Akira Hibuki

* Gal Guardians
* Returns
* Gal\*Gun (2012)
* Gal\*Gun (2011)

**Akira Hibuki** (火吹 晶, *Hibuki Akira*) is a 2nd Year student attending class 2-B at Sakurazaki Academy and a potential love interest for Tenzou Motesugi in Gal\*Gun.

In *Gal\*Gun: Double Peace*, *Gal\*Gun VR*, and *Gal\*Gun 2*, she does not appear, although she is occasionally referenced. Akira's first appearance as a third year student takes place in *Gal Guardians: Demon Purge*, in which she attends class 3-B.

Her credits theme is *Delicate Dream* (*ふわり、ひらり*).

## Appearance

Akira has red hair with a long ponytail, has a bandage on the left side of her cheek, wears a short sleeved school uniform with a red t-shirt with a small, happy star, a blue skirt with bike shorts underneath and black socks with white and red sneakers. In *Gal\*Gun Returns*, she wears red and white sneakers.

In *Gal Guardians: Demon Purge* Akira wears the green third year student uniform and a black jacket with a small happy star.

## Personality

Akira possesses a strong sense of justice, and dislikes those who bully the weak. She is rash and has a short temper, but she is willing to lend help to those who need it. However, she still has a fragile side, and is prone to tears under humiliation. She admires her genius older brother, who she views as "manly."

She takes pride in her reputation as "The Savior of Schoolgirls".

## Abilities

Akira is a normal human with no supernatural abilities and is thus unable to see or hear angels and demons. However, she is very athletic and is able to hit heavy iron balls in mid-air with ease. She wields a wooden sword as her main weapon of choice, and is capable of slicing the air with enough force to send out razor winds.

Like all other heroines in *Gal\*Gun*, she possesses a Heart Guardian capable of resisting the effects of the Popul-aura.

While Akira is skilled with her wooden sword, she doesn't actually know Kendo. Her talent has caught the attention of Yuri Tsurugi, a member of the school’s Kendo Club and a trained Kendo Instructor, but she refuses to join despite Yuri's attempts to convince her.

## Story

### Gal\*Gun (Returns)

Upon seeing him at Sakura Road, Akira confronts Tenzou, having witnessed the many schoolgirls chasing him and fainting from ecstasy. As the Academy's "Savior of Schoolgirls", she is incredibly cross about the events that transpired, unaware of and unaffected by Tenzou's Popul-aura. When she demands an answer and Tenzou gives his excuse, she yells at him in disbelief, which turns to pure rage when Tenzou mention a love letter he received in the past.

She later meets Tenzou at the school pool for training, where she uses a machine created by her older brother. Supposedly, the machine and the iron balls it shot were used for a training method on the swim team.

At the school rooftop, Tenzou unfairly wins a duel against her, which ends up making her cry, and thus he is knocked unconscious in retaliation. While unconscious, he remembers the first time she cried was back when the two were in middle school. Akira was upset about something he didn't know about, and she just told him to forget anything weird she had said.

Conscious again, Tenzou goes to apologize to Akira. Accepting his apology, the two talk about their days at middle school. When the subject of love comes up, both end up arguing with each other. To settle this matter the two agree to a duel at the school rooftop once again.

On the rooftop, Akira notices the love letter in Tenzou's hand and recognizes it, but refuses to elaborate. After losing the duel, Akira asks if Tenzou wanted her to be his wingman and help him confess to the girl he liked. However, Tenzou reveals that the girl he liked was Akira all along. Akira respond will be based on want ending you get.

##### True Ending

When Tenzou asks Akira to be his girlfriend, she lashes out at him, demanding to know why he didn't say so back in middle school. She reveals that she was one that sent him the love letter back then, and wants to know why he did not acknowledge her love letter if he had always loved her. The reason why she cried at that time was because Tenzou never responded back, and thus she assumed that he rejected the confession. Tenzou explained that there was no name on the letter, and since it was just left on his desk, he had no way of finding out who wrote it. Akira was so embarrassed about how much of her feelings she poured into the letter, she didn't double-check to see if she wrote her name. Realizing the misunderstanding, she agrees to be his girlfriend.

##### Good Ending

Akira is taken aback by Tenzou's confession and asks him why he reciprocate her confession back in middle school. Tenzou did not give a response to her love letter, yet he still was friendly towards her, which baffled her. Tenzou is confused about what she is saying and apologizes. Akira assumes that he forgot about her love letter, which causes her to hit him. She asks Tenzou to confirm that he does love her, and satisfied with his response, decides to let him off with just a single hit. She decides to forgive Tenzou since she was the one who fell in love him in the first place. Tenzou requests to hear her confession one more time, even if he has to get hit to do so, which flusters her. She confesses once more and hits Tenzou again as promised. Patako quietly leaves the two of them, wishing happiness for the both of them.

##### Bad Ending

Hearing Tenzou's confession, Akira is happy that he felt this way about her, but she wanted to hear it from him sooner. She had moved on from her feelings after waiting for so long, and wants to keep their relationship a platonic one. This leaves Tenzou and Patako wallowing in despair over the rejection.

### Gal\*Gun (Returns): Doki Doki Carnival

If Akira is not Tenzou's girlfriend, she comes along with the other heroines and his girlfriend to confront him about the rumors of him bullying the girls on the academy campus.

If Akira is Tenzou's girlfriend, she and the other heroines confront Tenzou in regards to the previously mentioned rumors. Akira asks if the reason for his actions were because he didn't think she was feminine enough, which Tenzou fervently denies. Hearing this, she demands an answer to clear up the misunderstanding. Tenzou is unable to explain due to pressing circumstances, and thus Patako activates the DDF on everyone present. Afterwards, Tenzou still can't explain his actions no matter what, but Akira realized that he is covering for someone. While this does frustrate her, she chooses to believe in him and wishes him luck.

### Gal Guardians: Demon Purge

After the dimensions of the human and demon realms were fused at Sakurazaki Academy, Akira was fused with a Fiend, resulting in the creation of Infernoctavius. Once Infernoctavius was defeated, Akira is freed and meets the Kamizono sisters for the first time. Shinobu recognize her and is excited to meet one of her heroes: Akira, "The Savior of Schoolgirls". Before leaving, she gives Shinobu and Maya the Anti-Demon TNT and Penguin subweapons respectively.

Once the Academy's Gymnasium is turned into a safehouse, Akira is among the students called by Maya's shikigami dolls. When the Kamizono sisters need five items to raise Houdai Kudoki's Pheromone Power, Akira mentions seeing a student swimsuit in the Mysterious Cave.

#### True Ending

Akira, along with the other heroines, comes to Shinobu and Maya's aid in the final battle against Adult Kurona.

#### Normal Ending

After Adult Kurona's defeat, Sakurazaki Academy is transported not to the human realm, but instead the demon one. Among the other students, Akira seems to be taking in the new situation.

## Other Appearances

### Gal\*Gun 2

Akira makes a cameo as a cardboard cutout the player can earn and decorate their room with.

### Mighty/Gal Gunvolt Burst

Akira makes a cameo in Tenzou's official art for Burst. Additionally, she has her own pixel sticker.

## Profile

### Gal\*Gun Returns

#### Gal\*Gun Returns website profile:

A 2nd year student, she's been in the same class as Tenzou since middle school, and considers herself the academy's "defender of justice". She can't stand seeing the weak get bullied... and may have a bit of a brother complex. She may seem tough as nails, but her heart is quite fragile, making her quick to tears and easily embarrassed. Completely unable to be docile with the one she loves, she can't help but end up using a lot of "colorful" language with them.

#### Gal\*Gun Returns in-game profile:

* English
* 日本語

 Evil's bane. Protector of justice. Even the teachers and Disciplinary Committee respect her authority. She looks up to her manly brother, but she actually loves cute things.

 悪を憎み、学園の正義を守る女の子。
風紀委員や先生さえも彼女に対しては
口を出せない。
男らしい兄を尊敬し目標としているが、
実はかわいい物が大好き。

### Gal Guardians: Demon Purge

#### In-game Profile

Gallant as they come, she's known as the Savior of Schoolgirls. Behind her boyish speech hides a somewhat fragile, shy young lady.

## Designer Comments

* JP Translated
* 日本語

 (Disclaimer: Machine TL)
**Ito**: Akira is an active, fiery girl, so I imagined her in red. At first she didn't have a ponytail, but I changed it because she is an active girl. ......I like ponytails, so it's my favorite. I didn't have any difficulties with this character. It was the first character I thought of, and it turned out fine.
...
**Ito**: I didn't want her to be too aggressive, but I wanted her to be a little more active, so I designed her to show off her T-shirt. I also wanted to show something different from the mob.

 **伊東**：晶は活発で、燃えるような女の子ということで赤をイメージしました。最初はポニーテールではなかったんですが、活発な女の子ということで変えました。……僕はポニーテールが好きなんで、お気に入りです。このキャラに関しては苦労していませんね。一番最初に考えて、でき上がったキャラです。
...
**伊東**：突っ張ってはいないんですが、ちょっと行動的な面を出したくて、Tシャツを見せるデザインになっています。モブとは違うところを出したかったという理由もあります。

## Boss fight

### Gal\*Gun/Gal\*Gun Returns

**Note:** *Due to the lack of official names, the following attack names are conjecture.*

     Jump Slash
     Stomp

## Quotes

### Gal\*Gun Returns

* *"Sh... Shut up! Where I decide to train is none of your business!"*
* *"Wow~! You're pretty good."* (Good End)

## Etymology

* The name **Akira** means "clear, crystal" (晶).
* Akira's surname **Hibuki** means "fire/flame, light/blaze" (火) (**hi**) and "blow, breathe, puff, emit, smoke" (吹) (**fuki**/**buki**).

## Trivia

* Of the four main heroines from the original *Gal\*Gun*, Akira is the favorite of series director Masanori Ito's, and is the first design he thought of.
* Although she does not make a direct appearance, Akira is mentioned by one of the Kendo Club members in *Gal\*Gun 2*.
* Supposedly, during Inti's 20th anniversary event, Emi Uema (Shinobu's VA) mentioned that if she ever had a boy, she would like to name him "Akira" in honor of her senior.
	+ In *Gal Guardians*, Shinobu holds Akira in high regard, which may reflect the above sentiment.
* In the Japanese version of the online *Azure Striker Gunvolt* side story, *Fleeting Memories*, a girl named Himeshiro shares the same title as Akira: Academy Protector Goddess (学園の守護神).

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://dengekionline.com/elem/000/000/339/339138/index-2.html
2. ↑ https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxwBX\_CBVis\_2NScDxGrv7mljOFIr7REzt