Bomber

Bomber
Kanji	爆弾魔(ボマー)
Rōmaji	Bomā
Debut
Manga Debut	Chapter 143
Anime Debut	Episode 80 (1999) Episode 64 (2011)
Group Statistics
Status	Defunct
Classification	Greed Island Player Hunters
Leader	Genthru
Base of Operations	Greed Island

The Bomber (爆弾魔(ボマー), Bomā—base kanji lit. "Bomb Devil/Demon") is a trio, composed by Genthru, Bara, and Sub, whose goal is to finish the famous game Greed Island, and to accomplish that, they do not hesitate to kill or to blackmail other players to get their cards.

Overview

The relationship among the members of the group made it clear to be closer than a simple alliance. Genthru, normally a cruel person, seemed to care for his teammate Bara by placing his wellbeing above his own and similarly, Sub did the same for Genthru.

Members

Active Deceased Former Unknown

Bomber
Genthru	Sub	Bara

Plot

Greed Island arc

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The Bomber (Genthru) is hiding in Nickes' Alliance, waiting for the perfect moment. The alliance collected 90 different specified slot cards, so they gather in a cave to put future plans and the Bomber uses the chance to reveal his true identity. After this shocking revelation Jispa tries to subdue the Genthru, but has his face blown off by his Nen ability, Little Flower. The Bomber then resumes the explanation of his abilities, as well as of how to deactivate Countdown. The bombs appear on all members of the alliance. The Bomber offers to disarm them himself in return for all the specified slot cards gathered until that point. He claims he will wait at Battera's castle and escapes the base with "Leave". He waits by the JoyStation Consoles with Sub and Bara until Puhat arrives. Genthru demands he hand over the cards, but Puhat reveals that he has come to negotiate with him alone. Genthru kills him. Nickes finally arrives with the ring in which all cards are stored. The announcement of Jispa's death leaves the Bomber unaffected. Nickes insists tha he removes the bomb, but the Bomber replies that he must check if all the cards are in the binder and hands the ring over to Sub. The Bombers and Nickes reenter. After verifying all the cards are in the binder, the three Bombers touch their thumbs together, causing all the bombs placed to detonate and killing nearly all the members of the allied group (minus Abengane and Cuzco). As a result of the massacre, several cards previously hoarded by the alliance group are put back into circulation.

Genthru, Sub, and Bara continue to amass the rest of the designated cards. They establish a monopoly of "Angel's Breath" and "Night Jade", the former through "Clone". They refuse Tsezguerra's offer to trade several times due to his progress in the game. One day, they are contacted by the Single-Star Hunter who offers them three cards—"Patch of Forest", "Spirited Away Hollow", and "Miniature Dragon"—in return for "Night Jade" alone. The Bombers talk it over. Genthru determines the deal is not a trap, but that Tsezguerra is confident he can obtain the cards he is missing before them. In order to collect the elusive "Wild Luck Alexandrite", they capture two players and force one of them to use "Risky Dice" and "Lottery". However, their attempts fail and Genthru suggests going back to Masadora to restock. He is not concerned with the number of cards gathered by Gon's team and estimates they will get stuck at around 65, claiming the ones they have to watch out for are Tsezguerra's, Tokharone's, and Hagakushi's teams, the Bellam brothers, and the uncommonly belligerent Phinks and Feitan. At Bara's suggestion, the Bombers come up with a plan to steal the cards they want from Tsezguerra: a combination of Risky Dice and Tax Collector's Gauntlet. Since his two friends would have to roll a Risky Dice each, Genthru, to share the same risks, rolls one himself. They agree on the plan and accept Tsezguerra's offer.

The Bombers alter the faces of their two captives to make them look like Sub and Bara. They precede Tsezguerra's team at the site of the appointment. The two captives are made to stand next to Genthru while Sub and Bara wear a Tax Collector's Gauntlet each and hide. After completing the trade, Genthru attracts the attention of Tsezguerra's team saying the trade is unfair to them. He holds up two cards, stating one is worthless, the other "Angel's Breath", and tells them to pick one. Behind them, Sub and Bara roll their Risky Dice and steal a total of eight cards from Tsezguerra's team. The Bombers then fly back to Masadora. They celebrate the success of their plan. Genthru then lists the three cards they should retrieve before going after "Plot of Beach" and stealing "Wild Luck Alexandrite" from someone else. He confidently declares they may as well begin to decide which three cards they should take to the real world. Genthru's name is mentioned in Gon's binder.^{[citation needed]}

Shortly afterward, they reach a total of 97 specified slot cards and kill six members of the alliance Gon's team formed to compete against Razor's pirates. When they challenge them a second time and win "Plot of Beach", the Bombers monitor them with a spyglass and then contact Tsezguerra, whom they know to be injured, offering to spare their lives in return for "Plot of Beach". Genthru orders him to come alone to the gate of Masadora in one hour, lest they take it as a declaration of war. He reveals he killed Gon's team's former allies, sparking the boy's wrath, who challenges him. Genthru replies he will steal "Wild Luck Alexandrite" from him after dealing with Tsezguerra. When the connection is lost, Genthru rejects Bara's suggestion to steal a copy of "Plot of Beach" from the kids, since checking it with a Paladin's Necklace would cause a cloned card to be reverted too. He claims that Gon's team will cave once Tsezguerra surrenders and insists on the importance of not letting the Single-Star Hunter recover.^{[citation needed]}

Tsezguerra comes with the rest of his team. They steal cards from the Bombers and fly away. The Bombers check their binders and notice no important cards were taken. Genthru comments it will be tough to beat Tsezguerra, noticing his unusual determination. When Tsezguerra's team repeatedly attacks them with guerrilla tactics, Genthru deduces they are tracking them through someone's ability and decides to resort to drastic measures. The Bombers begin to hang around Masadora's spell shop, beating up any player who comes out of it while searching for the person supplying Tsezguerra's team with spell cards and forcing those who have never met Tsezguerra to buy cards for them, and killing the others. Once they have gathered enough spell cards to give chase to Tsezguerra's team, the Bombers go after them. The chase begins. When Tsezguerra's spell cards decrease, Genthru remains with two impostors while Sub and Bara stake out of the spell shop. When Tsezguerra's team leaves the game, Genthru and Bara follow them and kill Sabazushi.

Unable to track down Tsezguerra and fearing the loss of their data, the Bombers wait for Tsezguerra to return at the Shiso Tree. When they do not return, Genthru decides not to worry about Battera canceling the reward and plans to steal Gon's team's cards. After checking their spells, Genthru decides to fight Gon if it comes down to force. They fly to them and pretend to have made a deal with Tsezguerra, offering to make one with them as well. When Killua points out there is no proof they actually made a deal, Genthru threatens to kill them if they don't hand over their cards. The Bombers chase them until they seemingly run out of spells in Masadora. Unable to find them, the Bombers go to the spell shop first, then track them down via "Accompany". They run after them, and, when the kids split up, Genthru engages Gon in a one-on-one battle.

When the boy counters his first offensive, Genthru deduces Gon knows about his abilities. Gon tries to get him to agree to a wager where the one to admit defeat hands his cards to the winner. Genthru refuses at first, but accepts when Gon swears he will die rather than open his binder otherwise. Upon seeing Gon's Ren, he thinks he shows promise, but is still far from maturation, and activates his own Ren. He easily dodges and blocks the boy's attacks by reading the flow of his aura. Then, he begins to beat him down one-sidedly without using his ability. However, Gon does not give up and Genthru resolves to use Little Flower to break his spirit. In the blink of an eye, he grabs Gon's left wrist and detonates it. The boy defended himself with Gyo, and Genthru realizes he has been training that counter. He grabs Gon's arm again, but feints an explosion and instead punches him in the belly. Due to his lowered defenses, Gon takes a lot of damage, vomiting blood. However, he keeps smirking, much to Genthru's irritation. He attempts another feint, which Gon manages to see through due to Genthru not using Gyo. Genthru then showcases Little Flower from both his hands and explains its effects on the victim's body. Faced with Gon's stubbornness, he announces he will blow off his limbs one by one.

hand. He is horrified by Gon's aura while he charges Janken: Rock, but he is unable to control his body. As he tries to back away, he stumbles on a root and falls, unwittingly dodging the punch. He recovers his footing and hears Gon say it has been enough. Assuming he intends to surrender, he is shocked when he declares he will fight for real and thinks to himself the kid is insane. Deciding to outwit Gon, he pretends to surrender to get Gon near him while his binder is out. He proceeds to crush the boy's throat so that he could not utter "Book" and dispel it, or "Gain". Enraged, Gon soaks Genthru with a gasoline container he had stored in a card and pulled out of the binder one minute before to nullify his Little Flower.

Genthru dispels his binder and, out of options, decides to use Countdown. He explains the ability and prepares to touch Gon to activate it. before he can get close, Gon uses Janken: Rock on the ground, revealing it was a covering for a pit. Genthru falls and is trapped in the pit, surprised Gon is falling with him. He sees him jumping into a lateral tunnel before throwing another card in the air, which, due to having been out of the binder for one minute, reverts into a huge boulder that comes crashing down. He jumps into the same tunnel as Gon, the rock blocking the exit; however, he finds himself in front of the boy as he is about to strike with Janken: Rock to defeat him. Genthru surrenders, but Gon hits him and knocks him out. Then, he drags him out of the tunnel.

Following the battle, he is tied up and brought to an open field with his defeated partners. He requests that "Angel's Breath" be used on Bara, who had been severely injured by Biscuit. Despite Goreinu's protests, Gon's team spare the Bombers' lives and Gon uses "Angel's Breath" on Genthru as well. He is surprised when a stranger touches him and says "I caught the Bomber", releasing the bomb.

Abilities & Powers

Nen

"Releasing" the bombs

The Bomber's power consists basically of Genthru's Countdown Nen ability, but when Genthru, Bara, and Sub put their thumbs together and speak the keyword "Release" (解放(りりース), Rirīsu) in unison, the time bombs planted by Genthru will explode simultaneously independently from the timer.

Trivia

• Though the name of their trio is the "Bomb Devil(s)" (爆弾魔, probably: Bakudan Ma), the group is actually pronounced "Bomber" (ボマー, Bomā) as indicated by the furigana in the Japanese text.
  • A less likely translation of the kanji, than the more appropriate by context "Bomb Devil(s)" or "Bomb Demon(s)", is "Bomb Magic".
• Genthru is the only member of the trio who doesn't have a tattoo on his forehead.
• Kazsule's Alliance believed the Bomber to be either a Manipulator or an Emitter; in reality, he is neither, as he was revealed to be a Conjurer.
  • All three Nen types are however included in Countdown and it is possible that Sub and Bara fall under the Manipulation and Emission categories in order to help create the bombs.