Hibana

is a Third Generation and the Battalion Commander of the 5th Special Fire Brigade.

Appearance
Hibana is a tall woman with tanned skin, long pale-blonde hair, thin eyebrows and aqua blue eyes with pink, flower-shaped pupils. Her brigade outfit consists of a personalised protective outer fur-tim jacket with a hood, no zipper, blue lines, which are a custom on a Fire Brigade's jacket, and a patch with the number "5" on it. Underneath the jacket, Hibana dons a v-shaped, sleeveless white pencil dress, which partially reveals her large bust. She also wears a belt with a gold buckle, with a whip and a holster attacked to it, black high heels, a golden necklace and light-coloured underwear. Hibana's dress has a split on the side from the belt down, providing full-front view of one of her legs. In her youth, Hibana wore a habit, which consisted of a tunic, covered by a scapular, and a veil, black shoes and a necklace with a cross-like insignia. She also carries a iron fan around her while on duty.

Personality
Hibana takes her role as the Battalion Commander seriously and doesn't hesitate to remind lower-ranked members of their place. She is deceiving and has quite a twisted personality, as she seems to enjoy conducting experiments on Flame Humans, during which, even her own followers appear to be frightened of her. Hibana is ambitious - she wishes to gather as much data on Flame Humans as she can and unravel their secrets. She also has a goddess-like complex, which she expresses towards males, manipulating people using her charm and beauty and making them do her bidding, being dominant of them and thinking of them as insignificant; going as far as using her own comrades as stepping-stones from her throne. Hibana considers herself to be a demon within the world that she lives.

Abilities
Hibana is a Third Generation who has adapted to the Human Body Ignition Phenomenon and awakened the ability to manipulate and generate her own flames. She has shown the prowess to ignite the tip of her finger, though her Ignition Ability allows her to extend the ability onto her fan to create petal-shaped flames. She can use these flame petals to surround her enemies and leave them in a whirlwind of flames, inflicting harmful cuts upon them. By gazing at someone, Hibana is able to envelop a persons body in heat, resulting in them developing heat syncope, which can subdue them and cause dizziness.

Background
Growing up, Hibana was an orphan and resided at The Holy Sol Temple till around her late teenager years, alongside her fellow Sister Iris. The orphans within the temple were already miserable due to the fact they were orphans, and spent the majority of everyday faithfully praying to their Sun God, albeit Hibana was less enthused about praying and believing in a god. Being the only Third Generation at the temple, the sisters were very intrigued with her ability to manifest fiery flowers. Hibana was looked at by the Sisters as their hero because she was smart, beautiful and had a gift no other person had at the temple. A day came when the Human Body Ignition Phenomenon struck the temple, incinerating every single Sister at the temple, excluding herself and Iris. Hibana and Iris looked on as all the sisters were being incinerated, leading her to lose faith and abandoning their cause, but also being thankful for being salvaged. As she looked down at her sisters being burned alive, Hibana felt powerful and grateful for being saved, changing her personality to that of being more dominant. Eventually, she started to do her own research on various Flame Human bodies and sold her research to Haijima Heavy Industries, in exchange for funding for her experiments and becoming a Battalion Commander.

Introduction arc
Hibana spectates the Fire Officer Newcomer Tournament, where she supports her peers in the exam, until it is halted after an incident inside the building. Some time later, she interrupts the clash between Shinra Kusakabe and Setsuo Miyamoto in an attempt to stop the Fire Officer from dealing the finishing blow to the Flame Human.

VS. 5th Special Fire Brigade arc
As Hibana intervenes at the scene of Setsuo against Shinra, she demands her 5th brigade runts to take hold of the Flame Human so they can experiment on him. Shinra criticizes her for taking his bait in an unwelcome manner, but she lectures him on how to be respectful towards superiors while he lay subdued on the floor. Hibana jokingly demands Shinra to lick her foot as a sign of superiority. As he looks up wanting to have a serious conversation with her, the Fire Officer accidentally spots Hibana's white panties, to which she awkwardly walks backward. The 8th Special Fire Brigade arrive at the scene, and question the situation. Hibana explains that she will capture the Flame Human instead of the 8th, seeing as they don't have a science division. Akitaru questions whether she will share the information she discovers with them, and Hibana deceitfully says yes. Hibana then confronts and indirectly mocks Akitaru, sparking a tense encounter between the two special fire brigades.

After returning to the headquarters, Hibana begins viciously experimenting on Setsuo, tempting the man to reveal the secrets his body holds. When Iris arrives at the complex in order to speak with her, Hibana rips off her habit. She then suggests using Iris as a bait to lure out the 8th Special Fire Brigade, after which Hibana overhears a loud noise outside the headquarters. As she recollects her past with the sister of the 8th Special Fire Brigade, Hibana is interrupted by Shinra. The Battalion Commander attempts to use her gaze to succumb the Fire Officer, but fails, as Shinra stands up through sheer willpower.

Hibana then takes out her fan and attacks the officer with Clematis. While Shinra is distracted, she surrounds and burns him with Cherry Blossoms, before trapping him in a whirlwind of them. While she continually insults him, Shinra fights through the pain and overcomes her techniques. Unable to subdue him, he launches himself at Hibana and punches her.

Trivia

 * can be translated to "fire flower" in Japanese.
 * Hibana is likely based upon Princess Iron Fan, a fictional character from a Japanese novel that is said to be a beautiful-looking Demonic Lady that uses an iron fan in combat.