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Steel Bulwark

Character

Steel Bulwark ranks E among villains and was one of roughly seventy criminals Tomura Shigaraki gathered for the strike on the Unforeseen Simulation Joint. He resurfaces years later inside the heteromorph mob at Central Hospital, which makes him a minor antagonist in two arcs.

Eye: White
Hair: Bald
Skin: Black and gray
Debut: Chapter 14
Quirk: Body Morph
Gender: Male
Status: Arrested
Occupation: Villain
Quirk Type: Mutant
Debut Anime: Episode 10
Villain Rank: E-rank
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Appearance

A second pair of arms grows from his back. The rest of him is heavily built and rocky, coloured greyish blue, with a bare scalp hidden under a black mask that carries yellow lines and extends onto his upper chest. Cargo pants in beige and boots in black complete him.

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Personality

Brashness defines him. He is the first attacker to close on Eraser Head at melee range, wagering without hesitation that immunity to Erasure leaves him fit to trade blows with an underground hero.

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History

He pours into the U.S.J. behind Tomura Shigaraki, where Eraser Head faces the crowd alone to shield the students. Watching Erasure dispose of three colleagues easily, Steel Bulwark lunges anyway, certain a mutant type cannot be switched off. The hero slips it, punches him off balance, wraps him in the Capturing Weapon and hurls him into the others, knocking him out. Arrests follow once the professionals arrive.

He gets loose much later, when All For One and the other Tartarus escapees hit seven prisons and six of them spilled convicts. Falling in with Spinner and the remains of the Paranormal Liberation Front, he joins a heteromorph riot fifteen thousand strong at Central Hospital, staged to free Kurogiri, and is alarmed mid-riot to see Mezo Shoji going after Spinner. The uprising is crushed and he is detained again, taken either by police as one of the unhurt or by hospital staff for treatment.

Body Morph accounts for the extra arms and supplies considerable strength besides. His villain name exists only in The Strongest Hero.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Steel Bulwark in My Hero Academia?

Steel Bulwark is an E rank villain who joins Tomura Shigaraki's roughly seventy strong raiding party on the Unforeseen Simulation Joint and resurfaces years later in a heteromorph riot at Central Hospital.

What is Steel Bulwark's Quirk?

Steel Bulwark's Quirk is Body Morph, a mutant type ability that grows a second pair of arms from his back and grants him considerable extra strength.

How is Steel Bulwark defeated during the U.S.J. Arc?

Steel Bulwark charges Eraser Head at melee range, betting that his mutant type Quirk makes him immune to Erasure, but the hero dodges, punches him off balance, and knocks him out with the Capturing Weapon.

What happens to Steel Bulwark after the Tartarus escape?

After All For One and other Tartarus escapees free convicts from multiple prisons, Steel Bulwark joins a fifteen thousand strong heteromorph riot at Central Hospital meant to free Kurogiri, but the uprising is crushed and he is detained again.

Where does Steel Bulwark's villain name come from?

Steel Bulwark's villain name only appears in the supplementary material The Strongest Hero; in the main story he goes unnamed.

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