Void Volks

Name: Void Volks

Gender: Male

Birthday: January 17

Affiliation (100th loop): UNION Roundtable Member (former)

Affiliation (101st loop): UNION Roundtable Member, Seat No. 3

Negation Ability: UNAVOIDABLE (negates “avoidance”)

Former Occupation: Professional heavyweight boxer, world champion

Void Volks is introduced early in Undead Unluck as a brutal, mission-focused UNION operative sent to capture Andy and eliminate Fuuko Izumo.

He initially appears only inside a black powered suit called Next Ring, hiding his identity and true personality.

As the story progresses and loop lore is revealed, Void is shown to be a deeply tragic yet fundamentally decent man, warped by circumstance in the 100th loop.

In the 101st loop, thanks to Fuuko’s intervention, his core warmth and pride as a boxer are preserved, and he becomes a cooperative Roundtable ally.

Void is a very large, muscular man with dark (tanned) skin and slicked-back blond hair.

He easily exceeds 2 meters in height and has the heavy, dense frame expected of a heavyweight champion.

Void in the Next Ring Suit

In his first appearance, Void wears a black, single-eyed powered suit developed by Nico Vorgeil, known as Next Ring.

The suit is designed to maximize and support the use of his UNAVOIDABLE ability and functions as heavy combat armor.

The helmet has a single “mono-eye” main camera that serves as his visual sensor.

The suit’s massive mechanical fists, combined with Void’s boxing technique, turn his punches into devastating, almost artillery-like blows.

Void in Everyday Clothing

Outside of battle, Void wears the UNION uniform: a practical suit with suspenders that allows easy movement.

His face is stern and intimidating, but his features are handsome in a rough, seasoned-fighter kind of way.

We first see his unarmored design in volume extras and then in flashbacks and later-loop chapters.

These gradually reveal him as more than a faceless brute in a metal shell.

100th Loop: Corroded by “Fate”

In the 100th loop timeline (the main early story), Void appears as a coarse, violent man who treats missions with cold, ruthless focus.

He shows no hesitation in striking at Fuuko Izumo, a seemingly ordinary teenage girl, with full killing intent.

This persona is a result of years of self-loathing and frustration after his Negation ability destroyed his boxing career.

UNION gave him a place where his cursed gift and combat skills were useful, and he threw himself into missions with almost fanatic zeal.

Over time, that reliance on combat as his only “meaning” hardened his attitude.

He became rough, short-tempered, and emotionally distant from his fellow Roundtable members.

Yet, small hints show that his core is not purely cruel.

He is later revealed to be someone who can ride an artifact described as a cloud that only the pure of heart can stand upon, suggesting his original nature was much kinder.

101st Loop: The True Void

In the 101st loop, before his tragic turning point can occur, we meet Void again as an active heavyweight world champion.

Here he acts like a big-hearted pro: friendly, approachable, and genuinely enthusiastic about boxing.

When Fuuko barges into his pre-fight interview, he mistakes her for a fan and responds with easygoing hospitality rather than irritation.

He speaks passionately about boxing as “the simplest and fairest entertainment,” showing how much he loves the sport as art and craft.

At the same time, he retains a fighter’s wild edge.

When Fuuko squares up and takes a stance, he answers seriously, throwing a right straight “with the intent to land,” not a playful tap.

He quickly recognizes Fuuko’s potential when she dodges his punch with a clean ducking move and tags him with a light body shot.

Even when the journalists are unnaturally eager (due to Nico’s inventions meddling with their perceptions) and arrange a bizarre exhibition match, he just shrugs it off: “If it means I get to fight you, I’m fine with anything.”

This version of Void is a balance of kindness, professionalism, and hunger for a worthy fight—a “born fighter” with a moral compass.

He encourages his opponent’s fighting spirit rather than crushing it, and he respects anyone who stands in front of him with resolve.

From Homeless Boy to Champion

Void’s childhood was extremely harsh.

He grew up as a homeless boy with no stable home, food, or sense of belonging.

He was thin, poorly dressed, and often unkempt, but he possessed a strangely high pride: even when almost colliding with pedestrians, he would refuse to step aside.

This stubborn pride was both a flaw and a survival mechanism—he would not let the world push him around.

At some point, a gentle police officer took notice of him and invited him into the world of boxing.

The officer told him that if he faced hardships head-on instead of avoiding them, then someday he would be rewarded with “good fortune you can’t avoid, even if you try.”

Those words and that invitation changed Void’s life.

He poured his entire being into boxing, carving out a place in the world with his fists.

Eventually, Void rose to become the heavyweight world champion, a pinnacle that proved he had seized that promised “unavoidable good fortune.”

Boxing gave him dignity, purpose, and a new identity beyond “homeless kid.”

The Awakening of UNAVOIDABLE

The turning point came during his third title defense match.

Void was in deep trouble, losing badly on points and staring at a likely decision loss.

Under extreme pressure and desperation, his Negation ability UNAVOIDABLE awakened.

The next blows he threw became literally impossible for his opponent to dodge—physically, their body could not move to avoid the strikes.

The result was a horror show.

Void’s foe suffered lethal or near-lethal injuries, effectively killed in the ring by an attack no human could evade.

Because of the nature of his ability, any future match would effectively be a rigged death game: once Void took his stance, his opponent could never avoid a punch.

There was no longer any way for him to participate in fair competition.

Void’s career ended not just by disqualification, but by the fundamental impossibility of “sport” when one fighter has an unavoidable kill-switch.

He lost his title, his profession, and the meaning of his struggle in a single night.

Collapse and Recruitment into UNION

Crushed by guilt and the “sin” of his Negation, Void spiraled into self-destruction.

He sank into alcoholism and apathy, believing his fists and ability had only brought death and misery.

During this broken period, he was scouted by UNION, the organization of Negators entrusted with fighting Unidentified Mysterious Animals (UMA) and maintaining the world’s order.

In UNION, his cursed ability and combat skills were suddenly not only tolerated but valued.

Here he could fight freely, with no pretense of sport and no illusions of fairness.

Void found a dark sort of fulfillment in missions where his punches were weapons against monsters and threats.

This new life reignited his sense of purpose, but it also eroded the gentler parts of his personality.

He leaned further into brutality and detached professionalism, and his relationships with other Roundtable members became strained or distant.

Mission to Capture Undead and Eliminate Unluck

At the beginning of the story, Void is deployed to Japan alongside Shen Xiang.

Their mission: capture the Negator Andy (UNDEAD) and eliminate Fuuko Izumo (UNLUCK), who is viewed as too dangerous to be left alive.

Void arrives in his Next Ring powered suit, appearing as a towering, single-eyed armored giant.

His imposing presence and minimal speech give him a monster-like aura: an executioner, not a teammate.

During the confrontation in a partially demolished building, he shows zero hesitation in trying to crush Fuuko with a kill-shot punch.

This marks him, at this point, as one of the more frighteningly pragmatic members of UNION.

The Fight Against Andy

Void’s battle with Andy is our first real demonstration of UNAVOIDABLE.

Once Void takes his “attack stance,” Andy finds that his body cannot move to dodge.

Void’s ability works by stopping the target’s voluntary muscle movements related to “avoiding.”

The victim remains conscious, can breathe, and experiences all sensations, but cannot move muscles to dodge or close their eyes.

This means they are forced to watch the oncoming punch and cannot physically evade.

In Void’s hands, and with the added power of the Next Ring suit, each such punch is effectively a one-hit kill for any normal human.

Despite this, Andy eventually realizes a crucial loophole.

UNAVOIDABLE blocks *avoidance*, but it does not negate his regeneration or prevent him from attacking after getting hit.

Andy adopts a brutal strategy: he takes Void’s punches head-on, allowing his body and muscles to be shredded.

Then, while still badly injured, he counterattacks using his own abilities, including his signature “part bullets” launched from detached body parts.

This is excruciating for Andy, but it allows him to fight Void without relying on dodging.

Void’s ability, while conceptually terrifying, becomes one of the earliest Negations in the series to be strategically “solved.”

Void’s Death

During the battle, Fuuko’s UNLUCK triggers a demolition charge explosion in the building.

Andy and Void are caught in the blast, and the entire structure collapses.

Void survives the apparent death trap thanks to the durability of the Next Ring suit.

Among the rubble, he spots an arm sticking out—Andy’s severed arm—and grabs it, attempting to haul the immortal out and secure his target.

However, this is a trap.

The arm is only a decoy; the real Andy has moved behind Void.

Void hastily tries to activate UNAVOIDABLE to prevent Andy from dodging a counterattack.

But UNAVOIDABLE does not stop projectiles launched by regeneration, such as Andy’s “finger bullet” (a piece of his own body fired like a gunshot).

Andy fires a part bullet that pierces the mono-eye of the Next Ring helmet and Void’s head behind it.

Void dies instantly, killed by a projectile he had no means to deflect with his ability.

The irony is heavy: the Negator of “unavoidable” is himself unable to avoid his final bullet.

After his death, his Roundtable seat is later taken by Andy.

Relations with Other Roundtable Members (100th Loop)

In this loop, Void’s standing among his peers is not particularly warm.

He is respected as a fighter, but not especially cherished as a person.

Shen Xiang, his partner on the mission, shows more curiosity about *how* Andy killed Void than grief for his death.

Gina Chamber even remarks that Void’s death conveniently opens a seat for Andy.

This might seem heartless, but the series later clarifies that Roundtable Negators are people who knowingly stake their lives against the world itself.

They accept comrades’ deaths as part of the job, focusing less on mourning and more on continuing the mission.

Even so, it underlines how isolated Void has become in this loop.

Without certain relationships (especially with Victor), he has drifted from his better self and ended up remembered more as a disposable bruiser than a beloved ally.

The Repeating World and Past Loops

Undead Unluck reveals that the world has been destroyed and recreated many times by a god, in a process of repeated loops.

By the start of the manga, the story is already in the 100th world, after 99 prior cycles.

The artifact Apocalypse allows Fuuko to glimpse memories of previous loops.

In one such vision, she sees someone clearly identifiable as Void Volks wearing UNION uniform and wielding a large metal gauntlet on one arm.

In this flashback, Void fights alongside an elderly woman who appears to be Gina Chamber and alongside Juiz d’Arc, the leader of UNION.

They face off against the UMA Spoil, showcasing Void as one of the long-standing front-line fighters in previous worlds.

Void, Victor, and 99 Worlds of Experience

Victor (the original personality sealed within Andy) and Juiz are the most experienced loop veterans.

In their recollections, Void appears as a long-time comrade.

We learn that Void once often looked after Phil and even sparred with Victor in friendly boxing matches.

They trained hard together, with Juiz watching them fight with a bright smile.

In these earlier loops, with Victor around as a rival and equal, Void was able to retain more of his original good-hearted nature.

He had someone who could truly match him in a fair fight, which satisfied his craving for challenge without corrupting him.

By contrast, in the 100th loop, Victor’s personality is sealed inside Andy, and he and Void never get the chance to meet.

Without that grounding relationship, Void drifts into the darker, rougher persona we see early in the story.

This suggests that Void’s worst traits in the 100th loop are not inevitable, but a consequence of altered circumstances and missing bonds.

He is a clear example of how loop differences can drastically alter a Negator’s life and character.

Core Concept

Void’s Negation ability is called UNAVOIDABLE, which negates the concept of “avoiding.”

When activated, it prohibits the target from performing any movement whose intent is to dodge or evade Void’s attack.

This is a forced-activation, opponent-targeted ability: once Void enters an attack stance, his opponent can no longer move their muscles to get out of the way.

They remain fully conscious, can feel everything, and can even maintain basic bodily functions, but their voluntary dodging movements are locked.

In practice, the victim:

Cannot step aside or jump away

Cannot lean or twist to evade

Cannot even close their eyes to avoid seeing the punch come in

They are forced to watch an unstoppable fist approach, fully aware and unable to move.

With Void’s professional-level boxing technique and the power of his suit, a single clean shot is lethal to any normal person.

Limits and Weaknesses

Despite its terrifying nature, UNAVOIDABLE has important limitations.

It does not interfere with involuntary bodily processes or with abilities that are not “avoidance” per se.

Notable weaknesses include:

It does not stop a target’s regeneration, as seen with Andy.

It does not block attacks launched from body parts already separated or regenerating, such as Andy’s “part bullets.”

It only prevents dodging; it does not necessarily nullify all possible defensive mechanics or external effects.

In the story, this leads to Void’s ability being “cracked” surprisingly early.

If you cannot dodge but can survive the hit and counterattack anyway, the ability’s edge is blunted.

Still, from a normal human perspective, UNAVOIDABLE is absurdly broken.

A regular person caught in Void’s stance has no realistic counter: they are doomed to take a world-class punch to the face or body without any chance to evade.

Combined with Next Ring

With the Next Ring powered suit amplifying his strength and durability, Void’s UNAVOIDABLE becomes even more frightening.

The metal fists and enhanced servos turn his already dangerous punches into instant-kill impacts.

For UMAs and other superhuman opponents, taking a punch they cannot evade still likely causes massive damage.

The ability ensures he gets a clean hit, which is often all a fighter like Void needs.

Void’s battlefield death at Andy’s hands in the rubble of a demolished building ends his 100th-loop story abruptly.

He dies without the chance for redemption or reconciliation with his comrades.

After his death, Andy inherits his Roundtable seat.

Void becomes, at least on the surface, just another casualty in UNION’s long war against the world’s rules and god.

However, later revelations about loops and the 101st world give his character much more depth in hindsight.

We come to see the 100th-loop Void as a tragic deviation: not his “true self,” but a man who never got the chances that made him better in other cycles.

Fuuko’s New Mission

After Ragnarok and the reset, Fuuko begins the 101st loop determined to prevent past tragedies.

Her new goal is to save as many allies as possible from the fates that destroyed them before and to ultimately confront god on better terms.

One of the tasks issued by Apocalypse in this loop is a quest to capture the Negator of UNAVOIDABLE.

This is essentially a second chance to recruit Void properly and avert his downward spiral.

At the moment the quest appears, UNAVOIDABLE has not yet transferred to Void.

Its current holder is a 98-year-old man named Kenji Joetsu, who is too elderly to serve on the front lines.

The plan is to wait for the ability to transfer to Void upon Joetsu’s death, then intervene before Void’s awakening causes another catastrophic ring tragedy.

Fuuko, Nico, Icho, Gina, and others coordinate a strategy to intercept him at the key moment.

Void’s 101st-Loop Appearance

In this world, Void is once again the reigning heavyweight boxing world champion.

He is at the peak of his career, beloved by fans, and still untainted by the guilt and despair that will soon threaten to break him.

Physically, he looks much the same: towering, hugely muscular, blond, and tanned.

But his demeanor is drastically different from his 100th-loop introduction.

He jokes easily, treats reporters kindly, and engages with a random girl (Fuuko) as if she were just a passionate fan.

He radiates the charisma of a champion who genuinely loves his sport, not a grim executioner.

The Match With Fuuko: January 31, 1999

On January 31, 1999, a peculiar exhibition match between Void and Fuuko is arranged under contrived circumstances.

Nico’s inventions influence the reporters to view this bizarre setup favorably, allowing Fuuko to step into the ring with the world champion.

Void quickly gauges that Fuuko is not just a cosplayer or a stunt.

Her stance, resolve, and first exchange of blows impress him.

As the match proceeds, Fuuko deliberately provokes her UNLUCK in sync with Void’s punches and movements.

The goal is to force UNAVOIDABLE to awaken yet guide the resulting “misfortune” so that no one dies—especially Void’s opponent—thus rewriting his tragic origin.

Void, for his part, treats the match as a real fight while still respecting Fuuko’s courage.

He pushes her, tests her, and encourages her to come at him with everything she has.

This bout becomes the “final and greatest match” for Void as a boxer.

Instead of ending in blood and horror, it concludes in catharsis and gratitude.

Fuuko and her friends manage to trigger the ability’s awakening but, using UNLUCK cleverly, avoid the lethal outcome that defined the 100th loop.

The would-be victim survives, and the “curse” that ruined Void’s career becomes a more manageable burden.

Void’s Choice: Retirement and UNION

After experiencing the controlled awakening of UNAVOIDABLE without repeating his past sin, Void is deeply moved.

He realizes that his journey as a boxer has reached a natural, meaningful end with that incredible match against Fuuko.

Grateful to Fuuko and her allies for saving both his opponent and his soul, Void decides to retire from boxing of his own free will.

He does not leave in disgrace this time; he steps away as a champion who chose his final fight.

From there, he joins UNION in a much healthier mental state.

His personality does not corrode, and he remains cooperative and good-natured with the other Roundtable members.

Void becomes Roundtable Seat No. 3 in this loop, a respected veteran and prime front-line attacker.

He retains his hunger for battle but now wields it in clear alignment with his comrades and cause, not out of self-loathing.

Void’s ability name UNAVOIDABLE slyly contains the word “VOID,” matching his surname Volks.

Fans initially assumed this was a deliberate naming scheme tied to abilities.

In reality, according to creator Yoshifumi Tozuka, names other than Fuuko Izumo and Andy were originally chosen somewhat casually.

Because Void’s name happened to fit his ability so well, readers concluded that all Negator names were linked to their powers.

This retroactively inspired a consistent naming pattern for later characters like Gina and Shen Xiang.

Void unintentionally set the standard for the series’ name-ability wordplay.

When the anime adaptation aired, Void’s appearance in episode 2 caused “Void-san” to trend on social media.

Fans responded strongly to his design, voice (performed by Kenji Nomura), and the pathos of his short-lived but impactful arc.

Later manga chapters in the 101st loop massively boosted his popularity.

Many readers said their opinion of him “shot up” after seeing his true personality and tragic history laid bare.

At the same time, some fans felt uneasy knowing that the anime would soon revisit his corrupted 100th-loop self, making his earlier actions harder to watch.

Void is often cited as a prime example of how Undead Unluck uses looping timelines to deepen characters and show how small changes can completely reshape a life.