The Void In-Between
Floating aimlessly in the abyss, a lone humanoid shaped figure of light could be seen sitting Indian style on nothing. But if you were able to hear sounds in this void, you would be able to hear the being's endless muttering.
"How long has it been since I first woke up in this realm of darkness? A year? A century? Maybe more? How many times have I lost my sanity and regained it yet again? Or am I even sane right now?"
"I have already thought back on my lifetime, with surprising clarity, since before my death I had truly horrible memory from a previous head injury. I have meditated on my many, MANY flaws and accepted them instead of running or making excuses."
"I have researched and reread every anime, cartoon, TV show, movie, book, comic and manga I have ever seen. I have shouted at the abyss profanities and raved at the gods and any other being I could think of I don't know how many times. Is this all there is for me in the afterlife? This... HELL?"
While the figure was still mumbling to itself, all of a sudden a flash of light appears before him. Before it fades away to reveal a floating screen like window with writing on it, causing the figure to be shocked and hopeful.
"What's this?! Finally something new in this abyss besides me!! Hahahaha! What's it say?! What's it say?! Could it be like those Webnovels I had always read while I was alive?! IS IT.... What the hell is this?!! I can't read it!!!"
Before the figure could continue on with his slightly mad rambling, the scribbles on the scream rearrange themselves into a language that he could read, English.
"Hello #1326598362900686408! You are the lucky, random soul that was picked at random of the souls whom completed their penance in Limbo. You good sir, have been granted the chance to reincarnate into any world of your choosing with three wishes (within reason and set limits)! Please choose wether you will accept or not.
Upon reading those words, the now identified man was shocked dumb before becoming really excited and eagerly shouted as loud as it could.
"YES!!! PLEASE, YES!!! I ACCEPT!!! JUST GET ME OUT OF THIS HELL!!!!!"
As soon as he confirmed his choice to accept the 'package', the screen went blank before quickly being filled with new words along with several blank lines underneath it next to the words WORLD, GENDER, WISH 1, etc.
"Very well, confirmation has been given. Before you can make your 3 wishes and pick your world, there are several restrictions and limits to what you can wish for which shall be listed beneath this paragraph. They are,"
+ Cannot wish for Infinite Resources
+ Cannot wish to remove freewill
+ Cannot wish to become a God
+ Cannot wish for a Godlike Power
+ Cannot wish for Dimension Travel
+ Cannot wish to revive the dead
+ Cannot wish to replace a character
+ Cannot wish for any more Wishes
"Note, as a free bonus, you shall be granted an infinite memory capacity with instant recall of perfect clarity. We will also fix any damage to your psyche/soul/mental state from both your previous life and your time here within Limbo. As a side effect, you will receive an extremely potent boost to your willpower and mental and spiritual fortitude to aid you for free."
Even after reading over everything and noticing it's not quite like what he read in stories, the being was still very ecstatic. It took him a very long time to calm himself down enough to think over his wishes with the many restrictions placed on them. But he eventually settled on what he wanted.
As he was excitingly filling out the options at the bottom of the screen, the figure could be heard talking to himself quickly.
"Ok, for the world let's put My Hero Academia. It is a modern type world so I can have my creature comforts while still being able to gain power and better myself. Since in this new life I want to become the ultimate fighter in the world, a bastion of strength, skill and will unlike how I was in my last life, fat, lazy and weak in will."
"Let's see, for the first wish I will put to gain the Hanma Bloodline at its highest purity. This includes their insane fighting talent and potential to grow, improve and adapt impossibly quickly, but taken up to 11. In this world where even middle school students can achieve Captain America level abilities without a relating Quirk, this will be very OP."
"For my second wish, I will put in a desire for insane muscle hypertrophy, including a perfect super regeneration factor to accompany it, or vice versa. This is because I always wanted to be an unstoppable walking mountain of muscle unlike my past, obese self."
"As for my 3rd wish, I want to always be in peak condition in every way to the point of self sustenance. This will mean I no longer need food, water, sleep nor air to function at 100% full capacity and grow up to my body's peak genetic potential and beyond."
"When everything is combined, even if I don't do any training (which I will), I would still achieve superhuman physical abilities like Yujiro Hanma or Biscuit Olivia from Baki the Grappler by the time I am 14 and attending UA. But if I were to train as hard as I can, I might even be able to achieve power like Garp or Kaido from One Piece."
"Plus the Hanma Bloodline would grant me animalistic instincts and gain an unsurmountable fighter's spirit just by having it at its highest purity. Which when tempered by the freebies given to me, will grant me shonen protagonist level courage, determination and willpower at their most extremes, all without effort."
"Hahahaha! Look out world! For. I. Am. Free!!! Hahaha!! I'm aiming to become the world's strongest and nothing shall get in my way!! Haha!!!"
As he was laughing madly, the figure started to be enveloped in a bright light before in a flash, he disappeared from the endless abyss. Only to wake in darkness once more, only this time, it was a time squeeze and wet, but he quickly noticed that his mind was now CLEAR, and that his SANITY was finally, TRULY back again. Just in time to realize he was being birthed.
After several minutes of effort on both his and his new mother's part, the figure was once again amongst the land of the living, announcing his birth with a loud almost wild cry of delight. Before being cleaned by the doctors once his umbilical cord was cut, them wrapped him up in a blue towel and handed him over to a very beautiful woman with red hair & eyes plus slightly pale yet healthy skin.
As he laid in his mother's arms, he could see and feel the unbridled and overwhelming love for him that his new mother felt. Shocking him into stunned silence from her beauty, both physically and her soulful emotions.
"Finally, I thought you would never come out sweetie. You sure gave me a hard time. Such a big and heavy baby. You have my eyes and hair, but it looks like you inherited your dad's tanned skin and.... 'unique' eyebrows."
The woman said lovingly to her new son while still deep in thought.
"You know, I could never come up with a name during this nine months. They just didn't feel right. But now, looking at you, I finally have just the name for you. Sanosuke Hanma. My little dictator, for you are my Heir and future Head of the Hanma Clan of Martial Artists. Happy birthday son."
It was as his mother was speaking the last few words that the newly named Sanosuke finally lost the battle to keep his eyes open, before quickly falling asleep soon after. But not before having one last thought.
"Well.... really wasn't expecting that