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Tetsu the Tank (人間戦車 (タンク) (てつ) Tanku no Tetsu?) was a Yakuza member affiliated with the Abegawa Tenchu Kai.

Appearance[]

Tetsu was a middle-aged man with dark hair and a beard. He wore sunglasses and had a scar on his right cheek. As a member of the Yakuza, he wore a fancy light-colored jacket and was also seen wearing a scarf. His pants were light-colored like his jacket.

Gallery[]

Personality[]

Tetsu was a hot-tempered individual who seemed to enjoy drinking.

Synopsis[]

While enjoying sake in a bar, Tetsu complains about the fact that their organization has been categorized as an official villainous organization and gets infuriated when he notices that Rojiya Yonenaga does not seem to be bothered at all about this. Rojiya states that it does not matter to him because a man's way of life does not change from one day to another, even if someone like All Might is watching. After agreeing with him, Tetsu encourages him to drink more.

After they finished drinking, Rojiya decided to take a manhole with him, and Tetsu ordered his subordinate to stand guard until the police arrived because no one was supposed to fall into the hole that was previously covered by the manhole.

Tetsu using his Quirk.

Tetsu using his Quirk.

One day, the Abegawa Tenchu Kai's headquarters are attacked by a single assailant, the vigilante Stendhal. The four present executives quickly activate their respective Quirks to battle the intruder. Tetsu, Haruhisa, and Soji simultaneously attack Stendhal, who is then forced to jump in order to dodge the barrage of attacks. Rojiya throws his manhole with a considerable amount of force at the vigilante. Stendhal, however, licks the blood samples of the four executives and thus paralyzes them with his Quirk. He then quickly finishes them off with one single slash, killing them.[1]

Abilities[]

Quirk[]

Unnamed Armor Quirk: Tetsu's Quirk allowed him to control a metallic armor which was able to fire laser beams.

Chapter Appearances[]

Appearances
Stendhal Arc
9. Judgment Absent
9.5. Mask Debut
10. Scream Flashback
11. Crossing Lines Absent

Anime Appearances[]

Appearances
Season 1
1. I'm Here Absent
2. Takeoff Absent
3. Bee Absent
4. Top Runner Absent
5. Judgement Absent
6. Crossing Lines Debut
7. Makoto/Truth Absent
8. Major Absent
9. Mom Descends! Absent
10. Event Announcement! Absent
11. The Day Of Absent
12. Goodbye to Dad Absent
13. What a Man Takes with Him Absent

Battles and Events[]

Battles & Events

Trivia[]

  • Tetsu is based on Marvel Comics' Iron Man, shown in his physical appearance, love of alcohol, and Quirk.
    • The kanji in his name also means "iron" in Japanese.
      • His kanji (鉄) is the same as the first kanji in Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu's last name. Also, Tetsu's full name is one-fourth of Tetsutetsu's full name mathematically.
    • In the manga, his armor looks almost exactly like the Hulkbuster, to the point that the anime adaptation had to be redesigned to make it less similar.
      • The color scheme of the anime's armor resembles the War Machine, a modified Iron Man suit used by an eponymous superhero and friend of Iron Man.
  • Tetsu's armor features the kanji for a gang's moral code (仁義 Jingi?).
  • Tetsu's Japanese voice actor, Tōru Sakurai, also voices the detective in My Hero Academia - Training of the Dead.

References[]

  1. My Hero Academia: Vigilantes Manga: Chapter 9.5.

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