Planetman is a minor antagonist in the manga series Kinnikuman.
Personality[]
Planetman is a coward, as once he is about to be defeated, he will absorb the souls of those around him to use as hostages and wear items that are valuable to his adversary, preventing his opponent from attacking him.
Biography[]
Past[]
Planetman is the planet Vulcan, the mysterious 12th planet in the solar system (Counting both the Sun and Moon). Due to Vulcan's placement in the solar system, it was always hidden behind the Earth, rendered invisible due to it being out of the sunlight. This caused Vulcan to become envious and hateful of the Earth.
One day, Satan would approach Vulcan with an offer to become one of his Six Devil Knights in exchange for the power that would allow him to conquer the solar system. Vulcan accepted and became the Devil Chojin known as Planetman.
After becoming a Devil Chojin, Planetman would conquer all of the planets in the solar system and absorb their powers, saving Earth for last.
Kinnikuman[]
Planetman makes his first appearance alongside his allies during the Golden Mask Arc. Planetman, alongside the other Six Devil Knights, appeared to the weakened Chojins after the Golden Mask was stolen, all six were wearing fake Golden Masks and explained that they were Devil Chojins above the Seven Devil Chojin before revealing the decapitated heads of the Seven Devil Chojin who were killed as punishment.
The Six Devil Knights then fused into a gun and shot themselves off into various points in the world with Planetman going to the Toshimaen amusement park.
After Kinnikuman defeated Sneagator, he travelled to the Toshimaen amusement park where he saw multiple planets appear and merge together, including the Earth, forming Planetman.
Planetman and Kinnikuman fought, attacking with the Planet Ring, a ring that homes in on Kinnikuman who dodged it by leaping onto the Ferris wheel, however, Planetman manipulated the gravity around him to pull Kinnikuman back into the ring and wrap his legs around Kinnikuman's neck, freezing him solid. Before Planetman could shatter Kinnikuman, he broke free and slapped Planetman, breaking his Earth mask and forcing Planetman to reveal his identity as Vulcan.
Planetman then projects a map of the Earth onto Kinnikuman's body before kicking him repeatedly, rolling Kinnikuman into a ball with each kick. Once Kinnikuman was fully a ball, he resembled the Earth and Planetman started his assault on the other Chojin, hitting various countries and causing each of those country's representative Chojin's life support bubbles to break and nearly kill them.
Once only Japan, the country that Kinnikuman represented, was left on his body, Planetman threw a fireball to burn it, however, Kinnikuman used his Burning Inner Strength to grab the fireball and throw it at Planetman. Just as Kinnikuman was about to land the finishing blow on him, Planetman absorbed all of the souls of the near-dead Chojins and placed their faces on his body, warning Kinnikuman that if he hit any of the faces then they would die.
Kinnikuman tried to attack Planetman's head, however, the Golden Mask that Planetman had appeared on his head, preventing Kinnikuman from attacking his head otherwise he would shatter the mask. Kinnikuman tries to use his Kinniku Buster which would only damage Planetman's joints, avoiding all of the faces, however, he manipulates the gravity around them, preventing the technique from being used.
Kinnikuman drops Planetman on his head, causing him and Warsman's face damage. It's at this point, that Kinnikuman realises that Planetman will take heavy damage if any of his hostages are damaged. Warsman asks Kinnikuman to strike his face which he does, punching through Planetman's body and making all of the souls disappear from Planetman's body.
After all of the hostages were released, Planetman tried using his Planet Ring to try and kill Kinnikuman, however, Kinnikuman avoided it before jumping behind Planetman and putting him in a full nelson, making the Planet Ring fly into Planetman's head, decapitating him before Kinnikuman suplex his body off of the ring.
After his death, Akuma Shogun revived Planetman and the rest of the Six Devil Knights to be used as his armor. During the fight the armor would be broken, leaving Planetman stuck as a part of it.
Kinnikuman (2011)[]
Once the Perfect Chojin appeared and after Akuma Shogun opened the way to the Chojin Graveyard, the Six Devil Knights charged in and all went through different doors with Planetman going through Psychoman's door, appearing in Spain at the Sagrada Familia where Psychoman was and challenged him to a fight.
Despite Planetman's best efforts, Psychoman managed to overcome all of his techniques including Face Planet with Psychoman striking all of the faces before any of them could reveal who Strong the Budo truly was. Psychoman then used his signature Phantom Cannon technique, picking up Planetman and launching him down into the ring, shattering his body into pieces and killing him.
Powers and Abilities[]
- Planetary Powers: Planetman, due to having all of the planets in the solar system as a part of his body, is able to use all of their attributes to his advantage. Some of these attributes include freezing his opponents with Pluto and Neptune, manipulating gravity and throwing a sharp Ring with Saturn and shooting out fireballs with the Sun.
- Face Planet: Planetman, when he is backed into a corner, will absorb the souls of those around him into his body, their faces appearing on his body so they can be used as hostages. Whenever the faces are attacked, the person whose soul is attacked will die and Planetman will also suffer damage.
- Earth Projection: Planetman is able to project a map of the Earth onto an opponent's body, when the countries on that map are struck then the Chojin who represents said country take severe damage.
