Hibiki Tachibana (Bruno)

**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** (響?) - The term Hibiki means "a sound", "a ring", or "a echo". Used as a verb, it can mean to resound/resonate.

**Tachibana** (立花?) means "standing flower".

## Appearance

Hibiki has dark orange eyes with short cream colored hair fastened with two red clips on either side of her head. She is most often seen wearing the uniform of Lydian Music Academy.

Hibiki 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.

For the third season, she wears a white blue sleeveless striped shirt with light yellow overall shorts with a large blue bow and orange-white shoes.

In episode 7 of GX, she wore a yellow two piece bikini with three orange flowers. One at the bottom and two on the top acting like clips.

## PersonalityEditar

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.

## HistoryEditar

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.

## Attacks & Abilities

**Armor Purge** (アーマーパージ *Āmāpāji*?) - Hibiki used it on Chris' advice, freeing herself from Adam Weishaupt grip.

**Blue Flash** (蒼ノ一閃 *Aoi no Issen*?) - After gaining power from Tsubasa's Ame no Habakiri, Hibiki was able to use the attack against Adam Weishaupt.

**Certain Love Duo Shout** (必愛デュオシャウト *Hitsuai Dyuo Shauto*?) -

**Energy Shield** - After gaining power from Maria's Airgetlám, Hibiki was able to form a triangular shield to protect herself without her knowing.

**Extreme Σ Style: Forbidden Full Moon** (非常Σ式・禁月輪 *Hijō Sigma-Shiki: Kin Getsurin*?) - After gaining power from Shirabe's Shul Shagana, Hibiki was able to use the attack against Adam Weishaupt.

**Glorious Break** - If the armed gear can be said to be the embodiment of the users will, then Hibiki's armed gear, which appeared for the first time here, seemed as if it had precisely the form of a hand, tightly gripping the feelings she'd connected and tied together. "Glorious Break" is an attack carrying the power of 5 relics and Gungnir, which displayed enough destructive power to surpass the assault of Carol's final battle form, the Green Lion Machine.[11]

**Hibiki Style: Earth Penetrating Power** (我流・大地浸透勁 *Garyū: Daichi Shintōkei*?)[12] - Hibiki uses *Hibiki Style・Spear Thrusting Strike* toward the ground, making the ground below the giant Noise rises, making it lose its balance.

**Hibiki Style: Extra-Large Spear Rush** (我流・特大撃槍 *Garyū: Tokudai Gekisō*?)[12] - With her X-Drive, Hibiki can perform a greater version of her *Hibiki Style: Spear Thrusting Strike* by extending the Gear much further, the destructive power used against the falling frament of the moon.

**Hibiki Style: Offensive Spear Vajra** (我流・金剛撃槍?)[12] -

**Hibiki Style: Sky Hammer Kick** (我流・空鎚脚 *Garyū: Sora Tsuchi Ashi*?)[12] - Hibiki land forcefully on the special dragon like Noise, before extending the Gear of her legs to deal the killing blow with the additional impact.

**Hibiki Style: Spear Thrusting Strike** (我流・撃槍衝打 *Garyū: Gekisō Shōza*?)[12] - Hibiki's first made up attack; by gathering and concentrating energy, she can extend the Gear of her arms, before releasing it after connecting her fist with her opponent.

**Hibiki Style: Spear's Violent Destruction** (我流・撃槍烈破 *Garyū: Gekisō Reppa*?)[12] - Hibiki can now transforms the Gear of her arms, adding rocket at the end of her arms, to strike with a rocket-punch which can release a second impact upon contact.

**Hibiki Style: Star Stream Spear** (我流・星流撃槍 *Garyū: Seiryū Gekisō*?)[12] - In her Ignited form, Hibiki transforms the Gear of her arm, before punching the air, creating a torrent of fire, collliding with Carol Malus Dienheim and crashing her in a wall, Hibiki then emerge from the fire toward the sky before charging anew while transforming the Gear of her leg and activating the propulsor to deal the fatal blow with a burning kick.

**Hibiki Style: Super Rank Spear's Violent Destruction** (我流・超級撃槍烈破 *Garyū: Chōkyū Gekisō Reppa*?)[12] - In her X-Drive form, Hibiki can now transforms the Gear of her arm in spear-like form, still linked to her arm, thrusting and dealing with the high numbers of Noise around her.

**Kill Juliet** (切・呪リeッTぉ *Kiru Jurietto*?) - After gaining power from Kirika's Igalima, Hibiki was able to use the attack against Adam Weishaupt.

**METANOIA** - By gathering all the Phonic Gain of humanity into her palm, Hibiki becomes able to break through any attack. She then hugs her target, expelling any foreign influence controlling them.

**Roar Wearing Madness** (狂装咆哮 *Kyō Sō Hōkō*?)[12] - While in her Berserk state, Hibiki jumps in the air, transforms her arm into a giant spear, and lands on her opponent before piercing their body with it.

**S2CA Tri Burst** - To win against a Noise with a very high growth ability, Hibiki, Tsubasa and Chris sing their Superb Song. The energy created, which destroys most of the Noise, is then taken upon by Hibiki with a great effort of her part, in which she combines the Gears of her arms together to form a new one on her right arm. Once the energy is fully concentrated in it, she jumps towards the main body of the Noise using the Gear of her waist as rocket, and punches it while her Gear spins furiously to make the final thrust, creating a rainbow light tornado destroying the Noise completely and rising high in the sky.

**TESTAMENT** - Through the help of Saint-Germain and the other alchemists, Hibiki was able to Rebuild her gear enhanced with Golden Transmutation. She then unleashes a flurry of strikes powerful enough to dent Adams chest and slowly lift him into the air and finally launch him through the roof. She then explosively activates her jets to fly upwards and embed her fists into his chest, dealing the finishing blow with the gauntlets charging up and punching straight through his entire torso.

**TRINITY RESONANCE** -

**Twin Star Hammer -DIASTER BLAST-** ( 双星ノ鉄槌 -DIASTER BLAST- *Sōsei no Tettsui -DIASTER BLAST-*?) - From the Season 1 manga. A combined attack used by Tsubasa and Hibiki.[13]

**Vitalization**- A six-member combination attack accessible only with the X-Drive, which forms a pair of large arms out of Gungnir and Airgetlám's armor components that deliver a combined punch fuelled by the energy of all six Symphogears.

## Songs

* Gekisō Gungnir

* Watashi to Iu Oto Hibiki Sono Saki ni

* Seigi wo Shinjite, Nigirishimete

* Rainbow Flower

* Genkai Toppa G-beat

* Little Miracle -Grip it tight-
* Makenai Ai ga Koko ni Aru
* Hanasaku Yūki
* ALL LOVES BLAZING
* Kimi Dake ni

## Relationships

### Family

**Akira Tachibana** - Her father, due to the aftermath of the Zwei Wing concert, he left her, her mother, and her grandmother because he was unable to cope with the pressure, however in deep of his heart, he still cares for Hibiki. Following their sudden reunion, 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 "Fine, totally fine", 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[16] and that it's warmest by her side. Though Miku is in love with Hibiki,[17][18][19] 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.[20]

**Tsubasa Kazanari** — Hibiki tries her best to become friends with Tsubasa, but she keeps pushing her away because she thinks that Hibiki cannot replace Kanade. She eventually opens up to Hibiki and allows her to be her friend.

**Kanade Amou** — As Kanade died shortly after a short-time meeting Hibiki, but there isn't much of a relationship. However, Kanade imparted to Hibiki to never accept giving up on life.

**Chris Yukine** — Former enemy. Genjuro helped her open up and is now an ally. She still finds Hibiki annoying and an idiot but remain friends.

**Genjuro Kazanari** — 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 and her abilities and trusts her judgement.

**Ryoko Sakurai** — Ryoko — or rather, Finé — 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.[21][22][23]

**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.