Crystal Man

**Crystal Man** (クリスタルマン *Kurisutaruman*) is a Robot Master from *Mega Man 5* that was created by Dr. Wily predominantly to help finance his operations through the creation of artificial crystals to sell. He can use his ability as a Special Weapon, the Crystal Eye, which allows him to attack by instantaneously producing and launching barrages of crystal orbs that can rebound off surfaces and split into multiple smaller orbs when they hit their targets. He can also attack with energy shots from the crystal in his body.

A mysterious, mystical individual who prefers to keep to himself most of the time, Crystal Man is skilled in the art of illusion and Fortune-telling, something of an allegory to the crystals he produces resembling the crystal balls often used by fortune tellers. His colleagues have a hard time trusting him, though, and he has a dislike for scientists.

## CD Data

 **Dislike:** | Scientist

## Official Appearances

### *Mega Man 5*

#### Attack Pattern

Crystal Man only moves by jumping, usually going roughly to the center of the screen and travelling a very short distance horizontally. He spends the entire fight jumping, but has 2 attacks that are determined by player proximity. If the player is close to him, Crystal Man will pause at the apex of his jump to charge up and release a single shot, which is fired in a straight line and loosely aimed at Mega Man's position. If the player is far away, Crystal Man will jump to the very top of the ceiling and use Crystal Eye, shooting off 4 blue crystal balls that bounce along the room. They are shot off in the diagonals and can be tricky to avoid, but will disappear after a few seconds of bouncing. Staying close to Crystal Man means he will be unable to use Crystal Eye, only sticking to his regular shots.

#### Weapon

Crystal Man's weapon is Crystal Eye, which fires a big crystal balls forward. When it hits a wall, it splits off into 3 smaller crystals. The middle continues to bounce left and right, while the others fly out in the diagonals. The crystals expire after some time passes, and Mega Man can fire another big crystal once the smaller ones disappear. Each shot uses 1 ammo.

#### Weakness

Crystal Man's weakness is Gyro Attack, which defeats him in 7 hits. The weapon's manual aiming can serve to hit Crystal Man if he jumps very high, but as the player will want to stay close to him, simply shooting it at him is good enough. As with all bosses, Crystal Man takes 3 damage from a fully-charged buster shot.

### *Mega Man IV*

Crystal Man is part of the second wave of 4 Robot Masters, which all come from *Mega Man 5.*

#### Attack pattern

Crystal Man's pattern is pretty much the same, though the Crystal Eye projectiles are slower and don't stay on screen for as long as before, roughly 1-2 seconds shorter. Crystal Man himself jumps at a slower rate, and the shot fired from his body is much slower in speed.

#### Weapon

Crystal Man's weapon is Crystal Eye, which functions the same as it did before. However, with the Game Boy's smaller screen size, the weapon has a better chance of hitting a single target with multiple small crystals. Each shot uses 1 ammo.

#### Weakness

Crystal Man's main weakness is Charge Kick, which can defeat him in 7 hits. It can be effective to use, and Mega Man can simply slide through Crystal Man instead of waiting for him to jump. Crystal Man also has a secondary weakness to Ring Boomerang and takes 2 damage from it. As with most other bosses, Crystal Man takes 3 damage from a fully-charged buster shot.

## Trivia

* Crystal Man was designed by Yūsuke Murata, the same designer of Dust Man, who is also the artist of *Eyeshield 21* and the *Weekly Shōnen Jump* version of *One-Punch Man*. Another *Mega Man 5* boss, Star Man, was designed by Murata's friend, S-kun.
* Crystal Man's body is primarily teal in his official artwork, but in his sprite and mugshot, he is green.
* Crystal Man is the only Robot Master in *Mega Man 5* to have red eyes.
* Crystal Man and Wave Man are the only two Robot Masters from *Mega Man 5* to not have a NetNavi counterpart.
* His weakness against Gyro Attack is in reference to how mineral crystalline structures can be cut down and polished into a desired shape.
* Crystal Man's dislike of scientists likely stems from his personality trait of enjoying divination and fortunetelling, especially through crystal gazing, an extremely unscientific process.
* In *Mega Man 5*, the face of Crystal Man's in-game sprite uses the same palette as Mega Man's face, making it seen like he is without a facemask.