Wataru Hibiki/History

Early Years
Wataru's childhood has been mentioned in Phantom Thieves VS Detectives and EP:Link during the epilogue of the events story.

Wataru clearly spells out his childhood to Tomoya Mashiro, he reveals that he was found by an old man and woman under some 'unknown circumstances' and decided to take the boy in and raise him as their own, Wataru shows his gratitude towards his caregivers and wanted to give them and others around him the happiness they gave him. He states he learned how to sing, dance, do magic tricks and voice imitations to show off to the others, being praised and some even labelling him as a genius due to the increasing difficulty of such tricks. Wataru then begins to talk about the 'humans' he was surrounded by during his youth, calling them greedy and cruel at their constant want for more advanced tricks from wataru as he quotes "Show me more beautiful tricks, more outstanding tricks. It won’t be interesting anymore if you don’t” they would say, becoming bored of Wataru's tricks.

He also reveals a deep insecurity that was formed due to the endlessly increasing pressure put on him at such a young age, "Humans end up “yearning”. No matter how wonderful a trick may be, watching it being performed over and over again will eventually make one go “whatever”. Hibiki Wataru knew that, and he was terrified. But even with these fears he continues to give those around him what they want, moving from one trick to another as his audiences greed grows, he spent days just creating and perfecting trick after trick to show to the people he loved only for it not be enough to fully satisfy their needs.

Higher and higher Wataru reached and mastered even more difficult and beautiful tricks, never once resting due to his belief that he was something 'non-human', accepting the label of a genius and believing that he's able to handle the lack of rest and mental and physical harm he puts himself through for the enjoyment of others, even stating that 'Showing them to others and having people be happy became his reason for living.'

Wataru closes his story with the 'punchline' that he said to have forgotten to mention before hand, Wataru states that he once again showed off a new trick he had mastered, this trick was something so wonderful that no one could immitate it and to the shock of Wataru, no one was delighted by it. Wataru states his bewilderment to the lack of their happiness due to the trick as he lets genuine tears fall from his eyes at the memory "Even though Hibiki Wataru continued to fulfill their desires! Even though he climbed higher and higher just as they wished!", Afterwards, his audience are shown to have complained to Wataru about his new trick, saying “It was so advanced, we couldn’t understand it”

Later on in EP:Link we see Wataru talk once again about his past to Eichi Tenshouin with more detail towards Wataru personal feelings, listed down below are ones that add to what we already know about him.

"If they truly didn’t love you, they might have done something like throw you away without even giving you a name, simply forgetting about your existence."

"Is that why you pride yourself on your beautiful mask instead of the nameless child, who was neither recognized nor loved, hiding behind it?" - Eichi

"The child, who was given the name Hibiki Wataru, sought an identity. He wished to improve his art so he could make people happy, so he wouldn't be abandoned again."

"Due to that, even I am no longer sure what is true and what is false. Am I the mask, or am I the person underneath?"

War Era
During the 'War Era' we see Wataru without the responsibilities of being in a Unit and thus only be seen to contribute most of his time to the Drama Club that he runs as the president, while the Club is still being run even after the events of the War, we do not see much of it afterwards with the two main participants of the club along with Wataru being Hokuto Hidaka, This is also around the time we are introduced to Eichi Tenshouin and his love for Wataru, We see multiple scenes with Eichi flustering over Wataru and his soul want to be at the metaphorical height that he is. Soon after Eichi and Tsumugi Aoba form The Five Oddballs/Eccentrics for the top five idols of the schools and enemies to the student council.

Wataru states that he see the members of The Five Oddballs as true friends, whom he cares and loves deeply and even thanking Eichi from the bottom of his heart for creating The Five Oddballs even if his intention was only to destroy it, Eichi has extreme difficulty in taking down Wataru, not wanting to do that to Wataru but Wataru hushes him and goes on to preform with Hokuto whom wears a mask for the performance to conceal his identity from the audience. As predicted, (Past) Fine wins and the destruction of The Five Oddballs is completed but the end of (Past) Fine also begins as every members contract towards Eichi was now completed.

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