Changes: Hiiragi

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Character Profile
Name	Hiiragi
Gender	Male
Race	Human
Class	Macabre Dancer
Guild	Moon Tree
Offline
Name	Fumihiko Yuki
Age	22
Gender	Male
Media Information
English Actor	Doug Erholtz
Character Voice	Taiki Matsuno
First Appearance	.hack//G.U.: Reminisce

"I really love nice guys, you know... But, of course, you should be careful! See, if you're too nice... It could be bad for your health!!"

— Hiiragi —

Hiiragi (柊, Hiiragi, lit. "Holly") is the Captain of Moon Tree's Fifth Division, and a passionate follower of Sakaki.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

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Appearance

Hiiragi's character is a young man sporting a Japanese-style yellow robe with a revealing top. He has medium length golden blonde hair with red streaked bangs. Hiiragi is often perceived as a female because he is the only male character wearing lip liner and nail polish.

Personality

Hiiragi acts nice, but sometimes has a viper tongue. He has rapid mood swings, acting almost sickly sweet one moment, but can seem infuriated the next. Despite having a male voice, Hiiragi insists that people refer to him as female.

Offline

Basic Info

In real life, Hiiragi is a fashion designer named Fumihiko Yuki (由紀文彦), who works in a small office in Kyoto. A latent homosexual, he originally created Hiiragi from a fashion perspective, and considered the character simply to be role-play until he met the attractive Sakaki.

History

.hack//G.U. Games

Hiiragi met Haseo during the AIDA Server Incident when Haseo and Pi traveled to Moon Tree's @Home to ask Zelkova for assistance. Hiiragi was instantly turned off by the aggressive Adept Rogue and his dislike only grew as he watched him interact with his idol "Lord Sakaki".

He later entered the Holy Palace Tournament, after the first round he stumbled upon Sakaki who was having a meeting with the AIDA-infected Bordeaux. Unsure of why Sakaki would meet with a notorious PKer, he kept his mouth shut on the matter. During the second round he fought against Team Haseo. Though his powerful magic proved to be a problem Haseo was prepared for it, and was able to win the match. Angry at being disgraced in front of Sakaki Hiiragi swore revenge. Following the fight he came across Sakaki and Bordeaux again, this time he confronted Sakaki about it. Sakaki shrugged him off by saying he had a good reason for his actions.

After Sakaki used Innis to turn Moon Tree's @Home into another AIDA Server Hiiragi took up arms to defend it from Haseo and the rest of G.U. He fought to the best of his ability, but was still defeated. Recognizing him as a kindred spirit Endrance told Hiiragi that just because he loved Sakaki, that there was no excuse for ignoring his evil actions. Realizing the truth in Endrance's words Hiiragi told Haseo to stop Sakaki, then faded away.

Much later, Hiiragi helped Haseo defeat Cubia's Gomoras at Morrigu Barrow Wall along with Matsu, Sophora, and Kaede. When Haseo speaks to him Hiiragi reveals that he intends to stop playing as Hiiragi, and create a new PC. It is unknown what happened to him after this.

.hack//G.U. Returner

Group (G.U — Hiiragi in Returner (Mid-Left)

Hiiragi is briefly seen at Δ Hidden Forbidden Festival with Sophora, holding masks that resemble Sakaki.

Trivia

Hiiragi's Fans are named Peach Blossom, a level 60 fan equipped with critical +25%.
His character is the tallest Captain of Moon Tree at 6'2".
Hiiragi believes that there are three kinds of people in the world: men, women, and men with a woman's heart.
Hiiragi's Holy Palace arena team is named Glazing Love.
Although he is a male, during the intro cutscene to the Holy Palace Tournament fight with him, the Commentator refers to him as a male before getting a sharp "I'll kick your ass." Afterwards, Hiiragi is referred to as a she for the rest of the fight.

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 image=[[Image:Hiiragi.jpg|300px]]|
 The World R:2 Name=Hiiragi|
-The World R:2 Gender=Woman|
+The World R:2 Gender=Male|
 The World R:2 Race=Human|
 The World R:2 Class=[[Macabre Dancer]]|
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 ==Online==
 ===Appearance===
-Hiiragi's character is a young Macabre Dancer sporting a Japanese-style yellow robe with a revealing top. She has medium length golden blonde hair with red streaked bangs. Hiiragi is the only "male" character wearing lip liner and nail polish.
+Hiiragi's character is a young man sporting a Japanese-style yellow robe with a revealing top. He has medium length golden blonde hair with red streaked bangs. Hiiragi is often perceived as a female because he is the only male character wearing lip liner and nail polish.
 ===Personality===
-Hiiragi acts nice, but sometimes has a viper tongue. She has rapid mood swings, acting almost sickly sweet one moment, but can seem infuriated the next. Hiiragi insists that people refer to her as female.
+Hiiragi acts nice, but sometimes has a viper tongue. He has rapid mood swings, acting almost sickly sweet one moment, but can seem infuriated the next. Despite having a male voice, Hiiragi insists that people refer to him as female.
 ==Offline==
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 ==History==
 ===[[GU Games|.hack//G.U. Games]]===
-Hiiragi met [[Haseo]] during the [[AIDA Server Incident]] when Haseo and [[Pi]] traveled to [[Moon Tree|Moon Tree's]] [[@Home]] to ask [[Zelkova]] for assistance. Hiiragi was instantly turned off by the aggressive [[Adept Rogue]] and her dislike only grew as she watched him interact with her idol "[[Sakaki|Lord Sakaki]]".
+Hiiragi met [[Haseo]] during the [[AIDA Server Incident]] when Haseo and [[Pi]] traveled to [[Moon Tree|Moon Tree's]] [[@Home]] to ask [[Zelkova]] for assistance. Hiiragi was instantly turned off by the aggressive [[Adept Rogue]] and his dislike only grew as he watched him interact with his idol "[[Sakaki|Lord Sakaki]]".
-She later entered the [[Arena|Holy Palace Tournament]], after the first round she stumbled upon Sakaki who was having a meeting with the [[AIDA|AIDA-infected]] [[Bordeaux]]. Unsure of why Sakaki would meet with a notorious PKer, she kept her mouth shut on the matter. During the second round she fought against Team Haseo. Though her powerful magic proved to be a problem Haseo was prepared for it, and was able to win the match. Angry at being disgraced in front of Sakaki, Hiiragi swore revenge. Following the fight she came across Sakaki and Bordeaux again, this time she confronted Sakaki about it. Sakaki shrugged her off by saying he had a good reason for his actions.
+He later entered the [[Arena|Holy Palace Tournament]], after the first round he stumbled upon Sakaki who was having a meeting with the [[AIDA|AIDA-infected]] [[Bordeaux]]. Unsure of why Sakaki would meet with a notorious PKer, he kept his mouth shut on the matter. During the second round he fought against Team Haseo. Though his powerful magic proved to be a problem Haseo was prepared for it, and was able to win the match. Angry at being disgraced in front of Sakaki Hiiragi swore revenge. Following the fight he came across Sakaki and Bordeaux again, this time he confronted Sakaki about it. Sakaki shrugged him off by saying he had a good reason for his actions.
-After Sakaki used [[Innis]] to turn Moon Tree's @Home into another AIDA Server Hiiragi took up arms to defend it from Haseo and the rest of [[Raven|G.U.]] She fought to the best of her ability, but was still defeated. Recognizing her as a kindred spirit [[Endrance]] told Hiiragi that just because she loved Sakaki, that there was no excuse for ignoring his evil actions. Realizing the truth in Endrance's words Hiiragi told Haseo to stop Sakaki, then faded away.
+After Sakaki used [[Innis]] to turn Moon Tree's @Home into another AIDA Server Hiiragi took up arms to defend it from Haseo and the rest of [[Raven|G.U.]] He fought to the best of his ability, but was still defeated. Recognizing him as a kindred spirit [[Endrance]] told Hiiragi that just because he loved Sakaki, that there was no excuse for ignoring his evil actions. Realizing the truth in Endrance's words Hiiragi told Haseo to stop Sakaki, then faded away.
-Much later, Hiiragi helped Haseo defeat [[Cubia]]'s Gomoras at [[Morrigu Barrow Wall]] along with [[Matsu]], [[Sophora]], and [[Kaede]]. When Haseo speaks to her, Hiiragi reveals that she intends to stop playing as Hiiragi, and create a new PC. It is unknown what happened to her after this.
+Much later, Hiiragi helped Haseo defeat [[Cubia]]'s Gomoras at [[Morrigu Barrow Wall]] along with [[Matsu]], [[Sophora]], and [[Kaede]]. When Haseo speaks to him Hiiragi reveals that he intends to stop playing as Hiiragi, and create a new PC. It is unknown what happened to him after this.
 ===[[Returner|.hack//G.U. Returner]]===
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 *Hiiragi's [[Fans]] are named '''Peach Blossom''', a level 60 fan equipped with critical +25%.
-*Her character is the tallest Captain of Moon Tree at 6'2".
+*His character is the tallest Captain of Moon Tree at 6'2".
 *Hiiragi believes that there are three kinds of people in the world: men, women, and men with a woman's heart.
 *Hiiragi's Holy Palace arena team is named Glazing Love.
-*During the intro cutscene to the Holy Palace Tournament fight with him, the [[Commentator]] misgenders Hiiragi before getting a sharp "I'll kick your ass." Afterwards, Hiiragi is referred to with she/her pronouns.
+*Although he is a male, during the intro cutscene to the Holy Palace Tournament fight with him, the [[Commentator]] refers to him as a male before getting a sharp "I'll kick your ass." Afterwards, Hiiragi is referred to as a she for the rest of the fight.
 [[category:Macabre Dancers]]
 [[category: GU Games Characters]]