Overview |
Max (マックス, Makkusu), also known by his hero alias Lightning Max (イナズマックス, Inazu Makkusu), is the A-Class Rank 19 professional hero of the Hero Association and a martial artist.
Appearance
Max is a young man with a lean muscular build and blonde hair that is slicked back and tapers to a point, giving him a prominent widow's peak. He has relatively thick eyebrows and dark lines around his eyes, with a lightning symbol emblazoned on his left cheek. His hero outfit is a tight-fitting ensemble consisting of a tank top, shorts, long socks, and sleeves that extend from mid-bicep to mid-forearm. The entire outfit is black with yellow lining and lightning symbols across all the pieces.
As a martial artist, he wears karate gi, while retaining most of his hero outfit parts.
Personality
Max is shown to think ahead and spy on his target to know how to defeat them but it is shown that he has some doubt in his abilities. After his defeat at the hands of the Deep Sea King he attempts to make himself stronger.
When returning to fight against Gouketsu, Max reveals a more selfless side as he tries to buy time for Suiryu to escape, despite knowing that he and Sneck may only delay Gouketsu for a second.
Appearances in Other Media
Video Games
One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows
Max is a playable character in the video game, One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows as a DLC character.
Abilities and Powers
As an A-Class hero, Lightning Max is a skilled and powerful fighter. He is also a fairly capable martial artist. He has a strong analytical ability and usually tries to not overestimate his abilities.[1]
Physical Abilities
Max defeats one of the three crows.
Enhanced Strength: Being an A-Class hero, Max possesses a great deal of physical prowess, and was able to defeat one of the Three Crows, who individually were Tiger-level threats, in a single kick which caused its body to explode on impact.
Enhanced Endurance and Durability: Max managed to stand up and continue fighting Deep Sea King, even after getting punched by the monster and sent flying into a building. He also survived a kick from Gouketsu that sent him flying a considerable distance. Although Gouketsu noted that he "barely touched" him,[2] Max nonetheless survived a fall that would be fatal to a normal human without lasting injury before returning to save Suiryu later.[3]
Enhanced Speed: As an A-Class hero, Max has impressive speed, which is further augmented by his lightning shoes.
Fighting Style
Martial Artist: Being revealed to be a martial artist, Max has been shown to be a skilled hand-to-hand combatant. Max's martial skills were strong enough that he's able to compete in and advance through the Super Fight tournament though he was no match for Suiryu.
Max performs Flying Reverse Round-House Lightning Kick.
Hyper Karate (ハイパー空手, Haipā Karate): Max's preferred method of fighting. This fighting style seems to revolve around karate kicks centered at different directions and intervals. He uses multiple inbuilt mechanisms in his shoes that act to amplify the power of his kicks and create electrical discharges while acting as a hero.[1]
- Lightning Kick (稲妻蹴り, Inazuma Geri): Max jumps up and throws a super-fast kick that causes a small explosion utilizing gunpowder stored in his shoe.[4]
- Flying Reverse Round-House Lightning Kick (稲妻飛び後ろ回し蹴り, Inazuma Tobi Ushiro Mawashigeri; Viz: Lightning Flying Backwards Roundhouse Kick): Max clicks his heel down which causes the toe of his shoe to open, revealing small boosters that fire. This causes him to spin and his kick to become even faster. The kick is exceptionally fast and causes a large explosion.
- Giant Wheel Double Heel Drop (大車輪両かかと落とし, Daisharin Ryō Kakato Otoshi; Viz: Big Wheel Double Ax Kick): Max does a flip in the air and swings with both of his feet towards a target. He used this attack to kill one of the Three Crows.[5]
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Equipment
Max's Shoes.
Lightning Shoes (稲妻シューズ, Inazuma Shūzu):[8] Max wears a pair of special shoes with gunpowder stored inside them. The shoes also have multiple inbuilt mechanisms such as boosters inside them. The detonation switch is in the heel and an iron plate is built into the sole. These shoes have been his favorites since before joining the Hero Association.[1]
Telescope: Max carries a telescope with him to observe events from afar.
Hero Rating
Max's rating determined by the Hero Association[1]:
Trivia
- In the anime he and Smile Man are the first heroes of the Hero Association to appear.
- The origin of his hero name comes from his lightning kicks and his real name.[1]
- Max has a great physical resemblance to Odd in Code Lyoko.
- According to the databook:
- In the 2017 One-Punch Man Halloween cover,[9] Max was depicted as a Raijin, Japanese god of thunder, along with Genji, in reference to his hero name. The two wear their hero clothes and are shown shocking B-Class hero Bone with lightning bolts. This scene is a reference to cartoon-related x-ray sparks that show the skeleton of characters who are being shocked.
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 One-Punch Man Encyclopedia; One-Punch Man: Hero Encyclopedia, page 32
- ↑ One-Punch Man Manga and Anime; Chapter 72, and Episode 20
- ↑ One-Punch Man Manga and Anime; Chapter 73, and Episode 20
- ↑ One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 24, page 7
- ↑ One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 73, page 33-34
- ↑ One-Punch Man Webcomic; Chapter 143, page 1
- ↑ One-Punch Man Webcomic; Chapter 143, page 1
- ↑ One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 73, page 31
- ↑ tonarinoyj.hatenablog.com
| Martial Artists | |
|---|---|
| Heroes | Bang • Max • Red Nose • Sneck |
| Villains | Bakuzan † • Benpatsu * • Choze † • Fist Fight Djinn † • Garou • Gouketsu † • Hamukichi * • Personification Of A Light Pull Cord † • Rosie † • Special Moves Mile † • The Three Crows † • Volten * |
| Unaffiliated | Bazuzu • Bomb • Charanko • Dave • Gatlin • Jakumen • Lin Lin • Mechatsuyo • Mentai • Sour Face • Suicho † • Suiko • Suiryu • Wolfman • Zakos |