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Hibiki Kugenin (九弦院 響 Kugenin Hibiki?), better known as Siegfried (ジークフリートジークフリート Jīkufurīto?), was the Fifth Fist of Ragnarök and is currently one of the leading captains of the Shinpaku Alliance. He is also called "the Immortal Composer" due to the fact that he composes music by using his battles as inspiration for his melodies.


Physical Appearance[]

Siegfried is a tall young man with very long silver hair down to his waist with locks in the front down to his shoulders. He has a dark red coat with a hat with a feather on top to match it and dark boots and pants. During his time in Ragnarök, he wore dark gloves with a golden insignia shaped like the Roman numeral for "5". And after that he changed to wearing simple white gloves instead. Since his training for the D of D Tournament, Siegfried has become considerably more muscular, most noticeably in his shoulders and back. Recently, Shigure has given him Steel Arm Guards along with the rest of the Shinpaku Alliance.

Personality[]

Siegfried has a tendency to hum or sing classical music during his fights and names his attacks after different music scores and compositions. Siegfried is most often singing from ether Night on Bald Mountain by Modest Mussorgsky, or an excerpt from Mozart's Requiem as the music played in the background. He demonstrates great loyalty to whatever he associates music with and gets angry at those who make him lose track of his music. His talent in music, including the piano, violin, tambourine, and the bassoon, landed him a scholarship at a well-known school for music, and has even been consulted for musical advice on the bassoon. This musical loyalty carries onto his defection from Ragnarök to Shinpaku Alliance, before which he stated his respect for Haruo Niijima and desired to hear the melody that the latter had "composed", and during which he comically explains in a song that he sat by the sea mourning the limit to his music until "Niijima-sama" came and played a flute-accordion, convincing him to join Shinpaku, the motive for which he states that he has heard a beautiful melody. His obsession with music carries further to his reconnaissance during the camping trip, when he strains from being unable to write music until he hears Tōchūmaru and his animal friends playing some music nearby.

Siegfried is Thor's best friend, as the two are very close to one another and have known each other since their times from Ragnarök. They always had each other's back.

There's a running gag that has Siegfried noticeably display bizarre and even creepy or gross techniques that would leave normal fighters dead from such moves, such as when Lugh snapped his neck, Siegfried snapped it back into place, prompting Kenichi and Niijima to wonder what training in Tibet he went through. He also is able to move his head in a 180-degree motion like an owl, creeping out his opponents several times. In battle, as noted by Niijima, when Siegfried believes he's right, he's quick to prove it by fighting in battle.

With music as motivation for his loyalty, Siegfried demonstrates his loyalty to great, even extreme extents. He tried to swim across a river with three broken ribs to support Shinpaku in its final fight against Ragnarök, was willing to sacrifice his life for the rest of the Shinpaku members while being strangled by Raichi Li and searched for it for three days non-stop during the D of D Tournament, all for his "Beloved Demon King" Niijima.

It is also revealed that Siegfried is very wealthy. He is solely responsible for providing all the funds necessary to reconstruct and renovate the Shinpaku Alliance's headquarters. Siegfried also seems to have some aptitude as a magician, being able to pull a bird out of his hat. He also appears to be quite an animal lover, as he claims to have 20 dogs and cats.

Skills[]

During his time as one of the Eight Fists of Ragnarök, Siegfried was noted to be the 5th strongest member. After joining the Shinpaku Alliance and undergoing extensive self-training before the D of D Tournament, he became its strongest member, besides possibly Ikki Takeda. Because of this, he was able to fight on par with members of Yomi, only losing because of the bamboo shrapnel blown into his eyes from the Shinpaku Alliance's interference. During his fight with Hermit, who had also undergone extensive training, he was able to fight on par with him and just narrowly lost.

  • Counterattack Expert: much Like his nickname, he appears to be invincible, always getting back on his feet after taking a severe beating. In reality, he actually falls back on his own after timing it with the minor physical contact from his opponents to fool them. This is due to his fighting style. Siegfried is one of the few fighters in the series who uses a style of martial arts that they invented. It is referred to as "Go no Sen" which means "Striking last but Hitting First". He also names most of his attacks after musical terms. As the name of his implies, this style is focused solely on strong counter, dodges, and Umeki techniques that allow him to react at the slightest margin of an attack. During the D of D tournament, it was mentioned by the leader of the Capoeira Team that by spinning at an incredibly fast rate, Sieg can imitate the actions of a heavily weighted cradle, rebounding almost all kinds of physical resistance away from himself, which makes him a very difficult person to fight overall. Nevertheless, he has a critical weakness: he requires his opponent to attack first. He generally tries to cover this weakness by releasing large amounts of Killing Intent as he rushes at his enemy to cause them to attack him on instinct.
  • Innate Talent: Despite the fact that he never received formal training from a master, Siegfried learned techniques just through observation. His abilities had increased immensely to such degree, that even the Elder commented on his talent while claiming that Siegfried would most definitely become a Master-Class Fighter. Given his singing personality, he is also a talented singer, being able to sing in the midst of battle and at times come up with new melodies on the spot.
  • Keen Intellect: Constantly in battle, Siegfried has proven himself a highly perceptive combatant. By reading his opponent's movements from a single and quick scuffle, he can determine the true nature of his opponent's fighting style and primary battle tactics. He is able to read the flow an opponent's movements to easily follow it, effectively dodging all but the fastest and unorthodox attacks. This is done by being able to perceive and analyze the faintest noises and vibrations his opponents give off from their movements, even feeling the wind shifting around him and the signals the opponent's muscles give off. According to Asuka Akatsuki, one of Isshinsai Ogata's disciples, this is a very difficult ability to master for one who instinctively relies mainly on sight.
  • Rhythm Reader: Siegfried stated that he has the ability to read the "rhythm" in others such as the gentleness Kisara hid in her Ragnarök days, the sorrow in Natsu Tanimoto, Rachel Stanley's strength to live against her own fate, etc.
  • Acrobatic Skill: Most of Siegfried's attacks involve him rotating rapidly to accumulate both attacking and defensive power.
  • Disguise Expert: Siegfried has great disguise skills, as he dressed as Hermit as part of a plan to induce the school idol into Shinpaku Alliance, Siegfried is able to effectively imitate Hermit's movements and defeat common Ragnarök grunts while maintaining the disguise.
  • Enhanced Strength: While disguised as Hermit, Siegfried displayed enough strength that the grunts of Ragnarök were effectively fooled into thinking that he is the Chinese Kenpo martial artist. Ever since Siegfried returned from Tibet, he displayed amazing feats of strength such as when he threw two of the capoeira members through a stone wall. The force of which he threw them was powerful enough to split the concrete ground. His inner muscles, when strained, were capable of bouncing off a headbutt from the capoeira leader and multiple stabs at his vitals from the Vajra user without any signs of injury.
  • Enhanced Flexibility: Siegfried's time in Tibet enabled him to achieve remarkable flexibility of the body, to the point where he can rotate his own neck at a full 180 degrees. It is thanks to this improved flexibility that he is able to survive an otherwise killing attack from a neck snapping, able to brush it off quickly and continue fighting. He's also able to stretch his diaphragm to unusual proportions to gather a banshee like scream.
  • Enhanced Endurance: In order to effectively use his fighting style, Siegfried has developed an incredibly large amount of endurance to physical injuries, so much so that people are simply left in shock as to how much damage he can actually take during some of his fights. Siegfried's physical fortitude is great enough to enable him to fight against the likes of Berserker for a decent amount of time. He has also shown to fall from extremely great heights and land with taking little to no damage. He can even survive having his neck snapped by a member of Yomi. Kensei Ma has stated that his inner strength is impressive, and his endurance has even earned him compliments from every other master of Ryōzanpaku as well.
  • Enhanced Speed: The training that Siegfried received from Tibet enhanced his speed to the point where he can traverse across several meters at high speed, as seen when he intercepted the attack on Ukita after Niijima finally gave an order to defend the former. It also goes for his attacking speed too, as he was able to counter and strike the vitals of the Vajra user in the blink of an eye.
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