Honoko Hayashibara

**Honoko Hayashibara** (Japanese: *Hayashibara Honoko*), formerly known as just **Honoko** (Japanese: *Honoko*) is one of the main characters of *Shining Bonds a La Mode: 340 Years Later*. Originally, she worked for the villains and starting in "False Friends," she and her sister Tsukiko pretended to befriend the heroes under civilian disguises in order to infiltrate them. However, after seeing how Amber and her friends interacted and witnessing their friendship, they soon ended up having a complete change of heart and were purified permanently into their civilian disguises in episode 33 of the first season, officially joining the Miraclix Heart Heroes.

Despite not having an alter ego or active powers and her and Tsukiko being the "Muggles" of the main cast following their redemption, she is a Sun/Light elemental and her Element of Harmony is Forgiveness.

## Appearance

Originally, Honoko had dirty blonde hair worn in a ponytail and red eyes. She had 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 had a black "mask" of face paint.

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, consisting of a goldenrod vest over a dark gray long-sleeved shirt, a yellow skirt, and brown sneakers.

After her purification, her hair is a lighter blonde (worn in low pigtails) and her eyes have softened to a more pinkish-red. She wears a yellow 2-in-1 t-shirt with long white sleeves, light pink leggings, and orange flats. Her Harmony Mark, positioned on the skirt or bottoms of whatever outfit she is wearing, is a smiling hot pink sun with orange rays.

## Personality

Nothing is known about Tsukiko and Honoko's past or why they were evil in the first place - they may have been humans raised from birth by the villains, joined the villains for unknown reasons, or magically created out of evil forces. However, Honoko started out as a selfish, bratty, and cheerful-in-a-twisted-way girl, being childish and immature compared to her sister. 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.

## Magical abilities

As simply Honoko, she had the power to summon Fuketsus and teleport between the villains' realm and the human world.

While not having an alter-ego after her redemption, Honoko does have passive magic such as being able to use the Elemental bottles and being able to use a few spells relating to the sun and light. She also has the power to wield the Element of Forgiveness.