


Death from Above: One of his moves, Senshijin (Tipped Beak Blade) has him diving from above blade-first.Deadpan Snarker/ Servile Snarker: With a heavy emphasis on deadpan.Subverted with Hizanshou Kai where he instead appears on the opponent's back, doing an upper slash. Deadly Lunge: His Hizanshou special is one, where he dashes forward with his swords pointing towards the opponent, impaling them if they hit, then forcefully dislodge them like a lever.As a result, he's more than a little unhinged when it comes to "protecting" Kagura, and might have some deeper feelings of resentment toward him. Hibiki is so defined by his service to Kagura, its left him little in the way of normal emotions and desires. Deconstructed Trope: Of the Battle Butler with Undying Loyalty archetype.Counter-Attack: His Maga Uchi special is one following up from another special move (Zanshoukyaku), if this move is performed and he's attacked, he'll retaliate with a quick Rolling Attack.Some of his special attacks will also leave the opponent guessing. He might be sending his clone forward, or sending himself forward while leaving a clone in his place. Confusion Fu: His general playstyle is to confuse his opponents using his Drive.Then Central Fiction comes around and fleshes him out a bit and shows just what was Beneath the Mask the whole time. Characterization Marches On: Perhaps because he didn't much screentime, but in Chronophatasma Hibiki seemed like a relatively normal, mild mannered, young man who was simply loyal to Kagura and nothing else.Ceiling Cling: One of his intro poses has him poking out of the screen's top edge before falling down.Casting a Shadow: To an extent he can extend his shadow then makes a clone (or himself) appear from below, make clones out of shadow, and surround his foe with darkness as seen in his Astral.Bodyguarding a Badass: His master is at a very high pecking order in the NOL and also a strong and talented fighter, but like Valkenhayn, he still does his job out of loyalty.The effect of the slashes only occur after he's done slashing. Blade Spam: His DD Tsugaimai: Oboro Ootori has him throwing his swords at his opponent and then does a multitude of slashes on the enemy back and forth.Berserk Button: Don't insult Kagura to his face, or worse, show some insubordination or traitorous actions towards Kagura.Beleaguered Assistant: Naturally given who he directly works for.He's also the second to appear after the debut of his fellow Battle Butler, Valkenhayn. His family has served under them as bodyguards and assassins for generations. Badass Longcoat: A standard NOL one, which he trades in for a Badass Cape in his playable appearance.Ax-Crazy: Act 3 of Central Fiction reveals that the kind, loyal, hardworking young man we saw in Chronophantasma was a mask that hides a deeply disturbed individual.Even most of his move-set contains a bird/avian motif.

His portrait in the fourth game has a flock of crows in the background, his shadow clones dissipate into shadow crows when they disappear, and he himself disappear into crows in one of his win poses.
