Tatsuki Hirawa

**Tatsuki Hirawa** (平和 辰生, Hirawa Tatsuki), often referred to as "**Heavenly Dragon**," is an S-Class level Hero not affiliated with the Hero Association. He is also a world renown martial artist and swordsman; being a wonderer that goes around seeking new techniques and fighting styles to learn and develop.

## Appearance

Tatsuki is a tall, tough-bodied, and attractive young man with sharp blue eyes, broad shoulders and a large wing span. He has lightly tanned skin and short shaggy dark blonde hair. He has a notably sturdy and muscular frame, cultivated from years of training, which tends to make him quite popular with girls. He is usually seen shirtless, wearing black trousers tucked inside black boots, while also often wearing a black haori, exposing his chest and abdomen. Tatsuki also has a notably powerful and muscular back, with his back muscles forming the face of a demon when flexed.

Around his waist he has a crimson-red sash that holds his katana. The blade is black in colour and has a hexagonal shaped tsuba with a dark steel core and an overlapping crimson border. He also wears a titanium ring containing several engravings, on his right hand.

## Personality

Tatsuki is a sarcastic, confident and straight-forward young man who strives to protect those dear to him at all costs. He is self-sacrificing, both physically and emotionally, when it comes to the well-being of his family, as well as being incredibly loyal to those he respects. He is also an incredibly proud individual, with staunch support and dedication towards his family and values, even if he does not show it openly. He is known to have a mischievous streak as well, enjoying provoking and teasing others, as well as a having a habit of being a bully who enjoys branding some of his friends with mocking nicknames. His personality is often described as being fiery, often acting impulsively and without thought, also getting more easily annoyed than most depending on his mood. He is also known to be quite a flirt and enjoys to goof around. Despite this, he is serious whenever it comes to his integrity and when facing his enemies. Tatsuki is also known to be incredibly intelligent, analytical and cunning; while also being an extremely self-disciplined individual who is known to set incredibly high standards for himself and for his training.

In general, Tatsuki isn't a forgiving person and that is why he finds it so hard to understand people who choose not to be swallowed by the impulse for revenge. Tatsuki's very stubborn mindset also often causes himself to think that he is better than most others and he has quite a condescending nature. He has trouble moving past his hatred and desire for revenge. Over the years, he has gained better control over his emotions when it comes to his past and hardships.

## Abilities and Powers

### **Overview**

Tatsuki is one of the most powerful humans in the world. Even when compared to S-Class heroes, his presence is exceptional. He is known as a martial arts master and has mastered multiple fighting techniques including the *Fist of Flowing Water*, which was used by the former no. 3 hero, Bang. Tatsuki's combination of his immense physical power and vast martial arts prowess makes him one of the most powerful close-range fighters in the world. Tatsuki's strength also lies in his his intelligence and learning ability. He possesses monstrous physical power, and is hailed as, one of, if not the strongest fighter in the world.

### **Intelligence**

He is incredibly intelligent and is what some consider his most dangerous ability. In combat, he usually remains on the offensive, rarely pausing in his attacks or falling back to regroup. Rather, Tatsuki observes as he goes, being mindful to all factors on the battlefield and analysing his opponents' techniques to understand their mechanics and purposes. He is accordingly accustomed to coming up with tactics on the fly, choosing whatever approach, no matter how elaborate, will be most successful at the exact moment. His strategies could be considered irresponsible or risky, as he has on more than one occasion placed himself or allies in harm's way. Despite this, his actions have the tendency to pay off.

Growing up he was known to be an extensive researcher and explored the human anatomy as well as the science behind strength. This along with his impressive intellect has helped provide him with the ability to adapt more easily to different scenarios than others. The longer he spends against a particular opponent, the less he needs backup tactics, as he can eventually predict what his opponent will do and identify literal or psychological weaknesses to exploit. He can form and verify any theories he comes up with using small details. In addition to his sheer adaptability, Tatsuki is knowledgeable on a large variety of individuals and abilities, and thus can identify techniques when used and react with the most appropriate counter to them. He also has a knack ability to manipulate his opponents, frequently trying to break down their resolve, turn them against their allies, or even come up with similarities that might convince them to join forces with him. Even if his manipulations fail or they cannot benefit him, Tatsuki is capable of adapting to the situation and making all further possible outcomes work in his favour.

### **Instinct**

While fighting, Tatsuki possesses a demon-like instinct that has often resulted in him performing atypical actions that end up helping him. His instincts provide him with excellent situational awareness during battle, allowing him to use the environment to his advantage. Tatsuki also possesses great creativity, and frequently comes up with unusual methods to take the advantage in a fight.

### **Physical Abilities**

#### Strength

Tatsuki possesses superhuman physical strength, and frequently spends his time lifting heavy weights and pushing his body to his utmost peak. His extraordinary strength also supplements his mastery of martial arts and swordsmanship. His sword strikes are executed with tremendous power, able to easily create immensely powerful compressed air slashes with a massive range, enough to split large battleships and a mountain of ice with ease. Thanks to his sheer strength alone, Tatsuki is able to lift 100 tons with one arm. He possesses such monstrous physical power, that his strength is said to be unrivalled and impossible to quantify, surpassing most, if not all, of the S-Class heroes' physical strength. He is capable of defeating Demon-level monsters by merely clapping his hands together, reducing the mysterious beings to mere specks and has easily overcome several Dragon-level monsters.

#### Speed and Agility

Tatsuki possesses a tremendous amount of speed and agility, being able to cut opponents in the blink of an eye and even unsheathe and re-sheathe his swords before his opponents can react. He was seen being able to effortlessly dodge an invisible attack from a monster and rip off its arm before it could even register what happened. He is also able to react to and dodge, albeit barely, bullets from point-blank range even while being caught by surprise, as well as being able to quickly dodge a vast amount of the latter's bullets from multiple directions and redirect them into each other at the same time without difficulty. His amazing speed lets him easily dodge and deflect most attacks, with his top speed allowing him to seemingly disappear from sight and leaving after images, leaving his opponent in a disorientated state. He is also known to have great jumping and climbing power.

#### Durability and Endurance

He has an immense level of durability and endurance, having survived numerous serious injuries and oftentimes continuing to fight and move around while afflicted with large lacerations. This is seen as he was able to take multiple attacks from two S-Class heroes and remain standing in one spot. Even when inflicted by poison and being shot several times in the leg, he doesn't show any signs of slowing down. After fighting one of the top S-Class heroes, Tatsuki sustained wounds so severe that they put him on the brink of death, with his doctor noting that such wounds would normally disable a typical man for half a year, if not kill him, and the doctor stating that it would normally take someone two years to fully recover from them. In spite of this, Tatsuki began walking around very quickly afterwards with only rudimentary treatment, managing to recover completely within 5 days.

#### Body Structure

Tatsuki possesses a unique body structure with a muscle composition with a density ten times that of a regular human, allowing him to deal exceptionally powerful blows. This special muscle composition gives him colossal natural strength and toughness from an early age, His muscle also acts as an armour, allowing him to withstand attacks from fighters who possess incredible strength. He also has tremendous bone density that allow him to even further withstand powerful blows with no fear for fractures. Because of the sheer density of his skeleton, his muscles are able to clench harder without repercussion, enabling him to perform more powerful blows and nullify vital attacks. He also has a herculean back, which supports his supernatural strength and make his back muscles take the shape of a demon. Tatsuki also possesses natural poison resistance, that stems from years of building up an immunity to an array of poisons by taking in minuscule doses. He is shown to have a large immunity to the most virulent of poisons, such as extremely lethal doses of an Armoured Stonefish's skin poison, which is said to be more than enough to kill any normal human instantaneously.

### **Martial Arts**

Tatsuki is an expert in hand-to-hand combat, known as one of the strongest martial artists in the world and expressing a mastery over multiple fighting techniques. He is capable of calmly defeating multiple opponents at once through physical combat, disarming and dodging attacks from many directions. He can strike with precision before his opponent could react, and overpower individuals twice his size. What makes him so frightening is his ability to adapt to combat and environment in order to give himself the advantage. His **learning ability** (超学習能力, Chō Gakushū Nōryoku) allows him to learn countermeasures to other people's fighting styles while making their fighting styles his own. While fighting his opponents, Tatsuki gains access to their fighting styles and techniques, simply by witnessing them once. Moreover, his skill lies in using his intelligence in battle where he aims for the vital points and joints to make his opponents lose the ability to fight back and gradually lose concentration. Furthermore, through analysing his opponent's line of vision, posture, muscle tension, breathing, energy, movement patterns, and center of gravity he can almost perfectly predict his opponent's next movement.

* **Fist of Flowing Water** (浮かぶ水の拳, Ukabu mizu no ken): It is one of the signature fighting styles of Tatsuki and was taught to him by the former number 3 hero, Bang. When in use, a blue aura can be seen around the user's hands. The martial art is described as "leading enemies around the nose by moving like a calm stream, only to finish them off with a punch strong enough to smash great rocks like a raging river." Many powerful fighters have claimed it as being "the perfect blend of offense and defense". Users of this martial art can repel the attacks of their opponents, nullify them, or redirect them with twice the power. The style even enables the user to redirect attacks that are significantly more powerful than the user's own strength. However; the martial art has a limit for redirecting force, it will be unable for the user to deflect attacks that are way too powerful compared to the strength of the user. Furthermore, when in crisis, the martial art allows the user's body to move on its own and helps relax the user's movements for a small duration.
* **Fist of Whirling Wind** (旋風の拳, Senpū no ken): It is martial art, learned from master Bomb, which revolves around manipulating the air to create razor-sharp whirlwind pressures that slice a user's target. The user then pushes the pieces of the target with varying degrees of force depending on the proximity to the eye of the whirlwind. The cutting pressure can also be implemented into a user's kicks and is sharp enough to cut through cliffs. When Tatsuki uses this martial art, he creates a noticeable red aura, similar to the light blue aura of Fist of Flowing Water.
* **Void Fist Technique** (冥躰拳, Meitei-ken): It is a martial art, copied from Suiryu, which focuses on maximising damage output while keeping a consistent flow of damage. The martial art uses twisting motions of the body and its parts to maintain or increase the damage of attacks and involves shifting the center of gravity of the user for offensive and defensive purposes. Like his other martial arts, when the Void Fist Technique is used, a purple aura is formed.
* **Renewal Taekwondo** (リニューアルテコンドー, Rinyūaru tekondō): A martial art which involves a wide variety of kicks aimed at the upper parts of the body using the rotation of the body as a source of power along with continuous punches. The martial art has many takedowns that often start with the "hook" kick snaring the victim with the back of the leg in the limbs or the head making them lose balance. Renewal Taekwondo also allows the user to be able to execute any move perfectly by focusing all their energy into a single point without wasting any movement. Every single Renewal technique gets a recoilless upgrade which amplifies the user's striking power.
* **Ryusoken** (竜爪拳, Ryūsōken): He is a master of the Ryusoken fighting style, which revolves around the use of grips, which are often referred to as "claws". His grips are strong enough to break armour, great swords, artillery, and even skulls with ease and remaining unharmed. He claims that his fingers are like the claws of a dragon.
* **Shaorii** (消力, Power of Disappearance): It is a deadly martial art which was developed by Tatsuki and is broken down into two categories: Defensive and Offensive Shaorii. **Defensive Shaorii** is a form of bodily control that allows the user to completely relax their body to a feather-like state, allowing him to present zero resistance to oncoming blows. It also produces hyposthenia, which allows the user to absorb all their attacker's body weight and attacking force. With that, the user can't take damage from punches, kicks or slashes, as the attack would meet no resistance from the Shaorii users body, and the user would simply flow with the attack like a blade of grass in the wind. **Offensive Shaorii** allows person to then put their attacker's entire body weight and attacking force into their blows. With this technique, even a punch from a weak person can become amazingly powerful. The relaxation of the muscles right before the moment of the impact is a critical key factor for good results.
* **Hokuto Shinken** (北斗神拳, Plough God Fist): A martial art where power is focused into a single blow and striking into the **Keiraku Hikō** (経絡秘孔, "Hidden Channeling Points") points in the human body (also known as pressure points). These pressure points destroy the enemy from within, and causes the victim to move involuntarily or otherwise become incapacitated, leaving the user paralysed momentarily. When trying to destroy or immobilise a target, a pressure point must be struck with great strength and accuracy.

### **Swordsmanship**

Tatsuki is a master swordsman and is widely renown as the master of Hiten Mitsurugi-ryū - a style of swordsmanship developed by himself to allow a person to defeat numerous foes single-handedly. He also uses another primary technique called Iaidō— a style of swordsmanship which involves the user rapidly unsheathing his blade to slash the enemies, and then re-sheathing it after completing the attack. The speed and precision of his strikes are able to inflict a lethal blow on his opponent without staining the blade with blood.

Due to his extensive knowledge of swordsmanship, he can judge the weaponry skill of his opponents, telling how potent or diminished the opponent's skills are, after a single clash. His mastery and precision of his kenjutsu techniques are so great, that he was even able to cut off a lit candle's wick and keep it lit on the edge of one of his swords. His mastery of kenjutsu extends to him being able to stop his attacks at a moment's notice and producing shock-waves from certain strikes. He has demonstrated immense dexterity and supreme skill in swordsmanship. His swordsmanship is extremely versatile, from destroying entire mountains with immense power to being able to deflect the course of bullets with masterful and graceful precision. He is also able to cut through steel with immense ease and swiftness.

* **Hiten Mitsurugi-ryū** (飛天御剣流, Flying Heaven's Governing Sword Style): A style of sword fighting developed by himself to allow a single swordsman to defeat numerous foes single-handedly. It is Rooted in the concept of *ichi no tachi*, or to strike in a single blow, the style uses a combination of immense speed and agility, battōjutsu, and acquired observation that permits a practitioner to anticipate an opponent's movements. Both offensive and defensive maneuvers are executed with minimal movement to increase a practitioner's ability to counter-attack and to conserve energy. As such, made with efficiency and spareness of exertion in the face of warfare scale battles yet with powerful and coordinated movements to easily fell threats in long and undetermined periods of time, it is among one of the strongest swordsmanship styles in the world.
* **Iaidō** (居合道, Way of Iai): It is a style of swordsmanship concerned with the smooth, controlled movements of drawing the sword from its scabbard, striking or cutting an opponent, and then replacing the sword in the scabbard. The linear motion and force applied to draw the sword from the scabbard results in slashes that are faster and stronger than ones executed with the sword already drawn.
* **Ryūsuikiru** (流水切る, Flowing Water Cut): Ryūsuikiru is a special swordsmanship technique designed by Tatsuki for going blade-to-blade with his opponent. The main principle is to be as flexible as flowing water, such that, when the opponent withdraws his sword, instead of also withdrawing, Tatsuki follows the opponent through, cutting through their body. The technique was so named due to it being analogous to the expanding of water into an empty vessel.

## Trivia

* Tatsuki's favourite food is chicken fried rice
* **Nomenclature:**
	+ Tatsuki (辰生) - Living Dragon
	+ Hirawa (平和) – Plain of Harmony, Peace