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hibana daida ; deadman wonderland (not reserved) ; 4/x

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Personality continued: It is because of her mother that Hibana is desperate for validation. All she wants to be told is that she is perfect. She talks so much about being a 'proper lady' not only to remind others but to convince herself of it, too. She wants others to see her for what she thinks she is- perfect- and if she can't have that, well, she'll punish them for being so rude. Hibana truly is a child; though her perspective is warped and she is already a well-established murderer, the way she deals with everything is from a child's point of view. This is probably the most tragic aspect of her character- her mother's attempts to make her into a flawless person only proved to shelter Hibana even more. Hibana isn't at fault; she's what her mother made her. She's still young, though, and it's hard to tell if she can be helped or changed with the right influence. We know, at least, that she probably would not be very receptive to someone reaching out to her. It's possible that Hibana may show a great deal of improvement if she were actually taken out of the horrible environments she's been raised in (from an abusive home to death row in prison) into a place where she could have a chance to interact with normal people. The Undertakers have been said in canon to be impossible to rehabilitate, but Hibana is still young. Whatever the possibilities are, though, Hibana does not want to change. She's content enough with her role- being an Undertaker is important and prestigious, and it gives her good reason to punish others. As long as Hibana feels like she has a place in the world and that that place is important, well... Everything else just doesn't matter, including the lives of others. The world is better off without people like that, anyway...

Right?

Other: Hibana runs on a very strict schedule and is always keen on maintaining this. She also seems to have a fondness for coloring books, and so it could be reasonably said that her hobbies may extend to other childlike things.

I feel that I should also mention Hibana's abilities; as an Undertaker, she is tasked with controlling and maintaining the prisoners. Her given weapon is a large sword, which she can somehow wield easily despite the fact that it is easily at least twice as tall as she is (LINK). Manga physics, I guess. Like other Undertaker weapons, Hibana's sword nullifies the effect of any Branch of Sin it touches. This capability to disable powers only applies to Deadmen, though; if she used her sword against anyone else, it would just be a sword. It's hard to tell if Hibana is unusually strong or if there's something special about her sword that aids her in carrying it. It's likely to be a bit of both, considering the fact that Hibana's mother trained her to be strong and the trials of becoming an Undertaker are said to be fatal to most who undergo it, and only the strongest candidates survive. That said, Hibana is still seven, and does not display any extraordinary physical capabilities beyond her Undertaker duties.

Additional Links: None, actually, because this series is unfortunately too obscure to have its own wiki, much less one with a page for a side character like Hibana.