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Hibiki Tachibana SG-r03' Gungnir
Hibiki Tachibana
Kanji 立花 響

Romaji Tachibana Hibiki

Other Names Bikki
Hero of the Lunar Attack
(ルナアタックの英雄 Runa Atakku no Eiyū?)
(By Dr. Ver)[1]
Human-Relic Fusion Case One
(融合症例第一号 Yūgō Shōrei Daiichigō?)
(By Maria)[2]
God Slayer
(神殺し Kamigoroshi?)
(By Adam[3] and Shem-Ha)[4]
Character Information
Age 15 (S1)[5]
16 (G to AXZ E11)[6][7][8]
17 (AXZ E12 onwards)[9]
Birthday September 13, 2027[7]
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Gender Female
Height 157cm[10][7]
Three Sizes B84/W58/H86
Blood Type O[11][7]
Nationality Japanese
Hair Color Light Brown
Eye Color Orange
Relic Gungnir
Durandal (Temporarily)
Theme Color Orange
Affiliation S.O.N.G.
Relatives Akira Tachibana (Father)
Unnamed mother
Unnamed grandmother
Debut
Manga Chapter 1
Anime Episode 1
Game Super Heroine Chronicle
Voice Actors
Japanese Aoi Yūki


Hibiki Tachibana (立花 響 Tachibana Hibiki?) is one of the six main protagonists of the Senki Zesshō Symphogear series.

She is a Symphogear user and wields the Gungnir relic.

Etymology[]

Hibiki (?) - The term hibiki means "a sound", "a ring", or "an echo". Used as a verb, it can mean "to resound/resonate". According to series co-creator Noriyasu Agematsu, he selected this name because he considers "響" to be the most important concept in music writing. Additionally, he wished to use "響" as a name for a potential child of his (read as "Hibiki" for a girl, or "Kyō" for a boy), and was delighted when his co-writer, Akifumi Kaneko, decided to adopt the name.[12]

Tachibana (立花?) means "standing flower". According to Agematsu, "Tachibana" is derived from the Agematsu family crest, which is written with the kanji "橘", meaning "mandarin orange".[12]

Appearance[]

Hibiki has orange eyes with short light brown hair fastened with two red clips on either side of her head. She is most often seen wearing the uniform of Lydian Music Academy. While rarely seen, she has a scar on her chest in the shape of a 'forte', from when Kanade's Gungnir fragment pierced her chest on the day of the Zwei Wing concert.

In G, Hibiki wears a beige vest with an orange sweater and a brown pleated skirt with a white petticoat. She also wears a pair of light brown boots with deep blue kneesocks.

In GX, Hibiki wears a white & light blue striped, off-the-shoulder top with yellow overall shorts with a large blue bow and a pair of white & orange shoes.

In AXZ, Hibiki wears a white & yellow top with short white & gold striped sleeves and black shoulder straps. She has a pair of denim shorts with white & black shoes and red socks.

Personality[]

Hibiki is outgoing, friendly, and perhaps overwhelmingly optimistic. She treats everyone with kindness, even those that used to be enemies. She doesn't want to fight unless she necessarily has to and wouldn't want to have pointless battles when she believes the problem could be talked about calmly first. Otherwise, she gladly dons her Symphogear in order to help people who are in danger that otherwise can't be used by ordinary means. At other times, she is sensitive about certain topics - her father and her past, especially the past being two of them. She also has a softer side, frequently hides her feelings about specific things and rarely shows herself being sad to anyone whenever it's a problem related to herself, even her friends, but can also be touched and easily cry if hearing sad stories. In this regard, she forces herself to keep a smile for others. The only person that can normally tell she's putting on a facade is Miku. This can hinder Hibiki when in battle, as she allows her emotions to get the better of her. She can also make a bad habit of running away from her problems and bouts of self-doubt.

History[]

Two years ago, while attending a Zwei Wing concert, she was nearly killed by the Noise, barely surviving thanks to the sacrifice of Kanade, who taught her never to accept death. Years later, when she becomes cornered by the Noise, she sings the same song she heard Kanade sing and ends up gaining Symphogear powers due to a fragment of Kanade's armor that entered her body that distant day: a fragment of The Third Relic - Gungnir. However, since it was only a fragment, she possesses less armor compared to the original and has no weapons or Armed Gear, but she is able to defeat most Noise with her fists. When she becomes really angry, she sometimes enters a state of frenzy.

Synopsis[]

Season 1[]

Zwei Wing Concert[]

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Hibiki is shocked Miku isn't at the Stadium.

Hibiki is first seen in Episode 1 as picture in front of a grave. She is presumed to be dead as Miku is visiting her grave. Flashback to two years ago and Hibiki is seen standing in front of a stadium that Zwei Wing's concert is to take place while on the phone with Miku. Miku is unable to make it and Hibiki exclaims in surprise as Miku had invited her. After Miku hangs up, Hibiki silently pouts out her belief that a curse is upon her. Regardless, she goes to attend the concert alone, and is later seen buying glow sticks from a booth. As she walks into the concert hall, she smiles in amazement at the stage. Hibiki activates the glow stick as the concert starts and waves it in the air excitedly.

As the Noise attack and the people flee, Hibiki stands in her spot watching the two singers fight the Noise. A collapse of the stage causes Hibiki to fall to the ground and injure her knee. As the Noise approaches her, Kanade jumps in and saves her, telling her to run. She gets up and limps away however as she does a fragment from Kanade's Gungnir pierces her chest and almost kills her. Kanade runs to her and tells her to open her eyes. She does and Kanade proceeds to sing her Superb Song. Hibiki witnesses Kanade's death and falls unconscious. She next wakes up when they are performing surgery on her, realizing that she is still alive.

Back in the present, Hibiki is seen singing the Lydian Private Music Academy Anthem. She is then scolded for bringing in a stray to class. Afterwards, she is in her dorm room on the floor as she talks about how tired she is. She then runs over to a table and picks up a magazine with Tsubasa Kazanari on it and remembers that her CD goes on sale the day after. As she thinks, Hibiki pulls at her shirt to look at the scar she gained from the day of the concert two years ago. She continues to think and ponder about what actually happened two years ago as the news had reported something much different than what she had witnessed. Later that night she is seen sleeping in the same bed as Miku.

The next day as Miku reads the news report, she is seen eating and hastily stands as Tsubasa passes by. She is nervous as she comes face-to-face with the star as Tsubasa points out the rice stuck to the side of her mouth. Later in the day, she whines to Miku how Tsubasa probably thought that she was a weirdo and the latter replies that she is right to think that. Miku reminds her that Tsubasa's CD goes on sale that day and Hibiki tells her that it is a status symbol. She is then seen running down the street to a store to buy her CD chanting a mantra to herself, however when she gets there she sees nothing but the black Carbon dust, a tell-tale sign of Noise.

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Gungnir's activation.

She hears the scream of a little girl and goes to save her. They run away from the Noise and jump into a river and later find high ground to hide out. However Noise soon gathers around them, where she starts singing, in which she activates the Gungnir fragment inside of her, fusing and changing her system.

Episode 2 starts with Hibiki staring in surprise at her new Symphogear. She begins to sing and protect the little girl by jumping off the roof. However, due to her lack of experience, she is unable to fully control her high distance jumping abilities. As the Noise attack, she realizes that she can in fact destroy the Noise with the use of her new Symphogear. Tsubasa arrives and tells her to protect the girl as she goes off to fight. Hibiki stares in amazement as Tsubasa effortlessly destroys all the Noise. However a larger Noise comes to attack them and Tsubasa saves them.

After the battle, Aoi hands Hibiki a warm drink in which she gratefully accepts and drinks. She then de-transforms and falls, spilling the drink, Tsubasa however is able to catch her. Hibiki thanks her and tells her it is the second time Tsubasa has saved her, in which she expresses confusion. Hibiki then mentions leaving as Tsubasa stands in her way to prevent such. She is then cuffed by Shinji and escorted to the Mobile Disaster Response Corps. She is then told by Shinji to hold on. As the elevator drops, she is heard screaming. As they arrive, she finds that Genjuro has thrown a welcome party for her, much to her confusion and surprise. Ryoko then asks for a picture and she declines on the ground of it would be depressing since she is handcuffed. She then asks how they knew her name as she has never met any of them. She later thanks Shinji for removing her handcuffs.

As they do introductions, Hibiki asks them to explain everything that had happened earlier. She then screams in dismay as Ryoko asks her to take her clothes off. She then returns to her dorm room and Miku expresses much concern over her lateness. Hibiki then watches the news about Tsubasa's possible overseas debut. As they lay in bed, Hibiki thanks Miku as she is the only one who would worry about her. She then hugs her and tells her that she is the sunshine that warms her. She then falls peacefully asleep.

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Hibiki attacks the Noise.

The next day she is seen being called Bikki by Kuriyo and is invited to Flower. However she declines as she is busy that afternoon. After they leave, Tsubasa comes to retrieve her and handcuffs her again. She is then informed by Ryoko that her check-up results were fine and there was no permanent damage. She then asks them to explain how she got that power. Genjuro and Ryoko both explain to her the workings of relics and she recalls her activation of Gungnir. However, as they continue to explain, Hibiki tells them that the entire explanation went straight over her head. She then realizes that she didn't have a relic in which Genjuro shows her the X-rays with her injury from two years ago. The fragments of the Gungnir that belonged to Kanade were too close to her heart to be removed and were just left there. Ryoko told her to think of it as a parting gift from Kanade. She then asks if it really needs to be kept a secret, as Genjuro tells her that she needs to and she thinks of Miku.

Hibiki then agrees to use her Symphogear to fight the Noise; she then goes out to speak to Tsubasa. As she speaks, the Noise alarm goes off as Noise have been detected. As Tsubasa leaves to fight Hibiki tries to go too, however Genjuro stops her as she is not ready; she leaves anyway as she has the power to help people. Hibiki tries to help Tsubasa and tells her that even though she might've gotten in Tsubasa's way she wants to fight together. However Tsubasa then raises her blade to fight her.

Battle Against Noise[]

Episode 3 Hibiki tries reasoning with Tsubasa thinking that she misunderstood, however Tsubasa knew what she meant and refuses to fight alongside her. She demands that Hibiki prepares her armed gear, however Hibiki cannot understand as she does not know what an armed gear is. Tsubasa tries to attack Hibiki but Genjuro comes to her protection and deflects Tsubasa's attack. As Tsubasa is helped up by Genjuro, Hibiki states that she knows that she is useless right now, but she will try to replace Kanade. Unfortunately, Tsubasa denies it as Genjuro notice her slaps Hibiki.

She is later seen with Miku as her phone goes off, telling her of a meeting with the Response Corps. As Miku questions her and offers to cover for her, she promises not to fall behind on her reports. Hibiki struggles with undressing and Miku helps her. At the meeting Genjuro asks her about her knowledge of Noise, to which she replies that she only knows what the news and school tells her. She then receives her first business card from Shinji who she now knows is Tsubasa's manager. As she comments that it's scary to think that someone was sending Noise toward them Ryoko comforts her.

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Hibiki's friends feeding her.

As she ponders why they had to wage war, Ryoko starts to display some of her sexual tendencies at Hibiki. The next day as they sing the school anthem, Hibiki spots Tsubasa and stops singing, leading to her being scolded by her teacher. Later on as she writes her report, Yumi and Kuriyo are feeding her. As the girls leave to play badminton, Miku stays behind to help her. Later that afternoon, Hibiki turns in her report that the teacher allowed an exception for. As she exclaims in excitement, her teacher tells her to quiet down. Since now she can go watch shooting stars with Miku, Miku runs off to get their bags and Hibiki comments to herself at how fast Miku is. Her phone rings and she answers.

She calls Miku and tells her that something had come up and she had to leave. She transforms and begins to fight the Noise as she waits for Tsubasa to arrive. She fights aggressively and angrily as she had to break her promise with Miku. Her bestial side starts to emerge as she tears the Noise apart. It disappears as a Noise attacks her and she chases after it. Looking at the sky she sees a shooting star. However it turns out to be Tsubasa. As she tries to speak with her, Chris appears, clad in the Nehushtan Armor.

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Hibiki running from the Noise.

In Episode 4, Hibiki tries to stop Tsubasa from fighting Chris as she is human like the two of them. The two however both yell at her and is pushed aside as Chris attacks. While she watches the two fight, Chris summons Noise to attack Hibiki who runs away. As she is caught by the Noise, Hibiki continues to watch the fighting. As Tsubasa and Chris move on to fight in the area around the clearing, Hibiki tries to call for an Armed Gear, however it doesn't form.

Later, Tsubasa sings her superb song which allows Hibiki to be freed from the Noise. After the effects of Tsubasa's superb song subsides, Hibiki runs towards her and trips just as Genjuro and Ryoko show up.

At the hospital, she is sitting in the waiting room as Shinji shows ups. He gives her a drink and tells her about Tsubasa and Kanade's sacrifice from two years ago. Hibiki understands the sacrifices that Kanade and Tsubasa made, and that it must have hurt Tsubasa's feelings when Hibiki said she wanted to fight with her in which she starts to cry. On the roof of the school, Hibiki thinks about Tsubasa and Miku approaches her. Having noticed that she has been very solitary lately Hibiki starts to ramble and Miku takes her hand.

She asks Miku to give her space and thanks her as Miku agrees. Miku then tells her to remain herself, as she doesn't have to change and is irreplaceable. Miku then asks her if she wants to watch the Lyra Meteor Shower and offers Hibiki her phone. However, due to it being a cell phone video, Hibiki is unable to see the meteor shower at all, causing them both to laugh at the absurdity of it.

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Hibiki trains with Genjuro.

She is then seen at Genjuro's home asking him to teach her how to fight. He agrees and asks her about action movies. Together they watch movies and train; she also goes out singing with her friends and eats a lot more and watches the sunset with Miku.

At the start of Episode 5, Hibiki is once again training with Genjuro. As she focuses on a punch, she knocks the punching bag off the tree branch sending it into the koi pond. She is next seen with Genjuro after her training. After Aoi gives her a drink, Hibiki apologies to Genjuro for the question and proceeds to ask him if there were any other methods of fighting the Noise that do not require the help of young high school girls. As Genjuro tells her about the secrecy of the Symphogear, Hibiki realizes that she hasn't been very mindful of that. Aoi reassures her that leaks were also part of their jobs.

Having listened to the entire explanation she then asks about Ryoko, in which Genjuro informs her that she had gone to the government building. After Ryoko returns and everyone is informed on the movement of Durandal, Ryoko sends her home to get rest, where she is scolded by Miku for being gone the entire day. She apologizes quickly before running out with a bag in hand. Later as she sits in Section Two's headquarters, Hibiki opens up a news paper which contained a picture of Tsubasa with false information about her hospitalization.

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Hibiki activates the Durandal.

Shinji appears and the two talk before Hibiki runs off. Later she is seen with a group of agents as Genjuro briefs them on their mission. As they drive, Hibiki calls out to Ryoko as a portion of the bridge crumbles. After the car is flipped over, Hibiki retrieves Durandal and tries to run with Ryoko to keep it safe however an explosions forces her to ground. As Ryoko defends them, Hibiki transforms and begins to fight, however she trips due to the heels on her Symphogear and breaks them off, allowing her easier movement for fighting. As she fights she displays that the training she has undergone had been effective and now fights the Noise much more easily.

She is caught off guard by Chris and is kicked to the ground as Chris tries to obtain the Durandal. She knocks Chris out of the way and grabs a hold of Durandal activating and restoring the relic. Her beastial side begins to emerge and with the use of Durandal causes massive damage to the plant. Later she wakes up, still holding Durandal with Ryoko fixing her appearance.

Hibiki is seen training on a track with Miku in Episode 6 as she recalls the events with Durandal. Later on, they are in a bath together as Hibiki apologizes for dragging Miku along on a Sunday morning and comments on Miku's track experience. When Miku brings up her change, Hibiki admits she never intended to. She agrees to treat Miku to food at Flower later on as repayment for dragging Miku along.

Later while at Lydian, she is on the phone with Shinji who was tied up with another assignment. She accepts as she sees Miku waiting for her. Hibiki declines her offer and apologies before running off. Later on, she is seen holding a bouquet of flowers as she visits Tsubasa. Upon seeing the room in disarray she assumes that Tsubasa was kidnapped and questions if Tsubasa is okay when she shows up.

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Hibiki attempts to form an Armed Gear.

Later on, after the room is cleaned Hibiki is folding some clothes as Shinji had asked her to take care of Tsubasa for him. Hibiki tells Tsubasa that she perceived her as someone who did everything perfectly. As Tsubasa asks for the reason why, Hibiki answers that she didn't really know, as helping others was kind of a hobby. And speculates that she possibly is fighting because of the concert two years ago. As she wanted to be useful to someone at the very least.

As they speak on the rooftop, Hibiki recalls the many events since becoming a Symphogear user as she explains her thoughts. As she runs off, Hibiki receives a call and meets up with Miku, but the two are attacked by Chris. Transforming, she saves Miku and leads Chris away from Miku. Away from Miku, Hibiki begins to list off things about herself as she tries to get Chris to talk, not wanting to fight.

She tries to materialize an Armed Gear but is unable to and comes to the conclusion that if she cannot form one, she could channel it into her punches instead.

Hibiki is still trying to reason with Chris in Episode 7 as she doesn't want to fight. Hibiki is beaten back by an angry Chris before and after Chris transforms. She runs from the attacks before being protected by Tsubasa. As Tsubasa and Chris fight, Hibiki jumps in the way and destroys a Noise that was aiming for Chris. She is caught by her after landing. Later after a check-up with Ryoko, Hibiki stumbles slightly and is caught by Ryoko. After the check up she thinks about Miku briefly before Ryoko pokes her chest, near her heart and is informed about Gungnir's fusion to her tissue. Hibiki returns to hers and Miku's shared dorm to find Miku reading, as Hibiki tries to speak to her Miku expresses her anger at Hibiki for keeping secrets.

The next day, Hibiki spaces out in class as she stares at Miku and the teacher picks on her. At lunch, Hibiki asks to sit with Miku who ignores her. Hibiki chases after Miku after she runs off. She finds Miku on the roof and apologizes for all the secrets, though Miku is quick to reject it and say they can't be friends anymore, leaving a saddened Hibiki alone on the roof.

Hibiki is speaking to Genjuro about a Noise attack in Episode 8, in which she learns that Chris had also been in that area and had been fighting them. She worries for Chris before hanging up and finding that Miku wasn't in class. Later on, Hibiki is on the roof wondering about Miku before she sees Tsubasa. The two talk and Tsubasa tries to cheer her up. Hibiki argues back to Tsubasa that instead of a song of destruction, her songs had been what had saved her two years ago.

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Hibiki using her phone to communicate with Miku.

Having been given order to deal with the Noise, Hibiki also finds Miku in an abandoned building cornered by a giant Noise. As the Noise reacts to sounds, Hibiki isn't able to transform without putting them in danger. As Miku distracts the Noise, Hibiki transforms to find Miku and the Noise, thinking back to the conversation that they just had. Hibiki destroys the Noise and saves Miku before having her transformation cancelled. The two make up and take a picture together.

Later that night the two are once again sleeping in the same bed as Hibiki playfully pretends to fall asleep quickly.

Hibiki shows Miku around the secret base in Episode 9 before she sees Tsubasa and introduces Miku to her, she comments that it was weird to have Miku in the base with them. Hibiki becomes exited about hearing Ryoko's epic tale of love and assumes that it was an amazing fairy tale with princesses and knights. She swears to one day get secrets out of Ryoko. After Ryoko leaves, Hibiki proposes that they all go on a date.

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Hibiki speculates Ryoko's story.

The next day, having overslept, Hibiki causes herself and Miku to be late in meeting with Tsubasa. During the date, Hibiki swears to win the toy that Tsubasa wants for her, who comments that she was getting too into the game. She exclaims that the game was rigged and wants to transform and wonders if her anger will finally summon an armed gear. At the Karaoke place, she expresses excitement about singing with a real pop star. The next day she is given a ticket for Tsubasa's upcoming performance at the same stadium where she was attacked.

The night of the concert, Hibiki is once again running late as the Noise had started to appear. She gets a call from Genjuro and is asked to fight alone as she wants Tsubasa to be able to do her show. She comes to Chris' aid and the two fight together.

Battle Against Finé[]

A day later, Hibiki is seen with Miku in Episode 10 as they walked out of a room. She immediately stops walking to listen as soon as she heard the Lydian School Choir singing their school's anthem. Later on, Hibiki is talking to Tsubasa and Genjuro via transmitter. Hibiki reassures Genjuro that Ryoko is fine for she's likes him which Tsubasa contradicted saying that Ryoko doesn't have any power nor fighting ability. Afterwards, Hibiki talks about Kadingir with Tsubasa, Genjuro and Ryoko. Closing the transmitter, Hibiki informed Miku about their subject of conversation before she was called again to respond in a Noise attack. Hibiki left Miku after saying that the latter is her sunshine and she'll always come back for her.

Hibiki was dropped off by a helicopter to fight the Noise together with Tsubasa. The two were joined by Chris who came for their aid as Genjuro stated. She helps Tsubasa and Chris settle their argument and formulate a plan of attack in the midst of the battle. After fighting, Hibiki hugs Chris before she receives a call from Miku saying that the Lydian Music Academy was under attack.

In Episode 11, Hibiki, Chris and Tsubasa arrived at Lydian Music Academy which was already destroyed. They see Ryoko transform into Finé. Hibiki asked Ryoko if everything was a joke and Ryoko answered her by telling her what happened to the real Ryoko. Hibiki and the two fight Finé to the point that Chris sacrifices herself to stop Finé and Hibiki cannot do anything but to watch.

In Episode 12, Hibiki gets angry from what happened to Chris, to the point that she goes berserk and relentlessly attacks Finé and Tsubasa. She is stopped by Tsubasa, who uses shadow weave to return her back to normal when Tsubasa destroyed the Kadingir. Lifelessly, Hibiki was attacked by Finé and she didn't even defend herself. She regained her fighting spirit when she heard the Lydian Academy's Hymn being sung. Hibiki activates her hidden power which manage to restore her, Chris and Tsubasa's strength.

Hibiki, together with Chris and Tsubasa in Episode 13, fight Finé and demolishes her plan. She, along with Chris and Tsubasa, fly to the moon to stop the falling moon, Finé's last resort plan, saving the Earth. Later on, the three are considered dead. However, a later on, the trio emerge again, having just faked their deaths to avoid complications.

Symphogear G[]

Hibiki was first seen fighting Noise along with Chris as they protect the Solomon's Cane and handed it over to Dr. Ver. When leaving to see Tsubasa's performance, the two were held back as the Noise attacked the facility where they left the Solomon's Cane.

Later on, Hibiki was seen riding the helicopter together with Chris and was in shock as she saw a black Gungnir. They arrived at the exact time Tsubasa was cornered and began helping her.

Symphogear GX[]

Symphogear AXZ[]

-Destructor God Hibiki-[]

In Episode 12, separated from its previous host Tiki and transferred to the new vessel of God, Hibiki Tachibana, the Power of God manifested in silver colored mayhem. A giant of light. It's official designation is "Divine Weapon type2_Hibiki" but was also given the "Destructor God Hibiki" name out of convenience. In Tiki's case, her obedient and blind love for Adam Weishaupt created a convenient weapon (woman) for him to use. However, in this irregular case, the Power of God was overlaid upon the God Killer curse that was affixed to Gungnir. As a result, the manifestation stopped at a level far from even being considered a demigod, and would perhaps be more likened to that of a newborn god. Even so, the power of the giant was fearsome, in particular the beams shot from its mouth were more than enough to lay waste to the surrounding area. In fact, analysis revealed that these beams are its voice applied to a directional melody and released with high density and compression. In other words, they were a plasmified "song".[13]

-Reactive Contamination-[]

In Episode 13, thanks to Saint Germain and the information she handed over regarding the Lapis Philosophorum, the reactive contamination cleansing process was sped up considerably. When it came time to rescue Hibiki from the Power of God, Tsubasa, Chris, Maria, Shirabe and Kirika's converter units had already been decontaminated. Thus "Operation: Birthday Party" was able to begin with all participating members in perfect condition. However, just after they managed to recover Hibiki they were forced into an even more dire situation and eventually found themselves facing down Adam Weishaput for the last time. At this point Hibiki's converter was the only one that had not been decontaminated and that made it like a ticking time-bomb. Unfortunately it exploded with the worst possible timing, right as she went in for the final blow. Her Symphogear instantly became dysfunctional (Gungnir_Status Ailment) and she was unable to rely on its abilities. With its output falling drastically, the gear turned grayscale and became nothing more than shackles upon Hibiki's body. With her unable to even move, Adam prepared to deliver his own final blow. At that moment, Tsubasa and the others converted the armor of their cleansed gears into energy and released it at Hibiki. The outside energy was able to compensate for Gungnir's low output and thanks to that quick thinking, Hibiki was able to escape the impending attack. Although Gungnir remained greyscale, her friend's thoughts and feelings became a rainbow-colored phosphorescence that surrounded her. Further, Hibiki's ability to "connect" gave her limited access to the other gear's attacks and abilities.[14]

-Limited Model_Alchemic Gold-[]

The assistance from Tsubasa, Chris, Maria, Shirabe and Kirika combined with the strong wills of Saint Germain, Cagliostro and Prelati took the form of a radiant, golden Symphogear. It is the result of Hibiki Tachibana's blooming courage as it broke the boundaries between friend and enemy. The fruit of her labour: Limited Model_Alchemic Gold. Adam referred to this phenomenon as "gold transmutation," however in reality it is different from the physical creation of gold via cold fusion that he had performed before. This was a more pure form of alchemy, a true "transmutation to gold." It seems that the crushed Spell Caster's energy which normally forms the Faust Robe became active during the violent exchanges of the final battle and acted as the catalyst. The Lapis Philosophorum that was the power source for Saint Germain and the others does more than just cleanse impurities. Legends say it also has the ability to transform base metals into precious metals, or in other words to directly turn imperfect things into their perfect form. In the instant that Hibiki's Symphogear turned completely golden, her body temporarily became a type of living alchemic reactor. And similar to when her body was a sacrist fusion, she demonstrated explosive power far beyond the norm and it completely overwhelmed Adam even in his full powered final form.[15]

Symphogear XV[]

Abilities[]

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Hibiki Tachibana/Attacks
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Other Transformations

Hibiki owns the Gungnir relic as a fragment inside of her. As a Symphogear user, she has the ability to fight Noise with the use of the anti-noise armor that clads her in battle. As a candidate for the Symphogear, she can activate relics with her song and summon armed gear in battle.

Since Hibiki's relic is but a fragment of the Gungnir relic originally owned by Kanade, Hibiki does not have access to the lance-type Armed Gear characteristic of other Gungnir users. However, she does not need the lance, as her Armed Gear, as described by Genjuro Kazanari, is her own hands, a "knuckle-type". This appears to gradually become more literal, as by the time Season 2 comes around, she is able to transform the gauntlets that would normally detach into more powerful weaponized forms. By the time Symphogear G comes around, Hibiki's increased control over her armor allows her to utilize rockets and automatic pistons, eliminating the drawback of needing to manually pull the pistons back for each punch and giving her a wider array of attacks. In GX Episode 13, she develops her own "Armed Gear" when she absorbs the X-Drive energy from the Armed Gears of other characters into Gungnir's Armed Gear. This forms the basis for Glorious Break.

Despite her Armed Gear is knuckle-type, Hibiki is the only Gungnir user who does not show names for her attacks in the anime, with the exception in XDU. Hibiki uses martial arts learned from training with Genjuro, combined with channeling the energy normally used for an Armed Gear into pistons created out of her gauntlets to produce extremely powerful punches.

Hibiki has pistons attached to her legs called Power Jacks (パワージャック Pawājakku). Mainly they are used when falling from high altitudes as a damper to alleviate damage from impact, however it can also be used to create a burst of acceleration or amplify the power of kicking attacks. The shock wave it produces can also be used to "kick in" the air which allows the user to move through the air in a limited capacity.

The energy consumption of this move is much larger than it appears, however, and considering the cost and risk involved it was never sanctioned as a proper usage of the equipment. In Symphoger G, by channeling the energy created through pushing the depth of her relic fusion to the limit, Hibiki was able to use this technique consecutively in coordination with her vernier thrusters to raise her maneuverability to equal terms with the Shénshòujìng Symphogear's ionocraft ability, thereby unfolding a faux dog fight in the skies.[16]

However, at the end of G, Hibiki no longer has the shard of Gungnir in her chest due to being purged by the Shénshòujìng.[17] However, Maria gave Hibiki her Gungnir to replace it which she uses in a normal manner as a necklace to transform and fight.[18] Elfnein theorized that Hibiki being able to progress from a human-relic fusion to a full-fledged attuned so quickly was because the Shénshòujìng also purged her of the Curse of Balal.

Relationships[]

Family[]

Akira Tachibana - Akira is Hibiki's father. Due to the aftermath of the Zwei Wing concert, he left her, her mother, and grandmother because he was unable to cope with the pressure of the social torment she received through surviving the aftermath of the Zwei Wings concert. Deep in his heart however, he still cares for her. Following their sudden reunion in GX, Hibiki at first didn't think that it would be possible for their broken family to be restored, but after he saved her from Carol and reminded her that he had been the one who taught her the words "I'm fine, it's going to be okay", they appear to be on the road to reconciliation.

Friends[]

Miku Kohinata — Miku is Hibiki's roommate and best friend. They have been friends since at least middle school and have become near-inseparable since, to the point of sleeping together in the same bunk bed. Hibiki says that Miku is her sunshine[Notes 1] and that it's warmest by her side. Though Miku is in love with Hibiki,[19][20][21] while Hibiki sees Miku as her most precious friend, she does not seem to reciprocate that same love for the majority of the series. However, XV Episode 13 strongly implies Hibiki has come to realize the true extent of her feelings for Miku, and that she wishes to become good enough to respond to Miku's "eternal love" someday.[22]

Kanade Amou — As Kanade died shortly after a short time meeting Hibiki, there isn't much of a relationship. However, she did impart to Hibiki to never give up on living and unintentionally made her the successor to her Symphogear in the Zwei Wings concert aftermath, causing Genjuro and Ryoko to view it as a farewell present in some form. Since then, Hibiki used Gungnir to carry on in Kanade's place as a member of the Disaster Relief Squad, ensuring her dream would stay alive and that her sacrifice would not be in vain.

Tsubasa Kazanari — Having been introduced to the Zwei Wing duo by Miku, which Tsubasa happened to be an idol of, Hibiki grew to be a big admiring fan of hers. In fact, part of the reason that Hibiki enrolled at Lydian Music Academy was because Tsubasa also studied there. Though their first meeting was a bit awkward, Hibiki soon became acquainted with her after awakening her Symphogear. Afterward, Hibiki tries her best to become friends with Tsubasa, though the latter's cold demeanor from the Zwei Wings concert aftermath caused her to keep pushing the former away, largely since she thought that Hibiki could not replace Kanade. After Tsubasa survived her use of the Superb Song against Chris however, she eventually opens up to Hibiki, allowing the two to befriend one another and become allies.

Genjuro Kazanari — Hibiki first met the commander of the Disaster Relief Squad soon after awakening the fragments of Gungnir within her body, where she was offered a job with them. Despite being aware of the heavy burden that'd be placed on her, she agreed to join Genjuro's team when she realized she could help others with the power of her Symphogear. After Chris' attack on them with the use of the Nehushtan Armor, Hibiki requested him to train her in martial arts. He has shown to have a lot of faith in Hibiki's abilities and trusts her judgment.

Chris Yukine — Chris was Hibiki's first true opponent she had fought aside from the Noise. The two had notably polar opposite personalities with their first meeting, where Chris' hot-headedness clashed greatly against Hibiki's willingness to talk rather than fight. While Chris could easily handle Hibiki in their first few bouts using the Nehushtan Armor, things took a turn after Hibiki received training from Genjuro, allowing her to match Chris in combat and force her to use the Ichaival relic she disliked in order to overwhelm Hibiki again. After Finé disowned her however, Chris became willing to team up with Hibiki in an act of retribution against Finé and soon after become a friend and ally. Although Chris sometimes find Hibiki annoying and stupid, to the point of physically assaulting her for any potential signs of intimacy and calling her an "idiot" rather than her real name, she is still very protective of and cares for her greatly. Likewise, the two are shown to have great teamwork, demonstrated the first time they fight the Noise together to allow Tsubasa's concert to continue, and even more so as the series continues.

Kirika Akatsuki The two of them were enemies at the beginning of Symphogear G and didn't really think much of each other. After saving the world from the Nephilim however, the two become allies and friends. Though they have little interactions, their similar personalities helps improve their bond, two also have very great teamwork and have no problem working together as duo.

Saint-Germain — Although she is her enemy, Hibiki still wants to understand her and her way to "save mankind". Hibiki thinks Germain is stubborn but understands the pain of her tragic past. In the end, Hibiki truly wants to be her friend, finally acquiring her newfound power of friendship.

Enemies[]

Ryoko Sakurai — Ryoko — or rather, Finé — was Hibiki's first true enemy. The two first met as allies under Finé's alias of Ryoko, where she had showed inappropriate interest in Hibiki and occasionally sexually harassed her, even when in front of others, to which Hibiki responded with obvious shock and discomfort. Ryoko even assembled a stalker shrine made of photos of Hibiki in her laboratory.[23][24][25] Despite this, Ryoko was ultimately the one to teach Hibiki the concepts of Relics and Symphogears through the Sakurai Theory.

Trivia[]

  • Hibiki's battle song genre is Celtic music.
  • The Scar on her chest bears similarity with the symbol "forte" f , which in music dynamics, means a louder, stronger note. The shape is also reminiscent of the holes in a violin.
  • She's never had a boyfriend in her life.[26]
  • She is a big fan of Zwei Wing.
  • Her favorite food is rice.
  • Hibiki's battle songs often contain the word "future" (mirai) (未来). The alternate reading for this kanji is "Miku."
  • The scarf that her Symphogear gained in Senki Zesshō Symphogear G onwards is based on the wings that her X-Drive had at the end of Season 1.
  • Hibiki's punching style is designed by Fumiaki Kouta. Kouta himself has also worked in designing characters from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, notably Jotaro Kujo, Dio Brando, Jonathan Joestar, Noriaki Kakyoin and Josuke Higashikata. Hibiki's punching style and ability are strongly influenced by Kouta's previous works in the JoJo's series, with Kouta himself even illustrated a Hibiki's copycat version of Jotaro.
  • Hibiki's G design is reminiscent of Junk Warrior from Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, and one of her attacks (specifically, her finisher in the first episode of G) is an almost shot-for-shot recreation of its Scrap Fist. The two series have the same director, Katsumi Ono, who noted the homage on his Twitter the day the episode aired.
  • In an interview with Hibiki and Miku's voice actors, they consider the two characters to be like a married couple.[27]
  • During the training montage with Genjuro she is seen in a white martial arts gi and a red hachimaki around her neck similar to Makoto from the Street Fighter series.
  • Like many of the other wielders, Hibiki also references other mecha shows: In her berserk state, her movements and poses closely resemble those of a berserk Evangelion Unit, most notably Units 01 and 03.

Quotes[]

  • "へいき, へっちゃら!"/"heiki, hecchara!"/I'm fine, it's going to be okay!" - Hibiki's motto.
  • "この こぶし も ! 命 も ! シンフォギア だ !!"/"kono kobushi mo! inochi mo! Symphogear da!!"/"This fist and this life are Symphogear!" - Shortly after punching a Noise before transforming.
  • "知ってますか、翼さん?お腹空いたまま考えてもロクな答えが出せないってこと"/"kittemasuka, Tsubasa-san? oharaheita mama kangaetemo roku na kotae ga dasenai tte koto"/"Tsubasa-san, you know? They say you can't think of a good answer on an empty stomach." - Episode 6
  • "みんなが歌ってるんだ……だから……まだ唄える、頑張れる……戦える!!"/"minna ga utatterunda ... dakara... mada utaeru, ganbareru... tatakaeru!"/Everyone's singing... that's why... I must continue to sing, and work hard... and fight!!" - Episode 12
  • "最速で!最短で!真っ直ぐに!一直線に!!" /"saisoku de! saitan de! massugu no! ichokusen ni!"/"The fastest, shortest path! Steady, straight ahead!"
  • "生きるのを諦めないで" /"ikiruno o akiramenaide "/"Don't give up on living!"
  • "I'm not the only one fighting. I wanted to use the power of Symphogear to help others, but that was my conceit. I'm not the only one giving it my all. Everyone else is too! You can't save someone with just your own power. That's why, on that day, Kanade told me not to give up living. Now I finally understand her words! It's not out of survivor's guilt that I want to save others. It's because that was Kanade's dream! And ever since then, I've been carrying on in her place!" - Episode 8
  • (To Finé) "That's right. Wherever, whenever your next life may be... Please pass on this message for me: You don't need strength to unite the world. We can become one, beyond the limit of words! Even in the future, we can join our hands in unity! I won't be there to tell them myself. But you can, Ms. Ryoko!" - Episode 13
  • (To Finé) "But before I can entrust the future to you, I must protect the present!" - Episode 13
  • (To Miku) "I'll stop it somehow. I'll be right back. So don't give up living!" - Episode 13
  • (To Genjuro) "Even it kills me, I will bring back Miku!"
  • (To Genjuro) "I'll come back alive, even if it kills me!"
  • (To Tsubasa and Chris) "Miku told me that the Symphogears saved her. If this power really exists to save someone, it should save us, the wielders." - GX Episode 6
  • (Breaking Dáinsleif's Curse) "Miku taught me. The meaning of power and resolve to carry it. That's why I won't let this power defeat me!" - GX Episode 6
  • (To Carol) "This fist will hurt if it connects. But Miku taught me it can do another than hurting people." - GX Episode 13
  • (To Saint-Germain) "Because I'm selfish. That's what my best friend tell me." AXZ Episode 11
  • (To Genjuro) "If I can't save my friend, then why do I wield a Symphogear?"
  • (To Carol) "I.. I wanna to take Miku! Not to help people! It's all for My Selfish!"
  • (To Shem-Ha) "My emotions! My feelings for Miku! Who decided they're worth less than 2000 years of curses!!!"
  • (To Herself) "Then... With blooming courage... To never let what I love go again."

References and Notes[]

  1. Mistranslated by Crunchyroll as "sunflower"

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