Honoko Hayashibara

### Harmony/Cutie Mark

A pinkish-red heart with three orange hearts in the middle and surrounded by golden-yellow rays.

## Forms

### Witch Form

TBA

**Honoko Hayashibara** (林原火乃子, *Hayashibara Honoko*?), formerly known as just **Honoko** (火乃子, *Honoko*?) is one of the main characters of Season 15 of *Guardians of Harmony.* Originally, she worked for the villains and starting in "A Duo of New Friends?!", she and her sister Tsukiko pretend to befriend the heroes under civilian disguises in order to infiltrate them. However, after seeing how Amber and her friends interact and witnessing their friendship, they soon end up having a complete change of heart and are purified permanently into real humans in "Magical Spirit", officially joining the Multiversal Guardians.

## Bio

### Appearance

As a villain, Honoko has bright blonde hair worn in a ponytail and red eyes. She has a bright yellow sleeveless dress with black sun patterning and dark orange calf-length boots as well as dark yellow gloves. Around her eyes, she has black face paint that resembles that of a football player or cheetah.

In her Honoko Hayashibara disguise, she looks the same as her redeemed form, but her eyes stay empty and bright red. She also wears a different outfit, consiting of a light yellow above-the knee dress with an orange waist ribbon and hot pink flats.

After her purification and becoming a real human, her hair is a lighter blonde (worn in low pigtails) and her eyes have softened to a more pinkish-red. Her Harmony Mark is a pinkish-red heart with three orange hearts in the middle and surrounded by golden-yellow rays. She wears a golden-yellow tucked-in top with ruffled sleeves, a dark pink skirt reaching her knees with two ruffles on the hem, and white sneaker shoes with orange laces. As an adult in the series finale, she is seen wearing (WIP).

In her Guardian of Hsrmony form, her hair and eyes stay the same color, but the former grows into a calf-length loose braid. Her outfit consists of a bright yellow top with pink and white collar flaps with one going under the other, a light pink corset held with three golden yellow bows, and a light yellow miniskirt under two rose pink flaps. On her arms are orange armwarmers, and she has lighter orange short heeled boots with three beads on each. On her head are two yellow butterfly ornaments and she has heart earrings. Her Harmony Gem, shaped like a heart, is located on her chest above a white ruffle of fabric, while her Elemaximum Gauge is located on her skirt. She has no wings.

### Personality

Honoko started out as a selfish, bratty, and cheerful-in-a-twisted-way girl, being childish and immature compared to her sister. However, she did genuinely love Tsukiko. She had a warped view of friendship and saw friendship as just an illusion - initially, the heroes' friendship meant nothing to her and Tsukiko, but they slowly began to see just how powerful friendship is through their infiltration of the heroes, eventually leading them to have a complete change of heart.

After her redemption and siding with the heroes, she is still a bit childish and selfish but is much friendlier and has lost her mean nature. She retains her cheerful nature and enjoys making others smile. However, like her sister, she regrets her past actions and sometimes is unsure if she really deserves to be a Chosen One with a Harmony Mark.

### Relationships

* **Tsukiko Hayashibara**: Her magically-created co-worker and teammate who was created at the same time as her by Leucosia, so they consider each other sisters. Despite being evil, Honoko genuinely loves her "sister" and often tries to get stuff for her in her free time. After seeing the error of their ways, they become a Guardian duo together.

## Magical abilities

As simply Honoko, she has the power to summon Fuketsus, and can also shoot destructive lasers of sunlight that can burn things and cause fires. She could also shoot deadly UV radiation.

After redeeming, she normally does not transform unless needed. In her Guardian of Harmony form, however, Honoko posesses enhanced physical abilities such as speed, strength, agility, and invulnerability to physical damage. She mainly possesses the power to manipulate and attack with sunlight and fire, and can use both to burn enemies, although the former manifests in more concentrated laser beams. She and Tsukiko are also the wielders of the Light of Hope, which they have used a few times.

## Guardian of Harmony

Honoko is the Guardian of the Daytime; she is a Sun/Fire Elemental who represents the Element of Forgiveness. Her theme color is mainly yellow with a sub of pink and orange, and her weapons are (TBA). To transform, she must be with Tsukiko.

## Pokémon

* Eldegoss -> Gossifleur (Gilda; partner Pokémon)

## Trivia

* Honoko and Tsukiko's story is very similar to that of Mirage from the first season. The two of them are also directly inspired by Michiru and Kaoru Kiryuu from *Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star*.
* Her Gusrdian title was originally going to be the Guardian of the Morning, which is likely a reference to her *Shining Bonds* alias, Cure Morning.
* Her Harmony Mark was originally going to be a sun with a face, but it was changed due to the series' general policy of not having faces be part of Harmony and Cutie Marks.
* it is confirmed that her and Tsukiko's Messiah status has nothing to do with them formerly being evil. She and Tsukiko are also the third Messiah duo, the first being Ayumi and Brianna and the second being Natalie and Zinnia.