Character Outline
Hirohiko is a male with a fairly effeminate face (although the masculinity of his face seems to increase in subsequent appearances). He is the current head of the Kabane Family, one of the Red Feather Families of the Takayanagi Family Flying Phoenix. He is the 15th person to be the head of the Kabane Family. He shares many characteristics with his ancestor from Feudal Japan whom he seems to be named after, Myouun Kabane. Hirohiko tends to keep his eyes closed and has strange symbols on and below his eyelids. The purpose of the symbols (if any) is unknown, but Hirohiko’s ancestor also had similar symbols near his eyes. Hirohiko also has an additional symbol on his forehead; it is shaped like an eye (it looks similar to the Jagan Eye of Hiei, in Yu Yu Hakusho), but this symbol appears to typically be covered up by Hirohiko’s hair. Hirohiko is in fact covered in strange markings, but these markings are typically not visible, much like the spell-based markings on Tetsuhito Kagiroi. The most noticeable marking (when visible) is around his left eye.
Hirohiko seems to have the goal of finishing his ancestor's work much like his friend and love interest, Mitsuiro Tokuan Shōjō. Hirohiko appears to be very laidback. For example, he doesn’t even get up or look in Nokimi Mayutsubo’s direction when he destroys her insects, and he even yawns in boredom. Animals seem to like him, as two birds sit near him on the roof, even perching on his head at one point. He also has a pretty good sense of humor, as he tried to write on Aya Natsume’s forehead while she couldn’t move, and mocked Mitsuomi Takayanagi’s hair-do. Hirohiko also seems rather insightful, capable of picking up on the fact that all of Aya’s ki is flowing to Reiki and that her consciousness is elsewhere simply by smelling her.
He indicates to Aya that they are not enemies, but after he and Mitsuiro make an appearance in a limo with Dōgen Takayanagi and Mitsuomi he appears on the Executive Council’s roster as Emi Isuzu points out. He later, hesitantly, protects Nokimi from Aya, so his real stance on the Juken Club is unclear.
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