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Hikari Karibuchiis the main protagonist of the Brave Witches anime and light novels.
Hikari is an aspiring Witch born in Sasebo, Fuso. Looking up to her older sister Takami, she enrolled in Sasebo Aviation Preparatory School to hopefully one day to become a great Witch like her sister. While not a particularly skillful one, Hikari possesses a lot of stamina. When her school got an order to send Witches to fight in the war, she jumped at the call and was eventually picked to go to Suomus to be on the back lines. However, due to an accident during her and her sister's trip to Europe, she took her sister's place on being part of the Brave Witches. She inherits her sister's experimental Shiden Model-4 Striker Unit nicknamed "Chidori" and uses a Type 99 13mm machine gun.
In the AWA fics, Hikari is a student at the AWA Academy.
In the XP4 fics, Hikari debuted in the XP4 Heroes Coalition - Brave Witches.
Appearance[]
Hikari is a small girl with a short, dark-brown hair and chestnut-brown eyes. She is currently wearing navy blue sailor uniform with white ribbon over a dark-blue swimsuit and white shoes.
Personality[]
Hikari is a determined and good-hearted individual who wants to prove herself to her team. She is slightly clumsy, especially when it comes to flying her striker unit, and is impulsive. She feels like she is in her sister's shadow, but also wants to prove to everyone that she has what it takes to be a witch.
She is also extremely optimistic, and tries to cheer people up when they're down, and Hikari is easily impressed by her colleagues. She is a quick thinker, and sometimes has creative solutions to solving problems.
As a consequence of her desire to follow in her sisters footsteps, to come out of her big sisters shadow and wishing to prove she is a capable witch; Hikari tends to be very stubborn and on occasion fool-hearty, sometimes to the point of being a bit bullheaded. Whenever she is told she can't do something or if given critique about her ability and capability's or lack thereof she does tend to feel challenged and in a bid to prove herself pushes herself hard, sometimes to the point of exceeding and even overextending her limits, at times to her detriment. That said, at times it's thanks to that stubborn pluck that she is able to turn the tables into her favor and that of her comrades, or even snatching victory from defeat or otherwise dubious odds.
XP4 Fanfics[]
Hikari is a member of the Heroes Coalitions and is part of the 502nd Joint Fighter Wing. She also attends the Vanguard Academy as a student.
XP4 Heroes Coalition - Brave Witches[]
In Chapter 1, Hikari, alongside Naoe "Nao" Kanno and Nikka "Nipa" Edvardine Katajainen, are seen inside the main hangar of the 502nd Joint Fighter Wing getting scolded by Aleksandra "Sasha" Ivanovna Pokryshkin when suddenly the Misssisippi Four crashes down from above and when Edytha Rossman and Gundula Rall arrives, she witnessed the males getting apprehended until the situation got diffused.
In Chapter 2, Hikari, alongside the rest of the witches, are seen inside the meeting room of the main base of the 502nd Joint Fighter Wing where the Misssisippi Four introduced themselves to them and proceeds to get to know each other.
In Chapter 3, Hikari, alongside a few of the witches, are seen being trained by Joey Hollard in the main base of the 502nd Joint Fighter Wing and later beats up Joey and Oswald "Ozzy" Wizner when they've gone too far when they all suddenly felt a disturbance. Later that day, Hikari, alongside the Mississippi Four, Nikka "Nipa" Edvardine Katajainen, Naoe "Nao" Kanno, Sadako Shimohara and Georgette Lemare, are seen trekking a snowy forest when they came across a large number of Emotionless.
In Chapter 4, Hikari, alongside the Mississippi Four, Nikka "Nipa" Edvardine Katajainen, Naoe "Nao" Kanno, Georgette Lemare and Sadako Shimohara, are seen fighting a large number of Emotionless in a snowy forest near the main base of the 502nd Joint Fighter Wing when Keisuke Hijikata and Viktor Vale arrives in the area and aided them in fighting the creatures. After introducing themselves to each other, everyone are seen inside the main base of the 502nd Joint Fighter Wing where Keisuke and Viktor explained their situation to them when Eddward "Double D, Edd" Marion Smith and Minna-Dietlinde Wilcke made a contact and revealed that aid is on the way.
In Chapter 5, Hikari, alongside a few members of the 502nd Joint Fighter Wing, is seen being trained by Joey Hollard in the main base when they witnessed the arrival of a Pyramid-shaped Neuroi and before they could do anything, the Neuroi was destroyed by a beam of light and later witnessed the arrival of the Union Vanguards. As Hikari and the rest got to know better the members of the Union Vanguards, she witnessed Joey getting reprimanded for his disrespectful behavior towards Marcus "The Kane" McGee. After witnessing Marcus shoving two fingers in Aleksandra "Sasha" Ivanovna Pokryshkin's nose, everyone decided to continue on their conversation inside the base.
In Chapter 6, Hikari is present in the assembly inside the meeting room somewhere in the main base of the 502nd Joint Fighter Wing.
In Chapter 7, Hikari is seen inside the kitchen somewhere in the main base of the 502nd Joint Fighter Wing where a strange figure made them breakfast and later revealed themselves to Bow Hothoof. Later that day, Hikari is present in the meeting room where Bow introduced himself before springing into action when an army of robots and a Neuroi made their presence.
In Chapter 8, Hikari, alongside the Mississippi Four and the rest of the 502nd Joint Fighter Wing, are seen taking on a group of Neurois before witnessing the Central Command decimating an army of Emotionless-Neurois. They then tried to destroy the remaining Emotionless-Neuroi but were thwarted by the arrival of Descend and Lucas Lee before fleeing, much to everyone's dismay.
In Chapter 9, Hikari, alongside Aleksandra "Sasha" Ivanovna Pokryshkin and Oswald "Ozzy" Wizner, are seen in the hangar somewhere in the main base of the 502nd Joint Fighter Wing where she got scolded by Sasha for getting her Strikers wet. She is later seen in the dining room where Kylie served everyone Pork Sinigang for dinner. The next day, Ozzy is present in the hangar where Marcus "The Kane" McGee and Gundula Rall revealed that a spy is among them and later witnessed Marcus attacking 'Sasha' whom later revealed itself to be Evil Norman. She then witnessed Mahiru Shimokamiyama coming to Evil Norman's aid and is shocked to learn that she's a newtype-Emotionless.
In Chapter 10, Hikari, alongside everyone, are still in shock when Evil Norman revealed that Mahiru Shimokamiyama is a newtype-Emotionless and after Norman explained his actions, she witnessed the Mississippi Four trying to take him down but were taken out instead by Mahiru. After both Norman and Mahiru fled the area, Aleksandra "Sasha" Ivanovna Pokryshkin and Edytha Rossman arrives at the hangar and warned everyone about the oncoming threats to which everyone sprung into action.
In Chapter 12, Hikari, alongside the Mississippi Four and the rest of the 502nd Joint Fighter Wing, are seen taking on a group of Neurois and Emotionless in the skies, and managed to emerged victorious in the end. Later that day, Hikari is present in the main hangar of the 502nd Joint Fighter Wing where the Summoner made her presence and witnessed Marcus "The Kane" McGee declaring war against her.
In the Epilogue, Hikari is present when it was announced that the Heroes Coalitions and the 502nd Joint Fighter Wing officially finalized their alliance and later that night, Hikari boarded the Central Command as everyone made their way back to Neo-Earth.
XP4 Heroes Coalition: Neo-City Diaries[]
In Chapter 107, Hikari, alongside everyone, is seen inside the Central Command where Suzuka "Suzie" Takahashi told them to puts some pants on but Yoshika Miyafuji reassures them that they don't need to do that. Upon their arrival back in the Training Camp in Neo-City, she was introduced by the Mississippi Four to Alexander "Xander" Campbell II, Claudia Campbell, Cedric Gordon, Luluco, Nephren Ruq Insania and Willem Kmetsch. Later that day, Hikari, alongside Luluco, Naoe "Nao" Kanno, Nephren Ruq Insania, Nikka "Nipa" Edvardine Katajainen and Willem Kmetsch, are seen having a conversation in the lounge area.
In Chapter 108, Hikari is seen in the cafeteria in one dorm of the Dormitory Village where they had a discussion about Marcus "The Kane" McGee's relationship with five girls and later witnessed Major Richard Stronghold, Vincent van Hossen and Burgundy Amanda giving Marcus their blessings. The next day, Hikari is present when the New Age Avengers and Bow Hothoof departed to the St. Harmony Island.
In Chapter 112, Hikari, alongside Naoe "Nao" Kanno and Nikka "Nipa" Edvardine Katajainen, are seen flying around above the Training Camp in their Strikers when they came across Flannery Faulkner, Wilbur "Willie" Simons and Chester "Chess" Blakely. After introducing themselves to each other, they decided to approache Eustace Bagge to ask some questions but the old man scared them off with a scary green mask which made them ran off in fear.
In Chapter 113, Hikari, alongside Naoe "Nao" Kanno and Nikka "Nipa" Edvardine Katajainen, are seen in a flashback where the Mississippi Four, Luluco, Nephren Ruq Insania and Willem Kmetsch are showing them around the Vanguard Academy, and upon entering classroom, Sawako Yamanaka revealed that Joey and the rest of the Mississippi Four will be serving detention, much to their shock. After the flashback ended, Hikari, alongside Luluco, Nao, Nephren, Nipa and Willem, met up with the Mississippi Four whom just finished serving their detention when Luna Loud and Rex Salazar arrives and told them about the SocialVerse, she then witnessed the Mississippi Four getting ambushed by Pinkie Pie while asking them to be added to her friends list, much to their disbelief and everyone's amusement.
In Chapter 114, Hikari, alongside Alexander "Xander" Campbell II, Chester "Chess" Blakely, Cloudia Cumulus, Corona Cactaceae, Dac, Flannery Faulkner, Juniper Montage, Naoe "Nao" Kanno, Nikka "Nipa" Edvardine Katajainen, Ozzy Wizner, Suzie Takahashi and Willie Simons, are seen playing a game of hangman in the lounge area of the Training Camp when Kylie Hollard arrives and asked her for help. Later that day, Hikari met up with Joey Hollard by the Sakura Tree and after giving him some words of encouragement, Joey hugged her in gratitude and both of them soon fell asleep but were woken up when Olive Oliveras arrives and admonished them. After apologizing to her, Hikari and Joey left.
In Chapter 115, Hikari is seen having a conversation with Nothingham Read II in the cafeteria inside one dorm of the Dormitory Village, much to Kylie Hollard, Luluco and Nephren Ruq Insania's surprise and Joey Hollard's anger.
In Chapter 116, Hikari, alongside the Mississippi Four, are seen having a conversation in a hallway somewhere in the Training Camp when they saw large number of Bearpenters building a facility outside. Kim Possible and Clarity Dresden then met up with them and explained that a new training facility is built due to the increasing numbers of new members. After Kim and Clarity left, everyone thought about the upcoming tryouts.
In Chapter 121, Hikari is present in the main entrance hall of the Training Camp where Ian Valentine is making a scene when Eddward "Double D, Edd" Marion Smith & Minna-Dietlinde Wilcke made their presence, she then witnessed Ian getting kicked in the nuts by Taiga Aisaka. Later, Hikari witnessed Ian getting beaten-up by the members of the Triumph Division & Eric Draven and afterwards, she left.
In Chapter 122, Hikari, alongside the Mississippi Four and Luluco, are seen inside a mall in Neo-City where they came across Shabuboy Cruz selling illegal drugs and is being protected by men in suits, much to their shock and disbelief.
In Chapter 124, Hikari, alongside the Mississippi Four, Luluco, Naoe "Nao" Kanno and Nikka "Nipa" Edvardine Katajainen, are seen gathered in a corner of the lounge area inside the Training Camp when Eddward "Double D, Edd" Marion Smith and Minna-Dietlinde Wilcke came up to them. They then shared their recent encounter with Shabuboy Cruz and Double D advised them to forget about the vendor. Agreeing with the beanie-wearing boy, Hikari, alongside Luluco, Nao and Nipa, decided to leave the lounge area, much to Joey Hollard's frustrations.
In Chapter 129, Hikari is present inside the lounge area of the Training Camp where he witnessed the Mississippi Four bursting through the door after being scared by Eustace Bagge. Later on, Hikari witnessed the arrival of Buccaneer "Buckles" Murphy and Gillian "Gill" Norman when Meme Touwa made her presence and started flirting with Buckles, she then witnessed Kiyotaka Ishimaru and the others prying the two apart.
In Chapter 133, Hikari is seen inside the lounge area of the Training Camp where she witnessed the minor scuffle between Bartlomiej Agbayani and Lucy Ashley, and then the confrontation between Korriana Ramzyse and Lucy before both of them are knocked out by Bartlomiej.
In Chapter 141, Hikari is present inside the auditorium of the Training Camp where she witnessed the formation of the Destiny's Empire.
Abilities[]
One of her most prominent skills at the beginning of the season is her large stamina, managing to outrun even trained adult naval soldiers and her fellow witches. Hikari also has the ability to see a neuroi's core, but must make direct contact in order to see it, which is why she is banned from using this ability, as it is extremely dangerous. The name of her special magical ability is called "Contact Eye." The times Contact Eye was used she was able to directly see and accurately pinpoint a Neruoi core upon activating her magic eye and touching the Neruoi in question.
However, what she has in physical stamina, she lacked in magical ability, as she was unable to even fly a striker unit with ease, as she lacked enough magic. She was also unable to walk across water without falling into it.This problem was addressed in episode 3, when she started training her magical capabilities by climbing up an obelisk using only her powers to retrieve a Military peaked cap. In the end, she managed to get to the top with the encouragement of a fellow witch, and was able to fly her striker unit fluidly.
Though despite her incremental, commendable improvements in her magic proficiency and strike operation, compared to her peers she is still somewhat below average; though thankfully she was taught how to work within her limitations somewhat to slowly and better compensate.
Trivia[]
- She is based on the younger sister of Oshibuchi Takashi with the same name pronounciation.
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