Hibari is a Marine Commander and a member of SWORD.[1]
Appearance[]
Hibari is a young woman of regular stature. She has blonde hair with bangs worn in a ponytail. Her Marine uniform consists of a white military pocketed shirt that exposes her midriff, green gloves, orange military boots and sea foam green camo pants with a tri-colored cloud pattern of blue, white, and turquoise, with the latter's right side ripped to reveal yellow and orange striped leggings. She also wears pink headphones with blue stripes over her ears, a black belt with pink heart-shaped buckles around her torso, and a brown backpack with a blue hanging teddy bear called "Kopy-senpai" (コピー先輩, Kopī-senpai?).[1][2]
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Personality[]
Hibari is an emotional young woman who is willing to put herself in danger for the sake of an ally. She is kind and considerate towards others, but somewhat bashful and embarrassed over how a boy like Koby may interpret her gestures.[3]
She speaks with a Hiroshima dialect, for example using the particles kē (けえ?) and nō (のう?).[1]
Relationships[]
Koby[]
Hibari cares about Koby's well-being and joined Helmeppo in pleading for Prince Grus to do something about his abduction by the Blackbeard Pirates after Koby's failed attempted to arrest Boa Hancock. Hibari mentions that Koby has done a lot for her in the past, explaining her gratefulness for him.[1] One such instance was Koby returning to the battlefield and getting injured in order to recover Hibari's treasured teddy bear accessory, which moved her and caused her to secretly name the bear "Kopy-senpai" after him. It is implied that she may be romantically interested in him.[2]
Abilities and Powers[]
As a Marine commander, Hibari has power over lower-ranking subordinates. She is also part of the Marine squadron SWORD, meaning she has the freedom to disregard orders from her superiors and move and act as she pleases..[1]
Marksmanship[]
Hibari is a highly proficient sniper, wielding a rifle for combat. She holds incredible long-range support abilities, being capable of disarming a whole crowd of gunmen while undetected.
She uses Vegapunk's gunpowder-modifying GP Flower technology, Flower Bullets, allowing her to neutralize enemy guns by jamming their barrels with blossoming flowers.[3]
History[]
Past[]
Not much is known about Hibari's past yet, but she has treasured her teddy bear accessory as a good luck charm ever since she was little.[2]
At some point after joining the Marines, Hibari lost the teddy bear on a battlefield. However, her comrade Koby returned to the battlefield and recovered it for her, receiving injuries in the process. Hibari was grateful for his help and secretly named the teddy bear "Kopy-senpai" afterwards.[2]
Final Saga[]
Egghead Arc[]
At some point after Koby's abduction by the Blackbeard Pirates, Hibari and Helmeppo approached and pleaded with Prince Grus to rescue Koby at Hachinosu. However, her requests were deemed unreasonable by Grus, who told her to stay calm.[1] She and Helmeppo went aboard Monkey D. Garp's ship in their mission to rescue Koby.[4] She later joined the SWORD's members on the ground ambushing the Blackbeard Pirates on Hachinosu, spotting Koby before shooting with a rifle loaded with Flower Bullets at the pirates, turning their guns' ammo into flowers.[3]
Hibari is frozen by Kuzan.
After they defeated the pirates in front of them, Hibari escorted Koby to Garp but was unable to open Koby's shackles. She was then, to the shock of everybody present, frozen by Kuzan.[5] Hibari survived due to Tashigi and the other Marines defrosting the ice. She asked about Koby and apologized for being a nuisance. Kujaku reassured Hibari that Koby and the others will come back while expressing relief of her welfare as she comforted Hibari.[6] When Avalo Pizarro threatened to crush the Marines' ship, Hibari watched in fear as Koby prepared to stop the giant hand by himself. However, Koby succeeded in destroying the hand, saving the ship and the Marines. After Helmeppo brought Koby back to the ship, Hibari hugged Koby while the other Marines cheered for him. Garp then called the ship and ordered them to escape without him, much to the shock of the other Marines.[7]
Hibari recovers alongside her allies.
Sometime later, the group would eventually make it to the Marine GS General Hospital for medical attention. During this, they would listen in to Vegapunk's broadcast to the world, with Hibari commenting about the sheer amount of information being revealed.[8]
Trivia[]
- "Hibari" is the Japanese name of the Eurasian skylark, following Oda's usual theme of naming female characters after birds.
- Hibari is currently the only canon Marine sniper.
- Hibari and Sakazuki and are only characters in the series to speak in the Hiroshima dialect. Coincidentally, both are Marines.
- Hibari's hobbies are photography and collecting pouches.[9]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 105 Chapter 1061 and Episode 1090, Hibari makes her debut.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 SBS One Piece Manga — Vol. 107 (p. 94), Oda talks about Hibari's feelings towards Koby and explains the history of her teddy bear.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 107 Chapter 1080 (p. 12) and Episode 1114.
- ↑ One Piece Manga — Vol. 106 Chapter 1071 (p. 16-17).
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 107 Chapter 1081 (p. 6-7) and Episode 1114.
- ↑ One Piece Manga — Vol. 107 Chapter 1087 (p. 6, 14).
- ↑ One Piece Manga — Vol. 107 Chapter 1088 (p. 14-19).
- ↑ One Piece Manga — Chapter 1117 (p. 3).
- ↑ SBS One Piece Manga — Vol. 108 (p. 164), Hibari's hobbies are revealed.
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