Hanny

Naming
The name of Honey is written in katagana most of the time. In Rance 4.1, the Honey's icon is annotated as "Hanny". However, in "Rance the Complete Guide - Chronicle" published later, the English word "Honey" was used throughout the column describing them.

When referring to the species as a whole, the term Haniwa (ハニワ) is used, proving they are a reference to the Japanese funeral clay figures haniwa.

Girl Honeys are called Haniko (ハニ子).

Characteristics
Honey is one of the staple creature of Alice Soft's fantasy world. They resemble short vertical cylinders with a round top, with three big holes for eyes and mouth, and two small round stumps on the sides (on the level of the mouth) for hands. There is no discernable lowerbody or legs, they most likely move around by hopping, though a few of the species may be capable of levitation.

While they somewhat resemble the Cactuars of Final Fantasy, Honey appeared in Alice Soft's first game, Rance 1, which predates the earliest appearance of Cactuar in the Final Fantasy series.

Honeys after Rance 4 have magic immunity as a racial trait. Most Honey are capable of using the Honey Flash attack.

Types of Honey

 * Honey - the plain Honey, brown
 * Double Honey - Two Honey connected at the bottom
 * Triple Honey
 * Green Honey - the typical low-level honey, stronger than the plain honey
 * Blue Honey - stronger than green
 * Red Honey - stronger than blue
 * Black Honey - stronger than red
 * Super Honey - stronger than black
 * Fiendish Honey
 * Secret Honey
 * Honey Slime
 * Honey Slime Beth
 * Golden Honey
 * Happiness Green Honey - about the same strength as Green Honey, but gives a lot more experience opints.
 * Honey Knight
 * Potit Honey
 * Honey Mother
 * Haniko
 * Honey King - The most powerful Honey in existence, he only appears occasionally as an optional sidequest boss or as background NPC.