An Honest Man

## SUMMARY

An Honest Man is the title of a novella in Universe 11-N, detailing the life of a 25 year old open-identity vigilante named Lei after he is voluntarily sent to prison for the accidental death of a bank teller at the scene of one of his heroic exploits which he blames himself for. Notably, despite being an extremely effective and skilled hero, Lei has absolutely no super-powers to speak of, but his heroics come from the fact that he is one of the most skilled fighters on the entire planet. Furthermore, despite being seen as the most skilled martial artist in the world, he only knows defensive techniques, and uses them to be the ultimate pacifist.

Lei serves his sentence out, getting moved from cell-block to cell-block throughout various prisons due to the many fights that his mere presence invites (all of which he wins without throwing a single punch), until a prison riot occurs, in which he saves the lives of most of the correctional officers, and is finally thrown into one of the most secure and deadly prisons in the world: Sisyphea Maximum Security Facility. There, serving his time with some of the most dangerous criminals on the planet, as well as actual super-powered villains, he meets a worthy combatant in his new cell-neighbor, Charles Bronson. But after a massive hack and security breach, it is up to Lei and Charles alone to stop some of the worlds most dangerous villains from escaping into the public.

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## CHARACTERS

* Lei Brandon Hanma
* Charles Bronson (Yes, based upon the real person)
* (1st Cellmate)
* (1st Warden)
* V3G4 (AI Warden)
* (1st Main Rival)
* Bruce Hanma (Father)
* Nariyoshi Hanma (Grandfather)

## TROPES

* Deliberate Values Dissonance
* Establishing Character Moment
* Incredibly Lame Pun
* Missing Mom: It is mentioned in flashbacks that Lei’s mother actually left the picture shortly after his father’s initial decline in control, though it is implied that the mother might have died in relation to the fathers’ actions.
* Prison Riot
* Tailor-Made Prison: Because it is a NOCO sponsored facility, the \_\_\_ Facility has cells tailor made for the particular prisoners with any kind of super-powered abilities.
* Technical Pacifist
* Worthy Opponent: This is actually how Lei and Bronson become allies in the novella, because after they both kept fighting each other as equals until they both had to resign from exhaustion (which is the first time either of them have had to do that).

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## UNIVERSE CONNECTIONS

* Dark Moon: At the \_\_\_ Facility, there are many super-powered villains from Dark Moon stories being held prisoner there, including Cynder, Doctor Snooze, and even Uncle Sam.
	+ Not only that, but in the timeline of the literary universe, after Lei finishes his sentence in prison, he is personally given a permanent place on the team with the Dark Moon heroes, along with Nebula, Sabre, and Night Rider, among the the others. He even works on the team to give further combat training to the heroes, as well as any new recruits that they gain.
* Abilities: At the end of the novel when most of the young heroes escape from the facility and become recruited by the Dark Moon hero team, it is implied that the kids are given their future training personally by Lei himself.

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## TRIVIA

* Takes place roughly from 2015-2019.
* The names of every character from the Hanma family are references to classic Martial Artists from film, television, and anime.
	+ The name Hanma comes from the shows *Baki* and *Baki The Grappler*, two well-renowned martial arts anime, focused on what is said to be the worlds greatest martial artists.
	+ The grandfathers name, Nariyoshi, comes from *the Karate Kid* (more specifically the *YouTube* original sequel-series *Cobra Kai*), with Nariyoshi being the actual first name of Mr. Miyagi.
	+ The fathers name, Bruce, is a clear and obvious reference to Bruce Lee, especially since his son and our man characters middle name is Brandon.
* Lei comes from a long line of the most powerful and skilled martial artists in the world, with Lei's grandfather and sensei, Nariyoshi Hanma, being the number 1 most skilled human fighter in the entirety of Universe 11-N, though he remains retired after training Lei. Bruce Hanma, whom was taught all of Nariyoshi's offensive skills, let the power go to his head and became a brutal and savage combatant, becoming the most dangerous martial artist on the planet. Because of his own son's fall to the darkness, Nariyoshi was extremely reluctant to train Lei at all, and even when he relented, knowing it would be Lei's duty to one day stop his father, Nariyoshi still only taught Lei the defensive tactics. All of the defensive tactics. Lei has become the most skilled defensive martial artist in all of Universe 11-N.
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