Hibari Kyouya

Hibari Kyouya is a young man with seemingly no comprehension of empathy, sympathy or mercy. He is a powerful fighter who resorts to violence to solve any problem. The leader of the prefects and a delinquent himself, Hibari inspires loyalty with his unwavering dedication and fear with his vicious nature. He has a deep connection with animals, though, which shows not so much a more sensitive side but an ability to be compassionate and kind that is simply not directed at people. He has an odd serenity to him that balances the violence and a malevolence in his composure.
==Canon history==
===Manga===
Up until the Kokuyo arc, Hibari is seen very rarely and most often as an obstacle for the main trio Tsuna, Gokudera and Yamamoto. It was Hibari who had claimed the school's reception hall as his own private headquarters and Hibari who had taken the best spot from which to view the sakura. Both locations were contested over with the reception hall conflict leading to Hibari and Reborn's introduction to each other and mutual respect and interest formed between the two . The fight over the sakura viewing spot was determined after Dr. Shamal gave Hibari a "deadly disease" which would leave him psychically weakened in the presence of sakura. Hibari lost against Tsuna when this weakness brought him unexpectedly to his knees . Firm in his belief in order and keeping to the rules, he graciously accepted the defeat and left. 
In the Kokuyo arc, Hibari was called into action due to attacks made against the students of his school. In a battle he should have been able to win, Rokudo Mukuro, a master of illusions, tricked Hibari with a display of sakura that caused him to become weakened. Unable to fight in their presence, Hibari was beaten mercilessly and imprisoned . It wasn't until Gokudera freed him that he was able defeat both Chikusa and Ken, Mukuro's subordinates, and finally Rokudo Mukuro as well having received the cure for the sakura disease. Believing himself to have struck the winning blow, Hibari succumbed to his wounds and passed out. He had fought unconsciously against Mukuro towards the end of their fight and was so broken and weak that Mukuro could not use his possessed body to fight Tsuna despite the fact Hibari had overpowered him with it himself .
It was in the Kokuko arc that Hibari became acquainted with Hibird. Originally one of several of Bird's birds, Hibird found Hibari while imprisoned in Kokuyo and took to him as his new owner. Hibird has a camera buried inside him as he was intended for surveillance under Bird . To pass the time, Hibari had taught Hibird to sing the school song. It was due to this that Gokudera learned of Hibari's presence in the building and subsequently rescued him. Somehow Hibird followed Hibari back to Namimori (Hibari was unconscious and could not have brought him himself) and has remained by Hibari ever since. Originally referred to by characters as simply "Bird's Bird", Haru coined the name Hibird as a play on Hibari's name. It has since stuck.
During the ring conflict, Reborn assigned his past student Dino Cavallone as Hibari's tutor. Unconcerned with the ring, Hibari was more interested in fighting with Dino and took off with him for a training journey . He became a much stronger fighter but still had no desire to participate in the ring battles outside his desire to pay the Varia back for trashing his school Not until Reborn hinted at maybe being able to fight Mukuro again did Hibari back down and accept his formal part in the battles. He won against Golla Mosca with a single blow and handed over the completed cloud ring as he still had no interest in it . He tried to battle Xanxus but was unsuccessful in getting him to fight back before Golla Mosca went berserk and Tsuna saved the day.
At the Sky battle, Hibari was able to save himself from the poison despite its debilitating effects; the only one capable of this feat . He then battled Bel. Despite not knowing about the wire trick to the knives, Hibari was able to figure out for himself what was going on and think a clear way towards victory . Bel left before he was able to push his advantage but he had already seen to it that Gokudera would be saved from the poison by knocking the storm ring up to him. He saves Yamamoto next then sits the battle out until the end when the guardians stand by Tsuna . He still has no desire to fight alongside Tsuna and the others.
===Supplemental===
Though not written by Amano Akira, creator of Katekyou Hitman Reborn!, the Secret Bullet novels are credited to her and writer Koyasu Hideaki and considered canon. Vol.2 Extreme Memories is about when Ryohei first met Hibari. As a new student, Ryohei was excited to start up the boxing club and wanted the toughest fighter at Namimori Middle, Hibari Kyouya, to be on the team. He fought who he thought was Hibari several times, meeting the real Hibari unknowingly on the roof, mistaking him for just another student; “Could it be you don’t have any friends? Is that why you’re up here in this kind of place alone? If you have a problem, talk to me! Ryouhei Sasagawa of the boxing club! I’ll always be waiting! No, only waiting is no good! Me not doing anything is [no good]! Now, I’m going to shout it out from here that we’re becoming friends! Uwohhhhhhhh!”. Eventually it was revealed Ryohei had been fighting (and befriending) Kusakabe, Hibari's right hand man, the whole time. However, when in a pinch, Ryohei's younger sister Kyoko asked the real Hibari to step in and be a part of the boxing club to win a match in her brother's stead. He agreed to do as much in exchange for Ryohei never asking him to join the boxing club again. He won the match and Ryohei kept his promise.
Manga evidence to this friendship is seen in the future arc.
Voiced by Takashi Kondo, Hibari has been given a deep, rich voice and a talent for singing. Thus far he has sang four solo songs and a duet with Rokudo Mukuro's voice actor Toshinobu Iida.
*Hitoribotcchi no Sadame.
*Kokou no Pride
*Horizon
*Proof
*Sakura Addiction (duet)
===Weapons===
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====Tonfa====
Hibari's weapon of choice is the tonfa. His tonfa have several unique properties.
*a hidden hook for trapping an opponent's weapon.
*retractable spikes for ripping into flesh
*a mini chain and mace which fall from the end of tonfa 
*the tonfa are said to be retractable which explains how he seems to always have them on his person when he needs them.
Additional weapon resources/fighting examples can be found via YouTube:
*Hibari vs Mukuro
*Hibari vs Gola Mosca
*Hibari vs Dino
*Hibari vs Belphagor
====Cambio Forma====
Hibari's Vongola Gear makes use of every previous weapon he has used. He now wears a spiked bracelet on his left wrist instead of a ring which contains Roll, his "box animal" hedgehog and through her his Cambio Forma. The costume change component to this form is in his school uniform which alters to high collared, shin length coat with a bird printed on the inside and "discipline" written on the back.
His tonfa contain the same alterations as before with new additional qualities as they are imbued with Roll's physical properties as well. These properties and new weapons are as follow:
*Modified razor-edged chain that extends with his propagation powers from the tonfa.
*Mini Roll-like spheres that he can manipulate in size and number which can be shot or held. 
*Mini handcuffs that he can manipulate in size and number which can lock around body parts and sever them. 
*Spikes more akin to Roll's on his tonfa 
Roll herself also has unique abilities that Hibari can use such as Needle Sphere Form in which Roll becomes a ball of spikes which can be multiplied. As mentioned previously, Roll actively becomes the Cambio Forma but can also be called in her animal form while it's activated. 
====Cloud Ring/Bracelet====
The Cloud flame has the attribute of reproduction. This thus far has been shown to allow the user to:
*make duplicates
*duplicate/reinforce muscles
Hibari's extreme flame size and reference material for his knowledge of the flames from the canon point taken from are available at YouTube and in the manga battle against Genkishi.
It is presumed Hibari can also use Mist flames. Genkishi comments that older Hibari uses Mist rings in their battle and Lal makes note that the Foundation is hidden by illusions. Because this knowledge is inconclusive, the possibilities are left open in this characterization.
=====In-Game Usage=====
As of August 2010, Hibari has learned how to use his flame attribute of reproduction. After viewing Gokudera's cloud bullets in action he managed to work out a practical usage during the ghoul/Nazi event in multiplying his generic silver cloud ring to cover his entire body . This is canonically inspired by his future fight against Daisy and his deductive skills are based on his fight against Belphagor where he managed to realize that the other fought with knives and wires in much shorter time than it took Gokudera or the other observers of the Storm battle.
As of his canon update on March 23rd, Hibari has advanced through the usage of his Vongola Gear as he now comes from chapter 328.
===Interesting facts===
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*he represents the virtue of Temperence in the ring conflict. In the anime, this is played upon in Hibari's apparently weak constitution to alcohol .
*he is a very light sleeper 
*he refers to weak people as herbivores 
*his resolve is strong enough to overcome even the strongest poisons .
*his reflexes are fast enough to catch knives in midair.
*he is apparently "just like the first cloud guardian" in that they both "never got along with anyone and loved being on [their] own."
*Hibari was instructed by Dino on how to ignite his ring during his ring conflict tutelage .
==Relationships==
*Sasagawa Ryohei: Friend and confident.
*Gokudera Hayato: "Family" though they remain somewhat volatile.
*Rokudo Mukuro: He will kill him. Someday.
==External links==
*Wikipedia:Character
*Logs
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