Guevaru, Jun

ジュン（純）・ゲバル

In the 'Son of Ogre' series, an 'alternative universe' version of the famous Che Guevara exists. This Edwardo 'Che' Guevara (also known in Japanese as "Jun Gebaru") is a former high-seas pirate who went on to found his own sovereign nation, 'La Serna'. His appearance is nearly identical to the real Guevara as seen in the classic photograph, and he is one of the three strongest men in the entire world, alongside Biscuit Oliva and Yujiro Hanma. Much like the real-life version, this manga iteration of Guevara is notorious for his radical political philosophy, his anti-capitalist and specifically anti-US stance (the crime for which he is presumably imprisoned is breaking into George W. Bush's house and threatening his family, after Bush considered using bullying military tactics against La Serna), and his harsh discipline. It is this discipline that has made him so powerful, as he is described as 'one of the three men alive more powerful than a machine gun'. He uses a fighting style developed from the exclusive use of bare hands against all weapon types, making him quite capable of killing someone in a single hit. He can defeat an opponent who has a gun to his head, or destroy several abnormally strong and/or skilled opponents at once.

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Apart from these obvious differences in personality and ability, this manga version of Guevara is also much younger than the real-life version would be, being about mid-thirties at the oldest, with the manga being set in current times.

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