Baoh (Ikuro Hashizawa)

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==Summary==
Ikuro Hashizawa (橋沢 育朗) is the main character and protagonist of the manga Baoh: The Visitor by Hirohiko Araki. Originally an average teenager, he was in a vehicular accident with his family. Unfortunately at the same time, Dress, a militaristic organization under the guise of a pharmaceutical company that specializes in biological weapons, was in search of test subjects for which he was a perfect candidate. With his family being snuffed out and left the sole survivor, he was injected with Baoh (バオー). 
Created through countless experiments, this parasitic worm grants the host superhuman capabilities and he was to be transported to their main facility alongside a young esper named Sumire. Sumire managed to escape and freed Ikuro who saved her in turn and they fled together, forming a bond with Ikuro vowing to protect her. On the run from Dress who wants Ikuro back at any cost due to his potential for military & medical conquest on a global scale and the threat of a potential Baoh outbreak. He and Sumire must fight for their freedom against the corrupt organization while learning how to control his newfound power as that of the Ultimate Lifeform & Weapon. 
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: At least | At least physically and with Break Dark Thunder Phenomenon, higher with Reskiniharden Saber Phenomenon, far higher with Laser Cannon 
Key: Ikuro | Baoh Armed Phenomenon
Name: Ikuro Hashizawa (Host), Baoh (Name of the parasite)
Origin: Baoh: The Visitor 
Gender: Male (Ikuro), Unknown but occasionally referred to as "he" (Baoh)
Age: 17Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 2 (Ikuro), 1 week~Baoh: The Visitor (Baoh)
Classification: Human, Bioweapon, Baoh (Worm)
Powers and Abilities: 
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*Transformation (Transforms into Baoh when under attack,Baoh: The VisitorBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 3 can eventually transform at willBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 9)
*Superhuman Physical Characteristics
*Multiple Selves (Type 3; Ikuro has a Baoh implanted in his brain that can forcefully take control of himBaoh: The Visitor)
*Afterimage Creation (His attacks can leave afterimagesBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 6)
*Acrobatics (Has high acrobatic skillBaoh: The Visitor)
*Immortality (Type 2 & 3; Can survive normally fatal wounds,Baoh: The Visitor and anything less than brain destruction is futileBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 2Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 8)
*Regeneration (At least Low-Mid; All targets besides the Baoh within the brain is considered pointless to attack, with the inferior Baoh Dog healing having half its face torn off.Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 3 Healed being skewered through the heart,Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 4 having his chest blown out,Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 6 and can reattach limbs like a severed legBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 4 or an armBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 9)
**Healing (Can heal others using the life force contained within his bloodBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 9)
*Accelerated Development (A Baoh is constantly growing more powerful, evolving,Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 3 and he would eventually become virtually unstoppable.Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 8 Went from being inferior, to mutilating and killing the Modified Primate within minutesBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 4)
*Limited Longevity & Self-Sustenance (Type 1; Aging is halted if asphyxiated and can survive for hundreds of years in that state.Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 3 Ikuro slept in a submerged cavern for 8 yearsBaoh: The Visitor - Epilogue)
*Aura (Shown hereBaoh: The Visitor)
*Extrasensory Perception (Has a Tactile Sensor which covers all his human sensesBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 3 that can also detect every animal emotionBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 4 and life forceBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 9)
*Natural Weaponry & Armor Creation (Can form blades from his forearmsBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 3 and create an armored shellBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 3 around its host, also has sharp claws and enlarged knucklesBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 3)
**Minor Attack Reflection (Deflected several bullets back at a shooterBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 6) 
*Body Control (Can control his body to varying degrees due to Armed Phenomena, can detach his sabers and use them as projectiles,Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 9 and even control his muscles to eject foreign objects from its body)
*Acid Manipulation & Corrosion Inducement via Meltedin Palm Phenomenon (Releases an extremely corrosive acid from his palmsBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 2)
**Minor Fusionism (Capable of melting things togetherBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 3)
*Hair Manipulation & Danmaku via Shooting-Bees Stinger Phenomenon (Can harden his hairs and fire them as projectiles)
**Fire Manipulation & Explosion Manipulation (The hair coming into contact with sufficient heat will combustBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 4)
*Electricity Manipulation via Break Dark Thunder Phenomenon (Can generate electrical currents with a voltage of 60,000 volts and use them to attackBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 9)
**Magnetism Manipulation (Used his electricity to stop two bombs mid-air, holding them in place as they disintegratedBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 9)
*Stealth Mastery (Managed to stay hidden for over 60 hours despite Dress actively looking for him, even with satellites that could photograph a flyBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 9)
*Resistance to: 
**Electricity Manipulation (Withstood grabbing high-voltage electrical lines and was fineBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 1)
**Extreme Heat (Was fine being grazed by a flamethrowerBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 3 and didn't take any apparent damage from having been trapped within a wall that was just flash boiledBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 9)
**Poison Manipulation (Was exposed to a poison gas that made rats vomit blood and drop dead and was only briefly weakenedBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 4)
**Acid Manipulation (An acid that dissolved two adult men within moments would take five minutes to melt BaohBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 9) 
 
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*Small Size (Type 2; A small worm no larger than a few centimetersBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 3 which hides within arteriesBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 4)
*Possession & Body Control (Parasitic worm. Can manipulate and take control of its host, anesthetizing the mindBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 3)
*Biological Manipulation, Statistics Amplification & Power Bestowal (Releases fluid that changes the host's biology, granting superhuman capabilitiesBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 3Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 4 and powers such as the Armed Phenomenons)
**Healing (Its fluid can heal woundsBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 4Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 9)
*Accelerated Development (Learns at a speed comparable to a newbornBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 7)
*Surface Scaling (Clung to a wallBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 3)
*Resistance to:
**Low Oxygen & Extreme Temperatures (Evolved to be capable of surviving low oxygen and excessively hot & cold environmentsBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 4) 
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Attack Potency: At least Athlete level (Punched a biker out while injuredBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 2) | At least Small Building level+ physically and with Break Dark Thunder Phenomenon (Lifted a Ducati motorbike at mach velocities on day 5 of being a Baoh,Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 8 smashed down a military-grade steel door and wall,Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 9 and even before reaching the known peak of his power he could punch through the Modified Primate who was previously overpowering him.Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 4 Reduced two men to immolated skeletonsBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 9 and likely blew out the side of a buildingBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 9 with Break Dark Thunder PhenomenonInitially, Baoh would take over Ikuro and fight for him, in this state he upscales off one-shotting the Modified Primate, who is 0.0097 Tons of TNT. He also lacks Break Dark Thunder Phenomenon and the Laser Cannon, all of which happened after Ikuro gained control on Day 5. After Ikuro gained control, he scales to 0.23 Tons of TNT due to intercepting a bullet with a motorbike.), higher with Reskiniharden Saber Phenomenon (Cut his own arm offBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 9 and dealt heavy damage to Walken.Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 9 Could slash through a cyborgBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 6), far higher with Laser Cannon (Killed WalkenBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 9), can bypass conventional durability via Meltedin Palm Phenomenon 
Speed: At least Athlete level, Supersonic reactions (Avoided a point-blank shotgun blastBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 6) | At least Subsonic movement (Vanished and moved a considerable distance while in plain view without transformingBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 9), at least Hypersonic+ (Far beyond his Ikuro self. Able to track a sniper round, think about how to optimally avoid it, and proceed to block it using a motorbike,Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 8 perceive and dodge a high powered sniper bullet,Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 8 and easily deflect bulletsBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 3Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 6), possibly far higher (Reached Sumire before lasers could hit herBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 9) 
Lifting Strength: At least Average Human (Carried a small girl a few kilometers without issueBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 5) | Class M (Accelerated a motorbike to mach speeds in less than 1/100th of a secondBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 8 and tore off a chunk of wall while not yet at his known peak. Also has incredible leg and grip strength even early on, being able to leap large distancesBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 4 and crush rock in his bare handsBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 3 respectively. Superior to the Modified Primate who could casually rip out a hollow iron bar and toss a large iron plate with enough force to puncture a wallBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 4As with Attack Potency, the Class M feat occurred on Day 5 after Ikuro gained control, if one were to use Baoh when Ikuro had no real control over the body, he would scale to 290 Tons as opposed to 5929.5631 Tons.)
Striking Strength: At least Athlete level | Small Building level+ (Knocked down a steel wall at his known peak, and casually deflected debris.Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 9 Long before reaching his peak he dismembered the Modified Primate,Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 4 who was previously above a form that could smash downBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 3 and punch through a wallBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 3)
Durability: At least Athlete level (Can withstand the force of his own blows and survived a brutal car crash, albeit with injuryBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 5) | Small Building level+ (Can withstand the force of his own blows. Long before reaching his known peak, he was smashed into the side of the building creating a small crater,Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 4 wasn't the least bit phased being hit by a speeding armored van which caved the front of it in,Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 4 and took a point-blank shotgun blast to the chest without flinching.Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 6 Survived being caught in a massive explosion that hollowed out a mountain, although from a large distance awayBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 9) 
Stamina: Superhuman; As Ikuro he knocked a man out, took his motorbike, and fled with it despite having just been stabbed in the abdomen,Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 2 and throughout the story he was constantly hunted down by Dress over a distance of around 100 kilometers for several days, being forced into life-and-death situations, with little, if any, respite between the majority of them. As Baoh he has vastly enhanced stamina and will fight through major damage or injury such as being pumped full of bullets, skewered through the arm and chest,Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 4 melted by acid,Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 9 blasted through by numerous lasers,Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 9 or even breathing in a poison gas while mutilated yet still fought back and killed his foes with little issue.Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 4 Baoh's endurance and vitality are so great he's even willing to dismember himself without much inconvenience.Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 9 The Baoh Dog survived and continued fighting even after having half its head torn off.Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 3
Range: Standard Melee Range physically, at least Several Meters with Shooting-Bees Stinger Phenomenon and Saber-Off (Reached Walken from down a hallway and hit him from Several Meters awayBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 9 respectively), at least Tens of Meters with Break Dark Thunder Phenomenon (Struck a building nearly a hundred meters awayBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 9), Tens of Kilometers with his Tactile Sensor (Could sense Sumire's pain from tens of kilometers awayBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 9), at least Tens of MetersBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 9 with Laser Cannon
Standard Equipment: Baoh (A parasite embedded within his brainBaoh: The Visitor)
*Optional Equipment: Sumire, motorbike,Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 2Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 7 or Hand-held Laser CannonBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 9Ikuro can not have a motorbike alongside Break Dark Thunder Phenomenon and the Laser Cannon, as the motorbikes were lost prior to obtaining the latter. Sumire actively tags along and attempts to aid Ikuro with her abilities, although she was separated from him on Day 4 and was only reunited with him for a short few minutes before the end of the manga, therefore Ikuro can not have her alongside anything obtained after Day 4 (Chapter 6).
Intelligence: At least Average; While he hasn't demonstrated much beyond that of a normal person, he has shown bouts of ingenuity such as slicing open a bio-weapon immune to acid and taking refuge within its body while keeping it alive to avoid being melted.Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 9 He also knows how to ride a motorbikeBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 2Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 7 and play the banjo.Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 5 Baoh itself is sentient with a high proficiency to learnBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 7 and develop, such as learning how to differentiate between different emotions, allies, enemies, and evil within just a few days,Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 6 and it can even feel things like sympathyBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 4 or that a man who attacked him wasn't an actual enemy and was being controlled, instead seeking out the real perpatrator.Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 6 Although Baoh was initially fully in control, Ikuro could seemingly interject at points subconsciously. Eventually, Ikuro and Baoh become one, and Ikuro can call upon Baoh at will while still being cognizant.Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 8 
Weaknesses: Ikuro will lose his powers if the parasite in his brain is killed, and brain destruction is fatal to IkuroBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 2Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 8 (Complete incineration of the body for the Baoh itselfBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 3), thus destroying the brain before he has a chance to transform can prove to be a good strategyBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 3 (Before Day 5Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 8). A Baoh will lay eggs after 112 days, after which its larvae will leave, tearing out of the host in the process,Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 3 though it's implied this no longer applies as Ikuro and Baoh eventually became one and in 8 years, it's implied he'd come back and live a happy life.Baoh: The Visitor - Epilogue Initially, Ikuro was unconscious as a Baoh, although this has since been rectified.Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 9 While Baoh (The Worm) is in control, it relies almost exclusively on its Tactile Organ to perceive the actions of organisms, as such, if its organ is disabled through some means, it becomes effectively blind.Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 6 Ikuro, and subsequently Baoh,Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 6 vowed to protect Sumire, and will put her wellbeing before his own, even walking into traps or facing down tremendous threats in order to save her.Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 9
Feats:
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Notable Attacks/Techniques:
*Baoh Armed Phenomenon: When Ikuro is put into a dangerous situation, Baoh (A parasitic wormBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 3 that was created through drugs and forced evolutionBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 4) takes over and transforms him via special fluid, covering his body in protective armor and granting superhuman abilities; immense strength, durability, agility, speed, and most notably vitality so great it enables Ikuro to be relatively unaffected by mortal injury and wounds. His life force is so amazing that even his blood holds excess life, allowing him to heal others from even fatal injury.Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 9 Ikuro also obtains inhuman resilience being able to withstand high-voltages,Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 1 flames,Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 3 poison,Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 4 and even acid that can melt men within seconds.Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 9 While not to the degree as when transformed, Ikuro innately retains some of Baoh's properties,Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 2 and eventually becomes able to utilize his abilities whenever and transform at will.Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 9 Baoh is constantly evolving and becoming more powerful,Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 3 manifesting additional Armed Phenomenons as time passes, and would eventually become a force likened to be virtually invincible.Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 8
ezgif-3-fc5202ba5c.gif|Superhuman strength
baoh gif 40.gif|Baoh's vitality reveals itself
ezgif-1-4f48bc917b.gif|Inhuman mobility
baoh asb 1.gif|Baoh as seen in All-Star Battle
*Tactile Sensor (触覚): Baoh has a cleft upon his forehead — an extrasensory organ. This organ composites all other senses, enabling Baoh to "touch" the world around him and sense the "smell" of murderous intent.Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 3 The organ in question can sense every type of animal emotion,Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 4 whether that be sensing allies, enemies, fear, sorrow, evil,Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 6 sadness, death,Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 4 danger,Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 4 others in need of help,Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 6 pain, all up to kilometers away.Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 9 As such, Baoh can deduce who requires lethal force and hold malicious intent, even being able to tell that enemies are within the vicinity still,Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 4 that someone was being mind controlledBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 6 or that a seemingly dead foe was still alive.Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 6Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 9
ezgif-4-196d513eb5.gif|Can detect all sorts of biological states and intent
*Meltedin Palm Phenomenon (メルテッディン・パルム・フェノメノン): Baoh gains the ability to secrete corrosive enzymes from his hands, able to melt through large amounts of matter like flesh and metal in seconds. First manifested against the 22nd Man where he melted his arm and face,Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 2 with other examples including a soldier's head,Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 3 and even high-grade military steel shutters.Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 9 Baoh can also fuse things, such as when he melted a militant's hand and gun together.Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 3 The exact process (Described hereBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 5Baoh: The Visitor - Volume 2 - Pg. 8) is one where body fluids exit him, upon which the fluid separates leaving behind a waste beneath the skin, and when this separation occurs, it becomes a devastating acid capable of melting matter. The potency of which is so great it dissolves Baoh's own flesh, but due to the aforementioned waste, which forms a new layer of skin, it results in a continuous process where his own skin is replaced, thus nothing happens to himself despite dissolving what he touches. 
ezgif-3-7f993c9a54.gif|Potent fluid is emitted from the palms
ezgif-3-582c616f38.gif|His touch signifies death 
ezgif-3-71de070796.gif|Dissolving an assassin 
*Reskiniharden Saber Phenomenon (リスキニハーデン・セイバー・フェノメノン): Baoh produces blades formed from hardened skin tissue that emerge from his forearms, extending his attacking capabilities and lethality or as means of protection such as deflecting bullets.Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 3Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 6 With these, he is able to dismember and slice through bodies with ease,Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 3 including those of bio-weapons.Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 9 The blades' sharpness is enough to slice through steel — dismembering the cyborg DorudoBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 6 and even holds the power to cut through his own body.Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 9 They can also detach from his arms and be used as projectiles.Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 9
ezgif-1-52c2d44748.gif|High killing potential
ezgif-1-4d5412fe12.gif|The flesh on his arms hardens and becomes sharp
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*Shooting-Bees Stinger Phenomenon (シューティングビースス・スティンガー・フェノメノン): Baoh's hair hardens and turns into needle-like projectiles that he can launch, which due to manipulating the chemical composition of the hairs, upon contact with a sufficient temperature such as body heatBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 4 (Or that of a machineBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 6), will combust violently and catch fire. The needles can be fired in an omnidirectional spray with enough force to skewer steelBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 9 or in a focused burst.Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 9
ezgif-1-e88b59527b.gif|Focused
ezgif-1-ad26a9eb68.gif|Omnidirectional
*Break Dark Thunder Phenomenon (ブレイク・ダーク・サンダー・フェノメノン): Baoh's final known ability. His body begins to generate an electrical current of 60,000 volts via the same methodology as an electric eelBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 9 with enough power to disintegrate small bombs or reduce enemies to nothing but immolated skeletal remains.Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 9 Baoh can discharge the current through the airBaoh: The Visitor - Chapter 9 or into an object such as a steel wall.Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 9 This ability can also be used to catch and stop things mid-air like the aforementioned bombs, or power and activate that which requires electrical energy, such as an elevator door,Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 9 or more notably using the energy to power a potent laser cannon.Baoh: The Visitor - Chapter 9
ezgif-1-d0a4b36195.gif|Break Dark Thunder Phenomenon
ezgif-1-a959769c77.gif|Baoh powering the Laser Cannon
ezgif-1-d5669a8984.gif|Discharging through the air
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