Hikae Nibyo

Hikae is a member of Utsuho's party, and in the beginning he is strongly mistrusted by Neya, though Utsuho is willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. He is a very strong individual, and likes to view everything from a standpoint of amusement. He was the guard to one of the 9 Treasures, the jewel, "Eye Stone" ( JP: 瞳石;Hitomi Ishi). An immortal being, he has connections to the legend of the 9 treasures.

Appearance
He has hanging eyes like a beast, and short, green spiky hair with a long bandana headband tied on his forehead.

Personality & Character Traits
He is an itsuwaribito, and Hikae himself says that he has lived at least 500 years, which is actually quite possible, as there is much evidence that he is in fact immortal. Poisons and hallucinogens do not work on him, and if he is injured, it will cure within a moment. This is the same even if he receives a wound that should be fatal, and he takes fatal wounds quite calmly. He is quite an enigma to the entire party, including even Utsuho. He acts very aloof and never shows his true intentions to the party, quite similar to Utsuho. He has the thinking process of, "Life isn't worth anything if there's nothing interesting in it," and as such, if things are interesting, he doesn't care about common sense or morals.

He hates anything boring, and also hates Neya and Yakuma. On the other hand, he likes Utsuho and Pochi. Later, when she joins their party, he gets along very well with Iwashi, and their ways of thinking often mach. After travelling for a time with Neya, he comes to hold her dear, but still hates Yakuma, who is very serious.

Because Hikae is a guardsman of one of the 9 Treasures, he is quite knowledgable on them, and as such, many times the destinations of the party is decided on this information, and he is a vital asset. However, there are many times when he says inappropriate things, and often has falling-outs with members of the party. He has fighting strength that is even recognized by Chouza, and with this he easily defeated Manta. He has become a being that has no need for food intake or sleep, and because of this he is always on lookout at night.

Trivia

 * In a survey of height, Hikae ranks 4th out of 12 character participants. Utsuho is one rank below him.