Volten

Name: Volten

Gender: Male

Affiliation: Initially a martial artist; later a monster under Gouketsu’s command

Notable Ability: Thunder-Thunder Fist (high-voltage electric martial arts)

Body Trait: Super-electrified constitution, drastically amplified after monsterization

Disaster Level: Unknown

Volten is highly driven by competitiveness and a desire to overcome those who outclass him.

After feeling an overwhelming gap between himself and Suiryu, he chooses the extreme path of eating monster cells to close that distance, showing both ambition and insecurity.

He is not portrayed as purely sadistic; instead, his decision to become a monster stems from frustration and a hunger for power.

This makes him a more tragic figure than a purely evil one, as his transformation is essentially a desperate attempt at self-improvement gone wrong.

Volten fights using Thunder-Thunder Fist, a martial arts style that channels and exploits electricity.

Due to a childhood lightning-strike accident, his body developed a super-electrified constitution, allowing him to generate and withstand abnormal levels of electrical energy.

In his human form, this gives him powerful close-combat capabilities, as his strikes can deliver electric shocks along with physical force.

After monsterization, this trait becomes even more extreme, turning his body into an extraordinarily dangerous high-voltage existence that amplifies the power and lethality of his attacks.

Despite this boost, his fighting style still relies on making direct contact or at least being able to channel his electricity into opponents.

This becomes a key weakness when an enemy finds a way to avoid touching him directly.

Volten participates in a martial arts tournament, where he showcases his talents against other fighters.

In his first match, he wins by knockout against Buzz, demonstrating his offensive power and efficient finishing ability.

In his second match, he again wins by knockout, this time against Gatlin.

These consecutive KOs establish him as a serious threat within the tournament’s competitive field.

In the third match, Volten faces Suiryu, a top-tier martial artist.

Here, he suffers a knockout loss, clearly experiencing a massive difference in skill and overall combat level.

The overwhelming defeat leaves Volten with a strong sense of inferiority.

He recognizes that the gap between him and Suiryu is not something he can easily close through normal training.

After the tournament, Gouketsu arrives with monster cells, offering fighters the chance to gain immense strength by becoming monsters.

Volten sees this as a rare opportunity to bridge the overwhelming gap he felt against Suiryu.

Driven by the desire to catch up, he eats the monster cells brought by Gouketsu and undergoes monsterization.

The transformation dramatically magnifies his already super-electrified body, turning it into something far beyond ordinary human limits.

As a monster, Volten’s electric output and durability increase, and his presence becomes far more intimidating.

However, his newly gained power does not come with a corresponding increase in tactical intelligence or battle experience, leaving major openings in his approach to combat.

Under Gouketsu’s orders, Volten, now a monster, is commanded to kill Suiryu.

He confronts Suiryu again, intending to settle the score using his drastically amplified electrified abilities.

However, Suiryu cleverly uses the body of the previously defeated Benpatsu as a physical shield and striking tool.

By swinging Benpatsu’s unconscious body, Suiryu attacks Volten without making direct physical contact with Volten himself.

This tactic neutralizes Volten’s advantage, as his electricity cannot be fully utilized without proper contact with a live, directly exposed target.

As a result, despite his monstrous power-up, Volten is defeated quickly and rather easily.

The loss underscores that raw power alone is not enough to close the gap between him and a true top-tier martial artist like Suiryu.

It also highlights how Volten’s emotional decision to become a monster did not fix his fundamental weaknesses in combat strategy.

After his defeat as a monster, Volten does not die on the spot.

Instead, he is captured by the Hero Association and taken into custody.

The Association uses Volten as a test subject in their monster cell separation experiments.

Their goal is to find a way to remove or neutralize monsterization effects from individuals who have consumed monster cells.

During these experiments, the measurement values taken from Volten’s body do not stabilize.

His readings fluctuate wildly, likely due to the unstable combination of his super-electrified constitution and the monster cells.

As the tests proceed, his body and nervous system become overloaded, and he loses consciousness.

This suggests that reversing monsterization in someone whose biology is already abnormal—like Volten—is extremely difficult and potentially dangerous.

Volten’s story illustrates how desperation for strength can lead someone to sacrifice their humanity.

He is not a grand villain, but an ambitious fighter who chooses a disastrous shortcut.

His monsterization shows that external power-ups cannot easily fix deep skill gaps or mental weaknesses.

Even with greatly increased strength, he fails against Suiryu because the underlying difference in mastery and adaptability remains.

By becoming a subject of the Hero Association’s experiments, Volten also represents the blurred line between villain and victim.

He becomes part of a broader narrative about the consequences of monster cells, their impact on individuals, and the attempts to undo that damage.