Spaghetti Man
Spaghetti Man (スパゲッティ・マン, Supagetti Man) is the main antagonist of the short story Blackstar., that is part of the Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan: Short Story Collection.
It causes individuals to disappear, leaving behind their belongings, eerily distorted into twisted, spaghetti-like shapes. Contrary to what its name suggests, Spaghetti Man does not refer to a single entity but rather encompasses multiple phenomena that are theorized by the Speedwagon Foundation to be bait used by a higher dimensional creature to lure humans into another dimension.
Appearance
In reality, Spaghetti Man is the mouth of a wormhole known as a naked singularity. However, a gravity-warping illusion makes it take on a masculine human appearance in order to lure humans toward it. Each Spaghetti Man is cloaked in an unkempt suit paired with a crumpled hat. It has bushy eyebrows, protruding eyes, and a semi-open mouth resembling a faint smile. Its drooping face and features reminds Rohan Kishibe of the actor Benicio Del Toro. It doesn't look like an illusion, as it has shadows from the sun, and its body has a definite sense of mass to it. Underneath its blazer is an unbuttoned shirt, but rather than its chest having skin, there is a profoundly dark, gaping hole in place of a heart.
In photographs, Spaghetti Man often blends within crowds, though paradoxically isolates itself through its direct, unsettling stare. Its intense gaze directed at the camera is as if it is directly staring at the viewer.
Spaghetti Man isn't visible to ordinary people unless they have a "sixth sense" or predisposition for seeing paranormal things.[1]
Personality
Spaghetti Man is an eldritch entity who doesn't communicate directly, but its disconcerting presence is felt by those who encounter it. It has a sinister intent, as those who come into contact with it or become aware of its existence go missing, excluding Rohan who is its sole survivor. Once choosing a target, it persistently goes after them, making its first approach by appearing in every ordinary photo they take. Eventually, it appears in front of them in reality after a few days. It tends to make its victims disappear as soon as they tell someone else about it, or if someone investigates or pursues it like Chan or Rohan. When appearing in front of someone, it always stands still. Its expression doesn't change, and Rohan describes it to be like a machine repeating the same preprogrammed actions.[1]
Abilities
Spaghetti Man is extremely powerful, being able to easily consume humans into wormholes. Rohan considers it to be a manifestation of misfortune, with its ability being more horrifying than any Stand or mystery he has come across. It acts automatically, appears anywhere in the world with unlimited range, and has numerous ways to hunt down its prey.
Naked Singularity
Spaghetti Man is primarily a naked singularity, which is concealed due to a gravity-warping illusion giving it a human appearance. It reveals its true form by taking off its blazer, exposing its chest. The hole is small, but the gravity it emanates warps space all around it. Initially, Rohan assumes that it is a black hole with an event horizon.
Spaghetti Man, acting as a potent gravitational well, draws everything within a certain radius towards it. It is capable of pulling in anything that is at least up to 50m away, based on how far it was from Rohan. For example, branches of trees and blades of grass contort into strange shapes to point toward Spaghetti Man. The moment an object or individual nears the void, they undergo spaghettification due to the overwhelming tidal gravitational forces, becoming elongated and compressed until vanishing. When being pulled toward the hole, Rohan initially describes the experience as feeling as if he was shot out of a cannon and that invisible hands are dragging him down. He then realizes that there is no pulling sensation, but rather a natural feeling of falling down.
It is unknown what happens to those that are fully sucked into the hole, but Agent Gabriel and the Speedwagon Foundation assume that they are brought into another dimension.[1]
Multiplication
When Spaghetti Man is set on capturing its target, it infinitely appears to multiply by summoning its allies to gather at one point around the target. Akin to a colony of ants swarming around food, each being works together to pull the target toward them. With each of them having their own naked singularities, the holes combine and merge into one, intensifying the gravitational pull.[1]
Wormhole Manipulation
Spaghetti Man exists throughout all of spacetime simultaneously, traveling to other dimensions by using wormholes. This allows it to pursue its target in any timeline, no matter where they are. This also makes it capable of appearing in photographs, even if it wasn't there before in reality when the person initially took the photo.
Spaghetti Man uses wormholes like telephone wires to communicate with its allies, immediately transmitting information to each Spaghetti Man throughout space and time so they can all gather at one point. Since each Spaghetti Man uses wormholes to stay in sync with each other, a command from Heaven's Door written on one of them would immediately be transmitted to all of them.[1]
History
Background
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Novel Appearances
