being easily replaceable which includes Blue himself. It's even implied that Blue rarely actually works together with those under him and spends most of his time fighting alone to the point of exhaustion, while Blast knows he has others watching his back once things get too rough.

* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:After seeing a huge amount of destroyed robots in a city, he goes to where the hero attacking them is, which puts in in the middle of Saitama's rampage with him being nearly attacked by the Pro Hero, who was barely able to minimize the damage at the last minute after realizing he is not another robot.]]

* InformedAbility: The Hero Association considers him to be S-Class in strength, yet his claim to fame is defeating one Demon-level threat he and his 52 Hunters struggled against, with five of them dying in the process. Not exactly a good look since Demon-level threats are either killed by a single S-class hero or by at least ten A-class heroes. However, this does show just how understaffed the Hero Association is and how desperate they are to recruit new heroes.

* PrideBeforeAFall: [[spoiler:In the robot invasion, he insults Tanktop Master for being "too prideful" and leaves him bringing the unconscious Pro Heroes to safety by himself, while he and his squad continue to destroy the robots. He even has an ImagineSpot in which he sees all civilians safe while wearing the battle suits of Neo Heroes. When the robots are seemingly defeated, his entire squad undergoes a VillainOverride due to said battle suit with him being forced to run away in complete panic and horror.]]

* VigilanteMan: Before he was hired.

* SpottingTheThread: After capturing [[spoiler:Amai Mask]], they start walking towards the hospital and note that despite being dispatched to destroy the robot army and having walked through the city, none of the robots actually put any attempts to attack them with one even just motionlessly standing without doing anything despite them being in its line of sight, along with the fact the robots only fired at the town and Pro Heroes. [[spoiler:Before they can delve deeper in this realization, they all undergo VillainOverride and are forced to kill Amai Mask for real this time.]]

* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:When the VillainOverride kicks in, all Neo Heroes who didn't go cyberization and are taken over by their battle suits are still conscious, but unable to control their body.]]

* PrideBeforeAFall: Many of their members got big-headed and cocky due to the amount of power their battle suits give them with many of them bemeaning the Pro Heroes. [[spoiler:This continued during the robot invasion especially since they had no trouble scrapping the robots, once the robots are seemingly dealt with, the VillainOverride kicks in causing them to completely lose control of their body, while being aware of what's happening.]]

* VillainOverride: [[spoiler:Happens to all their "heroes" after they seemingly dealt with the robot army with them starting to attack anyone, who isn't under the complete control of Neo Heroes with the Hunters attacking their leader Accel, who avoided the override due to the modifications he put in his suit. Making them even more dangerous is the fact that the override also removes the limiters of the suit.]]

* WithUsOrAgainstUs: Under Fuzzy's leadership, Neo Heroes has an exclusionary ideology with them only doing what's best for their organization rather than the world and its populace. [[spoiler:Once the VillainOverride kicks in ''everyone'', who is not under the complete control of Neo Heroes will be attacked by the will-less "heroes" with even Accel being attacked due to him escaping the override thanks to the modifications he put in his battle suit.]]

* TooGoodToBeTrue: As Forte notes, Neo Heroes' offer is way too good to be true since not only do they pay better than Hero Association, but they lack any sort of requirement or training to join with their recruits immediately being given PoweredArmor to fight against monsters. He is proven right upon the revelation that all these deals are done to lure people in and turn them into will-less cyborgs the moment they get injured on the battlefield [[spoiler:or get taken over by the battle suits they are wearing]].

* UnwittingPawn: Child Emperor suspects the suits the Neo Heroes use might have come from Metal Knight, which would give him complete control over them whenever he wants. The story implies the suits actually come from the Organization which also boasts advanced technology and has let others use them under suspicious circumstances to gather battle data for further improvement. However, the biggest pawns are the heroes who joined them aside from Ryumon, A, Webigaza, Child Emperor, and Metal Bat since rather than genuinely being heroes protecting the common folk, they are just pawns of Neo Heroes made to get more resources (Zaedats), convince more people to join (Infelsinave, Raiden, and Mumen Rider), or are just people suckered in by the many benefits Neo Heroes give them (Blue, Accel, and nearly every other member) with their fate to either become will-less cyborgs under Fuzzy's control [[spoiler:or being turned into subservient puppets through their battle suits]]. On top of that it is highly implied all threats they face are [[spoiler:EngineeredHeroics]].

* DecoyLeader: Is commonly introduced as the founder and leader of the Neo Heroes, but in truth, Blue is just the public face, he answers to Fuzzy the real leader and founder of the Neo Heroes.

* GeneralFailure: While his skills with Neo Heroes' technology are the best amongst Neo Heroes when fighting alone, his leadership skills are rather questionable if not rather poor considering the fact his first day has his whole squad unable to fight due to a demon-level threat and its spawns. In later chapters, he is rarely seen actually commanding those under him and only appears to fight alone with the [[spoiler:robot army being a standout with even Suiryu shown telling his squad to leave the monsters to him unlike Blue, who is only shown fighting alone and on the brink of a HeroicRROD]].

* FlatCharacter: They are this combined with ForgettableCharacter since, in the words of Forte, the Neo Heroes is essentially an army of zero-personality battle suits who can join without any requirements and are just as easy to replace. Further proving his point is the fact the heroes are referred to as a whole rather than as individuals.

* TooGoodToBeTrue: As Forte notes, Neo Heroes' offer is way too good to be true since not only do they pay better than Hero Association, but they lack any sort of requirement or training to join with their recruits immediately being given PoweredArmor to fight against monsters. He is proven right upon the revelation that all these deals are done to lure people in and turn them into will-less cyborgs the moment they get injured on the battlefield.

* ParodySue: His higher-ups present him as a TeenGenius, who is not only the son of top Pro Hero Blast, but is also the founder, leader, ''and'' top hero of Neo Heroes, which rivals if not surpasses the Hero Association in size with them having a far greater number of heroes equipped with high tech battle suits making them stronger than A-Class Heroes. On top of that, he is even more competent than any of the current S-Class Pro Heroes with him succeeding in defeating a Dragon-Level threat by himself with far less damage to the city than the Pro Heroes managed to do. Naturally, this is all just a big lie and piece of propaganda, Blue is just a mere figurehead, who holds little to no power in the organization with even his achievements as hero coming from [[spoiler:EngineeredHeroics]].

* ButNotTooChallenging: Before his eventual match against Saitama, Suiryu expresses a playful desire to fight a WorthyOpponent who can make him work for a victory after being bored from achieving easy victories in the past. But the moment Saitama shows a bit of his serious side by blowing off Suiryu's shirt, the latter reveals that what he wants isn't a "worthy opponent who could give him a thrilling and fun fight", but an opponent he could eventually win against with some effort and glorify his own ego. The idea that he could ''actually'' lose never registered in his mind till Saitama gave him a ''little taste of his own serious side'', leading to Suiryu doing a complete 180 of his usual carefree persona and quickly flies into a rage by throwing everything he's got at his opponent. When Saitama lampshades this hypocritical temper tantrum while [[NoSell no-selling]] Suiryu's WorfBarrage, [[SoreLoser the latter outright states that he doesn't find losing fun]].

* ButNotTooChallenging: Before his eventual match against Saitama, Suiryu expresses a desire to fight an opponent who can make him work for a victory after being bored from achieving easy victories in the past. But the moment Saitama shows a bit of his serious side by blowing off Suiryu's shirt, the latter quickly becomes discontent with the idea that he could ''actually'' lose and flies into a rage by throwing everything he's got at his opponent. When Saitama lampshades this temper tantrum while [[NoSell no-selling]] Suiryu's WorfBarrage, [[SoreLoser the latter outright admits he doesn't find losing fun]].

* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:When the VillainOverride kicks in, all Neo Heroes who didn't go cyberization and are taken over by their battle suits are still conscious, but unable to control their body with Raiden's muttering stating that the forced control is very painful to him.]]