Bone (骨, Hone) is the B-Class Rank 57 professional hero for the Hero Association.[1]
Appearance
Bone is a muscular hero dressed in a skin-tight, full-body skeleton costume.
Personality
A typical hero of the Hero Association, Bone is a proud, glory-craving hero who fights Mysterious Beings to gain fame. He wants his achievements to be told to the coming generations.
Plot
Human Monster Saga
Bone saves Red Muffler.
Super Fight Arc
Bone, along with Butterfly DX and Death Gatling, attempts to stop Hundred-Eyes Octopus in I-City.[2] He narrowly manages to rescue Red Muffler from the monster. After strengthening his bones by drinking milk, he attempts to fight the monster but is instantly defeated, and all his bones are crushed.[3]
He is later saved by Chain'n'toad when Tatsumaki drops the monster's corpse on him and other A-Class heroes.[4]
Neo Heroes Saga
Psychic Sisters Arc
The heroes are waiting for the escaped monsters.
Bone is one of the many heroes present at the Hero Association headquarters in A-City when Tatsumaki engages Apollo in battle in the building's underground levels. After the alarm is triggered, Bone arrives at the lower floors, where he and the others investigate the circumstances of the incident.[5]
Ninjas Arc
Peach Terry, Bone and Heavy Kong vs Internet Surfers.
Bone, along with Heavy Kong and Peach Terry, is fighting the Internet Surfers. They are easily defeated, but they are saved by Speed-o'-Sound Sonic distracting the Mysterious Beings.[6]
Appearances in Other Media
Extra Chapters
Pork Cutlet Bowl
Bone is among the many heroes summoned by McCoy to combat the monster that is devastating the Z-City police station. He arrives at the scene late, after Saitama has already killed the monster.[7]
Abilities and Powers
As a B-Class hero, it can be presumed that Bone is a fairly skilled combatant, though he is one of the lower-ranked heroes in B-Class, implying he isn't very strong by the class' standards.
Physical Abilities
Bone drinking milk to strengthen up his bones.
High Bone Density: Bone was born with a highly dense bone structure, which makes his body as tough as armor. Furthermore, for a short period of time, he can further increase his bone density by drinking milk or consuming food with high amounts of calcium.[8] However, all of these are still not enough to withstand a strike from a Demon-level monster, which shattered every single bone in his body.[9]
Enhanced Speed and Reflexes: Bone was able to save Red Muffler from a bus thrown by the Hundred-Eyes Octopus.[10]
Enhanced Endurance: Bone was able to survive an attack from the Hundred-Eyes Octopus, a blow that broke every bone in his body.
Fighting Style
Hand-to-Hand Combatant: Bone seemingly prefers unarmed close-quarters combat.
Major Battles
| Participants | Chapter(s) | Episode(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bone, Butterfly DX and Death Gatling vs. Hundred-Eyes Octopus | 61, 68 | 17 | Loss |
| Bone, Heavy Kong and Peach Terry vs. Internet Surfers | 194 | None | Loss |
Trivia
- Bone seems to be mostly based on Skullomania from Arika's fighting game series, such as Capcom's Street Fighter EX series and Arika's own Fighting EX Layer.
- In the anime, Bone only appears on a screen in the Hero Association. Once the setting changes to the actual scene of the battle with Hundred-Eyes Octopus, only Butterfly DX and Death Gatling are present until Flashy Flash arrives.
- In the 2017 One-Punch Man Halloween cover,[11] Bone is depicted being zapped by the two raijin cosplayers Max and Genji. This scene is a reference to cartoon-related x-ray sparks that show the skeleton of characters who are being shocked.
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- A hero with a similar name and appearance to Bone appeared in the Webcomic, called Iron Bone (鉄骨) and ranked B-Class: Rank 57. It's unconfirmed if it is Bone, but it could possibly mean that he was promoted to this rank after fighting Hundred-Eyes Octopus and given a new name.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 One-Punch Man Encyclopedia; One-Punch Man: Hero Encyclopedia, page 194
- ↑ One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 61, page 23-25
- ↑ One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 68, page 4-8
- ↑ One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 68, page 25-34
- ↑ One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 178 (Online)
- ↑ One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 194 (Online)
- ↑ One-Punch Man Manga; Pork Cutlet Bowl
- ↑ One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 68, page 7
- ↑ One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 68, page 8
- ↑ One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 68, page 4
- ↑ tonarinoyj.hatenablog.com