Hibiki Takane

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Hibiki
Hibiki from Last Blade 2
Profile
Full Name	Hibiki Takane
Birthdate	March 30, 1847
Birthplace	Japan
Height	156 cm (5'1")
Weight	41 kg (90 lbs)
Blood Type	AB
Family/Relatives	Genzo (father, deceased)
Job/Occupation	Swordsmith
Likes	Flowers, The katana of her father
Dislikes	Foreigners, exotic rash
Hobbies	Pressed flowers
Favorite Food
Forte in Sports	Nothing really
Special Skill	Sewing
Most Unpleasant
Favorite Music
Measurements (Bust, Waist, Hip)	74, 51, 80 cm
Weapon	Kodama (Echo), a katana
Fighting Style	Musō Shinden-Ryū

Hibiki Takane (高嶺響, Takane Hibiki) is a 17-year old character from The Last Blade game series, voiced by Kyōko Hikami. She is symbolized by a sword that can quickly move to a stop and her official slogan is "Innocent Slash": 純潔の太刀筋. In the character popularity poll on Neo Geo Freak's website, she was voted as the eighteenth favorite character with a total of 739 votes.

[edit] Story

Hibiki is the daughter of Genzō Takane (高嶺源蔵, Takane Genzō), a renowned swordsmith known throughout Japan during the Bakumatsu era. He had retired to an isolated area in the countryside with his daughter but continued his work with various swordsmen around the country. One fateful day, a silver-haired man approaches Genzō and requests that he forge a new sword. Though the man radiated an aura of pure, unfathomable evil, the master swordsmith finds himself unable to refuse the request. He spends a time of almost 3 months forging this sword, which he dubs the “Yaso Magatsu Hi no Tachi” (八十枉津日太刀, “Blade of Eighty Days Harbored Unwillingly”), detailing the amount of time he invested in the weapon. The labor renders him ill, however, and he is soon permanently bedridden.

He tells his daughter that the silver-haired man was the reason for his condition, and that she should pursue him and the sword that he had forged. With a concerned Hibiki by his side, he utters his last words: “The thing that I saw... that I felt, even you must understand.” Though she was confused by her father’s cryptic request, Hibiki gathers her belongings and leaves in search of the silver-haired man.

Several days later, a man named Hyo Amano stops by, hoping that Genzō would repair his weapon, the “Otokomae”, when he learns of the swordsmith's death, he sets out to find his daughter.

Hibiki has 2 endings in the game; one of them involve her deciding to improve her swordsmanship which can be gained if the player defeats the opponents they face in Arcade mode with her super moves in every round.

[edit] Personality

Hibiki has a very calm and shy personality, probably because of the suffering caused by her father's death. Although she wants vengeance for her father's death, she is afraid of fighting and only wants to protect her father's legacy.

[edit] Powers

Fast Draw - She can draw her sword from her sheath with uncanny speed.

[edit] Fighting Style

Musō Shinden-Ryū is a real style. It is a branch of Iaido. In Capcom vs. SNK 2, her Speed Mode 'Custom Combos' from Last Blade 2 are given to her as super moves. In addition she has slightly different animations for her supers in Capcom vs. SNK 2, with the blood being replaced by sparks.