Hibari (雲雀) is a playable character from the Senran Kagura video game series. She makes her debut in Senran Kagura: Portrait of Girls.
Background[]
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Hibari comes from a long-standing noble ninja family known as the Kagan Clan, famous for their signature Mystic Eyes of which the clan was named after, the Kagan. Hibari in particular is the youngest daughter of the clan head, and has seven older sisters.
Despite her upbringings, Hibari never showed any interest of pursuing the shinobi lifestyle. She instead wanted to open a shop selling sweets for a living. This all changed when Hibari hit puberty and developed Kagan. Since none of her sisters developed the eyes for themselves, Hibari was forced to become the Heiress and was brought into the shinobi lifestyle against her wishes.
Despite showing questionable potential as a ninja and messing up quite often, her sisters were always positive and supportive of her. Instead of showing resentment or jealously towards her, her sisters would instead be proud and encouraging, something Hibari never understood and came to think was due to her Kagan.
Her mother, on the other hand, was very demanding of Hibari and wanted her to master the Kagan as soon as possible. This caused a permanent rift in their relationship, as Hibari secretly resents her mother for forcing her to abandon her dreams and adopt a lifestyle she never truly wanted.
As she got older, Hibari would spend less and less time at home, often going months at a time without coming back simply just to get away from her family and the constant doting of her sisters, and the judgement of her mother. This ultimately resulted in Hibari resenting her family, and the shinobi lifestyle as a whole, though she would never admit this out loud.
Other Appearances[]
Games[]
Bon Appétit![]
Prologue First Round Her first opponent much to her surprise is her teammate Yagyū. Hibari even questions her as to why she was there. Yagyū says that she did enter and asks her if she intended to eat while she was there. Hibari asks her what she meant and she was just there to cook and as she points out it was called a cook-off so she was just there to cook. Yagyū flat out tells her, she came to eat. Hibari begins to break down and tells Yagyū she was being mean and asks her if she was saying she didn't believe her. Yagyū tells her it was clear she had been eating too much recently, at this rate her body was bound to suffer and that's why she was here, to stop her. Hibari then tells her, she didn't come to eat maybe a little taste but nothing else. Hibari then tells Yagyū she can be so mean sometimes. And so the two face each other in the cooking competition with Hibari winning. Yagyū asks Hibari to listen and tells her to be careful to not eat too much. Hibari tells her she got it and it was just a couple of bites and proceeds to stuff her mouth with food. Seeing this Yagyū tells her to look at herself she was already gorging. Hibari points out that they can't let all this food go to waste so she kind of had to eat it and continues to do so. Yagyū tells her that was a slippery slope. Hibari tells her that slippery or not she had to keep moving forward as that was what they do as shinobi. Fourth Round Her next opponent was Mirai who upon noticing her tells Hibari to take her best shot and eats some of the sweets. Hibari shocked at this asks her if she was eating before the match. Mirai says to her there was no rule saying they couldn't. Hibari realizes she was right and says to her now she had her eating too and eats some of the sweets. Mirai then tells her she couldn't resist either. Hibari tells her, she had it all wrong this wasn't her, her hands were moving on their own and tries to lie that Haruka was using her puppetry on her. Mirai calls out on the lie as Haruka wasn't there, she had returned to the hideout. Hibari mutters to herself that Mirai saw through it and shrugs it off as there was nothing she could do and eats more sweets. Mirai noticing all the sweets Hibari was eating asks her where she was putting it all. Hibari while her mouth was stuffed tells her she wasn't going to lose to her. Mirai in response tells her not to eat with her mouth full and asks where her manners were, at this point Mirai decides to get on with the match and tells Hibari to taste her unbeatable cooking. Hibari tells her she'd love to have a bite. Mirai asks her if she was still going to eat some more. And thus the two face each other with Hibari beating Mirai. After winning Hibari tries some of Mirai's food and tells her it was good. Mirai thanks her and asks her how her stomach was holding up. Hibari doesn't give off much of an answer and Mirai says she guessed that was okay. Mirai then continues about how Hibari was making her food look really good even her plates looked happier that Hibari was eating off them. Hibari with her mouth full responds and Mirai tells her to not eat with her mouth full. Fifth Round Her final opponent was Yomi. While the two were eating Yomi tells her she finally came. Hibari upon noticing Yomi is told by her that the time has come for them to find out who was the bigger eater. Hibari tells her she won't lose. Yomi says to her that the rules of the contest demand a cooking battle. Hibari tells her she won't lose that either she loves to cook food and eat it. Yomi tells her that was the spirit. No diets, no modesty and no holding back. Hibari then says that she always had a second stomach for sweets. Yomi then tells her that her main dish qualifies as a sweet. Hibari then tells Yomi here she comes and Yomi says to her have at you before changing the last words to have a taste. And thus the final round of the competition begins with Hibari emerging victorious. Epilogue Upon winning the final match Hibari cheers over her victory only to see much to her and Yomi's shock the whole room was flooded with sweets. Hibari then comments that she seems to have made too many sweets and asks Yomi for any ideas on how to deal with it all. Yomi then tells her there was no sense in leaving leftovers for one thing. Hibari was in complete agreement as it would be a total waste. Yomi then says they had no other choice as she took it, and if it had to be that way. Hibari tells her it does and to do it. And so the two being devouring the sweets. While she was eating the sweets Hibari mentions they were the best she's ever made, they were so good she couldn't stop eating. Hibari says to Yomi they were so yummy. Yomi responds that they were perfect for a second stomach and they could eat all they want. Hibari then says they should stuff their faces. The sweet flavor spreads through Hibari's mouth she felt like her cheeks were about to melt, this was the greatest happiness in the world. At this point Hanzō speaks up saying he was done and falls over. Hibari asks him if he was alright she tries to wake him as there was still a lot of sweets left she gives up after calling out to him several times. Hibari then asks Yomi about plan B. Yomi says if that's what it took. The two glanced at each other and nodded. They then began eating more sweets. Hibari began to imagine she and Yomi were on a sea of sweets, together they swam through that sea, they just eat and eat and eat. Yomi then comments that she felt like she was in heaven which Hibari agreed with. |
- New Wave as a playable character.
- New Link as a playable character.
Books[]
Skirting Shadows[]
Guren no Uroboros[]
Anime[]
Ninja Flash! and Shinovi Master[]
Related Article: Hibari/Anime
Trivia[]
- Hibari is like Chōji Akimichi and the Akimichi Clan from the Naruto series, in the case that they can expand their body to fight against the enemies.
- Hibari bears several resemblances to Queen's Blade 's Melona, including clover-shaped pupils, and pink hair. However it's merely physical resemblance as Hibari isn't evil or needlessly devious.
- Hibari's name means "Skylark".
- Hibari is Kenichiro Takaki's favorite character of the entire series.[1]
- Even though Murasaki is the bustiest girl in the series in a normal condition, when Hibari use Enlarge and My Abundant Butt Secret Ninja Arts, she becomes the bustiest by proxy.
- In Dead or Alive 5 Last Round, Honoka dresses like Hibari as a DLC costume.
- Hibari's swimsuit is also used by Honoka for Dead or Alive Xtreme 3.
- MarvelousAQL from Hyperdimension Neptunia Re:Birth1 dresses like Hibari as an alternate outfit, even though it's her original outfit, except with Hibari's color scheme.
- Myu Momochi from Moe! Ninja Girls shares similarities with Hibari.
- Hibana from Fire Force has a similar appearance to Hibari, she has the the Kagan-like design in her eyes and pink hair, but she has the personality of Haruka.
- In Burst, if Hibari is spoken to after Asuka is unexpectedly asked out by Suzuki, she will mention that she is good at sports.
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