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| “ | The Contract has been fulfilled at last | „ |
| ~ Parting words of H.P. Lovecraft. |
Howard Phillips Lovecraft is a former member of The Guild and a minor antagonist in the manga Bungo Stray Dogs. He is a direct reference to the American author with the same name.
He was voiced by Shunsuke Takeuchi in Japanese and Mick Wingert in English.
History[]
Lovecraft's past is completely unknown. His goals or reasons for joining the guild are mysterious. Supposedly he goes to "sleep" for years on end during his downtime.
Lovecraft first showed up accompanying John Steinbeck during a mission to intercept the ongoing confrontation between the Port Mafia and Armed Detective Agency and attack them both (Starting a 3-way battle with The Guild, the Port Mafia, and the Armed Detective Agency). He enters with John Steinbeck but doesn't actually participate in any combat due to the instant success of Mark Twain and Melville Herman's combined power.
Later, he and Steinbeck are successfully and knowingly baited by the Port Mafia to ambush 2 non-combat ADA members. The Port Mafia informs the ADA of the danger, and they immediately send 2 combatants.
The fight was extended due to the survivability of Lovecraft, Steinbeck, and Tanizaki (The ADA illusionist) and ended when a civilian truck was misled and crashed into Steinbeck and Lovecraft through illusionism. Steinbeck and Lovecraft are knocked out and awake to police. They turn themselves in.
After their apparent escape (potentially through Fitzgerald's influence), Yumeno Kyusaku of the port mafia unwittingly confronts Lovecraft on the street by chance and out of boredom. Unfortunately for Yumeno, Lovecraft was immune to his power, and he easily abducts him and brings him back to The Guild where Yumeno was forcefully used in conjunction with John Steinbeck's ability to bring the entire city to ruin (Yumeno uses Steinbeck's branches to take control of a large portion of the city and cause destruction).
The plan reaches its final stage, only failing because of Osamu Dazai intervening with his nullification ability. This prompts Steinbeck and Lovecraft to ambush Dazai, Louisa May Alcott predicting his movements for them. However, Chuuya Nakahara, through a strategic temporary alliance made by the Port Mafia, saves Dazai and eventually combines efforts and defeats both Lovecraft and Steinbeck.
After The Guild loses the three-way war, Lovecraft shows up in front of a few members of the dismembered guild. His parting words were "The Contract has been fulfilled at last", and upon being questioned what he was going to do in the future by Steinbeck, he simply responded with "Sleep". He then jumped into the ocean, furthering his mysterious nature.
Personality[]
Lovecraft is a significantly odd person that doesn't even seem to be human. A fine example of this is when he paused only to count wood grains while chasing the Armed Detective Agency with John Steinback, before being told that they weren't real, just laminated wood, which made him gasp in shock. He is considerably lazy, and seems to hate doing work, as he tells Steinback to finish their work because he wants to go home. He doesn't seem to care much about serious situations, having ignored it when their vehicle crashed.
He appears to be extremely lethargic and sensitive, having fallen asleep shortly after being shot in the back by Doppo Kunikida.
Abilities[]
- The Great Old One: Lovecraft is able to transform his limbs or his entire body into a winged monster covered in tentacles, enhancing his physical attributes. In this state, he is only vulnerable from the inside. Weirdly, this skill is not an ability, as Osamu Dazai was unable to nullify it.
- Enhanced Strength: Lovecraft is extremely strong, capable of casually throwing Osamu Dazai away, crushing Kunikida and pinning him against a cliff, and flinging Chuuya against the wall of a house with a single blow.
- Enhanced Durability: He took no damage after being shot by Kunikida, casually survived an explosion, and immediately got up after being crushed by a giant rock.
- Enhanced Stamina: Evidently shown in his battle against the ADA members, Lovecraft was able to keep up with all of them for a good time without getting tired or injured.
- Unpredictability and Superhuman Speed: Lovecraft blitzed Osamu Dazai twice with incredible speed, taking him by surprise both times.
- Accelerated Healing Factor: Lovecraft was able to heal almost instantly after losing large portions of his body. Even after a grenade exploded inside him and he was later destroyed by Chuuya, he gradually put his body back together again.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- His ability, The Great Old Ones is a reference to Cthulhu's origins, a 'Great Old One' is a God of extra-dimensional origins.
