Pioneer

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**Pioneer** is a major character in season 2 of ***"Hanlim Gym (Webtoon)."*** He is currently the newest Busan champion; previously in second place. He has a sense of righteousness due to wanting to honor a student's wishes.

## Appearance

Wears black pants and long trench coat as his exposed upper body is revealed. Has a yellow armband on the right. Has short spiky blue hair.

## Personality

Has an odd personality, he seems to be drunk and prone to attack. However, it seems he has serious sense of justice as he despies anyone who had committed any law breaking acts. Before, he was a delinquent, albeit a brash one.

## Background

In the past, he was a typical deliquent; always at the roof, eating squid and drinking. One day, a student council member berates him for breaking the rules but he will always beats him up by kicking him in the balls. Over time, the council member persists which Pioneer noticed. One day at a snowy day, Pioneer wishes to join his council out of bordeom and curiosty. The member at first reject this as he explains about his wish of erasing evildoers to make the world a better place. Although Pioneer found it cringe, he was acceppted as the member eventually agrees if he guides him out of his deliquent behavior.

One day, the councilman never appeared. He found out that he died in a car crash when he was helping an old woman. He decides to honor his wish and accepts his armband. At somepoint after, he discovers PVP.

## Plot Overview

### Season 1

In the epilogue, he briefly appears with Frenchie as he beats some people up while recieving the champion ship invitation.

### Season 2

#### The Championship Begins: Round 1

Fought various players at the cruiseship.

#### Closer to Victory: Round 4

Kwangyong Park, who was the Busan champion, retired after this championship, Pioneer, who was second in Busan PVP, naturally became the Busan champion and received a special trophy made using rare minerals and craftsmanship by Charles. However, when spectators disapprove of his advancement, he got angry and tried to throw a soju bottle at the display to declare he will prove his worth but accidentally threw the trophy and smashed the display. He apolgoizes to Charles.

#### The Quarter Finals: Round 5

He fights Jeju Island Champion in which he despise as he kidnaps people; creating missing people cases. He constantly kicks him in the balls. He was hit by the champion's chi arts which render him immobile but due to his hangover, he wakes up. At the end of the battle, both fighters charged at each other and caused an explosive mist which resulted in

## Relationships

**Allies**

* Frenchie -
* Student Councilman - At first, he was annoyed by him but his constant interferece of upholding the council rules made Pioneer intrigued. Intrigued that he was interested in joining. After an accidenetal death of the councilman, he honors his wish of erasing evildoers.

**PVP**

* Charles Kim -
* Yeongha Jeon -
* Deccan -
* Gluttony -
* Pink Singlet - one of the opponents that Pioneer fights during the championship. He easy defeats him by kicking him in the balls. Apparently Pioneer beats him up for being a child molester.
* Jeju Champion – he paired to fight against the Jeju Champion in the quarter-finals. Despise him for kidnapping people.

## Abilities

* Nut-kicking – he just straight-up kicks the opponents in the nuts, basically incapacitating them. Apparently he uses this move quite a lot, such as when he beat the perverted pink singlet fighter in the Championship.
* Immense Throwing Strength - when he received the Busan Champion's trophy, he threw it so hard it destroyed the screen board (of course that was an accident as he thought he was throwing his beer bottle).

## Trivia

* He is one of the few characters to be in both Superstring and Bluestring.
* Considering he is a PVP player, then his age must be below either 19 or 20 years old.
* On his "bad list," he wrote down: Yeongha Jeon being a pervert, Deccan being a tyrant, and Gluttony being a pig.

## Gallery

Pioneer and Lovey doing their thing (S2, Ep3).pngCharles offically appoints Pioneer as the new Busan Champion (S2, Ep.43).png
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## References

1. ↑ Often translated as "Leader" as well. Webtoon is not very consistent
2. ↑ Hanlim Gym, Season 2, Ep.43
3. ↑ https://www.quora.com/Does-high-school-in-South-Korea-start-when-you-are-around-13-14-and-end-when-you-are-17-18-or-are-the-ages-different

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