Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Agematsu on Hibiki's name

Agematsu took a few minutes to tweet about Hibiki and the meaning behind her name last night, and what he had to say was rather profound.








The "Hibiki" in "Tachibana Hibiki" from Symphogear (which means "to resound/echo" in Japanese) has a very particular significance attached to it. Without someone or something to create it, then there can't be an echo. That's the entire reason I love music. 


The character songs for Hibiki that were performed at the concert are an example of this. They were made in such a way that they cannot be fully complete without the call and response of all the fans. "Hibiki" is my style of music. All of my songs exist to create a resonance. 

Human beings can't live completely alone. Or rather, humans by nature were not intended to live alone. We have songs because there are times when our words are not enough. "Hibiki" is the embodiment of that concept. 

5 comments:

  1. First of all thank you for creating this blog and continuously updating it, I've been a Geah fan since its first season, and never knew that this place existed until two days ago. It makes me happy to see others out there giving Symphogear the love and attention it deserves (at least in the West)

    And second boy that was deep. Makes me love her name even more! Hope he says the meanings behind the names of the other users, if he hasn't already?

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  2. "They were made in such a way that they cannot be fully complete without the call and response of all the fans".
    Wow, now that I think about it, you simply cannot listen to them without wanting to sing along the responses and it would feel weird without them.
    Agematsu you magnificent bastard.

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  5. There is no way I will ever forget to call out "Go! or Hibike!" while listening to "Rainbow Flower" and "G-Beat" while listening to "Genkai Toppa G-Beat" after reading that. Based Agematsu.

    I also realized that "Hibiki" is a pun on "Hibike", which means sound.

    Yes, of course, without echoes, you cannot have sound. Without sound, you cannot have "Uta" (songs).

    Sasuga Agematsu, you brilliant bastard.

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