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Neo Heroes

Neo Heroes HQ

Following the defeats of the Monster Association and Garou, the Hero Association has lost much support in the eyes of the public and its investors; the feeling that a new group of true heroes should rise has sparked among a group of concerned individuals, even some key figures within the Hero Association itself, thus the Neo Heroes was born. The company attempts to present itself as the new bastion of justice, that truly cares for heroics with promises of treating everyone equally, as they openly accuse the Hero Association of becoming an organization built on appearances, that only looks out for the rich folk, while leaving the common folk to perish.

At least this is what Neo Heroes claims on the surface. Underneath their sparkling uprising lies an organization monumentally shadier than the Hero Association, with ruthless practices such as recruiting criminals, turning their heroes into cyborgs, and a sudden spike of monsters appearing during their uprising in spite of the destruction of the Monster Association.

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In General

And I Must Scream: When the Villain Override kicks in, all Neo Heroes who didn't undergo cyberization are taken over by their battle suits and are still conscious, but unable to control their body.
Be Careful What You Wish For: When starting out, they send out invitations for S-Class heroes to step over to them. Only two S-Class chose to join them... and quickly became benched heroes since, unlike the other members, they don't have Blind Obedience towards the Neo Heroes organization.
Body Horror: It is outright stated that they can resurrect any of their fallen heroes so long as their brain is intact.
Brain/Computer Interface: The battle suits they wear work by connecting to the wearer's nervous system, allowing them to control it with just their thoughts. And this connection is a two-way street, meaning someone can use the suits to hijack the wearer's mind.
Clothes Make the Superman: Most, if not all, of their strength comes from the battle suits they wear with the only exceptions being some of the Neo Leaders.
Cyborg: Many of their heroes and nearly all of their executives are this with the side effect of making them emotionless supporters only loyal to the organization.
Divided We Fall: Discussed by Black Sperm, who notes that Neo Heroes' refusal to work together with the Hero Association is very detrimental in the long run since, in his own words, they are simply ants that can't defeat a threat that require another monster like Tatsumaki or Saitama to defeat.
Drugs Are Bad: Their heroes are given a strength serum that makes them stronger, while also making them more aggressive.
Engineered Heroics: 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 Attack! Attack! Attack! 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 a control chip inside its brain.
- The circumstances surrounding Mumen Rider's victory against a Demon-Level threat is way too similar to the fight against Deep Sea King since just like the latter monster, the lightning monster's fight takes place in a sky filled with dark clouds, several heroes have been defeated with Mumen Rider being the last one standing and continuing to stand up despite being beaten down several times, but this time he does get a Heroic Second Wind. The fact this victory was also heavily publicized and convinced several other Pro Heroes to move over implies that this was the real reason Mumen was given a specialized battle suit.
- 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.
Everyone Is a Super: Their end goal is to make their battle suits available for the general population so that they can protect themselves against monsters with Blue and Accel being the biggest supporters of this goal. This is actually a ploy to take over the world since the higher-ups can take over the bodies and minds of people wearing the suits so long they didn't put any modifications on them.
Faceless Goons: Done on a metaphorical level, while the battle suits all the heroes wear don't cover their faces. Every single hero (including some of the Neo-Leaders) lacks any noteworthy difference in their strength, which makes them easily replaceable.
Flat Character: Combined with Forgettable Character 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 that heroes are referred to as a whole rather than as individuals.
Foil: To the Hero Association's Pro Heroes:
- Pro Heroes fight crime with their own tools and abilities, while the Neo Heroes enhance their strength with Powered Armor.
- Pro Heroes fight individually or in small groups, while Neo Heroes are organized like a military.
- Also while several Pro Heroes have undergone Misery Builds Character 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 Engineerd Heroics.
Hard Work Hardly Works: The Pro Heroes of the Hero Association worked hard on their skills to fight against villains and monsters, while the Neo Heroes only need to put on a suit to fight.
Helmets Are Hardly Heroic: The only protection the battle suits lack are helmets.
How Do I Shot Web?: Considering the fact their members are essentially civilians who just got their battle suits, they have little to no idea how to use their full capabilities especially compared to Blue who is shown to have the skills to use them. In particular, Suiryu completely loses control of his movements when removing the limiters of his suit.
Hypocrite: Despite their claim that the Hero Association is only built on appearances, their first goal is to improve their own PR and overtake the Hero Association. For this goal, they try to convince Pro Heroes to move over to Neo Heroes, some of their Neo-Leaders only got their position due to their popularity or influence and denied the Hero Association's request to work together to save more lives. According to Forte, he and others only hear the positives of the Neo Heroes.
Jerkass: Many of their members are this, which is to be expected since they are more or less normal people whose egos got inflated thanks to the strength their battle suits give them. Not to mention the implication they take strength serums and drugs that heighten their aggression and arrogance.
Let No Crisis Go to Waste: Even amid a robot invasion threatening the entire world, the executives reject McCoy suggesting they should lend some of their gear to the Pro Heroes to comb the invasion since they want to use the crisis to force the Pro Heroes to join them.
Lowered Recruiting Standards: Just like how the Hero Association started, Neo Heroes lacks any kind of requirement to join since they just put the recruit in a battle suit making them stronger than the average A-Class hero.
Mysterious Backer: While they have several backers, it is unknown exactly where they get their technology from with the only hints being that they were possibly developed by Bofoi or the Organization.
Powered Armor: All of their heroes wear battle suits which enhances their ability. Wherever they got the suits from sure as hell wasn't legal, as Genos notes. They are also connected to their nervous systems, which causes the wearer to be completely taken over when their higher-ups decide to perform a Villain Overrride.
Power Limiter: Their suits have several limiters installed in them, which can be released for more power, but at the cost of draining the suit's energy and in the case of untrained heroes completely lose control of their own movements.
Pride Before a Fall: 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. This continued during the robot invasion especially since they had no trouble scrapping the robots, but once the robots are seemingly dealt with, the Villain Override kicks in causing them to completely lose control of their body, while being aware of what's happening.
Punch-Clock Hero: Most of their members are essentially working a low-risk job with great benefits and high pay without the need for actual training.
Red Shirts: Several lower class and even some Neo Leaders became this on their first day of work and ended up being turned into cyborgs.
Soldier vs. Warrior: The Soldier to the Hero Association's Warrior. The Hero Association has far stronger members on an individual level but they operate without a unified leadership, and there are several factions within vying for power. The Neo Heroes tend to be weaker on average, but they make up for it with their battle suits, greater numbers, and better organization in directing their efforts.
Super Serum: During their training, they drink what is implied to be some kind of power-enhancing drug.
Too Good to Be True: As Forte notes, Neo Heroes' offer is way too good without any kind of ulterior motive 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 Powered Armor 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 or get taken over by the battle suits they are wearing.
Unskilled, but Strong: Their battle suits give them strength on par if not even greater than an A-Class hero, but most of them lack the skill to use them which is how several of them got fatally injured when the threat they faced was able to take their hits and/or penetrate their armor.
Unwilling Roboticisation: In case their heroes are injured, their unconscious bodies are sent to the "Recovery Room", where they are turned into cyborgs, which makes them stronger at the cost of their free will.
Unwitting Pawn: 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 or being turned into subservient puppets through their battle suits. On top of that it is highly implied all threats they face are Engineered Heroics with the Neo Heroes being caught too much up in their success to even notice something off.
Villain Override: 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 (i.e. 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.
Villain with Good Publicity: They have criminals like A and Ryumon working with them, who are also the only Neo Heroes that fully know the organization's plans, 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 turn real heroes like Metal Bat into their pawns.
We Have Reserves: They have over 2000 members and are growing quickly due to lacking any sort of requirement to join, so they have more than enough heroes to replace the ones that have fallen since none of them have any noteworthy difference in power. Not to mention the fact that the heroes who do get injured are turned into subservient cyborgs.
With Us or Against Us: 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. Once the Villain Override 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.

Executives

Fuzzy

The founder and true leader of the Neo Heroes, Fuzzy is the supposed grandson of the late seer Shibabawa. He inherited all of her estate and connections and allegedly practices clairvoyance himself. He has recruited Blue as the public face of the Neo Heroes while he works behind the scenes, and only a select few can meet him.

Arc Villain: Appears to be the foremost villain for the Neo Heroes saga as a whole.
Bad Boss: Implied to be this by McCoy, who is outright terrified to think what Fuzzy would do if he were to betray Neo Heroes in any form even if it is something as small as talking with a former colleague from the Hero Association. McCoy is proven right once he is caught trying to break Metal Bat out with him being send to the Recovery Room to become more obedient.
Control Freak: Aside from McCoy all other higher-ups were turned into cyborgs for the sake of their "safety", but it is rather clear that this is done to ensure Fuzzy has sole control over Neo Heroes with the aforementioned McCoy outright calling him a dictator. He also wants as many Neo Heroes as possible to be cyberized, even though he can already take over their bodies through the battle suits they are wearing.
It's All About Me: McCoy outright calls him a dictator, who only cares about Neo Heroes rather than someone, who actually cares about saving lives.
The Man Behind the Man: The actual founder and leader of the Neo Heroes, having approached Blue to kickstart the organization.
Seers: He also practices clairvoyance just like his late grandmother. 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.
Sketchy Successor: 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.
Suspiciously Similar Substitute: To Gyoro Gyoro/Psykos, being an eccentric visionary whose goal is to use an organization to change the world.
Unwitting Pawn: Potentially. He may or may not be a puppet of the Organization.

Neo Leaders

Blue

A gifted young man who is the pillar of the entire Neo Heroes organization. Despite acting like an introverted teen, all hopes have been placed on him due to the rumor that he is the son of the legendary hero Blast.

The Ace: According to himself and McCoy, he is the strongest member of the Neo Heroes and is shown to be the most skilled in using Neo Heroes' technology. While the latter is true, the claim about his strength is questionable at the very least, since the Neo Heroes count among their members Metal Bat and Child Emperor, who were capable of feats beyond those shown by Blue even without relying on their suits, plus people like Suryu and Raiden, whose strength is at very least close to S-class and, even if they are not as good at using their suit, can probably do far more than Blue by using it to boost their own skills anyway. His control over the Neo Heroes' technology actually seems to be Blue's only noteworthy skill, unlike literally every other Neo Leader (Zaedats and Infelsinave also lack combat skills, which leads to their catastrophic defeats on their ''first day'' on the job, but were still at least established personalities outside the Neo Heroes). In the end, his position as The Ace is very much an Invoked Trope, and the real reason is that he can be easily controlled by the higher-ups, unlike the other Neo Leaders, as Forte points out to him despite his fame Blue is just as easily replaceable as a faceless member of the association despite his rank as status as the face and strongest of the Neo Heroes.
The Alleged Boss: Even though as a Neo Leader, he should have a squad at his command, during the robot invasion, his squad is absent with him aimlessly fighting alone and on the brink of stress and exhaustion unlike the other Neo Leaders, who do command their squads.
Ambiguous Situation:
- Whether or not he truly is Blast's son. While his "claims" of Blast being his father is already sketchy by itself, never mind Blue providing no further evidence beyond his own words, at the same time, it's not entirely implausible for Blast to father a 16-year-old son as he was already an adult when he saved the 10-year-old Tatsumaki and is shown to be middle-aged in the manga. The subject is further muddled as Blue exhibits traits that are the opposite of his father, and, in the manga, Blast does show some physical resemblance to Blue (mainly their light-colored hair and multicolored irises) along with his hero costume being similar to "son's" battle suit. However, Blast had black hair when he was younger and Blue is actually wearing special contact lenses that give him Stat-O-Vision, putting even their physical resemblance in doubt.
- It's unclear how he managed to escape the Villain Override nearly all other Neo Heroes suffered from since aside from Accel, who modded his suit for his own specifications, there is no explanation for why Blue is still himself aside from the possibility he exhausted too much of the suit's energy due to fighting alone all the time. Although this is somewhat a moot point since shortly afterward, he was accidentally knocked unconscious by Saitama due to being in the area where he was fighting against the robot army.
Attack! Attack! Attack!: In his battle against the Dragon-Level threat, Eel Dragon, he just keeps attacking the gargantuan monster until it drops dead somehow with the exhausted Blue telling McCoy that all he did was keep attacking it blindly without even knowing his attacks would work. For comparison, the other Dragon-Level threats were defeated through the sheer concentrated power of the S-Class heroes and Saitama with only Genos ending up damaged. This foreshadows the fact his "victory" was engineered to make him look more competent than the Pro Heroes especially since Eel Dragon's damage was more contained compared to the other Dragon-Level threats.
Authority in Name Only: 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.
Berserk Button: Mentioning his father to him till the point it looks like he is ready to attack Forte for suggesting to talk with his dad.
Change the Uncomfortable Subject: In a television interview, he is asked about the whereabouts and status of his father, Blast, he completely evades the question by passing over the question to the Hero Association while also noting they most likely won't get a straight answer and then starts talking about the suits of Neo Heroes.
Civvie Spandex: Over his battle suit, he wears shorts and a hoodie, unlike all other wearers.
Coattail-Riding Relative: Considering the fact he never fought a monster before joining Neo Heroes and his status as Blast's son became public knowledge after his debut. It is highly likely that he never would have become a Neo Leader and the public face of Neo Heroes if he wasn't Blast's son.
Curb Stomp Cushion: While he was able to defeat a Dragon-Level threat, he was forced to use all his suit's limiters and was left completely exhausted afterward. At least this is what it is supposed to look like since Child Emperor found a control chip in its brain when researching the corpse.
Daddy Issues: He seems unaware that Blast isn't actually retired and is instead going around undermining a god-level threat. Blue seems to have abandonment issues and sees his father as being not proactive enough. Blue is also convinced that a hero needs to be out in the open to the public, but the reason seems to be that he has mild Glory Seeker tendencies instead of his stated reason that he has to be a good role model to the people.
Decoy Leader: 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.
Detrimental Determination: Blue has the drive to become the greatest hero, but completely ignores the danger he puts himself into. After defeating Eel Dragon, he runs after the last remaining Dragon-Level threat even though his victory against Eel Dragon left him completely exhausted and left all his gear out of juice. Against the robot army, he is on the brink of collapse and ignores all orders to return to base to heal up and just keeps fighting aimlessly.
General Failure: 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 robot army being a standout with even Suiryu shown commanding his squad unlike Blue, who is only shown fighting alone and on the brink of a Heroic RRoD.
Hair-Trigger Temper: He has a rather nasty temper, which caused him to nearly get in a fight with Genos when the cyborg stops him from chasing Saitama and Amai Mask and looks like he is ready to attack Forte for suggesting that Blue should talk with his dad.
Heroic RRoD: 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.
Horrible Judge of Character: Aside from trusting McCoy and the other shady higher-ups of Neo Heroes especially Fuzzy. He also sees Saitama as a fellow contender for being the greatest hero and possibly someone with influence in the Hero Association. Even though Forte outright told him to his face that Saitama considers the whole hero thing more of a hobby.
Informed Ability: His claim of being the Neo Heroes' strongest hero is already questionable due to most of his power coming from his battle suit, which was only barely enough to defeat a Dragon-Level threat with Blue himself noting a single hit would kill him. In fact, he hasn't even fought a monster once before he's introduced into the story. For comparison, the S-Class heroes who migrated to Neo Heroes were known for being able to defeat a Dragon-Level threat with only their own ability. This is more or less invoked since it is more or less stated that Blue being their "strongest" hero is for the sake of PR with said victory over a Dragon-Level threat even being implied to have been engineered to further the reputation of Neo Heroes and make the Hero Association incompetent by comparison. Further muddying his claim of being the strongest is the fact that Webigaza is shown to have more varied powers and destructive abilities through all the modifications she went through albeit at the cost of draining her energy quickly. The battle against the robot army even shows that aside from the aforementioned Webigaza, he is the only Neo Leader shown to be exhausted from fighting the army.
Irony:
- His first words to the other Neo-Leaders is for them to show the public what true heroes are, which is rather rich considering they include a notorious gang leader and a hitman, who kills people for fun. and that's going before the implication that all Neo Heroes are fake heroes with Engineered Heroics.
- He considers the Hero Association to be corrupt yet he is oblivious to the corruption of Neo Heroes that make the association look like angels for comparison.
- Despite his own issues with his father, his whole hero career is dependent on being Blast's son since unlike the other Neo Leaders, Blue has neither experience in fighting monsters, nor any kind of reputation aside from his familial connection with Forte outright calling him uncharismatic and replaceable.
Like Father, Unlike Son: Blue is more or less his father's opposite:
- Blast kept himself Shrouded in Myth till the point not even a picture of him exists, Blue immediately shows his existence through the media shortly after making his debut as a hero.
- Blast considers his job more like a hobby, while Blue takes the job too seriously along with desiring to become the top hero.
- Blast works discreetly, and relies on his own strength & power as a hero, while Blue operates by taking orders from his higher-ups along with relying on Neo Heroes' technology to fight crime.
- They both believe that people should fight for themselves, but while Blast wants them to use their own power and work together, Blue believes they should become reliant on the technology of Neo Heroes.
- Blast's group is colorful and individualistic, who are all True Companions with each other with Blast wanting to save Empty Void from his monsterization, 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 shown 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.
Locked Out of the Loop: He went to the Hero Association headquarters to negotiate an alliance with them... which just shows his status as an Authority in Name Only 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.
Oh, Crap!: He has a big one upon seeing Saitama kill a Dragon-level threat in one punch.
Parody Sue: His higher-ups present him as a Teen Genius, 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 a hero coming from Engineered Heroics.
Propaganda Hero: As the face of Neo Heroes he is this with them especially focusing on advertising him as their strongest hero and leader of the organization especially since his reliance on their technology makes it appear that any normal person can easily become a Neo Hero capable of killing monsters, while in reality Blue is Decoy Leader and his skills while impressive tend to lean on Informed Ability against greater threats with the implication that the higher-ups specifically engineers certain victories for him to make him look stronger than he actually is.
Pyrrhic Victory: Blue notes that even if Neo Heroes manage to eliminate the entire robot army, the amount of destruction they caused would make the victory hollow.
Reasonable Authority Figure: While he does consider the Hero Association to be corrupt, he does want to ally with them. However, this does show that he is left completely in the dark about the fact that Neo Heroes were the ones who rejected the Hero Association's attempt at working together.
Slave to PR: Implied to be this considering the fact he was constantly smiling during the television interview in contrast to the scowl he has when working.
Sketchy Successor: Claiming to be Blast's son is already questionable in its own right, with the only evidence supporting it is his own words and the mystery surrounding his father making it both plausible and implausible at the same time. Not helping the matter is that he isn't anything like his dad.
Skilled And Strong: Unlike other Neo Heroes, Blue actually trained himself on how to use their technology.
Skilled, but Naive: He is strong enough with Neo Heroes' technology to defeat Demon-Level and Dragon-Level threats (although the latter with much more difficulty), but he never fought monsters before joining Neo Heroes and underestimated their strength. Not to mention his implied case of Horrible Judge of Character since two Neo-Leaders used to be criminals and his executive McCoy is a part of the Hero Association's corruption, along with the implication that he is just an Unwitting Pawn to the Neo Heroes' backer or higher-ups.
Strong as They Need to Be: 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. This is to be expected, considering it was all Engineered Heroics, even if Blue wasn't aware of it.
To Be a Master: He desires to become a hero who surpasses his father, which is already a huge hurdle considering it is supposed to be Blast.
Too Dumb to Live: 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 a robot.
Unknown Rival: He sees Saitama as a fellow competitor to becoming the greatest hero, but Saitama doesn't care about that spot, considers the whole hero thing to be a hobby, and during the arc focuses on gaining a new hero name.
Unwitting Pawn: Possibly the biggest pawn of Neo Heroes since despite being aware that they want to use him as their Propaganda Hero, he is largely oblivious to the organization's shadier dealings and is left completely in the dark about the Hero Association offering their cooperation, which leaves him aimlessly yelling at the Hero Association headquarters for an alliance that was already rejected by his higher-ups. He also lacks any suspicion over the huge rise in monster attacks and simply does his job without question.

Accel

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Formerly a vigilante leading an organization known as the Hunters, Accel is a diligent warrior who believes the Hero Association is corrupt and untrustworthy. He and his Hunters have joined the Neo Heroes in order to achieve their goal of surpassing the Hero Association.

Ace Custom: Downplayed; He modified his battle suit to better fit his own specifications, which saved him from the Villain Override the other Neo Heroes suffered.
Achievement In Ignorance: He only modified his battle suit to better his specifications, but it somehow saved him from the Villain Override all other members suffer from, although this does leave him at the mercy of his brainwashed comrades.
Boring, but Practical: We get a look at how his group takes down monsters when they face a giant snail - they attack it with poisoned weaponry and drive it into a head-on collision with group members holding long spears. Not exactly as flashy or effortless as the S-Class would make it look, but it works.
Break the Haughty: 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 his whole squad is turned against him when they taken over by their battle suits.
Horrible Judge of Character: Despite knowing that Ryumon is a notorious gang leader, he does not question Neo Heroes' decision to make Ryumon a Neo Leader and still blindly believes they are less corrupt and more trustworthy than the Hero Association with him even seeing the battle suits as the only solution civilians have to defend themselves. Once his Hunters have been taken over by the battle suits, he finds out that his trust was very misplaced with him being hunted down by his comrades.
Informed Ability: 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 is more done to show just how understaffed the Hero Association is and how desperate they are to recruit new heroes.
Kick the Dog: He insults Tanktop Master and refuses to help the unconscious Pro Heroes get to safety, which showcases just how deep his vendetta against the Hero Association is.
Laser-Guided Karma: After insulting Tanktop Master for being "too prideful" and refusing his help, he is left alone when the Hunters undergo a Villain Override with him running away in panic from his squad under the control of the battle suits he used to praise.
The Leader: Of the Hunters, who he continues to lead after they joined Neo Heroes as the "Neo Hunters" with them having complete trust in each other, which is what makes him realize that Neo Heroes is the one taking them over through their battle suits since there is no way a mere malfunction would make all his comrades attack him.
Oh, Crap!:
- He has a big one upon seeing an army of robots destroying a city.
- He has an even bigger one when his squad undergoes a Villain Override and starts attacking him, with him realizing that Neo Heroes have been taken over by the battle suits they've been using. He then runs away in panic, while trying to figure out what the hell is going on.
Pride Before a Fall: 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 sees Neo Heroes as the only heroes civilians need and has an Imagine Spot in which he sees all civilians armed with the battle suits of Neo Heroes. When the robots are seemingly defeated, his entire squad undergoes a Villain Override due to said battle suit with him being forced to run away in complete panic and horror.
Token Good Teammate: He and Raiden are two of the only good people of the Neo Hero Leaders. Blue would count if he wasn't in it for the wrong reasons (to prove daddy wrong) and a hypocrite to boot. And even then Accel can be a jerk, though he still counts by comparison with the others.
Vigilante Man: Before he was hired, he was a man leading a squad of vigilantes to kill monsters without being part of any organization.

Raiden

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A notorious sumotori, known all over the martial arts world for his cataclysmic strength and skill. Despite joining the Neo Heroes, he is a bit stubborn and refuses to mindlessly follow orders.

Empowered Badass Normal: After a fight with Puri-Puri Prisoner, he decides to wear one due to feeling inadequate in his strength since he was unable to truly damage the S-Class Hero.
Fights Like a Normal: The only Neo Hero to fight without using a suit, since he feels they can't match the latent potential of flesh. He changes his mind after his fight with Puri-Puri Prisoner and starts wearing a suit too.
Gentle Giant: He's a kind sumo wrestler.
Horrible Judge of Character: 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. He pays for this when Neo Heroes take control of him with the battle suit he wears, making him no different from the cyborgs.
Informed Ability: He's supposedly as strong as Darkshine, but he doesn't get a chance to properly measure the difference in their strength since Darkshine is in a massive funk when they meet. As it later turns said comparison was truly just an estimation and rumor, in reality, his strength is actually around the level of Puri-Puri Prisoner, the weakest S-Class Hero, since he was unable to truly damage the hero who didn't even fight back due to him protecting his prisoners.
Nice Guy: Is respectful enough of Darkshine's mental breakdown to avoid pressing the issue for a confrontation when he realizes it.
- He also saves a Hero Association member from being killed by a group of monsters, being thankful that he was able to reach him in time. This is especially apparent compared to the insults Ryumon and Accel give to Pro Heroes.
- Despite viewing Puri-Puri Prisoner with contempt due to being a criminal, he declares the S-Class a true hero after seeing him protect the prisoners while not fighting back at all.
Rapid-Fire Descriptors: After being taken over by his battle suit, he mutters something very rapidly... which is a cry for help stating that he lost complete control over his body and the forced movements are painful to him.
Token Good Teammate: He and Accel are two of the only good people of the Neo Hero Leaders. Blue would count if he wasn't in it for the wrong reasons and a hypocrite to boot.
Unwitting Pawn: Similar to Zaedats, Neo Heroes convinced him to use his influence to get many other sumo wrestlers to join along with undergoing the cyberization process. This causes all of them including himself to suffer a Villain Override and become nothing more than pawns for Neo Heroes to use.
Van Helsing Hate Crimes: Contrasting his Nice Guy and honorable personality, he has a low opinion towards criminals and thus views Puri-Puri Prisoner with contempt and he even accepts the Neo Heroes' policy of giving them Unwilling Roboticisation. He changes his tune once he sees him willing to protect the inmates from his attacks and he even rejects his superiors' orders due to his newfound respect towards the S-Class hero.
The Worf Effect: His inability to truly damage Puri-Puri Prisoner showcases that his strength is not nearly at Darkshine's level. He is very well aware of this trope since the fight leaves him wondering why Puri-Puri Prisoner is considered to be weak, and resorting to the battle suits to increase his own strength.

Suiryu (Spoilers)

Suiryu

Voiced by: Masaya Matsukaze (Japanese), Alan Lee (English)

Debut: Chapter 60 (Manga), Episode 16 (Anime)

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A martial artist and user of the Void Fist. He was a top contender in the Super Fight tournament and later joined the Neo Heroes after being inspired by Saitama.

The Ace: He is considered a legend for winning 4 Super Fight tournaments in a row.
Adaptational Personality Change: His webcomic self never went through the Character Development his manga version did, so he's still cocky and lazy as ever and joined the Neo Heroes only because they promised him a fat paycheck.
Ain't Too Proud to Beg: Beaten up by Gouketsu and surrounded by crow monsters in his weakened state, Suiryu doesn't hesitate to put aside his pride and ask Bakuzan, who's been watching all the while and still more or less at full strength, for help. Bakuzan proceeds to eat all the remaining monster cells instead.
- When he's beaten down to the point of only being able to crawl, he tries begging Bakuzan to spare him (though he drew the line at licking his feet) and shortly after cries out for a hero to save him — anyone at all. Thankfully, this time, Saitama comes to rescue him, Sneck, and Max from certain death. The trope is also justified since the situation got really bad for him to handle.
All Chinese People Know Kung-Fu: He wears a traditional uniform used in Chinese martial arts, with a black and white top sporting long sleeves and has star-shaped decor in front. ONE has stated that in the real world he'd be Italian, though.
Anti-Villain: Despite his Social Darwinist beliefs and a little arrogance, he is not a bad guy and just serves as a Hero Antagonist to Saitama until Gouketsu's arrival.
Arc Villain: Of Super Fight Arc, until Gouketsu and Bakuzan take his place.
Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy: In the traditional sense. But even more so regarding his lifestyle choice. He gets better.
Blood Knight: Subverted. He claims he wishes to feel the thrill of a real fight, just like Saitama and Boros, but the moment he's faced with a situation where he might actually lose, he immediately loses all composure and flies into a rage. He outright states he doesn't find losing to be fun, which contrasts Boros, who had the time of his life even though he completely lost.
Break the Haughty: Starts when he is completely defeated by Gouketsu. His pride is shown to further break down from his former arrogant nature after desperately asking for help from Bakuzan, knowing full well he cannot win with his strength alone. Bakuzan refuses and he is saved by the same heroes he mocked before. And, in the end, he is once again brutally attacked by monster-Bakuzan, leaving him heavily injured and unable to do more than scream for some hero, any hero no matter how weak, to come to save him. Luckily, it's Saitama who comes to his rescue.
Brilliant, but Lazy: By his own admission, he's never trained particularly hard and would sometimes neglect his master's lessons to spend the day picking up girls instead. At the present day, he admitted that he hasn't even bothered practicing his martial arts at all in the past few years and primarily entered the current Super Fight tournament because he was low on cash. Even so, he's easily leaps and bounds ahead of the A-Class heroes and one of the strongest martial artists seen yet solely through his natural talent.
But Not Too Challenging: Before his eventual match against Saitama, Suiryu expresses a playful desire to fight a Worthy 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 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 no-selling Suiryu's Worf Barrage, the latter outright states that he doesn't find losing fun.
Canon Immigrant: Was not in the original webcomic version of the Monster Association arc, as most of the other tournament contestants. He was eventually imported back into the webcomic, albeit without his Character Development.
The Casanova: He enjoys hitting on pretty girls in his spare time. He also only decided to fight the transformed monsters if one of the presentation girls at the tournament would go out with him.
Character Development: In the manga and anime, averted in webcomic. From an arrogant hedonist who just wants to have fun and thinks lowly of heroes, to a person who wants to become a hero themself, after major Jerkass Realization.
Charles Atlas Superpower: Good lord! He's strong enough to split the tournament ring in two and lift half of it by stomping his foot all from his martial arts.
Clark Kent Outfit: He is ridiculously shredded, but it's not immediately apparent in his baggy martial arts uniform.
Classical Antihero: We see Suiryu start as a person who's charismatic, if arrogant and shallow, whose admittedly phenomenal talent allows him to be incredibly blase and supremely overconfident in his abilities. In the span of a day of being introduced, he's gone to appreciating the Heroes, not as hypocritical fame and fortune seekers, but as men and women who legitimately put their lives on the line for the protection of humanity, even if it's just a job for many of them. He's also taught vicious lessons in humility and gratitude, being brought to tears several times in quick succession.
Clothing Damage: Saitama's punch (which he stopped just in time) rips off Suiryu's shirt and shows off his Heroic Build.
Curb-Stomp Battle: He defeated Lightning Max, and subsequently Sneck, with a single attack. Receives one from Saitama and, later, Gouketsu.
Demoted to Extra: After the tournament arc in the manga, Suiryu is only given a few scenes as the story focuses on the Hero Association's hunt for the Monster Association.
Despair Event Horizon: Invoked by Bakuzan, who brutally beats Suiryu and wants to watch him kill remaining heroes on the stadium. Later played straight, when Saitama rejects his worries and goes to kill Gouketsu. Thankfully in both cases it's quickly resolved by Saitama.
Disqualification-Induced Victory: The only way he could have won against Saitama, with the latter being disqualified when his disguise was revealed. He didn't like it to say the least.
Empowered Badass Normal: Assuming the webcomic version of him shares the same S-class skills and capabilities of the manga version, after joining the Neo Heroes, he wears the Powered Armor they provide which is already potent enough to make C-Class heroes stronger than A-Class heroes.
Everyone Has Standards: Though arrogant to a fault, he rejects eating a monster cell to become a monster, showcasing that he doesn't want to give up his humanity for more power.
Foil: To Saitama: both are very strong and wish to have a real challenge, but while Saitama is bored of his situation, Suiryu is happy and relaxed, claiming he can do whatever he wants (due to his beliefs). It's actually invoked by Suiryu himself, noticing Saitama specializes in punches, so he decides to use kicks. And as story progresses, both of them are revealed to be Jerk With A Heart In Gold and deep down good people.
- Is also one to Genos, both being extremely powerful individuals who were changed by Saitama. Both Suiryu and Genos didn't think much of heroics until they faced an insurmountable obstacle and were saved by Saitama, who showed them both what a true hero is like. Suiryu even asked if he could be Saitama's disciple too but Saitama had already learned his lesson with Genos and refused.
- He is also a foil to Genos, Super Alloy Darkshine, Garou, and Boros. Each of them reacts fundamentally differently to facing an opponent they can't beat. Genos is motivated each time he loses and cares about the safety of others when he's in pieces. Darkshine feels deep-seated fear and is broken when he realizes he could actually lose a fight. Garou is usually like Genos when he loses, but losing to Saitama broke him (and convinced him that his ways were wrong). Boros was just saddened that he couldn't provide a good fight to Saitama. Suiryu, on the other hand, is enraged when he loses to Saitama and, later on, tries to brush it off. Later on, it's the fear that gets to him and he realizes what it means to be a coward and why heroes are heroes. It takes a bit more humbling for him to change his ways.
Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: The Foolish to Suiko's Responsible. Though she also has her own small streak of arrogance, Suiko in general is much more down to Earth than Suiryu (At least in the webcomic, where he has not had the same character development he has in the manga).
Foreshadowing: He seems to set up to bring the other surviving martial artists into Neo Heroes. After their experience with Gouketsu, they are all too scared to follow the heroes into the Monster Association's HQ, but they want to be as heroic. If the story keeps to the Webcomic, the Neo Heroes will be a shady bunch that will take in people who haven't developed the heroic resolve seen in the Hero Association heroes.
The Gift: Despite his youth and his decidedly laid-back attitude towards his own martial arts (seeing it only as something to impress girls and win tournament money with), his natural raw skill and power would easily qualify him as an S-Rank hero. Bakuzan outright admits that, with how strong Suiryu is at present while still having the potential to grow stronger, he'll never be able to match up to him as a human, hence, why he decided to become a monster.
Hidden Depths: Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy he is, he still doesn't want to lose his humanity unlike few other martial artists, which is the first scene that shows Suiryu isn't so bad after all.
Holding Out for a Hero: He calls for help for any hero out there to save him, Max and Sneck from Bakuzan, despite what he said about the concept of them.
Hypocrite: He's very fond of mocking and taking others lightly because he's stronger than them, but the moment Saitama does the same to him, he gets pissed off. He also looks down on heroes as being condescending and self-serving while performing deeds in return for favors even though he's guilty of the same thing.
Hypocrite Has a Point: While his criticisms of heroes may not apply to guys like Mumen Rider or Saitama (on a good day), and he's just as guilty of using his power to do whatever he wants, he's not wrong that the Hero Association is corrupt and doesn't actually care about protecting people.
Jerkass Realization: When he gets beaten by Bakuzan, Suiryu finally realizes what actually stands for a hero, previously being very arrogant about it.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: While he's certainly arrogant, condescending, and self-centered, Suiryu's not really a malicious person at heart. He's also genuinely grateful to Lightning Max and Sneck for saving him in his hour of need, admitting to himself that he was wrong about heroes, and later tries to hold back Saitama from going after Gouketsu after saving him from Bakuzan despite being beaten so badly he can't even stand.
Let's Get Dangerous!: After seeing how strong Saitama really is, he stops using only kicks and fights with all his strength.
Long-Haired Pretty Boy: He is this, and went out with a lot of girls. Bakuzan "fixes" this by punching most of his teeth out and ripping off his hair.
Mr. Fanservice: He has many a Shirtless Scene.
Normal Fish in a Tiny Pond: The source of his pride. He's legitimately strong and would fit into the lower ranks of S-Class perfectly, but he's limited his worldview to what he sees in the tournament ring. Fighting only people much weaker than him has blinded him to just how many monsters and heroes out there are stronger than him. He finally understands this once he fights the Dragon-level Gouketsu and realizes that for all his strength, he can't make the monster even blink.
Oh, Crap!: He's practically drenched in fear-sweat after his shirt is shredded right off his body just from the wind of Saitama's punch. It's very clear that he's never faced an opponent who was actually a threat to him, much less an opponent who outclassed him completely. It happens again when he realizes that he can barely make Gouketsu flinch and he's not taking it seriously. It happens another time, when he sees Saitama completely obliberating Bakuzan's torso. AND it happens yet again when Gouketsu's head drops right before him, realizing Saitama won against monster. All of these in a span of few hours. Trauma Conga Line doesn't begin to describe it.
Pride: He's main flaw and even biggest advantage! This is actually what stops him from eating a monster cell, saying that being a monster is disgusting. Later when Bakuzan gives him a chance to spare him by licking his foot, he breaks the monster's toe instead.
Pride Before a Fall: He enters the tournament smug and assured of his invincibility. He then gets his ass kicked several times over, and has his worldview, especially his disdain of heroes, utterly broken.
Pyrrhic Victory: He actually wins against Saitama by technicality, as Saitama break the tournament rules. However, he doesn't take the win initially, and immediately fights Saitama for real, only for him to be defeated by a single Hip Attack. He's still outed as the official champion, but he certainly doesn't take his "victory" well.
Rambunctious Italian: According to ONE, Suiryu would be Italian in real life. While he's usually very easygoing and laidback in demeanor, Suiryu will do a 180 of his usual mood if you managed to rile him up.
Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs: Kick version. Then he uses a mix of the two, that obviously has no effect on Saitama.
"The Reason You Suck" Speech: Gave this to Sneck, realizing that most heroes do their job not for justice but only for self-satisfaction, pride, and ego.
Shipper on Deck: In the webcomic, though he never met Saitama during the events of the Tournament (unlike the manga) and therefore doesn't know his strength firsthand yet, he does hear from Suiko that he's pretty strong and that's enough for him to give Saitama his "permission" to date her. Suiko is not amused, however.
Slipknot Ponytail: His main hairstyle. When receiving the punch from Saitama, his ponytail comes off.
Smug Super: Is very confident in his abilities, is likely as strong as an S-Class hero, and loves taking time out of his day to remind you of this. Learning firsthand he's not at the top of the pecking order via repeated humiliation humbles him a bit.
The Social Darwinist: He believes strongly in the philosophy of natural selection, where the strong will always prevail no matter what. Until his realization, mentioned below.
Sore Loser: Despite claiming that he wanted a fun battle against an opponent that he could cut loose against, the moment it becomes clear that Saitama is much stronger than he is, he immediately throws what is essentially a temper tantrum, drops his carefree attitude, and tries to administer a brutal No-Holds-Barred Beatdown on him. When Saitama calls him out on this he actually retorts that he doesn't find losing fun.
Strong and Skilled: Despite being a Brilliant, but Lazy prodigy who neglects his training, he is still an incredibly skilled martial artist on raw talent alone, and he has speed and power enough to qualify as an S-Class Hero. Ultimately, it still leaves him overwhelmed when facing the likes of Saitama or the Monster Association. Ironically in the webcomic, when he tries to use the battle suit's higher settings, he became Unskilled, but Strong due to being unable to keep up with the suit's movements.
Took a Level in Kindness: While still a show-off, he gets much nicer after Super Fight Arc.
The Tooth Hurts: Loses several of his teeth from being beaten down by Bakuzan, which persist all the way to the Bonus Chapter: Can Hardly Wait. Finally subverted in chapter 142, where his near full recovery has him with a full set of teeth.
Trauma Conga Line: Suiryu entered the tournament expecting to win the prize money, have a good fight or two, and maybe score a date along the way. What he got instead was the worst day of his life. To whit,
- It begins when he fights Saitama. Despite his best efforts, he can't do anything to Saitama, and wins only via a technicality, but he dismisses it as a personal defeat.
- Gouketsu then enters the picture, and transforms several other fighters into monsters. Suiryu fights them in exchange for a date with a pretty girl, and beats them with moderate difficulty, but gets rewarded by being beaten half to death by Gouketsu and his three crow monster henchmen. Suiryu realizes he's outmatched and throws away his pride to ask Bakuzan for help, only to have Bakuzan refuse and transform into a monster instead. He's saved from one killing blow at the last second by Sneck and Lightning Max, who he disparaged for being heroes and weaker than him, only to watch in horror as they sacrifice themselves to buy him time to escape. He tries...
- ... but gets blocked and beaten down even further by the now fully transformed Bakuzan. All he can do at this point is crawl along the ground with tears in his eyes and scream out for a hero, the ones he looked down on so much, to come save him. It's this final moment of humility that causes Saitama, his last tournament opponent, to come to his rescue.
Troll: In his fight against Saitama, the first part of it comprised entirely of Suiryu trying to knock off "Charanko's" wig just with the wind of his attacks.
Victory Is Boring: Despite him officially winning against Saitama, he's not exactly satisfied, since he actually lost anyway.
Villainous BSoD: While it's a bit of a stretch to call him a villain, he didn't take his "loss" against Saitama very well. However, he snapped out of it pretty quickly and decided to just forget about the encounter.
Willfully Weak: He decides to use only kicks to contrast himself from Saitama but can also fight with punches as well.
With Great Power Comes Great Perks: He believes that since he's insanely strong, he has the right to just relax, have fun, and do anything he wants. Even when the other competitors turned into monsters, he only faced them in exchange for a date with a girl. Likewise, he believes that heroes who fight for such things as a sense of duty or justice to be either corrupt hypocrites or ineffectual weaklings. Later on inverted, as he rethinks this position after he's left broken in body and spirit by Gouketsu and later, Bakuzan, and he finally understands what it's like to be utterly powerless against an implacable foe with no one to come to your rescue. Combined with seeing Sneck and Lightning Max fearlessly stand up to Gouketsu despite being hopelessly outmatched to give him a chance to escape and later being saved by Saitama after he's left in utter despair at his situation prompts him to resolve to become a hero himself.
The Worf Effect: He is heavily outmatched by Gouketsu, who is completely unfazed by Suiryu's most powerful attacks.
Worthy Opponent: Subverted. While he does search for strong opponents and takes some pleasure fighting someone who can actually make him work for a victory, if it actually seems like he's going to lose, his playful attitude will immediately do a 180.

Ryumon

The leader of the gangster organization, "Ryumon Gumi", who decides to contribute positively to society through the use of violence. Despite his criminal background, he seems like a relatively well-adjusted man, at least on the surface.

Axe-Crazy: He is clearly not the most stable person, since the first thing he says once hearing Neo Heroes is allowed to fight crime is that they can carry guns now.
Bystander Syndrome: Despite an army of robots laying waste to the world, he stays in the headquarters as if he has nothing better to do.
Hazy-Feel Turn: He was originally a criminal, but joined Neo Heroes to become a hero although his sanity and sincerity in it are very questionable.
Hypocrite: He calls Pro Heroes who fight with their own strength arrogant fools, which actually describes Neo Heroes better since many of them were shown as jerkasses with bloated egos due to the power they gained from the suits.
Jerkass: He rejects an offer of teamwork from a Hero Association member, calling him a small fry and "thanking" him for losing to the monsters and strengthening his and his gangsters' image.
Jerkass Has a Point: 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, Mumen Rider, the top C-Class Hero who only suffers to be a The Chew Toy 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 Engineered Heroics.
Oh, Crap!: He sweats bullets upon seeing Child Emperor dissect the monsters the Neo Heroes have beaten with the implication that he knows where they came from.
Token Evil Teammate: Amongst the Neo Heroes, he is a gangster, who has not changed his ways at all and is also implied to be amongst the few who have the complete picture of Neo Heroes' goals, which are far from heroic.

Webigaza

A popular idol singer who took a six-month-long break from her career to modify her own body to fight crime. She wants to do good in the world, but more importantly, she wants to surpass Amai Mask.

All for Nothing: Her temporary hiatus to modify her body to become a hero to surpass Amai Mask became this since the former idol hero became an unperson upon revealing his identity thus making her victory hollow and turning her into a slave of Neo Heroes due to needing their maintenance to live.
Body Horror: She is modified through cyborg parts with a flashback panel showing that she at least replaced all her limbs, took drugs to strengthen herself further, and went through brain surgery to gain psychic powers which all left only 29% percent of her body unmodified.
Character Development: While initially only becoming a hero to become more popular and defeat Amai Mask, after her conversation with Child Emperor she decides to become a more genuine hero due to hearing him talk about the heroics of the Pro Heroes that gave it their all with only their own tools and skills to fight with.
Cyborg: At least all of her limbs were replaced with cybernetic prosthetics.
Foil: Towards Amai Mask:
- Amai Mask started out as a hero due to his belief in inner beauty and morality despite his original ugly appearance and became an idol to fully support the Hero Association out of his own will, Webigaza is an idol who became a hero and joined Neo Heroes to improve her own image and catch up to him in popularity at the cost of essentially being a slave of Neo Heroes due to being dependant on their modifactions.
- Amai Mask's body transformed into a mysterious being due to his complex about his appearance, while Webigaza willingly modified 71% of her own body to rival Amai Mask.
- Webigaza fights monsters with flashy moves and powers while having a smile on her face that can either be described as fake or crazed, while Amai Mask fights monsters using his sheer strength to kill them swiftly and instantly along with only showing sheer cold ruthlessness.
Green-Eyed Monster: Towards Amai Mask due to him outshining her in popularity.
Heroic RRoD: While her large array of powers does allow her to annihilate a good portion of the robot army, it is clear that she is tiring herself out quickly, and by the time the second wave comes, she is already sweating bullets.
Hidden Depths: According to her conversation with Child Emperor, while she was jealous of Amai Mask's greater popularity, she did admire him for both being an idol and a hero. This also causes her to try and become a genuine hero along with learning about the courage and bravery the Pro Heroes showed even when facing against impossible odds from Child Emperor.
Hour of Power: While her modifications allow her to shoot energy beams and lay waste to even armies of robots, it quickly tires out her energy reserves.
Power at a Price: It's implied her modifications have reduced her lifespan by a lot. She tells Child Emperor that she can't survive without constant maintenance from Neo Heroes, making her beholden to it.
Psychic Powers: She gained them through brain surgery.
Pyrrhic Victory: Webigaza feels empty after she automatically became more famous than Amai Mask ever since he was outed as being a Monster, losing his entire Entertainer and Hero career overnight; she knows her "victory" wasn’t genuine, and now sees her body modifications as something that made her a slave, since she needs regular check-ups, as a sacrifice that didn’t amount to anything to properly defeat Amai Mask in the end.
Stepford Smiler: Her squad notes how fake her smiles for her livestream are, and she's likely insane beneath it all. 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.
Unknown Rival: 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.
Victory Is Boring: She has defeated Amai Mask as an idol due to him being forced to retire after revealing his identity as a monster, but she is very dissatisfied since she wanted to defeat him with her own ability.

Zaedats

One of Neo Heroes' first investors and a financier who holds several businesses. In order to fight as a hero, he arms himself with high-tech personal equipment - however, since suffering a crippling injury on the battlefield he has become a cyborg.

Crimefighting with Cash: He is one of Neo Heroes' investors and paid 200 billion yen for his own suit. This is deconstructed however since he lacks the fighting skills or training necessary to fight a Demon-Level threat which caused him to lose very badly.
Curb-Stomp Battle: He gets easily wrecked by a Demon-level threat to showcase how immense wealth to buy the best form of Power Armor isn't enough to be a superhero.
Deconstructed Character Archetype: To superhero characters who rely on their immense wealth to fight crime. Unlike Batman and Iron Man, Zaedats isn't burdened by any sort of trauma nor does he create his own weapons or even undergo some type of training. He's basically just a rich guy with delusions of grandeur, thinking his wealth will automatically make him a capable hero.
Epic Fail: He is unable to deal any amount of damage to the monster he was fighting and it is highly implied, he was defeated instantly!
- In the manga, his epic fail is even more drawn out. He gets pummeled around like a ragdoll while screaming for help, but his henchmen just stand by because his communicator is broken and he's too far away for them to hear him.
Fiction 500: He has set aside the highest budget for his personal equipment and is also one of Neo Heroes' investors.
Foreshadowing: Blue is shown to be able to solo a Dragon-level threat with the standard Neo Heroes' suit, yet Zaedats gets completely obliterated by a Demon-level threat despite wearing a supposedly far more advanced suit. This hints at how the fights against monsters are likely to be actually fixed, as we find out later that the monsters are controlled by chips. Noticeably, the only two to lose on the first day are Zaedats and Infelsinave, the two Neo Leaders without fame as heroes but that were allowed to join for the resources they brought to the association. Their defeat allowed them to be taken to the "Recovery Room", where they were turned into cyborgs completely controlled by the association, meaning that now the Neo Heroes actually have direct control over Zaedats' money and Infelsinave's cult, an awfully convenient result at the very least.
Powered Armor: He spent 200 billion yen on it and claims that it is more advanced than the standard suit Neo Heroes used. It still failed to do anything to the Demon-Level threat he was fighting.
Unwilling Roboticisation: Due to getting injured on his first day, he was turned into a cyborg at the "Recovery Room".
Unwitting Pawn: What his tenure as a Neo Hero amounts to since it's rather clear that they intended for him to be severely injured and turned into a cyborg so that the now will-less Zaedats will immediately give up all his assets without question.
What Happened to the Mouse?: Amid the robot invasion, he is nowhere to be seen, unlike Blue, Accel, Raiden, Webigaza, and Suiryu, who are shown fighting. It's later mentioned by McCoy that after cyberization and presumable brainwashing, he's donated all his money and resources to the Neo Heroes, which is likely the true reason the Neo Heroes wanted him instead of for fighting.

Infelsinave

A cultist behind the Church of Otherworldy Reincarnation, which has amassed a massive amount of followers in recent years. After being crippled in battle he has become a cyborg.

Curb-Stomp Battle: Similar to Zaedats, he gets easily wrecked by a Demon-level threat.
Informed Ability: He supposedly has divine powers and is on par with the Hero Association's S-Class, but he was severely injured on his first day with his fellow Neo Heroes even saying that he should not fight against threats of Demon and above. It is rather clear that he only became a Neo Leader due to his influence instead of his actual combat ability especially since after his cyberization, Neo Heroes uses him as a Puppet King to convince his followers to become cyborgs like him.
Irony: His church's doctrine has that after death one would reincarnate yet Neo Heroes forced him to cheat death and end up as cyborg that is a shell of his former self and can essentially be seen as a soul trapped in a puppet.
Take That!: He is possibly one towards the Isekai genre since the church he founded is called the "Church of Otherworldy Reincarnation" which has amassed many followers in recent years just like how the genre gained popularity in real life, but it is implied to be a cult instead of a true religion.
Unwilling Roboticisation: Due to getting injured on his first day, he was turned into a cyborg at the "Recovery Room".
Unwitting Pawn: What his tenure as a Neo Hero amounts to since it's rather clear that they intended for him to be severely injured and turned into a cyborg so that they can use his influence to turn his followers into subservient cyborgs following only the orders of Neo Heroes.
We Hardly Knew Ye: He hasn't even had a single line of dialogue before he is offed by a demon-level threat off-screen with all information about him coming from other characters.
What Happened to the Mouse?: Amid the robot invasion, he is nowhere to be seen, unlike Blue, Accel, Raiden, Webigaza, and Suiryu, who are shown fighting. 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.

A

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An A-Class criminal and a hitman who is also effective at killing monsters. He joined Neo Heroes for freedom from criminal charges, but in exchange for being put under constant surveillance.

Axe-Crazy: He has a clear psychotic look and kills people for fun.
Boxed Crook: He is a hitman whose under the surveillance of Neo Heroes or in Child Emperor's words under their protection as one of their "heroes".
Bystander Syndrome: Despite an army of robots laying waste to the world, he stays in the headquarters as if he has nothing better to do.
Dirty Coward: He and many members try to 'recruit' Speed-O-Sound Sonic with A himself acting superior to him believing the battle suits can easily deal with him. Once Sonic easily evades their attack and shows himself to be superior, A runs away leaving his men behind.
Distinction Without a Difference: A does not like killing people, he just plays a game to see how many lives he can take before his death.
For the Evulz: The reason he killed more people than necessary as a hitman? He plays a game to see how many lives he can take before his death.
Shame If Something Happened: He warns the Hero Association not to interfere with him, saying "accidents" tend to happen mid-battle.
Token Evil Teammate: Amongst the Neo Heroes, he is a hitman, who has not changed his ways at all along with being remorseless over his murders and is also implied to be amongst the few who have the complete picture of Neo Heroes' goals, which are far from heroic.

Other Members

Mars Leo

Interim champion of Death Boxing who beats up his opponents with his gloves filled with iron sand. He is later converted into a cyborg.

Jerkass Has a Point: He is a rather abrasive person, but he is correct in that some of the choices of Neo Leaders are rather questionable especially since both Zaedats and Infelsinave were fatally injured on their first day.

Koko (Solitude)

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One of the many cyborg competitors of "Cyborg Fight" with enough strength till the point he was kicked out due to no one betting money on him.

Cyborg: He modified his own body to participate in a cyborg fighting tournament. He becomes more robot-like after Neo Heroes "recovers" him.
Oh, Crap!: He has this reaction when seeing how high the body modification percentage was on Webigaza and two Neo Heroes staff members.
Stat-O-Vision: His mechanical eye can read how much a person has modified their own body.

Soda Pop Boys

An idol group, who desires to surpass Amai Mask in popularity. After the majority of them flunked the Hero Association exam, they decided to join Neo Heroes instead.

Bystander Syndrome: Webigaza quickly ditches them to attack the invading army of robots herself with them even just watching Amai Mask save a boy and his grandma surrounded by robots and only taking action to hunt down the former idol hero to increase their popularity.
Glory Hound: Rather than focus on the ongoing robot invasion, they instead decide to hunt Amai Mask for the glory.
Hidden Depths: Just like Webigaza, they did genuinely admire Amai Mask and wanted to be just like him with them being 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 before the Villain Override along with being the only Neo Heroes realizing the robot army's odd behavior.
No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: Deconstructed; They perform one on Amai Mask. However, once he's seemingly unconscious and the adrenaline wears off, they stop and feel guilty over it causing them to try and take him to a hospital feeling that they have gone too far.
Nominal Hero: The only reason they became heroes is for the sake of increasing their popularity. They even twist Amai Mask transforming himself to resemble a boy's toy and saving him and his grandmother into him tricking the boy, which makes him deserving of the death penalty.
Skewed Priorities: Upon seeing Amai Mask amid a robot invasion, they decide to prioritize hunting Amai Mask rather than do anything about the actual threat to civilians. Ironically this does allow them to realize something is amiss since after capturing Amai Mask, they begin to realize that none of the robots put any effort into actually attacking them unlike the buildings and Pro Heroes.
Small Name, Big Ego: They see themselves as superior heroes to Amai Mask especially once he is revealed to be a monster even though only two of their members passed the Hero Exam and their status in Neo Heroes isn't impressive considering the fact they are just another easily replaceable member.
Spotting the Thread: After capturing 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 buildings and Pro Heroes. Before they can delve deeper in this realization, they all undergo Villain Override and are forced to kill Amai Mask for real this time.

Staff

Destro and Erimin

Destro

Erimin

Two security personnel who work to crack down on rule violators and prevent fights from breaking out between Neo Heroes. They also spearhead the effort to turn injured heroes into cyborgs so they can continue doing hero work. They were formerly mercenaries before they joined, or so they say.

Ambiguous Robots: Despite looking perfectly human, Destro and Erimin have had their bodies modified by 94 and 95% respectively, when most humans only ever go 30% and 60% is considered to be extremely risky. This suggests they really aren't cyborgs, but rather robots posing as humans.
Blatant Lies: The reason why they don't help the Hero Association during the robot invasion is due to suspecting them to be behind the attack... even though the association is being attacked by four million robots and aside from the S-Class none of their Pro Heroes are capable of destroying the robots with Neo Heroes being the only one actually benefitting from the attack with McCoy outright calling his claim impossible.
Bullying a Dragon: After revealing the "Recovery Room" to Metal Bat, they attack him with a cyberized Mars Leo and Koko to turn him into another cyborg. For the record, Metal Bat is an S-Class hero strong enough to defeat Dragon-Level threats.
Cyborg: Koko identifies them as such, but it's very possible they aren't.
Punny Name: Destro(y) and Erimin(ate).

Characters / One-Punch Man: Neo Heroes

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Executives

Neo Leaders

Blue

Accel

Raiden

Suiryu

Voiced by: Masaya Matsukaze (Japanese), Alan Lee (English)

Debut: Chapter 60 (Manga), Episode 16 (Anime)

Ryumon

Webigaza

Zaedats

Infelsinave

A

Other Members

Mars Leo

Koko (Solitude)

Staff

Destro and Erimin

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Executives

Neo Leaders

Blue

Accel

Raiden

Suiryu

Voiced by: Masaya Matsukaze (Japanese), Alan Lee (English)

Debut: Chapter 60 (Manga), Episode 16 (Anime)

Ryumon

Webigaza

Zaedats

Infelsinave

A

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Mars Leo

Koko (Solitude)

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Destro and Erimin

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